Fan theories about the world of Pokemon. Ash's Pokémon and all his Pokémon

Even if the screensaver of the Pokémon cartoon does not fill your heart with nostalgia, perhaps you still installed the Pokémon GO game on your smartphone and often wander around the city in the hope of catching another monster. Pokémon GO does not require knowledge of the context of the original series - however, for those who are particularly interested, we decided to compile a guide to the most important episodes of the TV show.

The stated mission of the Pokémon anime, designed for primary school students, is to bring goodness to children, teach them compassion, self-sacrifice, honesty and, oddly enough, the basics of fire safety and life safety. It's hard to recommend the show to everyone without exception, given its target audience. At the same time, you can watch a dozen major episodes in just a few hours that will fill the gap in your knowledge (the first 52 episodes are available on Netflix).

# 1 "Pokemon! I choose you!"

In the first episode, we are introduced to the protagonist Ash Ketchum, a big-hearted bungler who lives in a world where there is no sport more popular than Pokemon battles. Each child, upon reaching the age of ten, receives from a local specialist (in the Kanto region, where Ash lives, this is Professor Oak) the right to his first Pokemon.

On the most important day of his life, Ash wakes up. Coming to the professor, he discovers that all worthy Pokémon have already been disassembled. Ash begs the scientist to give him something and gets a naughty electric mouse, icon and face of the franchise - Pikachu. According to the logic that only cartoons obey, the mother of our young hero sends him on a journey across the country, which today has already lasted 930 episodes.

On the way, Ash realizes that he cannot become a well-deserved trainer without the help of a pet, so he does not abandon attempts to find a common language with him. Pikachu, as befits embodied electricity, does not recognize authorities, does not want to get into the pokeball and constantly shocks Ash. The episode ends with a dramatic confrontation that can give goosebumps not only to the second grader. The viewer receives the first lesson out of a thousand: we are responsible for those we have tamed.

# 10 "Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village", # 11 "Charmander - an abandoned Pokemon", # 12 "Squirtle squad arrives"

At the start of each of the Pokémon games for Nintendo handhelds, the player is asked to choose their first Pokémon - Grass, Fire or Water. In the early parts, these are Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle, respectively. The choice does not greatly affect the difficulty of the passage or the plot, but by choosing one, you forever abandon the other two, so it is very difficult to decide. Ash is lucky, he meets these Pokémon one by one.

All three Pokémon on closer inspection turn out to be not entirely wild. All of them were let down by former coaches, so they are wary of people. Ash receives Bulbasaur from the mistress of a shelter for abandoned Pokémon, Charmander joins the company after realizing that the former owner sees only a tool in him, Squirtle goes on a journey with Ash only after he returns his lost faith in people. The triptych draws attention to an important problem: not all Pokémon in this world are equally loved and appreciated. Ash, of course, sees it as his mission to fix this.

# 14 "Decisive Lightning Strike"

Each major city has a stadium - the venue for the official Pokémon battles, one of the key locations in both games and anime. For defeating the strongest trainer in the city, other trainers receive a badge - you need to collect eight to be allowed to participate in the Pokémon League. This is Ash's main goal. "Decisive Lightning Strike" is not the first episode in which Ash has to compete for the badge. So, in "Fight in Pewter" and "Aquatic flowers of Cerulin" he has already got two insignia and met two true friends in the person of Pokémon breeder Brock and trainer of water Pokémon Misty. But, since the series about stadiums is very monotonous, it makes sense to watch only one of them.

In Decisive Lightning Strike, Pikachu Ash encounters Raichu, a stronger and larger version of himself, a Pokémon, into which Pikachu can evolve upon contact with a rare mineral - the Lightning Stone. Raichu's owner, Lieutenant Sarge, an American veteran who settled in Japan and runs a stadium in Vermilion, effortlessly defeats Ash. The beaten Pikachu finds himself at a crossroads: to remain himself and re-enter an unequal battle, or to gain mass through evolution, increasing his chances of winning. This is another emotional moment that the series is so rich in, and Pikachu teaches us another lesson: the strongest does not always win.

# 21 "Goodbye Butterfree!"

Butterfly is the first Pokémon that Ash caught with his own hand. More precisely, he caught a caterpillar Pokemon Caterpie, and he evolved into Butterfly, a purple-nosed butterfly. During the trip, friends notice a swarm of butterflyfree flying over the sea - the Pokémon is mating season, and Ash decides to let his butterfly join hers.

Butterfly falls in love and flies off into the sunset, leaving Ash and millions of schoolchildren in tears - after all, there is hardly any more experience for a child than the loss of a pet. "Goodbye Butterfree!" not only teaches you to put up with the loss, but also answers some questions about the ways of breeding Pokémon.

# 27 "Hypno-Pokemon Dream"

If you play Pokémon GO, then most likely you have already managed to hate the tapir-like Drowse and his Hypno evolution for being ubiquitous. Despite the title, this episode is not about them. Here we meet a more important character - Psidak, a Pokémon with persistent migraines. Psidak - an awkward, ugly, useless upright platypus - meets Ash and friends at the Pokémon Hospital, where people suffering from the waves emitted by Hypno have gathered. It turns out that not all Pokémon are equally desirable for trainers, and Misty is trying with all her might not to catch Psidak, but she does not succeed - the platypus nevertheless joins the company.

# 35 "The Legend of Dratini"

The first of two forbidden episodes: Ash and friends get into the safari zone. This is a special place where Pokémon can only be caught with special Pokeballs. There, the heroes are met by a man named Kaiza and the first thing they do is direct the barrel of a gun at ten-year-old children - this is the first reason why the episode aroused public outrage.

Kaiza thought that the children were poachers who came to catch the legendary Pokemon Dratini, who lives somewhere in the reserve. Ash convinces Kaizu that they do not want to harm anyone, and then catches a whole herd of tauros, pokemon buffalo - is it not poaching. The promotion of poaching is the second reason why The Legend of Dratini was taken off the air. Not a very important episode for understanding the phenomenal popularity of Pokémon, but it is possible that if you watched Pokémon as a child, then you have not seen this episode.

# 38 "Electronic Warrior Porygon"

In this episode, Ash, Misty, and Brock travel to cyberspace to heal the Pokémon Center computers from the virus. The virus is caused by Porygon, the world's first artificially created Pokémon, a Pokémon program. It turns out that not all pocket monsters are creatures of nature. In addition, the episode is interesting for its impact on the public perception of the series and on the Japanese animation industry in general.

Many remember horror stories about how, after watching anime, children buried themselves alive in sandboxes or jumped out of windows. All these, of course, are either myths, or isolated cases, the fault of the series in which, most likely, it was not. "Electronic Warrior Porygon" is a different story: during the premiere, almost seven hundred Japanese children were urgently hospitalized, some with epileptic seizures, some simply with a sharp deterioration in health. The reason was the scene in which the viewer is exposed to a red and blue stroboscopic light. The broadcast of the series was interrupted for several months, which the TV company spent investigating the incident. Based on the results of the investigation, they drew up a set of rules governing the use of flickering light in animation. "Electronic Warrior Porygon" is the second forbidden episode, and we certainly do not recommend watching it.

# 43 Song of Jiglipoof

On the way to the fictional analogue of Las Vegas, the city of Neon, friends meet Jiglipuph, a Pokemon singer with a soporific voice, dreaming of an audience that will not snore at the very beginning of the performance. Jiglipoof's voice turns out to be the key to solving Neon's big problem - the insomnia that all residents of the city suffer from, making them irritable and rude. The episode about the benefits of sleep gave the franchise a second mascot, albeit unofficial - Jiglipuf appears in almost every issue until the end of the season.

# 46 "The Sacred Ties of Marriage"

This is the first episode to focus on the R team, the constant antagonists of the first season. Jesse, James and the unique talking Pokémon Meowth are a gang of losers: in the hope of getting rich, they unsuccessfully try to capture Ash's Pikachu and any other Pokémon that come to hand with the help of ridiculous wunderwaffe. Why the Raketa team needs money is not clear - their budget for wild devices and camouflage suits, new in every episode, and so it seems inexhaustible.

In this episode, James' parents force him to marry, promising a huge dowry. Jesse and Meowth, of course, support them in every possible way. It turns out that for James, wealth is not the main thing: he was led to the R team by his craving for adventure - and the puns that gang members often throw around in conversations.

# 48 Who Will Get Togepi?

The world of Pokémon, already mysterious, becomes even more mysterious when it comes to reproduction. For example, over time, it became clear that Pokemon do not have to belong to the same species in order to leave offspring. No one has ever seen Pokémon lay eggs, but most of the individuals emerge from them.

In this episode, the mechanic familiar to you from Pokémon GO comes into play - if you walk with an egg in your backpack for enough time, then something will hatch out of it. In the egg Ash finds four episodes ago in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokemon , It turns out to be Togepi, a Pokemon that our heroes have never met before and about which there is no information in the Pokedex (the trainer's pocket guide).

# 60 "The Tale of Clefairie"

We have already learned that not all Pokémon appear naturally - and in The Tale of Clefairies, it turns out that some Pokémon came from space. The bodies of the clefairies vaguely resemble stars, and they fall to the Earth in meteorites falling on its surface. Tired of life on the planet, a group of Clefairies clean out the inhabitants of the city and build a spaceship from all the trash that they manage to collect.

# 64 "Snow storm"

If you have strength and patience only for one episode, then let the last one be “Snowstorm”. This is the emotional peak of the first season, in which all the love Ash has given to the Pokémon returns to him at a vital moment.

text: Philip Timofeev

Photo: cover, 1, 2 - Nintendo

Episode 1: Pokemon! I choose you! Pokémon, I Choose You!

Ash Ketchum is a boy living in the city of Pallet. He turned ten and got the right to train Pokémon. Ash needs to get his first Pokémon from Professor Oak, a Pokémon expert. After reaching the laboratory where he has to take the first Pokemon, Ash meets Gary Oak - the grandson of the professor, who has just become a Pokemon trainer, who makes Ash to ridicule. Since Ash slept through the distribution of Pokémon, the professor was left with only one - Pikachu. In addition to the Pokemon, the professor issues Ash Pokedex - a computer encyclopedia about Pokemon. Ash goes on a journey with Pikachu. Pikachu does not obey his coach's orders and does not take him seriously. In an attempt to catch the Pokémon on his own, Ash accidentally infuriates a pack of wild Spiro, who attack him and Pikachu. Trying to escape from them, Ash steals the bike of a girl who was fishing nearby. Spiro is overtaken by Ash and falls off his bike. Ash shields Pikachu from Spiro with her body, wanting to protect him. Surprised by Ash's dedication, Pikachu gains confidence in him and attacks Spiro with lightning. When Ash and Pikachu wake up, they see a strange bird Pokemon flying through a rainbow, about which there is no data in Pokédex. Together Ash and Pikachu set off towards the city of Viridian.

Series 2: Ambulance for pokemon Pokémon Emergency!

