Episode 7 "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City"

Misty doesn't want to go to Cerulean and deserts Ash and Brock. Then Ash goes to Cerulean Gym and finds that the gym leaders are 3 sisters that are synchronized swimmers. Ash wants to battle them but their Pokemon are all injured from 3 losses to kids from Pallet. They are about to give Ash the CascadeBadge when Misty shows up and says she is the fourth sister and she battles Ash. The battle is interrupted by Team Rocket who steal the pool water but end up getting sucked into their own machine and get flung into the air somewhere. Then the sisters give Ash the CascadeBadge for saving their Pokemon and Ash and the gang head for Vermilion City.

Episode 8 "The Path to the Pokemon League"

Ash gets overconfident in his Pokemon training abilities and he challenges A.J., a harsh trainer who's won 98 consecutive matches. Ash easily gets defeated, but he then accuses A.J. of being too harsh a trainer, and basically acts like a sore loser. Team Rocket appears to try to capture Pikachu, but they end up capturing A.J.'s Sandshrew instead, and as a result A.J. challenges them and defeats them, marking that victory as his 100th win. A.J. and Ash make up their differences, and they go their seperate ways.

Episode 9 "The School of Hard Knocks"

On their way to Vermillion City, Ash and his friends encounter some students from Pokemon Technical, a school that teaches Pokemon training and fighting teachniques and that allows, upon graduation, permission to enter the Pokemon League without travelling to collect all the badges. Ash and the others take offence at the arrogance of the students, and are challenged by Giselle, the best beginning-rank student. She defeats Misty's Starmie with her Graveller, a Pokemon weak against water. Ash then challenges her, and she matches Cubone, a Fighting-type Pokemon, against Pikachu. After a long and difficult battle, Pikachu defeats Cubone, humbling Giselle. Team Rocket shows up again, but the Pokemon Tech students chase them away, and Ash and his friends leave for Vermillion City, with a promise to challenge Giselle again someday when they are more experienced.

Episode 10 "Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village"

Ash and his companions become lost in the forest when trying to take a shortcut to Vermillion City. Along the way, they find an Oddish drinking at a pool. Misty tries to capture it, but a Bulbasaur appears to defend it. Bulbasaur defeats both Starmie and Butterfree, and escapes with Oddish. When Ash and the others try to follow them, they encounter numerous traps which slow them down, including a collapsing bridge, a pit, and a net. Eventually, they reach a cabin in the woods. The cabin belongs to Melanie, who provides it as a resting place for abandoned Pokemon. Bulbasaur volunteered to protect the Pokemon who stay here, and is angry that Ash and his friends are at the cabin. When Team Rocket shows up, however, Ash helps Bulbasaur to save the other Pokemon and chase off Team Rocket once again. Grateful for his help, Melanie offers to give Bulbasaur to Ash... but Bulbasaur will only do it if Ash defeats him in a Pokemon battle. Ash sends Pikachu, and after a short battle, Pikachu stuns Bulbasaur and Ash catches him. With Bulbasaur as his fourth Pokemon, Ash and his friends leave Melanie and the other Pokemon behind, to continue on to Vermillion City.

Episode 11 "Charmander the Stray Pokemon"

Still unable to find the way to Vermillion City, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu encounter a Charmander sitting on a rock in the forest. Charmander looks tired and hurt, but refuses to accompany Ash to the nearby Pokemon Center because he is waiting for his trainer to come back. Reluctantly, they leave him there and continue to the Pokemon Center. There they discover that Charmander's trainer, Damian, abandoned Charmander and has no intention of coming back. Ash and his friends return to rescue Charmander just as he is becoming weak. They bring him back to the Pokemon Center to recover, but Charmander escapes into the morning, intending to return to the rock to wait for Damian. Meanwhile, Team Rocket builds another trap intended to catch Pikachu; instead, Ash and the others fall in, leaving Pikachu alone. Jessie and James are wearing suits to protect them from Pikachu's electrical attacks, and capture him. However, Charmander appears and defeats Team Rocket, saving Pikachu. Damian tries to get Charmander back, but he chooses to go with Ash instead, and Ash accepts him.

Episode 12 "Here comes the Squirtle Squad"

Ash and the others are the victims of another pit-trap... but this one was set by a gang of Squirtles which has been terrorizing a nearby town. Team Rocket also encounters the Squirtle Squad, but Meowth convinces them to help Team Rocket capture Pikachu. Ash, Pikachu, and their friends are captured by the Squirtles and Meowth. Pikachu is hurt, though, and the Squirtles let Ash go to town to get a healing potion for him. With a little help from Jenny the cop, he manages to get back just in time to see Team Rocket betray the Squirtles. Ash helps the Squirtles defeat Team Rocket and win back the trust of the town. The strongest Squirtle, impressed by Ash's trust and assistance, decides to join him.

Episode 13 "Mystery at the Lighthouse"

Still horribly lost, Ash and his friends find a lighthouse inhabited by Bill, a Pokemon researcher whose expertise rivals even Professor Oak's. They find out that beyond the oceans lives an enourmous Pokemon that no one has ever seen. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is trying to get to the lighthouse by climbing the cliff that it's on, and they have face-to-face with the legendary Pokemon Bill was talking about. Wanting to capture it, they try to weaken it by shooting at them, but they end up chasing it away. Bill hopes that one day the Pokemon will return, and Ash and his friends continue on to Vermillion City (or try to).

