The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo! (Japanese: ソムリエ探偵デント！消えたクマシュンの謎！！, Hepburn: Connoisseur Detective Cilan! The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!!) is the 40th episode of Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies.
Synopsis[]
Our heroes are staying at Cynthia’s house while they prepare for the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup. After Ash and Dawn have a practice battle that ends in a draw, a worried young neighbor named Chris comes by, looking for his lost Cubchoo. The boy tells them Cubchoo somehow got out of its Pokémon house overnight, although there’s only one door and Chris is sure he locked it from the outside.
So...who will come to the rescue? Why, Connoisseur Detective Cilan, of course! After much questioning of the details surrounding the “case,” Cilan finds a small tunnel under the wall surrounding the Pokémon house, leading out to the forest. Our heroes investigate and find a surprisingly tame Beartic eating Berries nearby. Cilan decides it must have taken Cubchoo, but Dawn points out that Beartic is far too big to fit through the tunnel. Then he announces that Beartic is the missing Cubchoo, and that it must have evolved after it escaped! But when Beartic won’t return to Chris’s Poké Ball, it becomes clear that Cilan is wrong again.
Finally, they spot Cubchoo when it comes running by, playing with a wild Larvitar! The two Pokémon are obviously good friends, and Cilan deduces that Larvitar must have figured out how to open the door to Cubchoo’s Pokémon house so they could play together. He declares the mystery solved, and Ash wants to celebrate with a battle! Chris and Cubchoo have never battled before, so Ash and Scraggy battle against Larvitar to show them how it’s done. The battle ends in a draw, but Chris and Cubchoo are excited about learning to battle too! Ash and Iris suggest that the two of them set off on a journey together, and Chris says they will—as long as Larvitar comes with them.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket appears to be getting closer and closer to its mysterious target...[1]
Episode plot[]
Ash and Dawn train, as Pignite tackles Mamoswine, who takes down Pignite. Mamoswine uses Hidden Power, which Pignite dodges and uses Flame Charge. Mamoswine is hit, so retaliates using Ice Shard, which is countered by Flamethrower. Mamoswine uses Take Down, followed with Hidden Power, which Pignite counters using Flame Charge. Cilan declares the battle as a tie and both trainers call their Pokémon back. Piplup would like to battle as well, but Cilan prefers to have a break. Jervis appears, claiming they are just in time. Jervis serves them tea and introduces Chris, a boy looking for Cubchoo. Chris tells them Cubchoo disappeared, so the heroes volunteer to find it for him, introducing in the process. Oshawott comes out, introducing himself with Piplup and both are amazed by Meloetta.
The heroes search around the area, but find nothing. Cilan asks Chris to tell them everything he knows about Cubchoo. Chris replies Cubchoo lived in a Pokémon house, a building specially designed for it. They enter the house and see it is a playground. Chris replies Cubchoo rarely went out, but even then it was for a walk. Chris shows them Cubchoo's bed; the last night they played a lot and Chris left Cubchoo in its bed and locked the door. Chris tells them the door is the only way in. Cilan smells a crime, announcing "detective time". Cilan asks for more info and Chris replies he opened the door at 7 PM and locked it in 9 PM. Iris tells Dawn Cilan does these things some of the time. Dawn says it reminds her of Brock, for he flirted with every girl he met, giving her and Ash some trouble.
Cilan suspects someone came, unlocked the door, took Cubchoo, locked the door and jumped over the wall. Chris replies it is impossible, for the alarm system would go off if someone crossed the wall. Cilan thinks they must've dug a tunnel. He searches and finds footprints of a Pokémon, leading to a small tunnel. Piplup goes through, showing Cubchoo must've gone through it. Cilan analyzes the dirt, thinking Cubchoo must've gone through the tunnel several times. Ash passes through, so they think Cubchoo escaped to the forest. They go to the forest and Piplup bashes a Joltik, who uses Electroweb on him and Oshawott.
Oshawott and Piplup fight each other for this incident, so Meloetta calms both of them with her song. Ash informs Chris Meloetta sings this song to calm everyone down. Cilan finds more footprints and wonders if that Pokémon took Cubchoo. Axew finds some leftovers, so Cilan asks to find some berries. Iris jumps on a tree and spots some. Meanwhile, Team Rocket find a target and dive under the sea. The heroes follow the footprints and find a Beartic, who is eating the apples. Surprisingly, it does not attack them. Cilan thinks Beartic thought Cubchoo was from its pack and took it away from the house, though Iris and Dawn do not know how could it crawl through the tunnel. Cilan, Ash and Chris try to interrogate Beartic, who throws an apple away. Cilan sees they are given a silent treatment, so they look for Cubchoo themselves.
They find nothing, so they return to Beartic. Cilan declares it is a prime suspect and notices Beartic's nose has Cubchoo's part of the nose. Cilan deduces Cubchoo went out, for Chris forgot to lock the door and crawled through the tunnel. It encountered a powerful Pokémon, so evolved into Beartic, but retained the nose. He pushes Chris to Beartic, but Chris finds that hard to believe. Dawn knows there is one way: Chris can call it back into its Poké Ball. Chris does that, but Beartic does not return, for it is not Chris'. However, the heroes notice a Cubchoo and a Larvitar playing around. Dawn asks Cilan how does he explain that, but Cilan sees it is all logical. Larvitar befriended Cubchoo and last night, it opened the door to let Cubchoo out, then locked the door, crawled through the tunnel and left to play with Cubchoo.
Dawn asks about Beartic, so Cilan replies it is an ordinary Beartic, who was just hungry. Cilan declares the mystery solved, but Iris scolds him, for he is a pain, depressing Cilan. The heroes ask Chris did he have a Pokémon Battle. Chris replies he hasn't, so Iris asks Ash to show Chris a true battle. Ash does that, challenging Larvitar by sending Scraggy, who immediately leers Cubchoo and Larvitar. Scraggy starts by headbutting Larvitar, who retaliates by biting him. Scraggy uses High Jump Kick, but Larvitar dodges, causing Scraggy to be hit. Larvitar uses Sandstorm, knocking Scraggy away, who uses Focus Blast. Larvitar uses Hidden Power, hitting Scraggy. Dawn declares the battle as a draw.
Cubchoo is inspired Larvitar, wanting to battle as well. Chris replies they need to tell everyone it is fine. Ash considers Larvitar to be Cubchoo's rival. Chris wants to participate in battles, so Ash replies he should go on a journey. Chris thinks he should train Cubchoo and catch Larvitar, so they can go to the journey. Later, Chris thanks them for finding Cubchoo. In the night, Team Rocket is diving via the submarine and found what they were looking for and go to report to Dr. Zager.
Trivia[]
Who's that Pokémon?: Cubchoo (Japan), Joltik (U.S.)
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ (n.d.) . "The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo! | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024.
