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Over the past 20 years, Ash Ketchum has become a legend in the Pokemon universe, and his adventures have been followed by millions of fans around the world. Over such a period of time, the main character of the series could not help but accumulate mistakes and errors, for which the creators should be ashamed. Let's go over the stupidest and loudest of them, because they showed that Ash does not always act like a good person.

Refused any advice on training Pokemon

One of Ash's most annoying flaws is his complete reluctance to learn. Ketchum is a terrible Pokemon trainer, despite the fact that he dreams of becoming the best of them. It's worth understanding that despite 992 episodes in the series and 24 films, the character is still 10 years old, and children his age are not the biggest fans of learning.

Couldn't explain the difference between women and Pokemon

When Ash meets his old rival Gary Oak, he is traveling with his fan club of six young girls. And Ash mistakes them for Pokemon. It's clear that Ketchum lives in a world where both a chandelier and an ice cream cone could be Pokémon. And girls with a limited vocabulary traveling with a Pokemon trainer may well pass for non-humans. However, it was still difficult to confuse...

Didn't win any badges

In the Pokémon League, you must defeat the leader of one of the gyms to get a badge. However, Ash received awards more out of pity than because of his ability to train Pokémon. Ash actually defeated only three leaders from Kanto Jim, and in other cases he received help from other trainers, exchanged badges for services and was eliminated from serious tournaments in the early stages.

Dragging Pikachu on a rope

At the very beginning of his journey, Ash made two mistakes at once: he overslept on the first day and decided to leave Pikachu free. Usually, trainers keep their pets in pokeballs, but the creators of the series did not want to leave the charismatic character off the screen, and they solved the issue this way. Ketchum first dragged Pikachu to rubber gloves, and then generally dragged him along with him on a rope.

Forced Pikachu to evolve and changed his mind

Ash's desire to win a battle often borders on madness. He lost in the Vermilion hall when he decided to release Pikachu against his older brother Raichu and caused his pet to end up in a hospital bed. Even while sitting in the hospital, Ash continued to complain and whine about fate, and when Pikachu refused to evolve, he left the Thunder Stone by his bed just in case. Well done, a true friend!

Released an unstable Charizard against an opponent

At first, Ash did the right thing - he saved Charmander from the cruel Damian. When Charmander transformed into the powerful Charizard, he refused to obey his new master. And all because Ash did not have enough experience to subdue such a strong Pokemon. On those rare occasions when Charizard escaped from the Pokeball, he either fell asleep or caused mayhem.

Dropped 30 Tauros on an unsuspecting Professor Oak

Every Pokemon trainer has the goal of helping Professor Oak expand his Pokemon collection on his mind. But Ash did it his way - he caught 30 huge ferocious bulls, which destroyed the entire laboratory and almost trampled Ketchum's mother.

Piracy

There is one little-known episode in which Ash commits his first (and not only) criminal offense - stealing a boat. The second crime is manslaughter in the scene where Ash crashes a stolen yacht into Team Rocket's submarine, leaving them to die on the ocean floor. Of course they survive, this is a cartoon after all. But in life it would be different.

Sent an enraged Primeape against Team R

This happened in the series when Ash caught a very aggressive Pokemon fighter and threw it into a pit towards Team R. It not only beat up the Pokemon, but also took a toll on their owners. Jesse was thrown face first into a boulder, and Brock was sent to another city with a powerful blow. In general, Ash cannot be denied cruelty, although he usually set up all his traps for his opponents without knowing it.

Left the souls of his friends trapped by a crazy psychopath

Ash's Worst Action. He left his friends captured by a creature with enormous psychic power. When he defeated Sabrina in Saffron City, he discovered that she was communicating through a doll, which she brought to life with her strange ability. Ash didn't even get to the battle, he ran away, leaving Brock and Misty in Sabrina's captivity. True, he later returned and fought with her. But first he ran away, that’s a fact.

Episode 1: Pokemon! I choose you! Pokémon, I Choose You!

Ash Ketchum is a boy living in the city of Pallet. He turned ten years old and received the right to train Pokémon. Ash must get his first Pokémon from Professor Oak, a Pokémon expert. Having reached the laboratory where he must take the first Pokémon, Ash meets Gary Oak, the grandson of the professor who has just become a Pokémon trainer, who makes Ash a laughing stock. Since Ash slept through the distribution of Pokemon, the professor only had one left - Pikachu. In addition to Pokemon, the professor gives Ash a Pokédex, a computer encyclopedia about Pokemon. Ash goes on a journey with Pikachu. Pikachu does not listen to his trainer's orders and does not take him seriously. In an attempt to catch the Pokémon himself, Ash accidentally enrages a flock of wild Spearows, who attack him and Pikachu. Trying to escape from them, Ash steals the bike of a girl fishing nearby. The Spearows catch up with Ash and he falls off his bike. Ash shields Pikachu from Spearow with his body, wanting to protect him. Surprised by Ash's dedication, Pikachu trusts him and attacks Spearow with lightning. When Ash and Pikachu wake up, they see a strange bird Pokémon flying through a rainbow, which has no data in the Pokédex. Together, Ash and Pikachu set off towards the city of Viridian.

Episode 2: Pokémon Ambulance Pokémon Emergency!

Once Ash reaches Viridian, he is apprehended by Officer Jenny. Officer Jenny decides that Ash stole Pikachu, but after Ash explains everything to her, the officer takes him on his motorcycle to the Pokémon Center so Ash can heal his injured Pikachu. While Ash waits during surgery, Misty walks into the Pokémon Center. Misty demands Ash pay for the bicycle he stole and was subsequently broken by Pikachu's lightning strike. Suddenly, Team Rocket: Jessie, James and Meowth appear. Team Rocket wants to steal Pokémon from the Center. Pikachu, with the support of other Pikachu living in the Center, uses a very strong lightning strike and thus blows up the Pokémon Center building. Ash and Pikachu travel further into the Viridian Forest, and Misty tags along in hopes of getting money for the bike. Meanwhile, Team Rocket decides to kidnap Pikachu

Episode 3: Ash catches a Pokemon Ash Catches a Pokémon

Entering the Viridian Forest, Ash throws a Pokeball at the nearby Caterpie Pokémon to catch it. The capture is successful, and Ash is incredibly happy about it. As it turns out, Misty is deathly afraid of bug Pokémon like Caterpie. Night falls, Ash and Misty go to bed. Meanwhile, Caterpie tells Pikachu about his cherished dream - to become Butterfree and learn to fly. The next morning, Ash catches another Pokémon, Pidgeotto. Team Rocket suddenly appears. Jessie and James pit their Pokémon Ekans and Koffing against Ash. Ash uses Pidgeotto and Pikachu, but they are defeated. Only Caterpie remains. To Team Rocket's surprise, Caterpie defeats their Pokémon, causing the bandits to flee. Ash invites Misty to pet Caterpie for saving them, but then Caterpie evolves - he turns into a Metapod, which again disgusts her

Episode 4: Samurai Challenges Challenge of the Samurai

Ash, continuing to walk with Misty through the Viridian Forest, comes across the Pokémon Weedle and tries to catch it. Ash almost managed to catch a Pokemon, but then he is distracted by a guy in a samurai costume and challenges him to a Pokemon battle. The fight is interrupted by a swarm of Beedrill, brought by Weedle, who escaped from Ash. One Beedrill kidnapped Ash's Metapod. Ash, Misty and the samurai are hiding from the swarm in the samurai's house. The samurai blames Ash for leaving Metapod in the lurch and says that Ash is no match for the other Pallet trainers he previously fought (among them Gary, Ash's main rival). At night, Ash is tormented by his conscience because of the incident with the Metapod, and in the morning he goes after it. He kidnaps Metapod from the Beedrills and apologizes to him for what he did. Metapod evolves into Butterfree to protect Ash

Episode 5: Showdown in Pewter Showdown in Pewter City

Ash and Misty reach the city of Pewter. Ash decides to sit down on a boulder lying nearby, but is stopped by a man named Flint, who tells him that he sells these stones - Pewter is famous for its stone. Ash intends to challenge the local Gym Leader, Rock Pokémon specialist Brock, to a duel to receive his badge and thus take the next step toward participating in the Pokémon League. Ash fights Brock but loses to him. Flint says that Brock has great talent to train Pokémon, but he is unable to implement it because he needs to take care of his many brothers and sisters, and then suggests that Ash take Pikachu to a hydroelectric power plant to strengthen it by charging it with additional electricity. The next day, Ash pits a powered-up Pikachu against Brock's Onyx and almost defeats him, but Brock's siblings stop Ash. Ash, considering his victory unfair, leaves the stadium, but Brock catches up with him and gives him the Stone Badge. It is revealed that Flint is Brock's father, and thus Brock goes on the road with Ash and Misty, while Flint takes care of the children

Episode 6: Clefairy and the Moonstone Clefairy and the Moon Stone

The path of Ash, Misty and Brock lies through the Moon Cave. Having reached the entrance to it, they see a scientist who is attacked by enraged Zubats (one of them is caught by Brock). Pikachu disperses the Zubatov, and the scientist introduces himself as Seymour. Seymour, leading the heroes through the cave, tells them that someone has illuminated the caves and thereby causes terrible inconvenience to the cave Pokémon, accustomed to the dark. It turns out that this is the work of Team Rocket: they illuminated the cave to find the legendary Moonstone. With the help of Clefairy and Seymour, the heroes save the stone from the hands of the villains.

Episode 7: Water Flowers of CerulineThe Water Flowers of Cerulean City

Leaving the Moon Cave, Ash and his friends set off towards the city of Cerulean for the next badge. For some reason, Misty really doesn’t want to go there and tries to talk Ash out of it. In the end, unable to persuade him, Misty runs away in an unknown direction. Ash goes to the water stadium, where he is met by three sisters - Lily, Daisy and Violet. They don’t want to fight Ash and are ready to give up the badge just like that, but then Misty appears. It turns out that she is the fourth sister, and therefore Ash has the right to challenge her to a duel. According to her sisters, Misty left home to gain their respect. The fight is interrupted by Team Rocket. Ash saves everyone, and for this the sisters reward him with the Cascade Badge

Episode 8: Path to the Pokemon LeagueThe Path to the Pokémon League

The episode begins with Ash defeating another trainer and becoming very arrogant about it. The coach recommends Ash to challenge AJ, the leader of the unofficial stadium, to a duel. Ash, arriving at the stadium, sees that AJ has made 98 victories in a row with his Sandshru, but this does not bother him, and Ash challenges the trainer to a duel. A battle begins, which Ash loses in disgrace. As it turns out, AJ trains his Pokémon very hard, and that's why he won. Immediately after this, Team Rocket mistakenly steals Sandshru, thinking it is Pikachu. AJ is worried about his missing Pokémon, but Ash says that Sandshru ran away from him because he hates it. Sandshru finally returns to the stadium, and Ash realizes that he was wrong: AJ and his Pokémon are best friends. Team Rocket appears and is defeated by AJ and Sandshru. AJ keeps his promise - after a hundred victories, he goes on a journey to get badges, and Ash, Misty and Brock go their own way

Episode 9: School of Hard Knocks The School of Hard Knocks

Ash, Misty and Brock meet a boy named Joe, a student at Pokémon Tech. Pokémon Tech is a high school boarding school for children from wealthy families that trains qualified Pokémon trainers; After graduation, graduates are given the right to participate in Pokémon League competitions without receiving badges. This school is about bad reputation— in order not to be expelled, you need to study literally around the clock, and besides, those who study worse are bullied by their elders. As it turns out, the culprit of all this is a beautiful girl named Gisella, who with her friends terrorizes the students. Ash fights her and defeats her Cubone. Gisella's arrogance diminishes and she stops mocking Joe. Joe and Gisella leave Ash as good friends

Episode 10: Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village Kakurezato no Fushigidane

Relying on his intuition, Ash tried to go through the forest to Vermilion, but in the end his friends got lost. Stopping for a rest, the heroes discover Oddish. Misty tries to catch him, but is prevented from doing so by the suddenly appearing Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur goes into hiding with Oddish. Ash and his friends run after him, but the rope bridge breaks and Brock falls into the river. Ash and Misty go looking for Brock and fall into a trap. Brock pulls them out of the trap. As it turns out, Brock was saved by Melanie, a girl who takes care of injured wild Pokémon. Bulbasaur guards their village, and she set the traps so that trainers would not disturb the Pokemon. Then Team R appears, whose goal is to kidnap all the Pokémon from the village. Ash and Bulbasaur defeat her. Melanie suggests that Ash take Bulbasaur with him, since this Pokemon needs a strong trainer.

Episode 11: Charmander - Abandoned PokemonCharmander – The Stray Pokémon

On the way to Vermilion, the heroes see Charmander sitting on a rock. Ash wants to catch him, but Charmander breaks out of the Pokeball. Pikachu, after talking with Charmander, explains with gestures to his friends that Charmander is waiting for his trainer. Ash, Misty and Brock decide to leave him and go to the nearby Pokémon Center. A thunderstorm begins. At the Pokémon Center, the heroes see Trainer Damian showing off his powerful Pokémon. He mentions that he ordered his Charmander to wait for him in the forest, and he abandoned it because he considered it too weak. Ash and Brock demand that Damian return for Charmander, otherwise he may die, but Damian does not listen to them. As a result, friends rush during a thunderstorm to the dying Charmander and take him to the Pokemon Center. In the morning, Charmander disappears - friends understand that he has returned to the forest to wait for Damian. Team Rocket makes another attempt to capture Pikachu, but the heroes are saved by Charmander. Damian crawls out of the bushes. Seeing Charmander's power, he wishes to take him with him, but Charmander refuses to go with him and sends him running with fire attacks. After this, Charmander decides to become Ash's Pokemon.

Walking along the road, the heroes fall into a pit trap. It turns out that it was dug by a group of Squirtles. Officer Jenny appears and tells the heroes about the so-called Squirtle squad - as it turns out, this is a gang of Squirtles who ran away from their trainers, engaged in theft and hooliganism. Meanwhile, Team Rocket hatches a plan to kidnap Pikachu, but the Squirtles capture her and, to the anger of Jessie and James, eat all their food supplies. Meowth gains their trust and they untie him, together they agree on something. The Squirtles and Meowth work together to capture Ash, Misty and Brock, injuring Pikachu in the process. Ash asks the Squirtles to let him go into town to get medicine for his injured Pokémon. At first, the Squirtles believe that he wants to run away, but then, seeing Ash's tears, they decide to let him go. Upon reaching the store, Ash learns that Team Rocket took the gunpowder from there. Ash buys the medicine and returns to the cave. Suddenly a crash is heard: Team Rocket has made bombs from gunpowder and is dropping them on the heroes. Ash shields the leader of the Squirtles from the explosion with his body, thereby inspiring him with respect. The Squirtles defeat Team Rocket, but the bombs start a fire, which the Squirtles put out with their Water Cannons. For this, the detachment was awarded by the residents of the city. After this, the leader of the Squirtle Squad joins Ash

Episode 13: The Mystery of the Lighthouse Mystery At The Lighthouse

The heroes got lost again, as Ash again led them to an unknown place. Ash boasts about his two badges and six Pokémon, but Misty and Brock insult him, saying that he was just lucky. Ash, wanting to prove his strength as a trainer, runs to the beach and catches Krabby there. The Pokeball with Krabby disappears from Ash's hand - as it turns out, you can only carry a maximum of six. Friends see a lighthouse standing on a cliff. When they go there, they discover the ancient Pokémon Kabuto, but in reality he turns out to be Bill, the owner of the lighthouse and a Pokémon researcher. Bill tells Ash and his friends that there are over 150 species of Pokémon, and that there are many more that have not been discovered. He also says that he is looking for one Pokemon - all that is known about him is that he is very huge and that he wanders around the world and looks for friends. Bill manages to lure this Pokémon, but it turns out to be a giant Dragonite. Bill wants to make friends with a Pokemon, but then Team Rocket shoots at him with a bazooka - they want to catch him. The Pokémon goes berserk and destroys the lighthouse. He then goes into the ocean, despite Bill's pleas to stay. Friends say goodbye to him and continue on their way to Vermilion

Episode 14: The Decisive Lightning Strike Electric Shock Showdown

After much wandering, the friends finally reach Vermilion. Ash immediately wants to go to the stadium for a new badge, but since Pikachu is exhausted and hungry, he first takes his Pokémon for treatment at the Pokémon Center. Sister Joy tells Ash that the local leader, Lieutenant Serge, is extremely powerful, but Ash decides to challenge him to a duel anyway. Arriving at the stadium, Ash fights with Lieutenant Serge. Lt. Serge deploys his Raichu, an evolved form of Pikachu, while Ash uses Pikachu. Pikachu loses. At the Pokemon Center, while Ash was sitting in Pikachu's room, Sister Joy approached him and suggested that he turn Pikachu into Raichu using the Lightning Stone - the only way, in her opinion, Ash is able to win. Ash wants to use the Lightning Stone, but Pikachu flatly refuses to evolve. Once Pikachu recovers, Ash fights Lieutenant Serge again and wins, this time using tactics. Serge praises Ash and rewards him with the Lightning Bolt Badge, and Misty says that this is the first badge Ash has truly earned.

Episode 15: Fight on board the St. Anna Battle Aboard the St. Anne

Ash, Misty and Brock reach the port of Vermilion. There they see a large luxury ship, the St. Anna. Suddenly they are stopped by two girls who give them to their friends free tickets on this liner. The strangers turn out to be disguised as Jessie and James. Ash and his friends board the ship, as it turns out, it is full of Pokemon trainers. On the ship, Ash offered a battle to an unfamiliar trainer - his Raticate against Ash's Butterfree. After Ash's victory, the trainer exchanges Pokemon with him: Butterfree was exchanged for Raticate. Meanwhile, James, disguised as a doorman, is sold a Magikarp by a merchant. Jessie and Meowth felt that this purchase was useless and James was simply deceived. Ash is tormented by his conscience for trading Butterfree. Suddenly, the trainers on the ship are attacked by dozens of Team Rocket members: they lured them onto the ship in order to take their Pokemon away. The heroes, together with other trainers, drive Team R away, but then a strong storm begins and the ship sinks. Ash trades his Butterfree back. All passengers sail away with the crew on lifeboats, while Ash, Misty, Brock, Jessie, James and Meowth remain on the ship, which plunged into the depths of the ocean.