Episode 14 "Electric Shock Showdown"

Ash and his friends finally make it to Vermillion City! While Pikachu recovers at the Pokemon Center, they notice that there are many injured Pokemon there, and they find out that it's because the local Gym Leader, Lt. Surge, keep on defeating all his challengers with his Pokemon, Raichu. Pikachu and Ash go to the Gym to challenge Lt. Surge, but Pikachu gets completely defeated by Raichu, and he ends up in the Pokemon Center's recovery room. Nurse Joy suggests that Pikachu evolve into Raichu to be stronger, but Pikachu refuses. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is spying on Ash and his friends, and they're touched by Pikachu's determination. Ash and Pikachu challenge Lt. Surge again, and Pikachu uses his agility to counter Raichu's attacks and manages to defeat her. Lt. Surge and Raichu awards Ash with the Thunder badge and congratulate them for their work."Drat, we wasted this whole episode cheering for the good guys!" Team Rocket quote.

Episode 15 "Battle Aboard the St. Anne"

While travelling, Ash and his friends are approached by two schoolgirls who offer them tickets for the St. Anne, where a huge Pokemon convention will take place. They gladly accept the tickets, but little do they know that the ones who offered them are Jessie and James of Team Rocket! Their plan was to invite many Pokemon trainers and steal their Pokemon while they're at sea. On board, Ash has Butterfree fight a Pokemon trainer who has Raticate. The trainer ends up goading him into trading the two Pokemon. Ash hesitates because he's been with Butterfree since the start, but he trades anyway. Meanwhile, after James gets suckered into spending both his and Jessie's paycheck on Magikarp. A bunch of Team Rocket members then attack the ship's passengers, stealing their Pokemon, but the trainers unite their Pokemon and manage to defeat them. Ash manages to get his Butterfree back. However, a storm hits the ship, and it sinks while Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket are still inside!

Episode 16 "Pokemon Shipwreck"

Still trapped aboard the now sunken St. Anne, Ash and his friends declare an uneasy truce with Team Rocket in order to find a way to get back to dry land. After managing to avoid some disasters in the engine room, they end up adrift on a make-shift raft, nearly starving to death. James, who still has his useless Pokemon Magikarp, takes out his frustration by kicking it in the water; however, Magikarp evolves into Gyarados before his eyes, and Gyarados uses his legendary attack "Dragon Rage" blowing everyone up in a tremendous water spout......

Episode 17 "Island of the Giant Pokemon"

Awakening on the beach of a deserted island, Ash and his friends find themselves to be alright... with the exception of Pikachu and several of Ash's other Pokemon, who've disappeared. Team Rocket finds themselves in a similar situation, alive but missing Meowth and their own Pokemon. Meanwhile, the missing Pokemon are wandering around the island, searching for their trainers. Everyone encounters giant Pokemon, who seem to rule the island and are unwelcoming to strangers. Even Ash's Pokemon have a hard time communicating with the giant Pokemon. After an encounter with a run-away mine cart, all of the humans are reunited with their Pokemon. The monster-sized Pokemon are revealed to be nothing more than giant robots, part of a theme park called "Pokemon Land". Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu reach the seaside city of Porta Vista, and head into town to get some much needed rest...

Episode 18 "Tentacool and Tentacruel"

Unable to catch a ferry to the mainland, Ash and his friends are stranded in Porta Vista. They witness the destruction of a ship in the harbour, and eventually get asked by Nastina, a local millionare and general "old hag", to rid them of the Tentacools in the harbour. Misty is outraged, but Team Rocket shows up to take the offer. They screw up as usual, but manage to cause one of the tentacools to evolve into a gigantic Tentacruel, which proceeds to demolish Porta Vista. The sea creatures are enraged because Nastina is destroying their homes. With the help of a Horsea she rescued earlier, Misty convinces the Tentacools and Tentacruel to leave the city in peace. With everything back to normal, Ash and his friends catch a ferry to the mainland...

Episode 19 "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak"

The ferry that they boarded stops at a town that is celebrating their Summer's End festival, where they discover the legend of a maiden who turned to stone 2000 years ago while waiting for her love to return. Brock sees the ghost of the maiden and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Team Rocket had sort-of stowed away with the ferry, and James sees the same ghost that Brock saw, and also falls in love with her. An old woman appears, telling them to forget their love for the ghost since it could only bring them doom, but the two can't resist the ghost's lure. Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket discover that the ghost and the old woman aren't all who they seem, and that they're really Gastly, a ghost Pokemon, who's impersonating the maiden to cause trouble. Ash's Pokemon and Team Rocket's Pokemon try to defeat Gastly, but he keeps beating them. However, once the sun comes up, Gastly leaves, promising that the maiden will return next summer.

Episode 20 "Bye-Bye Butterfree"

Ash and his friends arrive at the place where Butterfrees find mates. Ash sends out his Butterfree to find a mate, but all the Butterfree's reject him. He finds a cute pink Butterfree who he really likes, but she absolutely rejects him. Ash and his friends try to encourage him to keep trying, and as he's out there trying to court the pink Butterfree, Team Rocket shows up and captures all the Butterfrees. Ash and his friends manage to defeat Team Rocket and Butterfree wins the love of the pink Butterfree. Thw two Butterfrees leave Ash and his friends, and Ash wishes them the best of luck, even if he's sad that the first Pokmeon he ever captured is leaving him.

Episode 21 "Abra and the Psychic Showdown"

Ash and his friends arrive in Saffron City, where they see a strange girl who almost causes Ash an accident. As they go through the city gates, two girls in Hawaiian dress show up and trick them into going in a room through a warp tile from which they can't escape; it turns out the two girls are Jessie and James, and before they can get away with the captured Pikachu the mysterious girl shows up, paralyzes them and teleports Ash and his friends and Pikachu to safety. Outside the Saffron City gym, a man warns Ash not to challenge Sabrina, the Gym Leader, but Ash doesn't listen and challenges her. The little girl that freed them is actually a doll that Sabrina owns, and with her Abra (who she evolves into Kadabra during the battle), she defeats Pikachu and traps Ash and his friends in a doll house using her telekinetic powers. They escape thanks to the man who warned them earlier, and after a brief telekinetic struggle, he tells Ash that the only chance he has to defeat Sabrina is to get a Ghost Pokemon from Lavender Town. So, Ash and his friends leave for Lavender Town...

