A Dairy Tale Ending

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**A Dairy Tale Ending** is the 2nd episode of *Liam's Adventures of Pokémon: Johto League Champions*.

## Plot

After Ash's Pokémon recover, Whitney takes the group to spend a day at her uncle's dairy farm. Later, Jessie, James, and Meowth attempt to raid the pantry for all of the dairy produce they can find, but they are discovered by Whitney and forced to flee. Ash gives chase, and Pikachu attacks the trio, causing them to drop the stolen food. Jessie and James send out Arbok and Weezing, and Whitney sends out Miltank. Miltank hits the trio with a Rollout and sends them flying. Later, the group is brushing the farm's Miltank, but the one Ash is brushing decides to walk away. Ash grabs her tail, and she responds by kicking him into a fence. Afterwards, Milton shows the group the milking machine.

As Whitney is practicing her Miltank's Rollout, Ash recalls how she made short work of his Pokémon in their earlier Gym battle. Whitney's training is cut short, however, by Team Rocket, who return in a giant rolling barrel. They recite their motto and use arms that sprout from the ends of the barrel to grab Miltank and Pikachu. Ash turns to face the barrel and sends out Cyndaquil, which uses Tackle, stopping the barrel's advance. Ash then uses Totodile's Water Gun to carve trenches in the hill. They cause the barrel to bounce and shake so violently that James snaps the control levers, dropping Miltank and Pikachu. Pikachu launches a Thunder Shock, which causes the barrel to explode, sending Team Rocket flying again.

Ash and Whitney agree to have another battle, with Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Pikachu facing off against Miltank. Ash starts with Cyndaquil, but it is quickly defeated by Miltank's Rollout. Next, Ash uses Totodile, and again has him use Water Gun to dig trenches in the ground. Totodile then launches himself into the air with another Water Gun, and lands on top of Miltank. However, Whitney orders Miltank to shake him off, and she does before hitting him with Rollout. Ash returns the defeated Totodile to his Lure Ball before he even hits the ground. Finally, Ash sends out Pikachu, and orders him to use Agility. Pikachu's speed causes Miltank to hit some of the trenches in her attempts to attack. As Miltank comes round for another attack, Pikachu positions himself in the bottom of one of the trenches. As Miltank rolls over the top, Pikachu tosses her into the air. Pikachu then uses Thunder Shock on the airborne Miltank and wins the match.

Whitney offers Ash the Plain Badge, much to his surprise, since it was not an official Gym battle. However, she and Milton convince him that beating a Gym Leader's top Pokémon fair and square is what counts, and he accepts it.

## Major events

* Ash has a rematch with Whitney and wins, earning the Plain Badge.
* Jenny receives a Pokémon egg from Whitney and her Uncle Milton

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash
* Brock
* Misty
* Agent Ben Rockefeller
* Liam Hammerfield
* Lilo Pelekai
* Dora Marquez
* Jessie
* James
* Whitney
* Milton
* Nurse Joy

### Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Snorlax *(US and international)*, Miltank *(Japan)*

* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Togepi (Misty's)
* Mightyena (Ben's)
* Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
* Cyndaquil (Ash's)
* Totodile (Ash's)
* Arbok (Jessie's)
* Weezing (James's)
* Miltank (Whitney's)
* Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
* Miltank (Milton's; multiple)

## Trivia

* The Miltank dairy may be based on Moomoo Farm, though it is found to the west of Route 38, while the dairy in this episode is located just outside Goldenrod City.
* The episode's English dub title is a pun of the phrase "a fairy tale ending".
* This episode was partially adapted into the book Winner Takes All.
* This episode is featured on the *Crash of the Dairy* volume of the High Voltage Collection series, a series of select Johto League Champions episodes on VHS.
* In the previous episode, Whitney's Gym says the Gym Leader will be back tomorrow, yet as this is the next day, Whitney is not at her Gym but at the Miltank dairy.
* This is the first Gym battle that Ash had where he was allowed to use more Pokémon than the Gym Leader. This did not happen again until *Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1* and *Part 2*.
* When Team Rocket blasts off, their faces are similar to Wobbuffet's.

## Transcript

*Main article: A Dairy Tale Ending/Transcript*