Episode 1 - "Pokémon, I choose you!"
This is the very first episode of Pokémon. Ash Ketchum is watching a Pokémon
battle on TV at bedtime when Ash's mother tells him to go to sleep. When he
refused, his mother decided to prepare Ash for training by watching a Pokémon
video. Ash then vowed to become the greatest Pokémon trainer ever. He gets a
dream of Pokémons. The next morning, he oversleeps and arrives late so he
rushes to Professor Oak. Ash comes across Professor Oak's grandson, Gary,
who claims that he picked the best Pokémon of the litter. When Ash arrives to
Professor Oak, in search of a Pokémon, all the starter Pokémons are taken so
he settles for Pikachu, a disobedient, electrical rodent doesn't like his new
trainer and dislikes going into the Pokéball. Professor Oak gives Ash a
Pokéball and a Pokédex, a small computer which gives important information
about Pokémons.
After, Ash begins his journey to the next town when he comes across a Pidgey.
He tries to get Pikachu to fight the Pidgey but Pikachu just climbs up a tree
instead and watches Ash trying to catch the Pidgey. A while later, Ash finds a
Spearow, a even better Pokémon than a Pidgey. Ash throws a rock at it and
started to make it mad. The Spearow then swooped down towards Ash and
but misses then it heads towards Pikachu instead. Pikachu fights back with his
electric bolt and takes him down. Then the Spearow started calling some his
other species and they all chase them. Ash and Pikachu jump into a river and
comes across Misty, who was fishing. Ash steals her bike to get away from the
Spearows. As the flock of Spearows were closing in on them, Pikachu lets out
a huge bolt of electricity at them. Pikachu had lost all his energy to take down
the flock so Ash then put him in his arms and started running to the Pokémon
Centre in Viridian City. *Will Pikachu ever be saved...??*
Episode 2 - "Pokémon Emergency!"
Ash heads into Viridian city with his injured Pokémon, a public announcement
was made that there were Pokémon poachers in the area. Ash is stopped by a
policewoman who thinks that Ash might of stolen Pikachu. After saying that he
didn't steal it, the policewoman asks Ash for some I.D. Not knowing that the
Pokédex was some form of I.D. Ash continues to plead that he didn't steal
Pikachu. Suddenly, the policewoman takes out Dexter from Ash and confirms
that he was a trainer. She then takes Ash and Pikachu directly to the Pokémon
Centre (it's like a Pokémon hospital). When they arrive at the Pokémon Centre,
Ash gives Pikachu to the nurse where she lays Pikachu on a stretcher and take
him to the emergency room. Ash is stuck waiting in the waiting room where he
decides to call his mom and then receives a call from Professor Oak. Out of
nowhere, Misty shows up with her badly, broken bike and starts insulting Ash.
Then, Pikachu is brought out and the nurse tells Ash that Pikachu would be
alright. Without a warning, Team Rocket (the villains who steal Pokémons),
shows up at the Centre with their two strong Pokémons, Ekans and Koffing.
Ash, Misty and the nurse head to the Pokémon Transformation Centre where
Team Rocket finds them and start a battle between Koffing, Ekans, Rattata,
Pidgey and Goldeen. To save the other Pokémons, the nurse starts transporting
all the Pokéballs to the Pewter City Pokémon Centre. In the middle of it all,
Ash turns to run away to get Pikachu. As Ash was running with Pikachu still on
the stretcher, Team Rocket's monsters follow. The stretcher hits a wire and
Pikachu wakes up and calls his other Pikachu friends to help take care of the
monsters with a gigantic electric surge which destroys the Pokémon Centre.
The explosion forces Team Rocket to run away as they vow to steal Pikachu,
knowing that Pikachu was was not just an ordinary Pokémon.
Ash, Misty and Pikachu start heading to Pewter City. They walk into a forest
and Misty discovers a Caterpie (a bug Pokémon that looks like a huge
caterpillar). Then, Ash threw a Pokéball at it.... *read the next episode to see if
Ash caught the Caterpie*
Episode 3 - "Ash Catches a Pokémon"
Ash throws a Pokéball at the Caterpie and manages to catch it. This is Ash's
first time to catch a Pokémon. He lets the Caterpie out and Pikachu gives it a
warm welcome then the Caterpie goes over to Misty. She becomes disgusted
with it and admits hating carrots, bell peppers and bugs. The Caterpie seems to
like Misty and starts crying when she rejected him. She wants to be Pikachu's
friend instead and suggested Ash to be Caterpie's friend. Mad and jealous, Ash
threatens that he'll abandon Misty in the forest so Pikachu jumps out of Misty's
arms and quickly follows him. Misty starts to follow Ash so Ash has no choice
but to take her along. When night came long, Pikachu and Caterpie were having
a little conversation.