Episode 16: Shipwreck Pokémon Shipwreck

The heroes are actually buried on the surface of the water: Officer Jenny throws a bouquet of flowers into the water from a warship. Meanwhile, Ash and his friends and Team Rocket are trying to find a way out of the sunken ship. With the help of the water Pokémon, Ash, Misty and Brock climb out and sit on one of the floating debris. Since Team Rocket doesn't have any water Pokémon, Jessie and Meowth panic, but James just laughs: he has a water Magikarp. Jessie and Meowth tell James that if the "useless" Magikarp helps them get out, they will forgive him for wasting money on him. Magikarp can't get Team Rocket out because he's too weak, but somehow Team Rocket manages to swim to the raft where Ash and his friends are. The heroes sit on the raft with Team R for the whole day. In the end everyone is exhausted from hunger. Meowth tries to eat Magikarp, but breaks his teeth. James angrily kicks Magikarp into the water: not only was he unable to pull them out, but he is also inedible. Suddenly, Magikarp evolves into Gayardos and, using the Dragon's Fury attack, raises a tornado that sucks in everyone who was on the raft

Episode 17: Island of Giant Pokemon Island of the Giant Pokémon

Ash, Misty and Brock wake up on the beach. Suddenly, Ash discovers that his Pikachu, as well as the Pokeballs with Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur, have disappeared somewhere. On the same beach, Jessie and James come to their senses; they notice that Ekans, Koffing and Meowth have also disappeared. Meanwhile, Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur meet Koffing, Ekans and Meowth and together search for their trainers. Jessie and James find a telephone booth and use the cable coming from it to find people. Suddenly, they see Pikachu and decide to catch it, but upon taking a closer look, they realize that it is a giant Pikachu. The huge Pokemon crushed the booth and, without looking down, moved on, and Ash and his friends were attacked by a huge Charizard, whose fire they barely managed to dodge. As a result, Jessie and James stumble upon a giant Kabutops, and while running away from it, they find a cart on the tracks. Having sat in it, they drove in the opposite direction, straight towards Kabutops, and hooked his leg with the same cable from the telephone booth, pulling him along with them. Jessie and James decide to stop, but break the brake lever. Ash, Brock and Misty run to a small stone bridge, but then it collapses under their feet, and they fall straight into the cart with Jesse and James. Then Ash sees his Pokémon running from a whole crowd of giants. Pikachu and the others jump into the cart, which now drags along almost all the giants of the island. At that time, an excursion ship was sailing past the island. The guide sees that all the exhibits on this island have been destroyed. Team Rocket's boss receives a call that the giant Pokémon island he has invested millions in has been destroyed.

Episode 18: Beauty and the Beach Beauty and the Beach

Ash, Misty and Brock reach the resort town of Porta Vista. They rent a boat, but while sailing they collide with Team Rocket's submarine and destroy the dock. An old man named Mo approaches the heroes - it turns out that both the boat and the pier belonged to him. Team R also gets ashore and is hired by the old woman Brutella in the restaurant. Ash, Misty and Brock, wanting to pay Moe's bills, also hire him at his restaurant - there is fierce competition between both restaurants. Ash uses the Pokémon in the kitchen, but Team Rocket interferes with them. People began to leave Mo's restaurant. The old man says that he will not be able to give the money to Brutella, and he will have to give her his boat. Ash says that you should never give up on your dreams. Here, to the great surprise of everyone present, Professor Oak and Ash’s mother enter the restaurant. Professor Oak shows Ash a newspaper in which it is written about a competition being held among girls and Pokemon for the best bathing suit; the money won can be used to pay for everything. Team R tries to disrupt the competition, but is unsuccessful. As a result, Ash's mom, who won the competition, pays off Mo's debts, and Ash, Misty and Brock continue on their way

Episode 19: Tentacool and Tentacruel Tentacool & Tentacruel

The heroes want to leave Port Vista, but they missed the ferry and will have to wait another three hours for the next one. Suddenly, Misty notices the Horsey Pokémon in the water. Horsey looks beat up and there is no Pokemon Center in this town. Horsey releases a stream of ink from his mouth, and something like a drawing is formed on the water, but Misty and the others cannot understand what exactly is depicted. Suddenly, the ferry, which Ash missed, explodes; Misty, with the help of her water Pokémon, saves the sailors. The mayor of Nastina thanks his friends for saving the sailors. She wants to build on coral reef a luxurious hotel, but the Tentacools prevent her from doing this. Nastina sets a reward for exterminating the Tentacools, but Misty sharply refuses and leaves - she says that if the Tentacools attack people, there must be a very serious reason for this. Then Team R appears, promising that they will easily destroy all the Tentacools for the sake of a million dollars. When they want to do this, one of the Tentacools evolves into a giant Tentacruel and begins to destroy the city. Using Meowth, Tentacruel tells the people that they have come to take revenge on the people for their destroyed homes. Ash, Misty and Brock use Pokémon, but they are unable to defeat countless Tentacools. Misty eventually begs Tentacruel to give the humans another chance, and he returns to the ocean. Nastina continues to shoot at Tentacruel, but he sends her into the sky with one blow. Misty gets a new Pokemon - Horsey

Episode 20: The Ghost of Maiden Rock The Ghost of Maiden's Peak

From Port Vista, travelers take a ferry to Maiden Rock. There is a holiday in the city where they arrive. Brock stops when he sees a beautiful girl, who immediately disappears, only Brock is distracted. James also sees the same girl while Jessie and Meowth were looking for money defended by passers-by. An old woman warns Brock and James that they need to beware of this girl. At the celebration, the old man shows a painting of a girl - both Brock and James recognize her. The old man says that she died two thousand years ago. Her husband went to war, and she promised to wait for him forever, but he was not destined to return, and she continued to wait for him until she turned to stone. That is why the rock is called Maiden Rock. The old man says that she is still waiting for her lover. At night, James, who wakes up, sees her, she beckons him to follow her, and he follows her. Then the girl lures Brock too. The next morning, Ash, Misty, Jessie and Meowth find Brock and James in the house. The same old woman appears and offers to buy talisman stickers against ghosts. The next night, the wind tears off all the stickers, and the ghost of a girl enters the house. When Ash points the Pokédex at the ghost, it is revealed to be the ghost Pokémon Ghastly. Gastly turns out to be an old woman who sold stickers. The heroes unsuccessfully try to fight him, but at dawn Gastly disappears, as he cannot stand the sun. As the summer festival comes to an end, Ash and the others perform the traditional dance of this holiday. It turns out that the girl’s ghost really exists, and Gastly was simply helping her, because, as he says, he likes to revive ancient legends. Gastly promises her that if he ever meets her husband's soul, he will tell him that she is still waiting for him.

Episode 21: Goodbye Butterfree Bye Bye Butterfree

The heroes reach a cliff and see many Butterfrees flying over the sea. As it turns out, Butterfree is in mating season—once a year, trainers release their Butterfrees to find a mate and fly overseas. Ash decides to let his Butterfree go. He falls in love with pink Butterfree, but she rejects him. Suddenly, Team Rocket appears and catches all of the Butterfrees. Ash's Butterfree saves them all, impressing the pink Butterfree. It was not easy for Ash to part with his first caught Pokemon, but he still says goodbye to him, hoping to meet him again

Episode 22: Abra and the Psychic Attack Abra and the Psychic Showdown

Ash and his friends go to Saffron, but get lost in the forest. Suddenly they see a little girl. Ash asks if she is from around here, but the girl turns around and runs into the forest. Ash runs after her and comes out to Saffron. Brock says that the leader of the stadium here is Sabrina, and Ash wants her Gold Badge. Entering the city, the friends stumble upon two "girls" who were actually just Jessie and James from Team Rocket in disguise. They tell their friends that the latter have won a prize for becoming Saffron's millionth visitor. The “girls” lead them to a building where, according to them, the prize is kept, and then they capture Pikachu and teleport their friends to a room without windows or doors. But suddenly that girl appears who frees her friends. At the stadium, friends are met by a bearded man who advises them to stay away from Sabrina. Ash challenges Sabrina, the same girl sitting on the lap of an adult girl, to a fight. Sabrina says that if she loses, Ash will have to play with her. Ash uses Pikachu, and Sabrina uses Abra. Abra evolves into Kadabra and easily defeats Pikachu. Sabrina teleports her friends to some place - as it turns out later, she shrunk them and moved them to a doll town. Friends are saved by the same bearded man. The bearded man says that Ash shouldn't even try to defeat Sabrina, but Ash is adamant in his desire to defeat her. Then the bearded man says that the only Pokemon that can defeat her psychic Pokemon are the ghost Pokemon from Lavender

Episode 23: The Sinister Tower The Tower of Terror

After losing their battle with Sabrina, Ash and his friends, following the advice of a mysterious bearded man, go to the city of Lavender to catch a ghost Pokémon living in an ominous tower. Meanwhile, Team Rocket wants to make a trap in the tower, but the ghost Pokémon Gastly, Haunter and Gengar prevent them from doing so. Ash and Pikachu enter the tower, but Misty and Brock are afraid to go there and stay outside. A chandelier falls on Ash and Pikachu, Haunter pulls their souls out of their bodies. Ash and Pikachu are having fun with Gastly, Haunter and Gengar, but Ash says that he can't stay with them since he has to defeat Sabrina. Haunter places the souls of Ash and Pikachu back into their bodies, with Misty and Brock bending over them. Haunter decides to go with Ash to Saffron

Episode 24: Haunter vs. Kadabra Haunter versus Kadabra

Ash returns to Sabrina. She warns him that if he loses, Ash will have to play with her again. Ash wants to use Haunter, but he disappears somewhere. Ash then tries to escape, but Sabrina turns Misty and Brock into dolls. Ash meets a bearded man who says that Sabrina was not always like this - as a child she had no friends, she only trained her telepathic abilities. Then the man takes out a photo and says that Sabrina suffers from a split personality: on the one hand, she is a strong trainer and an adult girl; and on the other, a little girl who wants to have friends. It turns out that the bearded man is Sabrina's father. Ash finds Haunter and returns to the stadium. Ash wants to put him up for battle again, but he disappears again, and he has to use Pikachu. During the fight, Haunter suddenly appears and manages to make Sabrina laugh. Sabrina's father says he has never seen Sabrina laugh. Kadabra is also rolling on the floor laughing: there is a telepathic connection between him and Sabrina. The little girl disappears, leaving only the adult Sabrina. Sabrina keeps Haunter and gives Ash the Gold Badge

Episode 25: Primeape is crazy! Primeape Goes Bananas

On the way to the city of Celadon, the friends decide to stop for a rest. They meet Monkey. Brock immediately realizes that Monkey wants a rice ball and gives it to him. Ash decides to catch Monkey while he is eating, which infuriates him. Monkey beats Ash up and steals his cap. Team Rocket appears. Monkey becomes interested in them, but James chases him away. Monkey becomes so enraged that he transforms into Primeape. Primeape beats up Team Rocket and then turns on Ash. Ash and his friends run away from him. Ash eventually remembers Professor Oak's words that without a good trainer, there is no Pokemon, and catches Primeape, defeating it with Charmander

Episode 26: Pokemon in the Land of Smells Pokémon Scent-sation

Ash and his friends arrived in Celadon, a large city with skyscrapers. Misty, Brock and Pikachu smelled it and ran to the perfume store. Ash tries to lead them away, saying that perfumes are money down the drain. The store owner kicks Ash out because he insulted her product. Ash tries to enter Celadon's stadium alone, but is not allowed in as the perfume is produced at the stadium. Team Rocket, wanting to steal the perfume recipe, makes a deal with Ash: he unties them and removes them from the tree (they were caught for stealing), and Jessie, James and Meowth help him get into the stadium. Ash, disguised as a girl, enters the stadium, but Pikachu recognizes him. The leader of the stadium, Erica, turns out to be the owner of a perfume store. Ash challenges Erica to a fight as the leader of the stadium. During the battle, an explosion occurs: Team Rocket stole the secret formula from the safe and planted a bomb in the stadium. A fire starts. Ash saves Erica's Gloom from the fire, and for this she rewards him with the Rainbow Badge

Episode 27: Hypno-Pokemon Dream Hypno's Naptime

Friends find themselves in an unfamiliar city with tall skyscrapers. Suddenly, a woman calls out to Ash, calling him Arnold. Ash says she messed up. The woman admits her mistake and says that three days ago her son Arnold disappeared, like many other children from the city. Ash decides to help the woman, and the friends head to the Pokémon Center to gather information. Nurse Joy complains that all the Pokémon at the Center have been feeling unwell for three days now, the worst case being Psyduck. Officer Jenny learns that it is due to the waves causing drowsiness. Together they find their source in a mansion on the roof of a skyscraper. There is a club in the mansion, all of its members suffer from insomnia and use the hypnosis of the Pokemon Hypno as a sleeping pill. Ash says that these waves affect the Pokémon in the Center. Misty decides to get closer to Hypno, who hypnotizes her, forcing her to believe that he is the Pokemon Seal, after which Misty runs away from the mansion somewhere in the park. That's where the missing children end up: they all think they're Pokémon. With the help of another Pokemon from the club, Drowzee, the children wake up and go home. In the center, all the Pokemon are healthy, but Psyduck continues to hold his head. Ash's Pokédex explains that Psyducks constantly suffer from headaches. Psydak decides to go after Misty

Episode 28: Alley of future Pokemon breeders Rokon! Burīdā Taiketsu

Ash walks down Scissor Street, where there are many beauty salons for Pokémon. Misty talks about how Scissor Street is also called Pokémon Alley. Brock brought them here, which is why Ash assumes that Brock, as a Pokemon breeder, always follows the latest innovations in Pokemon breeding. Finally, Brock finds the right salon. Extremely nervous, he goes inside to see the owner of the salon named Susie. Having overcome his fear, Brock asks Susie to take him on as her student, but Susie says she doesn't have time. Over lunch, Susie tells her friends about herself and her Pokémon Vulpix. An argument breaks out between Ash and Misty: Ash says that internal qualities are more important than external beauty, but Misty does not agree. Ash tells Misty that if appearance is more important to her, then she should take her Psyduck to Salon R, to which Misty agrees and calls her Pokemon. Misty takes Psyduck to Salon R, where they paint her. As it turns out, its owners are Team R. Misty tries to escape from the salon, but James catches her. Psyduck runs to Ash and his friends and leads them to Misty. Ash and Brock fight Team Rocket, but lose; everyone is saved by Vulpix Susie. After this, Suzy announces that she is going on a trip and asks Brock to take care of Vulpix, since, besides Suzy, this Pokémon only has friendly feelings towards him

Episode 29: Fighting Pokemon The Punchy Pokémon

Hitmonchan runs along the road, whom Ash sees. Ash thinks it is wild, but it turns out that it belongs to a trainer named Anthony. His daughter, Rebecca, asks her friends to convince her father not to participate in the R-1 tournament for fighting-type Pokémon. Anthony trains Hitmonchan all the time and does not devote time to his family. Ash and Brock decide to participate in the tournament: Ash uses Primeape, and Brock uses Geodude. Team R also infiltrates the tournament, using the stolen Hitmonlee to win the championship by cheating. As a result, Ash's Primeape wins the tournament. Anthony realizes he was wrong. Ash leaves Primeape for training with Anthony. Hitmonchan runs away, whom Ash sees. Ash thinks it is wild, but it turns out that it belongs to a trainer named Anthony. His daughter, Rebecca, asks her friends to convince her father not to participate in the R-1 tournament for fighting-type Pokémon. Anthony trains Hitmonchan all the time and does not devote time to his family. Ash and Brock decide to participate in the tournament: Ash uses Primeape, and Brock uses Geodude. Team R also infiltrates the tournament, using the stolen Hitmonlee to win the championship by cheating. As a result, Ash's Primeape wins the tournament. Anthony realizes he was wrong. Ash leaves Primeape to train with Anthony

Episode 30: Magnemite's Strange Attraction Sparks Fly for Magnemite

Friends arrive in the city of Gringi. There are a lot of factories there and because environmental pollution there are almost no inhabitants left. Suddenly Pikachu becomes ill. Ash takes him to the Pokémon Center, and Nurse Joy says it's just a cold. Suddenly the electricity went out. If there is no electricity, the Pokemon being treated at the Center may die. Ash and his friends decide to go to the power plant and find out the cause of the accident. At the station they met Magnemite, who for some reason was chasing Pikachu. Suddenly Magnemite disappears in an unknown direction, and the heroes are attacked by a group of Grimers and their leader Mack. The workers say that because of the Grimers, the power plant is not working. Magnemites and their developed forms Magnetons help the heroes drive out the Grimers, and Ash catches their leader Mack himself, but sends him to Professor Oak, since Mack stinks terribly even through his pokeball

Episode 31: Dig Diglett! Dig Those Diglett

Ash comes to an area somewhere in the mountains. The friends decide to stop for a rest when they see that the nearest highway is falling down. It turns out that Diglett's Pokémon are to blame for everything: they dig passages under buildings and thereby destroy them. The dam builders offer a reward for getting rid of the Digletts. Ash, like Gary who was nearby, offers help. Ash and Gary use Pokemon, but for some reason they don't want to come out of their Pokeballs. Gary assumes that the Pokémon don't want to fight the Digletts and leaves. In the evening, the heroes reflect on what happened. Suddenly Diglett appears, followed by his friends. Brock realizes what's going on: these mountains are the home of the Digletts and their evolved forms of Dugtrio. The Pokémon realized that if they built a dam, the water would flood everything. It was decided to stop construction of the dam. Then Team Rocket appears - their Ekans and Koffing have turned into Arbok and Weezing, respectively. After a small battle in which the Digletts help the heroes, Ash goes further to the city of Fuchsia for the next badge

Episode 32: Battle with Ninja Pokemon The Ninja Poké-Showdown

While searching for the city, Ash and his friends find Fuchsia in the middle of the forest big house in ancient Japanese style. The friends go inside, but it seems like no one is there. As it turns out, that house is full of traps like invisible walls and secret doors. The Pokémon Venonat appears and the heroes rush after it. As soon as Ash entered the room, shurikens flew at him. They are greeted by a girl named Aya, who says that she is a ninja. She explains to the heroes that she wants a battle. Aya puts out Venonat, and Ash puts up Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur wins. Suddenly the girl’s brother appears, who says that she still has to study and study. This is Koga, the leader of Fuchsia Stadium. Koga challenges Ash to a fight, he agrees. A battle ensues, with Kouga deploying his Venonat and Ash deploying his Pidgeotto. Venonat evolves into Venomoth and wins. Ash then uses Charmander, but Team Rocket appears and captures all the Pokémon. The situation is saved by Psydak - he easily wins with the help of his telekinesis attack. In the Pokédex, Ash learns that Psyduck's power increases as his headache increases. Kouga thanks Ash and his friends and resumes fighting outdoors. Ash's Charmander defeats Koga's Golbat and thus Ash receives the Heart Badge.

