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Pokemon Season 1: Pokemon Indigo League
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| Pokemon: Indigo League Season 1 | |
| General information | |
| Episodes | 52 TV Episodes 79 Video Release Episodes |
| Series | Original Series |
| Region | Kanto |
| Following series | Adventures in the Orange Islands |
| First Episode | Pokemon, I Choose You! |
| Last Episode | Friends to the End |
| Related Movie(s) | Mewtwo Strikes Back |
The story begins by following Ash Ketchum; a ten year old boy who has just got his Pokemon Trainer license. It follows the journey of Ash and Pikachu leaving Pallet town on their adventures (and misadventures) as he sets out to try and fulfill his ambition of becoming a Pokémon Master. The whole season is set in the Kanto region. You can click here to read a summarised version of this seasons key events.
Prior to it's English dub being released, Pokemon Season 1 was aired in Japan between April 1st, and August 6th, The first aired episode was "Pokemon, I Choose You!".
The theme songs for this season were: "Aim to be a Pokemon Master" by Rica Matsumoto in Japan and "Pokemon theme" by Jason Paige for the English opening. There was also a PokéRap segment at the end of each episode which would "rap" the names of 30 different Pokemon of the complete , changing the Pokemon in it each time; this was intended to help viewers remember the names of all the Pokémon.
In the U.S in terms of television airings there were 52 televised episodes originally out of 79 produced, meaning 27 were available exclusively on VHS and DVD. The first season aired in the United States in with the first episode being "Battle Aboard the St. Anne" which aired on September 8th, and ran right the way up to May 1st, when the final episode of Season 1 "The Breeding Center Secret" was finally shown on May 1st, Shortly after it was aired in the USA, YTV picked up the series for airing in Canada.
This season was directly succeeded by Pokemon Season 2: Adventures in the Orange Islands which continued the story of Ash and his friends in the Kanto region and their offshore Islands, collectively known as the Orange Archipelago.
The Intro for Pokemon Indigo League
Official Description
It’s Ash Ketchum’s tenth birthday, and he’s ready to do what many year-olds in the Kanto region set out to do—become a Pokémon Trainer! Things don’t go exactly the way he planned when he ends up with a Pikachu instead of a standard first Pokémon, and winning Gym Badges turns out to be much tougher than he thought. Luckily he’s got former Gym Leaders Brock and Misty at his side, along with a bevy of new Pokémon friends, including Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander.Episode List
| Picture | Episode # (Season) | Episode # (Overall) | Episode name (Intl / Japan) | Air dates (Intl / Japan) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pokémon, I Choose You!" "Pokemon! Kimi ni Kimeta!" (ポケモン! きみにきめた!) (Pokémon! I Choose You!) | September 8, April 1, | |
| Ash Ketchum has just had his 10th birthday and can finally get his Pokémon trainers license. Ash has looked forward to getting his Pokémon for so long that he couldn't sleep and ended up turning up late to Professor Oaks lab only to find all the standard starter Pokémon have been taken. Professor Oak can see Ash is genuinely devastated to have been late and missed out on Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur so tells Ash there is one other Pokémon he could take a rather disobedient Pikachu that doesn't like going inside it's Pokéball. Ash and Pikachu set off on their journey, with Pikachu completely ignoring Ash, and Ash having to pull him along with a rope. Ash tries and fails to catch a few different Pokémon while being mocked by Pikachu until eventually Ash throws a rock which hits a Spearow on it's head. The Spearow calls it's whole flock to attack Ash and Pikachu in retribution for this. Ash borrows a girls bike and the two try to escape the flock but to no avail, with the Spearow flying directly at him and Pikachu Ash chooses to shield Pikachu with his body and stands in the way. Pikachu realises at this point Ash does infact care for him and uses a powerful electric attack to fend off the Spearow, destroying the girls bike in the process. As Ash and Pikachu wake up they see a mysterious golden bird flying over, like no Pokémon they've ever heard of. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Pokémon Emergency!" "Taiketsu! Pokemon Sentā!" (たいけつ! ポケモンセンター!) (Showdown! Pokémon Center!) | September 9, April 8, | |
| Ash rushes Pikachu to the nearby Viridian City in search of it's Pokemon Center. Officer Jenny apprehends Ash, suspicious as to why he's carrying Pikachu rather than it being in it's Pokeball, Ash explains and officer Jenny takes him to the Pokemon Center. While Pikachu is being treated by Nurse Joy, Misty (the girl whose Bike ash borrowed) bursts in and vows to follow Ash until he pays her back for destroying her bike. Shortly after, the Pokémon Center is attacked by three members of Team Rocket; Jessie, James and their talking Meowth who are there to steal all the injured Pokémon from the infirmary as they see them as easy targets. Pikachu, alongside an abudance of other Pikachu work together to fight off Team Rocket, little did we know this would be the first of many occurences of Team Rocket involuntarily "blasting off". | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Ash Catches a Pokémon" "Pokemon Getto da ze!" (ポケモンゲットだぜ!) (I Got a Pokémon!) | September 10, April 15, | |
| Ash heads into the Viridian Forest accompanied by Pikachu and Misty. It's there that he captures his first Pokemon, a Caterpie which for some reason Misty is terrified of as it seems she has a phobia of bug type Pokemon. As they continue through Viridian Forest Ash encounters and catches a Pidgeotto and things are looking up! However what they don't know is that Team Rocket have been following them since the Pokemon Center in Viridian City, having witnessed (and experienced first hand) the power of Pikachu's thundershocks themselves they're now intent on stealing Ash's Pikachu (as in their view it seems more powerful than the average Pikachu) as a present for their boss Team Rocket engage Ash in battle and Ash and his little team manage to fend them off, resulting in Ash's Caterpie evolving into Metapod! | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Challenge of the Samurai" "Samurai Shōnen no Chōsen!" (サムライしょうねんのちょうせん!) (Challenge of the Samurai Boy!) | September 11, April 22, | |
| While exploring the Viridian Forest Ash and his group encounter a Samurai who challenges Ash to a battle, said battle wouldn't exactly pack out a stadium, as it turns out to be Metapod vs. Metapod! Since both Metapod's only know harden the battle isn't very eventful but then suddenly a Beedrill swarm attacks and kidnaps Ash's Metapod. He manages to find his Metapod at the Beedrill nest and rescue it, triggering it to evolve into it's final evolutionaly stage; Butterfree. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Showdown in Pewter City" "Nibi Jimu no Tatakai!" (ニビジムのたたかい!) (Battle of Nibi Gym!) | September 11, April 22, | |