Episode 22 "The Tower of Terror"

Ash and his friends arrive at Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town, an eerie and foreboding place where they hope to catch a Ghost Pokemon. Misty, Brock, and Pikachu are reluctant to go inside, but Ash convinces them to go in. Once inside, they are soon assaulted by Gengar, Haunter and Gastly, three Ghost Pokemon who always cause trouble to the tower's visitors. Misty and Brock leave the tower, but Ash and Pikachu keep trying to capture them. As Ash and Pikachu discover, the three Ghosts are simply lonely Pokemon who want someone to play with. When Ash and Pikachu are struck by a falling chandelier, the three Ghosts take their spirits on a flight around the town. Eventually, Ash and Pikachu return to their bodies, and leave the Tower, deciding not to catch any of the Ghosts after all. As they leave, Haunter follows them all out of town, wanting to return a favour to Ash for playing with him.

Episode 23 "Haunter Versus Kadabra"

Armed with a new Ghost Pokemon called Haunter, Ash returns to Saffron City for a rematch with Sabrina. When he goes in to fight Sabrina, however, Haunter has disappeared! Ash and the others run away, but Misty and Brock are transformed into dolls by Sabrina's power. Ash is again rescued by the man who saved them earlier, and he reveals himself to be Sabrina's father (although Ash is too dense to get the hints). After having a little fun with Team Rocket, Haunter rejoins Ash, but he seems unwilling to fight Sabrina. Ash convinces him, however, and they go back to Sabrina's gym one last time. Haunter disappears again, and Ash surrenders, prepared to be turned into a doll. Pikachu defends Ash, however, and fights valiantly against Kadabra. Haunter appears as the battle wears on, and by teasing Sabrina, he breaks her emotionless state and causes her to laugh. Because Sabrina's mind is controlling Kadabra, the Psychic Pokemon can no longer fight, rolling on the floor in laughter. Sabrina's father awards Ash with the Marshbadge, and they leave town in peace.

Episode 24 "Primeape goes Bananas"

After a conversation, Ash is depressed to learn that his fellow trainers from Pallet Town are already a badge ahead of him, and that they have all caught many more Pokemon than he has. When a Mankey appears, attracted by the scent of Brock's lunch, Ash decides he wants to catch it. When he fails to do so, Mankey is infuriated, and steals Ash's cap; Ash desperately tries to retrieve it, since it is an official Pokemon League cap, but fails to do so. Team Rocket shows up again to catch Pikachu. They anger Mankey, who evolves into Primeape, an even more violent Pokemon. Ash is determined to defeat the angry Pokemon and capture it. He sends Charmander, who uses his Rage attack to get stronger as Primeape attacks him. Eventually, Primeape is defeated, and Ash captures him, adding to his collection.

Episode 25 "Pokemon Scent-Sation"

Arriving in Celadon City, Brock, Misty, and Pikachu stop in a perfume shop. Ash is not impressed, however, and ends up insulting the local gym leader, Erika, who is also a perfume maker. He is forced to work with Team Rocket in order to sneak into the Celadon Gym so he can battle for the Rainbowbadge. Jessie and James, meanwhile, are trying to steal the secret perfume formula of the Celadon Gym and use it to make lots of money. Ash has his battle with Erika, but during the battle, Team Rocket sets off an explosion which sets the gym on fire. Ash helps Erika and the others to save the Pokemon in the gym, including Erika's own plant-Pokemon, Gloom. She gifts him with the Rainbowbadge to thank him for helping to save her friends.

Epidode 26 "Hypno's Naptime"

Children are disappearing from the city that Ash and his companions arrive in, and Pokemon are becoming lethargic and inactive. Tracking the source, the gang discovers Drowzee and Hypno, two psychic Pokemon who can hypnotize people and Pokemon alike. Misty gets affected by Hypno, and starts to believe she is a Seel. Her friends chase her as she runs into a park, where they find the other children, who all believe they're different Pokemon. With the help of Drowzee, Ash and Brock manage to heal all the children and Pokemon. One Pokemon, however, a duck Pokemon named Psyduck, decides to follow after them and become Misty's Pokemon, much to her disgust...

Episode 27 "Pokemon Fashion Flash"

While travelling through the city, Ash and the others enter the fashion district. Brock drags everyone into a salon owned by Suzie, a Pokemon breeder like himself. Her Pokemon, Vulpix, is one of the most beautiful Pokemon in the world. Misty, however, is more interested in a Pokemon makeover for Psyduck, which is available at the new Salon Rocket. Unbeknownst to them, however, Salon Rocket is operated by Team Rocket, who intend to make lots of money (again). They kidnap Misty; Psyduck goes for help, and Ash and Brock rush to her rescue. Team Rocket's Pokemon nearly defeat Pikachu and Geodude, but Suzie intervenes, and with Vulpix's help, she completely blows Team Rocket away. Suzie decides to go on a journey to learn more about Pokemon breeding, and leaves Vulpix in Brock's capable hands.

Episode 28 "The Punchy Pokemon"

During their travels, Ash and his friends encounter Hitmonchan, a fighting-type Pokemon, who will be entered in a Pokemon fighting competition called the P-1 Grand Prix. Rebecca, the daughter of Hitmonchan's trainer, wants Ash and the others to defeat her father so that he'll come home instead of spending all his time training Pokemon. Team Rocket wants to enter the competition as well, and steal a Hitmonlee, another fighting Pokemon, in order to enter the battle. The competition is long and difficult, but after Team Rocket defeats Hitmonchan, their Hitmonlee and Primeape, Ash's entry in the competition, reach the finals. Team Rocket tries to cheat, but Pikachu prevents them, and Primeape wins the battle, winning the championship. Anthony, Hitmonchan's trainer, offers to train Primeape to be the ultimate champion; Ash accepts, and he and Primeape say their goodbyes to each other.

