Articuno's Time-Off

This animated short stars the ice bird Pokémon Articuno.

Audio

 * Jodi Benson as the voice of Articuno
 * Sound effects by Junichi Masuda
 * New age music composed by Ludovico Einaudi

Articuno's monologue
Most people call me the Freeze Pokémon, but there is one girl who calls me an ice bird. Her name is Kimberly Jordan. I know she can get her Pokémon Yellow back just to improve and win the whole journey in Kanto so she can one day catch me in Seafoam Islands.

I am the one and only Articuno and I live in a nest on top of my summit. I see that one of you are thinking that my feathers are soft like many types of birds in your homeworld. So, you want to know the secret of my nest? Come with me. I'll show you about it.

Around the real world called Earth, most bird nests come from common materials both natural and artificial, but my nest can be much comfortable with pleasant blue tufts I've gathered from one of those soft Truffula trees from a different world. I surround the inside of my nest and I sit there, just to lay eggs when I'm able to.

From the distance, as I stay in my nest, I hear the peaceful ocean waves rushing across the shore. Cute and friendly Pokémon playing at the beach together. And in that group is my spunky friend Pikachu who loves extremely good things; juicy fruits, yellow flowers, whatever you know.

The sun is shining it warms my heart like fire in the hearth against corrupt ice. I wonder if Lugia might visit me to see how good my nest looks. I think we Pokémon really have native DNA that made us in different shapes you've ever seen.