Episode
name |
Synopsis |
Goodies |
Clefairy
and the
Moon
Stone |
Ash and his friends reach Mt. Moon, where it's said that there's a giant meteor called the Moon Stone that crashed there many years ago. They learn from a scientist named Seymour that people are disturbing the Pokemon living there, include the Clefairies, cute pink Pokemons, and they later find out that it's Team Rocket who's causing all the ruckus just to get their hands on the Moon Stone so they can use its fabled powers to make their Pokemon stronger. The Clefairies use their Metronome attack to defeat Team Rocket, but the Moon Stone shatters in the process, and the pieces that rain down on the Clefairies evolve them into Clefables, a stronger and rarer version of themselves.
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The Water
Flowers
of
Cerulean
City |
Ash and his friends arrive in Cerulean City where Ash wants to challenge the Gym Leader of the town. Misty doesn't want to go near the city though, and with good reason; Ash finds out that the three sisters who are the Gym Leaders there don't want to fight anymore because they already got defeated by three other trainers from Pallet, and as one fo the sisters tries to give Ash the Cascade Badge Misty appears and reveals herself as the fourth sister of the Cerulean Gym Leaders and invokes her right to challenge Ash. Pikachu doesn't want to fight Misty's Pokemon, but as Ash is about to defeat Misty's Starmie, Team Rocket appears and tries to steal all the water Pokemon by sucking up all the water in the arena pool. Pikachu defeats them by using his Thunder Shock skill (water conducts electricity, people!), and to thank Ash for saving the Gym and their Pokemon, Misty's sisters award him the Cascade Badge.
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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 (gee, like we didn't know they'd show up. ^_^;) 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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MPEGs:
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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 Fight-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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MPEGs:
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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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MPEGs:
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