The next morning, Caterpie is found sleeping next to Misty. Ash finds a
Pidgeotto, an evolved form of Pidgey. It chases Caterpie until Ash him in a
Pokéball. Then, Ash sent for Pikachu to capture Pidgeotto. Not long after,
Team Rocket shows up and demands that Ash give up Pikachu. Ash refuses
their demand so Team Rocket releases their Pokémons. Pidgeotto fights but the
battle was going nowhere. Ash calls upon Caterpie, who was injured from
Pidgeotto earlier. Caterpie uses his String attack on Ekans and Koffing. He then
wraps Meowth in the string and Team Rocket flees again. After the battle,
Misty agrees to become Caterpie's friend. As she was going to pet him,
Caterpie mummifies himself in string and becomes Metapod. The Pokédex said
that Caterpie evolved into Metapod quicker than the others. Misty wants to
leave the forest but Ash insists on staying and catching more Pokémons. *And
that's the end of the episode....*
Episode 4 - "Challenge of the Samurai"
Well, Ash, Misty and Pikachu are wandering around forest in search of more
Pokémons. Misty REALLY wants to get out of there and on to Pewter City
when she discovers another bug Pokémon called a Weedle (a caterpillar with a
poisonous stinger) She screams and Ash tries calling upon Pikachu to catch it
but he's napping so he sent Pidgeotto instead to try to catch it. In the middle of
the battle, Misty runs away and meet a Samurai Pokémon trainer, Ososhru. He
tells her not to scream or else she'll attract attention of some Beedrills (a
Weedle's the third-stage of evolution) Then, Ososhru asked Misty if she knows
of any Pokémon trainers from Pallet Town. Immediately, she thinks that he's
talking about Ash. As the battle between Pidgeotto and the Weedle was still
going on, and Ash was about to catch the Weedle, he is interrupted by the
Samurai, who declares a battle. The Weedle manages to run away and Ash
agrees to the battle. Ash calls upon the weaken Pidgeotto to fight against the
Samurai's Pincer. In no time, Pidgeotto loses to Pincer so Ash calls upon
Metapod. Metapod's shell hardens and Pincer is unable to penetrate it.
Ososhru calls his Pincer back and brings out his Metapod. His Metapod also
hardens. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is lurking somewhere in the forest and is
trying to avoid the Beedrills. Back at the battle, Ososhru and Ash still urges
their Metapods on when some Beedrills interrupt them. The samurai takes his
Metapod back but the Beedrills gets a hold of Ash's Metapod. Ash, the
samurai and the others run to the samurai's cabin as the Beedrills come after
them. In the cabin, the samurai tells his story of how he's lost to three trainers
from Pallet Town and vowed to defeat one.
The next morning, Ash finds Metapod near a bunch of Kakunas. Suddenly,
Team Rocket shows up and demands for Pikachu again. This awakes the
Beedrills and they start chasing everyone. Ash escapes but Team Rocket didn't.
A Beedrill swoops down towards Ash but Metapod saves him by jumping in
front of him. They beat the Beedrills and Metapod miraculously evolves to
Butterfree. The samurai doesn't see Ash as a novice anymore and shows them
the way to Pewter City.
Episode 5 - "Showdown in Pewter City"
Team Rocket tries to set up a trap for Ash and the others but lost the site of the
trap and fall in it themselves. Meanwhile, Ash, Misty and Pikachu are relieved
to get out of the forest. They meet this rock-seller who said that they were
standing on his merchandise. The seller notices Ash's worn out Pokémon so he
takes them to the Pewter City Pokémon Centre. Ash enters the centre and
gives another Nurse Joy (all the nurses are identical in every Pokémon Centre)
his Pokémon. The nurse shows Ash a poster about the Pokémon League's
National Championship Tournament, but Ash needs to get a badge from the
Pewter City Gym. Ash and Misty eat at a restaurant until Ash leaves Misty with
the bill since he didn't want her to help him defeat the gym leader. Ash runs to
the Pokémon Centre to get his Pokémon back and turns to go towards the
gym. There, Ash challenges Brock, the leader of the Pewter City gym. Brock
tells Ash the tournament qualification matches and then the battle begins. Ash
sends Pikachu to go against Brock's Onix (a rock Pokémon) Pikachu loses the
battle and Ash leaves the gym. The rock-seller shows Ash that Brock is the
guardian of 10 brothers and sisters. This makes Ash a little sad, but he is still
determined to beat Brock. The rock-seller offers to help Ash out and make
Pikachu stronger.