Episode 33: Crazy Races The Flame Pokémon-athon!

The heroes go out into the open. Ash sees a herd of Toros and decides to catch at least one, but is stopped by a girl riding a Ponyta named Laura. She explains that this is a Pokemon sanctuary and catching Pokemon is prohibited here. Ash apologizes, and Laura invites her friends to a party and a Pokemon race. At the celebration, everyone wishes Laura victory. Suddenly a guy on Dodrio named Dario comes running and says that the Toros have gone berserk. Friends resort to the corral, this is true. Suddenly Ponyta gets scared and throws Laura off, who breaks her arm. It turns out that these are the tricks of Dario - he is also participating in the race and wants to eliminate his rivals. Team R helps him in this. Laura invites Ash to take part in the race for her. Misty and Brock also compete on Starmie and Onyx, respectively. The races begin in the morning. Team Rocket sits in a secluded place and activates traps - all participants are eliminated except Dario and Ash. Here Ponyta evolves into Rapidash and wins the race at the very last moment. Laura advises Ash to catch Pokemon in the Safari Zone - that's where he goes

Episode 34: Kangaskhan Cub The Kangaskhan Kid

Arriving at the Safari Zone, Ash is about to catch Pokémon, but then Officer Jenny catches him, telling him that he is still on private property. Ash apologizes, and then Jenny is told on the radio that they have spotted several more poachers. Ash, Misty, Brock and Jenny see Team Rocket trying to capture a herd of Kangaskhans, but are interrupted by a feral child who suddenly appears. After some time, a man and a woman appear and say that they are looking for their child named Tommy, who disappeared five years ago. They show his photo to their friends, they recognize that wild child. After some time, Brock sees the wounded Kangaskhan cub and heals him. Tommy appears and Misty tries to explain to him that Brock was only helping the baby. Tommy's parents then inform him that they are his real parents. Tommy's father hits him on the head and he remembers his family. Tommy doesn't know who to stay with: the Kangaskhans or his parents. Then Officer Jenny appears and says that the Kangaskhans are in trouble again. Using a giant mechanical Kangaskhan, Team Rocket once again wants to capture the entire herd. With the help of Tommy and his parents, the heroes defeat Team R. As a result, Tommy's parents settle with him in the Kangaskhan herd, and the heroes continue their journey through the Safari Zone

Episode 35: The Legend of Dratini The Legend of Dratini

The heroes crossing the Safari Zone are stopped by an armed man. He mistakes them for poachers and points a revolver at them, but his friends quickly explain that they are not poachers. Relenting, the man introduces himself as Kaiser, the caretaker of the Safari Zone. Kaiser allows heroes to catch Pokemon only with the help of special pokeballs - safari balls, and only with their help, without using Pokemon. Brock notices a photo of the Pokémon Dratini and asks if they really live in the Safari Zone, but the guard yells that they don't. Friends ask Professor Oak on the phone, he tells them that Kaiser found Dratini here 30 years ago. The trainers, having learned about this, searched the entire Safari Zone in search of him, catching almost all the Pokemon - since then, only safari balls are allowed here, and Kaiser does not want to talk about Dratini. Ash catches 30 Hummocks, and then Team R captures the guard and asks him where Dratini is. Meowth throws an electric bomb into the lake to make Dratini float up. Ash dives into the water to retrieve the bomb from the lake, but begins to drown. Ash is saved by Dragonair, the same Dratini who evolved.

Episode 36: Bikers operating on the bridge The Bridge Bike Gang

Leaving the Safari Zone, the friends reach a giant bridge across the bay, which could greatly shorten the road to Sunny City, but only bicycles are allowed there. Trying to find a way out of the situation, the heroes come to the Pokemon Center. Sister Joy asks her friends to deliver medicine for Pokémon in Sunny City and gives them bicycles. When Ash and his friends are driving across a bridge, they are stopped by a gang of bikers. A biker named Chopper challenges Ash to a fight and uses Golem. Ash first uses Bulbasaur, which loses, then Charmander, which defeats Golem. Another biker, Tira, performs with her Cloyster. Misty wants to fight her and use Starmie, when suddenly Psyduck comes out instead of Starmie, who behaves like an idiot. During the battle, Jesse and James arrive and claim that they were also in this gang when they were young. The bikers and Team Rocket are scared away by Officer Jenny who appears here. Ash continues to drive on, even though it's starting to rain. The bikers admire Ash's action and help him deliver the medicine.

Episode 37: Ditto's Mystery House Ditto's Mysterious Mansion

Caught in a rainstorm, Ash, Misty and Brock enter a mysterious house. There they see Pikachu , but with some strange face. Ash wants to catch him using his Pikachu, but a girl dressed like him stops him. It turns out that it wasn't Pikachu - it was Ditto. The girl's name is Duplika, she is a parodist and performs on stage with Ditto, and this house is a theater. Ditto can transform into other Pokémon, but cannot copy faces. People don't like it and don't go to her shows. Meanwhile, Team Rocket kidnaps Ditto and threatens him into turning into Meowth, with a frightened Ditto learning to copy faces. When the heroes come running to rescue Ditto, they mistakenly take Meowth, but in the end Ditto is returned

Episode 38: Electronic Warrior Porygon Cyber ​​Soldier Porygon

Ash, Misty and Brock learn that at the Pokémon Center, the system for teleporting Pokémon in Pokeballs through a virtual network does not work. At the request of Sister Joy, they go to Professor Akihabara, the man who created this network. Professor Akihabara tells them that Team Rocket has stolen the prototype of Porygon, a Pokémon capable of living in virtual space, and is using it to steal Pokémon transported through the network. Akihabara sends Ash and his friends into cyberspace to stop Team Rocket by giving them his other Porygon for the time being. When meeting with Team R, it turns out that they were the ones who organized the blockade of the network. The heroes' Porygon defeats Team Rocket's Porygon, but Sister Joy, observing the situation through a computer monitor, activates an antivirus program, assuming that the network is infected with a computer virus. In an attempt to protect his friends, Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on the antivirus, causing an explosion. The heroes, along with Team R, leave the network. After these events, the Pokémon transportation mode of operation returns to normal.

Episode 39: Goodbye Pikachu! Pikachu's Goodbye

While Ash, Misty and Brock stopped for a rest in the forest, Pikachu sees another, wild Pikachu, but he gets scared and runs away. Ash and Pikachu run after him and come across a flock of Pikachu. Ash's Pikachu wants to come to them, but Ash scares them all away, which upsets him. Then, some time later, a wild Pikachu falls into the river and is saved by Ash's Pikachu. At night, Ash's Pikachu is having fun with his fellow tribesmen, when suddenly Team R appears, who wants to kidnap the entire flock, but they fail. Ash comes to the conclusion that it would be better to leave him in the pack, and, saying goodbye, runs away with tears in his eyes. Dawn comes, Ash's Pikachu appears and rushes into his arms: he decided to go further with Ash

Episode 40: Evie's Four Brothers he Battling Eevee Brothers

While traveling through the forest, the friends find little Eevee tied to a tree. They find out where the Pokémon lives and return it to its owner, who lives in Stone Town. It turns out that Eevee's owner is a little boy named Mikey, who is forced by his older brothers to evolve his pet into one of three forms: Jolteon, Vaporeon or Flyeron. Mikey doesn't want to turn Eevee, so he hid him. Additionally, each of the older brothers already has one of these Pokémon. Suddenly, Team Rocket steals the brothers' Pokémon. Only Mikey, who acts with his Eevee, can stop the Team and return the Pokémon.

Episode 41: Snorlax, Wake Up! Wake Up Snorlax!

Ash, Misty and Brock see an old man playing the flute. He asks them for food for the “concert,” but his friends have nothing. The heroes go to the city for food, but there is no food there - the river has dried up and a drought has begun. Friends walk along a dry riverbed and discover that the river is blocked by thickets of thorns. Having made their way through the thickets, the guys see that the riverbed is blocked by the Pokemon Snorlax. He went to bed right next to the spring and blocked it. Friends are trying in every way to wake him up, when suddenly Ash learns from the Pokédex that you can easily wake up a sleeping Pokemon using a Pokéflute. Everyone remembers seeing such a flute from the old man. The old man, playing the flute, wakes up Snorlax, he eats all the thorns and the river begins to flow again. The mayor of the city thanks Ash, Misty and Brock for this and arranges a festive banquet in their honor. Ash, Misty and Brock see an old man playing the flute. He asks them for food for the “concert,” but his friends have nothing. The heroes go to the city for food, but there is no food there - the river has dried up and a drought has begun. Friends walk along a dry riverbed and discover that the river is blocked by thickets of thorns. Having made their way through the thickets, the guys see that the riverbed is blocked by the Pokemon Snorlax. He went to bed right next to the spring and blocked it. Friends are trying in every way to wake him up, when suddenly Ash learns from the Pokédex that you can easily wake up a sleeping Pokemon using a Pokéflute. Everyone remembers seeing such a flute from the old man. The old man, playing the flute, wakes up Snorlax, he eats all the thorns and the river begins to flow again. The mayor of the city thanks Ash, Misty and Brock for this and arranges a festive banquet in their honor.

Episode 42: The Mystery of the Gloomy City Showdown at Dark City

Ash and his friends reach the Gloomy City, where residents are very afraid of Pokemon trainers and are not very happy with travelers. The heroes find out that residents have reasons to be wary of trainers: two groups of trainers, “Yas” and “Kaz,” constantly clash on the streets of the city. Each group wants to set up their own stadium in the city, but since there can only be one stadium in the city, each group wants to destroy the other before the Pokémon League inspector arrives. The Yas Stadium leader has Scyther, and the Kaz leader has Electrobuzz. Ash, Misty and Brock go to Yas Stadium. Pikachu accidentally spills a bottle of ketchup on Scyther's face, he goes berserk and his owner calls him back to the Pokeball. The leader invites Ash to join, but is refused. Ash is beaten, he barely escapes. In the Pokédex, Ash learns that Electbuzz and Scyther get mad at the color red - that's why Scyther got mad because of ketchup. During a skirmish, friends pour barrels of ketchup on Electabuzz and Scyther, and they begin to attack their own trainers. Both leaders ask for forgiveness from the residents and repair the city destroyed by their groups.

Episode 43: March of the ExeggutorsThe March of the Exeggutor Squad

The heroes reach the fair and decide to have a little fun. Misty and Pikachu walk separately and notice a magician with an Exeggute being shouted at by an angry woman. She leaves, Misty wants to know what's going on. The magician introduces himself as Melvin and asks Misty to become his assistant for one day. Ash and Brock also come to the show. Melvin fails the performance and Ash mocks him. The magician hypnotizes Ash with the help of Exeggut, and then takes him into the forest to catch the local Exeggutor. Team Rocket appears. Melvin's Exeggutor hypnotizes Team Rocket, the wild Exeggutors do the same and, hypnotizing each other, march in a large crowd towards the city. Team Rocket also goes along with the Exeggutors, believing themselves to be them. Ash comes to his senses. The organizer of the festival says that he planted a bomb on the empty fair to get rid of the Exeggutors, but Ash wants to stop them in time and thereby save them. He uses Bulbasaur and Squirtle, but it doesn't help. Then Ash uses Charmander, who stops them with his fire attacks. The bomb explodes, but no one is hurt. Suddenly, Ash's Charmander transforms into Charmeleon. Charmeleon stops obeying Ash.

Episode 44: Cowardly Paras The Problem with Paras

The travelers are running out of Pokémon medicine, so they stop by a local village to replenish their supply. Meanwhile, Jessie and James see that Meowth is sick and leave him. Meowth is nursed by a girl named Cassandra, to whom Meowth becomes very attached. The heroes come to Cassandra, who asks them to participate with her in a Pokemon battle. Her Paras must evolve into a Parasect in order for Cassandra to use its spores in medicine, but in order to achieve this, the Paras must gain experience in battle. Paras is very afraid to fight and Ash tries to give in to him. Pikachu's Lightning Bolt and Squirtle's Water Cannon scare the cowardly Pokémon. Desperate, Ash summons Charmeleon, but he acts too cruelly towards Paras, Ash has difficulty recalling him. Paras runs into the forest right into the hands of Team R. Meowth talks about the medicines that Parasect produces, and Jessie and James, wanting to make money on him, teach him to fight. Friends find Paras, Team Rocket watches Ash and his friends. Ash sends out Pikachu, but Paras defeats him. Ash then releases Charmeleon, who again disobeys him. Paras transforms into Parasect and puts Charmeleon to sleep using Sleep Spores.

Episode 45: Jigglypuff's Song The Song of Jigglypuff

Ash, Misty and Brock walk through the desert looking for a place to sleep. They enter the city of Neon, where residents sleep little and play in the casino around the clock. The locals are very angry and always irritated. The friends left the noisy city and headed to a calm and quiet forest. There they met Jigglypuff. Misty tries to catch him, but she fails. Suddenly, friends notice that Jigglypuff can't sing because of his sore throat, and decide to help him. They find a fruit in the forest that soothes a sore throat. Jigglypuff eats the fruit and begins to sing. The song Jigglypuff sings makes everyone fall asleep. This makes Jigglypuff very upset, and he paints his friends' faces. Waking up, they decide to take Jigglypuff to Neon so that the inhabitants of this city will fall asleep. Everything works out and all the residents fall asleep. In the morning they wake up, and after sleeping, they become much calmer and kinder.

Episode 46: Attack of the Prehistoric PokemonAttack of the Prehistoric Pokémon

Friends pass through a canyon, where archaeologists are digging the earth and looking for fossils of ancient Pokemon, among the archaeologists is Gary. Meanwhile, Team Rocket plants a bomb in the canyon. Ash notices Meowth lighting the fuse and tries to put it out with Squirtle's help. The bomb goes off and opens a cave, where Ash, Jessie, James and Meowth fall through. In the cave, they meet Pokemon that were considered extinct long ago: Omanite, Omastar, Kabuto, Kabutops and Aerodactyl. Ash calls Charmeleon to protect them, but Charmeleon doesn't want to fight. Aerodactyl grabs Ash and flies out of the cave. Charmeleon transforms into Charizard and flies after Ash. Jigglypuff appears and starts singing. Everyone falls asleep, Aerodactyl, falling asleep, falls back into the cave, and Charizard manages to catch Ash before falling asleep. When everyone wakes up, Officer Jenny tells them it was just a dream and sends everyone off to do their own thing. Ash finds a Pokémon egg, which Brock decides to take care of.

Episode 47: Operation Chansey A chance operation

Pikachu accidentally swallows an apple whole and it gets stuck in his throat. The friends decide to take him to the Pokemon Center, but there is no Center nearby. Then they take him to a regular human hospital. Dr. Proctor, the local doctor, removes the apple from Pikachu. Nurse Joy then calls the hospital and reports that due to one accident, many Pokémon have been hurt and the Pokémon Centers are overcrowded, and asks Dr. Proctor to help, and then sends a group of Pokémon Chansey to help the doctor. Ash and his friends also help, as do Jessie and James who were here: their Pokémon were also injured. By accident, a syringe with sleeping pills hits the doctor. The doctor falls asleep, and the friends have to treat the Pokémon themselves. Team Rocket wants to steal all the Pokémon and attacks Ash, Misty and Brock. Chansey stands in front of them to protect the heroes. Team Rocket's Pokémon Weezing and Arbok do not attack Chansey since she had previously healed them. The Chanseys free their friends and a doctor appears to help their friends defeat Team Rocket.

Episode 48: Sacred Bonds of Marriage Holy Matrimony!

Ash, Misty and Brock see a wanted poster with a photo of little James on it. At this time, a limousine drives up to them, and the friends are taken to the mansion where James lived as a child. When they arrive, they are informed that James's parents have died and he is only entitled to the inheritance if he marries. Jessie and Meowth force James to go and get the money, but it all turns out to be a ruse. James's parents weren't dead, they lured James home with wealth to marry him to Jessibel. This girl has been trying to re-educate James since childhood, which is why he ran away from home. She attacks him along with Vileplum, but James's faithful childhood friend, the Pokémon Growlithe, helps him get rid of them. James thanks Growlithe and leaves him at the mansion while he returns to Team Rocket.

Episode 49: Chasing Farfechtdom So Near, Yet So Farfetch"d

The friends stopped for a rest in the forest, in which the Farfechts were supposedly found. Ash and Brock go to get water, while Misty is left to rest. Seeing Farfechtd alone, she tries to catch him, but he runs away from her. Misty runs after him and runs into his trainer, Kate, who quietly exchanges her backpack with Pokemon for his own with stones. This trainer turns out to be a thief, with the help of Farfechtd he distracts his victims. He also steals Pokémon from Team Rocket, but James, Jessie, and Meowth find him and threaten him. Kate returns their Pokémon to them and in addition gives them a bunch of Pokeballs with Pokémon in them. When James, Jessie and Meowth are flying in a hot air balloon, they open these Poké Balls to reveal only Voltorbs, which explode. While this guy is preparing lunch for himself and Farfecht, Psyduck himself gets out of the pokeball and returns to Misty. He then leads his friends and Officer Jenny to the guy who stole the Pokémon. Ash challenges him to a duel, choosing Farfechtd Bulbasaur against him. Farfechtd wins, which surprises Keith. Then Misty decides to fight him too, choosing Psyduck. Farfechtd hits Psyduck on the head with his stalk. Psyduck gets a migraine and easily defeats Farfechtd with the help of telekinesis. Kate realizes that he was wrong and gives all the stolen Pokémon to Officer Jenny, and then promises that he will train Farfechtd properly and catch the Pokémon instead of stealing them.

Episode 50: Who will get Togepi? Who Gets to Keep Togepi?

