The Best Episodes Directed By Shigeru Omachi

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(11 votes)

   #1 - Round One - Begin!

   S1:E7712/17/1998

   Ash enters his first match of the tournament on the water field against Mandi the Astounding. During the battle against Mandi's Exeggutor, Ash's Krabby evolves into Kingler, who he then uses against Mandy's remaining Seadra and Golbat, winning the match and moving onto the next preliminary round.

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   7.4/10(12 votes)

   #2 - The Battle of the Badge

   S1:E639/17/1998

   Ash and friends finally make their way to Viridian City where Ash hopes to earn his Earth Badge.

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   7.3/10(14 votes)

   #3 - Dig Those Diglett!

   S1:E3110/28/1997

   Ash, Brock, Misty and Pikachu are lost deep in the mountains. As they press forward on a rough road not even shown on their map, they suddenly hear a large explosion.

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   7.2/10(12 votes)

   #4 - Riddle Me This (1)

   S1:E588/13/1998

   Ash, Brock and Misty travel to Cinnabar Island where Ash hopes to win his Volcano Badge.

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   7.2/10(12 votes)

   #5 - The Pi-Kahuna

   S1:E6910/22/1998

   Ash and the gang take some time off to go surfing. While surfing, however, Ash passes out, but is thankfully rescued by a surfer named Victor and his blue-eyed Pikachu, Puka. Victor then reveals his plans to surf a tsunami called Humungadunga and become a surfing legend.

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   7.2/10(12 votes)

   #6 - Friends to the End

   S1:E821/21/1999

   After losing to Richie in the fifth round, Ash is moping around, annoyed that he lost. He is convinced by Misty that he should support Richie who is now in the quarterfinals. However, when Richie loses, they both have to look inside themselves to see if they are good trainers.

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   7.1/10(14 votes)

   #7 - Tentacool & Tentacruel

   S1:E198/5/1997

   Our heroes arrive at Hutber Port, where a ferryboat line runs to the mainland.

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   7.1/10(14 votes)

   #8 - Primeape Goes Bananas

   S1:E259/16/1997

   On their way to Celadon City, our heroes encounter Mankey, a wild Pokémon that if rubbed the wrong way can go into uncontrollable fits. Not realizing its unpredictability, the party accidentally upsets Mankey.

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   7.1/10(13 votes)

   #9 - Showdown at Dark City

   S1:E424/30/1998

   In the middle of a terrible desert, our heroes inadvertently wandered into Dark City. With no name but Dark, the city has fallen into ruin.

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    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Princess vs. Princess

    S1:E527/9/1998

    Misty and Jessie compete against one another for Queen of the Princess Festival, a day where women rule and the guys have to do whatever the girls tell them.

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    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #11 - The Bridge Bike Gang

    S1:E3612/2/1997

    Ash and the others happen upon a town that can only be reached by a long bike bridge, but they don't have enough money to rent bikes for the crossing.

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    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Pokémon Paparazzi

    S1:E557/23/1998

    Ash and friends are being shadowed by Todd Snap, the world's greatest Pokémon photographer.

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