Episode 29 "Sparks Fly For Magnemite"

In Gringy City, an industrial burg, Pikachu falls ill and is rushed to the Pokemon Center by Ash and his friends. Nurse Joy believes he simply has a cold, but suddenly the power goes out. The city power plant has shut down for unknown reasons. Ash and the others rush to the power plant to find out the reason why. While there, they discover that Magnemite, a mechanical Pokemon of the electric type, is following Pikachu around as though it were in love. The cause of the power failure is an abundance of Grimers, sludge-based Pokemon who have clogged up the water intake for the power plant. Led by a powerful Muk, the Grimers nearly take over the whole plant. However, hordes of Magnetons, led by the Magnemite and which live in the plant, attack the Grimers and drive them back. Pikachu and Magnemite team up to defeat the powerful Muk, and Ash captures it, adding to his collection. Power is restored, and Pikachu recovers from his illness; it seems that he was over-charged, and the extra electricity that was making him sick was used up in the battle.

Episode 30 "Dig Those Diglett"

En route to Fuchsia City, Ash and his friends encounter a construction project in the middle of the forest. A dam is being built here, but the project is threatened by Digletts, cute mole-like Pokemon who live underground. The tunnels they dig are disrupting the construction project. Dozens of Pokemon trainers are called in to assist in removing the Digletts, including Gary and his admirers; whenever the trainers try to call forth their Pokemon, however, they refuse to come out. Eventually, all the trainers give up and go home. Ash and the others, remaining behind, discover that the Digletts are only trying to save their home from destruction, as the dam's completion would mean their home would be washed away. The trainer's Pokemon realize this, and refuse to help harm the Digletts. The project's leader decides to stop the project, but Team Rocket and their recently-evolved Pokemon, Arbok and Weezing, intervene. With the help of the Digletts, Team Rocket is beaten back again, and Ash and his friends continue on to Fuchsia City.

Episode 31 "The Ninja Poke-Showdown"

Near Fuchsia City, Ash, Misty, and Brock encounter a strange Japanese castle. Inside, they discover that the castle is actually the training grounds for a clan of ninja Pokemon trainers, led by Koga, the Fuchsia City gym leader. Team Rocket appears to try and steal more Pokemon, but Misty's Psyduck ends up saving the day, despite his headache. Ash defeats Koga's poison-type Pokemon in a difficult battle, and they continue onwards to the Safari Zone.

Episode 32 "The Flame Pokemon-athon"

On the way to the Safari Zone, Ash passes through a ranch owned by Lara Larame, a famous Pokemon breeder. She intends to race her fire Pokemon, Ponyta, in a Pokemon race in a few days, but a rival breeder named Dario has other plans. He hires Team Rocket to ensure his victory in the race. They end up causing Lara to break her arm, and Ash has to take her place in the race. The race is long and fierce, with Team Rocket's booby traps catching many of the participants; in the end, however, Ash's determination to win the race for Lara causes Ponyta to evolve into Rapidash, and he beats Dario by a "nose".

Episode 33 "The Kangaskhan Kid"

In the Safari Zone, Ash and his friends are mistaken for poachers; the real poachers, however, are Team Rocket, and they almost capture a whole herd of Kangaskhan. The Pokemon are saved by a young boy, Tomo, the Kangaskhan Kid. His parents appear at the Safari Zone, looking to take him back, after losing him in the park many years ago. The Kangaskhan Kid is unwilling to leave his new foster Pokemon-parents, however. Eventually, after Team Rocket tries again to capture the Kangaskhans, the boy's parents decide to stay with him in the Safari Zone, so that everyone will be happy.

Episode 34 "The Bridge Bike Gang"

After having braved the perils of the Safari Zone, Ash and his friends finally get back to civilization and find that a bridge that was on Brock's map has been finally completed. However, they soon discover that while cars currently can't go on the bridge, only pedestrians and bicyclers can zip across it. Ash and his friends go to the Pokemon Center, and they find out that Nurse Joy needs to have some medicine delivered to Sunny Town, on the other side of the bridge. They borrow bikes from the Pokemon Center and try to cross the bridge, but they're soon assaulted by gang of hoodlums on bikes who challenge them to a Pokemon.

35-Ditto's Mysterious Mansion

While travelling, Ash and his friends get caught in a thunderstorm and they find refuge in an old mansion. There they meet Duplica of House Imite (pronounced "e-me-té"), a Pokemon trainer who owns a Ditto, a Pokemon who can transform into an exact copy of his opponent. Duplica's Ditto's eyes can't seem to transform right, though, and she's trying hard to train him so he could. However, Team Rocket shows up and steals Ditto in the hopes of presenting their boss with a copied Dratini* so they can stay in good standing, and because they force him to transform perfectly, Ditto finally manages to do a perfect transformation. Duplica, Ash and his friends manage to catch up with Team Rocket and get back Ditto (after doing a total parody of their speech), and they leave House Imite to continue on their journey.

Electric Soldier Porygon (a.k.a. The Seizure Episode)
This Episode did not air in America.

Ash and his friends are traveling when Pikachu complains that he wants to rest. They bring Pikachu to a Pokemon Center, where they find out that it's having problems because the monster-ball teleporter's out of order, causing them to get mixed-up along the way. The kids later go to the mansion of professor Akihabara, the one who created the teleporter system, to investigate the cause of the problems, and they get caught by the professor who forces them to enter an oversized monster-ball transporter! While they're trapped, he explains that he found out that some "strange people" broke into his mansion, stole the prototype for a CG-Pokemon, Porygon, went into the computer network and blocked the information highway that carries monster-balls to their destination. Before they could protest, Akihabara sends a non-prototype version of Porygon to help them, and transports them into the network.

