Ash Ketchum begins his journey as a Pokemon trainer, with the hope he will one day become a Pokemon Master. Professor Oak provides him with a Pikachu as his first charge. Pikachu however, proves to be wild, and disobedient, refusing to enter a Pokeball and electrocuting Ash several times. Making his way into the forest, Pikachu and Ash gradually learn to bond, but will an array of wild Pokemon be too much for either to handle?

With Pikachu seriously injured, Ash must find a PokA©mon Center before it’s too late! But with Team Rocket hanging around in Viridian City, it won’t be too easy...Can Ash along with Misty, a new found friend, defeat these wrong doers and save Pikachu?

In Viridian Forest, Ash catched his very first PokA©mon- Caterpie! But Misty is scared of it and tries to hide Soon Team Rocket come and steal Pikachu but Ash stops them with Caterpie and Pikachu.

While traveling through Viridian Forest, Ash and Misty meet up with a wondering Samurai who challenges Ash to a PokA©mon battle with Metapod vs Metapod Just then a Beedrill attacks Ash tries to return Metapod back to his PokA©ball.

Ash, Misty and Pikachu finally arrive in Pewter City where Ash can have his first Gym battle with Brock, the Pewter City Gym leader Brock keeps beating Ash and Ash needs some help and Flint who is Brock’s Dad really helps Ash and his Pokemon Pikachu and Ash goes and has a re-match with Brock and Ash wins soon Ash and Brock become the best of freinds..

Ash and the gang meet up with a PokA©mon Scientist named Seymore as they search for the Moon Stone inside Mt. Moon. As it turns out, Team Rocket is also looking for the Moon Stone as well...

Ash and friends arrive in Cerulean City and Ash must battle Misty to recieve the Cascade badge. Later on, their battle is interupted by Team Rocket who attempts to snatch all the PokA©mon in the Gym with a giant vacum! Then Pikachu uses his thunderbolt on Team Rocket and they are blasting off again.

After earning his second badge, Ash is full of confidence and plans on battling a trainer called A.J After the battle Ash and A.J fight until Team Rocket come and steals A.J’s Pokemon A.J then gives them a taste of their own medicine.

Lost in the woods, the gang stumble upon a school called Pokemon Technical Institute, a preparatory school for Pokemon trainers and Ash is ready to battle once more but he learns that the boys are attending the Pokemon Zem a school for Pokemon trainers People who graduate there are automatically qualified to join the Pokemon League without any actual test of skill.

Ash, Brock and Misty stumble across a hidden village where Ash gets the chance to get a Bulbasaur but it runs away and Ash and the gang chase the Bulbasaur trying to catch it but they fall in a trap thinking Team Rocket did it then they get out of it and they Stumble across a wooden house(a.k.a The Pokemon Health Care Centre) where Ash sees the Bulbasaur Ash tries to catch it but it stops them and a girl named Melanie tries to tell the gang that Bulbasaur only wants to protect the village not hating them Soon Team Rocket after falling into the traps tries to capture Pikachu and Bulbasaur,maybe but Pikachu blasts them with a thunderbolt then after that Melanie says she’ll let Ash have Bulbasaur on one condition they have a battle so they do and Ash wins So Bulbasaur goes with him and Ash promises he’ll take care of Bulbasaur.

The gang stumble across a Charmander who is abandoned by it’s owner Ash tries to catch it but Charmander,suprisingly does not want to go with them he is waiting for his trainer Damien they soon go to the nearby Pokemon Centre and hear some guys with Damien talking about Charmander making fun of him the gang tell them to stop it and they tell Damien he should take care of him not treat him like dirt soon Ash takes Charmander to Nurse Joy to heal Then in the morning Charmander is all better but Soon Team Rocket arrive try to take Pikachu again but Pikachu blasts them away with his thunderbolt then Damien is still being mean to Charmander then Charmander goes with Ash and the gang.

The gang stumble across a gang of Squirtles who joined Team Rocket Those darn Squirtles capture Ash and the gang When the Squirtles lock up Pikachu in a cage Ash runs to the shop to get a Healing Potion when Ash returns a battle comes between Team Rocket and our heroes When Team Rocket has deserted the Squirtles Ash saves the Squirtles from some certain doom and they are rewarded with a certificate then Ash sees a Squirtle wanting to come on his journey so he follows Ash along with his Pokemon.

The gang on their journey see a lighthouse shining on the top of the cliff The guy who owns the lighthouse is called Bill McKenzie who is a Pokemon researcher who is waiting for the coming of a Pokemon who has never seen before by humans Before long a large shadow begins to take form in the sea mists This discovery could be hindered due to Team Rocket in the background making some evil schemes but they blast off again with Pikachu’s thunderbolt.

The gang reach Vermillion City They try to make their way to the Pokemon Center to refill there poor empty stomachs but there they see loads of injured Pokemon being treated with good care. Pikachu and Ash are amazed to learn that all the Pokemon were injured by battles with the Vermillion Gym Leader L.t Surge Ash then challenges L.t Surge to a Pokemon Battle by using Pikachu Pikachu finds out that his opponent is his evolved form Raichu If Pikachu can defeat his opponent he must be trained harder and he must be stronger too Can they train Pikachu to win the battle?

Ash, Brock and Misty receive tickets to go onboard a ship called the Saint Anne, where Pokemon trainers are meeting. They later discover that it was a ploy by Team Rocket to catch all the Pokemon.

The gang wake up with the ship underwater Team Rocket also wake up it seems that the boat is going sideways and foward so Team Rocket agree to help Ash and the gang to get the boat going again.

The gang and Team Rocket land on a strange island The even worse thing is that they are seperated from their Pokemon they try to search for Ash Bulbasaur, then thinks that Ash and the gang abandoned them but Pikachu tells Bulbasaur not to worry also Team Rocket’s Pokemon is missing Team Rocket Later, then Team Rocket looks at a Giant Pikachu They think it’s Ash’s Pikachu but they look again and find out that it is’nt Ash’s it’s a Giant one Pikachu and the gang soon find Ash and Team Rocket’s Pokemon soon find Team Rocket.

James enters an beauty contest meanwhile Ash and the gang are having a nice time.

Boats are being attacked in Porta Vista and Ash & co discover that the Tentacool are responsible. For saving people from disaster, a girl called Nastina thanks them and offers them a million dollars and dinner if they will help to wipe out the Tentacool. Ash and Brock are keen to accept but Misty is upset at the thought of hurting the Tentacool. It seems that Nastina’s invitation has been extended to the rest of the town and a deal is struck with Team Rocket. Success is never their strong point and of course they fail but not without managed to enlarge a Tentacruel which begins an attack on the city. Ash and Misty manage to stop the Tentacruel and he is about to leave when Nastina launches an attack of her own. Not without consequences and the only thing destroyed in the end is her cousin’s half built cottage!

Landing at a small town Brock and James spot a ghostly girl standing by the sea. She then disappears and they are curious to find out who she is. However they learn that the girl was turned to stone a couple of thousand years ago and she still awaits the return of her love. This girl will only lead them to a cruel fate they are warned. It turns out that the ghost is actually a Gastly pretending to be the maiden.

