Episodes 77-80 - Pokemon - http://maxpages.com/togepi8/Episodes_77

Episode 77 "The Fourth Round Rumble"
Gary is battling his 4th match of the Pokémon League. His Nidoking is battling against a Golem. After a little fighting, Nidoking is defeated and Gary is out of the Pokémon League. This defeat makes Ash nervous that he too may lose his fourth battle. Brock tells him not to give up, and so he doesn't. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are trying selling things to get money. They seem to be good at it as they sell out of official Pokémon League badges, well, Meowth is up to his usual tricks and they aren't official, he is in fact making them out of bottle caps, but they sure sell well anyway. They decide to try a distraction with some fake Pikachu being taken away by there balloon, a couple of Officer Jenny's spot the balloon and Growlithe takes it down. Jessie and James were going to use the distraction to allow them to steal all the spectators Pokémon with a vacuum. The Jenny's notice there vacuum and ticket it. Team Rocket run for cover and disguise themselves as snack salesmen and start selling hot-dogs and ice-cream. Ash enters his last arena before he can battle in the Indigo arena. His opponent Ginette starts with a Beedrill. Ash fights the Beedrill with his Bulbasaur. After a few close calls, leech seeds it to death and wins. Next, Bulbasaur battles Scyther. Again it's close, but Bulbasaur wins again. Then, Ginette brings out a Bellsprout. Ash believes it is going to be an easy win, but surprisingly to everyone, Bellsprout defeats Bulbasaur. Ash sends Pikachu to take care of Bellsprout, but poor Pikachu is knocked out cold by Bellsprout's thin, twig arm. Luckily, before battle, Ash had gotten his Muk and this was his last hope for this match. Muk proves to be invulnerable to Bellsprout's attacks. Muk moves towards the helpless Bellsprout and smothers it. Ash has won his 4th match, and it's on to the central Indigo arena. After the match, Jessie and James found they had a successful day, and sold many hot-dogs and ice-cream, they are quite pleased with their ability to sell. Maybe they should go into business as a fast food chain!

Episode 78 "A Friend In Deed"
Ash and the gang are going to find a place to eat, after a successful 4th win, Ash is getting ready for his fifth battle, he doesn't know who he's up against yet. His mom invades the kitchen inside the restaurant and starts making something for Ash. Her cooking is great, leaving the chef asking for the recipe, so they all have a nice dinner. Later, as Ash is getting on the elevator to go back outside, a boy named Ritchie is rushing to catch the elevator too. Ash stops the door for him and he gets on. They are going down, just as the power goes out. They are trapped in the elevator, but Ritchie has a plan to get Pikachu to power the elevator the rest of the way down. Once they get out, they hear an announcement that they have to get their Pokémon inspected by the Pokémon League, or they are disqualified from the competition. It's really another plan of Team Rocket's to steal everybody's Pokémon, they fool everyone and get all the Pokémon until Pikachu shocks Jessie as she tries to pick him up, and so they reveal themselves. They successfully get away, but Ash and Ritchie chase after them. Ash decides to dive down the mountain, but Ritchie stops him. Ash becomes mad at Ritchie, as they continue the chase. They leap out in front of the van, and so James swerves aside, falling over into a stream, the van is still going and Jessie and Meowth are okay. Unfortunately, James was knocked unconscious by the fall. Jessie manages to steer them to safety. Later on, Ash is sorry for becoming mad at Ritchie, realizing that his life was saved, and the two boys camp out for the night. The following morning they find Team Rocket and the stolen Pokémon. Jessie and James wake up to discover them, and lock the door. They start driving away, so Ash searches the bag for one of his Pokémon, but can't find which ones are his. Pikachu finds Bulbasaur, but Bulbasaur can't seem to penetrate the wall. Ritchie calls out his Charmander, which gets through the wall. Ash and Ritchie eventually succeed in getting all the Pokémon back, and return to the League building to find out who Ash is battling for the fifth round. It turns out to be Ritchie... both of them friends, both with ambitions of becoming the greatest trainer in the world.

Episode 79 "Friend or Foe Alike"
Ash is to battle Ritchie in the next round of the Pokémon League competition. Misty is looking up some info on the computer about him. She finds that Ritchie won all of his first four rounds with just one Pokémon. Ash goes to the Pokémon center, finds Ritchie there, who was just picking up his Pokémon. Ash promises Ritchie a great battle the following day. So, Ash picks up his Pokémon and returns to the small house where he is staying, to sleep for the night. The next day, they receive a phone call. It is Ritchie's voice, and rudely insults Misty over the phone. She hands it to Ash, and the voice tells Ash to meet him outside at a specific location and to bring Pikachu. When Ash arrives, he finds Ritchie (it's a dummy, except Ash thinks it's really Ritchie!) and suddenly is trapped by Team Rocket. They throw him in their van and drive away, keeping Ash from the competition. Ash escapes using Squirtle to flood the van, and Team Rocket are up to their eyeballs in water. The back bursts open, and Ash starts to run back to be in time for the competition. Team Rocket get in his way again, bent on keeping him away from the league competition. He uses Bulbasaur and Pikachu to whip and shock them. He continues towards the league, but Team Rocket catch up on bicycles. They use Weezing to smog him out, but he hops on a bicycle and continues along. They catch up to him in their balloon and hook the bicycle. They start to float away, and so Pikachu is carried up by Pidgeotto to give them another big shock. Pidgeotto then starts to carry Ash toward the stadium. Meanwhile, back at the stadium, after already being given ten additional minutes after the battle was supposed to start, they are about to declare that Ash has forefit the match. Just as they almost declare Ritchie the winner, Ash shows up floating toward the stadium in the Team Rocket balloon. They begin the battle, and Ash sends Squirtle against Ritchie's Butterfree. Squirtle Looses, and so Pikachu leaps out to battle, and defeats Butterfree. Ritchie calls his Charmander and it defeats Pikachu. Ash is out of reliable Pokémon, as Bulbasaur would loose for sure, and so desperately sends out Charizard. Charizard actually battles, and defeats Charmander. Ritchie lastly sends out his Pikachu named Sparky. Charizard blows Sparky around a bit, deeming it to not be a worthy opponent, lays down for a nap. Since Charizard refused to battle, Sparky won, and Ash was defeated by Ritchie. Despite his immense disappointment, Ash looks up and congratulates Ritchie, and they are still friends in the end.

Episode 80 "Friends to the End"
Ash is sad about his loss at the Pokémon League. He isn't speaking toanyone, and when Misty comes in to try to cheer him up, it quickly turns into a argument between the two. Pikachu brings a quick finish to the argument with a Thundershock on everyone! So, Ash and the gang decide to head out to cheer on Richie for his 6th round. Richie fights the match hard, and unfortunately loses. After coming out of the match, Richie is determined to try harder for next year, which inspires Ash to do just the same. As they talk, both their Pikachu's play behind them, until they fall into a hole dug by Team Rocket. They rush to save their Pikachu, but fall into another hole. Ash struggles to get out, but upon sliding back down,the hole collapses into deeper inside the ground. Jessie and James fishout the two Pikachu from the other hole and trap them in a cage. They get out of the hole with the help of their Pokémon Pidgeotto and Happy, and defeat Team Rocket. Back at the Pokémon League, they receive their badgesfor participating, and are treated to a great display of fireworks. Team Rocket try to dig below the arena to get in, but end up being blown away along with the fireworks. Ash says goodbye to Richie and proceeds back home to Pallet Town.

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