Ash and the others appear through a worm-hole in the computer system, but unfortunately the hole was several feet from the "ground". Porygon enlarges itself and flies down to save the kids and Pikachu, and as they're flying over the network, they see what's causing the monster-ball mix-up; the strange people are the Team Rocket (gee, what a surprise), who've set up roadblocks on the highway to block the flow of monster-balls. James and Jessie send Weezing and Arbok to fight Porygon, but Porygon counters by mimicking Weezing's smog attack; they then send the prototype Porygon to fight Ash's Porygon, and while the fight's going, the kids and Pikachu try to remove the barricades blocking the highway.

Meanwhile, back at the Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy hired a computer consultant to put an anti-virus in the system, which unfortunately can't tell the difference between computer code and human beings. Team Rocket gets hit by the anti-virus program, taking out their Porygon, and Ash and the others manage to save them before the anti-virus attacks them again. (James: "I'm a human, not a computer virus! Help!!!") Everyone manages to escape in the nick of time thanks to Pikachu, but Akihabara's lab gets blown up in the process, destroying the human-sized transporter.

36-Pikachu's Good-Bye

While travelling through the forest, Ash and his friends discover a pack of Pikachus. Ash's Pikachu is overjoyed, but when he tries to make friends with the others, they run away. It seems that these Pikachus are afraid of humans and tame Pokemon (but since when has Pikachu ever been considered tame?); even when Pikachu manages to win the trust of a few of them, Ash's presence frightens them away.

One of the baby Pikachus follows them, however, and falls into a river. Pikachu dives in to save him, and both are saved by the Pikachu pack. Now that Pikachu is a hero, the others take him in gladly, and Ash lets him stay with the others, despite his own worries and loneliness. In the night, the entire pack, including Pikachu, is captured by the Team Rocket in a electricity-proof net. They almost escape, too; Pikachu chews his way out of the net and distracts the Team Rocket long enough to let Ash and the others rescue the pack. Pikachu deals with the Team Rocket, and he becomes a true hero to the pack.

Ash, on the other hand, comes to a difficult decision; since Pikachu is so happy with his fellow Pokemon, he decides to leave him behind. Brock and Misty are startled, and when Pikachu comes out to ask what Ash's doing, he tells Pikachu that he'd be happier with the others than with him. Ash runs away, leaving his best friend behind in shock...

As he runs, he remembers all the good times, and not-so-good times, he had with his friend Pikachu. From the time they first met... to the battles they fought long after... and all the happy times in between. Brock and Misty catch up to him, but Ash has made up his mind, and there's no changing it. The sun rises slowly, and someone casts a shadow over Ash, he looks up.

Pikachu is standing at the top of a hill, with the pack behind him. They cheer him on, as a hero, and Pikachu gives them his goodbyes. Then he runs towards Ash, looking happier than ever before. Ash smiles as he realizes that his friend doesn't want to leave him...

"Pikapi! (Ash!)" "Pikachu!" The two are reunited, and they hug each other for a long time... Welcome back, Pikachu! We all missed you!

37-The Battling Eevee Brothers

Ash and his friends find a Eevee that's been abandoned by her owner from Stone Town. They soon find out that Mikey, her owner, intentionally hid her away so that he wouldn't be forced to evolve her at a party that his three brothers planned. Each of his brothers has a different evolution of Eevee - Jolteon, Vaporeon and Flareon - and they believe that Mikey should evolve his Eevee and they push him to do so. Team Rocket shows up and steals Mikey's Eevee and all the evolved Pokemon at the party, and before they try to experiment with Eevee and evolution stones, Ash, his friends and the brothers attack them but get defeated. Mikey then attacks with his Eevee and manages to defeat Team Rocket, and his brothers accept that he wants to keep his Eevee just the way she is.

38-Wake Up Snorlax

Hungry and tired, Ash and his friends arrive in a small town in the hopes of finding some food, but they soon find out that the town's river has run dry and no food can be found. They discover that it's because a Snorlax is blocking the river, and try as they might, they can't get it to budge from its spot. Team Rocket spots the Snorlax and want to capture it to try to present something to their boss, and they team up with the "brats" to try to get it out of the way, but no matter what they try, they don't manage. They find out that an old hippie who they met outside of town has a Poke-Flute that can wake up the Snorlax, so Ash and his friends find him and persuade him to wake the Snorlax, who they discover actually owns the sleeping Pokemon. The Snorlax wakes up, and eats the thorns blocking the river, saving the town.

39-Showdown at Dark City

Ash and his friends arrive in Dark City, only to discover (much to their discomfort) that wandering Pokemon trainers are not welcome in town. Two rival gyms, the Yas and Kas Gyms, are fighting to become official Pokemon gyms, and their battles have spilled into the streets of Dark City, causing a great deal of damage and fear among the citizens. Ash and the others, deciding after encounters with both gyms that each are little more than gangs of greedy bullies, work with the townsfolk to ensure that both gyms get a lesson in what it really means to be Pokemon trainers. And once again, Team Rocket gets the short end of the stick...

40-March of the Exeggutor Squad

It's carnival time, and Ash and Brock gets caught up in the fever! Misty, on the other hand, is more reserved, and while avoiding the parades and festivites, she gets roped into helping the hopeless magician Melvin with his act. His only Pokemon, the egg-like Exeggcute, doesn't do much to interest the crowds... but when Ash falls prey to the Pokemon's hypnotic powers, Melvin uses him to capture a whole herd of Exeggcutor, tree-like Pokemon with even stronger hypnotic powers. As usual, however, Team Rocket shows up to interfere, and when things go from bad to worse, it's up to Melvin and Ash's Charmander, who evolves into Charmeleon, to save both the carnival and the herd of Exeggcutor from disaster.