The heroes enter the Pokemon Center. Ash calls Professor Oak and he updates his Pokédex with new data about Pokémon. The friends begin to speculate on who might hatch from the egg that Brock has been caring for since Ash found it. James, Jessie and Meowth steal the egg from them and hide. Meowth takes great care of the egg. Friends find them and fight with them for the egg. The egg's shell cracks and Misty takes the egg to see who will hatch. Togepi hatches from the egg, and the friends and Team Rocket decide to fight to decide who gets it. Ash wins, but Togepi wants to stay with Misty, so the first thing he saw was her. Thus, Togepi mistakes Misty for its mother and becomes her Pokémon.

Episode 51: The Secret Garden of Bulbasaur Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden

Ash battles Rhyhorn's trainer using his Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur wins, and suddenly the bulb on his back begins to glow. The friends take Bulbasaur to the Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy, after examining it, explains that the bulb is blinking because Bulbasaur will soon evolve. At night, Bulbasaur leaves the Pokemon Center. On the street, other Bulbasaurs catch him with the help of grape lashes, and take him to the “Secret Garden”, where Bulbasaurs evolve into Ivysaurs every year. Pikachu, who saw Bulbasaur being kidnapped, wakes Ash up with a lightning strike and explains with facial expressions that Bulbasaur is not there. Before the vines block the entrance to the Secret Garden, the friends enter and begin to watch the evolution ceremony. Ash's Bulbasaur does not want to evolve, which infuriates Venusaur, who was leading the ceremony. Ash runs down the mountain and then tries to explain to Venusaur that his Bulbasaur has the right to choose. Meanwhile, Jessie, James and Meowth arrive. Using a vacuum device, they suck in all the Ivysaurs. Bulbasaur uses his most powerful attack, Solar Beam, thus saving the Ivysaurs, and Venusaur agrees that Bulbasaur should evolve whenever he wants.

Episode 52: Princess vs. Princess Princess vs. Princess

Misty and Jessie are very happy as Princess Day begins. During this, Jesse catches Lickitung. On this day it is customary to congratulate and give gifts to women. A tournament is announced to crown the Queen of the Princess Festival, where both Jessie and Misty decide to participate. Misty borrows Bulbasaur, Pikachu and Vulpix from Ash and Brock, and also takes her own Starmie. Jessie takes Weezing James and Meowth. In the finals of the tournament, Misty fights Jesse. Pikachu defeats Weezing, Arbok, and Meowth, but Meowth reminds Jessie that she also has Lickitung. Lickitung defeats Vulpix, Bulbasaur and Pikachu. Misty wants to use Starmie, but Psyduck comes out instead. Lickitung gives Psyduck a headache, and he uses the Confusion attack to send Team Rocket fleeing.

Episode 53: The Purring Hero The Purr-fect Hero

Friends approach the kindergarten where Children's Day is being celebrated. The teacher meets them and tells them that they asked the trainers to show the children their Pokemon, but they did not come. She then asks her friends to let the kids play with their Pokémon. One of the children, a boy named Timmy, tells the story of how wild Meowth saved him from an angry Beedrill, but no one believes him. He only wants to play with Meowth. Suddenly Team Rocket arrives, disguised as magicians. They attempt to kidnap Pikachu, but mistakenly kidnap Timmy. Timmy, seeing Meowth, asks him for help, Meowth says that he has the wrong Pokemon. Jessie and James advise Meowth to go with Timmy. Meowth pretends to protect Timmy from Jessie and James and returns to the kindergarten, now everyone believes him. Upon returning, Meowth accidentally says a few words and the heroes recognize him. Meowth runs away in fear, and Timmy and the children run after him. After this, the heroes protect the children from Team R, but during the battle, a boulder falls off the mountain, from which the same wild Meowth saves Timmy. Timmy promises to become a Pokemon trainer, and the heroes continue on their way.

Episode 54: The Case of the K-9 Unit The Case of the K-9 Capers

Ash sees Officer Jenny training Growlithes for police service and decides to give his Pikachu a similar special training course. The training is very grueling and exhausting, Pikachu can barely stand on his feet after it. Then Team R appears, which releases a special gas that changes the voice - as a result, the heroes and Officer Jenny began to speak in a thin voice. In addition, the villains connect them. Next, Jessie and James use an object that looks like a megaphone and changes their voice. By faking Officer Jenny's voice, they began to control a group of Growlithe. Jessie wants to fake Ash's voice to subdue Pikachu, but he takes Ash's side. Team Rocket then orders the Growlithe to attack Pikachu, but Jigglypuff suddenly appears, unable to sing due to the gas. Taking advantage of Jigglypuff's distraction, Jenny convinces the Growlithe to be on her side, and they drive Team Rocket away.

Episode 55: Paparazzi Pokémon Paparazzi

Ash, Misty and Brock meet a photographer named Todd Snap. Todd wants to take a photo of Pikachu, but doesn't want to tell his friends why he needs it. It turns out that Team Rocket forced him to capture Pikachu, but Todd misunderstood it as "caught on film." Todd still manages to take a photo of Pikachu, but Team Rocket appears. Falling into their trap, Ash falls from the waterfall, but Todd sacrifices his camera and uses it to pull Ash out. Jessie, James, and Meowth realize that Todd is just a photographer and engage in battle, but are pushed into the water by Ash's Bulbasaur.

Episode 56: Important Exam The Ultimate Test

Todd advises Ash to take the Pokémon League exam. This exam, if passed successfully, allows you to participate in Pokémon League competitions without receiving badges. Jessie and James also go to the exam. The exam consists of two parts: in the first part, trainers take a test on their knowledge of Pokemon species. In the second part, you need to recognize a Pokemon by part of its body. Ash fails the first and second parts, the examinees proceed to the third. They are given three Pokemon and must take part in the battle. Ash gets Weezing, Arbok and Meowth, and James gets Charizard, Ivysaur and Pikachu. James fails to defeat the examiner, so Ash begins the fight. When the Meowth given to Ash loses, Team Rocket's Meowth goes berserk and scratches Ash's face. Team Rocket sends Charizard, Ivysaur and Pikachu to fight Ash, but the examiner orders the Pokémon to stop. Ash's Weezing uses Explosion and Team Rocket is defeated again. Ash decides to earn his badges on his own rather than take the exam.

Episode 57: The Mystery of the Poke Sanatorium The Breeding Center Secret

Episode 58: Riddle Lover Riddle Me This

On the ship, the heroes sail to Cinnabar Island for the next badge. They meet Gary, who tells them that they are in vain going there, since there is no stadium on Cinnabar, only a resort for tourists. In the evening, Ash and his friends look for the stadium, but do not find it. A stranger approaches them and tells them a riddle. Misty solves the riddle and thanks to the answer, her friends find an abandoned stadium. The leader of the stadium, Blaine, closed his stadium due to the influx of tourists who did not want to fight him. The heroes protect the Pokémon laboratory from Team R, and the stranger as a reward tells them that Blaine still has a stadium, but in a place “where even a fire brigade can’t handle it.” The heroes find a stadium in the mouth of a volcano, the stranger turns out to be Blaine. Ash challenges him to a fight. Ash decides to release Squirtle first since he is a water type. Blaine defeats him with his Ninetales and then summons Rhydon. Ash then calls Charizard, but he does not listen to him, and Ash is forced to call him off. Ash uses Pikachu, who defeats Rhydon by hitting its horn with lightning: electricity does not work on Ground Pokémon like Rhydon does, and the horn is its weak point. Blaine then summons Magmar, who uses the Fire Barrage attack.

Episode 59: Panic on the Volcano Volcanic Panic

Pikachu almost falls into the lava due to Magmar's Fire Barrage, and Ash asks Blaine to stop the battle, not wanting to risk the life of his Pokemon. Brock and Misty try to talk Ash out of a rematch, but Ash says he won't leave the island without his badge. The next day, while Pikachu's friends are treating his burns, Jessie, James and Meowth sneak into the volcano to freeze and steal Magmar. They fire missiles at him, freezing them on impact, but Magmar simply melts the ice. Team Rocket hits walls several times. Due to the sudden cooling, the hot walls begin to break and the volcano begins to erupt. Blaine asks his friends to help him and fill up the lava river with stones. Everyone uses their Pokemon. Ash even calls Charizard, he doesn’t want to help, but seeing how Magmar puts the stones, Charizard also starts working. After covering the lava with stones, Ash and Blaine continue their battle at the top of the volcano. Blaine uses Magmar, Ash wants to use Pikachu, but to his surprise, Charizard wants to fight, so Ash uses Charizard. After a short fight, Ash's Charizard wins. Ash wants to congratulate Charizard, but he breathes fire on him, not wanting to listen to him. Blaine gives Ash the Volcano Badge.

Episode 60: Blastoise's Protected Beach Beach Blank-Out Blastoise

Ash, Misty and Brock want to leave Cinnabar by ship, but when they reach the pier, they see Wartortle. Suddenly, Squirtle comes out of Ash's pokeball and talks to Wartortle about something. Squirtle then asks Ash to follow him as he swims into the ocean with Wartortle. The heroes follow them on a boat. Wartortle leads them to an island full of Squirtles and Wartortles hidden in their shells. In the middle lies a large shell - this is Blastoise. Friends find out that Squirtles, Wartortles and Blastoise are just sleeping, and Jigglypuff is to blame for everything, who got stuck in Blastoise's cannon and sang there, which made everyone fall asleep. Meanwhile, Team Rocket wants to kidnap Blastoise and sends Meowth. Jigglypuff starts singing again and everyone on the beach, including Meowth, falls asleep. Jessie and James tie Blastoise to their submarine, but by then the friends wake up and free Jigglypuff. The heroes eventually save Blastoise from the thieves.

Episode 61: Misty the Little Mermaid The Misty Mermaid

The friends decide to go to the city of Cerulean to leave Horsey Misty at the water stadium, since he feels bad without a lot of water. At Cerulean Stadium, Misty's sisters Daisy, Violet and Lily ask her to participate in an underwater pageant. Team Rocket captures Lily and Violet and changes into their costumes to infiltrate the stage. An underwater battle begins, in which Ash also intervenes. Syl, who lives in the Cerulean Stadium, turns into Dewgong and, together with Pikachu, defeats Team R. The audience all this time thought that this was part of the performance and began to applaud. Leaving the stadium, Misty leaves Starmie and Horsey there, while she continues her journey with Ash and Brock.

Episode 62: Tales of the Clefairys Clefairy Tales

Clefairy steals ice cream from Ash, Misty and Brock. They contact the police, but Officer Jenny tells them that Clefairy is in Lately They began to steal things often. Together with a man named Oswald, the friends search for Clefairy, but stumble upon two aliens. Aliens steal Pikachu and put him in a flying saucer, but they turn out to be Jessie and James disguised as them. Team Rocket's plan is foiled when the Clefairies take Pikachu away from them. Ash and his friends follow Clefairy, and their search leads them to a spaceship. The Clefairies captured Pikachu to provide them with electricity. With the help of Jigglypuff, the heroes rescue Pikachu and return the stolen items to their owners, and the Clefairies fly away on a spaceship.

Episode 63: Battle for the Badge The Battle of the Badge

Ash returns to Viridian City and learns that there is a stadium there. Togepi goes missing and his friends go looking for him. His rival Gary is coming to the stadium. Gary battles the stadium leader and defeats his Pokémon, but the leader sends out a strange armored Pokémon that easily defeats all of Gary's Pokémon. Togepi is taken by Giovanni, Team Rocket's boss, but then escapes through a door. As it turns out, Giovanni is the leader of the stadium. Friends find Togepi at the stadium, where they see a beaten Gary. Gary warns Ash that the Pokémon that defeated him, Giovanni, is not only very strong, but also very angry, despite Ash's belief that there are no evil Pokémon. Giovanni goes somewhere and leaves his stadium to Jesse and James. Ash challenges them to a fight and, with the help of Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Pidgeotto, defeats Machamp, Kingler and Rhydon Giovanni. Jessie then uses Arbok and Weezing, who are defeated by Pikachu. The stadium explodes and the Earth Badge falls into Ash's hands. Everyone, even Gary, admits that Ash is a strong trainer.

Episode 64: Mister Mime's Exit It's Mr. Mime Time!

The heroes return to Pallet Town to talk with Professor Oak, but on their way they see Mister Mime, a Pokémon that can create invisible walls. Ash wants to catch him, but is stopped by a girl named Stella, who also wants to catch Mister Mime. Mister Mime runs away, her friends find out that Stella works in the circus, but her Mister Mime, with whom she performs, has become lazy, and she wants to catch someone else. She then asks Ash to dress up as Mister Mime so that the audience won't notice the switch. Meanwhile, Jessie, James and Meowth go to see Giovanni. He is angry at them for losing at Viridian Stadium. Team Rocket decides to kidnap Mister Mime from the show, but kidnaps Ash. Ash runs away from them, stealing their balloon. Team Rocket brings a tank to the circus to steal the Pokémon from the circus, but the wild Mister Mime that Ash saw and Stella's Mister Mime defeat them. As a result, Stella's Mister Mime decides to work in the circus again, and the wild Mister Mime remains with Ash's mother.

The heroes pass through the snow-capped mountains, but lose their way. A snowstorm begins, Brock and Misty want to find shelter. Suddenly, Pikachu falls off a cliff. After saving him, Ash falls down behind him and is separated from Misty and Brock. The storm intensifies, with the help of Charmander, Ash creates a cave, and then, calling Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Pidgeotto, fills the passage with snowballs. Charmander tries to warm everyone with his fire, but after a while he weakens. To keep the Pokémon from freezing, Ash forces the Pokémon back into their Pokeballs against their will. Pikachu doesn't want to go to the pokeball, Ash tries to force him, but he doesn't succeed. Suddenly, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Pidgeotto emerge from their Pokeballs and, along with Pikachu, all cuddle up to Ash. Ash is touched by his Pokémon's dedication and begins to cry. The next day, Ash and his Pokémon leave the cave, find Misty and Brock, and continue on their way.

Misty and Brock go to a resort on the Seafoam Islands with Ash's mom, while Ash stays at home to prepare for the Pokémon League tournament. When Ash enters Professor Oak's laboratory, he asks him to go to the Seafoam Islands, since Professor Westwood lives there. Only he, according to Oak, can help him in researching the principle of evolution of Slowpoke into Slowbro - if Slowpoke is bitten by the tail by Shellder, then he turns into Slowbro. Meanwhile, on the beach of Seafoam Island, Jesse catches Shellder. As Ash, Misty, and Brock watch Slowpoke with Professor Westwood, Jessie and James fly in on hang gliders and want to turn Slowpoke into Slowbro using Jessie's Shellder. With the help of Psyduck and Slowpoke, who turned into Slowbro, the heroes defeat Team Rocket and understand why Slowpoke is teaming up with Shellder: Shellder on Slowbro's tail gives him the ability to walk on his hind legs, and Slowbro, in turn, feeds Shellder with leftover food - a kind of symbiosis .

Episode 69: Pi-Kahuna The Pi-Kahuna

Ash continues training for competitions on the seashore and learns that surfers come here to conquer the giant wave of Houmangadanga, which comes here once every twenty years. Ash wants to go surfing, but almost drowns. He is rescued by a surfer named Victor with his Pikachu named Pucca. When Ash comes to his senses at Victor's house, Victor tells his friends that twice in his life he wanted to conquer Houmangadanga, like the legendary surfer Jean, but he didn't succeed. He also mentions that his Pucca can sense the approach of large waves. Suddenly, Team Rocket kidnaps Pikachu and Pucca and puts them on their submarine. Underwater, the submarine is attacked by wild Gayardos, thereby destroying it and freeing the two Pikachu. When Humangadanga approaches, Victor, along with Pucca, conquers it and becomes famous.

Episode 70: A Place for Gloom Make Room for Gloom

Ash's mom wants to force Ash, Misty and Brock to work in the garden, but Ash, wanting to get rid of work, runs away with Misty and Brock. They come to the Xanadu nursery, where they grow plants, and meet its owner, Florinda, and her assistant, Potter. Florinda has Gloom, which she wants to turn into Vileplume, she even bought a Leaf Stone, but it didn't work. Professor Oak, who came to the nursery, says that the stone is a fake, it turns out that Florinda was deceived by Team Rocket by selling her a fake stone. Meanwhile, Team Rocket breaks into the nursery and steals the plants. Using a mixture of plants, they paralyze their friends, leaving only Florinda and Glum. Gloom overpowers Team Rocket with his Solar Beam attack.

Episode 71: Lights, camera, motor! Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!

Ash, Misty and Brock meet a trainer named Catherine, who offers Ash a battle. Ash's Pikachu fights Katrin's Raichu, but then the battle is suddenly interrupted by director Cleavon Spielbank, who has been filming the battle all this time. Kleavon Spielbank tells his friends about a film he plans to make about two Pokemon who fall in love, the plot of the film follows the plot of Romeo and Juliet. Wigglytuff is chosen for the role of one Pokemon, and screen tests are underway for the role of another Pokemon, where friends and Team R send their Pokemon. As a result, Psyduck Misty is chosen. Team Rocket is unhappy that Weezing, Arbok and Meowth were not chosen, and attempts to disrupt the filming and kidnap the Pokémon actors. Team R almost succeeds, but Psyduck saves the situation using his telekinesis.

Episode 72: Go West, Young Meowth! Go West Young Meowth

Friends, along with Ash's mother, go to Hollywood for the premiere of a film shot by Shpilbank, Team R also goes there. Meowth walks alone around the city, remembering episodes from his past. In his youth, he lived in this city, here he joined a gang of Meowths and stole food from stores with them. One day, Meowth met a female Meowth named Meowsy, with whom he fell in love. She rejected him, and in order to impress her, Meowth learned to walk hind legs and talk. However, Meowsi rejected him again, considering him crazy. Then Meowth joined Team Rocket to get rich and become powerful, but he didn't succeed. Suddenly Meowth meets his gang; as it turns out, Meowsy also joined it, and was kicked out by the owner. Meowth wants to take her, but Persian, the leader of the pack, fights Meowth for Meowsy. Persian loses, but Meowsy doesn't want to go with Meowth: she wants to stay with Persian. Meowth is very sad about this.

