Pokemon

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 * Team Rocket start to try and capture Pikachu
 * Ash catches a Caterpie
 * Ash catches Pidgeotto
 * Caterpie evolves into Metapod
 * Metapod evolves into Butterfree
 * Ash beats Brock in the Pewter Gym on the second Attempt. Ash gets the Boulder Badge. Tracey Joins the Group
 * Tracey owns a Venomoth
 * Ash gets to Cerulean City. He beats Misty in a battle. Ash gets the Cascade Badge
 * Ash gets given a Bulbasaur
 * Ash Catches a Charmander
 * Ash catches a Squirtle
 * Ash Catches a Krabby
 * Ash beats Lt. Surge on second attempt in The Vermillion Gym. He gets the Thunder Badge
 * Ash trades Butterfree for A Raticate and Back Again
 * Molly catches a Horsea
 * Ash releases Butterfree
 * Ash finds Sabrina. Loses to her 1st time round
 * Ash Catches a Haunter in Lavender Town
 * Ash gets to Sabrina and beats her (Not in Battle).
 * Ash gives Haunter to Sabrina
 * Ash catches a Primeape
 * Ash beats Erika in the Celadon Gym and gets the Rainbow Badge
 * Tracey Catches Scizor
 * Ash catches a Muk
 * Ash gives Primeape away
 * Jesse and James evolve Lickitung and Cacnea into Lickilicky and Cacturne
 * Ash beats Koga in the Fuschia Gym. He gets the Soul Badge
 * Molly reveals Teddiursa
 * Ash catches 30 Tauros (not seen in US)
 * Ash tries to release Pikachu and fails
 * Charmander evolves into Charmeleon
 * Jigglypuff starts to follow the gang
 * Ash sees all 5 extinct Pokémon
 * Charmeleon evolves into Charizard
 * We find out that James has a Growlithe
 * Bulbasaur tries not to evolve and succeceds
 * Jesse Catches Wobbeffet
 * Todd joins then leaves the gang
 * James' Yamask evolves into Cofagrigus
 * Ash beats Blaine on the second attempt with Charizard in the Cinnabar gym. He gets the Volcano Badge
 * Giovanni employs Mewtwo
 * Giovanni tests out his Strongest Pokémon (Mewtwo) against Gary
 * Ash beats Team Rocket in the Viridian Gym. He Gets the Earth Badge
 * Ash's Mom Delia catches a Mr. Mime
 * Mewtwo breaks out of Giovanni's Lab
 * Ash Battles Mewtwo. Ash loses
 * Mewtwo forces all the Pokémon to fight their clones. Ash stops Mew and Mewtwo fighting and gets killed in the process. All the Pokémon's Tears bring him back to life
 * Ash goes to the Pokémon League and beats all 4 fields
 * Richie joins the group
 * Ash loses to Richie
 * Richie loses the league as well
 * Ash comes in the top 16 in the League
 * Richie leaves the group
 * 1) Ash Ketchum is finally 10 years old, old enough to become a Pokémon Trainer. He wakes up late on the day he is supposed to receive his first Pokémon at Professor Oak's lab, however, and arrives to discover all the Pokémon are gone. Ash has no choice to take a naughty Pikachu. Pikachu will not listen to Ash nor go inside its Poké Ball, so Ash must drag it along with a rope. After many failed attempts at capturing some Pokémon, Ash throws a rock and hits a Spearow. The Spearow gets angry and the entire flock starts chasing Ash and Pikachu. They run away from the Spearow, Ash runs into his childhood friend, Molly Hale and they try to escape, but when they cannot go any farther, Ash uses his body to shield Molly and Pikachu from the attacking Pokémon. Pikachu realizes how much Ash cares for him and uses a powerful electric attack to drive the Spearow away. Ash and Pikachu see a glimpse of Ho-Oh.
 * 2) Finally arriving in Viridian City, Ash and Molly are cornered by Officer Jenny who asks why Ash is carrying Pikachu instead of having it in a Pokéball. After explaining, Jenny takes Ash and Molly to the Pokémon Center where Nurse Joy begins treatment on the injured Pikachu. Before Pikachu's treatment finishes, however. The Pokémon Center is then attacked by Jessie Musashi, James Kojiro and their talking Meowth, members of Team Rocket, seeking to steal all of the infirm Pokémon for their boss. Ash's Pikachu and the Pokémon Center's many Pikachu manage to defeat Team Rocket by shocking them using Thunder Shock, sending them "blasting off" into the sky for the first time. Molly decides to stick with Ash on his Pokemon journey. Note: The 1st Appearances of Molly's Mantyke.
 * 3) Ash discovers and catches a Caterpie—his first Pokémon capture! Though Ash is excited. At night, as Ash and Molly sleep, Caterpie shares with Pikachu its dream of evolving into a Butterfree. Ash also captures a Pidgeotto. Team Rocket shows up to steal Pikachu and Pikachu and Pidgeotto are weakened by Cacnea and Lickitung, so Ash reluctantly sends out Caterpie. To the surprise of Jessie and James—not to mention Ash—Caterpie's String Shot is able to defeat Team Rocket Pokémon, including Meowth! Then Caterpie evolves into a Metapod. Note: The 1st Appearances of Molly's Teddiursa.
 * 4) While still traveling through the Viridian Forest, Ash and Molly find a Pokemon trainer named Samurai, who has been challenging all of the trainers from Pallet Town. After a short time, a swarm of Beedrill attacks, and Ash's Metapod is taken by them. Ash is able to rescue his Metapod and it evolves once more into Butterfree.
 * 5) Ash, Pikachu and Molly finally reach Pewter City and meet Tracey Sketchit, a Pokémon watcher who steady Pokémon. Ash is ready to challenge the Pewter City Gym Leader, Brock Takeshi, for his first Badge, but loses the battle. Tracey and his Pokémon, Azumarill bring Pikachu and Ash to a watermill to make Pikachu stronger. Ash battles Brock again, this time coming closer to winning. A fire breaks out in the gym, however, and the sprinklers go off, weakening Onix. Ash wants to defeat Onix but is held back by the thought of Brock's siblings (when he opens his eyes he finds he was literally held back by them). Ash leaves the Gym but Brock catches up to him and gives Ash the Boulder Badge. Tracey decides to join Ash and Molly on their journey.
