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Episode 20 - "Bye, Bye Butterfree"
Along the way to Saffron City, Ash and friends come to a cliff at the ocean. There they
find flocks of Butterfree during their love season. This is the time of year when the
Butterfree find mates and leave across the ocean to lay eggs. Ash and pals rent a hot-air
balloon to see the Butterfree up close and release Ash's Butterfree so it too can find a
mate. Butterfree is pretty much rejected by every female he meets (poor Butterfree).
Other Butterfree trainers also hope into their hot air balloons to release their Butterfrees
and Brock sees a pretty female trainer in another balloon. He tries to hook up Butterfree
with the girl's Butterfree (so he could meet the trainer, of course), but Misty whacks him
upside the head, saying that he shouldn't tell which Pokémon Butterfree should go for.
It was not long after when Butterfree then falls for a pretty pink Butterfree.
Butterfree tries his courtship dance to get her interested, but the pink Butterfree just
rejects him. Heartbroken, Butterfree heads down into the forest with Ash and the gang
following him down. They find Butterfree behind a tree and tell him
to not give up. Misty suggests showing off his attack moves. Brock thinks a new look might
help, so he ties a bandana around Butterfree's neck (it looked really cute). Butterfree and
his friends go back up to the sky once more. Butterfree shows the pink Butterfree his flying
tackle, his stun spore shower, and his whirlwind attack, but she still ignores him anyway. Like
always, Team Rocket shows up in a
black helicopter and starts stealing all the Butterfrees in the sky with a giant butterfly net.
All of the Butterfrees, except Ash's, are caught in the net. Butterfree's attacks against the
helicopter are useless, so Butterfree follows the chopper and leads Ash and the bunch in the
balloon to Team Rocket's secret bunker down in some valley.
Team Rocket is pretty proud and relieved that their plan had actually worked but then Ash
and his friends show up with their own version of the Team Rocket motto. While Misty's
Starmie keeps Team Rocket busy, Butterfree manages releases his fluttery friends. Jesse
bashes Starmie with a sledgehammer and
Team Rocket chases the Butterfrees down in the helicopter again. Butterfree takes Pikachu
to Team Rocket's chopper and Pikachu blasts them out of the sky. In the end, Ash and
Butterfree say goodbye with an emotion moment, thinking of all the wonderful times they've
had together. Butterfree and the pink Butterfree flutter into the sunset as Ash and his
friends look from far behind....

Episode 21 - "Abra and the Psychic Showdown"
Ash and friends get lost on the way to Saffron City, as usual. Along their way find a girl in
the woods who runs off when asked they for directions. Ash decides to run after her, but
nearly falls off a cliff instead, when Bulbasaur uses his vine-whip. The cliff over-looks
Saffron City, which looks more like a city than the other cities in the previous episodes. As
Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu enter the city entrance, they're greeted by some Hawaiian
girls (who are actually Team Rocket) and are told that they're the one-millionth visitor to the
city. Their prize isn't't so glamorous, Pikachu gets snatched away from them and while being
shoved onto a warp tile that takes them to a windowless and doorless room. Team Rocket
mocks Ash and company through TV when the signal suddenly cuts out. In the control room,
the girl from the forest appears, and paralyzes James and Jesse. The girl then teleports
with Pikachu to the windowless room and then teleports everyone back outside.
Ash and his friends manage to find their way to the gum. Out of nowhere, a jogger warns
Ash to forget about challenging Sabrina, the Gym Leader because it is too dangerous. Still
determined to beat the Gym leader, Ash enters the temple-looking gym where they find
many people praticing some of their psychic powers. A man in a surgical mask tells them that
psychokinetic powers are necessary to control psychic Pokémon, and starts to bend a spoon
with the powers of his mind. After, he tells Ash he is not worthy of challenging Sabrina since
Ash lacked any psychic powers. Ash bends the spoon with his hands and demands to see
Sabrina immediately. When Ash and the gang reach the arena, they see through a
see-through curtain to see the girl from the forest. She will only accept Ash's challenge
under one condition: If Ash loses, he and his friends must be her friends and play with her.
