th 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.
Inside the cave, the group finds out that Meowth is behind it all. Pikachu is found inside a cage, all
injured and weak. Ash knows that Pikachu needs some Super Potion and manages to compromise with the
Squirtles to let him get some for Pikachu. Meowth threatens to dye Misty's hair purple if he's not back
by noon tomorrow. Quickly, Ash runs to the nearest town to get some medicine. He almost makes it to
the door of the shop when Gary opens it, accidentally smacking Ash in
the face. Ash finally gets back some consciousness to find that Team Rocket had robbed the store. He
is nearly shot by the shop keepers when he runs in to get the super potion but manages to get the
medicine. Officer Jenny escorts Ash to the cave. Ash goes in by himself with Charmander lighting the
way. Ash gives Misty the potion and she sprays it on Pikachu. They're interrupted with Team Rocket
throwing down bombs. The gang run for cover but there is one Squirtle who was upside down on its shell
and couldn't get up. Ash risks his life and covers the Squirtle to protect it. As more bombs drop,
Squirtle grabs Ash and runs into the cave. A huge fire had started and all the Squirtles team up to hose
the fire down.
Afterwards, the Squirtles get an award for being so brave and are appointed the town's
firefighters. As Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu are on their way, they find Squirtle, the leader of the
squad, following behind them. He wants to join Ash's team and takes off his sunglasses to reveal a cute
Pokémon. Squirtle runs to Ash to receive a warm welcome from Ash and Pikachu.
Episode 13 - "Mystery At The Lighthouse"
No big surprise....our heroes are lost. Brock and Misty lack faith in Ash's
Pokémon-catching abilities and Misty gets Ash angry. Ash suddenly runs off to a beach, where he finds
a Krabby (a crab Pokémon). Using only a stick and a Pokéball, Ash manages to catch Krabby. Being
proud of his catch, Ash holds the Pokéball in his hand when it disappears. Ash gets worried about it and
Brock explains that in the Pokémon League you're only allowed to carry six Pokémon at a time and the
rest are all teleported to where you got your Pokédex, which means that Krabby is with Professor Oak.
Brock also tells Ash that he can change his Pokémon by pressing the white button on his Pokédex. Ash
doesn't want to exchange any of his Pokémons but gets worried and wants to know if his Krabby is
okay. Ash wants to call Professor Oak but a phone is nowhere to be found. Then, Pikachu points out a
lighthouse in the distance. The group walk up the path and reach the lighthouse. They ring the doorbell
and ask to come inside. The voice agrees to let them in and the door opens automatically. Ash asks for a
phone and the voice tells him where it is. Then, Ash calls Professor Oak, who was just cooking dinner.
Ash gets upset and wonders if Professor Oak was eating his Krabby but Oak assured him that he was
just cooking Tofu. Then, Professor Oak explained that Gary had already caught 45 Pokémons! That had
made Ash surprised. Professor Oak has to leave and asks, Bill, the Pokémon researcher (the voice) if he
could give the group a crash course about Pokémons. The group step forward towards Bill and the light
reveals a Kabudo (an extinct, prehistoric Pokémon) instead! Brock points out that Kabudos are instinct
and they find out that Bill is just stuck in a costume. They help Bill out of the costume and then Bill
explains the research he's doing on rare Pokémons. He explains to Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu about
all the different kinds of Pokémons that once existed. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is climbing up the cliff
to get to the lighthouse without being seen. Back inside the lighthouse, Bill says that he is looking for
one specific Pokémon which he describes as a huge Loch Ness monster. He says that the huge Pokémon
wants to find friends and Bill said that he wants to be friends with it also. Bill doesn't want to capture
it, he just wants to study it. Bill and the group go outside to the top of lighthouse, where they hear a
strange, beautiful music coming from the ocean. Team Rocket hear the music also from the cliff side. A
huge Pokémon shows up near the lighthouse and Team Rocket tries to capture it with bazooka-looking
weapons. The huge dragon-like Pokémon attacks Team Rocket and leaves back to the ocean afterwards.
Bill calls for it to come back but the huge Pokémon disappears into the fog.
The next day, Bill forgets about the huge Pokémons and wishes Ash and the group good luck on their
journey. Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu continue down their way to become the greatest Pokémon
trainers in the world.
Episode 14 - "Electric Shock Showdown"
Like a dream, Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu finally reach Vermilion City! Pikachu is feeling hungry
so Ash takes him to the Vermilion City Pokémon Centre to feed him. At the Pokécentre, Ash and Pikachu
see a kid bringing in a Rattata who seem to be very weak. Nurse Joy (a different Nurse Joy) says that
the gym leader of the Vermilion City Gym had done this, just like all the other injured Pokémons in the
Pokécentre. Ash finds out the name of the gym leader, Lt. Surge, and Misty knows that Ash is not an
experienced enough trainer to battle against him. Finally, Pikachu is healed and Ash and Misty find him
eating happily at some snacks. Ash warns Pikachu to get ready and battle Lt. Surge, but when another
injured Pokémon passed by, Pikachu cries out and didn't want to go anymore. Ash is confident that
Pikachu will win and they enter the Gym.
At the gym, Lt. Surge was a huge man who had a Raichu (a evolved form of Pikachu). After seeing
Raichu, Pikachu is very determined to beat him. The battle is cruel and Pikachu had lost pretty badly.
Later on, Pikachu is taken to the Pokémon Centre, where he was laid in a bed to heal. Pikachu wakes up
and refuses to talk to anyone. Brock and Misty says that it's almost impossible for Pikachu to win
against Raichu. Overhearing their conversation, Nurse Joy shows Ash and Pikachu a Thunder stone,
which will make Pikachu evolve into a Raichu. Ash isn't sure whether to make Pikachu evolve so he asks
Pikachu if he wants to. After a long pause, Pikachu whacks the stone away and tells Ash that he wants to
fight Raichu just the way he is. Outside the window, Team Rocket is spying on them while Meowth is
translating what Pikachu is saying. Brock gives Ash a strategy against Raichu.
AS Ash and Pikachu head towards the gym, they are stopped by Team Rocket who disguise
themselves. Team Rocket gives Ash and Pikachu a cheer to them. Misty says good bye, knowing that
they were Team Rocket. At the gym, Ash and Pikachu are ready. After a few slams, Pikachu used his
agility and speed to fight against Raichu. Pikachus and Raichus learn their agility and speed when they
are in their Pikachu stage but Brock found out that Lt. Surge's Raichu had evolved too quickly to learn
agility. Near the end of the battle, Raichu sends out a gigantic electric bolt that destroys the windows.
Lt. Surge and Raichu are thinking the battle is over until they find Pikachu standing on top of his tail.
Raichu can't use anymore of his attacks and Pikachu finishes him off. At the end, Ash is awarded the
Thunder badge. Raichu congratulates Pikachu.Ash gives Pikchu a warm hug.Afterwards,Team Rocket had just realized that they've devoted the entire entire episode cheering on the g |