 * 6) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu arrive at Mt. Moon to find Team Rocket interfering with the local wildlife in hopes of finding the rare Moon Stone. With the help of Seymour the Scientist, the gang saves the Moon Stone and the Clefairies that guard it. Also, Tracey reveals his other Pokémon, Venomoth. Note: The 1st Appearance of Molly's Bellossom.
 * 7) In his quest to collect Gym Badges, Ash, Molly and Tracey heads for Cerulean City, intending to confront the Cerulean Gym Leader. Upon entering the gym, Ash and Pikachu are entranced by a synchronized swimming show being performed by Misty Kasumi, unsure if he has really found another Gym. Misty reveals that she is the Gym Leader and will battle Ash. However, Team Rocket disrupts the battle in an attempt to steal all of the Gym's Pokémon, and Misty's sisters decide to award Ash the Cascade Badge for helping save everyone. Note: The 1st Appearance of Molly's Cloyster.
 * 8) With two badges, Ash begins to get cocky. He challenges A.J., a trainer that no one has been able to beat, because of his Sandshrew.
 * 9) Our three heroes have lost their way in the depths of a dense wooden forest, shrouded in thick, white mist. Momentarily giving up, they decide to break for a brief rest. As Ash wanders deeper into the wood, searching for firewood, he happens across a young boy being treated by five classmates gathered around him. Eavesdropping on their conversation, Ash learns that the boys are attending a preparatory school for Pokémon trainers. Graduates from the school are automatically qualified to participate in the Pokémon League without travelling around and collecting any badges. Ash, Molly and Tracey head to the school and do not agree with some of their ideas of training, something their "leader" does not take well.
 * 10) Ash and friends are still on their way to Vermilion City and still lost. They stop by a pond for a break when they see an Oddish taking a drink. Ash and Molly try to catch it but they are stopped by a mysterious Bulbasaur who rescues the Oddish. They continue on their journey and keep getting caught in traps, until the Bulbasaur's owner, Melanie, finds them, saves them and brings them back to her cabin. It turns out that she helps injured, sick, and abandoned Pokémon, and they decide to help. Meanwhile, Team Rocket decides to steal all the Pokémon, while Tracey wonders if he should stay with Melanie. In the end, Melanie gives Bulbasaur to Ash, but not until Bulbasaur challenges Ash and Pikachu to a battle.
 * 11) While on the road to Vermilion City. Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu come across a Charmander sitting on a rock. Ash tries to catch it, but it turns out it has a trainer and cannot be captured, so they head to the Pokémon Center. At the Pokémon Center, a hotshot trainer named Damian is bragging about how he left his Charmander behind, promising to come back for it when he means to abandon it for being weak in his eyes. After hearing this, Ash and Tracey head back out to get the poor Pokémon as a rainstorm threatens its very life. After a battle with Team Rocket, where Damian witnesses Charmander defeating them, Damian tries to get Charmander to come back to him, but the Pokémon's loyalty now belongs to Ash. Ash captures Charmander, gaining a new friend and Pokémon.
 * 12) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu become the victims of pranks played by a gang of Squirtle known as the Squirtle Squad. They end up falling down a hole, and are even eventually captured by them. It turns out that they are working together with Team Rocket. When Pikachu is severely injured, the Squirtle lets Ash out to get medicine from town, but must return soon or his friends will be trapped by the Squirtle Squad forever. In the end, the Squirtle Squad saves the town from a fire started by Team Rocket and Squirtle joins Ash on his further adventures.
 * 13) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu find the lighthouse of the Pokemon researcher, Bill, who is trying to solves the mystery of the mysterious Dragonite.
 * 14) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu finally make it to Vermillion City!! But the gym leader, Lieutenant Matis Surge, is big and brutal with his Raichu. Will Pikachu be able to defeat his evolved form to earn the Thunder Badge?
 * 15) With three badges down, Ash, Molly, Tracey and Pikachu's next stop is the gym in Saffron City. But first, they decide to take a cruise on the Saint Anne, where trainers cruise for free. Unknown to the trainers, the cruise is a trap set by Team Rocket.
 * 16) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu wake up aboard the St. Anne, discovering it has capsized and sunk. Elsewhere, Jessie, James and Meowth wake up as well, and in an attempt to escape only flood the area that they are in. When Ash and his friends find Team Rocket, the group decides to put their differences aside to escape safely, after an attempted battle nearly causes the ship to sink farther. After traversing the ship, they find a weak part of the hull to escape from, using Molly and Ash's water Pokémon to escape, while Team Rocket uses James' Magikarp, unaware that it cannot swim. After making it to the surface on some debris, the group discovers Team Rocket, once more, and after a day stranded, decide to eat Magikarp, only discovering that it has no meat on it. In anger, James kicks Magikarp off the raft and it evolves into Gyarados. It calls a group of other Gyarados to attack the group, and everyone is stranded once more.