The gang are continuing on their journey on the way they see a group of Butterfree and Ash releases Butterfree to make pals with another Butterfree Butterfree then sees a pink Butterfree and falls in love with her then Team Rocket show up later and try to catch Pikachu but Pikachu lands on their chopper and they fly away again then Butterfree leaves Ash for the pink Butterfreee then Ash thinks of some good memories he and Butterfree had together.

The gang continue their way to Saffron City and they meet a girl who is mysterous She then goes away and she leads Ash to a cliff where he is falling,Bulbasaur then saves Ash from falling off the cliff and then they see they got to Saffron City They are then welcomed by Team Rocket who are fooling the gang into thinking they are different people pretending they won a prize Jessie and James then get Pikachu but then the little girl saves Ash and the gang they then find the Saffron City Gym.He then battles Sabrina who is two different people Will Ash able to defeat Sabrina with her strong attacks or not?

The gang on their way to Lavender Town see the woods suddenly become foggy later they see a big tower which Brock and Misty are afraid to go in so Ash and his Pokemon go and check the place out but soon the ghosts kill Ash just for him to play with them but he can’t play for them become he is on his ’’Pokemon master’’ journey so he goes back to his own body and is all right after all.

The gang go back once more to Saffron City ready to win the Marsh bridge and Ash offers Haunter to be a Pokemon he sends out in the gym later when it is time for the battle he sees that Haunter has disappeared and Sabrina changes Misty and Brock into tiny miny dolls and Sabrina sadly can’t let Ash escape Ash then offers Pikachu to battle and Pikachu accepts but later Haunter shows up tells some jokes to Sabrina and Sabrina laughs her socks off so Pikachu is the winner and they leave once more to continue on their journey leaving with a new badge.

Ash calls Professor Oak to tell him that he has won 5 badges all though Professor Oak tells Ash that his rival Gary has won 5 badges already the gang meanwhile there having their donuts encounter a Primeape which steals Ash’s hat,then Ash gets very mad at Primeape later after the gang beat Team Rocket Ash gets his hat back and Primeape goes on them with their journey.

As the group arrive in Celadon City, the first thing they notice is the smell. Misty enters a perfume shop and tries out some of the perfume offered. Ash tries to stop her because he feels it is a waste of money. He is thrown out of the shop and goes to the Celadon gym. He is refused there because they won’t let anyone in who doesn’t like perfume. Jessie and James later break in to steal PokA©mon. They are chased out as well. Jessie and James offer to help Ash get in the gym if he would untie them from the tree they were hanging from and he agrees. They dress him up as a girl named Ashley who likes perfume. The disguise gets him in far enough so that when he is found out, he has already reached the gym leader. They have a match in which Ash does well until Team Rocket burst in to blow up the place. They used Ash as a distraction to get the secret perfume formula. The gym bursts into flames. Squirtle and others help put out the flame. Gloom is trapped inside the burning gym and Ash runs in through the flames to save it. When the fire is put out and everything is normal again, Ash receives the Rainbow badge for his bravery during the fire.

The group enters Hop Hop Hop Town just as children are disappearing in the town. They go to the PokA©mon Center and notice the PokA©mon are not feeling well. Officer Jenny soon picks up sleep waves on her radio. They track the source to a huge mansion on the top of a building where inside a Hypno and a Drowzee are sitting on a table. The people there have been using Hypno as a sleep aid and this has been generating sleep waves that was sapping the energy of the PokA©mon in the center. Misty takes a look and starts acting like a Seel. Misty leaves the building and runs to a remote forest area where all the missing children were hypnotized into thinking they were PokA©mon. They use Drowzee to reverse the hypnotism and also notice it wakes up Pikachu. They take Drowzee to the PokA©mon Center and the PokA©mon recover too, all except for a Psyduck. Psyduck keeps following them and when Misty falls, a PokA©ball rolls towards it. Psyduck gets in and becomes Misty's newest PokA©mon, although she wished it had not.

The group continue their travels and come to Scissor Street where there are many salons for Pokemon. They first see one where they try to dress up the Pokemon to look flashy. It is run by Team Rocket except no one knows that. They then come upon what Brock was searching for, a salon run by the fabulous Suzy of Scissor Street. Suzy tries to bring out a Pokemon's inner beauty rather then dress it up. Misty leaves in favor of Rocket's salon because she wants to get Psyduck made up. Meanwhile, Suzy holds a Pokemon breeding seminar and Ash demonstrates. Back at Salon Rocket they make her up instead of Psyduck and she likes it. But, she discovers it is Team Rocket. Psyduck makes it out to warn Ash and Pikachu. Ash and Brock arrive with Suzy behind them to battle Team Rocket. Suzy uses Vulpix to fire blast Team Rocket away. It also gets Misty in the process. Back at Suzy's salon, she gives Vulpix to Brock because it likes him and she wants to leave her salon to journey places to become a better breeder. They say their goodbyes and continue on their way.

Continuing on their journey, they encounter a Hitmonchan on the road. Ash believes it is wild and sends Pikachu after it. Pikachu gets a rocket punch on Hitmonchan and its trainer comes out to coach it. Pikachu is defeated and the man leaves to train in the gym. The man's daughter asks the group if they would beat Hitmonchan in the P-1 Grand Prix, which is the match he is competing in. Brock agrees for the others and they go. Jessie and James notice a poster for the match and they want to participate. They steal a Hitmonlee from a tall man who was going to be part of the match and they take his place. The first match is Ash's Primeape against a Machop. Machop tosses Primeape out of the ring and Ash dives to save it. From then on, they were friends and Primeape got back in the ring and won. The matches continued on until it was Team Rocket with Hitmonlee against the man's Hitmonchan. Team Rocket cheats to win by sticking glue through the bottom to stick Hitmonchan and the man's daughter rushes out to save it. The man in turn rushes out to save his daughter and he forfeits the match. The matches continue on until Ash's Primeape wins the title because Pikachu stopped Team Rocket from cheating again. Ash leaves Primeape with the man because the man promises to train it into a real P-1 champion. The group then continue on their way.

The group arrives in Gringy City where everything is dark and gloomy. Pikachu isn’t feeling well and they rush it to the Pokemon Center. Nurse Joy dismisses it as a cold. Meanwhile, in the sewer Jessie and James are going to dive through the sewer system to get into the center to steal Pokemon. Just as they are diving in, the power goes out and so does their air supply. The Pokemon in critical condition at the center are endangered as well. Ash and the group go to the power plant to check things out. While exploring a Magnemite hovers around Pikachu. It leaves fast as a group of Grimer and a Muk attack. They soon discover that the Grimer are blocking the water from coming in and there are too many. The Magnemite that was hovering around Pikachu returns with some Magneton and they defeat the Grimer. One Muk is still left and Pikachu with help from the Magneton defeat it and Ash catches it. Professor Oak is surprised when a Muk arrives in his lab. The people of Gringy City promise to clean up and the group is again on their way.