Ash goes back to the gym and tries to beat Brock again. Ash loses again with
Pikachu in Onix's grip. Brock calls his Onix to stop because he didn't want to
see Pikachu hurt anymore. The fire from Pikachu's blast starts the water
sprinkling system to go on which weakens Onix. Ash decides to take advantage
of the situation and calls Pikachu to strike at Onix. Suddenly, Brock's brothers
and sisters holds back Ash. Ash remembers what Brock has to go through so
he called back Pikachu. Ash and Pikachu leave the gym when Brock catches
up with them. He gives Ash a badge for caring about other people and other
Pokémons. Brock tells Ash that he can't go with him because he still has to take
care of his siblings. Suddenly, the rock-seller appears and says that he is
actually Brock's father. His father suggests Brock to go with Ash and he will
take care of his children. After, Brock is all ready to go and joins Ash on his
quest. As they're running to the next city, they trample over Team Rocket's
heads.
Episode 6 - "Clefairy and the Moonstone"
Misty, Ash, Brock and Pikachu head towards Cerulean City where they reach
Mt. Moon. Legend has it that a meteor known as the Moonstone smashed into
the mountain during prehistoric times. On Mt. Moon, they meet a scientist
named Seymour, who was swarmed from a flock of some Zubats (a bat
Pokémon). Pikachu saves him with his famous electrical blast. After giving his
thanks, Seymour tells them that a moon rock is very special and helps increases
a Pokémon's power and that some troublemakers looking for the Moonstone
had put up lights in the cave that are confusing the Pokémon. Inside the cave, a
Clefairy (pink powder puff) carrying a Moonstone fragment passes them. Ash
wants to catch it but Seymour says not to. After the Clefairy disappears within
the caves, it screams and Ash, along with the others, come rushing to its rescue.
Then, they find Team Rocket and Meowth. They let loose Koffing and Ekans
to capture the Clefairy. Ash tells Misty to help Clefairy and Seymour escape as
he and Brock stall Team Rocket with Butterfree and a Zubat that Brock
captured outside the cave. Misty, Clefairy and Seymour escape as Zubat uses
his super-sonic attack to confuse Ekans and Koffing into attacking each other,
then Butterfree whirlwinds Team Rocket outside the cave.
Outside, the Clefairy is attacked by Meowth again. Misty calls upon her Staryu
(a starfish-looking Pokémon), who lets loose its star-attack and then beat
Meowth out as Staryu fills him up with water Meowth blows up like a balloon
and then blast away away as the water rushes out of his mouth. Later on, they
all sit down and eat some of Brock's special Pokémon food. Clefairy and
Pikachu are having a conversation and then lead the group to a cave that
contains the Moonstone. Clefairy takes out his rock fragment that he has been
holding the whole time and puts it near the Moonstone. Suddenly, more Clefairy
appear and dance around it. Pikachu, tries to communicate with Ash and he
finally gets it-- the Clefairy pray to the Moonstone. Again, Team Rocket shows
up and challenges Ash and
Brock to a another battle. They start battling but it's not long when Koffing's
smoke fills the air. Pidgeotto whirls away the smoke, they
discover that the Moonstone is stolen by Team Rocket. Onix chases them them
underground. Onix jumps out of the ground and they collide, which sends Team
Rocket airborne. Meanwhile, Seymour explains to the Clefairy why they must
help return the Moonstone. The clefairies appear and use an attack called
Metronome. It blasts everyone into the air and blows up the Moonstone as
well. As fragments Moonstone fall from the sky, several Clefairies evolve into
Clefables
(they're bigger and have bigger wings). The Clefairies and Clefables gather
around a pile of Moonstone fragments, Seymour tells the gang that he'll be
staying with the Clefairies and do some more research. Soon, the group head
for Cerulean City. On the way, Ash rinds a message scribbled on the sign that
reads, "Gary was here! Ash is a loser!" The mad Ash runs down the road with
Brock and Misty following after him. |