 * 17) After being hit by a Dragon Rage attack from James' newly evolved Gyarados while at sea, the humans are separated from their Pokémon on an island that is inhabited by giant Pokémon. Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Meowth, Lickitung and Cacnea try to make their way back to their trainers, while the trainers and their Pokémon escape the giant Pokémon, unaware that they have all landed on an island owned by Team Rocket to house a theme park dedicated to a giant robotic Pokémon.
 * 18) Ash, Molly and Tracey have finally arrived in Porta Vista, a beachside tourist town. After destroying an old man's ship, they must help in the old man's business. To attempt to pay the man back faster, Molly enters a beauty contest, only to discover she is competing against Jessie and James.
 * 19) Stuck in Porta Vista because they missed the boat, Ash and friends sit around waiting for the next boat and witness a great explosion. They later discover that it is a group of Tentacool that is attacking the city since construction is destroying their reef. Molly manages to appease the giant Tentacruel. She catches a Horsea.
 * 20) The boat that Ash and his friends arrive in the port city of Maiden's Peak to attend the Summer's End Festival. Tracey and James both fall for a beautiful girl standing by the sea who disappears. Ash, Molly and Team Rocket learn that she is the ghost of a maiden who waited for her lover to return from an ancient war and eventually turned into stone. While trying to protect Tracey and James with some stickers bought from an old woman, the maiden reveals herself as the old woman, who in turn reveals herself to be Gastly, a ghost Pokémon. Ash tries to fight Gastly to release James and Tracey from its spell but fails, until the sun rises and Gastly is forced to disappear. It is revealed that the ghost of the maiden actually exists and is a friend of Gastly, and is still waiting for the one she loves to return.
 * 21) As the group continues on their way to Saffron City, they notice a flock of Butterfree out over the ocean. Tracey informs Ash that it is the mating season for all of the Butterfree. Ash decides to release his Butterfree so that it can mate. However, Team Rocket has plans to steal them all. Ash's Butterfree bravely frees all the Butterfree and in the end, Ash releases it.
 * 22) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu make it to Saffron City and challenge the psychic gym leader, Sabrina Natsume. However, there is more than just a trainer badge at stake: Their freedom.
 * 23) Team Rocket encounters the Ghost Pokémon in a haunted tower while setting a trap for Ash and his friends, and end up getting frightened away. Ash and Pikachu enter alone since Molly and Tracey are afraid to go in. Inside, Ash and Pikachu are the victims of pranks by a Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar looking for playmates. After being crushed under a falling chandelier, Haunter turns Ash and Pikachu into ghosts where they have some fun, though Ash asks them to send him back after seeing Molly and Tracey cry over his lifeless body. Ash and Pikachu are brought back to life and Haunter decides to follow Ash as his new Pokémon.
 * 24) Ash and his friends go back to Saffron City ready to try again for the Marsh Badge in the Gym. Ash asks Haunter for help to defeat Sabrina but Haunter disappears during the match. Tracey and Molly get turned into dolls, and Ash is rescued just in time by the mysterious man. The man (who is really Sabrina's father) reveals that Sabrina has two personalities – one of the cold and unfeeling trainer, the other of the repressed little girl, who also turned her own mother into a doll. The only way to defeat Sabrina is to make her smile again. During the next match, Haunter suddenly appears in front of Sabrina while Kadabra and Pikachu are battling. Sabrina and her Kadabra become unable to battle after being sent into peals of laughter by Haunter, giving Ash the victory. Haunter chooses to stay with Sabrina and her reunited family.
 * 25) Ash finds out that he's falling behind his rival, Gary, once again. When a Mankey shows up at their camp, Ash tries to catch it and ends up making it angry.
 * 26) When Ash reaches the Celadon Gym, he is pushed out because of his hatred for perfume, so with the help of Team Rocket (who plotted to steal Erika Rosenberg's special perfume), Ash sneaks into the gym disguised as a girl under the name Ashley. In the gym, his disguise is ruined by Molly, Tracey and Pikachu, but the Gym Leader, Erika grants him a battle. During the battle, Team Rocket interrupts and sets the gym on fire. After rescuing Erika's Gloom, Ash is presented with the Rainbow Badge.
 * 27) All the children are missing and the pokemon are all weak. Ash and friends need to find the mysterious sleep waves and where they are coming from in order to find the lost children.
 * 28) Ash and his friends discover a wounded Scizor. After capturing it, Tracey must take it to a Pokémon Center. While there, he discovers the Scizor got dethroned from being in charge of his group of Scyther swarm.
 * 29) The group arrives in Gunjo City where everything is dark and gloomy. A Coil follows Pikachu everywhere ever since he caught a peculiar illness, but it is the Grimer and Muk that are causing trouble in a local Power Plant.
 * 30) While moving on his journey, Ash feels a need to catch a new Pokémon. But while trying to catch Hitmonchan they meet a girl named Rebecca who asks for their help to get her father back. To help, Ash uses his Primeape against her father in a fighting Pokemon tournament. Will he win?
 * 31) Ash finds himself among a group of Pokémon Trainers hired to protect a construction site from the interfering ground Pokémon, Diglett. The construction is shut down after it is revealed that the Diglett and Dugtrio are trying to protect their home. Jessie's Lickitung and James' Cacnea evolve into Lickilicky and Cacturne respectively.