On their way to Fuschia City, the group notices a great explosion. They find out that a dam is being built, but they cannot get supplies through because the Diglett are stopping them. Gary arrives with his girls and buses full of other Pokemon trainers to get rid of the Diglett. None of the Pokemon will leave their balls, because they don’t want to fight the Diglett. The Diglett are trying to keep the dam builders from destroying the forest they live in. Pikachu shows Ash and the group this and then the builder realizes this, too. He then decides to cancel the dam project. Team Rocket arrive on the scene with their newly evolved Weezing and Arbok. They battle and they lose as usual. The group then continues on their way to Fuschia City.

Ash and the gang are lost in the forest when they stumble upon the famous Ninja Mansion. Little do they know that it is the next gym. They follow a Venonat who leads them right to Koga the gym leader. Ash battle him, but the get interrupted by Team Rocket. After defeating them with special power by Spyduck. Ash restarts his battle and wins his Soul Badge.

Ash and the gang, looking for the Safari Zone, end up finding themselves at the Laramie Ranch. And also it’s time year that the Laramie Ranch’s annual Pokemon Race, Dario a rival of hers teamed up with Team Rocket, and due to TR’s plan, Lara ends up hurting her arm, and Ash must ride on Ponyta! When the race is on! Ash rides Ponyta, Dario rides Dodrio! Also a few other people, are entered, as well as Misty with Starmie, and Brock with Onix even decide to race! As well as comically Pikachu even races on Squirtle. And this is a race to remember for the gang cause the course has problems? Well traps by Team Rocket! Can Ash and Ponyta win this race?

Ash and the gang find them in the safari zone! While not only getting arrested by Jenny, Team Rocket tries to capture Kangaskhan! There’s Even a boy named Tommy running a round with the Kangaskhan that was lost from Papa and Momma from a plane years ago!

Our heroes decide to take a trip through the Safari Zone, where they figure they'll be able to easily snag as many Pokemon as they want. What they don't count on is the heavily armed and trigger-happy game warden, who draws his six-shooters at the slightest provocation. After staring down the business end of the warden's magnum several times, Ash sets his sights on the mythical, legendary Dratini, a Pokemon that according to Professor Oak, is one of the most difficult to find creatures in existence. Team Rocket's in the Zone too, though. Just as Ash and crew leave the warden's station, Jessie challenges them to a winner-takes-all duel. Whichever side manages to grab the most booty in the Jungle Zone will get all of the loser's Pokemon and PokeBalls. The game is on, and Pikachu hangs in the balance. As soon as Ash and company head out Pokemon hunting, Team Pocket manages to get the drop on the warden. While James holds a gun to the warden's head, Jessie begins interrogating him about the location of Dratini. The warden won't break easily though, and Jessie is forced to use a handmade "tickle-bot" to pry the information out of the poor guy. Dratini, it turns out, can be found in a lake in the local Dinosaur Valley. Ash and Company arrive just as Team Rocket chucks a time-bomb into the water to stun Dratini, who has proven harder to catch using conventional means. Ash dives in and manages to grab the bomb, but only reaches the surface after he's saved by the huge Dragonair, who tosses the dynamite back to Team Rocket just as it blows

Just leaving the Safari Zone, the group comes across a bridge which could be used as a shortcut to Sunny Town. They discover that the bridge is too long to walk and they would need bicycles to cross. They go to the Pokemon Center where Nurse Joy asks them to take some medicine to a sick Pokemon across the bridge. They borrow bicycles from the center and are off. Halfway, they come across a bike gang. They battle the gang and before long Jessie and James show up. They are welcomed as this is where they used to live and were well known by the gang members. They are all quickly chased off by the police and Ash and the group continue to deliver the medicine. They come to a raised part of the bridge as a boat is going by and they desperately make the jump. They use Team Rocket who on the other side were trying to show off as good riders and bounce off of them to make it across. They are blocked by the gang, but tell them they are getting medicine to a sick Pokemon. They gang helps them to the center and the Pokemon gets the medicine just in time.

The group is seeking shelter from the storm and they find it in an old theater house. They meet a girl named Duplica who has a talent for pretending to be other people. They meet her Ditto who has a problem; it cannot transform it’s face. She tells them about her problems and they try to help her. Eventually, Team Rocket steals Ditto and try to make it transform into various things. They are very harsh on Ditto to make it transform perfectly, and it succeeds under the pressure they put it under. They give Meowth to Duplica pretending it is Ditto, but she is not fooled and eventually gets back the real Ditto. Now that Ditto can transform perfectly, Duplica can put on her shows.

Ash and the gang, on their adventures end up running into a house where, the gang finds them selves to become digitized and surfing the net to stop team rocket from there online plans of taking Pokemon, if that’s not bad enough, Nurse Joy thinks their viruses and tries to get them quarentined? Can Ash and the Gang stop Team Rocket and get out in time?

Ash and the others find a Pikachu paradice and Ash’s Pikachu seems to be fitting right in. Will Ash beable to let his little buddy stay behind?

While traveling through the woods, the group encounters an Eevee that was apparently abandoned by a tree. They take it to its address in Stone Town and find it belongs to a little boy. He left it there because his older brothers wanted him to evolve it. Misty tells him to let his brothers know how he feels, but Team Rocket show up to get the food, stones, and the Pokemon. They find Team Rocket thanks to Horsea leaving a trail of ink and they recover everything. During the fight, the small boy proves his Eevee can fight well just as it is and tells his brothers he wants to keep his Eevee just how it is. They agree and let him keep his Eevee.

Having not eaten in days, the group search for a town and find one. Unfortunately, the town has no food because the water supply was being blocked by a Snorlax. They try many tricks to wake up the Snorlax, but it does not work. Team Rocket comes by and they help to wake up the Snorlax because they want to steal it. They eventually wake it up by getting the old man who owned it to play his Pokeflute. When it wakes up, it eats all the thorns blocking the water flow and then goes back to bed somewhere else. The water is flowing again and the village can grow crops. The group leave and continue on their way.

The group now arrives in Dark City. In this city, everyone hates Pokemon trainers because there are two main unofficial gyms in the city trying to beat each other out so they can be the official gym of Dark City. They soon discover that both of the main Pokemon at each gym get enraged at the color red. They dump ketchup on the two gym leaders and their Pokemon start chasing them. They get madder at the group who played the trick, but they have lightning rods set up and Pikachu attacks them with the lightning rods to gain additional electricity. Nurse Joy then shows up because she is the inspector for the Pokemon League and won’t let either of them be official gyms unless they start acting better. They agree and rebuild the city from the destruction they caused.

he group ends up in the middle of a carnival. Ash and Brock decide to enjoy themselves while Misty and Pikachu find this man who is trying to be a magician. Misty agrees to help him, but his show is still a failure. He soon gets desperate and uses his Exeggcute to hypnotize Ash into using his Pokemon to catch Exeggutor. The others catch up to him only to find the Exeggutor hypnotizing each other and marching blindly into the city demolishing things. The carnival manager plants a time bomb to blow them up, but Ash sends Charmander to stop the Exeggutor. The magician helps with his fire spell and they fend them off together. At the end, Charmander evolves into Charmeleon.