As soon as Ash gets to Viridian, Officer Jenny detains him. Officer Jenny decides Ash stole Pikachu, but after Ash explains everything to her, the officer takes him on his motorcycle to the Pokémon Center so Ash can heal his injured Pikachu. While Ash waits during the operation, Misty enters the Pokémon Center. Misty demands from Ash to pay for the bike he stole and later broken by a lightning strike to Pikachu. Team R suddenly appears: Jesse, James and Meowth. Team R wants to steal Pokémon from Center. Pikachu, with the support of other Pikachu living in the Center, uses a very strong lightning strike and thus blows up the Pokémon Center building. Ash and Pikachu travel further into the Viridian Forest, while Misty follows them in hopes of getting money for a bike. Meanwhile, Team R decides to kidnap Pikachu.

Episode 3: Ash Catches a Pokemon Ash Catches a Pokémon

Entering the Viridian Forest, Ash throws a Pokeball at a nearby Caterpie Pokémon to catch him. The capture succeeds, and Ash is insanely happy about it. As it turns out, Misty is scared to death of insect Pokémon like Caterpie. Night falls and Ash and Misty go to bed. Meanwhile Caterpie tells Pikachu about his cherished dream - to become a Butterfly and learn to fly. The next morning, Ash catches another Pokemon, Pigeotto. Team R suddenly appears. Jesse and James are pitting their Pokémon Ekansa and Coffing against Ash. Ash uses Pigeotto and Pikachu, but they are defeated. Only Caterpie remains. Much to Team R's surprise, Caterpie defeats their Pokémon and in so doing puts the bandits to flight. Ash invites Misty to pet Caterpie for saving them, but then Caterpie evolves - he turns into a Metapod, which again disgusts her

Episode 4: The Samurai Challenges Challenge of the samurai

Ash, continuing to walk with Misty through the Viridian Forest, stumbles upon Widl's Pokémon and tries to catch him. Ash almost managed to catch the Pokemon, but then a guy in a samurai costume distracts him and challenges him to a Pokemon battle. The fight is interrupted by a swarm of Bidrill, who was brought in by Weedl, who escaped from Ash. One Bidrill kidnapped Metapod Ash. Ash, Misty and the samurai hide from the swarm in the samurai's house. The samurai blames Ash for leaving the Metapod in trouble, and says that Ash is no match for the other Pallet trainers he has fought with (including Gary, Ash's main rival). At night Ash is tormented by his conscience because of the incident with the Metapod, and in the morning he goes after him. He kidnaps the Metapod from the Bidrills and apologizes to him for what he did. The metapod evolves into Butterfly to protect Ash.

Episode 5: Skirmish in Pewter Showdown in Pewter City

Ash and Misty make their way to Pewter town. Ash decides to sit on a boulder lying nearby, but then he is stopped by a man named Flint, who tells him that he sells these stones - Pewter is famous for his stone. Ash is about to challenge the local Stadium Leader, Stone Pokémon Specialist Brock, to receive his badge and thus take the next step towards participation in the Pokémon League. Ash fights Brock, but loses to him. Flint reveals that Brock has a great talent for training Pokémon, but he cannot realize it, because he needs to take care of his many siblings, and then offers Ash to take Pikachu to a hydroelectric power station in order to strengthen him with additional electricity. The next day, Ash pits a reinforced Pikachu against Onyx Brock and almost defeats him, but Brock's siblings stop Ash. Ash, considering his victory unfair, leaves the stadium, but Brock catches up with him and gives him the Stone Badge. It is revealed that Flint is Brock's father, and thus Brock hits the road with Ash and Misty, and Flint takes care of the children.

Episode 6: Clefeiri and the Moonstone Clefairy and the Moon stone

Ash, Misty and Brock's path lies through the Moon Cave. Having reached the entrance to it, they see a scientist who is attacked by enraged Zubats (one of them is caught by Brock). Pikachu is dispersed by Zubatov, and the scientist introduces himself as Seymour. Seymour, leading the heroes through the cave, tells them that someone lit up the caves and thereby causes terrible inconvenience to the cave Pokémon, who are accustomed to the dark. It is revealed that this is the work of Team R: they lit up the cave to find the legendary Moonstone. With the help of Clefeiry and Seymour, the heroes save the stone from the hands of the villains

Episode 7: Cerulina Water FlowersThe Water Flowers of Cerulean City

After leaving the Moon Cave, Ash and his friends set off towards the city of Cerulina for the next icon. For some reason, Misty really does not want to go there and tries to dissuade Ash from this. In the end, unable to persuade him, Misty runs away in an unknown direction. Ash goes to the water stadium, where he is greeted by three sisters - Lily, Daisy and Violet. They don't want to fight Ash and are ready to give up the badge just like that, but then Misty appears. It turns out that she is the fourth sister, and therefore Ash has the right to challenge her to a duel. According to her sisters, Misty left home to gain their respect. The duel is interrupted by Team R. Ash saves everyone, and for this the sisters award him with a Cascade Badge.

Episode 8: Path to the Pokémon LeagueThe Path to the Pokémon League

The series begins with Ash defeating another coach and becoming very arrogant because of this. The coach recommends Ash to challenge AJ, the leader of the unofficial stadium. Ash, arriving at the stadium, sees that A.J. has made 98 victories in a row with his Sandrus, but this does not bother him, and Ash challenges the coach to a duel. A battle begins, which Ash loses in disgrace. As it turns out, A.J. trains his Pokémon very hard, which is why he won. Immediately thereafter, Team R mistakenly steals Sandrus, thinking it is Pikachu. A.J. is concerned about the missing of his Pokémon, but Ash reveals that Sandrus has fled from him because he hates him. Sandrus returns to the stadium, and Ash realizes that he was wrong: A.J. and his Pokémon are best friends. Team R appears and is defeated by AJ and Sandrus. A.J. keeps his promise - after hundreds of victories, he goes on a trip to get the badges, and Ash, Misty and Brock go their own way

Episode 9: School of Hard Strikes The School of Hard Knocks

Ash, Misty and Brock meet a boy named Joe, a student of Pokémon Tech. Pokémon-tech is a high school boarding school for children from wealthy families, which trains qualified Pokémon trainers; after graduation, graduates are given the right to participate in Pokémon League competitions without receiving badges. There is a bad reputation about this school - in order not to be expelled, it is required to study literally round the clock, besides, those who study worse are bullied by their elders. As it turned out, the culprit of all this is a beautiful girl named Gisella, who, with her friends, terrorizes students. Ash fights her and defeats her Cubon. Gisella's arrogance diminishes and she stops making fun of Joe. Joe and Gisella break up good friends with Ash

Episode 10: Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village Kakurezato no Fushigidane

Relying on his intuition, Ash tried to walk through the forest to Vermilion, but in the end, the friends got lost. Stopping for a halt, the heroes discover Oddish. Misty tries to catch him, but the suddenly appeared Bulbasaur prevents her from doing it. Together with Oddish, Bulbasaur is hiding. Ash and his friends run after him, but the rope bridge breaks and Brock falls into the river. Ash and Misty go looking for Brock and are trapped. Brock pulls them out of the trap. As it turns out, Brock was rescued by Melanie, a girl caring for injured wild Pokémon. Bulbasaur guards their village, and she set traps so that the trainers would not disturb the Pokémon. Then Team R appears, whose goal is to kidnap all the Pokémon from the village. Ash and Bulbasaur defeat her. Melanie suggests Ash to take Bulbasaur with him, as this Pokémon needs a strong trainer.

Episode 11: Charmander - The Abandoned PokemonCharmander - The Stray Pokémon

On the way to Vermilion, the heroes see Charmander sitting on a stone. Ash wants to catch him, but Charmander breaks out of the Poké Ball. Pikachu, after talking with Charmander, gestures to his friends that Charmander is waiting for his coach. Ash, Misty and Brock decide to leave him and go to the nearest Pokémon Center. A thunderstorm begins. In the Pokémon Center, the heroes see Trainer Damian showing off his powerful Pokémon. He mentions that he ordered his Charmander to wait for him in the forest, and he left him, because he considered him too weak. Ash and Brock demand from Damian to return for Charmander, otherwise he may die, but Damian does not listen to them. As a result, friends rush during a thunderstorm to the dying Charmander and take him to the Pokémon Center. In the morning, Charmander disappears - his friends realize that he has returned to the forest to wait for Damian. Team R makes another attempt to grab Pikachu, but Charmander rescues the heroes. Damian crawls out of the bushes. Seeing the power of Charmander, he wants to take him with him, but Charmander refuses to go with him and throws him to flight with the help of fiery attacks. After that, Charmander decides to become Ash's Pokémon.

Walking along the road, the heroes fall into a pit-trap. It turns out that it was dug up by a group of Squirts. Officer Jenny appears, who tells the heroes about the so-called squirt squad - as it turns out, this is a gang of Squirtles who escaped from their trainers, engaged in theft and hooliganism. Meanwhile, Team R hatches a plan to kidnap Pikachu, but the Squirtles take her prisoner and, to Jesse and James's anger, eat all of their food. Meowth rubs their trust in them and they untie it, together they agree on something. The Squirts and Meowth together capture Ash, Misty and Brock, injuring Pikachu in the process. Ash asks the Squirts to let him go to town for medicine for the injured Pokemon. At first, the Squirtles think that he wants to run away, but then, seeing Ash's tears, they decide to let him go. Upon reaching the store, Ash learns that Team R took gunpowder from there. Ash buys the medicine and returns to the cave. Suddenly a crash is heard: Team R made bombs out of gunpowder and dropped them on the heroes. Ash covers the Squirtle leader from the explosion with his body, thereby instilling respect in him. The Squirts defeat Team R, but the bombs start a fire, which the Squirts put out with their Water Cannons. For this, the detachment was awarded by the residents of the city. After that, the leader of the Squirtle Squad joins Ash.

Episode 13: The Mystery of the Lighthouse Mystery At The Lighthouse

The heroes again lost their way, as Ash again took them to no one knows where. Ash boasts of his two badges and six Pokémon, but Misty and Brock bite him, saying that he was just lucky. Ash, wanting to prove his strength as a coach, runs to the beach and catches Crabby there. The Poké Ball with Crabby disappears from Ash's hand - as it turns out, you can carry no more than six with you. Friends see a lighthouse on a cliff. Entering there, they find the ancient Pokémon Kabuto, but in reality he turns out to be Bill, the lighthouse master and Pokémon researcher. Bill tells Ash and his friends that there are over 150 types of Pokémon, and that there are many more undiscovered among them. He also says that he is looking for one Pokemon - all that is known about him is that he is very huge and that he wanders around the world and is looking for friends. Bill manages to lure this Pokemon, in fact, he turned out to be a giant Dragonite. Bill wants to befriend a Pokemon, but then Team R shoots at him with a bazooka - she wants to catch him. The Pokemon goes berserk and destroys the lighthouse. He then leaves for the ocean despite Bill's pleas to stay. Friends say goodbye to him and continue their journey to Vermilion

Episode 14: The Decisive Lightning Strike Electric Shock Showdown

After a long wandering, the friends finally reach Vermilion. Ash immediately wants to go to the stadium for a new badge, but since Pikachu is exhausted and hungry, he first hands over his Pokémon for treatment at the Pokémon Center. Sister Joy tells Ash that the local leader, Lieutenant Serge, is extremely strong, but Ash decides to challenge him anyway. Arriving at the stadium, Ash fights Lieutenant Serge. Lieutenant Serge exposes his Raichu, an evolved form of Pikachu, and Ash uses Pikachu. Pikachu is losing. At the Pokémon Center, while Ash was sitting in Pikachu's room, his sister Joy approached him and suggested that he turn Pikachu into Raichu using the Lightning Stone - only in this way, in her opinion, Ash is able to win. Ash wants to use the Lightning Stone, but Pikachu flatly refuses to evolve. Once Pikachu recovers, Ash fights Lieutenant Serge again, and wins, this time using tactics. Serge praises Ash and awards him the Lightning Badge, while Misty says this is the first badge Ash really deserves.

