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Episode 1 "I Choose You!"

Ash Ketchum dreams of becoming the world's greatest Pokemon trainer. He
is to be given a Pokemon by Professor Oak but arrives late. Squirtle, Charmander, and
Bulbasaur were all chosen but there was one left, Pikachu. At first Pikachu didn't like
Ash too much, but after an incident where Ash was about to get the crap pecked out of him
by Spearows to save Pikachu, Pikachu started to like Ash. Ash rushed Pikachu to the
Viridian City Pokemon Center. And he had Misty, the girl he stole a bike from, right
behind him.

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Episode 2 "Pokemon Emergency!"

Pikachu is in bad shape after being beaten up by Spearows and Ash takes
it to the Poke Center in Viridian. While waiting Ash talks to Prof. Oak via telephone and
tells him he saw a Pokemon flying over a rainbow. Then Team Rocket debuts as the villains
of the series and tries to get the sick Pokemon from the Pokemon Center with their Pokemon
Koffing, Ekans, and Meowth. They are stopped by Ash's Pikachu who shocks them. Ash says
goodbye and it's off through the Viridian Forest with Pikachu and Misty close behind.

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Episode 3 "Ash catches a Pokemon!"

Ash enters Viridian Forest and upon his arrival sees a Caterpie and
captures it. Misty is scared by the cute little Caterpie (and bugs in general). As time
goes by Ash catches a Pidgeotto. Then the usual attack of Team Rocket comes and they try
to steal Pikachu. But Caterpie beats Koffing, Ekans, and Meowth. It got a ton of
experience from them and evolved into Metapod.

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Episode 4 "Samurai Showdown"

Ash is still wandering through Viridian Forest when he finds a Weedle
and battles it. He is about to capture it when a samurai shows up and distracts him. His
Pinsir defeats Pidgeotto but then cannot beat Metapod. Metapod has to face the samurai's
Metapod next and they just use Harden repeatedly. Then the match is stopped by a swarm of
Beedrills. The Beedrills trap the samurai, Ash, and Misty in a cabin and take Metapod
captive. In the morning Ash goes to retrieve

Metapod but Team Rocket wakes up all the Beedrills. Ash evaded the
Beedrills and they chased Team Rocket. Matapod then saved Ash from a stray Beedrill and
Metapod evolved into Butterfree and used it's Sleep Powder to knock the Beedrills and Team
Rocket out. It's off to Pewter City!

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Episode 5 "Showdown in Pewter City"

Ash goes and heals his Pokemon and tries to defeat Brock, the Pewter Gym
leader. Pikachu gets whooped by Brock's Onix and then Ash follows a man to an old shack.
The man shows Ash how Brock has to take care of all of his brothers and sisters. Then they
take Pikachu to a watermill and power him up using some weird machine. The next day Ash
goes to battle Brock again. Pidgeotto gets beat by Geodude, then Geodude gets whooped by
Pikachu, then Onix is about to beat Pikachu when Brock tells it to stop because he didn't
want to hurt Pikachu. Then the sprinklers go off and Onix is severely weakened but Ash
doesn't have the heart to hurt it. As Ash is leaving Brock gives him a BoulderBadge and
joins Ash on his quest because he wants to be a great Pokemon breeder. The man Ash saw
earlier was Brock's father who left home long ago and he said he would take care of the
family while Brock was away.

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Episode 6 "Clefairy and the Moon Stone"

Ash and the gang come across Mt. Moon and they see a scientist being
attacked by Zubats. Pikachu shocks the Zubats and saves the scientist and Ash doesn't
notice at first but Brock captures one of the Zubats. The scientist says he is looking for
a Moon Stone which Clefairys supposedly came to Earth on. Then Team Rocket shows up and
admits to disturbing the habitat of the Pokemon of Mt. Moon. Then as they are escaping
Onix derails them. Then Pikachu and a Clefairy lead the way to a cavern in Mt. Moon and in
it is the Moon Stone and a bunch of Clefairys dancing around it. Then Team Rocket tries to
snag it but as usual fail and the Moon Stone splits up and transforms some of the Clefairy
into Clefables and the scientist says he will live with the Clefairy and protect the Moon
Stone.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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!

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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......

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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 fli

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