Episode 73: Rock Pokemon Tamer To Master the Onix-pected

The heroes decide to find Bruno, one of the Kanto Elite Four, to help them with their training. They find out that Bruno is training in the mountains and head there. It also becomes known that giant Onyxes live in the mountains. While Bruno pretends to train Ash, Team Rocket wants to capture the giant Onyx, infuriating him. Bruno tells his friends that he has no secrets and they leave. Ash, Misty and Brock want to save them and summon Squirtle, Staryu and Onyx, but the giant Onyx easily defeats them. Then Bruno intervenes: he finds out that Onyx is furious because Sandslash got into his wound, tormenting him from the inside. Giant Onyx agrees to become Bruno's Pokémon. Ash bids him farewell in hopes of battling him in the Pokémon League.

Episode 74: Ancient riddle PokemonopolisThe Ancient Puzzle of Pokemopolis

During training, Ash, Misty and Brock accidentally find a strange artifact, which a girl archaeologist named Eve takes from them. Eve says she and a team of architects are looking for artifacts related to Pokémonopolis, an ancient lost city. Team Rocket, wanting to steal the artifacts, accidentally summons a giant Gengar. Gengar goes towards the Pallet to destroy it, and his friends unsuccessfully try to stop him. By chance, friends, with the help of another artifact, summon a giant Alakazam, who fights Gengar, destroying everything around. Then Jigglypuff appears and starts singing to pacify the Pokemon, but it doesn’t work. Jigglypuff's singing accidentally summons a giant Jigglypuff, who subdues Gengar and Alakazam with his singing and makes them disappear. As it turns out, those artifacts were ancient Pokeballs.

Episode 75: Bad for the Bones! Bad to the Bone

The friends leave Pallet and go to the Indigo Plateau for the championship. On the way, a trainer in a samurai costume named Otoshi challenges Ash to a fight and provokes him to put all his badges on the line. Ash wins and Otoshi says his badges were stolen. It turns out that this is the work of Team R. The friends decide to help Otoshi and find James and Meowth, but find out that Jessie took the badges. Marowak Otoshi leaves as he believes that all the hardships he went through to get the badges were for nothing. James and Meowth find Jessie and agree to steal more badges. The heroes catch up with Team Rocket and Otoshi challenges them to a fight. With the help of the returned Marowak, Otoshi wins back his badges.

Episode 76: Everything is on fire! All Fired Up!

Ash arrives at the Indigo Plateau and sees a motorcade, in front of which an athlete with a torch is running. Ash learns that this is a fire lit by the legendary Pokémon Moltres, which, like the Olympic Flame, burns on a large torch in the main stadium throughout the competition, thus keeping the spirit of the participating trainers alive. Ash asks permission to carry the torch to the stadium, the president of the Pokemon League allows him. When Ash carries the torch to the stadium, a giant torch is lit. Then a giant mechanical monster appears, controlled by Team R. Team R wants to steal the fire of Moltres, but Ash, risking his life, tries to protect the fire and, as he himself says, the honor of the Pokémon League. Suddenly, Moltres himself appears from the flames, defeats the monster, and then sits on the torch and turns back into fire. The President of the Pokémon League declares the competition open.

Episode 77: First round - let's start! Round One – Begin!

Ash learns that he will have to play the first four rounds on four fields: stone, grass, water and ice. You can only use three Pokemon in a match. The computer determines that Ash will start at the water stadium, and his opponent will be Mandy, a narcissistic coach. Since the stadium is water, Ash decides to use his Krabby, since he is a water-type Pokémon, but Misty and Brock want to dissuade him, since Krabby does not have the slightest experience in battles. However, Ash brings Krabby to the competition. Krabby defeats Mandy's Exeggutor, evolves into Kingler, defeats his Sidra and Golbat. Ash thus passes the first round of the competition.

Episode 78: Fire and Ice Fire and Ice

Ash advances to the second round of the stone field competition, where his Squirtle defeats Nidorino, and therefore Ash advances to the third round. His Pokémon are exhausted, but in the evening the Pokémon Centers are crowded, however, Ash finds a Pokémon Center with no lines. He gives his Pokémon there, but in reality the Pokémon Center turns out to be a disguised Team R balloon, and only thanks to Brock and his Onyx are they able to save Ash's Pokémon. Ash manages to give the Pokémon to the nearest Center, and the next day he participates in the third round at the ice stadium. Ash fights a trainer named Pete. Ash's Kingler defeats Pete's Cloyster, but Pete summons Arcanine, who defeats Kingler with his Dragon's Fury attack. Then Ash uses Pikachu and orders him to use a quick attack, but Arcanine melts all the ice on the field with a Fire Volley. With only water left in the arena, Pikachu uses Thunderbolt. Since water conducts electricity, the damage dealt to Arcanine is multiplied, and Ash wins in the third round.

Episode 79: The Twist of the Fourth Round The Fourth Round Rumble

Ash, Misty and Brock witness Gary's defeat in the fourth round. After Gary leaves the stadium, Ash considers giving up due to the tournament's difficulty level, but Brock convinces Ash to give up. On a grassy field, Ash begins a fight with a trainer named Jeanette. Ash uses Bulbasaur, which defeats Beedrill and Jeanette's Scyther. Jeanette then chooses Bellsprout, who turns out to be unusually strong and knocks out Bulbasaur. Ash then uses Pikachu, but Pikachu fails to defeat Bellsprout. Then, to Misty and Brock's surprise, Ash uses Mack: Ash knows that Poison-type Mack has an advantage over Grass-type Bellsprout. Bellsprout doesn't stand a chance against Mack, and Ash advances to the quarterfinals.

Episode 80: A True Friend A Friend in Deed

Ash and his friends, his mother and Professor Oak decide to go to a restaurant to have lunch and celebrate Ash's victory. Leaving the restaurant, Ash meets a boy named Richie, who, as it turns out, is also a Pokemon trainer and also a participant in the tournament. Some people are collecting Pokemon from trainers, Ash and Richie are also renting them out. Then it becomes clear that this is Team R. Jessie, James and Meowth leave in the truck, and Ash and Richie try to find them. Night falls, Ash and Richie decide to stop for the night in the forest, without noticing it themselves, they become best friends. The next morning, they find Team Rocket and try to steal a bag of Pokeballs from the truck, but Jessie, James, and Meowth wake up and lock them in the cargo area. Ash and Richie find their Pokémon in the bag and use them to defeat Team Rocket, take the Pokeballs, and get out of the truck. As Ash begins to recognize his opponent for the next round, it is revealed that Richie will be his next opponent - both Ash and Richie are shocked by this.

Episode 81: Friend and Rival Friend and Foe Alike

As Ash prepares for the match, he is lured outside of the city by Team Rocket to kidnap his Pikachu. When Ash learns that he has been tricked, he tries to escape, sometimes fighting off Team Rocket. The situation is complicated by the fact that Ash may be late for the match and may be disqualified. Ash is already starting to be late, but Richie asks the judge to wait another ten minutes. Ash still manages to get to the stadium in the stolen Team Rocket balloon with the help of Pidgeotto, almost being late. The battle begins. At first, Ash uses Squirtle, and Richie uses Butterfree, nicknamed Happy. Butterfree puts Squirtle to sleep with Sleepy Pollen, then Ash uses Pikachu, knocking out Butterfree with one Thunderbolt. Richie uses Charmander named Zippo, Pikachu, being exhausted to the limit, loses. Ash thinks about what Pokemon to use, since Bulbasaur can't be used against a Fire Pokemon, and decides to take a chance by summoning Charizard. Charizard easily defeats Charmander, and Richie, seeing the situation worsening, summons his Pikachu Sparky. Charizard suddenly stops obeying and goes to sleep right on the field. Thus, Ash loses three Pokémon and is eliminated from the championship. Overcoming himself, Ash congratulates his friend on his victory with a smile on his face.

Episode 82: Friendship for Life Friends to the End

After losing the match, Ash suffers from depression and blames himself for the loss. Misty wants to cheer him up, but Ash only snaps. Professor Oak tells Ash that he is to blame for the loss because he trained Charizard incorrectly. Richie has a match, which Ash and his friends come to. Richie loses, Sparky is defeated by his rival's Ivysaur. After the match, Richie tells Ash that he will learn from his mistakes, and Ash realizes how wrong he was. Ash and Richie then promise each other to become Pokémon Masters no matter what. Team Rocket Once again tries to kidnap Pikachu, and at the same time Sparky, but Ash and Richie prevent them from doing this. Friends go to the closing ceremony of the tournament, and after a while they sit in an empty stadium. In the end, Ash and Richie agree that although they both didn't win the tournament, they had a lot of fun. Ash eventually says goodbye to Richie, reminding him of their promise, and begins to remember all of his matches in the tournament. He is suddenly called out by Misty, Brock, his mom, and Professor Oak. Ash says it's time to return to Pallet, and this ends his adventures in the Indigo League.

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Pokemon - the popularity of these funny, touching and extraordinary creatures has not faded for 20 years. Under the whimsical name “Pokemon” hides an entire fictional universe created by insect collector and gamer Satoshi Tajiri. Pokemon are fantastic creatures endowed with unusual abilities, inhabiting an alternative reality to our modernity. There, Pokemon can live in the wild or be in the collection of a trainer - a person who collects and trains these creatures. Pokémon from different trainers compete with each other, gaining experience and skills. Over time, Pokémon evolve into a stronger form, and the trainer, famous for his victories, receives recognition and rewards.

The Pokemon universe was embodied in video games, and then in other projects. It is curious that the history of the franchise begins precisely with a passion for collecting, which would later become the slogan “Collect them all!” Pokemon (pokemon - “pocket monster”) was born from Satoshi Tajiri’s fantasies about how one could exchange and compete with one’s virtual pets. According to legend, this idea came to the developer when he saw a beetle crawling along the wire between the Game Boy consoles.

The fantastic world of Pokemon amazes with its diversity

However, Satoshi Tajiri turned out to be more than just a dreamer. He organized his own game development studio, and came to Nintendo with the idea of ​​Pokemon. By the way, The Pokemon Company is still owned by this corporation. Nintendo has managed Pokemon Co JP quite well since 1996, when the world first heard about Pokemon. During this time, a huge number of computer and board games, games for consoles and smartphones, anime cartoons about Pokemon, comics and countless other products that exploit the universe of pocket monsters.

There are currently 721 known species of Pokemon. However, each new generation of games expands their list. Despite periods of calm, the idea of ​​Satoshi Tajiri still lives on. In Russia, the word “pokemon” was first heard after the release of the anime “Pokemon” on television. The cartoon immediately attracted attention, so that in the early 2000s, the Pokemon boom overtook both Russian viewers and gamers. After some time they forgot about the series, but a new game Pokemon Go has brought Pokemon back to the top of the news.

Satoshi Tajiri is an insect collector, and it was from this hobby that the idea of ​​​​creating Pokemon came about

Series

“Pokemon” is an anime created based on computer games about the Pokemon universe. The first Pokemon cartoon was released in 1997. At first, audiences in Japan, and then in other 74 countries, fell in love with these extraordinary creatures. It can be said without exaggeration that after the appearance of the Pokemon series, the whole world learned about who Pokemon are - all seasons of the anime were aired on federal and numerous children's channels, and later became available on the Internet. The Pokemon cartoon includes over 900 episodes, but the production of new episodes does not stop to this day. The new "Pokemon" of 2016 delights adult and children's audiences just like the first episodes of the project.

Original series

"Pokemon" Season 1: "Indigo League"

Ash Ketchum is the first person we meet in the Pokemon anime. Season 1 begins with his coaching failure. Ash is an ordinary ten-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a Pokemon trainer. The cartoon “Pokemon” is dedicated to this dream. Season 1 tells the story of how Ash slept through the Pokémon distribution and was forced to take the last remaining pocket monster, Pikachu. However, Pikachu did not take the boy seriously and their relationship did not go well. Ash's selfless act changes Pikachu's mind and they become friends. From the Pokemon Season 1 cartoon, we also learn about Misty and Brock, whom Ash meets on his journey. These are the leaders of Pokemon stadiums in their regions. They join Ash and soon become his good friends. The anime "Pokemon" Season 1 won't be complete without villains. Standing in the way of the guys is Team R, including Jesse and James - trainers who are greedy for other people's Pokemon. The first season of Pokémon ends with Ash receiving the badges of all the stadiums in the Kanto region. After this, he joins the Pokémon League on the Indigo Plateau and becomes one of the best there. This concludes the episodes of the Pokemon: Indigo League series.

In season 1 of Pokemon, Ash meets the pocket monster Pikachu, and they soon become true friends.

"Pokemon" Season 2: "Adventures in the Orange Islands"

The second season is a logical continuation of the journey of Ash, Misty and Brock. Professor Oak instructed the guys to go to the Orange Islands. From there they must deliver the mysterious Pokeball GS-Ball. Ash gets the idea to participate in the local league. New Pokémon for Season 2 appear, in particular Lapras, on which the company travels between islands, taking part in Pokémon trainer battles. The journey goes well, Ash wins the stadium leader fights and receives four badges. In the finale of this season's Pokémon anime, Ash becomes the champion of the Orange League and gives the GS-Ball to Professor Oak.

Pokemon Season 3: Journey to Johto

The series "Pokemon" Season 3 begins with the news that Ash's longtime rival, Pokemon trainer Harry Oak, has decided to take part in the Johto League and is heading there. Ash can't wait to go after him. Together with Brock and Misty, he heads to Johto, promising along the way to deliver the mysterious GS-ball to Professor Oak's colleague. The mystery of the pokeball has not been solved, and Professor Oak hopes for help. As with previous Pokemon seasons, the series is replete with rivals and enemies for Ash and his friends. As the omnipresent villains, as always, Team R.

In Pokémon Season 3, Ash, Brock and Misty embark on a journey to compete in the Johto League

Pokemon Season 4: Johto League Champions

Ash, Misty and Brock storm the Johto League and continue their journey that began in the previous season. New adventures await them and, of course, new Pokemon. Season 4 follows Ash's battle with local Pokémon trainers. Friends learn more about the abilities of their Pokemon, learn to use their power and calculate attack capabilities. Among the new Pokemon that will be encountered this season: Miltanks, Yanma, Sudowoodo, Machoke and others. The fourth season of the Pokemon anime focuses heavily on Team Rocket, who are trying to thwart all the plans of Ash and his team. Loser villains are constantly trying to steal Pikachu and other valuable Pokémon, but they fail. By the season finale, Ash has won several badges, including Storm. Now his path lies to the Vortex Islands.

"Pokemon" Season 5: "Path of the Master"

With the fifth episode of the Pokemon anime, all seasons of the so-called Original Series end. Ash, Misty and Brock complete their journey through the Johto region. The main character is closer than ever to his goal. His collection already includes eight Johto badges and new Pokemon. Season 5 focuses on the participation of Ash, his friends and rivals in the Silver Conference. Ash fights bravely and reaches the semi-finals. While participating in the tournament, he defeats his longtime rival Harry Oak, who always managed to be one step ahead. Now he is defeated, but Ash has other opponents stronger than him.

In the finale of the animated series "Pokemon" season 5, Misty and Brock are forced to say goodbye to Ash, they need to return home. As hard as it is to say goodbye to his friends, Ash needs to move on.

New Generation

"Pokemon" season 6: "New generation"

So, the adventures of Ash and his friends in Johto are over. Now Ash plans to travel to the Hoenn region, as he learns that his rival Harrison is from there. Ash is interested in new badges and new Pokemon. Season 6 begins with him stopping at home, where he leaves all his Pokémon, except his best friend Pikachu, to Professor Oak. In return, the main character receives a new Pokédex. Misty went home to look after Ciruline Stadium. Brock also went to visit his mother. Now Ash has to cross the ocean to get to Hoenn. Joining his journey will be rookie trainer May and the Pokémon Torchic. Also, May’s brother Max, and later Brock, who will settle his affairs at home, will go with Ash for the Hoenn badges. The cartoon "Pokemon" is intriguing again: what awaits new company in an unexplored region?

"Pokemon" Season 7: "A New Challenge"

In the Pokémon series Season 7, Ash and his new friends begin to participate in the battles for the badges of the Hoenn region. Not much separates the heroes from their goal - May needs to win ribbons, and Ash has a few final badges left to earn. However, the guys have new enemies: Teams Aqua and Magma, who are making insidious plans. Don't forget about Team R. So friends need to be on their guard. In addition to battles, this season they will have to come to the aid of Misty, who fell into the trap of the villain Hanson. Among the new Pokemon in season 7: Beigan, Torcal, Spinda, etc.

In the new seasons of Pokemon, Ash leaves all his pets at home, except for his best friend Pikachu, and goes to the Hoenn region

"Pokemon" Season 8: "New Battle"

Ash is only two badges away from qualifying for the Hoenn Region League. Unlike the first, the last badges are given to Ash with great difficulty. But he still earns them, since Ash is a talented trainer and has strong Pokemon. Season 8 also follows Ash's friend May's coaching journey. She only needs one ribbon to participate in the Grand Festival. Ash managed to collect all the badges and go through the qualifying battles; he gets into the Hoenn Region League, where he will have to fight with his friends Morrison and Tyson. May manages to collect all the tapes and take part in the festival. Ash wins the Hoenn League and goes home to Kanto to compete in the Battle Frontier. The main character has to say goodbye to May, Max and Brock, who also went home.

"Pokemon" Season 9: "Battle Frontier"

The Pokemon Season 9 animated series begins with Ash returning home to Kanto. Along the way, the hero comes across an agent looking for promising Pokémon trainers to participate in the Battle Frontier. Ash is inspired by this prospect, he already has fame and success, and competing at home - what could be easier? However, everything is not so easy, because the Kanto region is full of surprises. As in other series of the Pokemon cartoon, all seasons of which are dedicated to the friendship of the heroes, Ash will not be left alone. While Ash collects symbols in battles, May decides to participate in the competition. Also in the series “Pokemon: Battle Frontier” the guys are accompanied by old friends Misty and Brock. In the season finale, Ash collects all seven symbols, becomes a Battle Frontier master, and is inducted into the hall of fame. However, Ash does not want to stay in Kanto and says that he will continue to travel around the world.