Episode 15: Fight aboard the St. Anne Battle Aboard the St. Anne

Ash, Misty and Brock reach the port of Vermilion. There they see the large luxury ship Saint Anna. Suddenly they are stopped by two girls who are giving their friends free tickets to this liner. The strangers turn out to be disguised as Jesse and James. Ash and his friends board the ship, as it turns out it is full of Pokemon trainers. On the ship, Ash offered a battle to an unfamiliar trainer - his Ratiqueate against Ash's Butterfly. After Ash's victory, the trainer exchanges Pokémon with him: Butterfree was exchanged for Ratikate. Meanwhile, the merchant sells the Magikarp to James, disguised as a doorman. Jesse and Meowth felt that the purchase was useless and James was simply cheated. Ash is tormented by his conscience for trading Butterfly. Suddenly, the trainers on the ship are attacked by dozens of Team R members: they lured them onto the ship to take away their Pokémon. The heroes, along with other trainers, banish Team R, but then a violent storm begins and the ship sinks. Ash trades back his Butterfly. All passengers sail away with the crew in lifeboats, while Ash, Misty, Brock, Jesse, James and Meowth remain on the ship, plunged into the depths of the ocean.

Episode 16: Shipwreck Pokémon Shipwreck

On the surface of the water, the heroes are actually buried: Officer Jenny throws a bouquet of flowers from a warship into the water. Meanwhile, Ash and his friends and Team R are trying to find a way out of the sunken ship. With the help of water Pokémon Ash, Misty and Brock get out and sit on one of the floating debris. Since Team R has no aquatic Pokémon, Jesse and Meowth panic, but James just laughs: he has an aquatic Magikarp. Jesse and Meowth tell James that if the "useless" Magikarp helps them get out, they will forgive him for wasting money on him. Magikarp is unable to pull Team R out as he is too weak, but somehow Team R manages to swim to the raft where Ash and his friends are. The heroes sit on the raft with Team R all day long. In the end, everyone is exhausted by hunger. Meowth tries to eat Magikarp, but breaks his teeth. James angrily kicks Magikarp into the water: not only was he unable to pull them out, but also inedible. Suddenly, Medjikarp evolves into Gayardos and, with the help of the Dragon's Fury attack, raises a tornado that sucks in everyone who was on the raft.

Episode 17: Island of Giant Pokemon Island of the Giant Pokémon

Ash, Misty and Brock wake up on the beach. Suddenly Ash discovers that his Pikachu, as well as the Pokéballs with Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur have disappeared somewhere. On the same beach, Jesse and James come to their senses; they notice that Ekans, Koffing and Meowth have also disappeared. Meanwhile, Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur meet Coffing, Ekans and Meowth and together look for their trainers. Jesse and James find a telephone booth and use the cable from it to find people. Suddenly, they see Pikachu and decide to catch him, but after taking a closer look, they realize that this is a giant Pikachu. A huge Pokemon crushed the booth and, without looking down, went further, and Ash and his friends were attacked by a huge Charizard, from whose fire they barely managed to dodge. As a result, Jesse and James stumble upon a giant Kabutops, and, running away from him, find a cart on the tracks. Sitting in it, they drove in the opposite direction, directly at Kabutops, and hooked his leg with the same cable from the telephone booth, pulling him with them. Jesse and James decide to stop, but break the brake lever. Ash, Brock and Misty run to a small stone bridge, but then it collapses under their feet, and they fall right into the cart to Jesse and James. Here Ash sees his Pokémon running from a whole crowd of giants. Pikachu and the others jump into the cart, which now drags almost all the giants of the island. An excursion ship sailed past the island at that time. The guide sees that all the exhibits on this island have been destroyed. Team R boss gets a call and is informed that the island of giant Pokémon, in which he invested millions, has been destroyed

Episode 18: Beauty and the Beach Beauty and the Beach

Ash, Misty and Brock make their way to the resort town of Porta Vista. They rent a boat, but while sailing, they run into Team R's submarine and crash the pier. An old man named Mo approaches the heroes - it turns out that both the boat and the pier belonged to him. Team R also gets out on the beach and is hired by the old woman Brutella in a restaurant. Ash, Misty and Brock, wanting to pay Mo's bills, are also hired by him in a restaurant - there is fierce competition between both restaurants. Ash uses Pokémon in the kitchen, but Team R prevents them. People began to leave Mo's restaurant. The old man says that he will not be able to give the money to Brutella, and he will have to give her his boat. Ash says that in no case should you give up your dream. Here, to the great surprise of everyone present, Professor Oak and Ash's mother enter the restaurant. Professor Oak shows Ash a newspaper, which says about the competition among girls and Pokémon for the best swimsuit, you can pay for everything with the money won. Team R tries to disrupt the competition, but to no avail. As a result, Ash's mom, who won the competition, pays Mo's debts, while Ash, Misty and Brock continue their journey.

Episode 19: Tentakul and Tentacruel Tentacool & Tentacruel

The heroes want to leave Porta Vista, but they missed the ferry and will have to wait another three hours for the next one. Suddenly, Misty notices Horsey's Pokemon in the water. Horsey looks beaten, and there is no Pokémon Center in this town. Horsey lets out a jet of ink from his mouth, and something like a drawing forms on the water, but Misty and the others cannot figure out what exactly is depicted. Suddenly, the ferry, which Ash did not have time to, explodes, Misty rescues the sailors with the help of her aquatic Pokémon. The head of the city Nastina thanks the friends for saving the sailors. She wants to build a luxury hotel on a coral reef, but the Tentakuls prevent her from doing it. Nastina assigns a reward for the extermination of the Tentakuls, but Misty abruptly refuses and leaves - she says that if the Tentakuls attack people, there must be a very serious reason for this. Then Team R appears and promises that they will destroy all Tentakuls without any problems for the sake of a million dollars. When they want to do this, one of the Tentacules evolves into a giant Tentacruel and begins to destroy the city. Using Meowth, Tentacruel informs the people that they have come to take revenge on the people for their destroyed homes. Ash, Misty and Brock use Pokémon, but they fail to defeat countless Tentakuls. Eventually, Misty pleads with Tentacruel to give the humans another chance, and he returns to the ocean. Nastina continues to shoot at Tentacruel, but he sends her into the sky with one blow. Misty gets a new Pokemon - Horsey

Episode 20: The Ghost of the Maiden Rock The Ghost of Maiden "s Peak

From Port Vista, travelers take a ferry to Maiden Rock. There is a holiday in the city where they arrive. Brock stops when he sees beautiful girl, which immediately disappears, only Brock is distracted. James sees the same girl while Jesse and Meowth are looking for money defended by passers-by. An old woman warns Brock and James that they need to beware of this girl. At the party, the old man shows a picture of a girl - both Brock and James recognize her. The old man says she died two thousand years ago. Her husband went to war, and she promised to wait for him forever, but he was not destined to return, and she continued to wait for him until she turned to stone. That is why the rock is called Maiden. The old man says that she is still waiting for her lover. At night, James wakes up and sees her, she beckons him to follow her, and he goes after her. Then the girl lures and Brock. In the morning, Ash, Misty, Jesse and Meowth find Brock and James at the house. The same old woman appears and offers to buy mascot stickers from ghosts. The next night, the wind rips off all the stickers, and the ghost of a girl enters the house. When Ash directs the Pokedex at the ghost, it is revealed that it is the Ghost Pokemon Gastly. Gastly turns out to be an old woman selling stickers. The heroes unsuccessfully try to fight him, but at dawn Gastly disappears, as he cannot stand the sun. And the summer holiday is coming to an end, Ash and the others perform the traditional dance of this holiday. It turns out that the ghost of the girl really exists, and Gastly just helped her, because, as he says, he likes to revive old legends. Gastly promises her that if he ever meets the soul of her husband, he will convey to him that she is still waiting for him.

Episode 21: Goodbye Butterfree Bye bye butterfree

The heroes reach the cliff and see many Butterfree flying over the sea. As it turns out, Butterfly has a mating season - once a year, the coaches release their Butterfly to find a mate and fly overseas. Ash decides to let go of his Butterfly. He falls in love with pink Butterfly, but she rejects him. Team R suddenly appears and catches all the Butterfree. Ash's Butterfly saves them all, which makes an impression on the pink Butterfly. It was not easy for Ash to part with his first captured Pokemon, but he still says goodbye to him, hoping to meet him again

Episode 22: Abra and the Psychic Attack Abra and the Psychic Showdown

Ash and his friends go to Saffron, but get lost in the woods. Suddenly they see a little girl. Ash asks if she is from here, but the girl turns and runs into the forest. Ash runs after her and goes out to Saffron. Brock says that the leader of the stadium here is Sabrina, and Ash wants her Gold Badge. Entering the city, the friends stumble upon two "girls" who were actually just disguised as Jesse and James from Team R. They tell their friends that the latter won a prize for becoming the millionth visitor to Saffron. The "girls" take them to the building where they say the prize is kept, and then they capture Pikachu and teleport their friends to a room without windows or doors. But suddenly that girl appears who frees her friends. At the stadium, friends are met by a bearded man who advises them to stay away from Sabrina. Ash challenges Sabrina - the same girl sitting on the lap of an adult girl. Sabrina says that if she loses, Ash will have to play with her. Ash uses Pikachu and Sabrina uses Abra. Abra evolves into Kadabra and easily defeats Pikachu. Sabrina teleports her friends to some place - as it turns out later, she shrunk them and moved them to the puppet town. Friends are saved by the same bearded man. The Bearded Man says that Ash shouldn't even try to defeat Sabrina, but Ash is adamant in his desire to defeat her. Then the bearded man says that the only Pokémon able to defeat her psychic Pokémon are the Ghost Pokémon from Lavender.

Episode 23: The Evil Tower The tower of terror

After being defeated in a battle with Sabrina, Ash and his friends, following the advice of a mysterious bearded man, go to the city of Lavender to catch a ghost Pokemon living in an ominous tower. Meanwhile, Team R wants to trap the tower, but Ghost Pokémon Gustly, Honter and Gengar prevent them from doing so. Ash and Pikachu enter the tower, while Misty and Brock are afraid to go there and remain outside. A chandelier falls on Ash and Pikachu, and Honter pulls their souls out of their bodies. Ash and Pikachu have fun with Gastly, Honter and Gengar, but Ash says he cannot stay with them since he has to defeat Sabrina. Honter places the souls of Ash and Pikachu back into their bodies, with Misty and Brock bent over them. Honter decides to go with Ash to Saffron.

