Episode 7 - "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City"
The gang are heading down the path to Cerulean City. Ash is getting excited to get
another badge as Misty starts getting uneasy that they are nearing Cerulean City. She said
that there are lots of scary ghost Pokémons there, and suggests that they go to Vermilion
City instead. But, still, Ash and Brock go down the path into Cerulean City. Meanwhile, in a
Cerulean store, Team Rocket sneaks in and steals a vacuum and a giant hose. Ash and Brock
wander around and discover that they lose Misty. Soon, they across a crime scene. A person
says there are burglars, and a policewoman who looks a lot like the one from Viridian City,
says she is the twin sister-in-law of the policewomen in the previous episodes. The
policewoman starts getting suspicious, but Ash proves her wrong with his Pokédex. The
policewoman tells Ash and Brock about the theft, but they don't know who did it yet. They
sit down on a bench, and Ash wants some info on the Cerulean City Gym, but Brock won't tell
him anything. After, Brock says he needs to do some "stuff" and leaves Ash by himself.
Finally, Ash finds the gym, and enters it, ready to fight. He's really surprised and finds a
group of sisters performing on a long pool, doing dives and synchronized swimming. Ash
leaves the main room, and he sees that the gym is like built like an aquarium. He soon runs into
the three, beautiful sisters, and he discovers they are called the "Sensational Sisters," and
he challenges them, but they are all worn out by fighting other people. They didn't feel like
fighting so one of the sisters offers to just give Ash a cascade badge (badge that you get
after winning a battle) and skip the hassle of battling. Ash says he rather earn it, then
suddenly, Misty enters, and challenges Ash to a battle. Misty admits that she is a sensational
sister also, but her older sister says she is a runt. Her sisters start insulting her and say Ash
is her boyfriend. Misty denies it and they start to battle. Ash calls on Pikachu, but Pikachu
doesn't want to fight a Misty, his friend. So Ash calls upon Butterfree instead.. Misty calls
upon her Staryu. Butterfree uses a tackle, but Staryu uses a counter attack and blocks it.
The battle goes on for a while, as Butterfree definitely has an advantage. Staryu washes it
off, but Butterfree uses its sleeping powder, and Misty's Staryu uses some more tackles.
Now Ash calls Pidgeotto, so Misty calls Starmie. They go at it for a while, and Pidgeotto
blasts Misty into the wall.
Without a warning, there's a rumbling noise, and Team Rocket appears with this machine
with a large hose to suck up all the Pokémon from the pool. They were actually the ones who
stole the stuff from the store earlier. Team Rocket suck up Seel, but Pikachu uses a
thunderbolt and electrocute Team Rocket, but Pikachu is also being sucked up too. Ash climbs
up on the giant hose and turns the switch. Pikachu gets out safe and sound. Team Rocket
blasts off again. After that, Ash gets the badge for his heroic deed while Misty argues that
she should of had it instead. Brock catches up with them while Misty and Ash begin to fight
again. They go on their path to get more badges. *What lies ahead on their path, they'll soon
find out*
Episode 8 - "The Path to the Pokémon League"
Proud Ash is on the path to Vermilion City, with two Gym badges, he is determined to beat
the trainer at the next gym. Along the way, Ash uses his Pokémon, Pidgeotto, to defeat a
trainer, and he compliments him about his skills. After Ash gets his tenth victory, the trainer
tells Ash to challenge A.J.. Ash finds the gym, A.J.'s Gym, which is unofficial by the Pokémon
League. Ash meets up with A.J., and Ash finds out that he has 98 wins so far. Confidently,
Ash challenges A.J.. to a battle. A.J. takes out his whip, and Ash shows off his badges. A.J.
calls the badges are from loser gyms which makes Misty and Brock angry and tells Ash to
pulverize this guy. A.J. calls upon Sandshrew (an armadillo-looking Pokémon), as Ash takes
out Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto is suppose to have an advantage over Sandshrew (a ground-type
Pokémon), but the Sandshrew has had some good training and knocks Pidgeotto from the air.
Ash calls Pidgeotto after being defeated, and takes out Butterfree. After using another
attack from Sandshrew, Butterfree is knocked down too. Ash loses the match when Pikachu
didn't want to fight. Team Rocket is close by, and they think the Sandshrew is tempting.