Diamond and Pearl

"Pokemon", season 10: "Diamond and Pearl"

New episodes of the anime "Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl" begin with Ash's arrival in the unfamiliar region of Sinnoh. Team Rocket finally manages to steal Pikachu. The girl Dawn, who dreams of becoming a famous coordinator, helps Ash return Pikachu. Ash continues his further journey in the company of Dawn and Brock. This time, Ash decides to take part in both the region's competition and the competition, knowing what his Pokémon are capable of. Season 10 chronicles the machinations of Team Rocket, Ash's rivalry with new Pokémon trainers, Dawn's participation in the competition, and Ash and Paul's victory in the Harthome City Two-on-Two Battle competition. The season ends with Ash befriending Chimchar and ready to take him for himself.

Ash, Dawn and Brock meet new Pokemon in the Sinnoh region

"Pokemon" Season 11: "Battle Dimension"

In Pokémon Season 11, we learn how Ash bravely wins the Sinnoh Region Badges. Unfortunately, Dawn is not so lucky, and she again loses the competition for a new film. This encourages friends to take a course at Professor Rowan's summer academy. The course will allow children to gain new knowledge and become more advanced Pokemon trainers. New skills could not come at a better time, because Team Galaxy is ready to fight against Ash. By the season finale, Ash was able to collect five badges, but he failed to get the sixth badge. The stadium coaches have a problem - they cannot sleep due to nightmares. Ash will have to deal with the latest machinations of Team R and meet the incredible Pokémon Cryselia.

"Pokemon" Season 12: "Galactic Battles"

In Season 12, Ash continues his journey through the Sinnoh region. As before, Team R interferes with him in every possible way, which either kidnaps the guys, steals Pokeballs, or the unlucky villains are once again attracted by other people’s Pokemon. Season 12 also tells about Ash's rivalry with his old acquaintance Paul, who is not very decent towards his own Pokémon. This time they fight 6 vs 6 Pokemon, but Ash's Pokemon are outclassed by Paul's Electric Base. Along with Team R, Ash is opposed by Team Galaxy, which is engaged in capturing legendary Pokémon. In addition to participating in battles, Ash comes to the aid of sick Pokémon on Iron Island, helps prepare the Twinleaf Festival, and cheers for Dawn in her competitions. The season finale focuses on the Pokémon Gible, which Ash catches.

In Pokémon season 12, the heroes bravely confront Team Rocket and Team Galaxy, who are engaged in capturing legendary Pokémon

"Pokemon" Season 13: "Sinnoh League Winners"

In season 13, the main character of the Pokemon series, Ash, decides to focus entirely on the qualifying battles of the Sinnoh League. He receives the last badge and can participate in the league. Ash also finally managed to defeat his rival Paul. However, in the semifinals, Ash leaves the league, losing to Tobias' Pokémon. Dawn also managed to achieve success - she collected five regional ribbons and became a participant in the Grand Festival. Dawn reached the finals, where she lost to her friend Zoe in a tough fight. In the finale of the Pokémon anime season 13, Brock goes to his homeland to become a Pokémon doctor. Dawn decided to stay in Sinnoh for a photo shoot with Pokémon Buneary as a model. Well, Ash is now heading for Pallet.

Black and white

"Pokemon", season 14: "Black and White"

The new release of Pokemon: Black and White is based on the fifth generation of Pokemon games. Like all Pokemon seasons, it begins with Ash setting off on a journey. This time, Ash, his mother and Professor Oak depart for the distant Unova region. Professor Oak wants to meet Professor Juniper there, and Ash’s goal is to participate in the championship. During his journey, Ash makes new friends: a Pokemon connoisseur, the leader of the stadium of the city of Striaton named Cilan, as well as a trainer of dragon-type Pokemon, the girl Iris. New Pokemon are also waiting for Ash. Season 14 as a whole is rich in new names and faces. Even Team R is no longer so active, it has been replaced by new villains - Team Plasma. And it seems that these are more serious opponents. It is also worth noting that from season 14 the graphics of the series are changing, they are becoming more modern.

Starting from season 14, the graphics of the series change - they become more modern

"Pokemon" Season 15: "Rival Fates"

The journey through the unexplored Unova region continues. Ash successfully wins the badges, although he will have to face strong Pokémon trainers. He has a new rival named Alder, he is the champion of this region. The protagonist's friends Iris and Cilan will also face challenges. They will fight for the right to travel as a team and confront their past. However, in the end the guys will unite, because legendary Pokemon will compete in battle. Season 15 ends with the Unova region saved from Team Rocket's takeover plan.

Pokemon, Season 16: Adventures in Unova

Ash, Aris and Cilan managed to repel Team Rocket's attack on the Unova region: both people and Pokémon were saved. Season 16 portends even greater challenges for friends, as new dangers are just around the corner. First, however, Ash will finish collecting badges and compete in the region's league. The main character successfully makes it to the quarterfinals, where he loses. But maybe victory awaits Ash elsewhere? The guys undertake to help Detective Looker and Coach N save the world from the threat of Team Plasma. Unexpectedly, Team R helps them in this. After the adventure, it’s time to go home. The guys head together to the Kanto region, after which their paths diverge. Iris dreams of becoming a Dragon Master, and Cilan wants to heal Pokémon. Ash meets journalist Alexa on the way and together they go to the Kalos region.

XY

"Pokemon", season 17: "XY"

Issues Pokemon: X and Y begin with Ash's arrival in the new region of Kalos. There he will meet his next companions: genius inventor and the leader of the Lumiose City stadium named Clemont and his little sister Bonnie. In addition, among the main characters of "Pokemon: X and Y" is Pokemon trainer Serena, whom Ash knows from the Kanto camp. Serena remembers Ash's kind deed and wants to thank him, but soon realizes that she has fallen in love with him. Thus, the 17th season of "Pokemon" was marked by the appearance love line. However, Serena cannot admit her feelings to Ash. Other themes in the Pokemon: XY anime include Ash's participation in the championship, as well as the introduction to new unique Pokemon that are so rich in the Kalos region. The plot of Pokemon: XY will not be complete without the insidious, but hardly feasible plans of Team R.

It is from season 17 that the love story of Ash and Serena begins

"Pokemon" Season 18: "Adventures in Kalos"

The Pokemon season 18 cartoon begins with Ash collecting badges again, this time from the Kalos region. He also comes across new Pokemon. Season 18 tells the story of Ash's battles with old and new rivals and, of course, enemies. On the protagonist’s path is the old enemy Sanpei, thirsty for revenge, and the cunning Malamar, who wants to stop Ash at all costs. At the same time, from Pokemon season 18, we learn about Serena's participation in the Pokemon competition and the inventions of Clemont, who wants to become famous thanks to his brilliant ideas. Pokémon X Y episodes end when the main character collects seven region badges. There are new series and Pokemon 2016 ahead.

XY&Z

"Pokemon", season 19: "XYZ"

This episode of the Pokemon anime is the last season at the moment. It contains the 2016 and 2015 episodes of the Pokemon anime. Despite the fact that this is a new release, the cartoon "Pokemon" season 19 is a direct continuation of the previous season. In the Pokémon XYZ series, Ash travels to the next city in the Kalos region for new battles and achievements. Along the way, Bonnie finds an unknown Pokémon in her bag. This is the main intrigue of Pokemon season 19, since the guys cannot determine its type. The mysterious Pokémon is considered legendary, and Team Flash soon tries to kidnap it. In further episodes of Pokemon XY Z, Ash saves Pokemon from the hands of villains. During the battle, the Pokémon tactically retreats, splitting into three parts. Hence the name of the series: Pokemon X, Y and Z. Part Z stays with Ash and continues to travel with him and his friends through the Kalos regions. The Pokemon XY Z series is still being released.

The new "Pokemon" of 2016, of course, differs from the first ones, but nevertheless the anime continues to be popular. So, perhaps, fans of pocket monsters are waiting for the Pokemon series 20 season.

Full-length cartoons

Original series

"Pokemon" 1st movie: "Mewtwo Strikes Back"

The anime "Pokemon: Mewtwo vs. Mew" ("Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back", "Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns") was released in 1998. This is the first Pokemon movie. The film is about the creature Mewtwo, cloned from Mew. Mewtwo gets rid of his creators and wants to destroy the world. He is stopped by Ash, who has sailed to the competition with the Pokemon Master. Cloned Pokémon go against regular Pokémon trainers. Unable to see the bloodshed, Ash tries to stop them, but is petrified by Mewtwo and Mew's rays. The Pokémon begin to mourn Ash's body, which moves Mewtwo and he considers destroying the planet. Mewtwo flies away, and the Pokémon's life-giving tears bring Ash back to life.

Cover of the first full-length Pokemon series

Pokemon 2nd Movie: "The Power of the Chosen One" (Pokemon 2000)

In the anime "The Power of the Chosen One" (Pokemon 2000), we learn about collector Lawrence III, who wants to find three legendary flying Pokémon. These Pokémon control the elements of lightning, fire and ice. When a collector catches Moltres, the fire Pokémon, the balance of natural forces in the world is upset. Disasters begin to occur, and something strange is happening to the Pokémon. This Pokemon movie ends, as always, with Ash coming to the rescue and saving the world from a new scourge. To do this, he needs to get spheres of Ice, fire and lightning from three islands.

"Pokemon", 3rd film: "The Spell of the Unowns"

Many Pokemon feature films expand on the series' plot. In the anime "Pokémon: Anun's Spell", we learn about Ash's adventures in the Johto region. There he and his friends arrive in a strange city that has suffered a misfortune. One of the city residents was too carried away by studying ancient Pokemon. His daughter named Molly wanted to return her father, but instead the Pokemon Entei returned, whom the girl began to consider her father. Entei kidnaps Ash's mother, since Molly wanted to have a mother too. To understand this situation, Ash has to go in search of the Anowns.

"Pokemon", 4th movie: "Celebi - Voice of the Forest"

The next part of Pokemon is the film “Celebi - Voice of the Forest”. It tells the story of the Pokémon Celebi, who almost became a victim of Pokémon hunters. However, the guardian of the forest was saved by a boy named Sam. Celebi transported himself and the boy to the future, where they met Ash. Ash decides to help Celebi heal, but Team Rocket remains alert. Their plans are to capture rare Pokemon. The villains want to use Celebi's power to take over the entire world. Ash and Sam must stop them from their evil plans.

"Pokemon" 5th movie: "Latias and Latios"

In this film, Ash and Pikachu will have to travel through the picturesque and amazing country Arutomaru, where great attention is paid to the elements of nature. On the way, the heroes meet extraordinary Pokémon named Latios and Latias. These Pokemon are endowed with incredible abilities that they use to protect legendary treasures city ​​- “Drops of the Soul”. Insidious villains want to take possession of the treasures, and Ash will have to fight them to protect the treasures, the city and his mystical Pokémon. Latias and Latios is the latest feature-length film in the Pokemon Origins series.

New Generation

"Pokemon", 6th movie: "Jirachi - the granter of wishes"

The sixth film opens the next series of Pokemon cartoons. Full-length cartoons of a new generation begin with the anime “Jirachi - the Granter of Wishes.” Ash and his friends witness a rare event - the flight of a mysterious comet. At this moment, the extraordinary Pokémon Jirachi awakens, capable of fulfilling any wish of his new friends, who become our main characters. At the same time, an evil wizard decides to capture Jirachi in order to use its power in his evil plans. Ash has the power to stop the villain, save Jirachi and his friends.

The 6th film “Jirachi - the Granter of Wishes” opens the next series of cartoons about “Pokemon”

"Pokemon" 7th movie: "The Destiny of Deoxys"

Pokemon: The Fate of Deoxys is a feature-length film that concludes the plot of the seventh season of the Pokemon series. It starts with two crystals landing on the ground, one of which becomes the Pokémon Deoxys. He is attacked by the Pokémon Rayquaza, and the struck Deoxys turns back into crystal. The second crystal is taken by scientists for research. A few years later, Deoxys regains his strength and returns to search for the second crystal. Along the way, he comes across Ash and his friends trying to figure out the situation. Sensing the enemy's return, Rayquaza attacks Deoxys again. Meanwhile, another Deoxys emerges from the second crystal, and the reunited Pokémon leave Earth.

"Pokemon" 8th movie: "Lucario and the Secret of Mew"

The anime "Pokemon: Lucario and the Secret of Mew" is about a Pokemon festival dedicated to the ancient mage Aaron. Ash and his friends are going to take part in it. From the cartoon, viewers will learn the history of the festival. In ancient times, the queen had a servant, the magician Aaron, who, together with his Pokemon Lucario, protected the kingdom from enemies. But one day the kingdom was attacked by two huge armies warriors and pokemon. They were already anticipating their victory, but the brave Aaron repelled the blow, dying in this fierce battle.

"Pokemon" 9th movie: "Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea"

The ninth feature film about Pokemon is dedicated to Poker Rangers and another legendary Pokemon. We are talking about Manaphy, Prince of the Sea. The Temple of the Sea, home of Manaphy, is known to contain treasure. Of course, these treasures are extremely desirable for dishonest people. So this part will again talk about the fight against villains, as well as what the power of friendship is capable of.

Diamond and Pearl

"Pokemon" 10th movie: "Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai"

This Pokemon film is the 10th in a row, it opens the Diamond and Pearl series. The anime “Pokemon: Dialga vs. Palkia, vs. Darkrai” (“Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai”) is dedicated to the reality of the legend about the legendary meeting of two certain forces capable of dominating time and space. According to legend, these forces will destroy the city. However, at the predicted time, a third force invaded the fray. Ash can't stay away and steps in to save everyone again.

"Pokemon" 11th movie: "Giratina and the Sky Warrior"

In this film we learn about the battles of Palkia and Dialga, which became dangerous for the world. The waves generated by their battle distorted time and space. This greatly angered the Guardian of Distorted Time. Ash, Dawn, Brock and the "thankful Pokemon" Shaymin are forced to confront the extraordinary power of the Guardian. Friends are transported to a parallel world, where they are met by the unfriendly 70-kilogram Pokemon Giratina. Are the guys able to cope with all the enemies?

"Pokemon", 12th movie: "Arceus and the Pearl of Life"

The strongest Pokemon Arceus, angry at humanity, wants to destroy the planet. Nobody can handle him. Ash, Don and Brock decide to travel back in time to prevent a mistake. Arceus is presented with the lost Stone of Life, but the powerful Pokémon does not want to accept the gifts. Ash, his friends and the descendant of the offender Arceus will have to pacify the Pokemon in other ways.

Pokemon Arceus becomes the main character of the 12th film. Out of resentment for humanity, Arceus wants to destroy the planet

"Pokemon", 13th film: "Zoroark - Mistress of Illusions"

“Zoroark – Mistress of Illusions” is the thirteenth installment in the “Pokemon” series of feature-length cartoons. The 13th film contains a story about Ash and his friends' trip to the World Football Championship, in which Pokémon are participants. The championship takes place in the city of Crown, and on the way there the heroes encounter the Pokémon Zoruaia, who has lost his mother. The guys decide to help him find his parent, but suddenly strange things begin to happen: Pokemon have rebelled in the city. One problem less, one problem more – Ash is no stranger to dealing with difficulties.

Black and white

“Pokemon”, 14th film: “Black – Victini and Reshiram”, “White – Victini and Zekrom”

The two parts of the feature film focus on Victini, a unique Pokemon. The 14th cartoon tells the story of the People of the Valley, who are under the patronage of Victini, who brings happiness. A man named Damon is trying to restore the former power of this land and uses Victini and the Power of the Dragons Reshiram and Zekrom to do this. However, his calculations turn out to be wrong, and he almost kills Victini, Ash and Pikachu. Victini saves everyone, and Damon repents. Victini again spreads her power to the People of the Valley, makes the lands fertile and the people happy.

The 14th film “Black and White” tells about the People of the Valley, who are under the patronage of Victini

"Pokemon" 15th movie: "Kurem vs. Sword of Justice"

One of the main characters of this cartoon is Keldeo, a unicorn-like Pokemon. The 15th film follows his training from the Swordsmen of Justice and his loss to the formidable Pokémon Kyurem. Ash finds Keldeo, crippled after the battle. Poor Keldeo is diagnosed with a broken horn, but Kyurem doesn't want to leave his opponent alone. Keldeo will have to defeat the aggressor.

"Pokemon" 16th movie: "Genesect and the Legend Reborn"

A group of scientists artificially created ancient Pokemon and stuffed them with weapons to use for their own purposes. The Genesects did not appreciate such cooperation with people and broke free, where they met Mewtwo. Since the Genesects lived in the world, it has changed a lot, which causes them resentment. Ash, Iris, Cilan and Mewtwo must stop the destructive activities of the Genesects and find a home for them.

XY

"Pokemon" 17th movie: "Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction"

The Heart Diamond has supported life in the Diamond Land for many years, but its resources are running out. Princess Diancie tries to create a similar diamond, but her attempts were unsuccessful. She will have to go in search of the Pokémon Zirnis, only he can save the country from extinction. Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie are called to help the princess. Their path is full of enemies and dangers.

"Pokemon" 18th movie: "Huppa and the Age-Old Confrontation"

This full-length Pokemon film is the 18th and last to be released. The anime "Pokemon: Huppa and the Age-Old Confrontation" is dedicated to the Pokemon Huppa. He has unusual abilities - to copy Pokemon, things and people. Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie love this funny Pokemon. The film “Huppa and the Age-old Conflict” soon brings a surprise: in fact, inside the small, good-natured Huppa there is a bloodthirsty monster, which breaks out after opening the magic bottle. With the help of a good part of Huppa, the friends will have to create a team of powerful Pokemon to fight the huge villain. Which of their old friends will they call on and will the Pokémon Huppa survive?

The 18th and last of the Pokémon films released.

At the moment, the next part of “Pokemon”, the 19th in a row, is expected to be released. You can already find the trailer for the next full-length “Pokemon” on the Internet. The 19th film will be related to the series “XYZ” and will be released in 2016.

Characters

- The main character throughout all Pokemon seasons. The characters in the series tend to depend on Ash and his movements across regions, so he is the central figure of the series. Ash is a ten-year-old boy who dreams of becoming the greatest Pokémon trainer. He is active and brave in battle, but kind and gentle towards his friends and Pokémon. Ash is hardworking, persistent and honest, he can be called all positive character. Ash's best friend is the Pokemon Pikachu, with whom he never leaves his side on any journey. Also among Ash's friends in the animated series "Pokemon" are the heroes Misty, Brock, May, Don, Iris, Serena, Cilan, Clemont and Bonnie.