The group arrives in a small little village where there is not even a Pokemon Center. They must stock up on supplies, so they go. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is still following them, but Meowth is very sick. A lady comes up to them and gives Meowth some medicine and he gets better. Meowth also takes a liking to the girl who cared for him. The group meet the same girl and she wants to battle them. She needs the mushroom on a Parasect to make a new super potion, but her Paras will not evolve because it isn't getting any battle experience and is very weak. Pikachu fires a tiny static bolt at it and it faints. He sends Charmeleon, who is disobedient and flames Paras real good. Later on, Meowth tries to help Paras by making it think it is winning battles. It gets more confidence and it works. Paras eventually evolves into Parasect and the girl can get what she needs.

The group is wandering through a desert and they find Neon Town. It is a flashy town where the people never get any sleep and are on edge. They leave the noisy town to find a Jigglypuff in the forest. Misty attacks it to catch it, but it starts crying and she doesn’t catch it. The Jigglypuff can’t sing, so they try to help it to sing. They find a fruit in the forest that soothes a sore throat. Jigglypuff eats some and starts to sing. The song Jigglypuff sings puts everyone to sleep, which upsets it, so it scribbles on their faces with a marker it finds from Ash’s backpack. They decide to have it sing in Neon Town where no one ever sleeps. It works, and the whole town is put to sleep. They all wake up the next morning and are a lot nicer because they were relaxed from a nice sleep.

The group continue on their way and notice people digging in Grandpa Canyon. Gary shows up for this too. Meanwhile, Team Rocket plants bombs in the canyon. Ash notices this just as Meowth lights the fuse. Ash and Squirtle chase it trying to put out the fuse. It gets to the end and Pikachu shoots an electric beam at it in panic. The blast goes off and they find themselves underground. They meet some ancient Pokemon who they thought to be extinct including an Aerodactyl who swoops up into the air with Ash. Charmeleon evolves into Charizard and chases after the Aerodactyl. Jigglypuff pops out and starts singing. Aerodactyl falls asleep and drops Ash. Ash is caught by Charizard who lands and falls asleep. Officer Jenny tells everyone that it was just a dream caused by Jigglypuff’s song and sends the people on their way. Ash gets an egg from the site, which Brock steals from him to take care of

Pikachu is going through trees looking for apples. Pikachu then finds one which he swallows whole. Pikachu is not feeling well and the nearest Pokemon Center is far away. They take Pikachu to a human hospital instead and the doctor there gets the apple out. He is then called by Nurse Joy who says there has been an accident and needs him to take care of some Pokemon because there was an accident. Some Chansey arrive and they help the Pokemon arriving to recover. Team Rocket is there, too. Meowth has lost his charm and their other Pokemon are hurt. Their Pokemon are helped by Chansey. The doctor is put to sleep by some anesthetic and while he sleeps, Team Rocket attack. They catch Ash and friends in stretchers. A Chansey stands in front of them to protect them, and Team Rocket’s Pokemon will not hurt Chansey because it helped them earlier. Team Rocket get away with just a Voltorb which explodes in their faces and Meowth gets his charm back.

Team Rocket ends up finding their way into James’ past, not only that but James’ is engaged! But not only that but Jessabell (James’ fiancee) looks exactly like Jessie! Can James get out of this crazy Farfetch’d engagement?

he group stop in the forest where there is a Farfetch’d lurking around. Brock and Ash go to get some water and Misty notices a Farfetch’d. She chases it into the forest where the trainer of the Farfetch’d secretly switches bags. He is a thief who uses Farfetch’d to distract his victims. Psyduck escapes from him and gets back to Misty. Psyduck then guides them to the guy who stole her Pokemon. They have a battle with the Farfetch’d who surprises its trainer by showing it can battle by defeating Ash’s Bulbasaur. Misty battles next with Psyduck. Farfetch’d strikes Psyduck on the head repeatedly until it’s headache is bad enough and it uses a disable attack. The boy realizes his wrong and hands the stolen Pokemon over to Officer Jenny. He promises to lead a better life training his Farfetch’d and catching Pokemon rather then stealing them.

While Ash and the gang are on they adventure, they stop and get their Dex's upgraded! And then, the mysterious Pokemon egg finally hatched and is revealed to be a Togepi, now Ash, Misty, Brock, and Meowth have a tournament To see who gets to keep Togepi! But in the end Ash may have one the tourney but Misty got to keep Togepi!

Continuing on their way, Ash battles a man with a Rhyhorn. The battle is tough, but Bulbasaur wins. Bulbasaur's bulb then starts flashing. They rush it to a Pokemon Center and discover it is going to evolve. Bulbasaur leaves his bed and is taken by other Bulbasaur to the mysterious garden where the Bulbasaur evolve into Ivysaur. The group manage to get into the garden behind vines and are watching the ceremony. Bulbasaur doesn't want to evolve. The Venusaur leading the ceremony gets mad at Bulbasaur and attacks it. Ash jumps out in front of Bulbasaur to save it and tries to reason with the Venusaur. Team Rocket float in and use a vacuum device to suck up all the Ivysaur and the Venusaur. Bulbasaur saves them and Venusaur agrees to let Bulbasaur evolve when it wants to.

It’s time for the Princess Festival! So all women are treated like Royalty today! That means Ash and Brock have to follow orders of Misty all day, while James and Meowth do for Jessie. Not only that Jessie capture a Lickitung. If that’s not good enuff, both Jessie and Misty enter the Princess Festival Pokemon Tourney to win the Special edition Pokemon Princess Dolls! When it comes down to it, Jessie and Misty wipe the floor clean with their oppenents and made it down to winners of their divisions, So who will win the dolls Misty or Jesse?

Continuing on their way, they find out about a school where a Pokemon trainer was to visit them but cannot come. Ash agrees to come in place of this person and shows them his Pikachu. The kids examine Pikachu and much to their joy, Pikachu doesn’t enjoy the pulling and grabbing. Ash pulls Pikachu away just in time to save the kids from a Thundershock. Team Rocket invade the school pretending to be magicians. They play a trick where they take Pikachu, and put it into their box and it disappears and Meowth appears. A little boy named Timmy is excited to see Meowth, as he was saved by a wild Meowth in the past. Team Rocket get away, but when they make it away from the school and open their box expecting to see Pikachu. They find Timmy in the box instead. When Meowth realizes that Timmy thinks this Meowth is the one who saved him before, Meowth does his best to play the role. Back at the school, everyone is admiring Meowth, just as Meowth accidentally says something. When Misty realizes that, Meowth runs off. So, Ash and the kids follow Meowth to a dead end where Team Rocket is waiting. They start a Pokemon battle which causes a rock slide. The wild Meowth comes by again and saves Timmy and Ash from being crushed by a rock, and Team Rocket rolls away on another rock.