| After heading to Pewter City to challenge it's gym leader and try to win his first gym badge Ash and his group meet a mysterious rock salesman called Flint. Ash challenges Brock, the Pewter City gym leader but loses the battle. Outside the gym they meet Flint again who takes Ash & Misty to Brocks house where he see's brock in an apron caring for his younger brothers and sisters, a role he assumed after his father left them. Flint then takes Ash and Pikachu to the Watermill for training to make Pikachu stronger for the next battle. Ash challenges Brock again and this time it looks as though he might just win, when suddenly a fire breaks out in the gym, prompting the sprinklers to go off and weaken Onix, Brock's main Pokemon (a rock type, weak to water). Ash could have easily leveraged the water to have acquired an easy victory via a thundershock but the thought of Brock's younger siblings makes him hesitant to exploit the situation, when Ash opens his eyes from this thought he is literally being held back by BBrock's younger siblings! Ash leaves the gym without the badge, but shortly after Brock catches up to him and awards him the Boulder Badge. It turns out that the mysterious rock salesman, Flint was Brock's father. Flint tells Brock he will take over responsibility for caring for his children, and for running the Pewter City gym which allows Brock to accompany Ash and Misty on their journey. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Clefairy and the Moon Stone" "Pippi to Tsuki no Ishi" (ピッピとつきのいし) (Pippi and the Moon Stone) | September 15, May 6, | |
| Ash and his friends arrive at Mt. Moon where they find Team Rocket causing chaos in their search for the mysterious Moon Stone. With the assistance of a scientist called Seymour the trio are able to recover the Moon Stone and save the Clefairy's that watch over it. Brock then catches a Zubat. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City" "Hanada Shiti no Suichūka" (ハナダシティのすいちゅうか) (The Underwater Flowers of Hanada City) | September 16, May 13, | |
| The journey continues with Ash seeking his second gym badge and the course is set for Cerulean City. However Misty seems extremely reluctant to follow on this path and disappears before they get there. On arrival to the Cerulean Gym Ash and Pikachu witness three beautiful sisters performing a synchonized swimming show, leaving Ash in doubt as to whether he's in the right place for a Pokemon battle. Once they finish their show the three sisters reveal that they are infact the Gym Leaders but because they've converted the gym into a big arena for a water show they offer to just give Ash the badge. Misty appears out of nowhere and is revealed to be the fourth of the Cerulean sisters, angry that they were willing to simply give away gym badges Misty steps up and say's she will battle Ash. During the gym battle between Misty and Ash, Team Rocket show up and try to steal all the water Pokémon - Ash again helps to fend them off and Misty's Sisters award the Cascade Badge to Ash for helping save their Pokemon. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Path to the Pokémon League" "Pokemon Rīgu e no Michi" (ポケモンリーグへのみち) (The Road to the Pokémon League) | September 17, May 20, | |
| An increasingly confident Ash sets out on his journey for Vermillion City accompanied by his new friends but along the way they hear talk of a trainer named A.J, a hardened trainer who has never been beaten. This appeals to Ash who naturally wanted to be the one to beat him first so they head to A.J's (unofficial) gym, on arrival they see a huge sign stating "98 Consecutive Victories" making a win against A.J in Ash's eyes an even bigger prize. A.J reveals that upon reaching consecutive victories he himself is going to embark on a journey to travel around Kanto challenging gym leaders. Ash, Misty and Brock witness the tough way A.J trains his Pokémon and have mixed feelings about it. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "The School of Hard Knocks" "Pokemon Hisshō Manyuaru" (ポケモンひっしょうマニュアル) (Pokémon Certain Victory Manual) | September 18, May 27, | |
| While lost deep in a forest shrouded by a thick mist our heroes decide to take a break from being lost for a minute and have a rest. Ash goes to take a look for some firewood when he overhears a commotion so he goes to investigate. He finds a young boy (Joe) being bullied by five seemingly older boys. It turns out that all of them are pupils at a preparatory school for Pokemon Trainers, where succesful graduates get to enter the Pokemon League without requiring any gym badges. The five older boys were bullying the younger boy because his knowledge of Pokemon wasn't good enough, making him a disgrace to their prestiged school; PokéTech. Ash, Misty and Brock follow Joe to the building where he states that even him as the bottom of the class is more powerful than someone with Two Gym Badges. Ash is about to battle him to prove him wrong then Misty steps in and battles him instead (taking great offence to this comment as she was taught in a proper gym), with her much stronger Starmie easily overwhelming Joe's weaker Weepinbel despite the type advantage. Giselle, the top student sees this and continues to lay into Joe about how embarassing he is to PokéTech. Misty confronts Giselle for her attitude and they end up battling, Giselle being so overconfident that she chooses a Graveller despite the type advantage, and quickly beats Misty's Starmie. They then move outside by the pool so Giselle can beat Misty in an area which would be to her advantage, but Giselle starts taunting Ash and he battles her instead. After it looking very much like defeat for Ash against Giselle's Cubone, Ash and Pikachu manage to turn it around and win the battle. Team Rocket show up shortly after but are quickly repelled by Giselle and the other students. Giselle, humbled by her defeat by Ash becomes a better human being and the journey continues. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village" "Kakurezato no Fushigidane" (かくれざとのフシギダネ) (Fushigidane of the Hidden Village) | September 21, June 3, | |
| Our heroes are continuing on their journey to Vermillion City (well hopefully, they're a bit lost.) and take a short break near a pond. After seeing an Oddish drinking from the pool Misty and Ash jump straight up to try to catch it. After laying into the Oddish Misty throws a ball to catch it, the ball is batted away by a Bulbasaurs vine whip and fails to catch it. The Bulbasaur stands in front of Oddish to protect it, it then attacks and defeats Starmie quickly. Ash steps in and battles Bulbasaur with Butterfree, the wily Bulbasaur blows Butterfrees own sleep powder back at it, defeats it and Oddish & Bulbasaur flee into the bushes. Shortly after the trio find themselves crossing a rope bridge which promptly collapses as they're crossing it, Brock falls into the water and is swept away but Ash and Misty manage to climb across, only to be caught in a trap and get stuck in a tree. Brock appears beneath them and cuts them down. Brock had been saved by a beautiful girl who pulled him out of the water. The three go back to her hut in the woods where Brock introduces his friends to Melanie who has just finished feeding a load of Pokémon. It's then revealed that Melanie runs a sort of sanctuary where Pokémon can come and be safe and relax without battling etc. It turns out that the Oddish Ash and Misty tried to catch was one of the ones from the sanctuary. It turns out that the whole place is also surrounded by Team Rocket style traps in order to keep the Pokemon safe. The group start helping Melanie care for the Pokemon and Misty apologises to Oddish for what happened previously. Oddish befriends Misty when she shows remorse. Bulbasaur turns up and is less understanding and takes Misty from behind. Ash is about to take Bulbasaur on in battle when Melanie steps in and explains that Bulbasaur volunteered to be the guardian of her Pokemon Sanctuary. Bulbasaur growls at Ash and clearly wants him to leave the village. Team Rocket finally make it to the sanctuary after falling victim to various traps where they attempt to steal all the Pokemon with a big suction machine. Bulbasaur rescues Oddish just in time, and Ash helps push Bulbasaur against the wind to escape into the cabin. Ash sends out Pidgeotto to get rid of Team Rocket and they are promptly blown away by a whirlwind. With the village safe, Melanie offers Bulbasaur (who has now fortunately warmed to Ash a little) to Ash, and that he needs to travel and to grow and that the village is too small for him. Bulbasaur communicates that he will join Ash on one condition, that he takes him on in battle first! Pikachu manages to defeat Bulbasaur in battle and our heroes say their goodbye and leave the village. | ||||