 * 32) Ash battles Koga Kyo, the Fuchsia City gym leader.
 * 33) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu enter the Safari Zone and find a Pokemon ranch, run by Lara, who's planning to enter a yearly Pokemon race, with her Ponyta. But when Lara gets injured, Ash decides to ride Ponyta instead.
 * 34) While traveling through the Safari Zone, the gang help a married couple find their lost son, who is being raised by a family of Kangaskhan.
 * 35) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu are asked to deliver medicine to a sick Pokemon in Sunny Town. But they'll have to cross a bridge that is run by a tough bike gang.
 * 36) The group is seeking shelter from the storm and they find it in an old theater house, House of Imitate. They meet a girl named Duplica who has a talent for pretending to be other people. They also meet her Ditto who has a problem; it cannot transform it's face. She tells them about her problems and they try to help her. Eventually, Team Rocket steals Ditto and try to make it transform into various things. They are very harsh on Ditto to make it transform perfectly and it succeeds under the pressure they put it under. They give Meowth to Duplica pretending it is Ditto, but she is not fooled and eventually gets back the real Ditto. Now that Ditto can transform perfectly, Duplica can put on her shows.
 * 37) The group come into a forest where it is quiet and peaceful. They notice a large group of Pikachu and Pichu that Ash's Pikachu tries to make friends with. After saving a Pichu from drowning and rescuing the herd from Team Rocket, Ash's Pikachu is welcomed among the other Pichu and Pikachu as one of their own. Saddened by this sudden distance, Ash tries to leave Pikachu behind (to Molly and Tracey's shock and dismay), thinking that in the long run, it is going to be better off with its own kind. As they attempt to leave the forest with Ash still standing his ground on leaving Pikachu, the three friends are surprised when Pikachu returns to them, flanked by the other wild Pikachu including Pichu it risked its life to save earlier. With Ash and Pikachu having an emotional reunion and hugging one another while the rest of the wild Pichu and Pikachu cheer for the two of them as Tracey and Molly look on.
 * 38) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu come across a tied up Eevee. When they try to return it to it's owner, they find out that the owner's older brothers are trying to make it evolve.
 * 39) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu come to a village where there is no food, because the river is dry and plants can't grow. They decide to investigate the problem and discover that the water is being blocked by a sleeping Snorlax.
 * 40) Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu arrive in a place called Dark City to find that two rival gyms have been terrorizing the place with their feud.
 * 41) Ash, Molly, Tracey and their Pokémon must return a lost Jynx to Santa before Christmas, with the help of a Lapras. Meanwhile, Jessie attempts to take revenge on Santa for stealing her favorite doll when she was young.
 * 42) Ash, Tracey and Molly continuing their journey, and find themselves at a fork in the road. They make the fateful decision to climb a steep and dangerous mountain taking them even deeper into the woods. Pikachu gets lost and they must all work together to find him, stay warm and weather the storm.
 * 43) Ash's Charmander evolves into a disobedient Charmeleon.
 * 44) Having run out of medicine, Ash and his friends go to a local shop to get some Potions. However, they don't have much due to the owner's Paras being weak. Ash and his friends decide to help out the owner by training her Paras, hoping that it can evolve into Parasect.
 * 45) Ash and his friends find a Jigglypuff in the forest who is too shy to sing its hypnotic song. Tracey gives Jigglypuff a fruit that heals its throat to make it able to sing, but Ash, his friends and Team Rocket fall asleep to the song, angering Jigglypuff. Team Rocket tricks Ash and his friends into giving Jigglypuff a stage to perform its song for an audience in Neon Town, whose inhabitants Team Rocket intends to steal from. Everyone falls asleep, including Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket, and a miffed Jigglypuff uses the marker hidden in its microphone to draw on everyone's sleeping faces. From this point on, Jigglypuff follows Ash around trying to sing its song to a crowd that will not fall asleep in almost every episode.
 * 46) Ash and friends get caught up in a Pokémon Fossil rush. During the rush, extinct Pokémon get discovered as still alive.
 * 47) After Pikachu gets an apple stuck in its throat, Ash and his friends rush it to a Pokémon Center. After being treated, they hear of a traffic accident (caused by Team Rocket) that has left many Pokémon injured so Ash and the gang are recruited to help treat the Pokémon.
 * 48) After finding a missing person sign featuring James, Ash and his friends decide to find James and inform him of his parents' death. However James' parents turn out to be alive, and their death was only a decoy to get him to return home to the rich Jessie-look-alike Jessebell, a girl James was arranged to marry from when he was a little child.
 * 49) It is the Queen of the Princess Festival and Molly and Jessie are going all out for it. After hours of shopping, they both decide to enter the Queen of the Princess Festival Battle Tournament to win the dolls they both coveted when they were children.
 * 50) When Molly's PokéBalls are stolen by Farfetch'd, Ash and the gang investigate to try to find the thief and get all the stolen things back.