While traveling through the forest, the group see who they think is a thief. Ash sends Pikachu after it, but Pikachu is scared because he holds a gun. When a Growlithe comes by to knock the gun out of it's hand, Pikachu goes. They are all stopped because he isn't a thief, but a police officer training the K-9 police squad. Ash wants to have them train Pikachu, but doesn't realize he must go, too. Jenny gets Ash and Pikachu early in the morning and they start. Ash and Pikachu don't make it as the course is tough. Brock suggests for him to not try because he feels Pikachu is already the perfect Pokemon. Team Rocket intrude as usual, this time with gases to confuse the smell of things and higher everyone's voices. Jessie and James dress as Officer Jenny and they use megaphones that give them different voices. They use a Jenny voice to command the Growlithe around, but Pikachu fights them. Jessie dresses as Ash then, and switches to an Ash voice. Pikachu is not confused, making Ash realize how perfect Pikachu really is. The Growlithe continue to attack until they realize Jessie isn't the the real Officer Jenny. They beat off Team Rocket and the group continue on their way.

As Ash and the group continue on their way, they notice a boy trying to take a picture of Pikachu. The boy, whose name is Snap, invites them to his place for pancakes and he tries to get a picture of Pikachu. They don't know that Team Rocket had hired him to capture Pikachu. They misunderstood his ad stating he could "capture" any Pokemon. Team Rocket dressed up as an old couple, asked him to "capture" Pikachu and that is what he is doing. Team Rocket show up again and try to get Pikachu, but Snap saves them and Team Rocket is defeated as usual. He agrees to follow the group on their journeys so he can get some shots of rare Pokemon.

Ash, James, and Jessie are all taking a Pokemon test! The test is in two parts, the first round of tests is all about the knowledge of their Pokemon. Doing so terrible on the questions, Jessie snaps and mouths off to the teacher and fails! Meanwhile Ash and James also score the lowest of the low! The second part of the test is a 3 on 3 Pokemon Battle! James gets the 3 pokemon, Charizard, Pikachu, and Ivysaur, which really he love Pikachu but lost it his match and failed his battle test. While Ash gets Team Rocket’s Pokemon! Arbok, Weezing, and Meowth! Is Ash able to pass the test, and will Jessie and James have an evil plot?

While out with their photographer friend Snap, they are taking a few pictures of their Pokemon. They see an ad for a breeding center where they treat the Pokemon well. Misty brings her Psyduck there and hopes they will improve it. They find a restaurant where you eat free if you bring in a Psyduck. Misty and the group rush back to the breeding center to discover it is fake. It is a center run by Team Rocket, but not Jessie and James. The boss is angry because they always mess up and trusts this new plan to other members Butch and Cassidy. Jessie and James break into the center at the same time not knowing about it, and try to steal Pokemon. They are all thrown in jail except for Misty and Pikachu, who make it out. Misty gets Pikachu to get Snap's camera which proves their innocence and takes it to Jenny. Butch and Cassidy are arrested as well as Jessie and James, although Jessie and James dig their way out.

sh and the group are sailing towards Cinnibar Island, and they happen to meet Gary on the boat. Gary tells them there is no gym on Cinnibar Island anymore, and that they were wasting their time going. When they arrive, they meet a strange looking guy who gives information in riddles. He shows them the gym. It is a broken down piece of debris, and hasn't been used in a long time. The gym leader Blaine was sick of battling tourists who came on vacation, rather than for a Pokemon match. The group try to find a place to stay the night. Unfortunately, all the places are packed with tourists. Ash is beginning to get very hungry, just as he smells something good cooking. They find Gary staying in one of the hotels and they even have an Electabuzz for entertainment playing some music. Gary decides to offer Ash some leftovers from their banquet if he will spin around three times and say "Pikachu". Ash refuses, but Pikachu does it hoping to help out Ash. Ash stops Pikachu, just as the star of their show arrives. It is Jigglypuff going to sing them a song. The group run away to safety, just as Jigglypuff begins to sing accompanied by the Electabuzz's music. The whole crowd falls asleep and get some lovely Jigglypuff squiggles on their faces. Ash and the group find the riddle man's hotel, and he offers a free stay as a reward for solving a riddle. Meanwhile, Team Rocket attempt to steal the Pokemon inside the lab on the island. Ash stops them as usual, with help from his Pokemon. They get to a hot spring, when Togepi jumps on a lever that opens a secret passage. They follow it down to see a hidden Pokemon gym. The riddle man is there to greet them, as he reveals his true identity. He is Blaine, and is ready to battle Ash. The battle is tough with Squirtle first losing, and Charizard refusing to battle. Pikachu makes a comeback, by defeating Rhydon through a direct shock to its horn. Blaine then calls Magmar, who Pikachu is unable to beat. Magmar uses a Fire Blast attack, which is about to hit Pikachu.

Pikachu is swallowed up by Magmar's fire blast attack. Luckily, Pikachu had dodged it and was hanging on to the edge. Pikachu crawled back up and was safe from the lava below. Ash forfeits the match. Blaine congratulates Ash for making a wise choice, and directs them to the hot springs. Meanwhile, Team Rocket prepares freeze guns to freeze Magmar. They enter the arena to find Magmar, and they tell it that it's won a prize. They then fire at it, and freeze Magmar solid. As Jessie and James celebrate, Magmar melts through the ice. In a panic, they freeze over the entire gym. This causes the Volcano walls to crack, and lava begins to pour into the arena. Ash calls Charizard to throw rocks to block the flow of lava, but Charizard refuses to listen. Magmar begins to throw rocks, but it is no good. When Charizard sees the problem, it begins to throw rocks. Brock and Misty's Pokemon help, too. The flow is stopped, and Blaine offers another chance for Ash to win the Volcano badge. They battle atop the Volcano, Charizard versus Magmar. It is a tough battle, but Charizard prevails. Unfortunately, Charizard stops listening to Ash after the battle. Blaine gives a Volcano badge to Ash and they continue on their way.

Ash and friends are running to catch the last ferry off of Cinnibar Island, and just as they are approaching the ferry, they collide with a Wartortle, it was running to find help for it's leader, Blastoise. Wartortle and Ash's Squirtle, with the Squirtle Squad sunglasses, swim to the Squirtle Island. They find everyone on the island asleep, including Blastoise. Ash and Squirtle check out Blastoise, and hear a strange noise which puts them to sleep. Pikachu manages to wake them all up, and then they try to wake up Blastoise. It eventually wakes up on it's own, when the strange noise stops. Squirtle then notices something stuck in one of Blastoise's Hydro cannons. It is squishy and pink, and then it's ear sticks out. Then the noise starts again and everyone falls asleep. Team Rocket intrude on the island, hoping to catch Blastoise, but Meowth, the one who went to get Blastoise, fell asleep, they dragged him back, slapped him a few times, and threw him back. They then used their Gyarados grabber (I forgot to mention they came on their Mecha-Gyarados). They successfully got away, until they hear the noise coming out of Blastoise's shell. They begin to sink into the water but all the Squirtles and Wartortles save them. Back on the island Team Rocket chase the Squirtles and Wortortles around, and so Ash's Squirtle and Pikachu try to wake up Blastoise. They succeed, and guess what pops out? It's Jigglypuff! And Jigglypuff is blown away into the Mecha Gyarados. Blastoise successfully drives off Team Rocket, except Jigglypuff is still inside, luckily Jigglypuff is blasted out and lands on the island. Jigglypuff sings, everyone sleeps, everyone gets scribbled on. Misty is annoyed because the marker scribbling makes her look like a cartoon character, Ash chimes in, "Like that could ever happen!"