Episode 24: Honter vs. Kadabra Haunter versus kadabra

Ash returns to Sabrina. She warns him that if he loses, Ash will have to play with her again. Ash wants to use Honter, but he disappears somewhere. Ash then tries to escape, but Sabrina turns Misty and Brock into dolls. Ash meets a bearded man, who says that Sabrina was not always like this - as a child she had no friends, she only trained her telepathic abilities. Then the man pulls out a photo and says that Sabrina suffers from a split personality: on the one hand, she is a strong coach and a grown girl; and on the other, a little girl who wants to have friends. It turns out that the bearded man is Sabrina's father. Ash finds Honter and returns to the stadium. Ash wants to put him up for battle again, but he disappears again, and he has to use Pikachu. During the fight, Hunter suddenly appears and manages to make Sabrina laugh. Sabrina's father says he never saw Sabrina laugh. Kadabra also rolls on the floor laughing: there is a telepathic connection between him and Sabrina. The little girl disappears, leaving only the grown-up Sabrina. Sabrina keeps Honter and gives Ash a Gold Badge.

Episode 25: The Primemap Is Crazy! Primeape goes bananas

On the way to the city of Celadon, the friends decide to stop for a halt. He meets Monkey. Brock immediately realizes that Monkey wants a rice ball and gives it to him. Ash decides to catch Monkey while he is eating, which infuriates him. Monkey beats Ash and steals his cap. Team R appears. Monkey is interested in them, but James chases him away. Monkey becomes so enraged that he transforms into Primemap. The Prime Beat Team R and then switches to Ash. Ash and his friends run away from him. In the end, Ash recalls Professor Oak's words that there is no Pokémon without a good trainer, and catches Primemap, defeating him with Charmander.

Episode 26: Pokemon in the Land of Smells Pokémon Scent-sation

Ash and his friends arrived in Celadon - a large city with skyscrapers. Misty, Brock and Pikachu smelled the smell and ran to the perfume shop. Ash tries to take them away with him, saying that perfumery is money down the drain. The owner of the store kicks Ash out because he insulted her merchandise. Ash tries to enter Celadon Stadium alone, but he is not allowed there, as the perfume is produced in the stadium. Team R, wanting to steal the perfume recipe, makes a deal with Ash: he unties them and removes them from the tree (they were caught for stealing), and Jesse, James and Meowth help him to the stadium. Ash, disguised as a girl, enters the stadium, but Pikachu recognizes him. The leader of the stadium, Erica, turns out to be the owner of a perfume shop. Ash challenges Erica to fight as the stadium leader. An explosion thunders during the fight: Team R stole the secret formula from the safe and planted a bomb in the stadium. A fire starts. Ash rescues Erica's Glum from the fire, and for this she awards him the Rainbow Badge

Episode 27: Hypno-Pokemon Dream Hypno "s Naptime

Friends find themselves in an unfamiliar city with tall skyscrapers. Suddenly, Ash is called by a woman, calling him Arnold. Ash says that she misidentified. The woman admits her mistake and says that three days ago her son Arnold disappeared, like many other children from the city. Ash decides to help the woman, and to gather information, the friends head to the Pokémon Center. Sister Joy complains that all the Pokémon in the Center have been feeling bad for three days, the worst case is Psidak. Officer Jenny discovers that this is due to the waves causing drowsiness. Together, they find their source in a mansion on the roof of a skyscraper. There is a club in the mansion, all of its members suffer from insomnia and use the hypnosis of the Pokemon Hypno as a sleeping pill. Ash talks about these waves affecting the Pokémon at the Center. Misty decides to come closer to Hypno, he hypnotizes her, forcing her to consider herself a Pokémon Silom, after which Misty runs away from the mansion somewhere in the park. There are missing children: they all consider themselves Pokémon. With the help of another Pokémon from the club, Drosey, the children wake up and go home. In the center, all the Pokémon are healthy, but Psidak continues to hold on to his head. Ash's Pokedex explains that the Psidaki are constantly suffering from headaches. Psidak decides to go after Misty

Episode 28: The Alley of Future Pokemon Breeders Rokon! Burīdā Taiketsu

Ash walks down Scissor Street, which is home to many Pokemon beauty parlors. Misty explains that Scissor Street is also called the Pokemon Breeder Alley. Brock brought them here, which is why Ash assumes that Brock, as a Pokémon Man, is always on the lookout for the latest in Pokémon breeding. Finally, Brock finds the right salon. Terribly nervous, he goes inside to see the owner of the salon named Suzy. Overcoming his fear, Brock asks Suzy to take him to his apprentices, but Suzy says that she does not have time. Over lunch, Suzy tells her friends about herself and her Pokemon Vulpix. A dispute erupts between Ash and Misty: Ash says that internal qualities are more important than external beauty, while Misty disagrees. Ash tells Misty that if appearance is more important to her, then let him take his Psidak to the R salon, to which Misty agrees and summons her Pokemon. Misty takes Psidak to R's salon, where she is painted. As it turns out, its owners are Team R. Misty tries to escape from the salon, but James catches her. Psidak runs to Ash and his friends and leads them to Misty. Ash and Brock fight Team R, but they lose, everyone is saved by Vulpix Suzy. After that, Suzy announces that she is going on a trip, and asks Brock to take care of Vulpix, since, besides Suzy, this Pokemon has friendly feelings only for him.

Episode 29: Fighting Pokémon The punchy pokémon

Hitmonchan, whom Ash sees, runs along the road. Ash thinks he's wild, but as it turns out, belongs to a trainer named Anthony. His daughter, Rebecca, asks friends to convince her father not to participate in the P-1 tournament for Fighting Pokémon. Anthony trains Hitmonchan all the time and does not devote time to his family. Ash and Brock decide to participate in the tournament: Ash uses the Primemap, and Brock uses Geodud. Team R also infiltrates the tournament, using the stolen Hitmonly and cheating to win the championship. As a result, Ash Prime wins the tournament. Anthony realizes he was wrong. Ash leaves Primemap for Anthony's training. Hitmonchan, whom Ash sees, runs along the road. Ash thinks he's wild, but as it turns out, belongs to a trainer named Anthony. His daughter, Rebecca, asks friends to convince her father not to participate in the P-1 tournament for Fighting Pokémon. Anthony trains Hitmonchan all the time and does not devote time to his family. Ash and Brock decide to participate in the tournament: Ash uses the Primemap, and Brock uses Geodud. Team R also infiltrates the tournament, using the stolen Hitmonly and cheating to win the championship. As a result, Ash Prime wins the tournament. Anthony realizes he was wrong. Ash leaves Primemap for Anthony's training

Episode 30: Magnemite's Strange Attraction Sparks Fly for Magnemite

Friends arrive in Grinji town. There are a lot of factories and almost no residents left due to environmental pollution. Suddenly Pikachu gets sick. Ash takes him to the Pokemon Center, Sister Joy says it's just a cold. The electricity suddenly went out. If there is no electricity, then the Pokémon on treatment at the Center may die. Ash and his friends decide to go to the power plant and find out the cause of the accident. At the station, they met Magnemite, who for some reason was pursuing Pikachu. Suddenly Magnemite disappears in an unknown direction, and the heroes are attacked by a group of Greimers and their leader Mac. Workers say the power plant is not working because of the Greimers. Magnemites and their advanced forms Magnetons help the heroes drive out the Grymers, and Ash catches their leader Mac Ash himself, but sends him to Professor Oak, as Mac stinks terribly even through the Poke Ball

Episode 31: Dig the Diglett! Dig Those diglett

Ash comes to the area somewhere in the mountains. Friends decide to stop for a halt, as they see that the nearest highway is falling down. It turns out that Digletta's Pokémon are to blame for everything: they dig passages under buildings and thereby destroy them. The Dam Builders give a bounty for getting rid of the Digletts. Ash, like Gary, who happened to be next to him, offers help. Ash and Gary use Pokémon, but for some reason they don't want to leave the Poké Balls. Gary assumes that the Pokémon do not want to fight the Digletts and leaves. In the evening, the heroes reflect on what happened. Suddenly Diglett appears, followed by his friends. Brock understands what the matter is: these mountains are the home of the Digletts and their evolved forms of Dagtrios. The Pokémon realized that if they built a dam, the water would flood everything. It was decided to stop the construction of the dam. Then Team R appears - their Ekans and Coffing have turned into Arbok and Wiesing, respectively. After a short fight in which the Digletts help the heroes, Ash goes on to the city of Fuchsia, for the next badge

Episode 32: Pokemon Ninja Fight The Ninja Poké-Showdown

In search of the city of Fuchsia, Ash and his friends find a large house in the ancient Japanese style in the middle of the forest. Friends go inside, but no one seems to be here. As it turns out, that house is full of traps like invisible walls and secret doors. Pokemon Venonat appears and the heroes rush after him. As soon as Ash entered the room, shurikens fly at him. They are greeted by a girl named Aya, who says she is a ninja. She explains to the heroes that she wants to fight. Aya exposes Venonat, and Ash - Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur wins. Suddenly, the girl's brother appears, who says that she still has to study and study. This is Koga - the leader of the Fuchsia stadium. Koga challenges Ash to a fight, and he agrees. A battle begins, in which Koga exposes his Venonata, and Ash - Pigeotto. Venonath evolves into Venomoth and wins. Ash then uses Charmander, but then Team R appears and captures all the Pokémon. The situation is saved by Psidak - he easily wins with his telekinesis attack. In Pokedex, Ash learns that Psidak's strength increases as his headache increases. Koga thanks Ash and his friends and resumes the outdoor fight. Ash's Charmander defeats Golbat Koga, and thus Ash gains the Heart Badge.

Episode 33: Race to Crazy The Flame Pokémon-athon!

The heroes go out into the open. Ash sees a herd of Toros and decides to catch at least one, but he is stopped by a girl riding a Pony named Laura. She explains that this is a Pokémon Sanctuary and that catching Pokémon is prohibited here. Ash apologizes, and Laura invites her friends to the party and to the Pokémon races. At the holiday, everyone wishes Laura a victory. Suddenly, a guy runs to Dodrio named Dario and says that the Torosy have gone mad. Friends resort to the paddock, it really is. Suddenly Ponita gets scared and throws Laura off, she breaks her arm. It turns out that these are tricks of Dario - he also participates in races and wants to remove rivals. In this he is helped by Team R. Laura invites Ash to participate in the races for her. Misty and Brock also participate in Starmi and Onyx, respectively. Race starts in the morning. Team R sits in a secluded place and activates traps - all participants are eliminated, except for Dario and Ash. Here Ponita evolves into Rapidash and at the very last moment wins the race. Laura advises Ash to catch Pokémon in the Safari Zone - there he goes

Episode 34: Baby of Kangaskhan The kangaskhan kid

Arriving in the Safari Zone, Ash is about to catch Pokémon, but is then caught by Officer Jenny, telling him that he is still in private territory. Ash apologizes, and Jenny is told over the radio that several more poachers have been spotted. Ash, Misty, Brock, and Jenny see Team R trying to capture a herd of Kangaskhans, being thwarted by a wild child that suddenly appears. After a while, a man and a woman appear and say that they are looking for their child named Tommy, who disappeared five years ago. They show their friends his photo, they recognize that wild child. After a while, Brock sees the wounded Kangaskhan cub and heals him. Tommy appears, and Misty tries to explain to him that Brock was only helping the baby. Tommy's parents then inform him that they are his real parents. Tommy's father hits him on the head and he remembers his family. Tommy does not know who he should stay with: the Kangaskhans or his parents. Officer Jenny appears and says that the Kangaskhans are in trouble again. Using the giant mechanical Kangaskhan, Team R again wants to capture the entire herd. Not without the help of Tommy and his parents, the heroes defeat Team R. As a result, Tommy's parents settle with him in the Kangaskhan herd, and the heroes continue their journey through the Safari Zone

Episode 35: The Legend of Dratini The Legend of Dratini

The heroes crossing the Safari Zone are stopped by an armed man. He takes them for poachers and points a revolver at them, but friends quickly explain that they are not poachers. Relenting, the man introduces himself as Kaiser, the guard of the Safari Zone. The Kaiser allows the heroes to catch Pokémon only with the help of special pokeballs - safariballs, and only with their help, without using Pokémon. Brock notices a photo of Dratini's Pokémon and asks if they really live in the Safari Zone, but the watchman yells no. Friends ask Professor Oak on the phone, he tells them that the Kaiser found Dratini here 30 years ago. The trainers, having learned about this, searched the entire Safari Zone in search of him, having caught almost all Pokémon - since then only safariballs are allowed here, and Kaiser does not want to talk about Dratini. Ash catches 30 Toros, and then Team R takes the guard prisoner and pushes him where Dratini is. Meowth throws an electric bomb into the lake to make Dratini float. Ash throws himself into the water to pull the bomb out of the lake, but begins to sink. Ash is saved by Dragonair - the same Dratini who evolved.