 * 51) Bulbasaur is close to evolving and Ash is very excited. But Bulbasaur is beginning to fear that evolving is the only thing Ash cares about.
 * 52) When Ash and his friends see a group of Growlithe training against a Policeman posing as a robber, Ash decides for him and Pikachu to do the same training to become the best they can be. However, when Team Rocket comes to steal them, Jenny, Ash, and the gang's voice gets changed, causing the Growlithe to think that Team Rocket are the Officers as they use their ears to follow command.
 * 53) While eating Tracey's food, Ash hears a shutter which he thinks is a gun. It's really a camera belonging to a photographer named Todd Snap. Todd was hired by Team Rocket to capture Pikachu, but he thinks they want him to capture a picture of him. After the confusion, Todd joins the group.
 * 54) Ash takes the Pokemon League Admissions Exam in order to prove that his skills are improving.
 * 55) Ash, Molly, Tracey and Pikachu discover that a new breeding centre is a cover for a diabolical scheme by Team Rocket's new members, Butch Kosaburo and Cassidy Yamato.
 * 56) Ash and his friends arrive at a small school on Kids Day. One of the children believes Meowth is the Pokémon who had once saved him from a Beedrill.
 * 57) After reaching Cinnabar Island, Ash, Tracey, and Molly are dismayed to find that the Gym has closed due to crowds of tourists coming to the island and lack of serious trainers. Desperate for his seventh badge, Ash goes around and meets a riddle master who gives him clues about the real Gym's secret location. After finding the Gym in the island's volcano, the riddle master appears and reveals that he is actually Blaine Katsura, the Gym Leader Ash has been searching for. Ash begins his battle against Blaine with his first Pokémon, Squirtle who loses to Blaine's Ninetales and Charizard simply refusing to battle Blaine's Rhydon. Eventually, Pikachu wins against Rhydon but Blaine has a secret weapon up his sleeve in the form of the Fire Pokémon, Magmar. With Pikachu's electric attacks rendered useless, Magmar pushes Pikachu closer and closer to the edge of the battlefield.
 * 58) Ash has a rematch against Blaine's Magmar with Charizard.
 * 59) Ash, Molly and Tracey follow Squirtle and a Wartortle to a turtle island.
 * 60) A mysterious space ship full of Clefairy lands near the city and starts taking common items from people's homes.
 * 61) Ash's eighth badge is at hand. But he'll be surprised at who he has to battle.
 * 62) On their way back to Pallet Town, Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu encounter a Mr. Mime, who escaped from the circus.
 * 63) Back in Pallet Town, Ash finds Gary, already there, waiting to partake in the Pokémon League. Always having a bitter rivalry with Gary, Professor Oak tells them both the meaning of Pokémon. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is trying to get inside the lab to steal the Pokémon.
 * 64) Delia and her friends are going to go to Seafoam Islands. Molly and Tracey are going to go surfing. Ash goes to Oaks lab to discover that Oak is trying to find out why Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro.
 * 65) Ash spends the day surfing instead of training and is saved from drowning by a man named Victor and his Pikachu, nicknamed Puka. Victor is a surfer who wants to ride the great wave Humunga Dunga.
 * 66) Ash and his friends go to the nearby greenhouse to get some flowers for his mom. While there, they meet Florinda and her Gloom.
 * 67) A big time movie director wants to make a movie with just Pokémon and he wants Molly's Teddiursa to be the star.
 * 68) When Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu head to Hollywood to attend the premiere of the movie "Pokemon in Love," Meowth reminisces about his past experiences in the city.
 * 69) Jessie recounts how she met up with James and Meowth, and how they became members of Team Rocket in the past.
 * 70) As the Pokemon League draws closer, Ash, Molly, Tracey, and Pikachu seek advice from Bruno, a member of the Elite Four.
 * 71) While training, our heroes discover some ancient ruins. Relics found at the site summon ancient Pokémon, that, according to ancient legend, will destroy everything.
 * 72) Ash and his friends offer to help a Pokémon League competitor retrieve his stolen Gym Badges from Team Rocket.
 * 73) On there way to the Pokemon League, the gang volunteer to help carry the Pokemon League torch which is said to have come from the legendary bird, Moltres.
 * 74) Ash's first Pokemon League battle is on the Water Field. He decides to use Krabby for the first time. Also Krabby has evolves into Kingler.
 * 75) For the second round Ash battles in the rock arena. Ash's last Pokémon, Squirtle, defeats his foe's last Pokémon, Nidorino, and he, victorious, moves on to Round 3. In the third round, Ash faces a trainer named Pete in the ice arena. Both trainers are left with 2 Pokémon each. Pete uses Cloyster and Arcanine. In the end, Ash is victorious and he moves on to Round 4.
 * 76) Ash's fourth match is on the Grass Field. But his opponent has a well trained Bellsprout.
 * 77) Ash makes a new friend, named Richie Hiroshi. After Team Rocket steals the Pokemon from all of their trainers, Ash and Richie work together to get them back. Ash must battle his new friend, Richie, if he wishes to move to the next step of the Pokemon League. However, he loses due to his Charizard refusing his orders in the final stretch of his battle against Richie. Richie moves on to the quarterfinals. His loss against Richie is leaving Ash depressed. But after Richie loses his next battle, Ash learns that he need to learn from your mistakes to be a better trainer.

Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak begin their Pokémon journeys.Ash starts his journey with a disobedient Pikachu, a Pokédex, and six Poké Balls. Ash tries and fails to catch a Pidgey. Ash meets his childhood friend Molly Hale. Ash and Pikachu become friends. Ash sees a mysterious Pokémon (Ho-Oh). Ash and Molly reaches Viridian City.

Ash and Molly visits a Pokémon Center and meets a Nurse Joy and an Officer Jenny for the first time. Ash and Misty meet Jessie Musashi and James Kojirō, two members of the villainous Team Rocket, along with their partner, a talking Meowth. Molly is revealed to own a Mantyke. The Team Rocket trio decides to follow Ash and steal his Pikachu. Molly Decides to join Ash and Pikachu's journey. Ash prepares to catch a Caterpie.

Ash catches a Caterpie, making it his first caught Pokémon. Molly is revealed to own a Teddiursa. Ash also catches a Pidgeotto. Team Rocket reveals to Ash their intention to steal his Pikachu. Meowth is revealed to know Fury Swipes. Ash has his first, although unofficial, Trainer battle, and wins. Ash's Caterpie evolves into Metapod. Ash tries and fails to catch a Weedle. Ash has his first fair Trainer battle, with no official winner. Ash's Pidgeotto is revealed to know Sand Attack. Ash's Metapod is revealed to have learned Harden. Meowth is revealed to know Scratch. Ash's Metapod evolves into Butterfree and learns Sleep Powder.

Ash and Molly reach Pewter City. Ash learns about the Pokémon League, Gym Leaders, and Gym Badges. Ash and Molly meet Tracey Sketchit, who joins the group, and Brock, the Pewter Gym Leader. Ash has his first Gym battle at the Pewter Gym against Brock and forfeits, suffering his first loss. Tracey is revealed to own a Azumarill. Ash's Pikachu learns Thunderbolt. Ash has a rematch with Brock, but eventually forfeits again. Brock follows Ash and gives him his first Badge, the Boulder Badge.