Misty- Ash's best friend, leader of Cerulean Stadium. He specializes in water Pokemon and loves to talk about them. Can't stand ghost Pokémon or insects. Hot-tempered, but quick-witted. Likes to put Brock in his place. She has a sisterly relationship with Ash, although in some episodes viewers saw sympathy between the characters, bordering on love. It was very difficult for Ash to part with Misty when they went their separate ways.

Brock- Ash's best friend, is the head of the stadium in Pewter. Brock is a romantic who pays a lot of attention to the pretty girls around him. He especially likes Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy. Brock's Pokémon are interesting not only as combat units, but also as unique individuals. He states the importance of the bond between trainer and Pokémon. Brock travels with Ash until Season 13, when he decides to become a Pokémon doctor.

Professor Oak- A respected scientist in the Pokemon world. He gave Ash his first Pokémon and mentored the main character throughout many seasons of the series.

Harry Oak- grandson of Professor Oak, one of Ash's main rivals. Harry always managed to be ahead of Ash, so the main character decided to win against Harry at all costs. He succeeded only in the Johto League.

Throughout all seasons, Ash confronts the main villains - Team R

- the main villains of the Pokemon series. Characters included in Team Rocket: Jessie, James and their Pokémon. Their goal is to catch as many rare Pokemon as possible. They usually do this dishonestly, threatening the life and health of pocket monsters and all the people around them. They are especially eager to steal Pikachu from Ash. Usually Team R gets a decent rebuff, after which it comically retreats into tartarar. Jesse and James' boss is Giovanni, a former Pokémon trainer who turned to crime.

Music and songs about Pokemon

Pokemon's music borrows heavily from the games. The series' theme music was composed by Junichi Masuda and Shinji Miyazaki. According to Masuda, he wrote the Pokemon OST's music under the influence of the themes from the films Ben-Hur and The Bridge on the River Kwai. He was also inspired by the work of Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Chopin and some electronic music performers.

The most famous is the pathetic Pokemon song Pokemon Theme Song. It is performed in many languages, including Russian. The opening theme of "Pokemon" sings from Ash's point of view about what he wants to become. the best coach and collect all the Pokemon. And although there were different musical designs in different seasons, the song about Pokemon from the original series was remembered most by the audience. There is also a very popular Pokemon song called PokeRAP, which lists all the Pokemon names. For those who want to listen to all the Pokemon songs, we can recommend finding collections of anime soundtracks that have been released on CD. "Pokemon" lyrics:

I want to be the very best,
Like no one ever was.
To catch them is my real test,
To train them is my cause.

I will travel across the land
Searching far and wide
Each Pokemon to understand
The power that's inside

Pokemon (Gotta catch 'em all)
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
Pokemon
(Oh) You"re my best friend
In a world we must defend

A heart so true


Pokemon
Gotta catch "em all, yeah
Gotta catch "em all, yeah

Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face
I will battle everyday
To claim my rightful place

Come with me the time is right
There's no better team
Arm and arm we"ll win the fight
It's always been our dream

Pokemon (Gotta catch 'em all)
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
Pokemon
(Oh) You"re my best friend
In a world we must defend
Pokemon (Gotta catch 'em all)
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I"ll teach you
Pokemon
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch "em all, yeah

Pokemon (Gotta catch 'em all)
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
Pokemon
(Oh) You"re my best friend
In a world we must defend
Pokemon (Gotta catch 'em all)
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I"ll teach you
Pokemon
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
Pokemon

Video games

Computer games about the Pokemon universe were published by Game Freak and then by Nintendo. Pokemon, a first-generation game, was available for the Nintendo console. Pokemon changed from issue to issue, their number increased. The first generation game Pokemon Red and Blue (Pokemon Red and Green in the original) was introduced in 1996, and features the interaction of 151 Pokemon. In the wake of the extraordinary popularity of the game, Pokemon Yellow and Pokemon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition are released. The second generation of games includes Pokemon Gold and Silver, the sequel to 1999's Pokemon Red, as well as Pokemon Crystal. The third generation of the game was marked by the release of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen in the 2000s. Pokemon Fire Red and Pokemon Leaf Green are remakes of Pokemon Red.

The Pokemon Red and Blue video games were introduced in 1996.

The fourth generation of games includes games with 3D graphics Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Pokemon Platinum - updated version Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver are remakes of the second generation, Pokemon Battle Revolution. Last game thanks to the version of Pokemon Revolution Online, it was possible to exchange Pokemon over the Internet. The fifth generation includes Pokemon Black and White, as well as Pokemon Black 2 and White 2. The sixth: Pokemon X and Y, Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Pokemon Sun and Moon. Notable non-series games include: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Pokemon World Online, Pokemon League 17, Pokemon TCG, Pokemon Tower Defense, Pokemon Showdown, Pokemon Tournament, Pokemon Planet, Pokemon Ash Gray and Game for Pokemon Go mobile devices.

For those who want to play Pokemon Online, you can suggest playing Pokemon: Favorite Pets - a game in the spirit of Mario, completing the Pokemon: Mahjong puzzle, looking for legendary Pokemon in Catch Pokemon in the Forest, Catch a Pokemon ", "Find a Pokemon", "Searching for Pokemon", "Pokemon Catchers". In the company of Pokémon, you can participate in battles in the games “Pokémon Battle” and “Pokémon Defense of the Fortress.” For those looking for a Pokemon game for two, Pokemon Battles is usually recommended.

Toys

An impressive number of diverse gaming products have been created based on the Pokemon universe. The most popular is Pokemon Cards, a collectible card game in which everyone can feel like a Pokemon trainer. Colorful Pokemon cards contain information about a Pokemon, its fighting abilities and defense skills. This allows you to create real battles using the Pokemon TCG. In addition, those who like Pokemon, toys and anime about them will definitely appreciate collectible figurines, Pokeballs, stadium icons and Pokemon coloring pages.

Pokemon Trading Card Game

Comics and manga

There are several comic and manga series based on the Pokemon games and anime. The manga Pokemon Pocket Monsters, released in 1997, was loved by Pokemon fans. The plot of the comics duplicates the plot of the series, but liberties and some differences are allowed. In addition, in the Pokemon manga, the names of the characters are changed, for example, Ash is called Red there. In general, Pokemon comics are made with humor, but there is a presence of cruelty compared to other projects. Interestingly, Satoshi Tajiri himself once said that he liked the Pokemon Adventures manga series more than the anime series. According to the creator of Pokemon, the comics better convey the essence of the Pokemon universe than the TV series.

Criticism and public perception

The Pokemon anime is known in more than 75 countries and has incredibly high television ratings. For example, the first full-length film about Pokemon, Mewtwo vs. Mew, is recognized as the highest-grossing medium of all anime films in the history of cinema. Anything that is overly popular always has the opposite effect, so the Pokémon series certainly has its fans and harsh critics.

During its existence, products based on the Pokemon universe have received a huge amount of critical reviews. The fanatical passion of players and spectators for Pokemon could not but cause a public response. As always, there were people who considered such enthusiasm dangerous. In particular, it is widely believed that Pokemon cartoons and games have a negative impact on the physical and mental condition person. As an argument, a case of a mass epileptic seizure that occurred after the 38th episode of season 1 of the Pokemon anime was shown on television. After watching the episode, 685 were hospitalized young viewers suffering from photosensitive epilepsy. The attack is believed to have been caused by flickering screen light.

Due to a “hazard to children's health,” the series has been officially banned in several countries. Thus, the Turkish Ministry of Health stated that “Pokemon” is propaganda of violence and false heroism. According to Turkish experts, anime about Pokemon can cause psychical deviations for small viewers. The game was also sued for developing gambling addictions. For the same reason, Pokemon is banned in Arab states.

Information often appeared in the Russian press that “Pokemon” “zombifies” the brains of children. In particular, “Arguments and Facts” published statements by Elena Rusalkina, director of the Research Institute of Psychotechnologies, about the hypnosis of children in the 25th frame inserted into the animated series “Pokemon”. Representatives of the Russian government also speak disapprovingly of Pokemon-related products. The series and games received negative reviews from the deputy chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Defense, Franz Klintsevich, and the Minister of Communications and Mass Media, Nikolai Nikiforov. In their opinion, Pokemon games were created by intelligence agencies to collect video information.

Mass flash mob from Pokemon fans

Church representatives said that Pokemon games develop imagination and do not have any bad influence on children. But then their rhetoric changed. They were outraged by the evolutionary concept, and in contrast card game There was even a game released about Pokemon called Christian Power Cards, where biblical characters appeared instead of pocket monsters. After the release of the game Pokemon Go, which included churches in its locations, a wave of indignation hit Pokemon. Some religious figures called the game “satanic,” others saw in it the propaganda of Freemasonry and Zionism. Pokemon game developers deny any hints of religion in the Pokemon games and anime.

Among other things, critics note that fanatical Pokemon fans can be dangerous to other people. For example, there are known cases when Pokemon Go players committed illegal actions: they broke into other people's houses, secret objects, participated in violence to catch rare Pokemon, etc.

However, there are many positive reviews about the Pokemon games and cartoons. Many critics have said that this is a good children's series, which is also suitable for those who remain children at heart. Reviews of the anime often talk about the deep issues that Pokemon actually raises: responsibility for those you have tamed, humanity towards animals and people, loyalty, friendship, honesty, respect for nature. Critics say the series has good humor and strong dramatic moments. Reviewers of Ogonyok found something good and eternal in Pokemon, and the authors of Home Computer highly praise the series for its lack of violence and death. Popularizers of Japanese animation refute the accusations against the series and claim that not a single living creature died in it.

Some psychologists praise Pokémon products for encouraging people with social anxiety and agoraphobia to step out of their comfort zones and interact with the world around them. In particular, this applies to the game Pokemon Go, in favor of which behaviorists spoke.

• What does "Pokemon" mean? Of course, a “pocket monster”. However, initially these monsters were not called Pokemon, but kapumon - capsule monsters. The name "Pokemon" was proposed by Nintendo.
• There are several localizations of the Pokemon anime. Russian-speaking viewers are familiar with the American version. Interestingly, in the Japanese version of Pokemon, Ash's name is Satoshi, after the creator of the Pokemon universe.

In the first edition, the name of the monsters sounded like “kapumons”

• Since the release of the Pokemon games, they have been second only to Nintendo's Mario in popularity.
• The very first Pokemon invented for games was Rhydon. That's why it appears so often in the drawings of early game developers.
• The most popular Pokemon in the entire history of the franchise: charming Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, the dull Psyduck and Jigglypuff - a Pokemon that literally puts you to sleep with its singing.
• The main character's best friend should not be Pikachu, but Clefairy. However, Pokémon Master Ash acquired Pikachu, since both girls and boys liked this Pokémon equally.
• Games dedicated to the Pokemon universe have received the blessing of the Vatican.
• Some characteristics of Pokémon are anatomically correct for real animals. For example, the appearance of Poliwag corresponds to that of an ordinary tadpole.
• Ash and his friends do not grow up, although according to the time period of the anime, they have been traveling for more than 10 years. Satoshi Tajiri explained this feature by his reluctance to change the age audience, since Pokemon is primarily intended for children.
• In the novel “Numbers,” Victor Pelevin interpreted the nature of the Pokémon Pikachu and Meowth, connecting the main characters of the work with him.
• Have you ever wondered what the Pokemon Hitmonlee means or who it represents? The prototypes of Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, respectively.
• In the world where Pokemon live, female trainers are not uncommon. The most popular Pokemon girls: Serena, Iris, Dawn, May, Jessie from Team R, Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy, Ash's rival and Pokemon trainer Cynthia and, of course, Misty.
• The world of Pokemon has affected such cartoons as “Robot Chicken”, “The Simpsons”, “South Park”, “Multi Reality”, where any images from the anime “Pokemon” or facts related to it are parodied.

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Kira is here, and she has prepared the top Pokemon of the anime protagonist, Ash Ketchum. It's no secret that as a coach he is rather fickle - either he takes out whole packs of legendary monsters, or he loses with his strongest fighters against ridiculous opponents. But we agree on one thing - over almost twenty years of travel, the hero has collected an impressive list of Pokemon. And today I want to distribute them in the standings, from weakest to strongest. Please keep in mind that these are my subjective opinions and you do not necessarily agree with them. So, let's begin!

I gave the last fortieth place to all those Pokemon that our hero had for some time, but due to circumstances he was forced to let them go. This place is quite controversial, since some of the fighters were relatively powerful, but there were also those who could not even really attack. One way or another, in fortyth place we have Butterfree, Pidgeot, Lapras, Primeape, Haunter, Embipom, Larvitar and other Pokemon that Ash parted with.

If the previous place was more of a “consolation prize,” then the thirty-ninth position can already be safely considered an indicator of combat strength. Here is Totodile - so far the only GG Pokemon that is not in a regular Pokeball, but in a Lure Ball, created to make it easier to catch water monsters. Despite the fact that the crocodile has been on Ash's team for fifteen years, his fighting potential has never been well explored. Among Totodile’s victories, I remember only the battles against Kingdra in the tournament and against Sneasel in the League, but in both cases he was helped not so much by strength as by a successful combination of circumstances and the coach’s competent strategy. Therefore, only thirty-ninth place.

Thirty-eighth we have Scraggy. In fact, he is still a baby, since he just hatched from an egg a couple of seasons ago, and he is not much of a fighter. I remember the battle at the Unova Ice Stadium, but I didn’t remember the result. One way or another, I put Scraggy above Totodile only because of a more solid set of moves.

And the next fighter fought more than once, often won, but still his level cannot be called high. Another water Pokemon takes thirty-seventh place, and this is Oshawott. He is in many ways similar to Totodile and Scraggy, since they are all not so much fighters as comic characters. Oshawott's advantage is good techniques and a large number of fights.

In thirty-sixth place is Torkoal. For some unknown reason, the turtle was “ballast” in the Hoenn GG team, which is strange, given the power of other fire fighters. Torkoal had some good victories, but he ended his most worthy match with a defeat – a fight with Brandon’s Registeel. Of course, even a super-effective type and advantage in maneuverability do not always help in a fight with a legend, so there is no need to blame the Pokemon for that loss. However, the result is unchanged - thirty-sixth position.

The first girl in our top – Bayleef – occupies the thirty-fifth line. Perhaps this is my subjective opinion, but as Chikorita she looked somehow more confident to me. Among the worthy victories are overcoming Machoke Chuck and Houndoom Harrison, as well as winning the Jot Poké Races. Alas, this is not enough for a higher place.

This is our thirty-fourth Mac. It is extremely difficult to assess his combat potential, since in twenty years of anime he fought only twice. Hypothetically, this should be one of Ash's strongest Pokémon, since thanks to its slimy body, it almost does not feel the attacks of its opponent. If your opponent is smaller than Mack, consider that the lump of dirt has won in advance. But due to limited screen time, cuddlers are only thirty-fourth.

Then we have Boldore. Quite a strong fighter who defeated the inconvenient Excadrill Clay (in the games Excadrill is generally among the Ubers, so that means something). But besides this win, I don’t remember anything special from him. Yes, and Ash used his stone crab infrequently, perhaps the situation will improve over time.

Thirty-second - Snivy. In theory, she can easily defeat any opponent, as long as he is male. In practice, Ash for some reason forgot about this profitable strategy, and by the end of Unova, instead of Attracting, the snake uses some kind of grass attack, which is of little use. Not the best solution, Ketchum.

Next comes Palpitod. I like him both as a Pokémon and as a fighter - the tadpole knows many attacks of various types. It’s just that his level is still rather weak, among his battles I remember the loss to Garbodor and the draw with Zebstrika, and that’s all. I hope that GG will train him again.

Another girl, Anfezant, took thirtieth place. It's a pretty good Pokemon by Unova's standards, but compared to Ash's other fighters it unfortunately pales in comparison. So far this is his weakest regional bird (I don’t count Pidgeot), but nevertheless, she also has some good fights and victories.

Twenty-ninth – Livenny. To be honest, at first I saw him lower in this top, but since this is the last stage of evolution, which at one time was great in Berg’s gym, I had to change my mind. A quite suitable Pokemon, fast, dexterous, and has a cunning technique that slows down the opponent.

Our twenty-eighth Tauros. This step is also a little controversial, since Ash has as many as thirty Tauros, he caught them in the Safari Zone. For convenience, I imagined that all those Tauros that the GG used for battles were the same bull, let’s say, their leader. A powerful Pokémon that loves to throw into the air opponents that are heavier than it, sometimes even several times larger - Venusaur, Dragonite, Metagross. The problem is still the same - Ash doesn't use his buffalo much, which is quite strange considering its strength. It is also strange that for some reason all the hero’s Tauros are not in safari balls, but in ordinary pokeballs.

Another old man, Kingler, was located a little higher. Yes, Ash had a Kingler, newcomers may not know this, since the last time we saw him in action was at the beginning of the fifth season. As a Krabi, he won his first three matches to a clean sheet and became the Indigo League's top drag queen. But in the subsequent sagas, for some reason, Ash scored a bolt on him, and it’s a pity - he didn’t have such a debut for eighteen whole seasons.

Torterra, another favorite of mine, climbed a little higher. As Tortwig, he showed impressive agility and strength, but with the evolution of the turtle, he began to look somehow faded. Okay, Grotle, he had good fights, but Torterra didn’t win a single fight! No one! Unless he sent Team R to hell, but anyone can do it, they will fly away even with a simple kick. It's a pity, it's a pity.

Twenty-fifth place was taken by another earthen heavyweight, Donphan. At first, he seemed like such a poor Pokémon to me, but then I remembered Battle Frontier and changed my mind. Perhaps such a high position is really exaggerated, but the power and speed of the bishop are really impressive, so yes, twenty-fifth place. Yeah, he also knows Hyperbeam!

Once again, a ground Pokemon is at the top, this time it's Gible. The later seasons of Sinnoh focused less on the development of Ash's confrontation with Paul and more on the dragonet's attempts to master the Draco Meteor technique, but instead of fireworks, Gible launched only one glowing sphere. By an unfortunate coincidence, the projectile always hit poor Piplop, which was good news (I love Piplops, but Dawn had a very stupid and arrogant penguin).