Episode 36: Bikers on the Bridge The Bridge Bike Gang

Leaving the Safari Zone, the friends come to a giant bridge across the bay, which could greatly shorten the road to the Sun City, but they are allowed to go there only on bicycles. Trying to find a way out of the situation, the heroes come to the Pokémon Center. Sister Joy asks her friends to deliver medicine for a Pokemon in Sun City and gives them bicycles. As Ash and his friends drive across the bridge, they are stopped by a gang of bikers. A biker named Chopper challenges Ash to a fight and uses the Golem. Ash first uses Bulbasaur, who loses, then Charmander, who defeats Golem. Another biker girl is performing, Tyra with her Cloister. Misty wants to fight her and use Starmi, when suddenly Psidak appears instead of Starmi, who behaves like an idiot. During the battle, Jesse and James arrive and claim that they were also in this gang when they were young. The Bikers and Team R are frightened off by Officer Jenny who appears here. Ash continues to drive on, even though the downpour has begun. Bikers admire Ash's act and help him deliver the medicine

Episode 37: Ditto's Mystery House Ditto "s Mysterious Mansion

Caught in a downpour, Ash, Misty and Brock enter a mysterious house. There they see Pikachu but with a strange face. Ash wants to catch him using his Pikachu, but he gets in the way of a girl dressed like him. It turns out that it was not Pikachu - it was Ditto. The girl's name is Duplika, she is a parodist and performs with Ditto on stage, and this house is a theater. Ditto knows how to transform into other Pokémon, but does not know how to copy faces. People don't like it, and they don't go to her performances. Meanwhile, Team R kidnaps Ditto and threatens him to transform into Meowth, while the frightened Ditto learns to copy faces. When the heroes come running to save Ditto, they mistakenly take Meowth, but in the end Ditto is returned.

Episode 38: Electronic Warrior Porygon Cyber ​​Soldier Porygon

Ash, Misty and Brock find out that in the Pokémon Center, the system for teleporting Pokémon in Pokeballs via the virtual network does not work. At Sister Joy's request, they go to Professor Akihabara, the person who created this network. Professor Akihabara tells them that Team R has stolen a prototype Porygon, a Pokémon that can live in virtual space, and are using it to steal Pokémon transported across the network. Akihabara sends Ash and his friends into cyberspace to stop Team R, giving them his other Porygon for a while. Upon meeting with Team R, it is revealed that it was she who staged the blockade of the network. The Porygon of Heroes defeats the Porygon of Team R, but Sister Joy, observing the situation through a computer monitor, activates an antivirus program, suggesting that the network is infected with a computer virus. In an attempt to protect his friends, Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on the anti-virus, which causes an explosion. The heroes, along with Team R, leave the network. After these events, the mode of operation of transporting Pokémon is normalized.

Episode 39: Goodbye Pikachu! Pikachu "s Goodbye

While Ash, Misty and Brock stopped for a halt in the forest, Pikachu sees another, wild Pikachu, but he gets scared and runs away. Ash and Pikachu run after him and stumble upon a pack of Pikachu. Ash's Pikachu wants them, but Ash scares them all away, which makes him upset. Then, some time later, a wild Pikachu falls into the river and is rescued by Ash's Pikachu. At night, Ash's Pikachu is having fun with his fellow tribesmen, when suddenly Team R appears, who wants to kidnap the entire flock, but they fail. Ash comes to the conclusion that it would be better to leave him in the pack, and, saying goodbye, runs away with tears in his eyes. Dawn comes, Ash's Pikachu appears and throws himself into his arms: he decided to go further with Ash

Episode 40: Eevee's Four Brothers he Battling Eevee Brothers

Traveling through the forest, the friends find little Evie tied to a tree. They find out where the Pokemon lives and return it to its owner, who lives in Stone City. It turns out that Evie's owner is a little boy named Mikey, who is forced by his older brothers to evolve their pet into one of three forms: Jolteon, Vaporeon or Flyeron. Mikey doesn't want to turn Evie, so he hid him. In addition, each of the older brothers already has one of these Pokémon. Suddenly, Team R steals their Pokémon from the brothers. Only Mikey, who acts with his Evie, can stop the Team and return the Pokémon.

Episode 41: Snorlax, Wake Up! Wake Up Snorlax!

Ash, Misty and Brock see an old man playing the flute. He asks them for food for the "concert", but his friends have nothing. The heroes go to the city for food, but there is no food there - the river has dried up and a drought has begun. Friends walk along a dry river bed and find that the river is blocked by thickets of thorns. Having made their way through the thickets, the guys see that the riverbed has been blocked by the Pokemon Snorlax. He went to sleep right on the spring and blocked it. Friends are trying by all means to wake him up, when suddenly Ash learns from Pokedex that it is easy to wake up a sleeping Pokemon with the help of a Pokéflate. Everyone remembers that they saw such a flute at the old man's. The old man, playing the flute, wakes up Snorlax, he eats all the thickets of thorns and the river begins to flow again. The Mayor of the town thanks Ash, Misty and Brock for this and throws a festive banquet in their honor. Ash, Misty and Brock see an old man playing the flute. He asks them for food for the "concert", but his friends have nothing. The heroes go to the city for food, but there is no food there - the river has dried up and a drought has begun. Friends walk along a dry river bed and find that the river is blocked by thickets of thorns. Having made their way through the thickets, the guys see that the Pokemon Snorlax blocked the river bed. He went to sleep right on the spring and blocked it. Friends are trying by all means to wake him up, when suddenly Ash learns from Pokedex that it is easy to wake up a sleeping Pokemon with the help of a Pokéflate. Everyone remembers that they saw such a flute at the old man's. The old man, playing the flute, wakes up Snorlax, he eats all the thickets of thorns and the river begins to flow again. The mayor of the city thanks Ash, Misty and Brock for this and hosts a festive banquet in their honor.

Episode 42: The Mystery of the Dark City Showdown at dark city

Ash and his friends reach the Gloomy City, where the inhabitants are very much afraid of the Pokémon trainers, and are not very happy about the travelers. The heroes find out that the residents have reasons to beware of the coaches: two groups of coaches, "Yas" and "Kaz", constantly arrange skirmishes on the streets of the city. Each group wants to organize their own stadium in the city, but since there can only be one stadium in the city, each group wants to destroy the other before the arrival of the Pokémon League inspector. The leader of the Yas stadium has a Skyter, and the leader of Kaz has Elektrobazz. Ash, Misty and Brock go to Yas Stadium. Pikachu accidentally spills a bottle of ketchup on Skyiter's face, he becomes infuriated and the owner recalls him to pokeball. The leader invites Ash to join, but is refused. Ash is beaten, he barely escapes. In Pokedex, Ash learns that Electrobuzz and Skyter are infuriated by the color red, which is why Skyter is infuriated over the ketchup. During a skirmish, friends pour barrels of ketchup on Elektrabazz and Skyiter, and they begin to attack their own trainers. Both leaders apologize to the residents and renovate the city destroyed by their groups.

Episode 43: March of the ExeggutorsThe March of the Exeggutor Squad

The heroes reach the fair and decide to have some fun. Misty and Pikachu walk separately and spot a magician with Exeggut yelling at an angry woman. She leaves, Misty wants to know what the matter is. The magician introduces himself as Melvin and asks Misty to become his assistant for one day. Ash and Brock also come to the show. Melvin fails the show and Ash taunts him. The magician with the help of Exeggut hypnotizes Ash, and then takes him into the forest to catch the local Exeggutors. Team R appears. Exeggut Melvin hypnotizes Team R, wild Exeggutors do the same and, hypnotizing each other, march into the city in a large crowd. Team R also goes along with Exeggators, considering themselves to be Executors. Ash wakes up. The organizer of the holiday says that he planted a bomb on an empty fair to get rid of the Exeggutors, but Ash wants to stop them in time and thereby save them. He uses Bulbasaur and Squirtle, but it doesn't help. Then Ash uses Charmander, who stops them with his fire attacks. The bomb explodes, but no one is hurt. Suddenly, Ash's Charmander transforms into a Charmeleon. Chameleon stops obeying Ash.

Episode 44: The Cowardly Paras The Problem with Paras

Travelers have run out of medicine for their Pokémon, so they go to the local village to replenish their supply. Meanwhile, Jesse and James see that Meowth is sick and leave him. Meowth is nursed by a girl named Cassandra, to whom Meowth is very attached. The heroes come to Cassandra, she asks them to participate with her in the Pokémon battle. Her Paras must evolve into a Parasect in order for Cassandra to use his spores in medicine, but in order to achieve this, Paras must gain experience in battle. Paras is very afraid to fight and Ash tries to succumb to him. Lightning Bolt Pikachu and Squirtle's Water Cannon scare the cowardly Pokémon. Desperate, Ash summons Chameleon, but he acts too cruel towards Paras, Ash can hardly recall him. Paras escapes into the forest straight into the hands of Team R. Meowth talks about the medicines that Parasect produces, and Jesse and James, wanting to earn extra money on it, teach him how to fight. Friends find Paras, Team R watches Ash and his friends. Ash exposes Pikachu, but Paras defeats him. Then Ash releases Chameleon, who again disobeys him. Paras transforms into Parasect and puts Charmeleon to sleep with the help of Sleep Spores.

Episode 45: Song of Jiglipoof The Song of Jigglypuff

Ash, Misty and Brock walk through the desert looking for a place to sleep. They enter the city of Neon, where residents sleep little and play casinos around the clock. The locals are very angry and annoyed forever. The friends left the noisy city and headed for a calm and quiet forest. There they met Jiglipuff. Misty tries to catch him, but she fails. Suddenly, friends notice that Jiglipuff cannot sing because of a sore throat, and decide to help him. They find fruit in the forest that soothes sore throat... Jigglipuff eats the fruit and begins to sing. The song that Jigglipuff sings makes everyone fall asleep. This makes Jiglipuff very upset, and he paints the faces of his friends. When they wake up, they decide to take Jiglipuff to Neon so that the inhabitants of this city can fall asleep. Everything succeeds and all residents fall asleep. In the morning they wake up, and, having slept, become much calmer and kinder.