James hits Meowth down, and Meowth falls down somewhere. But Ash, in the ring, cries and
asks for a rematch, but A.J. doesn't want one. Then, Ash suspects foul play. The group finds
out how A.J. trains his Pokémons, but it looks like he's torturing the Pokémons. Sandshrew
dives in the water, but Ash pushes A.J. into the water. A.J. tells his story to the gang that
Sandshrew was the first Pokémon he ever caught, and they promised to be the best there
ever was. Team Rocket lurks nearby, in the tent. The bell rings in the gym tent, and A.J.
gives the Pokémons a short break. Team Rocket disguise themselves and mistake Sandshrew
Pikachu and kidnap him! A.J. is devastated when he discovers Sandshrew is missing. A.J. calls
for him, but there was not response. Ash suggested that Sandshrew might of ran away due
to A.J.'s harsh training methods. Elsewhere, Sandshrew jumps out of the bag and Meowth is
knocked out. Sandshrew manages to escape underground with Meowth's mouth latched on its
tail. Soon Sandshrew and Meowth are found in the tent. Ash, Misty, and Brock discover that
A.J. really does care about his Pokémon after an emotional moment, as Pikachu points out
Meowth is on the floor. Team Rocket suddenly appear out of nowhere. . Jesse and James
come to Meowth's and insult A.J.'s Pokémon and the gym. A.J. challenges them for his 100th
win and, as usual, Jesse chooses Ekans while James calls out Koffing. Bringing the match to a
close, Sandshrew leaps into the air, smashing into the ground hard enough to split it in half.
The monsters freak out and run away, as A.J gets his 100th win. A.J decides leaves on his
own, in search for some badges. In the end, Ash decides A.J. isn't as bad as he thought, and
promises he'll beat him next time as the world' greatest Pokémon trainer.
Episode 9 - "The School of Hard Knocks"
Once again, Ash, Misty, and Brock are heading down the path and on their way to Vermilion
city. At the beginning, Ash and Misty are in a fog-shrouded place, fighting over the bike,
while Brock tries to settle them down. Then he says the group needs some food, so he sets
up the table. Brock says Ash and Misty are too young for the coffee, so he offers some
prune juice instead. Misty wants tea, and Brock takes out his official "Pokémon Tea Set."
Then Brock takes out his "sparkling water" and offers Ash and Misty some French snacks,
(they were crêpes actually) but he can't make any if he doesn't have any firewood. Misty
doesn't want to go and stays with Brock, so Ash is the one left to get some. Pikachu finds a
fire in the distance. Ash actually finds a group of kids in suits interrogating some other kid
on a treadmill. It seem like they were bullying the kid so Ash bursts into the group, and tells
them to stop bullying him. The group of kids finally leave and Ash learns that they are from
Pokémon Tech, a school for Pokémon trainers who want to join the Pokémon League without
travelling around the fighting for badges . While Brock reads the brochure Misty had about
it, Pikachu is having some fun and working out (it was cute). The group finds the school, and
Joe, the kid who was getting bullied, tells them that he was just pretending that he didn't
know the answers to the questions, so he won't to get any harder questions. Joe tells them
that a beginner is as good as a person with 2 badges, a intermediate student is as good as
someone with 4 badges. And an advance student is as good as someone with eight badges.
Joe also mentioned that many students don't graduate but are too embarrassed to leave
without a diploma. Ash says he wants to meet the person in charge of the student-helping
course, and Joe shows them a picture of a girl, who Ash and Brock immediately like. Misty
gets jealous right away, and decides to look for the girl. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is getting
flashbacks from when they were in Pokémon Tech, and remember how they did in that school.
Anyway, the group head towards the place where the girl usually practices. Joe tells them
that he's better than the rest. Misty and Joe want to battle after Joe insults her gym. Misty
calls upon Starmie while Joe calls upon his Weepingbell. Starmie uses some water attacks
which blasts Weepingbell down. Joe wonders why he lost, and Gazelle, the girl, tells them
that Misty's Pokémon is much more stronger than his. Misty and Gazelle have a cat fight and
decide to battle. Graveler (a rock Pokémon) and Starmie go at it. Rock Pokémon are weak
against water ones, but Gazelle beats Misty anyway. Ash butts in and says some stuff to
Gazelle. After a heated chit chat, Ash and Gazelle decide to battle. Ash calls upon Pikachu
and Gazelle calls on her Cubone (a lizard wearing a cow's skull and wielding a bone). Pikachu
uses shock attack, and Cubone counters. Cubone uses his bone to throw at Pikachu, so Pikachu
decides makes some faces to stare Cubone down. After approaching each other, Cubone
clubs him on the head with his bone. Ash tells Pikachu to give it his best shot, and when Cubone
throws the bone again, Pikachu jumps over it, and manages to beat Cubone. Gazelle calls back
Cubone when he starts to cry. Out of nowhere, Team Rocket, who had the worse grades
ever, show up. Soon gazelle calls up her group of classmates to fight against Team Rocket,
and after being pelted by Pokéballs, they blast off again. After, Gazelle learns an important
lesson. Joe decides to go home and start from scratch, just like Ash.
