A character in Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)

James quotes from Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)

Tied for 8th most-quoted character in Pokémon: The First Movie (1998): in 5 of its 41 quotes
Most scenes with: Meowth (5), Jessie (5), Ash Ketchum (3)

Scenes with James

5 scenes
Jessie
[after stopping Dragonite with her frying pan]

We want to know what's so special about the twerp trio's special delivery!

Meowth
[seeing a replier to which Ash replied "yes" to]

Hey, look!

James

"Yes"? To what?

[Corey is riding his Pidgeot over the storm, Fergus jumps on his Gyarados]

Come back here! Or I'll place you under arrest!

Dewgong
[Neesha jumps on her Dewgong]

Dewgong-Gong!

Come back! [her hat flies off her head] Aah!

Some trainers have no fear.

Huh?

To them, this is just one more challenge. They follow their hearts. That is what sets them apart and will make them Pokémon Masters. [Corey, Fergus and Neesha are riding their respective Pokémon to get to New Island] Good luck to all of you.

Ash
[Ash, Misty and Brock run to the dock] [with determination]

The world's greatest Pokémon Master is waiting for me! Let's use our Pokémon to get to that island!

[with determination]

Pika!

Misty
[concerned]

Ash, our Pokémon aren't strong enough; They can't handle giant waves like this!

Ash
[sadly]

Guess you're right.

[sadly]

Pika, Pika.

Jessie
[in a Viking costume using voice of a Viking]

You vant to cross, maybe? Ve take you, ja? Ve Vikings are used to big vaves. Ve get you to New Island faster than you can say, Fahrvernugen. [cut to Jessie and James rowing the Viking boat] Stroke!

James

Unh!

Jessie

Stroke!

James

Unh! Unh!

Jessie

Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! [normal voice; to herself] Oh, I think I'm going to have one!

Brock

I didn't know Vikings still existed.

Ash

They mostly live in Minnesota.

Misty

Something's not right. Are you sure this boat's safe?

Ash, Misty, and Brock

Whoa!

Pika!

Jessie
[in a Viking voice]

Don't vorry. Dis ship von't let you down. Ve alvays sail in da rough veather. Don't get upset.

Meowth
[disguised as the boat's figurehead, looking nauseous]

Tell my stomach...

Jessie

Heave.

James

Ho.

Jessie

Heave.

James

Ho.

Jessie

Heave.

James

Ho.

Misty
[to Togepi, who whimpers]

It's alright, Togepi. We're gonna be okay.

Everyone
[a giant wave appears in front of the boat] [screams in terror]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA!

Ash
[the wave hits the boat, washing away Team Rocket's Viking costumes in the process]

Those aren't Vikings!

Misty

It's Team Rocket!

Brock

I should've known there was something fishy about them, besides the way they smell!

Jessie

Ha! Prepare for trouble!

James

Make it double!

Meowth
[a wave rises behind them] [seeing the wave]

Forget the motto! We're going to have to wait--

Everyone
[screams]

AAAAAAAAH!
[The wave hits the boat, throwing everyone overboard]

Ash
[After Ash falls in and growls angrily underwater] [emerges out of the water]

HEY! [follows the Clone Ball to Mewtwo's lab] YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET PIKACHU!

Jessie and James
[watching the screen as Mewtwo's Clone Balls are moving through the conveyor belt]

There goes...Alakazam...Dewgong...Vileplume!

Meowth
[watching the clone Pokémon being created]

Sandshrew, Nidoqueen, Vaporeon. [looks at his clone] But me, I got a special place in my tail for this one.

Ash
[lands on a conveyor belt with a hard thud]

Ugh!

Jessie and James

Huh?

Ash
[groans]

Ohh.

James

Yeeeh!

Jessie

Look there!

Ash

Uhh. [to Team Rocket] Aah, I don't have time for your dumb motto today! [grabs Pikachu's ball but a claw grabs the ball and carries Ash with the ball]

Jessie and James
[watching the screen and seeing a silhouette of Pikachu]

Who's that Pokémon? It's Pikachu!

Ash
[fighting with mechanical claws inside the cloning machine]

Ow! Let go! Ugh! Stupid machine! Ugh! GIVE ME BACK MY...PIKACHU! [biting the machine arm, growling in anger] AAAARRGGH!

