A Shocking Grocery Run!

**A Shocking Grocery Run!** (びりびりちくちくトゲデマル！ *The Shocking and Prickly Togedemaru!*, ***A Shocking Grocery Run!***?) is the sixth episode of Season 10 of *Guardians of Harmony* and the (TBA) episode of the *Guardians of Harmony* series overall.

## Summary

*On their day off from Pokémon School, Ash, Kyoko, Kyubey, their Pokémon, and Elizabeth's Pokémon are left home alone when Professor Kukui is called away and the other Guardians are all either busy or at their homes. After some mishaps with laundry and cooking, they go shopping and run into Sophocles at the mall.*

*After Team Rocket causes a glitch in the security system, the Pokémon get separated from their Trainers and Kyubey - and then the power goes out! Computer whiz Sophocles soon fixes the problem, but by the time he and his two fellow Guardians meet up with their Pokémon, Team Rocket has found them first. The Pokémon team up to defeat Team Rocket, and then Professor Kukui arrives to take them out to dinner!*

## Plot

Outside Professor Kukui's house on a weekend, Kukui apologizes to Ash and Kyoko, Kyubey, and their Pokémon, as well as Dragonet, Casty, Bubblebath, and Bluey, as he had been hoping to show them the shopping mall, but instead a fellow researcher had asked him to come over, while mentioning the non-Alolan Guardians and their Pokémon are at the beach and the Alolan Guardians and their Pokémon are at their homes, and Casty pipes up that her Trainer had a doctor appointment. Ash and Kyoko reply that it isn't a problem as they can do some training with their Pokémon. Professor Kukui then heads off with Rocky. Later, Ash, Kyoko, Kyubey, and the Pokémon enjoy a drink and wonder how to train, only for Feathers to fall off a bookcase onto Ash, causing him to spill his drink onto his shirt and making Kyoko laugh at him. Thunders suggests washing his shirt and Ash agrees. In the laundry, he also notices Professor Kukui's lab coats and decides to place them all in the washing machine as well. Ash then dumps a load of laundry powder before turning the washing machine on. Bubblebath asks Ash if he did it right, to which Ash says it was a piece of cake.

Later, Kyoko is taking pictures of Feathers who is happily posing when a bang grabs everycreature's attention. Dragonet goes to check it out, and finds the washing machine has caused a mess. Ash and Kyoko follow in, and begin to clean up the mess. After clearing it up, Kyoko checks in the fridge for some food. She tries to eat some, but Laurie intervenes, saying that she needs to cook it first. Ash interjects that he doesn't know how to cook, and Kyubey offers to help teach Ash as she has watched a cooking show with Kyoko once in the past. Kyubey then starts by telling Ash to dice the vegetables which Ash does, and then to add salt and pepper, which Ash excessively adds to his food. Once the food is cooked, it comes out as a mess of purple chunks. Ash digs in but the food makes him sick, causing him to puke on Thunders who shocks the whole house with Thunderbolt in retaliation. Finding they have no more food in the house (and after Kyoko complains), Kyoko, Kyubey, Ash, and the Pokémon decide to go shopping.

At the mall, Gretchen exclaims about how big it is as Ash takes a photo of a map of the mall. Everycreature spots Sophocles and Togey nearby and go over. Togey greets Thunders enthusiastically, as Kyoko's Rotom Phone provides information on Togedemaru, mentioning its Ability Lightning Rod, which Kyoko and Ash remember. After Togedemaru crashes from its uncontrollable rolling, Ash asks what Sophocles was intending to shop for. Sophocles reveals that he had come for some ice cream, which sparks Kyoko's attention to which she enthusiastically asks if they could come along.

Team Rocket are working at a malasada shop where they are relieved that there aren't any more customers in line. Their supervisor then comes over, allowing them to take a break. Meanwhile, at a shop next door, Ash, Kyubey, and the Pokémon begin to eat their ice cream while Kyoko comes back with a whole bag of malasadas and then digs into her ice cream, then stuffs herself with the malasadas, much to Gretchen's, Laurie's, and Radish's amusement. Sophocles brings out a homemade device and shows everycreature a program he had created, called the "Togedemaru Training Program".

Meanwhile, Team Rocket are gorging on a bowl of malasada, and James reminds the others that they are here undercover in order to steal all the Pokémon in the mall. After eating, they then begin to explore the mall to fulfill their plan. James examines a panel on the wall and checks to see if it is the security system. Whilst James is checking on the panel, Meowth gets freaked out by the sudden appearance of Mims (Jessie's Mimikyu), causing him to knock James, which in turns set off an alarm in the panel. This sends a door down, sealing them in the room.

