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I Choose You!
Ash Ketchum is a 10-year-old who dreams of becoming the world's
greatest Pokemon trainer. However, on the morning he was to get
his first Pokemon, he accidentally oversleeps and is late in getting
to the lab of Professor Oak, who is Pallet Town's Pokemon expert
and who was to give him his Pokemon. He discovers that the only
Pokemon left for him is Pikachu, an electric mouse, but Ash likes
him so much that he chooses him. Pikachu, however, is very
uncooperative, and refuses to help him capture Pokemon.
While trying to capture Pokemon in a field, Ash angers a Spearow,
a very violent Pokemon, and its flock chases Ash and Pikachu,
injuring the poor electric mouse. Pikachu calls down an electric
beam to disperse the Spearows when he realizes that Ash is ready
to give his life to save him, and through this ordeal Pikachu and Ash
become the best of friends.
Emergency!
Ash arrives at the Viridian Pokemon Center just in the nick of time
to save Pikachu who was badly injured by the Spearow flock. While
in the waiting room, the girl from whom he ah, "borrowed" her bike
shows up, angry that it's now a heap of junk, but when Ash lets her
know that his Pikachu is in the operating room, she's just as
concerned as he is. Pikachu recovers successfully thanks to the
Pokemon Center's nurse, but as Ash and Misty are about to spend
some time with Pikachu, a gang of Pokemon thieves shows up,
wanting to steal the Center's rare Pokemon! The thieves are Jessie,
James and Meowth of Team Rocket, and their Pokemon Ekans and
Koffing cause a lot of damage to the Pokemon Center. Ash and the
girl try to attack with the Pokemon Center's Pokemon, but they get
defeated easily. They finally drive Team Rocket away thanks to
Pikachu, but the Pokemon Center gets destroyed in the process,
although all of the Viridian Pokemon stay safe.
Ash Catches a Pokemon!
Ash, Misty and Pikachu arrive in Viridian Forest, where Ash finds
Caterpie, a Pokemon of the Insect element. Caterpie tries to be
friendly with Misty, but she's scared of bugs, so she chases them
away. Later on, Caterpie and Pikachu are "talking" together while
Misty and Ash sleep, and Caterpie thinks that if he manages to
evolve into Butterfree that Misty would like him.
The next day, Ash finds Pidgeotto, a higher evolution of Pidgey; he
sends Caterpie to weaken it but Caterpie is easily defeated.
Pikachu weakens Pidgeotto by shocking it, and Ash captures it.
Then out of the blue, Team Rocket appears, wanting to capture
Pikachu; Pikachu gets blinded by Koffing's sludge attack, but
Caterpie, weakened from the battle with Pidgeotto, manages to
defeat Team Rocket and their Pokemon, and it evolves into
Metapod.
Samurai's Challenge
Still in Viridian Forest, Ash is trying to catch a Weedle, another
insect-element Pokemon, when a strange samurai challenges him
to a trainer's duel. During the fight, the Weedle manages to escape
and has a swarm of Beedrils, Pokemon that have evolved from
Weedles, attack Ash and Misty. They capture Ash's Metapod and
they bring him to a part of the forest where the trees are full of
Beedrils, Weedles and Kakunas, and Ash can't get close enough to
save his Pokemon.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket is still trying to get Ash's Pikachu, but
Ash manages to defeat them (again) after saving his Metapod.
Metapod evolves into Butterfree, his highest evolution, and puts the
attacking Beedrils and Team Rocket to sleep with his Sleep
Powder. The samurai who challenged him congratulates him on his
victory, even though he feels that Ash isn't quite experienced
enough. Now they're on their way to Pewter City, where Ash's first
real challenge will appear...
Showdown in Pewter City
Ash and Misty arrive in Pewter City, where Ash challenges the local
Gym Leader, Brock, to try to win a badge from him. Pikachu easily
gets beaten by Brock's Onix, a huge rock serpent, and he leaves
the Gym with disappointment. Flint, a man that Ash met outside
Pewter City, shows him that Brock is a very good Pokemon Trainer,
but he can't participate in any championships because he has to
stay and take care of his ten brothers and sisters. With Flint's help,
he manages to super-charge Pikachu, and they challenge Brock
again.
During the battle, Pikachu's electrical attacks accidentally set fire to
the rafters and turns on the sprinkler system. Water makes
Rock-Element Pokemon weak, but Ash refuses to defeat Brock,
since he says that it's not fair that the sprinklers turned on. With
Misty following behind them, Ash and Pikachu leave Pewter City,
but Brock catches up to him and offers him the Boulder Badge as a
token of good Pokemon training. Flint is revealed as being Brock's
father, and he promises to take care of his children while Brock
goes out in the world with Misty, Pikachu and Ash.
Oh, and if anyone was wondering about that trap that Team Rocket
tried to set for our heroes? Well, they fell into it, and they manage to
get out at the end. (Aw. ^^;) |