Episode 10 - "Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village"
Ash, Misty, and Brock are traveling in the forest, lost. Misty and Ash start fighting again
and Brock tries to break the fight up. While resting near a pond, Ash spots an Oddish (a blue
radish with feet) taking a drink. Misty wants to catch it. She starts with her Staryu and the
battle begins. Just before she was about to throw the Pokéball at the weakened Oddish,
another Pokémon called Bulbasaur, intercepts it and knocks away Staryu. Ash wants to catch
the Bulbasaur and calls upon Butterfree to do it. Butterfree tries to wear Bulbasaur down
with a a sleep attack but Bulbasaur just blows it back at Butterfree and makes Butterfree
sleepy instead. In all the confusion, Bulbasaur and Oddish run away to the bushes.
Eventually, Ash forgets about it and the gang tries to cross a suspension bridge that isn't on
their map. Suddenly, the ropes break. They cling on for a while until Brock couldn't hold it
any longer and falls into the river below. Ash and Misty are able to climb back up. Ash,
Misty and Pikachu start running to look for Brock. Suddenly, Misty falls into a big hole but
manages to get out. She manages to get out the group starts running to look for Brock again.
This time, they get caught in a net. Unable to move Ash, Misty and Pikachu are left hanging up
on a tree in a net. Bulbasaur comes along but just leaves them hanging there. Suddenly,
Brock appears and cut them down. Brock tells them that a beautiful girl, Melanie, saved him
from being washed away in the river. Soon Brock brings them to a small house, which is
suppose to be like a Pokémon Centre. When the arrive there and meet Melanie, Misty starts
teasing Brock because he had a crush on her. Later on, Misty sees Oddish there and
apologizes that she tried to catch him earlier. The little house is protected by Bulbasaur.
Bulbasaur wants to fight because he doesn't like Pokémon trainers, and wants Ash, Misty,
and Brock to leave. Melanie tries to tell him that they mean no harm. Then, as usual, Team
Rocket appear to ruin things up. They ride on top of a floating on a stadium roof that is
suspended by balloons. The huge roof lands and a giant vacuum tube pops out and begins to
suck everything up, including the Pokémons. Melanie urges everyone to go into the house for
safety. Bulbasaur bursts out the front door and attacks the vacuum to save them. Soon,
Team Rocket wants to suck all the monsters in inside the house. When Team Rocket tries
various attempts, Ash comes out and foils their plans. Bulbasaur uses his vine attack to knock
away the huge hose. Ash calls upon his Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto uses his gust attack and blows
away Team Rocket but caused a huge tornado after the gust met the vacuum suction. Team
Rocket blasts off again at the speed of light. Finally, it's over. Melanie asks Ash to take
Bulbasaur along. Ash agrees, but Bulbasaur wants a battle first so Ash calls Pikachu to fight.
After a good match, Pikachu manages to weaken Bulbasaur down with one his electric bolts.
Then, Ash throws a Pokéball at Bulbasaur and catches it. Now it's time to bid farewell to
Melanie. Brock offers to stay and help out, but she doesn't want to keep him away from his
adventures. The gang walk away, leaving the little house behind. Once again, they set off for
their quest.
Episode 11 - "Charmander, the Stray Pokémon"
Once again, Ash, Misty and Brock are lost. The only Pokémon that's available in the area
are Spearows. Ash points out that Route 24 would lead them straight to Vermilion City. The
gang is about to leave on their way when they come across a HUGE Pokémon. It's actually a
large rock with a Charmander on it (a lizard-looking Pokémon with a flame on its tail). The
Charmander seems weak because the flame on its tail is almost out. Legend says that when
the Charmander's flame goes out, it'll die. Brock suggests that it seems injured so Ash is
about to catch it with his Pokéball when Charmander flicks the Pokéball away. With Pikachu's
help, the gang finds out that Charmander is actually waiting for his trainer to come back.