| 11 | 11 | "Charmander – The Stray Pokémon" "Hagure Pokemon, Hitokage" (はぐれポケモン・ヒトカゲ) (The Stray Pokémon – Hitokage) | September 22, June 10, | |
| Ash and friends are finally on the right path to Vermillion City but along the way they come to a Rock where they find a stray Charmander sitting. Ash's first instinct is to try and catch it but it turns out that it has a trainer and so can't be captured. Thinking it best to leave the Charmander alone because it belongs to someone our heroes continue to the Pokemon Center where they overhear a nasty Pokémon trainer called Damian bragging about how he left his dumb Charmander on a rock because he thought it was weak, he had promised it he would come back but had no intentions of doing so. Meanwhile heavy rain is starting outside which could kill Charmander if it put out the flame on it's tail. Ash rushes to find the Charmander who is still huddled, loyally waiting on the rock, weak and being attacked by Spearow with it's flame almost out. Ash, Misty and Brock are running with Charmander desperately trying to get it to the Pokemon Center before its now very weak flame goes out. They get it to Nurse Joy just in time who is able to save it. Early the next morning Brock wakes everyone up to find that Charmander has disappeared from the Emergency room. They suspect that Charmander will have headed back to the Rock to wait for Damian so they head back there. Team Rocket have set a trap for them nearby, minus Pikachu our heroes fall into the hole and Team Rocket turn up in shock proof suits to steal Pikachu. With Pikachu captured in a rubber bag and our heroes still trapped in a hole Team Rocket are about to escape but Charmander stops them and saves the day. Damian had been hiding in the bushes and witnessing the events, now seeing that Charmander isn't weak like he thought he tries to claim Charmander and get it back. He says things which it make it clear he is a horrible Pokemon Trainer, Charmander rejects Damian, throws his PokéBall back in his face and joins Ash's Team! Damian runs off crying, burnt and electrocuted. Ash got a Pokemon, and a new friend. | ||||
| 12 | 12 | "Here Comes the Squirtle Squad" "Zenigame-gundan Tōjō!" (ゼニガメぐんだんとうじょう!) (The Zenigame Squad Appears!) | September 23, June 17, | |
| Ash, Misty and Brock fall victim to a series of pranks set up by a notorious gang called the Squirtle Squad. Later on things get worse and they're actually captured by the Squirtle Squad who it turns out have been tricked into working on behalf of Team Rocket by Meowth. While still being held captive by the Squirtle Squad, Pikachu is lying gravely injured in a cage. Ash begs the Squirtle squad to allow him to go and get a Super potion, their leader releases him and Ash runs off. Meanwhile Meowth is scheming that by the time Ash returns they'll already have made off with his Pikachu. Ash arrives at the shop where Jessie and James of Team Rocket are buying explosives to scare off the Squirtle Squad, aswell as some dental Floss. Ash walks into the shop for a super potion after and has lots of guns pulled on him. Officer Jenny steps in and assures the people in the shop that Ash isn't with Team Rocket. Jenny gives Ash a ride to the cave, but the bridge is out, so he enters it via a secret entrance. Ash uses Charmander's flame to light the way through the tunnel. Ash arrives back at the Cavern to find Misty and Brock have been untied. The Super Potion is administered to Pikachu just in time. Shortly after Team Rocket attacks from above with their Hot Air Balloon and start throwing bombs at our heroes and the Squirtle Squad who flee into the cave. The Squirtle squad leader fell over and didn't make it to the cave in time, Ash dived on top of it to save it. As more bombs were dropped Ash tells Squirtle to run, but Squirtle picks Ash up and just about makes it to the cave whilst dodging bombs! Squirtle follows Ash's command and attacks the Team Rocket balloon, perforating it, rescuing Pikachu and sending Team Rocket blasting off once more. The blast of the explosives had caused a forest fire which threatened the whole town. Ash suggests to the Squirtle Squad that the combined power of their waterguns might put the fire out and save the town, sure enough it does. The town make the Squirtle Squad honorary firefighters, complete with ourfits. Ash and the gang set off on the road to Vermillion City only to find they have the Squirtle Squads leader in tow, and he wants to join Ash's team, which Ash happilly accepts! | ||||
| 13 | 13 | "Mystery at the Lighthouse" "Masaki no Tōdai" (マサキのとうだい) (Masaki's Lighthouse) | September 24, June 24, | |
| When Ash was summarising the Pokemon he'd caught so far Misty and Brock commented that he hadn't technically "caught" most of them, Ash runs off and finds a beach and a beautiful sunset he couldn't care less about. He also finds a tiny Krabby he accidentally insults by calling it Shrimpy, Krabby attacks Ash's finger, then precedes to engage ASH himself in battle who fights it with a stick (wtf) and then manages to catch it in a ball! To his surprise the ball disappears out of his hand. Brock/Misty reappear and explain that a trainer can only have six Pokemon with them at once and that Krabby has most likely gone to Professor Oak's lab for safe keeping. Ash, wanting to be sure that his new Krabby is safe and has reached Professor Oak wants to find a phone, at this point Pikachu spots a lighthouse shining in the distance and the gang head on over. When they arrive the lighthouse is dark and mysterious looking, the voice inside guides Ash to a videophone and he calls Professor Oak who ash suspects is eating his Krabby (he isn't, fortunately). It turns out that Gary has already caught 45 Pokemon, including a Krabby which absolutely dwarves Ash's one. Bill introduces himself, he appears to be a giant talking Kabuto but Bill reveals he is actually a Pokemon researcher and his current getup is a result of an experiment gone wrong. With the help of Ash and friends Bill is freed from the costume. Bill then explains it was part of his research into ancient Pokemon. Bill explains his main research at the minute is to try and find one special Pokemon, the largest of all Dragonite, whom he says is one of a kind and that he has been communicating with it. At this point Dragonite begins to approach the lighthouse from the ocean. Meanwhile Team Rocket are scaling the cliff to the lighthouse with a plan to steal any rare Pokemon that Bill might have, at this point they notice Dragonite and start firing on it. The dragonite attacks the lighthouse and Team Rocket continue to attack the Pokemon before being belted away by Dragon Tail. Sadly the damage is done, and the Dragonite who had come to befriend Bill leaves, never to be seen again. Bill vows to remain at his lighthouse in the hopes that Dragonite will return some day and the heroes bid him farewell as they continue their journey. | ||||
| 14 | 14 | "Electric Shock Showdown" "Dengeki Taiketsu! Kuchiba Jimu" (でんげきたいけつ! クチバジム) (Electric Shock Showdown! Kuchiba Gym) | September 25, July 1, | |