Meowth
[The silhouette of Pikachu disappears, and an alarm starts blaring] [worried]

What's happening?!

Ash
[Ash fights against the mechanical arms, breaks loose and frees Pikachu] [in shock]

Huh? [happily] Ahh! [Pikachu shakes his head and sputters] Pikachu!

Pi? [happily] Pika-Pi! [turns around and runs to Ash, and they both hug, while Ash laughs] Ka!

Ash

I'm so glad you're okay.

Ka!

Jessie
[The Pokémon clones start coming down and Team Rocket shudders in horror]

The copies are hatching! [the Pokémon clones start to hatch; amazed] They're fabulous fakes.

Meowth

Send in da Clones!

Ash

But where are the real ones?

Pika?

James
[The Pokémon clones leave the lab while the alarm gets louder and faster] [about the clones]

I wonder if they feel--

Meowth

Clonesome.

Team Rocket
[the machine behind them explodes]

WHOA!

Jessie
[Mewtwo's cloning machine is destroyed, thereby freeing all the original Pokémon from Mewtwo's Clone Balls]

The Poké originals!

Tentacruel

Tentacruel. [hugs Team Rocket with its tentacles, scaring them]

[watching the cloned Pokémon battle with the original Pokémon]

Pokémon aren't meant to fight; not like this. It's useless. What can come out of it?

Neesha

Nothing... but pain.

Brock

Why can't Mewtwo understand it's not right to force Pokémon to battle this way?

Misty

They're all living creatures. This just proves that fighting is wrong.

James
[Brock's Vulpix and the Vulpix clone fall and stop battling in exhaustion] [he, Jessie and Meowth are watching the Pokémon and their clones fighting]

I was prepared for trouble, but not for this.

Jessie

Make that double, for me.

James

Now I can see how horrible fighting really is.

Jessie

Even the best of friends will fight sometimes.

James

I'll promise never to fight again if you will! [hugs Jessie and starts crying] Oh, Jessie!

Jessie
[hugs James and starts crying also]

Oh, James!

Meowth
[watches Jessie and James crying]

Hmm. [sees his clone] Hmm? Aah!

[stands up]

Meow!

Meowth
[Both Meowth and his clone retract their claws and prepare for battle, but then stop] [looks at his claws]

Hey, what am I doing?

[looks at it's claws also then sits down lazily]

Meow.

Meowth

Let's get something straight, copycat! You-owth ain't going to push Meowth around!

[scratches itself]

Meow, meow.

Meowth

You mean, we don't have to fight each other? But how can I trust you? You was born different.

[points to Meowth's claws]

Meow, meow.

Meowth
[looks at his claws]

I almost made a clawful mistake. But how do I know you're not going to pull a fast one on me?

[looks up to the moon]

Meow, meow, meow.

Meowth

Hmm? [looks up at the moon as well] You're right. We do have a lot in common. The same Earth, the same air, the same sky.

Meow.

Meowth

Maybe if we started looking at what's the same, instead of always looking at what's different, well, who knows?

Meow.

Ash
[last lines] [sees Mew]

Hey, what's that?

Brock

Hmm?

Misty

What's what? [Mew disappears] I don't see anything, Ash.

Brock

Except the sky.

Ash
[smiles]

Hmm. The day I left home to start my Pokémon journey, I saw a really rare Pokémon, and just now, I thought I saw another one.

Misty

Well, maybe you're just seeing things, Ash.

Ash

Huh?

Brock

Well, maybe he's not.

Ash

Ha-ha! Hmm. Well, maybe we'll see.

[nods in agreement]

Pikachu.

Many strange legends surround the mysteries of Pokémon, and just as many adventures await our young heroes as they continue on their quest. For Ash and his friends, the journey's just begun.

Jessie
[Team Rocket is still on New Island, and they don't have any memory how they got there]

I don't have a clue how we got here, but who cares?

James

This is paradise!

Meowth

For once, a happy ending!

Team Rocket

Team Rocket signing off again! [they laugh happily]

James

Do you have any sunscreen?

Meowth

You know, I'd really like to go sailing in one of them catamarans. Ha-ha!

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