41-The Problem With Paras

Ash, Misty and Brock arrive at Lost Green Village which has no gym, just a potion shop that they visit to get some supplies. Meanwhile Team Rocket is watching them as they squander the village, but alas Meowth is very sick and burning up. Jessie and James decide to go on without him when a girl stops them and scold them about leaving pokemon behind. They argue and somehow Team Rocke says that they are super heroes. The gilr treats meowth and he slowly begins to fall in love with her. Back at the potion shop the gang meets the girl and she challenges Ash to a battle. The girl brings out a Paras and says she wants it to evolve so that she can create a master potion. Ash tires to let her win by using dinky attacks on the paras but it still looses everytime. After choosing through some pokemon Ash brings out Charmeleon which is very unresponsive. Charmeleon blasts at Paras and Paras runs away. When Meowth sees that the girl lost her Paras he convinces Jessie and James to help him train it. If they get Paras to evolve then the girl will make Meowth their mascot and they can bring in the dough. They bring out the two loosers, Arbok and Weezing. Meowth them fakes Paras's victories and Paras starts thinking its the greatest Pokemon in thw world. Ash and the gang then find Paras in a tree. Now with Paras's new found courage Ash challenges the girl to another match. Pikachu then lets Paras win the match and Ash brings out Charmeleon. Since Charmeleon is disobidient and theres not much of a chance for Paras to win, Team Rocket comes out to say how they trained Paras and start to cheer it on. Paras then stabs Charmeleon and somehow knocks it out. At that moment Paras evolves into Parasect. Charmelon gets back up and tries to attack everyone, Parasect uses it's stun spore and knocks Charmeleon out. The girl then goes back to her shop and thanks Team Rocket, Meowth asks to be their mascot but she turns him down becuase she doesnt want to seperate the super heroes. The girl's grandmother comes out and says that they already have a mascot, she holds up a Persian that she found out back. Imagine how Meowth feels.

42-The Song of Jigglypuff

Ash, Misty and Brock start out walking through the desert. They are tired week and cant wait to reach the next town. When they finally reach Neon Town, Brock explains that the town is always open, the city that never sleeps. As Ash is walking a Monkey man bumps into him, the Monkey man and Ash quickly get into a fight when Officer Jenny arrives and breaks it up. Jenny explains how becuase no one ever gets any sleep in the town everyone is short tempered, and then she is called away for another gith. Moments later, somewhere else in town, the Monkey Man proceeds to bump into James, and yet another fight starts. They immediately start brawling when a Big Fat lady bumps into Jessie, and the rest is obvious. Ash and the gang leave the town and enter the forst. They spot a Jigglypuff and Misty proceeds to knock it out with Starmie, after Psyduck tries to get its chance. After Misty hits Jigglypuff, it begins the cry. They ask it so sing and when it cant, they find out that its lost it's voice and cant sing. Team Rocket watches from a distance and decides to capture the Jigglypuff so they can put Neon Town to sleep and steal all the Pokemon. They pop up and begin to sing a rock song [the japanese version is a lot better]. Our heroes beat them up again. Misty then tries to teach it how to sing. Pikachu tries to show off and starts to sing, Jigglypuff gets real mad and smacks Pikachu when no one is looking, no one knew what happened, not even Pikachu. Brock then find a tree with a special fruit that can cure mouth sores. Jigglypuff eats it and begins to sing, Pikachu gets so happy and starts to jump up and down, and for no reason at all Jigglypuff smacks him again. Jigglypuff sings to Ash, Misty and Brock and they all fall asleep. Team Rocket sneaks up from behind to record its voice so they dont have to capture it. When Jigglypuff finds out that they are all asleep it goes into their backpacks and steals a black marker from one of their bags. Jigglypuff begins to draw wierd faces on their faces with the black marker. When it hears Team Rocket in the distance snoaring, it beats them all up and draws on them. Our heroes try to get Pokemon to stay awake while it sings so not to hurt it's moods, and we learn Psyduck sleeps with it's eyes open. Brock decides that since Neon Town folk don't need sleep, they will stay awake while it sings. Since they are helping Team Rocket, they pretend to be a rock band and lend them their outdorr stage. Jigglypuff sings and luls the entire city to sleep. Jigglypuff is so mad that it storms the town and draws faces on everyone. But when everyone wakes up, they are all in a good mood and every apologizes for past fights. Ash and the gang walk off in the distance to their next adventure and unbeknowing to them the Jigglypuff follows in the distance.