| Ash and friends finally arrivev at the Vermillion City Gym, with Ash very enthusiastic to prove he is a strong enough trainer to defeat Lt. Surge but Pikachu and everyone else are exhausted so they head to the Pokemon Center first for a rest. At this point the Pokemon Center is full of badly injured Pokemon who have tried to take on Lt. Surge, another Pokemon is rushed in at which point Nurse Joy says its the 15th one this month. Seeing this makes Pikachu rather reluctant to want to take on the Vermillion Gym Leader. Ash enters the gym to find several tough looking trainers, before the extremely huge Lt. Surge approaches and assumes Misty to be the challenger, calling her cute. She then points out that Ash is the challenger, Surge then refers to Ash as 'baby' and calls Pikachu a 'baby Pokemon' and it soon becomes apparent why when Surge's massive Raichu comes out of it's ball! Ash and Pikachu, driven by the insults and taunting from Surge and Raichu are intent on battling, Pikachu most of all, wanting to prove it can take on it's evolved form. The battle ensues and Pikachu is swiftly overpowered by Raichu's powerful electric attacks, but manages to get back up before swiftly being knocked down again and defeated. Team Rocket are watching through the window and scheming as usual, contemplating that if Pikachu is defeated then maybe they've wasted their time trying to steal him all along. Pikachu wakes up in the Pokemon Center, angry and upset about how he was overpowered by the Raichu. Nurse Joy overhears the conversation and offers Ash a Thunder Stone which would evolve it into a Raichu. Ash, faced with the decision to keep his pal exactly as he is, or evolve it for the sake of battle decides to give Pikachu the choice; Pikachu thinks for a moment then slaps the Thunder Stone to the ground, intent on beating the Raichu just the way it is! Pikachu and Ash vow to find a way to win. Brock points out something that Surge said, he evolved his Pikachu right away in order to get the strongest electric attacks quicker, meaning Raichu may have missed out on learning some moves that can only be learned in the Pikachu stage armed with this knowledge Ash and Pikachu return to the gym to face Lt. Surge once more. The battle ensues and Ash and Pikachu take on a new strategy, although at the start of the battle it looks bad, Pikachu starts to use it's speed and agility attacks. Raichu is powerful but slow and is quickly outmanouvered, becoming dizzy as it tries to keep up with Pikachu's speed. Raichu completely runs out of electricity as he kept missing Pikachu, and Pikachu manages to defeat a tired Raichu with a quick attack and tail whip finisher. Ash and Pikachu claim the Thunder Badge in their proudest victory yet. | ||||
| 15 | 15 | "Battle Aboard the St. Anne" "Santo Annu-gō no Tatakai!" (サントアンヌごうのたたかい!) (The St. Anne Battle!) | September 28, July 8, | |
| Our heroes are excited to head out to the St. Anne, a luxury cruise ship after Ash wins tickets for them to take a trip on it. For a brief period Ash trades his Butterfree for a Raticate but remembers all the time he and Butterfree (Caterpie, Metapod) spent together and feels bad about it (and so he should) and asks for his Butterfree back. Unfortunately it turns out that the entire cruise and competition was yet another Team Rocket scheme devised with the sole aim of relieving all of the 'lucky winners' of their Pokemon! Meanwhile Jessie, James and Meowth are also onboard the St. Anne and James is tricked into buying a Magikarp by a devious salesman who promises it will make him rich. A short while later a powerful storm rocks the ship, in the panic to evacuate the ship Ash loses Butterfree's PokéBall and tries to locate it, likewise James loses the ball with Magikarp in and tries to find that. Ash and his friends as well as Jessie, James and Meowth are all knocked out and miss the evacuation lifeboats that takes the other passengers to safety. The episode closes with our heroes and Team Rocket on a sinking cruise ship. | ||||
| 16 | 16 | "Pokémon Shipwreck" "Pokemon Hyōryūki" (ポケモンひょうりゅうき) (Pokémon Adrift) | September 29, July 15, | |
| The episode opens with officer Jenny laying flowers at sea for Ash, Misty, Brock, Jessie & James suspecting they are now dead. Meanwhile our heroes and Team Rocket wake up, with Ash witnessing fish swimming outside the windows and quickly using his powers of deduction to realise that the ship has sunk. Jessie in all her knowledge meanwhile commands Ekans to use his acid to make a hole in the ship so that they can escape, this resulting in the ship taking on water even quicker and them getting trapped in a corridor, drowning. Misty sends Goldeen to try and find a way out, but Goldeen finds Team Rocket and rescues diseinuak4web.net Rocket attack, Ash and Brock get their Pokemon out to engage them but this inbalances the ship which is resting ominously on a narrow rock, above a huge chasm. Everyone decides that not dying is more important than the battle they were about to have and withdraws their Pokemon. Team Rocket and our heroes agree a temporary truce in order to escape together. Misty, who is relying on the knowledge of the model SS. Anne she had as a kid manages to guide everyone to the Engine room, where the hull is the thinnest, providing the best chance of escape. With the help of Onix, Bulbasaur and Charmander along the way they make it there (just about!) and Charmander burns a hole in the hull. Everyone ties themselvevs to a water Pokemon and makes their escape errr except Team Rocket who don't have any and are left behind. When James who is laughing maniacally reveals his secret weapon and method of escape; the Magikarp he bought. His plan unfortunately didn't go too well, with Magikarp completely unable to help them. The St. Anne then takes on more water and sinks deeper still. Ash, Misty and Brock are sat on a raft wondering where Team Rocket are, Ash sends Pidgeotto to scout and find out which direction has the nearest land, he finds Jessie, James and Meowth (and Magikarp) floating in the sea. Just as they are about to give Team Rocket a traditional sea burial it turns out they're actually still alive. Both groups spend the night on a raft adrift at sea, with hunger starting to set in. Crazed with hunger Meowth tries to take a bite out of Magikarp and promptly breaks his teeth. James, angry that his Magikarp is good for nothing, not even eating kicks Magikarp off the raft, prompting it to evolve into a Gyarados, a very angry Gyarados based on the way he treated it. The group tries to escape with Gyarados hot on their heels, with three of Misty's best water Pokemon pulling the raft and everyones combined rowing effort. Sadly to no avail, as Gyarados summons numerous other Gyarados and hits the group with a Dragon rage attack, throwing everyone violently into the distance. | ||||
| 17 | 17 | "Island of the Giant Pokémon" "Kyodai Pokemon no Shima!?" (きょだいポケモンのしま!?) (Island of the Gigantic Pokémon!?) | September 30, July 22, | |
| Following the Dragon Rage attack they were hit by at the end of last episode Ash, Misty and Brock find themselves regaining consciousness on a beach, with Ash alarmed to find no sign of Pikachu and that he only has two of his Pokemon with him, meanwhile elsewhere on the same Island Jessie & James are gently woken by a vicious attack from a Krabby. It turns out that Team Rockets Pokemon, Meowth and Ash's missing Pokemon are also all together elsewhere on the Island. But thats not where the trouble ends, the Island is inhabited by Giant Pokemon! After losing the trust of all the other Pokemon (including fellow TR Pokemon Ekans & Koffing) Meowth is tied up while the rest of them eat, when a giant Rhydon starts to approach. All the Pokemon start running and leave Meowth tied up, Pikachu reluctantly goes back and frees him. The lost Pokemon stick together but begin to get upset at the thought of their masters not returning. The next day the sun is shining and all groups leave cover to find each other, once more encountering numerous giant Pokémon and being pursued around the Island, eventually by chance all finding each other and eventually reuniting on a runaway rollercoaster cart! After inadvertantly destroying all of the giant Pokemon, the gang realise that the Pokemon are mechanical, and it turns out to have been a Giant Pokemon Theme Park, owned by Giovanni and Team Rocket. Our heroes escape the theme park and arrive at the beautiful beaches of Porta Vista. Note: Subtitles are used in the episode for the scenes when the Pokemon are talking to each other about how to find their trainers. This episode is to this day unique in that sense. | ||||
| 18 | 18 | "Beauty and the Beach" "Aopuruko no Kyūjitsu" (アオプルコのきゅうじつ) (Holiday at Aopulco) | June 24, July 29, | |