Thinking this is just a mere little girl's request, Ash accepts and discovers the girl is actually
a doll controlled by the psychic powers of Sabrina, the teenaged gym leader.
And so, Ash calls upon Pikachu to battle. Sabrina summons Abra (a psychic pokémon that
sleeps a lot), which just snoozes while Pikachu hops around, taunting it. Pikachu attempts to
open with the Thundershock attack, but
Abra's psychic powers cause the electricity to go back on Pikachu, shocking Pikachu. Pikachu
attempts a quick attack, but Abra teleports behind him and Sabrina evolves it into the
spoon-wielding Kadabra. Ash commands Pikachu to fill the arena with lightning, but Kadabra
manages to make the lightning turn at Pikachu. Pikachu takes the hit pretty badly, but it gets
worse as Kadabra's psychokinetic powers kept slamming Pikachu against the ceiling and floor.
Not long after, Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu are shrunk down to doll size and teleported
into a town made of dollhouses.
It takes Ash a while to figure out that he's actually a doll and Ash's gang find themselves
chased down the street by Sabrina's dolly. The street is block by a picture in a frames and
the doll rolls a gigantic ball to them that would surely crush them if something doesn't save
them. Something in the form of the mysterious
jogger saves them, as he teleports into the doll town, teleports everyone out and back to
normal size outside the gym. The jogger tells Ash not to challenge Sabrina again because he
won't be able to save them next time and no one without psychic powers could beat her. Ash
says that all they need to do is attack faster and the jogger uses his psychic powers to cause
Ash's pants to fall down and make him do a little dance. Seeing the jogger's point, Ash asks
him to teach him psychic powers. The jogger says that usually only people born with the
powers can learn them. I forget why, but for some reason Ash tries to get near the jogger,
but he's blasted back with psychokinetic force. It'll take more than guts to defeat Sabrina
explains Jogger, but Ash crawls his way to Jogger's foot. Jogger thinks he just might have
what it takes "to save Sabrina" (whatever that meant...) and tells Ash the only Pokémon
capable of beating a psychic is a ghost Pokémon that can be found in Lavender Town. Ash and
friends then head straight for Lavender Town, while Jesse and James are still paralyzed
and Meowth drags them along

Episode 22 - "Tower of Terror"
Taking the advice of the mysterious jogger, Ash and friends head for Lavender Town.
Along the fog-shrouded way, Ash scares Brock and Misty with a mask. Ash thinks that they
need to overcome fear if they're to catch a ghost Pokémon and beat Sabrina, but Brock and
Misty are less than appreciative. They eventually get to Lavender Town and the haunted
Pokémon Tower, but no one is willing to go inside. Meanwhile, inside the tower, Team Rocket
awaits with a plan to catch Pikachu. James falls through the floor and is followed by Meowth
when he slashes Jesse's face trying to defend himself from a Ghastly surrounding her head.
Jesse doesn't see it until she looks in a mirror, panics, and falls through the hole in floor.
Team Rocket then falls through a few more floors into the basement.
Ash and company finally muster up enough courage to enter the tower. The door closes
behind them, sending them into complete darkness. Charmander lights a candle (and Brock,
who was holding it) and the five of them eventually find themselves in the dining room. Ash
pulls a rope labeled "Pull me" and they get showered with confetti and big sign that reads
"Welcome". Dinnerware and chairs fly all over the place and Team Ash beats a hasty retreat
outside. Ash bravely (or stupidly) marches back inside while Brock and Misty wait outside.
Hearing sounds coming through a hole in the floor, Ash has Pikachu send down a lightning blast
and Charmander let loose with a fire blast. He tosses down a Pokéball which hits a toasted
Jesse in the face. Jesse swears revenge and Meowth points out that her
hair is on fire.