Episode 46: Attack of the Prehistoric PokemonAttack of the Prehistoric Pokémon

Friends pass through the canyon, where archaeologists are digging the ground and looking for fossils of ancient Pokemon, among archaeologists - Gary. Meanwhile, Team R is planting a bomb in the canyon. Ash notices Meowth lighting the fuse and, with the help of Squirtle, tries to extinguish it. The bomb still goes off and opens a cave where Ash, Jesse, James and Meowth fall through. In the cave, they meet Pokémon that were considered extinct for a long time: Omanites, Omastars, Kabutos, Kabutops and Aerodactyl. Ash summons Charmeleon to protect them, but Chameleon doesn't want to fight. Aerodactyl grabs Ash and flies out of the cave. Charmeleon transforms into Charizard and flies after Ash. Jigglypuff appears and begins to sing. Everyone falls asleep, Aerodactyl, falling asleep, falls back into the cave, and Charizard manages to catch Ash before falling asleep. When everyone wakes up, Officer Jenny tells them that it was just a dream and sends everyone to go about their business. Ash finds a Pokemon egg that Brock decides to take care of.

Episode 47: Operation Chansey A chansey operation

Pikachu accidentally swallows the apple whole and it gets stuck in his throat. Friends decide to take him to the Pokémon Center, but there is not a single Center nearby. Then they carry him to an ordinary human hospital. Dr. Proctor, a local doctor, takes an apple out of Pikachu. Then Sister Joy calls the hospital and says that due to one accident, many Pokémon have suffered and the Pokémon Centers are overcrowded, and asks Dr. Proctor for help, and then sends a group of Chansey's Pokémon to help the doctor. Ash and his friends also help, as did Jesse and James who happened to be here: their Pokémon were also injured. By chance, a syringe with a sleeping pill ends up in the doctor. The doctor falls asleep, and friends have to heal the Pokémon themselves. Team R wants to steal all the Pokémon and attacks Ash, Misty and Brock. Chansey stands in front of them to protect the heroes. Team R's Pokémon, Vizing and Arbok, do not attack Chansey since she healed them before. Chansey frees his friends and a doctor appears to help his friends defeat Team R.

Episode 48: The Sacred Bond of Marriage Holy Matrimony!

Ash, Misty and Brock see a wanted notice that has a photo of little James. At this time, a limousine drives up to them, and friends are taken to the mansion where James lived as a child. When they arrive, they are informed that James' parents are dead and that he is entitled to inheritance only if he marries. Jesse and Meowth force James to go and get the money, but it turns out to be a ruse. James' parents did not die, they lured James home with wealth in order to marry him to Jessibel. This girl from childhood tried to re-educate James, so he ran away from home. She attacks him along with Wileplum, but his loyal childhood friend Pokemon Growlith helps James to get rid of them. James thanks Growlith and leaves him at the mansion while he returns to Team R.

Episode 49: Chasing Farfechtd So Near, Yet So Farfetch "d

The friends stopped for a halt in the forest where the Farfechts are supposedly found. Ash and Brock go to fetch water, while Misty remains to rest. Seeing one Farfechtd, she tries to catch him, but he runs away from her. Misty runs after him and confronts his trainer named Kate, who surreptitiously changes her backpack with Pokémon to his one with stones. This trainer turns out to be a thief, with Farfechtd's help he distracts his victims. He also steals Pokémon from Team R, but James, Jesse and Meowth find him and threaten him. Keith gives them back the Pokémon and in addition gives them a bunch of Pokémon Poké Balls. When James, Jesse, and Meowth fly in a hot air balloon, they open these Pokeballs and they only contain the Voltorbs, which explode. While this guy prepares lunch for himself and Farfechtdu, Psidak himself gets out of the Poké Ball and returns to Misty. He then brings friends and Officer Jenny to the guy who stole the Pokémon. Ash challenges him to a duel, choosing Bulbasaur against Farfechtd. Farfechtd wins, which greatly surprises Keith. Then Misty also decides to fight him, choosing Psidak. Farfechtd hits Psidak on the head with his stem. Psidak develops a migraine and easily overpowers Farfechtd with the help of telekinesis. Keith realizes that he was wrong, and gives all the stolen Pokémon to Officer Jenny, and then promises that she will properly train Farfechtd and catch Pokémon, not steal.

Episode 50: Who Will Get Togepi? Who Gets to Keep Togepi?

The heroes enter the Pokémon Center. Ash calls Professor Oak and he updates his Pokédex with new information about the Pokémon. Friends begin to speculate who might hatch from the egg, which Brock has been taking care of since the moment Ash found him. James, Jesse and Meowth steal the egg from them and go into hiding. Meowth takes very active care of the egg. Friends find them and fight with them for an egg. The shell of the egg is cracking and Misty takes the egg to see who hatches. Tohepi hatches from the egg, and the friends and Team R decided to fight to decide who would get it. Ash wins, but Togepi wants to stay with Misty, so the first thing he saw was her. Thus, Togepi takes Misty for his mother and becomes her Pokemon.

Episode 51: The Mysterious Garden of the Bulbasaurs Bulbasaur "s Mysterious Garden

Ash fights Rhyhorn's trainer using his Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur wins, and suddenly the bulb on his back starts to glow. Friends take Bulbasaur to the Pokémon Center, where Sister Joy, after examining him, explains that the bulb is blinking, as Bulbasaur is about to evolve. At night, Bulbasaur leaves the Pokémon Center. On the street, other Bulbasaurs catch him with the help of grape lashes, and carry him to the "Mysterious Garden", where Bulbasaurs evolve into Ivizaurs every year. Pikachu, who saw the abduction of Bulbasaur, wakes Ash with a lightning strike, and with facial expressions explains that Bulbasaur is not. Before the creepers close the entrance to the Mysterious Garden, friends enter there and begin to observe the ceremony of evolution. Ash's Bulbasaur does not want to evolve, which infuriates the Venusaur who led the ceremony. Ash escapes from the mountain and then tries to explain to Venusaurus that his Bulbasaur has a choice. Meanwhile Jesse, James and Meowth arrive. With the help of a vacuum device, they suck in all the Ivizaurs. Bulbasaur uses his most powerful Sunbeam attack to save the Ivizaurs, and Venusaur agrees that Bulbasaur should evolve whenever he wants.

Episode 52: Princess Vs Princess Princess vs. Princess

Misty and Jesse are overjoyed as Princess Day begins. During it, Jesse catches Likitung. On this day, it is customary to congratulate and give gifts to women. The tournament for the title of Queen of the Princess Festival is announced, where both Jesse and Misty decide to participate. Misty borrows Bulbasaur, Pikachu and Vulpix from Ash and Brock, and takes her own Starmi. Jesse takes on Wizing James and Meowth. In the final of the tournament, Misty fights Jesse. Pikachu defeats Wizing, Arbok, and Meowth, but Meowth reminds Jesse that she also has Likitung. Likitung overpowers Vulpix, Bulbasaur and Pikachu. Misty wants to use Starmi, but Psidak comes out instead. Likitung provokes in Psidak headache and he uses his Confusion attack to send Team R to flight.

Episode 53: The Purr Hero The purr-fect hero

Friends go to the kindergarten, where Children's Day is celebrated. The teacher meets them and tells them that they asked the trainers to show the children their Pokémon, but they did not come. Then she asks her friends to let the kids play with their Pokémon. One of the children, a boy named Timmy, tells the story of how wild Meowth saved him from an enraged Bidrill, but no one believes him. He only wants to play with Meowth. Suddenly Team R arrives, disguised as magicians. They attempt to kidnap Pikachu but kidnap Timmy by mistake. Timmy, seeing Meowth, asks him for help, Meowth says that he made a mistake with the Pokemon. Jesse and James advise Meowth to go with Timmy. Meowth pretends to protect Timmy from Jesse and James and returns to kindergarten, now everyone believes him. Returning, Meowth accidentally says a few words, and the heroes recognize him. Meowth runs away in fright, and Timmy and the children run after him. After that, the heroes protect the children from Team R, but during the battle a boulder falls off the mountain, from which the same wild Meowth rescues Timmy. Timmy promises to become a Pokémon trainer, and the heroes continue their journey.

Episode 54: The Case of the K-9 Detachment The Case of the K-9 Capers

Ash sees Officer Jenny training the Growlites for the police service, and decides to give his Pikachu a similar training course. The workouts are very exhausting and exhausting, Pikachu after them can hardly keep on his feet. Then Team R appears, which releases a special gas that changes its voice - as a result, the heroes and Officer Jenny began to speak in a thin voice. In addition, the villains bind them. Next, Jesse and James use an object that looks like a megaphone and changes their voice. After forging the voice of Officer Jenny, they began to control the group of Growlites. Jesse wants to fake Ash's voice in order to subdue Pikachu, but he takes Ash's side. Team R then orders the Growlites to attack Pikachu, but Jigglypuff suddenly appears, unable to sing due to the gas. Taking advantage of Jigglypuff's distraction, Jenny convinces the Growlites to be on her side, and they chase Team R away.

Episode 55: The Paparazzi Pokémon Paparazzi

Ash, Misty and Brock meet a photographer named Todd Snap. Todd wants to take a photo of Pikachu, but doesn't want to tell his friends why he needs it. It turns out that Team R made him catch Pikachu, but Todd figured it out as "catching on tape." Todd still manages to take a photo of Pikachu, but Team R appears, falling into their trap, Ash falls from the waterfall, but Todd sacrifices his camera and uses it to pull Ash out. Jesse, James and Meowth realize that Todd is just a photographer and engage in battle, but Ash's Bulbasaur pushes them into the water.

Episode 56: An Important Exam The ultimate test

Todd advises Ash to take the Pokémon League exam. This exam, if successfully passed, allows you to compete in the Pokémon League without earning badges. Jesse and James are also taking the exam. The exam consists of two parts: in the first part, trainers pass a test on knowledge of the types of Pokémon. In the second part, you need to recognize the Pokemon by the part of its body. Ash fails the first and second parts, the examinees proceed to the third. They are given three Pokémon and they must take part in the battle. Ash gets Vizing, Arbok and Meowth, and James Charizard, Ivizaur and Pikachu. James is unable to defeat the examiner, Ash starts the fight. When the Meowth given to Ash loses, Team R Meowth goes berserk and scratches Ash's face. Team R sends Charizard, Ivizaur, and Pikachu to battle Ash, but the examiner orders the Pokémon to stop. Ash's Weezing uses Explosion and Team R is defeated again. Ash decides to receive badges on his own, rather than take the exam.