| Ash and Brock are start the episode by playing in the sea before taking a moment to admire Misty and point out how weird it is to see her "looking like a girl". They then take a Boat Trip on a boat they saw Brock on, who Ash assumed had borrowed it. They take the boat for a spin and crash into a Team Rocket Gyarados themed sub, sending them out of control and crashing into the pier. With the Boat and the pier badly damaged the group are approached by an angry old man called Moe who wants them to pay for the damage. Meanwhile Jessie, James and Meowth are washed up on a restaurant's private beach area and are asked to leave by the restaurant owner, but they instead offer to work for her despite the restaurant owner describing herself as "Brutal", apt as her name is Brutella. It turns out that Ash, Misty and Brock are working to promote a rival restaurant to the one Jessie and James work for and initially Team Rocket are winning the business, until Ash gets all his Pokemon involved to help advertise the old mans restaurant, handing out flyers etc. Team Rocket set out to sabotage our heroes efforts, quickly damaging the number of customers it takes. Ash and the gang, their Pokemon and Moe sit in his restaurant and reflect on what could've gone wrong. Brutella and Team Rocket turn up to taunt Moe, with Brutella reminding Moe that he owes her money and that she wants it by tomorrow or she's taking his boat. Moe pleads that she take anything but the boat, as he has always dreamed of cruising around the world in it before he dies. Ash convinces Moe not to give up on his dreams and vows with his friends and Pokemon to help get the money by tomorrow. Professor Oak turns up with Ash's mom in tow and suggests they promote the restaurant at the annual Porta Vista Beach Beauty and Pokemon costume contest which is due to happen the following day. The gang set out on promoting it to the revellers at the contest. Things are looking really good and Brutella watches on angrily as Moe looks set to make enough money to keep his boat. Meanwhile Brock serves as an announcer for the Pokemon and Beauty contest and Misty enters, with Squirtle and Starmie dressed up as extra terrestrials. The Team Rocket entry is interrupted by Gary Oak who turns up with six beautiful fans in tow all entering the beauty competition. Brutella fixes up Team Rocket's Gyarados sub, making it amphibious on the proviso that they use it to destroy Moe's restaurant which they set about to do. Ash calms the crowds by reassuring them its not a real Gyarados which just rose from the ocean and sends their heatseeking missle back at them, sending Team Rocket packing - all while being ridiculed by Gary who wasn't forthcoming in actually helping the situation himself. Moe paid his debt and sets off on fulfilling his dream of cruising around the world. Moe sails off into the distance, Ash promises to make his mom proud and the trio set off on their journey once more. Note: This episode has only been shown on a ONCE in English and that was heavily edited. Click here to see why. | ||||
| 19 | 19 | "Tentacool & Tentacruel" "Menokurage Dokukurage" (メノクラゲドククラゲ) (Menokurage, Dokukurage) | October 1, August 5, | |
| Ash and friends are running late as always and miss the boat they were meant to be on from Porta Vista, while sat around waiting for the next one they see an injured Horsea who Misty is about to capture when there is a huge explosion only to discover that it was caused by a huge number of Tentacool attacking a Ship and paralyzing the sailors. The distraction means Misty leaves the injured Horsea and dispatches her water Pokemon to help rescue the people who had been on the ship. One of the sailors they rescue is insistant on informing "the boss" what has happened. The boss is an unpleasant character called Nastina who thanks the heroes for their help and offers them a stay at her hotel, she advises them that she's building a massive hotel resort - to do this she needs to destroy the reefs. Nastina asks the trio to exterminate the Tentacool and offers to pay them well with luxury feasts, 1 million dollars and more but there'd be a lot of murdering to do first. Misty strongly objects and walks out. Misty must have rescued the Horsea behind the scenes as it's then seen in a paddling pool with Pikachu and Brock notes that the Super Potion they gave it is working. Nastina turns up in a tank offering a million dollars to whoever exterminates the Tentacool, just as Jessie and James show up. Nastina hires Team Rocket to exterminate the Tentacool and they board a boat, setting a course for the construction site of Nastina's new resort with a plan to pour Tentacool stun source in the water, catch them all and sell them at market (unknowing that they aren't really edible). They quickly encounter 10, Tentacool who fire on the ship, knocking TR's barrell of substance onto one of the Tentacool to crazy effect it becomes a giant Tentacruel and begins to attack the resort. Nastina and her crew start firing at Tentacruel, but the shells simply bounce off him - meanwhile Tentacool's start to take over the Island, and the giant Tentacruel too begins its approach bringing with it a giant tidal wave. Tentacruel lays waste to Nastina's resort entirely and the group realise what Horsea had earlier been trying to communicate to them. Tentacruel captures Meowth and uses his speech ability to communicate what they are doing, telling people that they are attacking and destroying their homes and cities exactly the way their own homes have been devastated by the construction work. Horsea pleads with Tentacruel to stop the destruction and begins to argue with it, Tentacruel hits Horsea hard and Ash's Pidgeotto rescues it just in time. Ash, Misty and Brock send ALL of their Pokemon to battle the Tentacruel and Tentacool sending many of them back to the sea but Tentacruel is strong and begins to overwhelm the much smaller Pokemon. Pikachu tries to reason with Tentacruel where Horsea failed, Misty appears atop a building and continues to plead with Tentacruel stating that the humans understand they have hurt them, and that they won't destroy their homes anymore and they are sorry. Tentacruel warns everyone that if this happens again they will not stop, discards Meowth and begins to return to the sea. Nastina emerges from under a pile of rocks and starts to fire on Tentacruel, who promptly knocks her into the sunset and submerges beneath the waves. A short while later Nastina lands on someone who is building the frame of a new building, it turns out to be Brutella, the restaurant owner from the previous episode who is infact Nastina's cousin! | ||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak" "Yūrei Pokemon to Natsumatsuri" (ゆうれいポケモンとなつまつり) (Ghost Pokémon and the Summer Festival) | October 2, August 12, | |
| Ash and friends finally manage to catch a boat from whats left of Porta Vista, finally arriving in the port city of Maiden's Peak where they attend the Summer's End Festival. Team Rocket as usual aren't far behind and are up to their usual schemes. However something strange is afoot when both Brock and James fall for a beautiful girl that they keep seeing visions of near the Sea. It's revealed later on that the beautiful girl they are seeing is the legendary 'Ghost of Maidens Peak', a young woman whose lover went off to fight in an ancient war, she vowed to wait for him to return as he sailed off into the sunset, vowing never to move from the clifftop, and she didn't eventually she turned to stone still atop the cliff. Brock and James are entranced by their visions of the maiden. An old woman suggests that the use of anti ghost stickers might help Brock and James, but that it'll come at a price. She sells the gang a lot of seemingly worthless anti ghost stickers and makes a quick buck. The ghost of the Maiden arrives with a gust, promptly blowing the stickers away and taking James and Brock away. Jessie interrupts the maiden from taking them, and the Maiden doesn't take it very well. Sending a scary illusion of skulls at Ash and the gang before Ash's Pokedex reveals it as a Gastly. Gastly reveals that not only is he the ghost of Maiden's peak but he was also the old woman who sold them the stickers. Everyone tries to battle the Gastly, whom I might add has an exceptional grasp of the English language. Everyone is defeated, and Misty turns up wielding a cross, some garlic etc. Luckily the festival ends and the sun begins to rise, repelling Gastly who tells them not to forget the ghost of the Maiden and promises to return next festival. Ash and his friends participate in the festival of Summer's End tradition of sending out little boats with laterns on to guide the spirits of lost sailors home. Gastly and the Maiden's real ghost communicate and basically say see you same time next year, she thanks Gastly for keeping her legend alive. Gastly promises that if he as a Ghost Pokemon should ever encounter her lover, he will remind him that his Maiden is waiting. Ash and his friends enjoy whats left of the festivities. | ||||