Tracey is revealed to own a Venomoth. Tracey encounters Team Rocket for the first time. Ash's Butterfree and Pidgeotto are revealed to know Whirlwind. Molly is revealed to own a Bellossom. Ash and his friends arrive in Cerulean City. Ash meets Misty, the Cerulean Gym Leader. Ash and Misty battle each other. Ash's Butterfree is revealed to know Stun Spore. Ash's Pidgeotto is revealed to know Wing Attack. Ash and Misty's Gym battle ends in a no-contest, due to the interruption by Team Rocket. Molly is revealed to own a Cloyster. Ash gets the Cascade Badge from Misty's sisters for protecting the Gym from Team Rocket.

Molly tries and fails to catch an Oddish. Ash catches a Bulbasaur.

Ash catches a Charmander.

Ash and his friends meet the Squirtle Squad. The lead Squirtle of the Squirtle Squad follows Ash and joins his team.

Ash catches a Krabby. Ash learns that a Trainer can only have six Pokémon on hand at once, and that his extras are automatically sent to reside at Professor Oak's Laboratory. Gary is revealed to have caught a giant Krabby and own a total of 45 Pokémon. Ash and his friends meet Bill.

Ash and his friends arrive at Vermilion City and meet the local Gym Leader, Lt. Surge. Ash has a Gym battle with Lt. Surge, but is defeated. Ash receives a Thunder Stone from Nurse Joy. Ash's Pikachu refuses to evolve into Raichu. Ash's Pikachu learns Agility and Quick Attack. Ash challenges Lt. Surge to a rematch and wins, earning a Thunder Badge.

Tracey meets Professor Oak in person for the first time, and also meets Delia for the first time. Tracey meets Gary for the first time.

Molly catches a Horsea.

Ash and his friends are revealed to be headed for Saffron City for Ash's next Gym battle. Ash releases his Butterfree so it can breed with its mate.

Ash and his friends reach Saffron City and meet Sabrina, the Psychic-type Gym Leader. Sabrina's Abra evolves into Kadabra. Ash's Pikachu is revealed to know Thunder. Ash battles Sabrina but loses by forfeit. Ash heads to Lavender Town to catch a Ghost Pokémon so he could be stronger against Sabrina's Kadabra.

Ash and his friends arrive at Lavender Town. Ash's Charmander is revealed to know Leer. Ash befriends a Haunter, who agrees to follow him back to Saffron City.

Ash returns to Saffron City to battle Sabrina again. Haunter disappears before the rematch, forcing Ash to forfeit again. Ash finds Haunter, but it disappears again when Ash tries to challenge Sabrina once more. Pikachu battles Sabrina's Kadabra to protect Ash. Ash earns the Marsh Badge due to Haunter making Sabrina and Kadabra laugh, thus making the latter unable to battle. Haunter leaves Ash to stay with Sabrina. Ash learns that the next Gym is located in Celadon City and decides to head there.

Gary is revealed to have won five Badges. Ash tries and fails to catch a Mankey. The Mankey that Ash tried to catch evolves into a Primeape. Ash's Bulbasaur is revealed to know Razor Leaf. Ash's Charmander learns Rage. Ash catches the newly evolved Primeape. Ash and his friends reach Celadon City.

Ash and his friends meet Erika, the Celadon City Gym Leader. Ash challenges Erika to a Gym battle, but it gets disrupted by a Team Rocket-caused fire. Ash's Charmander is revealed to know Skull Bash. Ash earns the Rainbow Badge from Erika as a thanks for saving her Gloom from the fire.

Ash attempts to catch a Scizor. Tracey's Venomoth is revealed to know Sleep Powder. Tracey catches the Scizor that Ash tried to catch.

Ash catches a Muk, but sends it to Professor Oak's Laboratory due to its nasty smell.

Ash's Primeape begins to obey him. Primeape is revealed to know Scratch, Mega Kick, and Seismic Toss. Ash wins the P1 Grand Prix with Primeape. Ash leaves his Primeape with Anthony for training.

Ash learns that the next Gym is the Fuchsia Gym. Jessie's Lickitung evolves into Lickilicky. James' Cacnea evolves into Cacturne.

Ash and his friends arrive at the Fuchsia Gym and meet the Gym Leader Koga, and his sister, Aya. Ash's Bulbasaur is revealed to know Leech Seed. Ash challenges Koga to a Gym battle, but the battle is interrupted by Team Rocket. Ash's Charmander is revealed to know Ember and Fire Spin. Ash continues his battle with Koga and wins, earning a Soul Badge.

Ash and his friends enter the Safari Zone and receive thirty Safari Balls from Kaiser to be used within the Zone. Ash uses his Safari Balls to catch thirty Tauros, all of which he subsequently sends to Professor Oak's Laboratory. Ash also tries to catch a Rhyhorn, but the Safari Ball hits a bypassing Tauros, catching it instead.

Ash attempts to release Pikachu, but Pikachu returns to him.

Ash's Charmander evolves into a Charmeleon.