43-Attack of the Prehistoric Pokemon

Ash and company arrive in Beautiful Grandpa Canyon where hundreds of people are carrying pickaxes and shovels. When Ash asks whats going on Gary shows up as snotty as usual, he explains that someone found a Pokemon fossil and there are in the Great Fossil rush. Jigglypuff lurks behind a rock ready to sing, but then everyone disappears. They arrive in the cave when they see everyone digging but no one finding anything except a little fossilised Pokemon droppings. At that moment they see Meowth waiting for Jessie and James coming with dynamite. Misty and Brock go to warn the pokemon fanatics and Ash and Pikashu go to stop Team Rocket. When they do show up they light a fuse and Ash sends Squirtle to put it out. Team Rocket chases them as Squirtle chases the fuse. But alas, it is too late. All of them including Team Rocket is blown to the center of the earth, which is covered up by rocks. In the dark distance Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte and Omastar watch as they get ready attack their intruders. Ash brings out Charmeleon who is disobedient as usual and wont help. After being chased around for a few minutes all the prehistoric Pokemon run away. Why? Becuase an Aerodactyl is coming to eat them all. Aerodactyl kicks Charmeleon in the head, and makes him really mad. Over head on the surface people have gathered around to help open up the cave. Back beneath the surface Aerodactyl grabs Ash and Pikachu, Squirtle and Charmeleon grab Aerodactyl. They then fly out of the cave and Charmeleon, Squirtle and Pikachu let go. Charmeleon is so mad they he evolves into Charizard. Charizard goes to chase Aerodactyl who is still holding Ash. Misty sees Jigglypuff and asks her to sing. Charizard being a smart Pokemon plugs his ears as she sings. Aerodactly then falls asleep and drops Ash, Charizard hurries to catch him. They hit the ground and Ash rolls on top of an egg. Jigglypuff is so mad that everyone fell asleep, she brings out the marker of death. After everyone wakes up, Joy explains that there were no prehistoric Pokemon and it was just a dream by Jigglypuff. Ash and company are walking away, Ash shows them the egg that he found. Brock grabs the egg and says he'll raise it for him, the he and misty procede to run away as Ash chases them. But still beneath the surface, Team Rocket remain anxiously not to wake up the Pokemon, but James just has to sneeze.

44-A Chansey Operation

While Ash is sleeping on a park bench, Pikachu falls out of a tree while trying to get food. Misty and Brock find Pikachu and wakes up Ash. They are forced to bring Pikachu to a human hospital becuase there are not Pokecenters for miles. When they arrive at the hostpital a reluctant Doctor decides he'll treat Misty, even when shes not the one with the problem. When Proctor [thats his name] finds out that its Pikachu who needs help, he argues with them becuase its not his speciality to treat pokemon. Eventually he gives in and discovers that Pikachu has an apple stuck in his throat, ash he begins to pull it out, Pikachu shocks him. After Doctor saves Pikachu he gives Ash the a piece of his mind. The hospital phone rings and Joy is on the phone asking for help after a freak car accident and the Pokecenter cant handle all the Pokemon involved, Team Rocket was a participant of this accident too! They all decide to help the Pokemon as they start rushing in. First they take care of a Cubone and Ash tries to it down but is acting stupid again. Misty takes care of Cubone and seems to be very good with Pokemon. The next set of Pokemon contain Team Rocket's Pokemon. The Doctor immediately asks Jessie out on a date [he's acting like Brock]. Ash refuses to help them when the Doctors says "to heal not judge". All 6 of them go around helping Pokemon but Meowth can't find his charm! And a Chansey tries to help him, by beating him senseless. As Jessie is trying to save a Weepinbell from a Voltorb the Doctor says that it can selfdestruct and Jessie runs for the hills. Doctor Proctor tries to give a Dodrio a shot it pushes him and he gets hit with some anesthetics and goes to sleep. Ash then shoots water on the Dodrio and then shocks it, and which he tries to catch but Brock stops him. After they help a lot of Pokemon, Team Rocket goes bad and tries to capture all the Pokemon. They use the stretcher cathers that they made on Ash, Misty and Brock. Chansey goes to save them and Weezing and Arbok refuse to battle them since they helped them heal. Proctor comes in and chases Team Rocket away with Medical tools. But Team Rocket still has a Voltorb and is selfdestructs on them. When they hits the ground Meowth's charm mysteriously grows back. Ash and co. say goodbye to Doctor Proctor as they continue on their journey and follow their dreams.

45-Holy Matrimony!

Our gang is walking down the road when they come up to a sign with a picture of a young James and the word "Missing" on it. A gentleman's gentleman shows up in a limo asking if they new him. When they say yes he grabs them and they drive to a huge mansion. Team Rocket sees this sign and James is very reluctant to go to the mansion. When they get to the mansion they find out that James's parents have died and he must return and get married within 24 hours to get his inheritance. James remembers a time when he was young and about to die of malnutrition with his Growlithe named Growly. Jessie and Meowth drag James in when they find out his parents are alive and its a trick to get him home to his fiancée. His fiancée Jessibell looks very much like Jessie, very scary. Jessibell drags them down to a gym in the basement and begins to tame James like a lion trainer. She uses her Vileplume and puts everyone to sleep. Everyone but James is kicked out of the house, and when they hear a growlithe trying to open the door, they proceed to open the door for it. As Jessibell is about to whip James again he calls for Growly and it comes to save the day. They all round up in Growly's very big dog house and think about what to do. Right then Jessibell crashes through the door, blasting off Jessie and Meowth, and attempts to put everyone to sleep again. Pikachu and Growly attack Vileplume and Jessibell runs away. Jessie and Meowth are sad as they walk down the road, crying about how they lost James, when James shows up in the Team Rocket balloon. James grabs Jessie and pulls her up into the balloon, and how happy they are to see each other, you can tell they have feelings for each other, and Meowth chases them on the ground. At the same moment Jessibell is chasing Ash and company asking for them help to find James again, and of course, their not running right.