| 21 | 21 | "Bye, Bye Butterfree" "Bai Bai Batafurī" (バイバイバタフリー) (Bye Bye Butterfree) | October 5, August 19, | |
| As Ash and his group continue their journey to Saffron City they see a large number of Butterfree flying above the sea. Brock then tells Ash and Misty that its the mating season for the Butterfree, Ash releases his Butterfree so it can go and find a mate. It returns to their Hot air balloon and doesn't seem particularly bothered about finding a mate, that is until he sees a unique looking pink Butterfree Ash's Butterfree despite all his best moves, and his new scarf it just couldn't get this female Butterfrees interest and he left beaten and dejected. Team Rocket show up shortly after as they've decided that a massive load of Butterfree would be a great gift for the boss. They approach the flock in a helicopter with a giant net attached to it and start capturing massive amounts of the Butterfree. With no realistic chance of anyone in a Hot Air Balloon catching a helicopter it's all up to Ash's Butterfree who is about the only one not trapped in a net at this point. Ash's Butterfree sees the pink butterfree trapped in it's net and starts to tackle the net but to no avail, it tries stun spore on the chopper also to no effect and Team Rocket get away with Ash's Butterfree hot on their tail. Ash, Misty and Brock can't keep up in the Hot Air Balloon but follow in the direction that TR and Butterfree left in. Eventually they find Ash's butterfree who leads them to the compound where Team Rocket are holding the stolen Butterfree. Ash's Butterfree sees the Pink butterfree he loves trapped in the net and with his most powerful tackle manages to break it. All the Butterfree flee except Ash's one and the Pink one who is now starting to like him back! Team Rocket set off to try to recapture all the Butterfree again, this time Butterfree with Pikachu on his back head straight at their chopper, Pikachu jumps on and completely destroys it with a thundershock, Team Rocket are defeated once more. The Butterfree mating season goes ahead as planned, with the Pink Butterfree doing the courtship dance for Ash's Butterfree! It's only now that Ash and the gang realise that Butterfree will be leaving to start his family across the ocean. After a tearful goodbye Butterfree and his new mate head off into the sunset, while Ash reminisces about their time together. | ||||
| 22 | 22 | "Abra and the Psychic Showdown" "Kēshii! Chōnōryoku Taiketsu!" (ケーシィ! ちょうのうりょくたいけつ!) (Casey! Psychic Showdown!) | October 6, August 26, | |
| Ash and his friends have arrived in Saffron City and Ash makes no secret about the fact he's there to challenge the leader of the Saffron City Gym. As he makes haste for the gym he bumps into a mysterious man who warns him not to go in. Ash enters the gym to find that it's a psychic training centre as well as a Pokemon gym and see's many people trying to bend spoons with the power of their minds. Ash demands an official match, Sabrina accepts but states that if she wins that they have to be her friends and stay to play with her. The two agree to a one on one all out match with Sabrina choosing Abra and Ash choosing Pikachu. After toying with Ash and Pikachu a little Sabrina's Abra evolves into Kadabra, turns Pikachu's thunder attack against him then uses its psychic powers to make Pikachu dance for it, before continuing to hammer a defenceless Pikachu with psychic attacks. Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu find themselves in a strange abandoned town and try to find someone to find out where they are. Just as they realise they are infact in a dolls house Sabrina takes the roof off and tries to grab them. Brock points out that Sabrina must have shrunk them using telekenisis. Just as it looks like Ash and the Gang are going to be crushed by a toy ball the mysterious guy who warned them not to go there teleports in using his own psychic power and teleports them out just in time. He then warns Ash and gang they should leave Saffron City and never come back, Ash sees that this guy has psychic abilities and begs him for help. After being initially rather adverse to the idea of helping, the mysterious man advises Ash to go after a ghost Pokemon in Lavender Town as it's the only type that can battle a Psychic type and then he teleports, appearing in a tree behind the gang where he then watches them and says to himself "With some luck that kid may be the one who can rescue Sabrina." The journey to Lavender Town begins. | ||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Tower of Terror" "Pokemon Tawā de Getto da ze!" (ポケモンタワーでゲットだぜ!) (Got It at the Pokémon Tower!) | October 7, September 2, | |
| Team Rocket got wind of where Ash and his friends were headed and beat them to the Haunted Tower in Lavender Town in order to set a trap for them, however they were promptly scared away by the spooky events that happened inside the tower. Ash and the gang arrive at the tower shortly after, while Ash and Pikachu enter the Tower, Misty and Brock remain outside as they're too afraid to enter. Ash and Pikachu befall many scary pranks at the hands of a trio of ghost Pokémon; Gengar, Haunter and Gastly. I say pranks loosely, one of them involved them being crushed by a huge falling Chanedelier so I'm not sure if that qualifies as attempted murder or a prank. Nonetheless Haunter then turns Ash and Pikachu into ghosts and they fly together and have some fun, they then return to the room where his body is to find Brock and Misty crying at the sight of Ash and Pikachu's lifeless bodies. Ash asks Haunter to please bring him and Pikachu back so Brock and Misty won't be upset, which he does. Haunter decides to follow Ash and become his friend and Pokémon, for now. | ||||
| 24 | 24 | "Haunter vs. Kadabra" "Gōsuto Tai Esupā!" (ゴーストVSエスパー!) (Ghost vs. Esper!) | October 8, September 9, | |