Ash's Charmeleon starts disobeying him.

Molly tries to catch a Jigglypuff, but decides against it upon finding out that it can't Sing. The Jigglypuff that Ash and his friends help out in this episode begins to follow them around.

Ash and his friends encounter Gary again. Jessie and James both attempt and fail to catch a Kabutops. Ash's Charmeleon evolves into Charizard, but remains disobedient.

Jessie catches a Wobbuffet. Molly and Jessie enter the Queen of the Princess Festival, with Molly being the winner.

Ash and his friends meet Todd Snap, who joins the group.

Ash and his friends encounter Butch and Cassidy, two other members of Team Rocket, for the first time. James is revealed to have caught a Yamaskl that has now evolved into a Cofagrigus. Todd Snap leaves the group.

Ash and his friends reach Cinnabar Island, meeting Gary again along the way. Ash and his friends meet Blaine, the Cinnabar Gym Leader. Ash begins his Gym battle with Blaine.

Ash forfeits his Gym battle with Blaine. Ash's Charizard is revealed to know Submission and Seismic Toss. Ash defeats Blaine in a rematch and earns the Volcano Badge. Ash learns that there is a Gym in Viridian City, and decides to head back there.

Ash and his friends return to Viridian City and encounter Gary again. Gary is revealed to have won ten Badges and obtained a Nidoking and an Arcanine. Gary challenges the Viridian Gym Leader (turned out to be Team Rocket's boss Giovanni) and loses to a mysterious Pokémon (Mewtwo in armour). Jessie, James, and Meowth are temporarily appointed as the Gym Leaders of the Viridian Gym. Ash's Pidgeotto is revealed to know Double-Edge. Ash earns his eighth and final Badge, the Earth Badge, after defeating Team Rocket, qualifying him for the Pokémon League. The Viridian Gym collapses. Ash and his friends head back to Pallet Town.

Ash and his friends return to Pallet Town. Delia obtains a Mr. Mime, which she nicknames Mimey.

Mewtwo leaves Giovanni and destroys his headquarters. Ash and his friends meet Gary again at Professor Oak's Laboratory. Professor Oak reveals that the two other Trainers who left Pallet Town with Ash and Gary did not succeed as Trainers. Ash, his friends, and Gary learn that the Pokémon League will be held at Indigo Plateau in two months. Dub viewers learn that Ash has caught 30 Tauros at the Safari Zone. Gary is revealed to have obtained a Doduo and own more than 200 Pokémon from up to 60 different species. Gary challenges Ash to a battle, but they are interrupted by the appearance of Team Rocket before they can begin. Professor Oak encounters Team Rocket for the first time.

Meowth recalls how he learned to speak the human language and walk upright on his hind legs. Meowth reveals why he joined Team Rocket.

Meowth recalls how he met Jessie and James for the first time. Jessie, James and Meowth recall how they, Cassidy, and Butch went through training to become Team Rocket members.

Ash and his friends set off for Indigo Plateau, the venue for the Indigo Plateau Conference.

Ash, his friends, and Gary arrive at Indigo Plateau. Ash, Molly and Tracey help carry the flame of Moltres to the League stadium. Ash sees the legendary bird, Moltres. The Indigo Plateau Conference begins.

Gary wins his first round match. Ash uses his Krabby in battle for the first time. Ash's Krabby is revealed to know Harden, Vice Grip, Leer, and Stomp. Ash's Krabby evolves into Kingler. Ash's Kingler is revealed to know Bubble, Water Gun, and Crabhammer. Ash's Kingler learns Hyper Beam. Ash wins his first round match against Mandi using only his Kingler.

Ash's Squirtle is revealed to know Withdraw. Ash wins his second and third round matches against an unnamed Trainer and Pete Pebbleman, respectively. Gary is revealed to have made it to the fourth round. Gary loses his fourth round battle against Melissa, placing him in the Top 32. Gary heads back to Pallet Town. Ash uses his Muk in battle for the first time. Ash's Muk is revealed to know Body Slam. Ash wins his fourth and final preliminary round match against Jeanette Fisher and advances to the fifth round, securing him a place in the Indigo Stadium.

Ash and his friends meet Ritchie. Ash learns he will be battling Ritchie in the fifth round.

Ash's Pikachu is revealed to know Double-Edge. Ash battles Ritchie in the fifth round and loses, finishing in the Top 16.

Ritchie is revealed to own either a Spearow or a Tentacool. Ritchie loses his sixth round Full Battle against Assunta, placing him in the Top 8. The Indigo Plateau Conference ends. Ritchie leaves the group. Ash and his friends head back to Pallet Town.

Ash's Squirtle is revealed to know Bubble Beam. Ash, Molly, and Tracey meet Mewtwo and Mew, but Mewtwo later makes them forget about the encounter. Ash sees Mew again, but does not recognize it since his memory has been erased