Since they can't get Charmander to go with them, Brock suggests to leave Charmander there
and let him wait for his trainer.
Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu leave and head towards the Pokémon Centre. The weather is
horrible with lots of rain and lightning. In the Centre, the gang warm up with a bowl of soup
as Brock is getting more worried about Charmander. Then, in the Centre, the gang hear some
people talking. Ash and Brock hear a boy, Damien, bragging about his collection of Pokémons.
They hear him talk about abandoning his Charmander on the rock. After hearing this, Ash,
Misty and Brock get very angry. Knowing that Charmander's flame might go out, Brock
threatens Damien to get his Charmander back, but Damien doesn't really care what might
happen to his Charmander. After a heated fight between Ash and Damien, they decide to
battle but Nurse Joy breaks it up. After a while, Ash, Misty and Brock decide to go out in
the rain and rescue Charmander from the storm. When they reach the rock where
Charmander was, they see a flock of Spearows attacking it. Pikachu rescues Charmander
from the Spearows by sending a electric bolt at them, as well as Ash's gang. Quickly, they
take Charmander back to the Centre as his flame is almost out. At the Centre, Nurse Joy
takes Charmander and puts him in the Emergency Room.
The next morning, the find out that Charmander is missing. In panic, Ash, Misty and Brock
head back to the huge rock to find Charmander waiting for Damien again. Nurse Joy had said
that Charmander would stay on the rock until he's convinced that Damien won't come back.
The group finally accepts that Charmander won't go with them, so they go on Route 24 to
Vermilion City. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is making another huge trap. Using their
super-duper high-speed whatchamacallit, they drill a huge hole and cover it up. The trap is
done and Team Rocket hide behind the trees. Pikachu steps right over the disguised pit but
doesn't fall in at all. When Ash, Brock and Misty step on it, they fall into the pit, leaving
Pikachu at the surface. Team Rocket, thanks to their rubber super-duper anti-Pikachu suits,
capture Pikachu with a red balloon-shooting super-duper anti-Pikachu bazooka. They manage
to capture Pikachu in a huge balloon. Ash hears Pikachu calling him but Ash couldn't get up
from the pit. Suddenly, Charmander comes along and warns Team Rocket to let go of
Pikachu. Charmander gets angry and lets out a huge ball of fire at them. Quickly, Team
Rocket drops Pikachu and runs away. Not long after, Damien shows up and says that he wants
Charmander back. Charmander refuses to go with him. Then, Damien gets torched and
electrocuted by Charmander and Pikachu. Brock suggests that Ash should take Charmander
so Ash calls him into the Pokéball. Now, Charmander is happy with his new friends.
Episode 12 - "Here comes the Squirtle Squad"
Ash is really excited about his new Pokémon, Charmander. As the gang were walking
towards Vermilion City, they stumble into another pit. Looking up, they see a group of
Squirtles (blue turtles with red shells), who had made the pit as a joke. Angry at the
Squirtles, Ash tells Pikachu to electrocute them and Pikachu manages to send a electrical bolt
on one of them. Pikachu and the leader of the Squirtle squad have a short conversation (the
leader is the one with the huge, pointy sunglasses). Suddenly, Officer Jenny (this is a
different Jenny from the other episodes...she's one of the identical cousins named Jenny)
comes by with her police siren, which scares away the Squirtles. The officers tells Ash,
Misty and Brock about the Squirtle Squad. The Squirtles are part of a Pokémon gang and
they play practical jokes on the townspeople. The Squirtle Squad was formed after their
trainers abandoned them. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are hungry and decide to have a picnic,
but, lurking nearby were the hungry Squirtles. The Squirtles demand for their food and
Team Rocket fall into a hole as they were trying to call for their Pokémons. Happily, the
Squirtles eat Team Rocket's food as they were tied up a tree. Jesse had tried to
compromise with the Squirtles but the Squirtles didn't trust humans. Meowth manages to
convince the Squirtles to let him go by telling them that Jesse and James were his pets.
Later on, Misty is fishing when she thought she caught something. It was actually a Squirtle.
Pikachu uses his electric surge to shock the Squirtle but shocks Ash, Misty and Brock
instead. Suddenly, the Squirtle flings Pikachu into the river. As Pikachu was trying to get
back to shore, a Goldeen (a horned fish) had used its needle attack and weakened Pikachu.
Without warning, some Squirtles threw some ropes at Pikachu and roped him up. Then, they
rope up Ash, Misty and Brock also. |