Ash and the Gang have found their way back to Cerulean City! And ends up getting Roped into helping with a Water Ballet performance! If that’s bad enuff Team rocket wants to steal the show! Can Ash and the gang give the performance of a lifetime?

Jigglypuff is taking a walk through the woods, singing its favorite song. A Caterpie and Pidgey fall out of the trees, and Jigglypuff draws on their faces only to be knocked out with a tea pot. When Jigglypuff gets back up, it discovers a space ship crashed in the woods. Some Clefairy come out, the leader with a flower on its head. Meanwhile, the gang are enjoying some ice cream, just as they spot a Clefairy. They chase after it while their stuff is stolen. They report this to Officer Jenny, and they find out lots of people have had their stuff stolen. They meet a guy named Oswald, who thinks aliens have stolen their stuff. Just then, two mysterious beings land and take Pikachu. It’s Jessie and James, being lifted with a crane by Meowth. Ash stops them, only to have Pikachu taken by a Clefairy. They follow it into a manhole, which leads to an underground cave. They find a new spaceship the Clefairy are building, which is about to launch. They board the ship to find Pikachu behind glass. They plan to use Pikachu to power their space ship. The Clefairy jump in to guard. Then, Jigglypuff walks in on the whole scene, walks up to one of the Clefairy, and Jigglypuff whacks the Clefairy. The battle begins. Jigglypuff slaps around all the Clefairy knocking them all out. Jigglypuff then finds the master control room, and so does Oswald. Jigglypuff slaps around the master Clefairy, and the Clefairy puts up a good fight, slapping back. Oswald fiddles with the control, and breaks it off. Jigglypuff grabs it, and starts singing. As everyone is asleep, the rocket blasts off. Pikachu is hit in the nose with a mallet, which startles him, and then Pikachu’s electric shock begins to power the space ship. In mid-air Team Rocket try to abandon the ship, but they are on the wrong side and break off to crash into the land. Ash and the group manage to use Bulbasaur to wrap its vines around the point of a skyscraper, and they swing to safety. The ship soon crashes in the woods, and Oswald along with the Clefairy scare the people camping out there.

Arriving at Veridian City, Ash, Misty, and Brock discover Gary is awaiting his own duel for the badge. However, unkown to all of them, the Gym leader is the leader of Team Rocket himself, and a mysterious, armoured Pokemon is eager to make short work of who challenges its master...

The group is getting closer and closer to Pallet. Just as Ash is running towards home, he crashes into a wall. The wall is totally invisible, created by a Mr. Mime. Just then, a girl from the circus shows up to try to catch Mr. Mime. Ash protests that he was going to catch it, but Brock holds him back. The Mr. Mime gets away. They arrive back at the circus, where their Mr. Mime is incredibly lazy sitting around and eating snacks. They dress Ash up as a Mr. Mime to be in the show, hoping to make Mr. Mime jealous of Ash and try to do better. Team Rocket swoop in, and steal Ash, thinking it's Mr. Mime. Meanwhile, Ash's mom brings Brock and Misty to her house. Just as they are leaving, Mr. Mime comes knocking on the window. Ash's mom thinks it's Ash, and brings him in for a snack. Ash then arrives in the Meowth balloon he stole from Team Rocket, and comes home. His mom then realizes that it was a real Mr. Mime, and then Ash asks Mr. Mime to help him. Ash's mom asks Mr. Mime to help Ash and it agrees. Later, Team Rocket burst out with a tank trying to steal the Pokemon from the circus. Mr. Mime builds a wall to stop them. They turn around, and the circus' Mr. Mime builds a wall to stop them. Eventually surroundi

It's Christmas time, and Santa (James) is entering the house. He is caught. Jessie's evil plan to capture Santa should work. Jessie is mad because a Jynx who she thought was Santa Claus took her favorite doll when she was young. Now, she is going to get her revenge. Meanwhile, Ash and friends are snooping around to discover a Jynx. Ash battles it, first with Pikachu, who's kissed to death, and then Charmander, who is successful. Jynx blocks Ash's Pokeball, and tells them that she was shining Santa's boot for him when she drifted away from the North Pole. Ash and the group try to take Jynx back to the North Pole, but the Pokemon get tired. As a last desperate attempt, Ash takes off his clothes and starts pulling everyone himself. He is stopped by a Lapras, who first tests them to make sure their intentions are good, then offers to help them the rest of the way to the North Pole. Team Rocket follows them all the way to the North Pole. When they finally make it, Jessie and James emerge from their Gyarados, all tired out. They say their motto, only to find themselves freezing cold. Meowth goes back in, under a nice warm blanket, and then he pushes the button to trap the group while they snatch the Jynx who Jessie thinks is Santa that took her doll. They soon find out that it wasn't Santa after all, and that the Jynx was only trying to help Jessie by fixing the doll. She gets the doll back from the real Santa, but isn't so grateful and ties him up. They take all the presents for Christmas, but are stopped by Lapras and Charmander. They still manage to escape with the presents, until all of Santa's Jynx use a combined Psywave attack to bring back the Mecha-Gyarados and get back the presents, and then make sure Team Rocket blasts off again. Back at Jessie and James' house they are sleeping in their bed, hoping Santa will have something for them. Jynx shows up at the window, and kisses them so they will sleep tight. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Ash and the group come to a fork in the road. Ash quickly chooses the path to the right, thinking it would be just a little hill. It turned out to be a huge snow mountain. The compass did not work, and they are totally lost. Ash calls out Pidgeotto to find a way, and Pidgeotto does. So, they begin to follow. Meanwhile; Jessie, James, and Meowth are in the cold, too. James and Meowth huddle closely as to not freeze, but Jessie is enjoying her time in the snow, remembering from her childhood the snowgasboards her mother used to make her (food made out of snow). Ash and the group decide to dig a cave in the snow, and camp out for the night. Pikachu is blown away in the harsh blizzard winds. Ash finds Pikachu hanging over a cliff just about to fall off. Eventually rescuing Pikachu, they proceed with the help of his other Pokemon to d

Ash is there, and ready to take on anyone who challenges him. He’s at the Pokemon League! He throws the Pokeball to begin the first battle, but the Pokeball is trying to capture Ash! He can feel himself being pulled in! No, he was only dreaming, and Mr. Mime had the vacuum cleaner to his head. So, he and the group head out to Professor Oak’s lab. They find that Gary is also visiting. After comparing the two boys’ Pokedexes, he concludes that Ash has seen more Pokemon, but Gary has caught more Pokemon! Oak informs Ash that the Pokemon League is only once a year, and happening in two months.