| Despite the previous warnings Ash and friends arrive back at Saffron City to face Sabrina once more. Both Ash and Haunter sound and look extremely confident and the challenge to Sabrina is issued, she accepts on the same terms as she did previously and sends out Kadabra. Ash chooses Haunter but it's nowhere to be seen Ash tells Pikachu then Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur respectively to take his place in battle none of which seems enthusiastic. Ash tries to make a run for it and Sabrina locks down the gym using her psychic powers, then turns Ash and Misty into dolls. Just as Ash and his Pokemon are about to meet the same fate the mysterious man teleports in and rescues them (minus Brock and Misty who are still dolls). Ash talks to the man and learns more about Sabrina and how she became the way she is, and how she split into two people; the mean and powerful Pokémon Trainer and the lonely little girl who just wants to make friends is represented by the doll Sabrina holds. We learn that the mysterious man is infact Sabrina's father. Ash sets off to find Haunter and bumps into Team Rocket who are as usual out to steal Pikachu but instead find themselves hanging on to a tall building, Haunter makes Jessie laugh and she in turn releases her grip. All of them fall to the ground, right next to Ash. Haunter and Ash are reunited and Ash begs Haunter to help him defeat Sabrina and save his friends, Haunter agrees. Meanwhile the doll forms of Brock and Misty are back in the toy box, and meet Sabrina's mother who has also been turned into a doll. Just as Sabrina is about to start playing with her new toys Ash returns, and again Haunter appears to be nowhere in sight. Pikachu volunteers to fight because he doesn't want Ash to become a doll, and faces Kadabra once more. This time managing to clip Kadabra with a thundershock before it could teleport, but it just uses recover and continues. At this point Haunter appears and starts playing tricks on Sabrina, one of which included a bomb. Sabrina smiles and starts laughing with Haunter, due to Telekensis her Kadabra is rolling on the floor laughing and unable to battle, Sabrina then returns her mother, Brock and Misty to their human forms. Sabrina's father declares Kadabra unable to battle and awards Ash with the Marsh Badge. Our heroes continue their journey, setting a course for Celadon City. | ||||
| 25 | 25 | "Primeape Goes Bananas" "Okoranai de ne Okorizaru!" (おこらないでねオコリザル!) (Don't Get Angry, Okorizaru!) | October 9, September 16, | |
| While on the route to Celadon City Ash and his friends encounter a rather mischevious Mankey. This Mankey starts chasing Ash and then steals his cap, Ash tries his best to retrieve it but to no avail. Turns out Ash had to send in some serious tokens to win that official Pokémon League cap. Team Rocket catch up to the group and try to steal Pikachu, when they encounter Mankey, James kicks it away and while they are doing their Team Rocket intro a very angry Mankey evolves into Primeape behind them. The newly evolved Primeape has not forgotten what James did to it and stomps around angrily, Team Rocket choose to ignore it and continue trying to steal Pikachu. At this point Primeape launches Jessie into a distant rock head first, Jessie and James turn their Pokemon on Primeape and a commotion ensues. Ash and the gang use this as an oppurtunity to try and run away when Pikachu spots Ash's cap and tries to grab it, Primeape beats him there and puts the cap back on. Pikachu hits him with a powerful thundershock which makes him even angrier. Brock theorises that Primeape just wants a bit of attention and thats why he stole the cap, Brock goes over to befriend him and Primeape disproves the theory by beating him up and throwing him into the distance. Primeape begins it's thrash attack and chases Ash, Misty and Pikachu relentlessly. Team Rocket also give chase, Misty and Ash split up to try and lose Primeape and it continues after Ash and Pikachu. Ash and Pikachu, along with Team Rocket fall into a ditch dug by TR themselves, after Pikachu electrocutes everyone including Ash, Primeape jumps into the hole with them all. Ash remembers advice Professor Oak gave him about not being able to become a Pokémon master without more Pokémon. Ash challenges Primeape, first hitting him with a water gun attack from Squirtle, then a razor leaf from Bulbasaur followed by a flamethrower from Charmander. Primeape starts attacking Charmander badly and Charmander learns rage, one of it's most powerful attacks, Charmander then uses rage on Primeape, but not before Pikachu runs in and saves Ash's cap. Ash then captures a weakened Primeape! Team Rocket rear their heads from their hole and ask where Primeape is, Ash send Primeape into the hole with them and he gives them a good thrashing, shortly before giving Ash a black eye. Over the ridge Pikachu spots Celadon City in the distance! | ||||
| 26 | 26 | "Pokémon Scent-sation!" "Erika to Kusaihana" (エリカとクサイハナ) (Erika and Kusaihana) | October 12, September 23, | |
| Upon arriving at Celadon City, Brock instantly decides he's going to like it there after he spots a number of beautiful girls. Ash wants to head straight to the gym but Brock wants to check out girls and Misty wants to buy perfume. After causing great offence in a perfume store Ash is asked to leave and is eventually ejected. Ash continues to the Celadon City Gym where he is told he can't enter because of what he said about perfume, and it turns out the gym is where the perfume is manufactured! In the meantime Team Rocket are breaking into the back of the gym in order to find the secret formula they use to make their perfume, in yet another scheme to become rich. They bump into a Gloom on the way who was completely immune when Koffing hit it with Poison gas, Gloom releases some stinky gas of its own and defeats Team Rocket who are then promptly kicked out by gym staff and hung from a tree. Then Ash finds them 'hanging out' outside. Team Rocket want Ash to help them out of the tree, he's reluctant but they appeal to him by saying they can get him into the gym to challenge the gym leader. They all dress up, Ash posing as a little girl called Ashley and Jessie and James posing as his parents. Ash registers while Team Rocket run off to try and again steal the secret perfume formula. "Ashley" is introduced to Erika and her class who are all learning about Perfume. Brock, Pikachu and Misty all happen to be in the class too. Erika tells the class the tale of how she met Gloom, and how it rescued her from a Grimer when she was a little girl. Pikachu shocks Ash and his disguise falls off, Ash challenges Erika who is duty bound to accept. A three on three battle commences with Ash choosing Bulbasaur and Erika sending out Tangela who quickly defeats Bulbasaur with stun spore. Ash sends out Charmander next who promptly defeats Erika's Weepinbel but is then defeated by Gloom. Pikachu volunteers to face Gloom next but then Team Rocket interrupt the battle, setting off bombs throughout the gym and stealing the secret perfume formula before blasting off (again). With the gym on fire an evacuation effort begins with all the trainers trying to rescue the Pokémon. Ash, Misty and Brocks Pokemon help to try and fight the fire, Erika runs out and says she can't find Gloom anywhere, Ash reacts by running into the flames (don't try this at home) and going to find Gloom. Gloom releases it's vile scent preventing Ash from getting near, Ash holds his breath, and approaches Gloom - Gloom stops releasing the horrible smell when he see's Ash just wants to help. Ash grabs Gloom and runs out of the burning building getting it to safety. Erika presents Ash with the Rainbow badge for saving her Gloom. Erika reveals that the 'secret formula' Team Rocket stole was infact just a vial of essence of Gloom, which by the way, stinks. | ||||
| 27 | 27 | "Hypno's Naptime" "Surīpā to Pokemon Gaeri!?" (スリーパーとポケモンがえり!?) (Sleeper and Pokémon Hypnotism!?) | October 13, September 30, | |