As Ash just stared down at what seemed like a twirling fireball, Haunter (Ghastly's
second stage of evolution) sneaks up behind Ash and startles him. Ash has Charmander leer
at Haunter and the two get into a staring match. Charmander makes a face, Haunter bursts
out laughing and licks Charmander, which really freaks him out. Ash puts the lizard back into
its ball and Gengar (third-stage Ghastly) appears, whaps Ash with a huge paper fan, and
procedes to whap Haunter vigorously. After a while, Ash realizes that they're trying to be
funny. He tells the ghosts they aren't and they sink into the floor. Then a chandalier falls on
Ash and Pikachu, knocking them out cold. Ghastly, Haunter and Gengar check to see if they're
OK, then Haunter separates Ash and Pikachu's spirits from there bodies. Ash and Pikachu
panic, then the three ghost Pokémon take them on a trip through the sky.
Ash sees Misty and Brock and decides to have some fun with them. Misty thinks she heard
something, then Ash lifts her up into the air and drops her. Brock catches her then the two of
them go inside to check on Ash. The ghostly trio take Ash and Pikachu into an enormous play
room and Ash figures out that the ghosts just want to have fun, not scare people. Ash
explains he has to now and, after a good cry, the ghosts put Ash and Pikachu back into their
bodies. Misty and Brock are glad to
see their friends are OK, and the four of them leave the tower. Ash explains he could never
catch the ghost Pokémon, then Haunter appears and scares off Brock and Misty, and Ash
finds himself with a new friend with Haunter.

Episode 23 - "Haunter vs. Kadabra"
With Haunter at his side, Ash, Brock and Misty return to Saffron City. Before entering the
gym, Ash releases Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander and entire group storms their way
into the arena. Sabrina calls out her Kadabra but when Ash calls for Haunter, he's gone
missing. Panicing like crazy, Ash calls it quits and everyone makes a break for it. The exits
are sealed, but the mysterious jogger rescues everyone except Brock and Misty who got
turned into dolls.
Outside the gym, the jogger tells Ash about Sabrina's past. As a little girl all Sabrina
wanted to do was practice her pyschic powers. She didn't even want to make friends. Her
parents tried to curb her powers, but Sabrina used her psychic powers to turn them away.
Eventually, her powers split her into two people: the emotionless pokémon trainer who'll stop
at nothing to win, and the doll who tries
her hardest to make friends. Seeing that the jogger has the same picture as the one blocking
the street in episode 20, Ash makes a connection. Most people would make the connection
that the jogger was Sabrina's dad, but Ash thinks he's a photographer (he's wrong, of
course). But that doesn't matter, as Ash must find Haunter again if he's ever to defeat
Sabrina.
Not known to Ash as he walks about town, Team Rocket is waiting on a window-cleaning
platform above him. Their apparently most ingenious plan ever: to catch Pikachu in a fish net!
(hehe) Haunter appears and starts freaking them out, as they topple off the platform. Jesse
hangs to the platform on for dear life (while James hangs on her and Meowth hangs on him)
as Haunter goofs off in front of her. Finally, she can't hold her laughter in much longer. She
bursts out laughing and
they leave Team Rocket-shaped holes in the sidewalk. Ash realizes Haunter just saved
Pikachu then makes him promise not to dissapear like that again until he defeats Sabrina's
Kadabra.
Ash, Pikachu, and Haunter head back to the Gym to challenge Sabrina. The stakes: If Ash
wins, Sabrina turns Brock and Misty back into humans. If he loses, Ash and all his Pokémon
get turned into dolls! Sabrina sends in Kadabra, but Haunter has disappeared again! Pikachu
bravely dives into the fray with several thundershock attacks, each of which is dodged by a
timely teleport! Kadabra
lets loose with a psychic assault that sends Pikachu reeling! Pikachu's thunderbolt attack
fries Kadabra, but he recovers! Suddenly Haunter appears out of nowhere next to Sabrina
and starts to goof off. Sabrina's doll objects, but the jogger points out that Haunter isn't
fighting, so he stays.
Haunter does a great many entertaining tricks, ending with a cartoon bomb that covers
Sabrina, the doll and the ghost with ash. Finally Sabrina can't hold back anymore and bursts
out laughing and doll fades off into the background. Ash doesn't understand, and the jogger
points out that Kadabra, whose psychically linked to Sabrina, is rolling around on the arena
floor laughing his head off. Since Kadabra can no longer battle, the jogger declares the
match over with Ash as the victor! The jogger remarks that it's the happiest he's seen
Sabrina in her entire life, then Ash finally makes the connection! He also took her baby
pictures! (Geez! How dense can you get, huh?) Not that it matters, because Brock and Misty
are back to normal, Sabrina has a new friend, Ash has the Marshbadge, and Team Rocket is
covered with cement after they escaped from the hole they made.