Twenty-third - Quilava. It seemed that at the end of the Johto League, the writers scored a bolt the size of Steelix (which, by the way, he defeated) on Ash’s Cyndaquil, but no. On the eve of the Sinnoh League, the shy Pokemon evolved, learning Eruption along the way, and in the tournament itself, he drew the battle with the powerful Armaldo. Thanks to his past achievements, Quilava climbs to twenty-third place.

Next we also have a fiery starter - Pignite. It doesn’t matter to him at all who his opponent is, what type he is or how many times he is larger than Pignite himself - the piglet will endure him. And if it doesn’t work out, he’ll push it so hard that he won’t last for a very, very long time. The list of battles and victories of this Pokemon is impressive; in the Unova League, it defeated Hydreigon and Ferrothorn, who were difficult opponents (well, Hydreigon was). In addition, Pignite showed good results in the gyms, so he rightfully deserved twenty-second place.

The wise Noctowl, the only Shiny in the GG team, flies a little higher. He doesn’t have many battles compared to other regional birds, but he is special - he hits not with pecks, but with psychic powers. In Johto he cleared out the Morty gym, in Sinnoh he defeated Likiliki, in between - uh... he probably turned his head. Twenty-first place, due to experience and uniqueness.

A huge ice head, Gleyly, crosses the equator. An unusual Pokemon for Ash, but so effective! I remember that he somehow defeated the inconvenient Charizard and Metang, drew the battle with Tyson’s powerful Sceptile, and defeated several other less significant opponents. And all this despite the fact that his attacks belong only to the ice and normal types! A strong head, you can’t say anything, although it’s half the size of its brothers, like Noctowl (seriously, according to the dex, Gleyly should be about a meter or more in diameter, but in the anime he will be smaller than Torkoal).

Our nineteenth is Noivern. He is big and strong, he stunned Zapdos, he fought well in the League, but even at the bottom of the table there are those who have more merit. I award such a high place to Batman purely because of the huge jump in level and set of useful attacks. I hope that he will show himself more than once.

Eighteenth we see Staraptor. Emo Bird was one of Ash's more used Pokémon in Sinnoh, and well deserved its high place. Staraptor is fast, strong, has defeated difficult opponents such as Weavile and Paul's Honchkrow, and his set of moves is generally almost the best among Ash's flyers.

Buizel took seventeenth place. This small Pokémon is not inferior in versatility even to the vaunted Pikachu; it can breakdance, release a fountain, deflate/inflate a collar, and much, much more. He drew the match against the strong Lucario Meylin, carried in the gyms and showed himself well in the League, for this he wins such a high position.

Another water pokemon, Corphish, overtakes him. To be honest, both he and the previous contestant seem to me to be equal in strength, but I will still give preference to the crustacean. Ash carried him on the team throughout the entire Hoenn and Battle Frontier arcs, and Corphish fully justified his trainer's trust. For the time being, he was unique, since he did not know either the Water Jet or the Hydropump, but this did not stop him from crushing opponents with his heavy claws. Golduck, Alakazam, Arcanine are just some of his opponents that the crustacean has defeated, and we hope that this list will only grow over time!

Goodra opens the top 15. This kind giant didn’t spend much time on Ash’s team, but he developed into his final stage in just ten episodes, overcoming his fear of fairies, insects, perhaps even heights... in short, of everything. The only Pokemon of GG who has 100% victories in all gym battles with his participation, he could have been much higher in the table, but participation in the League let him down a little. However, Goodra receives fifteenth place for endurance and fortitude.

In fourteenth place is a flyer with whom few can compare in speed - Talonflame. Yes, I put him above Goodra, because he has more experience, more significant victories, and teamwork is more coordinated. The bird shone in the gyms, showed itself well in the League - a very good entry into Ash’s top Pokemon!

Lucky thirteenth place goes to one of my favorite oldies, Squirtle. He's cool, he's strong, he's pretty quick, he's a gangsta. In Kanto, he was a very mediocre Pokémon, but when the Johto League was in front of him, the turtle showed what experience and self-confidence meant. He also dragged on the islands and in the Battle Frontier, and now he is most likely putting out fires somewhere in Johto with his niggas.

On the line above I put a Pokemon, which, without a doubt, is best friend previous nominee. This friend is Bulbasaur. In the gyms, his results were not very bright, but in the Kanto League, the dinosaur easily took out two inconvenient insects, on the islands he defeated the strong Exegutor, in the Johto League he fought to a draw with Meganium, and in the Battle Frontier he took out Dasklops and Brandon Solrock. A more than impressive list, and this despite the fact that Bulba is only at the first stage of her development!

Heracross was one step away from the top 10. This Pokemon is always on Ash's mind when it comes to important battles in the League. Beetle defeated Magmar Harry, Cricketune Nando and a bunch of other Pokemon that I don't remember, and also held his own against Darkrai Tobias. A very powerful Pokemon, and even with a counterattack to sleep. I think it can be safely placed in the same ranks with tanks such as Goodra and Donphan, because the Hercules deserves it.

The top ten opens with one of my favorites – Swellow. Without a doubt it is the hardiest regional bird of the Ashe. Without the typical combination of Talonflame or Staraptor's set of attacks, the swallow wins with cunning, speed and unrealistic willpower. Realistically, after evolution, the only fight in which Swellow did not take out anyone was the fight with the legendary Latios, but this is forgivable, because yes. The bird also works very well in a team, defeating Solrock and Lunaton along with Pikachu, and Swampert in tandem with Corphish (who, in turn, defeated Arcanine). Other opponents include Winona's Shiny Swellow, Juan's Whiskash, Spencer's Venusaur, Tyson's Hariyama and Donphan, Keti's Venomoth and Scizor, and many others.

The ninth place also goes to the flyer, and this one is probably the most unusual - Kholucha. He displays excellent fighting technique both in the air and on the ground, and seems to not care who he fights. As the champion of the forest, the luchador scattered Urasrings and Machamps, and after Ash joined the team, the list of defeated ones only grew. Behind the scenes, the wrestler even defeated Mega Absol, which for some reason was given very little time. Kholucha can sometimes show off, but in battle he is always focused and cool-headed. But if his opponent offended his “little brother” Noivern, then beware!

In eighth position is another unique flyer - Glaiskor. At first, he only knew how to cry and throw sand, but after evolution, the scorpion grew stronger and pleased us with many victories. He held his own against Torterra and Electivire Paul, defeated Bastiodon Byron, but Batman’s greatest achievement was winning from Drapion Paul, who had previously easily taken out half of the GG team. Yes, and Glaiskor can also do a Gigaimpulse without a rollback and perform aerobatic maneuvers. A very versatile, and most importantly, useful Pokemon.

Another ground Pokemon is located on the seventh line, and this is Krookodile. At first, he simply pursued Ash to fight his Pikachu, but soon became one of the young trainer's strongest pets. He confidently held his own in the ice gym, and also defeated Lypard and Souk Stefan and even Dragonite Iris himself, who easily scattered super-effective opponents. Krookodile definitely drags, and the glasses give him a special coolness. Although Squirtle’s accessory will still be clearer.

So, top 6! Perhaps these Pokemon will someday enter Ash's dream team for real important battle in his life! And who will be the first to go into battle if not Ketchum’s very first pupil – Pikachu? Yellow, of course, is as fickle as his coach - sometimes he takes out entire teams solo, sometimes he loses against a fifth-level starter. One way or another, the level that Pikachu shows now (at the end of Kaloss that is) is his peak so far. Defeat two huge pseudo-legends, and after that also hit Charizard Alan a couple of times - yes please! It’s easy to punish the rather powerful Aegislash and Clovitser and beat Mega Lucario! Previously, the rodent also demonstrated “miracles on turns”, defeating Metagross, Dragonites, Gerados, Milotics, Latios... and Raichu. Perhaps, if not for ominous amnesia, the electrician would have taken first place, but so far he has only taken sixth place. But this is a more than worthy result.

Our fifth is Infernape. Everyone here watched the Sinnoh saga on Jetix, and everyone liked the primate with the burning head. After the strict Paul abandoned him, the Pokemon ended up with Ash, who raised him and made him even stronger than before. As a result, Chimchar became Monferno, and later Infernape, dragging the Sinnoh League. Half of Paul’s team is not for you to hunt Bidoofs from the first route, you know. But the monkey's biggest trump card is the Flash, which is activated at critical moments and increases the power of the fighter's fiery attacks to crazy levels. One way or another - a good Pokémon, strong, and most importantly - with a well-written story.

Sceptile finishes fourth. In general, the difference between him and Infernape is insignificant, one might even say that there is none as such. But if the primate completed its important battles on its ability, the dinosaur relied solely on endurance and reluctance to lose face. Still, he's too cool for that, isn't he? While still a Grovyle, the herbalist confidently defeated convenient and inconvenient enemies, but the greatest achievement happened, of course, after evolution. Withstand Darkrai's Ice Beam and Dream Eater, and then hit him with the Leaf Sword - not everyone, you know, can do this. Moreover, if Sceptile turned out to be the only Pokemon in the entire Sinn League who managed to defeat the legendary ghost (yes, I know that Darkrai is dark).

Ash's third most powerful Pokemon is similar to me - more than anything else, like me, he loves to eat and snort. As you may have guessed, this is Snorlax. I have no doubt that Infernape and Sceptile will be able to defeat him, but still, due to his unrealistic endurance, I make him a bronze medalist. At one time, he withstood a machine-gun fire from (attention!) super-effective (attention! x2) Focused Strikes from (attention! x3) Medichum, who could well have had the Pure Power ability. Yeah, and then Snorlax beat him. And Hariyama too. And Kingdru Claire. And Arcanine and Nidoqueen Gary. And Hypno with Harrison's Steelix. In general, it seems to me that if Ash ever prepares for the most important match in his life, then the first thing he will have to do is not take Pikachu or someone left, but Snorlax. After all, the lazy man took out at least one opponent in each of his fights. It’s also hard to take it out - either with a Hyper Beam, or a Hyper Beam ricochet, or... with a Steel Claw, yes. In short, Snorlax is awesome.

Silver goes to a Pokemon that I thought should be on the leadership podium forever. Alas, “nothing lasts forever under the sun,” but still, Charizard is one of the most powerful taschers in the GG. Once upon a time, he did not even want to fight against an opponent who did not belong to the fire type, but only after being saved by Ash from frostbite, the dragon realized the friendship and care of his trainer. Since then, the Fireman has become practically invincible (except for Dragonite, Blaziken, Dusclops... but oh well) and brought Ketchum victory after victory. In addition, of all the little loser’s wards, Charik has the most extensive range of attacks (but not the most effective, alas). And we move on, and...

...and we come out on top! Of course, you guessed who is located here - yes, it's Greninja. Despite the fact that I don’t like it, I won’t deny that at the moment this is Ash Ketchum’s strongest (and maybe even fastest) Pokemon. And this is a frog. Ninja. Water. With a tongue that she uses instead of a scarf. Not a dragon, not a dinosaur - a frog. And this frog has a special shape, in which even a champion will have no difficulty in laying it down, the main thing is synchronization with the trainer and stable blood pressure. Yes, Grenya lost to Alan's Charizard in the League. Yes, his set of attacks is very poor. But still, for now, the blue shinobi takes the title of Ash’s strongest Pokemon and becomes practically inaccessible to the rest of his teammates. But who knows, maybe the hooded owl will overtake him (no)?

Like everything, yes. Something like this. What are your opinions?

It is always important for beginners and experienced trainers studying the Pokedex to know how many Pokemon there are in Pokemon GO in order to mark their progress in the game not only in terms of the level and CP of monsters.

The number of Pokemon of the same type caught is not success; new monsters bring more pleasure from the game. But the higher the trainer’s rating, the less chance he has every day of meeting the original resident of the Pokédex.

How many Pokemon are there in Pokemon GO?

151 is the official number of Pokemon in the 2016 Nintendo franchise. However, it is almost impossible to catch all the monsters in the “natural environment” - rare Pokemon are found only on a certain “day and hour”, and are within no more than 30 minutes. Having appeared once, a pokemon like Lapras may not be found in the same area for a month, which drives experienced trainers crazy, and forces many to use forbidden gadgets in their search (like virtual cards locations of monsters online).

With an average gaming passion and dedication of 1.5 hours a day to Pokemon GO, the player’s progress in 1 month will be at least level 20. But the number of Pokemon among trainers living in cities with a population of up to 250 thousand people and residents of megacities will differ by up to 80%.

Secret big cities– in PokeStops, which are located at almost every step in the city center.

Villagers have to be content with little: 1–3 PokeStops and 1 Gym practically create a monopoly for the leading trainer, and limit the Pokedex capacity by 3.7 times.

List of Pokemon

151 Pokemon are characterized by 17 elemental types.

Fire monsters occupy 12 positions: Charmander and its 2 evolutions, three species have one stage of improvement each - Ponyta, Growlithe, Vulpix. Magmar, the legendary Moltres and the evolution of Eevee - Flareon are also fire.

The inhabitants of forests and parks - grass Pokemon - are represented in the number of 14 characters. Bulbasaur, Oddish and Belspruit have two stages of development each, Paras and Exegut evolve once, and Tangela is the only vine Pokémon of its kind.

Electric monsters led by Ash's friend Pikachu are one of the fewest in total 9 monsters in Pokemon GO. According to one evolution in Pikachu, Voltorb and Magnemite, Jolteon has already been reborn from Eevee, Electabuzz hatches from eggs 10 km away, and catching the legendary Zapdos is on the verge of augmented reality.

Stone monsters are rare and powerful. 11 Pokemon, including the famous monster of trainer Brock, friend Ketchum, Onyx, Golem and two pre-stages, Omastar, Rhyhorn and Kabuto with evolutions, as well as the legendary Aerodactyl.

Psychic monsters have different attacking abilities relative to all types of Pokemon. There are also 11 of them: Abracadabra and two previous forms, Drowzee and Slowpoke - one subsequent perfect stage each, Mister Mine, Jinx, as well as the strongest Mew and Mewtwo. Exegut and Exegutor - included in the 11 psychic ones.

The subspecies of the smallest monsters is called Insect Pokemon. Caterpie and Widley are among the regulars of the Pokédex and are in the top 5 in terms of prevalence. Each has two stages of development. Paras and Venonat evolve once, and Scyther and Pinsir are powerful fighters with an average CP of 500+.

Earth monsters love landscaped areas near houses. The most famous are Pokemon rights advocates Diglett and their evolution, Kabon with Marowak, Geodute evolutions, Sandshrew, Rhyhorn, Nidoqueen - all three have the next form, as well as Onyx.

The most common type of monsters is poisonous. Pokemon GO has given poisonous Pokemon the ability to combine several types, so they are often found in the Pokédex. TO Poisonous ones include ghosts from the Pokemon anime, R - Eikans and Koffing and their evolutions, Mack with the pre-stage, the development stages of Tentacool and Nidoran of both sexes, the “bats” Zubat and Golbat, as well as with subsequent forms: Bulbasaur, Belspruit , Oddish, Venonat, Widley.

Normal Pokemon are as naturalized as possible - they look like birds, wild animals, but 1/3 of the monsters are unique: Snorlax, Porygon, Jigglypuff stages, Lickitung, Chansey, Ditto. Trainers complain about the impossibility of catching Ditto and hatching Pokemon from eggs of any mileage, and Nintendo representatives do not hide the company's interest in keeping players in the game in this way. All non-legendary birds are included in 22-Normal. Meowth and evolution, Kangaskhan, Tauros and Eevee are also considered normal.

The smallest types of Pokemon are ghosts and dragons (3 each). The first ones are found in cemeteries, churches and at night. The latter love popular places for tourists.

The magic of Pokemon GO also affected the creators - that’s why among all the monsters there are 5 that have magic: Mister Mine, Jigglypuff and pre-stage, Clafairy with evolution.

Sports in the Pokemon GO game are reflected in 8 fighting monsters: the “devil of the ring” Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Poliwrath, Monkey, Primemap and Machop stages. Trainers who love morning jogging can combine benefit and pleasure: fighting monsters love stadiums and playgrounds.

Not afraid of the winter cold, ice monsters led by the legendary Articuno are a few of their representatives. Jinx, Dewgong, Cloister and Lapras, unlike Articuno, are found in the natural environment (2-3% chance).

How many seasons about Pokemon have been filmed?

The popularity of the brand is reflected not only in Nintendo games, but also in Japanese animation.

“Pokemon” is still being filmed, the number of seasons has exceeded 19, and the number of episodes is 900+.

The series is received favorably by critics from all over the world, since in the entire history of Pokémon not a single character has been killed. The cartoon idea teaches goodness and careful attitude to nature and its inhabitants, which has a positive impact on the psychology of children.

How many Pokemon are there in the Pokemon cartoon?

In the Pokemon anime, the 1st season was the most popular. The monsters of the first generation described in this season remain popular to this day, which is why Nintendo took them as the basis for Pokemon GO. 151 Pokemon are officially stated as the number of all monsters available to trainers.

In Japanese animation, the franchise did not limit itself to filming one season. Filming for the anime continues today, and the number of Pokemon from the 6th generation is 721.

How many levels are there in Pokemon?

The maximum studied number of levels completed by Russian trainers is 40.
To earn level 40, a player must reach 5 million ratings. The trainer was helped to achieve results by a bot program designed to promote the account. But it is prohibited to promote progress with bots - if a violation is detected, the coach faces an eternal BAN and account freezing.

Officially, the developers do not announce restrictions on the gameplay regarding the number of levels. However, 88% of players are below 20th, 3% are 20–23, and only 0.1% are above 23rd. There are no innovations or legendary monsters at level 30+, so experienced trainers are convinced that a high rating is independent of the chance to catch a legendary.

Ash Ketchum's Pokemon

The legendary trainer Ash gained popularity among millions of fans not for the number of catches Pokemon, but thanks to the reverent relationship with the wards. In total, there were 46 monsters in the hero’s collection.

However, Ash did not seek to catch them all or select the strongest, like his opponents. The main character of the Pokemon anime was looking for an opportunity to make friends with monsters, to become their mentor and friend.

The public's favorite, Pikachu, is the most famous Pokemon. Ash did not evolve his friend, since the Pokemon wanted to remain in its previous form.

Of all of Ash's monsters, the game is based on relationships with Pikachu, Charmander and his evolutions, Bulbasaur, Krabby, Poppy, Caterpie, Lapras, Primeape, Squirtle, Snorlax, Raticate, Pidgeotto, Thoros and Beedrilla.