| While pounding the pavements of Hop Hop Hop Town trying to work out where they are Ash is grabbed by a woman who is overjoyed to see "her Arnold", mistaking him for her missing son. The woman then explains to Ash, Misty and Brock that many children have gone missing recently, and points out all the missing posters nearby. Ash feels sorry for the woman imagining how his own mother would feel if he was missing. Detective Ash Ketchum steps up to try and help the towns Officer Jenny find out what happened to the kids, they begin asking questions in the Pokemon Center but no one seems to know anything. It turns out that the Pokemon Center is full of sleeping/overtired Pokemon. Officer Jenny picks up strong readings on a Sleep Wave detector and Pikachu is put to sleep, Officer Jenny, Ash and friends deduct that the sleep waves and missing children may be connected. They track back the sleep waves to the top of a tall building and head up to investigate. There they find a rooftop mansion along with a terraced garden, and appear to have found the source of the sleep waves. Ash and Brock burst in to find some sort of event taking place, and a Drowzee and Hypno sat together on a table in the middle of it. It turns out that the Hypno is the one responsible for the sleep waves, and that he evolved from Drowzee 3 days prior, exactly when the kids started going missing. The Pokémon Lovers club has a lot of members that struggle to sleep at night and suffer insomnia, they had been using Hypno's powers to help them get a good nights sleep. And it turns out that the Pokemon across the town being put to sleep is a side effect of Hypno's powers being used in this way. Misty falls under this side affect hynosis and thinks she's a Seel, she runs out of the building, into a park and sits by the side of a lake. Everyone follows her and there they find not just Misty but all the missing children from the town, who also think they're Pokemon! The Pokemon Lovers Society upon realising what's happened use Drowzees Dream Waves to restore Misty to normal. Team Rocket who have also followed the sleep waves attack on the rooftop and are fended off by Ash's Pidgeotto. Then Ash and friends set out with Drowzee to return all the kids to normal before heading to the Pokemon Center to wake up all the sleeping Pokemon. One Pokémon however still seems to be having trouble; a Psyduck who Misty inadvertantly manages to catch despite really not wanting to. | ||||
| 28 | 28 | "Pokémon Fashion Flash" "Rokon! Burīdā Taiketsu!" (ロコン! ブリーダーたいけつ!) (Rokon! Breeder Showdown!) | October 14, October 7, | |
| After arriving in Scissor Street, Ash and Misty are a bit bemused as to why they're there, Brock is looking for something but doesn't answer - Misty realises that Scissor Street is also known as Breeder Street, and it's revealed that Brock wanted to come here to see the latest Breeder stuff! Not long after arriving they encounter a Pokemon beauty salon called "Salon Roque", a name which sounds a little too familiar to them all. Misty is about to join the queue as Brock finally finds the place he's been looking for, it's a comparatively non descript storefront with no queue outside. Inside they find a really cute looking Pokemon called Vulpix, Misty takes it upon herself to pet it and is promptly annihilated by a flame attack. Brock asks Suzie the Salon owner if he can become her student and explains to Ash that Suzie has been awarded the trophy for breeding excellence for three consecutive years at the World Pokemon Breeders contest, amongst other accolades. It seems that "Salon Roque" is taking a lot of custom away from Suzie's salon, with Roque being about tacky looking fashions and Suzie's place being about natural stuff and inner Beauty. Suzie starts to doubt her own methods, and Brock and Ash convince her to keep going, coming up with an idea to help promote Suzie's salon - she begins to give lectures on Pokemon care and with the right promotion quickly gets all her customers back from "Salon Roque". Salon Roque's management soon discover that their massive queues have gone and only one customer remains; Misty and her Psyduck. Meowth inadvertantly reveals that the owners of Salon Roque are Team Rocket, who hold Misty hostage threatening to paint her face like Frankenstein, Psyduck is nowhere to be seen and had actually gone back to Suzie's to tell Ash/Brock about the situation who promptly come running. Meowth reveals that the whole Salon idea was just a plan to scam money out of trainers with ridiculous PokéFashion's and if any rare Pokemon come in they were just going to steal them. Ash and Brock proceed to battle Team Rocket but lose, Suzie and her Vulpix step in and defeat Meowth, Ekans and Koffing convincingly, Team Rocket blast off again. The massive group of trainers who had been watching the whole time realised how shallow they'd been, Suzies belief in what she does is restored and she decides she needs to travel and find out more about Pokemon breeding; Vulpix takes a liking to Brock and Suzie asks Brock to take care of her as his own Pokemon. With a new friend, a new Pokemon, and a quick laugh at Misty's very fashionable makeup our heroes say Goodbye to Suzie, and Team Rocket are run out of town by their angry former customers! | ||||
| 29 | 29 | "The Punchy Pokémon" "Kakutō Pokemon! Dai Batoru!" (かくとうポケモン! だいバトル!) (Fighting Pokémon! Huge Battle!) | October 15, October 14, | |
| Ash and his friends happen upon a Hitmonchan in the road which appears to be wild. Ash tries to convince Pikachu to battle Hitmonchan, Pikachu is initially not enthused but then Ash gives him boxing tips and the "battle" begins, Hitmonchan is toying with Pikachu until Pikachu hits Hitmonchan with "the Rocket punch", which bruises Hitmonchans cheek a little and annoys it. Hitmonchan turns out not to be wild,, and his trainer turns up and orders Hitmonchan to a) not drop his guard and b) knock that little pipsqueak out. After the battle, a girl called Rebecca jumps from behind a tree and begs Hitmonchans trainer to come home (its her father), but it's clear that he isn't going to go home until he wins the P1 Grand Prix. He tells the group and his daughter that he'll be in the gym taking on challengers, and points out which direction the gyms in before running off. The group get introduced to Rebecca who asks them to defeat her fathers Hitmonchan, they arrive at the Fighting Spirit Gym that her father runs and Rebecca explains about the P1 Grand Prix fighting Pokemon Tournament, she says that if her fathers Hitmonchan is defeated he might see sense and go home. Brock volunteers Ash and Primeape to join the tournament, and himself decides he'll enter with Geodude. Meanwhile Team Rocket are also eyeing the P-1 Championship belt and prize money, but they don't have any fighting Pokemon so decide to 'borrow' a passing Hitmonlee after taking its trainer hostage. The Pokemon Numberone Grandprix begins, Rebeccas father Anthony and his Hitmonchan enter, as do Jessie, James and Hitmonlee under the guise of 'Giant' and of course Ash, Brock and a whole host of other competititors. The first battle opens with Ash's Primeape taking on Machop, it looks initially like Primeape is in for a beating but after Machop throws Primeape with a Seismic toss and Ash saving it from hitting the deck, it has a new found will to fight, and to listen to Ash - coming back fighting and defeating Machop with a Mega kick. Brock then takes on Hitmonlee with his Geodude, the battle is looking bad and Anthony advises Brock to throw in the towel, which he does, forfeitting the match. Anthony, Ash and Team Rocket still in their disguise fight their way through various stages of the tournament until Anthony and his Hitmonchan face Team Rocket and their Hitmonlee in an epic battle. Team Rocket not being ones to fight fair stick Hitmonchan to the ground with glue giving Hitmonlee the edge to win, Rebecca jumps in the way of Hitmonlee's final kick to save Hitmonchan and Anthony jumps in front of her, forfetting the match. Leaving Ash and Primeape to take on Hitmonlee and Team Rocket in the final. After the battle starts Primeape is taking a lot of hits but manages to get close to Hitmonlee and deliver a flurry back, meanwhile Pikachu spots Meowth messing with the ring and tries to tell Ash, who doesn't listen. Pikachu goes under the ring to investigate and stops Team Rockets plan to shock Primeape, with the plan foiled Primeape defeats Hitmonlee with a Seismic Toss and becomes the P-1 Champion by knockout! Anthony tells Ash that Primeape has a great natural fighting ability and asks if he can train him to become a real P-1 Champion (even though he already is). Ash agrees and lets Anthony, who has now promised to spend more time with his family train Primeape. Ash and friends say goodbye to Rebecca, Anthony and Primeape and continue on their journey. | ||||
| 30 | 30 | "Sparks Fly for Magnemite" "Koiru wa Denki Nezumi no Yume o Miru ka!?" (コイルはでんきネズミのユメをみるか!?) (Do Coil Dream of Electric Mice!?) | October 16, October 21, | |
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