Ash’s mom and friends are going to go to Seafoam Islands. Misty and Brock are going to go surfing. Ash goes to Oak’s lab to discover that Oak is trying to find out why Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro. Professor Oak suggests that Ash go to the Seafoam Islands to meet Professor Westwood who made the Pokedex who would know the answer. Ash and Pikachu head to the Seafoam Islands and startle Brock and Misty into falling off their surfboards. They go to Westwood’s lab to discover he is the fifth of many Westwoods, and he insists to be called that. He happens to be researching the Slowpoke and Shellder, too.

Ash is running down the road and is hit in the face with muck splashed up by a car. Ash gets caught in the traffic with cars scattered everywhere. Officer Jenny clears the disturbance, and tells Ash of a great big wave that comes every twenty years called Humunga Dunga. They decide to go surfing, although Misty warns Ash to continue on his training. She joins in on the fun. Ash gets on the wave, but falls. Pikachu notices another Pikachu on the cliff staring into the sea. It is looking for big waves for its owner to surf

Back at home, Ash is anxious to leave for a garden so that he does not have to worry about all the chores that his mom makes him do in the garden. When they get there, they are scared because they think that the garden hose a man is holding toward them is a flamethrower. Bulbasaur starts sniffing around in the garden, but then sniffs a particular plant which knocks him out. Ash leans forward to take a sniff but a girl named Florinda warns him not to.

The group continue on their way to find a girl who wants a Pokemon battle. She chooses her Raichu to battle against Pikachu. The battle does not even begin until Team Rocket slams their net down to capture Pikachu. They accidentally get the girls’ Raichu, which shocks them. Then a movie director named Spielbug enters to stop the action and tell about how famous a director he is. He tells about a Pokemon movie he is making, but cannot find anyone to co-star with Wigglytuff because she is too tough

Ash and co. recieve an invitation to the premiere of PokA©mon in Love in Hollywood while Meowth reflects on some painful memories about how he learned to talk.

# 73. Season 1, Ep 73: To Master The Onix-pected 8.72 Reviews Ash and Brock are watching Master Bruno of the Elite Four battling on television. Misty turns it off, telling Ash to really start training. Ash's mom knows of where to find Bruno. They head up to a mountain where they stop for muskrat meatballs where an elderly lady has been getting them stolen. They find Team Rocket, and get the meatballs back. The group then head further up the mountain to discover a large trail left by a giant Onix. They escape thanks to Master Bruno.

Ash is training against Brock. Pikachu is battling Vulpix until Jigglypuff gets in the line of fire. Pikachu holds back its attack and Vulpix deflects it's fire attack to uncover some ancient artifacts. A girl named Eve swoops in to take the artifact they found. She explains about the ancient city of Pokemonpolis and tells of a warning written on an old tablet but she cannot understand it. In the night, Team Rocket sneak in to steal any valuable artifacts they can get out of the unsearched underground. Arbok, who was sent in to find them, comes out with a small black bar-like object which traps him inside along with the rest of Team Rocket. The group come out the following morning to discover the object on the ground. It captures the leader and some workers but the rest make it safely back to their camp to see the black thing turn into a giant Gengar. They then notice everything floating around inside. Ash, Misty and Brock go to stop the Gengar from destroying Pallet Town, but get its attention along with some of their Pokemon forcing them to retreat back to camp. They discover Eve under the spell making everything float. The glass around the artifact breaks, and the key to it connects. Then it turns into a giant Alakazam. The two giant Pokemon battle it out, until Jigglypuff sings a son, that doesn't work on them. Jigglypuff is flung off into the air, but it's song makes another artifact turn into a giant Jigglypuff. it starts to sing. Then, that puts the giant Pokemon to sleep and it whips out a paint brush to paint designs on their faces.

Ash goes to Professor Oak to ask for advice about what to do about the Pokemon League as he has not done much training being sidetracked the past while. He tells Ash it is too late but to try his best anyway. They hit the road to Indigo Plateau to find a guy named Otoshi who challenges Ash. If Otoshi wins, he may take all of Ash's badges. Ash defeats him, to discover he didn't have any badges. They were stolen, by Team Rocket. Meanwhile, James and Meowth discover the badges they just stole to be gone. Jessie had taken them, to go onto the Pokemon League alone. Otoshi's Marowak gets frustrated, and walks away. Otoshi despairs, until they spot Team Rocket's balloon. James and Meowth take off, but are stopped by Ash and searched. They find nothing, and James and Meowth are off to get Jessie. They find her, forgive her, and get back together. Otoshi battles them for the badges back, but almost loses until Marowak shows up to stop them. Marowak came back after remembering some of the better times with Otoshi. They get the badges back, and Otoshi and Ash go their separate ways towards the Pokemon League.

Ash has made it to the Pokemon League. A man is carrying the torch up towards the League, where it will burn throughout the entire event. Ash steps in and asks if he can carry the torch. Although Officer Jenny would not let him, the president of the Pokemon League decides to let him try. Of course, he does not get far until Team Rocket try to steal the torch, and they manage to get away with it. Further away, they struggle to keep it lit. They do not succeed and just end up getting burned. Fortunately, the president had a spare flame and gave Ash another try. Ash continues with the torch until someone else takes it, as it continues towards the center of the stadium where it will burn. The following day, as it is just about to reach the top, Team Rocket are there to intercept it and manage to get the flame into another robotic device which they have. They get inside, and Ash tries to stop them from getting away with it. Ash steps out in front, and so Team Rocket decide they are going to fry Ash with the flame. They hold the flame towards Ash, but much to their surprise it does not burn him. A Moltres emerges from the flame, burns out Team Rocket and they blast off again. The Moltres then landed in the large torch, and the flame is lit for the Pokemon League tournament to begin.

sh goes in to sign up for the Pokemon League. In the Pokemon League competition, each participant must battle in all four arenas. After sign up is complete, he ends up battling in the water arena. Ash meets Gary before the battle, who is very confident as usual. Gary enters his battle and wins it. Ash meets his challenger in the water arena. His name is Mandy, and he is quite confident he will win as well. Before the battle, Ash gets Krabby from Oak through an exchange system. Then, he heads towards the arena for battle. Ash enters the arena. Just as the battle is about to begin, Team Rocket is in the announcer's stand cheering him on. They are soon carted away by a group of five Officer Jennies. Ash fights the battle hard. Using his Krabby, he manages to win the first battle which then evolves into a Kingler. Continually fighting the battles with Mandy's Pokemon, Ash wins them all much to the surprise of Mandy who was sure he would win. With the first Pokemon battle won, Ash faces the next arena

Ash wins his second battle in the rock arena, as Squirtle defeats Nidorino. After the battle, Ash decides to go off to find something to eat as he and Pikachu are both starved. He leaves his other Pokemon behind to eat as well, although Misty and Brock feel he should have taken them to a Pokemon Center. They catch up with Ash, Pokeballs in hand, to tell Ash to take them to the center. They cannot because the center is filled up. After deciding to go looking for another center, Ash spots a restaurant. He arrives inside to find there is plenty of food there, except he has no money. Fortunately, they are offering free meals to participants in the Pokemon League and Ash gets the food for free. After a nice meal, and another close call for Togepi (where Pikachu saves the day as usual), they head out to notice Brock is missing. They find him out on the street watching all the Nurse Joys and Officer Jennies passing by. They then find a finger from the alley summoning them. They discover a hidden Pokemon Center, or so they think. Ash gives in his Pokemon, before noticing that Brock is not reacting the way he should when a Nurse Joy is around. They discover it is Team Rocket and they are getting away with Ash’s Pokemon. The center turns into their balloon and they start to float away, until Onix stops them and brings back Ash’s Pokemon. Then after piercing their balloon, Team Rocket is let off to blow away. Back in the competition in the ice arena, Ash is winning until the competitor calls out an Arcanine. The battle is hard as Arcanine melts the ice all around leaving Pikachu no place to run. Pikachu dives, shocks, and wins the battle.

