The Mysterious Animal

*The Mysterious Animal* is the 5th episode of Diamond And Pearl.

## **Plot**

The episode starts out where the mysterious animal who is running away from prison as the sheriff looking for him. The next morning, Dawn and her animal friends were on their way to Jubilife City, Tom and Bugs are cheerful as well, as it is a good day for training. While Tom and Bugs wash their faces, using water from Migo's water giant bottle, Rigby and Courage brush their teeth, while Sonic starts cooking breakfast. Tom trains his friends for concentration, for Brawly managed to train his team to redirect the force of their opponents with surfing. While Anais is soaking the clothes, Dawn is surprised Tom is training, since she thinks they are just sitting around. Daffy confirms they are training, for Ash requires a calm mind and patience, rather than a strategy. Wally begins to react to the incoming wave, but Tom calms him down, since the wave is too far away. When the wave is about to strike, everybody goes away, but they are too late and get soaked by the wave.

Bugs reminds Tom that they need to train this technique to defeat Brawly properly. Rita wonder why Tom isn't doing laundry, but Garfield reminds them training isn't always about life. While Tom and his team rest, Bugs and his team are doing for them. While Bugs and his team go away, Grizz gets hit by the wave, as he didn't react in time. Casper see Grizz's timing is off, while Tom and Bugs wonders why aren't they getting any better. Dawn thinks the boys should just train more, but Jerry reminds Dawn she should train for the Contests as well. Snagglepuss supports Tom, but Dawn admits she has started to train a bit. Dawn knows well to impress the judge, one part is to show off a Pokémon's look. Dawn sends Piplup, but he goof around. Dawn tells Piplup to spin around and dance as she does, but Piplup is not trained properly to do that. Migo reminds Dawn she cannot bring out Piplup at once, while Scooby-Doo points out Dawn can't dance around, since the spotlight should go to the Pokémon. Dawn admits she has taken Ash's battling style to her interest, which Tom approves of, since it can be applied during the Contests.

Suddenly, someone is digging through the tent, destroying it. Piplup is about to use Peck, but it would tear the tent, so Tom uses Roar of Time, slowing the burglar down. Tom tries to pull the burglar, but the burglar is quite fast, so Tom cannot hold it for too long. Scooby-Doo holds Tom, but the burglar still moves. Everybody helps to slow the burglar down, but it still moves with amazing speed. The burglar moves to the sea, causing everyone to fall into the sea. The heroes' clothes and food are wet, so they wonder which animal that was. Top Cat knows well this animal has claimed this as its territory and will return. Bugs is confident that he'll catch the animal, even if Dawn thinks it is a bad idea, thinking it is dangerous. Garfield reminds her they have to camp here and need to know what they would face against. Tom rallies Bugs and Dawn to find this mysterious animal, forcing everyone to sigh in despair.

During the night, Dawn is quite bored, since they've been waiting for the animal to come, while Woody suspects the food they placed as bait is not attractive to the animal. Daffy replies to Dawn they are building concentration and patience this way. Cindy suggests Dawn to sleep in the tent, but she is scared the animal might attack her. Astro hears the animal is coming, but Tom realizes too soon that it is coming behind them and they all get blown away. The animal pushes the food away and chases Dawn. Bugs uses Spacial Rend, but the animal disappears, in a hole. The next day heroes (except Dino) are tired, since they did not sleep through the night. Dawn complains, wondering why they haven't moved to a different spot already. Team Diamond And Pearl refuse, since they accomplished much and even Tom saw a red shorts amidst the sand. Tom and Bugs are confident "if it happened once, it'd happen once more". Dawn wonders about that poem, making Smurfette infuriated, as he shows God's poem book. Dino begins to dig holes to capture the animal, even if this was Team Rocket's plan. Tom and Bugs know how to make holes, since they have been falling into them for such a long time. Daffy and Jerry reply this is just a low point for them to copy Team Rocket's plans.

During the night, Dawn points out they dug the holes and he placed more food to attract the animal. After some time, the heroes find something arrives, covered in seaweed and eats the cheese. The heroes recall these are not the same animal they saw yesterday, but seeing them happily eating, Courage places more food to lure them in. The animal go after the food and fall into a hole. The heroes go to find what they caught, but the animal start commenting how they fall in someone else's hole, seeing the heroes are here. The Animal are actually Tin, Pan & Alley, who were covered in seaweed. Team Platinum removes the seaweed, furious how they should've been the ones digging the holes. However, the real animal arrives, blasting the trio off. As the animal reaches towards the food, Piplup uses Peck to attack it; the burglar was Mickey Mouse.

Mickey Mouse explains to them what happened and Dawn was furious about it. When Pete shows up, they tell him he can't just bully whoever he wants. Pete has a different view, as bullying is what he does ("It's my Raison d'être.") and sings a song about his beliefs. They then point out that in addition to bullying them, he also hurt Mickey's feelings. Pete had never realized the emotional ramifications of his actions and apologizes for his behavior. But, what can he made friends that won't hurt anyone? Donald Duck, Goofy Goof, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck and Pluto arrive, taking their break and offer some bubbles to the group. Pete decides to take up bubble blowing instead and makes some for his new friends as the episode ends.

## **Characters**

* Tom Cat
* Jerry Mouse
* Scooby-Doo
* Cindy Bear
* Top Cat
* Wally Gator
* Snagglepuss
* Atom Ant
* Captain Caveman
* Dino
* Astro
* Smurfette
* Bugs Bunny
* Daffy Duck
* Courage
* Rita
* Grizz
* Migo
* Anais Watterson
* Rigby
* Garfield
* Woody Woodpecker
* Sonic The Hedgehog
* Casper
* Dawn
* God (mentioned)

## **Voice Cast**

* D.B. Sweeney as Tom
* Robert Naylor as Jerry
* Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Garfield
* Sofía Espinosa as Cindy
* Jeremy Renner as Top Cat
* Will Arnett as Wally
* Billy Crystal as Snagglepuss
* Cheech Marin as Atom
* Liam Neeson as Captain
* Eric Bauza as Dino, Daffy, Woody
* Jeff Bergman as Astro, Bugs
* Demi Lovato as Smurfette
* Marty Grabstein as Courage
* Chloë Grace Moretz as Rita
* Eric Edelstein as Grizz
* Channing Tatum as Migo
* William Salyers as Rigby
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais
* Ben Schwartz as Sonic
* Max Charles as Casper
* Greg Ellis as Tin
* Jess Harnell as Pan
* Richard McGonagle as Alley
* Emily Jenness as Dawn
* Bret Iwan as Mickey Mouse
* Kaitlyn Robrock as Minnie Mouse
* Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
* Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck
* Bill Farmer as Goofy Goof, Pluto
* Jim Cummings as Pete

## **Songs**

1. *Son Of Man*: Will Arnett, Billy Crystal.
2. *Let it Lie*: Liam Neeson.
3. *Petey's King of France*: Jim Cummings.
4. *Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme*: Bret Iwan, Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, Kaitlyn Robrock, Tress MacNeille.

## **Trivia**

* This is the first appearance of Tin, Pan & Alley.
* This is the first time Dawn and the animals encounter Tin, Pan & Alley.
* This is the only appearance of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy Goof, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Pluto and Pete.