Elsewhere in the mall, the Pokémon and Kyubey stop to watch the TV in a shop window when more doors start to come down, separating them from Ash, Sophocles, Kyubey, and Kyoko. While all the shoppers and their Pokèmon appear confused and worried, a guard explains to them that the security system had malfunctioned, causing all the doors to close automatically. A shopper then magically creates a hammer out of metal to smash down the door, but it doesn't affect the door due to anti-magic being integrated into the security system's technology for obvious reasons. The lights then go out which scares Sophocles, who ends up running into Kyubey before the emergency lights kick in. After Sophocles apologizes to Kyubey, they decide to ask the security guard for more information. The guard comments that they are doing all they can to help, and Sophocles goes to help with his invention, due to explaining the security system's anti-magic not allowing them to transform when the doors are down or use magic on it (to prevent shoplifters and thieves from using their magic to escape or damage the security doors and system) despite the shoppers and the guard begging them to transform. Sophocles works out that they have to shut down the entire system. The security guard informs them that that is possible from the power supply room, but is soon called away by another customer. The group then decides that it is up to them to sort it out,much to Sophocles' surprise. Kyoko, Ash, and Kyubey then check on the Pokémon, and Bluey comments that she has seen the map and has located the power supply room. They then agree to meet there.

Later, Laurie opens an air vent, to which Thunders, Dragonet, Casty, Gretchen, and Radish climb up easily but Laurie is having trouble reaching. Thunders lowers his tail to assist Laurie, only for her to be too big for Thunders to pull up, so Radish breifly transfoms into a Dragonite to carry she and Togey up there. Elsewhere, Ash and Kyoko follow Sophocles' directions and turn right, only to hit a door. They try again, only for Ash to run into another door, and a third attempt leaves Ash hitting another door. Soon, Ash, Kyoko, Kyubey, and Sophocles come across another door that is closed, which Sophocles states is odd as it should have been open, but causes Kyubey to get annoyed at Sophocles. Feathers spots another door coming down and alerts them. They run to get under the door but Sophocles trips and falls, only for Kyoko to pull Sophocles through.

Meanwhile, Jessie is straining to open a locked door and becomes frustrated, only for James to find a door that has been open the whole time. Soon, Team Rocket emerge onto the mall's roof delighted to be free. They then notice an air vent coming loose, as the Pokémon emerge onto the roof and spot Team Rocket (who are wondering where Kyubey and the heroes are). They are all surprised to see each other and Mims wastes no time in launching a Shadow Claw at Thunders which Thunders dodges. Gretchen attempts to use Shadow Ball at Mims, only for Wobber to intervene and block it with Mirror Coat, sending it back and damaging her. The explosion from the attack is heard by Ash, Kyoko, and Sophocles, and Ash comments it is coming from somewhere above. Mims continues to attack with Shadow Ball which nearly hits Togey but Thunders takes the hit, which sends him flying off the roof. James and Meowth go to see Thunders who is hanging onto a window ledge as Jessie corners Thunders, planning to catch it. However at that moment, the trio of Guardians and Kyubey arrive, and Ash guesses that it was Team Rocket who they caused all the mess at the mall. Kyoko goes to save Thunders, only to be stopped by James. Sophocles then comes up with an idea and tells Ash to command Thunders to use Thunderbolt which Ash does. Thunders' Thunderbolt is attracted to Togey's Lightning Rod, and Sophocles orders a powered-up Zing Zap from Togey which hits Mims and Team Rocket. Meanwhile, Ash transforms and flies over to save Thunders. Confronted by the three Guardians, Team Rocket prepares for the worst, just as Bewear arrives and carries them away. They then remember that they were heading to the power supply room and Bluey directs them towards it.

Later, Ash, Kyoko, and Sophocles, Kyubey, and the Pokémon are walking pleased that everything had been sorted as Thunders and Kyoko snidely remind Ash why they had visited the mall in the first place. Professor Kukui and Rocky then join them, having seen the memo that they had left him. Ash apologizes for using everything in the fridge, but Professor Kukui suggests they go and have dinner at Mallow's family restaurant, Aina's Kitchen, which they agree.

## Characters

### Guardians of Harmony

* Ash Ketchum
* Kyoko Sakura
* Sophocles Elton

### Pokémon

* Pikachu (Ash's; Thunders)
* Rowlet (Ash's; Feathers)
* Rockruff (Professor Kukui's; Rocky)
* Togedemaru (Sophocles's; Togey)
* Gastly (Kyoko's; Gretchen)
* Bisharp (Kyoko's; Laurie)
* Ninja Dragonet (Kyoko's; Radish)
* Ninja Dragonet (Elizabeth's; Bubbles "Dragonet")
* Cherrim (Elizabeth's; Bluey)
* Vaporeon (Elizabeth's; Bubblebath)
* Castform (Elizabeth's; Casty)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Mimikyu (Jessie's; Mims)
* Wobbuffet (Jessie's; Wobber)
* Bewear

### Villains

* Jessie
* James

### Secondary Characters

* Professor Kukui
* Security guard
* Trainers
* Civilians

## Trivia

* The only Guardians to appear in this episode are Ash, Kyoko, and Sophocles. The villainous quartet also does not appear.

### Dub Edits

* Kyoko's swearing is bleeped in the English dub.