A Conspiracy to Conquer!

### Written by

Sonic876, Punkasaurus0530, Frogadier55, NegimaLover, TMNTHedgehog5, and DragonSpore18

### Directed by

Sonic876 and NegimaLover

***A Conspiracy to Conquer!*** is the 19th episode of *Josh's Adventures of Pokémon the Series: XY*.

## Plot

In a dark cave, Team Rocket reviews their footage of Pikachu performing several moves and they grow even more determined to capture him. They are interrupted by a sharp laugh, and turn around to see a hooded figure known as Madame X, accompanied by a Malamar. Malamar shines a bright light to hypnotize Jessie, James, and Meowth.
Ash and his friends continue to Cyllage City and notice a radio observatory. Suddenly, a scratched-up Meowth, who the group instantly recognize, stumbles from the bushes and collapses in front of the group, and Clemont takes a Potion out of his backpack to help him recover. When Meowth comes to, he thanks them graciously and tells the group, who is skeptical of his intentions, that he came to warn them about danger. He tells the story, beginning with the bright light Malamar used on Team Rocket. Jessie and James shook it off, sent out Inkay and Pumpkaboo, and commanded them to use Psybeam and Shadow Ball respectively. However, the Pokémon were stopped by Malamar's bright light, which turned their eyes blank and brainwashed them, Jessie, and James. Meowth realized that he could remain conscious only by enduring intense physical pain, so he used Fury Swipes on himself and escaped. Meowth warns the group that they must run because Madame X is also targeting Pikachu, but they remain skeptical. Just then, a brainwashed Jessie, James, and Wobbuffet appear behind Meowth, telling him to hurry up and capture Pikachu. The group runs away only to immediately turn into Madame X and Malamar. Malamar uses its Hypnosis, and Meowth warns the children not to look into it. Ash tells Pikachu to use Electro Ball, and the group uses the opportunity to flee, but are stopped by Jessie and James, who look to make Pikachu part of Madame X's Pokémon corps. Pikachu is lifted into the air by Malamar's Psychic, and he and his captor disappear into the distant sky.

To find them, Clemont brings out the "Automatic Pikachu Retrieving Device", that can sense Pikachu's Electric energy and track him down. The group follows after the machine, which brings them to the radio observatory, where it gets stuck in the wire fence and electrocutes the group after suffering a malfuction. Bonnie notices Officer Jenny's motor bike parked outside the observatory and assumes that the observatory is Madame X's hideout and Officer Jenny came to investigate. The group goes inside, watched by a security camera. Inside the observatory, Malamar brainwashes Pikachu. Team Rocket notify Madame X that Ash and his friends are on the property.

In the observatory halls, Ash's group splits up, Clemont with his sister and Serena with Ash. Clemont and Bonnie are met with Malamar, who brainwashes them. They find Ash and Serena, who realize that the siblings are being manipulated. Malamar appears behind them and shines the brainwashing light over them, and they are unable to run. being blocked by Bonnie and Clemont. Ash asks Meowth to use Fury Swipes on him, to which Meowth complies, using the attack on both himself and Ash. However, Serena, not wanting her face to be scratched up, is brainwashed. Meowth cuts down a hanging planet model from the ceiling, which stalls Malamar, allowing him and Ash to escape. The pair arrive at an observation chamber and are greeted by Madame X, who makes Pikachu use Thunderbolt on Ash, and attacks him repeatedly. Ash is determined to get through to his partner, but the situation grows more dire as the Pokémon corps are revealed, consisting of a Beedrill, Noivern, Pangoro, Scolipede, and Exploud.

Pikachu electrocutes Ash continuously, forcing Ash to his knees, but he, in the midst of the electricity, tries to communicate with Pikachu. As Ash tells Pikachu that he believes in him, Pikachu hesitates in his attack. Outside the observatory, Clemont's machine awakes and rushes off towards the observatory. It comes into the observation chamber and crashes into Malamar before bursting into flames, and Madame X screams and falls at her defeat. All the hynotized people and Pokémon return to normal, including Pikachu and the Pokémon corps. Madame X's cloak falls off, and reveals her to be Officer Jenny, who had been brainwashed by Malamar, who appears behind her. The group realizes that Malamar tricked them into believing that Madame X was a real person by using Officer Jenny as its pawn. They also learned that everything Malamar said about Madame X's goal of taking over the world was a lie. Meowth translates for Malamar, who hopes to restructure the world under its command using a weapon. Angered at Malamar's lies and dishonesty, James and Ash send Inkay and Pikachu to attack Malamar, but it escapes.

The group runs after Malamar, finding it in a room full of strange vines and spikes; the weaponized machine. Malamar decides to destroy its grand machine as its plan has been discovered, which leads everyone to abandon the chase and flee outside. The humans, their Pokémon, and the Pokémon corps escape outside as the observatory explodes behind them. They watch as Malamar flies off into the sky, but are left wondering about its grand plan for global domination.

Later, Team Rocket, embarrassed at the day's events, relax on some forest rocks. Meowth remembers that Malamar is the evolved form of Inkay, and as the rest of the team look at it with fear, Inkay winks and laughs nervously.

## Major events

* Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket encounter an evil, psychopathic Malamar.

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash
* Serena
* Clemont
* Bonnie
* Jessie
* James
* Officer Jenny/Madame X

### Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Malamar

* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
* Dedenne (Clemont's)
* Pumpkaboo (Jessie's; Super Size)
* Inkay (James's)
* Malamar (anime)
* Beedrill
* Noivern
* Scolipede
* Exploud
* Pangoro

## Transcript

*Main article: A Conspiracy to Conquer!/Transcript*
## Trivia

* Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: M17\*/Pumpkaboo\*
* Ash and Serena narrate the preview for the next episode.
* Team Rocket doesn't recite their motto in this episode.
* Music from *Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice* is used in this episode.
* This episode aired on May 16, 2014 in Italy (on K2), eight days before it aired in the United States.
* At the end of this episode, Ash and his friends come to the conclusion that all Malamar are evil Pokémon. However, 35 episodes later, they realize their error of judgment.