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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.

Moonstone had put up lights in the cave that are confusing the Pokémon. Inside the cave, a
Clefairy (pink powder puff) carrying a Moonstone fragment passes them. Ash wants to catch
it but Seymour says not to. After the Clefairy disappears within the caves, it screams and
Ash, along with the others, come rushing to its rescue. Then, they find Team Rocket and
Meowth. They let loose Koffing and Ekans to capture the Clefairy. Ash tells Misty to help
Clefairy and Seymour escape as he and Brock stall Team Rocket with Butterfree and a Zubat
that Brock captured outside the cave. Misty, Clefairy and Seymour escape as Zubat uses his
super-sonic attack to confuse Ekans and Koffing into attacking each other, then Butterfree
whirlwinds Team Rocket outside the cave.
Outside, the Clefairy is attacked by Meowth again. Misty calls upon her Staryu (a
starfish-looking Pokémon), who lets loose its star-attack and then beat Meowth out as Staryu
fills him up with water Meowth blows up like a balloon and then blast away away as the water
rushes out of his mouth. Later on, they all sit down and eat some of Brock's special Pokémon
food. Clefairy and Pikachu are having a conversation and then lead the group to a cave that
contains the Moonstone. Clefairy takes out his rock fragment that he has been holding the
whole time and puts it near the Moonstone. Suddenly, more Clefairy appear and dance
around it. Pikachu, tries to communicate with Ash and he finally gets it-- the Clefairy pray to
the Moonstone. Again, Team Rocket shows up and challenges Ash and
Brock to a another battle. They start battling but it's not long when Koffing's smoke fills
the air. Pidgeotto whirls away the smoke, they
discover that the Moonstone is stolen by Team Rocket. Onix chases them them
underground. Onix jumps out of the ground and they collide, which sends Team Rocket
airborne. Meanwhile, Seymour explains to the Clefairy why they must help return the
MoonstoneThe clefairies appear and use an attack called Metronome. It blasts everyone
into the air and blows up the Moonstone as well. As fragments Moonstone fall from the sky,
several Clefairies evolve into Clefables
(they're bigger and have bigger wings). The Clefairies and Clefables gather around a pile of
Moonstone fragments, Seymour tells the gang that he'll be staying with the Clefairies and do
some more research. Soon, the group head for Cerulean City. On the way, Ash rinds a
message scribbled on the sign that reads, "Gary was here! Ash is a loser!" The mad Ash runs
down the road with Brock and Misty following after him.

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

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