Episode 24 - "Primeape Goes Bananas"
Ash decides to show off to Professor Oak about the four badges that he's won so far.
Oak tells him that the other trainers from Pallet Town, including Gary, already have five
badges and has passed through Celadon City. Also, Gary has over 30 Pokémon now, and Ash
hasn't caught any since Krabby was transported to Oak's house. The two of them have been
getting along quite well, enjoying tea and
writing poetry. Not good poetry, but poetry none the less. According to Professor Oak, poets
and trainers have a lot in common. You can't be a good poet without rhyming and you can't be
a good trainer without catching loads of Pokémon. With that, the conversation ends and Ash
walks back to where Misty, Brock and Pikachu are eating Brock's homemade doughnuts (with
no artificial ingredients, might I add). Brock says it's a day's walk to Celadon City, or less if
they hurry. A Mankey (a pig-nosed little monkey thing) appears and Brock gives it a doughnut.
Ash tries to catch it by throwing a Pokéball at it, but catches a half-eaten doughnut instead.
Mankey is upset and thrashes Ash, steals his official Pokémon League hat (which he won by
sending in about a million postcards), and climbs into a tree. Ash shakes his fist at Mankey
and demands his hat back, but Mankey shakes his fist right back at him and makes
monkey-like hooting sounds. Ash climbs up the tree only to be thrashed again. Since this is a
bad time, Team Rocket shows up and demands
Pikachu. Mankey hops out of the tree to inspect Team Rocket and James kicks it over a rock.
Brock warns them not to make the Mankey angry, and Team Rocket turns to see Mankey
evolve into Primeape (NEVER look a Primeape in the eyes).
Deciding to ignore the pig-monkey-thing, Jesse and James sends in Ekans and Koffing to
capture Pikachu and Primeape sends Jesse face-first into a boulder. Enraged, Jesse
commands Ekans and Koffing to attack the white, fluffy monkey thing and the entirety of
Team Rocket dog piles on Primeape. Ash and friends make a break for it, but wait! Ash
forgot his hat! Pikachu goes back for it, but his path is block by the Primeape who just beat up
Team Rocket. Despite his best efforts,
Pikachu looks Primeape in the eyes and is forced to Thundershock him. Primeape (whose
wearing Ash's hat now) throws fit and Brock thinks he just wants some attention. Brock gets
thrown over the horizon like a rag doll and Primeape rampages after Ash, Pikachu and Misty!
Team Rocket decides to cut them off at the pass.
Misty, Ash and Pikachu split up to try to lose Primeape, but he's rapidly gaining on Ash!
Brock, who just caught up, thinks he and Misty should catch up with them. Meanwhile, further
down the road, Team Rocket dig themsleves into a hole. Jesse peers out of the pit just long
enough to see Ash fall on her. Koffing belches a cloud of noxious gas, and climbs out of the
hole to see the eyes of Primeape. Remembering what Oak said about poetry and Pokémon
training (not that it applies to poetry), Ash sends in Squirtle to attack Primeape. The blue
squirrel-turtle's clear geyser makes the white pig-monkey see red, so Ash recalls him and
sends in Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur's razor-leaf attack is none to effective, so he trades places
with Charmander. Charmander seems to be getting pulverized by Primeape, but Dexter the
Pokédex reports on Charmander's Rage attack, which gets stronger as
Charmander gets damaged. The rage attack sends Primeape down for the count and Ash
catches him in a Pokéball. He then uses Primeape to uppercut Team Rocket, Pokémon and all,
into the upper stratasphere. Ash welcomes Primeape to his team, and Primeape welcomes Ash
to a black eye.
The chase brought them all the way to Celadon City. In the end, Ash gets his hat back, a
new Pokémon, and Team Rocket lands in the middle of Primeape nest. Hee hee hee. Silly
monkey-pig things.

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