Gary is battling his fourth match of the Pokemon League. His Nidoking is battling against a Golem. After a little fighting, Nidoking is defeated and Gary is out of the Pokemon League. This defeat makes Ash nervous that he too may lose his fourth battle. Brock tells him not to give up, and so he does not. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are trying selling things to get money. They seem to be good at it as they sell out of official Pokemon League badges. Meowth is up to his usual tricks and they are not official. He is in fact making them out of bottle caps. They decide to try a distraction with some fake Pikachu being taken away by their balloon. A couple of Officer Jennies spot the balloon and Growlithe takes it down. Jessie and James were going to use the distraction to allow them to steal all the spectators Pokemon with a vacuum. The Jennies notice their vacuum and ticket it. Team Rocket run for cover and disguise themselves as snack salesmen and start selling hot-dogs and ice-cream. Ash enters his last arena before he can battle in the Indigo arena. His opponent Jeanette starts with a Beedrill. Ash fights the Beedrill with his Bulbasaur. After a few close calls, Bulbasaur leech seeds it to victory. Next, Bulbasaur battles Scyther. Again it is close, but Bulbasaur wins again. Then, Jeanette brings out a Bellsprout. Ash believes it is going to be an easy win, but surprisingly to everyone Bellsprout defeats Bulbasaur. Ash sends Pikachu to take care of Bellsprout, but poor Pikachu is knocked out cold by Bellsprout’s thin twig arm. Luckily before battle, Ash had gotten his Muk and this was his last hope for this match. Muk proves to be invulnerable to Bellsprout’s attacks. Muk moves towards the helpless Bellsprout and smothers it. Ash has won his fourth match, and it is on to the central Indigo arena. After the match, Jessie and James found they had a successful day, and sold many hot-dogs and ice-cream. They are quite pleased with their ability to sell.

Ash and the gang are going to find a place to eat. After a successful fourth win, Ash is getting ready for his fifth battle. He does not know who he is up against yet. His mom invades the kitchen inside the restaurant and starts making something for Ash. Her cooking is great, leaving the chef asking for the recipe. They all have a nice meal. Later as Ash is getting on the elevator to go back outside, a boy named Richie is rushing to catch the elevator as well. Ash stops the door for him and he gets on. They are going down, just as the power goes out. They are trapped in the elevator, but Richie has a plan to get Pikachu to power the elevator the rest of the way down. Once they get out, they hear an announcement that they have to get their Pokemon inspected by the Pokemon League or they will be disqualified from the competition. It is really another plan of Team Rocket to steal everybody's Pokemon. They fool everyone and get all the Pokemon until Pikachu shocks Jessie as she tries to pick him up, and so they reveal themselves. They successfully get away, but Ash and Richie chase after them. Ash decides to dive down the mountain, but Richie stops him. Ash becomes mad at Richie, as they continue the chase. They leap out in front of the van. James swerves aside, falling over into a stream. The van is still going and Jessie and Meowth are okay. Unfortunately, James was knocked unconscious by the fall. Jessie manages to steer them to safety. Later on Ash is sorry for becoming mad at Richie, realizing that his life was saved. The two boys camp out for the night. The following morning they find Team Rocket and the stolen Pokemon. Jessie and James wake up to discover them, and lock the door. They start driving away. Ash searches the bag for one of his Pokemon, but cannot find which ones are his. Pikachu finds Bulbasaur, but Bulbasaur cannot seem to penetrate the wall. Richie calls out his Charmander, which gets through the wall. Ash and Richie eventually succeed in getting all the Pokemon back, and return to the League building to find out who Ash is battling for the fifth round. It turns out to be Richie... Both of them friends, both with ambitions of becoming the greatest trainer in the world.

Ash is to battle Richie in the next round of the Pokemon League competition. Misty is looking up some information on the computer about him. She finds that Richie won all of his first four rounds with just one Pokemon. Ash goes to the Pokemon Center and finds Richie there who was just picking up his Pokemon. Ash promises Richie a great battle the following day. Ash picks up his Pokemon and returns to the small house where he is staying to sleep for the night. The next day, they receive a phone call. It is Richie's voice, and rudely insults Misty over the phone. She hands it to Ash, and the voice tells Ash to meet him outside at a specific location and to bring Pikachu. When Ash arrives, he finds Richie (it is a dummy, except Ash thinks it is really Richie) and suddenly is trapped by Team Rocket. They throw him in their van and drive away, keeping Ash from the competition. Ash escapes using Squirtle to flood the van, and Team Rocket are up to their eyeballs in water. The back bursts open, and Ash starts to run back to be in time for the competition. Team Rocket get in his way again, bent on keeping him away from the league competition. He uses Bulbasaur and Pikachu to whip and shock them. He continues towards the league, but Team Rocket catch up on bicycles. They use Weezing to smog him out, but he hops on a bicycle and continues along. They catch up to him in their balloon and hook the bicycle. They start to float away, and so Pikachu is carried up by Pidgeotto to give them another big shock. Pidgeotto then starts to carry Ash toward the stadium. Meanwhile, back at the stadium after already being given ten additional minutes after the battle was supposed to start, they are about to declare that Ash has forfeit the match. Just as they almost declare Richie the winner, Ash shows up floating toward the stadium in the Team Rocket balloon. They begin the battle, and Ash sends Squirtle against Richie's Butterfree named Happy. Squirtle loses, and so Pikachu leaps out to battle and defeats Happy. Richie calls his Charmander and it defeats Pikachu. Ash is out of reliable Pokemon, as Bulbasaur would lose for sure, and so he desperately sends out Charizard. Charizard actually battles, and defeats Charmander. Richie lastly sends out his Pikachu named Sparky. Charizard blows Sparky around a bit, deeming it to not be a worthy opponent and lays down for a nap. Since Charizard refused to battle Sparky won, and Ash was defeated by Richie. Despite his immense disappointment, Ash looks up and congratulates Richie, and they are still friends in the end.

Ash is sad at being knocked out of the Pokemon League and he and Misty end up having an argument. Richie is knocked out in the sixth round and tells Ash he will try harder next time, which inspires Ash to do the same.

After the PokA©mon League tournaments, Ash and friends return to Pallet town to celebrate Ash’s hard work. But soon the party is crashed by none other than Team Rocket!