Episode 57: The Secret of the Pokésanatorium The breeding center secret

Episode 58: Riddle Lover Riddle Me This

On the ship, the heroes sail to the island of Sinnabar for the next icon. They meet Gary, who tells them that they are going there in vain, since there is no stadium on Cinnabar, only a resort for tourists. In the evening, Ash and his friends search for the stadium, but do not find it. A stranger approaches them and tells them a riddle. The riddle is solved by Misty and friends, thanks to the answer, find an abandoned stadium. The leader of the stadium, Blaine, has closed his stadium due to the flow of tourists who do not want to fight with him. The heroes defend the Pokémon lab from Team R, and the stranger tells them as a reward that Blaine still has a stadium, but "where even a fire brigade can't cope." The heroes find a stadium in the mouth of a volcano, the stranger turns out to be Blaine. Ash challenges him to battle. Ash first decides to release Squirtle, since he is water type. Blaine defeats him with her Ninetails and then summons Rydon. Then Ash calls Charizard, but he does not listen to him, and Ash is forced to recall him. Ash uses Pikachu, who defeats Rydon by striking him in the horn with lightning: electricity does not work on Earth Pokémon like Rydon, and the horn is his weak point. Blaine then summons Magmar, who uses the Fire Barrage attack.

Episode 59: Panic on the Volcano Volcanic panic

Pikachu almost falls into the lava due to Magmar's Fire Barrage, and Ash asks Blaine to stop the battle, not wanting to risk his Pokémon's life. Brock and Misty want to talk Ash out of the rematch, but Ash says he won't leave the island without a badge. The next day, while friends are treating Pikachu for burns, Jesse, James and Meowth make their way into the mouth of the volcano to freeze and steal Magmara. They fire rockets at him, freezing on impact, but Magmar simply melts the ice. Team R hits walls multiple times. From the sharp cooling, the red-hot walls begin to break and a volcanic eruption begins. Blaine asks his friends to help and fill the lava river with stones. Everyone is using their Pokémon. Ash even calls Charizard, he does not want to help, but after seeing how Magmar puts stones, Charizard also begins to work. After filling the lava with stones, Ash and Blaine continue the battle at the top of the volcano. Blaine uses Magmar, Ash wants to use Pikachu, but to his surprise, Charizard wants to fight, so Ash uses Charizard. After a short battle, Ash's Charizard wins. Ash wants to congratulate Charizard, but he breathes fire on him, not wanting to obey him. Blaine gives Ash a Volcanic Badge.

Episode 60: Blastoise Beach Beach blank-out blastoise

Ash, Misty and Brock want to leave Cinnabar in a ship, but when they reach the dock, they see Wartortl. Suddenly Squirtle comes out of Ash's pokeball and talks to Wartort about something. Squirtle then asks Ash to follow him while he sails into the ocean with Wartortl. The heroes follow them on a boat. Wartortle leads them to the island, where Squirtles and Wartortles are full of hiding in the shell. In the middle lies a large shell - this is Blastoise. Friends find out that in the Squirtles, Wartortles and Blastoise they are just sleeping, and Jigglypuff is to blame for everything, stuck in Blastoise's cannon and singing there, from which everyone fell asleep. Meanwhile, Team R wants to kidnap Blastoise and sends Meowth out. Jigglypuff starts singing again and everyone on the beach, including Meowth, falls asleep. Jesse and James tie Blastoise to their submarine, but the friends wake up by then and free Jigglypuff. In the end, the heroes save Blastoise from the thieves.

Episode 61: Misty the Little Mermaid The misty mermaid

Friends decide to go to the city of Cerulin to leave Horsey Misty at the water stadium, as he feels bad without a lot of water. At Cerulina Stadium, sisters Misty Daisy, Violet and Lily ask her to participate in an underwater theatrical performance. Team R catches Lily and Violet and changes into their costumes to infiltrate the stage. An underwater battle begins, in which Ash also intervenes. Seal, who lives in Cerulina Stadium, turns into Dyugong and, together with Pikachu, defeats Team R. The audience thought it was part of the show and started a standing ovation all this time. Leaving the stadium, Misty leaves Starmi and Horsey there, while she continues her journey with Ash and Brock.

Episode 62: Tales of Clefairie Clefairy tales

Clefairie steals ice cream from Ash, Misty and Brock. They go to the police, but Officer Jenny informs them that Clefairi has recently begun to steal things a lot. Together with a man named Oswald, the friends are looking for Clefeiry, but they stumble upon two aliens. Aliens steal Pikachu and plunge him into a flying saucer, in fact they turn out to be disguised as Jesse and James. Team R's plan is thwarted when Clefairies take Pikachu away from them. Ash and his friends follow Clefairi, their search leads them to a spaceship. Clefairies grabbed Pikachu to supply them with electricity. With the help of Jigglypuff, the heroes save Pikachu and return the stolen items to their owners, while Clefeiri flies off in a spaceship.

Episode 63: Battle for the Badge The Battle of the Badge

Ash returns to the city of Viridian and learns that there is a stadium there. Togepi disappears, and friends go to look for him. His opponent Gary is going to the stadium. Gary fights with the leader of the stadium and defeats his Pokémon, but the leader displays a strange Pokémon in armor that easily defeats all of Gary's Pokémon. Tohepi gets to Giovanni, the boss of Team R, but then escapes through the door. As it turns out, Giovanni is the leader of the stadium. Friends find Togepi at the stadium, where they see the beaten Gary. Gary warns Ash that the Pokémon Giovanni who defeated him is not only very strong, but also very angry, despite Ash's beliefs that there are no evil Pokémon. Giovanni goes somewhere and leaves his stadium to Jesse and James. Ash challenges them to battle and with the help of Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Pigéotto defeats Machamp, Kingler and Rydon Giovanni. Jesse then uses Arbok and Wizing, who are defeated by Pikachu. The stadium explodes and an Earthen Badge falls into Ash's hands. Everyone, even Gary, admits that Ash is a strong coach.

Episode 64: The Exit of Mister Mayme It "s Mr. Mime Time!

The heroes return to the city of Pallet to talk to Professor Oak, but they see Mister Mime, a Pokemon capable of creating invisible walls, on the way. Ash wants to catch him, but he is stopped by a girl named Stella, who also wants to catch Mister Mime. Mister Mime escapes, friends find out that Stella works in a circus, but her Mister Mime, with whom she performs, is lazy, and she wants to catch another. She then asks Ash to dress up in a Mister Mime costume so viewers don't notice the change. Meanwhile, Jesse, James and Meowth walk towards Giovanni. He is angry with them for their defeat at Viridian Stadium. Team R decides to kidnap Mr. Mayme from the show, but they kidnap Ash. Ash runs away from them, stealing their balloon. Team R drives a tank to the circus to kidnap Pokémon from the circus, but the wild Mister Mime, whom Ash saw and Mister Mime Stella, defeat them. As a result, Stella's Mister decides to work in the circus again, and the wild Mister Mime stays with Ash's mom.

The heroes go through the snow-capped mountains, but go astray. A blizzard begins, Brock and Misty want to find shelter. Suddenly, Pikachu falls off a cliff. Rescuing him, Ash falls down behind him and separates from Misty and Brock. The storm intensifies, with the help of Charmander, Ash creates a cave, and then, summoning Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Pigeotto, blocks the passage with snowballs. Charmander tries to warm everyone with his fire, but after a while he weakens. To prevent the Pokémon from freezing, Ash forces the Pokémon to return to Poké Balls against their will. Pikachu does not want to go to the pokeball, Ash tries to force him, but he fails. Suddenly, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Pigeotto emerge from the Poké Balls and, together with Pikachu, all cuddle up to Ash. Ash is touched by the dedication of his Pokémon and begins to cry. The next day, Ash and the Pokémon leave the cave, find Misty and Brock, and continue on their way.

Misty and Brock, along with Ash's mom, go to a resort on the Sea Foam Islands, while Ash stays at home to prepare for the Pokémon League tournament. When Ash enters Professor Oak's laboratory, he asks him to go to the Sea Foam Islands, since Professor Westwood lives there. Only he, according to Oak, can help him in the study of the principle of the evolution of Slobrook in Slobro - if Slopok bites Schellder's tail, then he turns into Slobro. Meanwhile, on the beach of Seafoam Island, Jesse catches Schellder. When Ash, Misty and Brock are watching Slopeck along with Professor Westwood, Jesse and James arrive on hang gliders and want to turn Slopeck into Slobro with the help of Jesse's Shelder. With the help of Psidak and Slobro, who turns into Slobro, the heroes defeat Team R and understand why Slope is teaming up with Schellder: Schellder on the tail of Slobro gives him the ability to walk on his hind legs, and Slobro, in turn, feeds Schellder with leftover food - a kind of symbiosis ...

Episode 69: Pi-Kahuna The pi-kahuna

Ash continues training before the competition on the seashore and learns that surfers are coming here to conquer the giant wave of Humangadangu, which comes here once every twenty years. Ash wants to surf but nearly drowns. He is rescued by a surfer named Victor with his Pikachu named Pukka. When Ash comes to himself at Victor's house, Victor tells his friends that he twice in his life wanted to conquer Humangadanga, like the legendary surfer Jean, but he failed. He also mentions that his Pukka knows how to sense the approach of large waves. Suddenly, Team R kidnaps Pikachu and Pukka and plunges them into their submarine. Underwater, the submarine is attacked by the wild Gayardos, thereby destroying it and freeing two Pikachus. When Humangadanga approaches, Victor, along with Pukka, conquers her and becomes famous.

Episode 70: A Place for Glum Make room for gloom

Ash's mom wants to make Ash, Misty and Brock work in the garden, but Ash, wanting to get rid of the work, runs away with Misty and Brock. They come to the Xanadu nursery, where they grow plants, and meet his owner Florinda and her assistant Potter. Florinda has a Gloom she wants to turn into Vileplum, she even bought the Leafstone, but it didn't work. Professor Oak, who came to the nursery, says that the stone is a fake, it turns out that Florinda was deceived by Team R by selling her a fake stone. Meanwhile, Team R infiltrates the nursery and steals the plants. With the help of a mixture of plants, they paralyze friends, only Florinda and Glum remain. Glum overpowers Team R with a Sunbeam attack.

Episode 71: Light, Camera, Motor! Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!

Ash, Misty and Brock meet a trainer named Catherine, who offers Ash a battle. Pikachu Ash fights with Raichu Katrin, but then the battle is suddenly interrupted by director Cleavon Shpilbank, who has been filming the battle all this time. Cleavon Shpilbank tells friends about the film about two Pokemon in love, which he plans to shoot, the plot of the film repeats the plot of "Romeo and Juliet". For the role of one Pokemon, Wigglitaf is chosen, for the role of the other Pokemon, screen tests go, where friends and Team R give their Pokemon. As a result, Psidak Misty is chosen. Team R is unhappy that Wiesing, Arbok, and Meowth were not selected, and attempts to disrupt the filming and kidnap the Pokémon actors. Team R almost succeeds, but the situation is saved by Psidak using his telekinesis.

Episode 72: Go West, Young Meowth! Go west young meowth

Friends, along with Ash's mom, go to Hollywood for the premiere of the film, shot by Shpilbank, and Team R. Meowth walks around the city alone, recalling episodes from his past. In his youth, he lived in this city, here he joined the Meow gang and stole food from the shops with them. Once Meowth met a female Meowth named Meowsi, whom he fell in love with. She rejected him, and to impress her, Meowth learned to walk and talk. However, Meusi rejected him again, considering him insane. Then Meowth joined the R Team to get rich and become powerful, but he didn't succeed. Suddenly, Meowth meets her gang, and, as it turns out, Meowsi, who was kicked out by the hostess, also joined it. Meowth wants to take her, but Persian, the leader of the pack, fights Meowth for Meowsi. Persian loses, but Meowsi doesn't want to go with Meowth: she wants to stay with Persian. Meowth is very sad about this.