46-So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd

Our Heroes are resting on some rocks when Ash and Brock leave Misty to get some water from the pond. While they are away Misty spots a Farfetch'D and chases it through a forest. Misty bumps into a boy and he apoligizes for not watching where he was going and hands Misty her bag. Misty returns to the rocks where Ash and Brock are looking for her, she told them about the Farfetch'D and opens her bag. Her bag is full of rocks instead of her 5 pokemon. The boy also tricks Team Rocket into boarding a boat with a hole in it so that the Farfetch'D could steal their pokemon. Misty and the gang go to Officer Jenny and explain the situation and Misty brings them to the spot where he ran into the boy. Suddenly Psyduck appears out of the bushes and tries to lead them to the boy. Team Rocket appear in their baloon and retrieve a sack full of pokeballs from the boy as compensation for stealing their Pokemon. Team Rocket is mighty happy and run off with the satchel. Psyduck eventually find the boy and his Farfetch'D when Jenny decides that he should be taught a lesson in a Pokemon battle. Ash challenges him with his Bulbasaur and amazinly looses. Misty, who decides that she wants revenge challenges the boy too. She tries to call out Starmie when she remembers that it was stolen, so Psyduck runs out into the fray. Farfetch'D laughs at Psyduck and continues to whack Psyduck on the head. Psyduck's head ache grows stronger as it uses a psychic attack on Farfetch'D. Team Rocket opens all the pokeballs when they find out their all filled with Voltorb; isnt it ironic how the Voltorb always get them? The boy promises that with the Farfetch'D's new found power he will quit stealing, return all the Pokemon he has stolen and try to become a Pokemon trainer the right way.

47-Who Gets to Keep Togepi?

Ash and his friends are at a Pokemon center when he gets a telegram from Professor Oak. Ash calls Professor Oak and Muk is acting insubordinate towards him. Professor Oak tells Ash how to upgrade his pokedex and Ash follows his directions. Our friends talk over a table about what Pokemon they want to hatch from that thing, naturally they pick their favorite types. Team Rocket pretends to be egg sellers and steal the egg from Brock. Meowth takes the egg and cares for it like no one else could; he slept with it, ate with it, bathed with it, and even slept with it; who would have thought that Meowth could be a mother. Our heroes follow a trail of broken eggs and show up the small shack the Team Rocket is hiding in and decide to bust in and get the egg back. As they break in Weezing uses his poison gas attack and turns the fray into a small football game under a shroud. In the end, Pikachu holds the egg. Pikachu gives the egg to Ash and it begins the hatch. As its hatching Misty pushes Ash away to get a closer look at the egg is the first thing it sees when it hatches. After they escape from Team Rocket, Ash uses his newly updated Pokedex to find out that the new species is called Togepi. They all decide to have a tournament to see who gets to keep Togepi; and Meowth declares Jessie and James illegal contestants because they never cared for the egg. Meowth is forced to battle for himself because he has no Pokemon; but it looked he was having a personality crisis. After a series of a 3 battle tournament, out of Brock, Misty, Ash and Meowth, Ash wins by beating Meowth no contest. Disgusted with Meowth, Jessie and James drag him away. But after the tournament Misty still gets to keep Togepi because it was the first person that it saw.

48-Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden

Our story starts out as Ash is battling a trainer on his way to Cinnibar Gym. The trainer sends out a Rhyorn, and with enough effort, Bulbasaur manages to take care of it. At that same moment, Ash's bulbasaur starts to flash white and they bring it to Joy in the Pokemon center. Joy tells them that it's Bulbasaurs time to evolve and the legend of the Mysterious Garden. Once a year all the Bulbasaur meet in this garden too evolve, but no human has seen it before. During the night Bulbasaur makes his march to the forest when Pikachu talks to him and feels his sympathy. Suddenly a herd of Bulbasaur appear out of the forest and drag Bublasaur to the garden. Team Rocket sneak a peak at the Bulbasaur and they quickly take care of Jessie, James and Meowth. Ash and company the pollen in the air to reach the garden, but vines are blocking their pass as they barely jump through. When they arrive at the garden they keep silent as a Venasaur appears and begins to chant "Saaauuurrrr!". The other Bulbasaur also begin to chant, and Ash's is reluctant to speak. All of them evolve into Ivysaur except Ash's becuase its trying not to. The Venasaur gets mad and lashes out at him, but Ash protects its friend and steps in the way. After trying many times, Team Rocket decides to use their ballon to enter the garden. They turn on a vacuum that sucks up all the Ivysaur. Pikachu almost get sucks in but Bulbasaur saves him and then starts to collect solar energy as the sun rises. Bulbasaur uses Solarbeam, its strongest attack on the balloon and all the Ivysaur are saved. Team Rocket falls to the ground and are beat into oblivion. Venasaur, delighted at Bulbasaur's work, decides that he won't make him evolve.

Battle in the Festival-This episode hasn't aired in America

Children's Day-This episode hasn't aired in America

49-The Case of the K-9 Capers

While travelling, Ash and his friends encounter a robber who they belatedly stop after some help from a Growlithe. Officer Jenny shows up and explains that the robber was actually a Police K-9 unit trainer. Jenny invites our group to the station where they start stuffing themselves with any food in site. Officer Jenny explains to Ash how they train the Growlithe and he decides that he wants Pikachu to go through the training too. They wake at at four in the morning and start their training, both Ash and Pikachu try the obstacle course and fail. Suddenly, Team Rocket in a Growlithe van come driving up and storm the training center. Jessie and James pull out Gloom gas and spray it over the pokepups so that they can't smell anything. Then they spray again with Psyduck gas, this time causing everyone's voices to raise like they just inhaled helium. Jenny tries to order the Growlithe to attack but is unsuccessful because she doesn't sound like herself anymore. Jessie and James take out megaphones that change their voice to a desired person's voice. Using Jenny's voice they command the dogs to tie her up. The Growlithe then attack Ash but he has no Pokeballs with him, so Pikachu comes in to shock them all, but gets tired out very quickly. Jessie tries to imitate Ash, but Pikachu knows in his heart who the real Ash is. Jenny manages to get out of the ropes and is promptly attacked by her beloved Growlithe. Growlithe senses that she is the real Jenny. She orders them to attack Team Rocket, and they run away. After all is well and done, Brock uses the megaphone to imitate Jenny and say how good he is, and just as easy Misty makes fun off him. The day is over, and Jigglypuff still manages to make its cameo appearance.