Episode 73: Stone Pokemon Tamer To Master the Onix-pected

The heroes decide to find Bruno, one of the members of the Kanto Elite Four, to help them with training. They find out that Bruno is training in the mountains and go there. It also becomes known that giant Onyxes live in the mountains. While Bruno pretends to train Ash, Team R wants to capture the giant Onyx, infuriating him. Bruno tells his friends that he has no secrets and they leave. Ash, Misty and Brock want to save them and summon Squirtle, Starya and Onyx, but the giant Onyx defeats them with ease. Then Bruno intervenes: he finds out that Onyx is furious because Sandslash got into his wound, torturing him from the inside. The giant Onyx agrees to become Bruno's Pokémon. Ash says goodbye to him, hoping to fight him in the Pokémon League.

Episode 74: The Ancient Mystery of PokemonopolisThe Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis

During training, Ash, Misty and Brock accidentally find a strange artifact, which is taken from them by a girl archaeologist named Eve. Eva says she is with a team of architects looking for artifacts related to Pokemonopolis, an ancient lost city. Team R, wanting to steal the artifacts, accidentally summons a giant Gengar. Gengar goes to the side of Pallet to destroy him, and his friends unsuccessfully try to stop him. Accidentally, friends with the help of another artifact summon a giant Alakazam, who fights with Gengar, destroying everything around. Then Jigglypuff appears and begins to sing to pacify the Pokémon, but he does not succeed. Singing Jigglypuff accidentally summons a giant Jigglypuff, who with his singing pacifies Gengar and Alakazam and makes them disappear. As it turns out, those artifacts were ancient Pokeballs.

Episode 75: Bad for the Bones! Bad to the bone

Friends leave Pallet and go to the Indigo plateau for the championship. On the way, a trainer dressed as a samurai named Otoshi challenges Ash to a fight and provokes him to put all of his badges on the line. Ash wins, and Otoshi reveals that his badges have been stolen. It is revealed that this is the work of Team R. Friends decide to help Otoshi and find James and Meowth, but learn that Jesse took the badges. Marovak Otoshi leaves, as he believes that all the difficulties he went through to get the badges were down the drain. James and Meowth find Jesse and agree to steal more badges. The heroes overtake Team R, and Otoshi challenges them to battle. With the help of the returning Marovak, Otoshi wins back his badges.

Episode 76: Everything is on Fire! All Fired Up!

Ash arrives at the Indigo Plateau and sees a motorcade in front of which an athlete is running with a torch. Ash learns that it is a fire ignited by the legendary Pokémon Moltres, which, like the Olympic flame, burns on a large torch in the main stadium throughout the competition, thus keeping the spirit of the participating trainers alive. Ash asks for permission to carry the torch to the stadium, the President of the Pokémon League gives him permission. As Ash brings the torch to the stadium, a giant torch is ignited. A giant mechanical monster appears, controlled by Team R. Team R wants to steal Moltres' fire, but Ash, risking his life, tries to protect the fire and, as he himself says, the honor of the Pokémon League. Suddenly, Moltres himself appears from the flames, who defeats the monster, and then sits on the torch and turns into fire again. The Pokémon League President declares the competition open.

Episode 77: Round One - Begins! Round One - Begin!

Ash learns that the first four rounds he will have to go through four fields: stone, grass, water and ice. Only three Pokémon can be used in a match. The computer determines that Ash will start at the water stadium, and his opponent will be Mandy, the narcissistic coach. Since the stadium is water, Ash decides to use his Crabby, since he is a water type Pokémon, but Misty and Brock want to dissuade him, since Crabby has no experience of fighting. However, Ash brings Crabby to the competition. Crabby defeats Exeggutor Mandy, evolves into Kingler, overpowers Sidra and Golbat. Thus, Ash goes through the first round of the competition.

Episode 78: Fire and Ice Fire and ice

Ash goes to the second round of the competition on the stone field, where his Squirtle is defeated by Nidorino, and therefore Ash goes to the third round. His Pokémon are exhausted, but in the evening the Pokémon Centers are overcrowded, however, Ash finds the Pokémon Center without queues. He gives his Pokémon there, but in reality the Pokémon Center turns out to be a disguised Team R balloon, and only thanks to Brock and his Onyx, Ash's Pokémon are saved. Ash manages to give the Pokémon to the nearest Center, the next day he participates in the third round at the ice stadium. Ash fights a trainer named Pete. Kingler Ash defeats Cloister Pete, but Pete summons Arkanain, who attacks Kingler with Dragon's Fury. Ash then uses Pikachu and orders him to use a quick attack, but Arkanain melts all the ice on the field with a Fire Barrage. Only water remains in the arena, and Pikachu uses Lightning Strike. Since the water conducts electricity, the damage done to Arkanain is multiplied, and Ash wins in the third round.

Episode 79: Twists and turns of the fourth round The fourth round rumble

Ash, Misty and Brock witness Gary's defeat in the fourth round. After Gary leaves the stadium, Ash thinks about giving up, as the difficulty level of the tournament is very high, but Brock convinces Ash to give up these thoughts. On the grassy field, Ash starts a fight with a trainer named Jeanette. Ash uses Bulbasaur, which defeats Bidrill and Skyter Jeanette. Jeanette then chooses Bellspraut, who turns out to be unusually strong and knocks out Bulbasaur. Ash then uses Pikachu, but Pikachu fails to defeat Bellspout. Then, to the surprise of Misty and Brock, Ash uses Mac: Ash knows that the Poison-type Mac has an advantage over the herbal Bellsprout. Bellsprout has no chance against Mac and Ash advances to the quarterfinals.

Episode 80: A True Friend A friend in deed

Ash and his friends, with his mom and Professor Oak decide to go to a restaurant to have lunch and celebrate Ash's victory. Leaving the restaurant, Ash meets a boy named Richie, who, as it turns out, is also a Pokémon trainer and also a tournament participant. Some people collect Pokémon from trainers, Ash and Richie also hand over. It then becomes clear that this is Team R. Jesse, James and Meowth are leaving in a truck, while Ash and Richie are trying to find them. Night falls, Ash and Richie decide to spend the night in the woods, without noticing it, they become best friends... In the morning, they find Team R and try to steal a bag of Pokeballs from the truck, but Jesse, James and Meowth wake up and lock them in the cargo compartment. Ash and Richie find their Pokémon in the bag and use them to defeat Team R, grab the Poké Balls, and get out of the truck. When Ash begins to recognize his opponent in the next round, it turns out that Richie will be his next opponent - both Ash and Richie are shocked by this.

Episode 81: Friend and Rival Friend and foe alike

As Ash prepares for a match, he is lured out of town by Team R to kidnap his Pikachu. When Ash learns that he has been tricked, he tries to escape, sometimes fighting off Team R. The situation is complicated by the fact that Ash may be late for the match and may be disqualified. Ash is already starting to be late, but Richie asks the judge to wait another ten minutes. Ash still manages to get to the stadium in a hijacked Team R balloon with the help of Pigiotto, almost being late. The battle begins. Ash uses Squirtle first, and Richie uses Happy Butterfree. Butterfree puts Squirtle to sleep with Sleepy Pollen, then Ash uses Pikachu, knocking out Butterfly with one Lightning Bolt. Richie uses Charmander, nicknamed Zippo, Pikachu, being exhausted to the limit, loses. Ash thinks about which Pokemon to use, because Bulbasaur cannot be put up against a fire Pokemon, and decides to take a risk by summoning Charizard. Charizard easily overpowers Charmander, and Richie, seeing the situation worsening, summons his Pikachu Sparky. Charizard suddenly stops obeying and goes to bed right on the field. Thus, Ash loses three Pokémon and is eliminated from the championship. Overpowering himself, Ash congratulates his friend with a smile on his face.

Episode 82: Friendship for Life Friends to the end

After losing the match, Ash suffers from depression, he blames himself for the loss. Misty wants to cheer him up, but Ash just snaps. Professor Oak tells Ash that he himself is to blame for the loss, as he did not train Charizard correctly. Richie starts a match, which Ash and his friends come to. Richie loses, Sparky is defeated by his rival Ivizaur. After the match, Richie tells Ash that he will learn from his mistakes, and Ash realizes how wrong he was. Ash and Richie then promise each other to become Pokémon Masters by all means. Team R once again tries to kidnap Pikachu, as well as Sparky, but Ash and Richie do not let them do it. Friends go to the closing ceremony of the tournament, and after a while they sit at the empty stadium. In the end, Ash and Richie agree that while they both did not win the tournament, they had a lot of fun. In the end, Ash says goodbye to Richie, reminding him of their promise, and begins to remember all his matches in the tournament. He is suddenly called out by Misty, Brock, his mother and Professor Oak. Ash says it's time to get back to Pallet, and this is where his adventures in the Indigo League end.

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"I want to become the best" - is sung at the beginning of each episode of the cartoon. Unfortunately, for over 15 years, Ash Ketchum has been doing everything he can to prove that this is not the case.

Perhaps this is too rude. Ash is only 10 years old, after all. He also has no control over the dire script that the creators of the anime are writing. But after his recent failure in the poker league for Junov, it's time to figure out what went wrong on the boy's journey.

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In the very first season, Ash appears as a rookie coach. He has an uncontrollable Pikachu, a beautiful girlfriend who does not leave him because of a broken bike, and an eyeless friend who falls in love with everything that moves. The trio roam the Kanto region and constantly try to outsmart Team R with their cheap disguises. Unfortunately, the stadium leaders hand out badges to Ash as if they were candy, so he is unable to learn anything. Here are some examples:

• In the battle with Brock, Ash uses the Electric Pokémon Pikachu against the Earth type. Everything is going so badly that he loses the first fight "dry". The second time, he manages to win solely thanks to the destroyed fire system. Brock simply felt sorry for his Pokemon.
• Pikachu refuses to fight Misty, but her sisters present Ash with a badge on a silver platter without even fighting.
• During the battle with Lieutenant Serge, Raichu hits the boy's ambitions so much that he ponders Pikachu's evolution for a chance to win. They come up with a different idea, and they win thanks to the speed of the latter.
• Against Sabrina ... phew, I don't even know where to start. Kadabra pounds Pikachu, so Ash goes to look for the ghost Pokémon. His soul leaves his body, friends think that he is dead, but Ash does not care - he trolls Misty. Further, the Hunter refuses to fight and the friends are turned into dolls. Great job. In the third round, Ash has to lose again, but out of nowhere, the haunter amuses Sabrina. Quite enough for an icon, isn't it?
• While fighting Erika, Ash uses Pikachu against the grass type (the chances of winning are reduced to a minimum), but suddenly the stadium catches fire. Erica eventually awards Ash with a badge for helping out in the fire.

Not surprisingly, Ash lost in the poker league that year.

We have not yet touched on the boy's actions in other regions ...

“I want to become the best” - is sung at the beginning of each episode of the cartoon. Unfortunately, for over 15 years, Ash Ketchum has been doing everything he can to prove that this is not the case. Perhaps this is too rude. Ash is only 10 years old, after all. He also has no control over the terrible scenario that ...