When Ash hears of the nearby Charicific Valley, he is sure a quick trip would be just the thing to reignite his Charizard's flagging spirits.

With Pikachu's help, Ash is confident that winning the Zephyr badge will be a breeze.

Ash and Misty's friendly rivalry is tested when they both try to capture a Totodile at the same time. Unable to determine whose Poké Ball had captured the wild Pokémon, the two must battle it out to determine the Totodile's new master.

Ash encounters a wild Chikorita and engages it in battle, thinking to add it to his team.

When Ash reaches the Hive Gym, he has just the Pokémon to challenge the Gym Leader's Bug Pokémon.

Team Rocket can't believe their luck when the Blissey employed in a Pokémon Center willingly gives them the cente's entire food supply.

When the most promising trainee at a Pokémon dojo abandons battle altogether, it's up to Ash and friends to convince him that battling is more than just a matter of probability.

With Charizard gone and no fire Pokémon to call his own, Ash is overjoyed to come across a Cyndaquil in the wild.

Rocket attempts to steal all the water Pokémon from the annual Fire and Rescue Grand Prix.

Ash has his sights set on a rare and brightly-colored Noctowl.

A Pokémon Fortune Telling boom turns out to be a Team Rocket plot to steal Pokémon from local trainers.

Ash begins his journey in Johto, a largely unexplored region said to be thickly populated with Pokémon entirely new to him and his friends.

At the Pokémon Swap Meet, our heroes befriend a young Pokémon trainer who's having difficulties finding a trading partner willing to accept his Wobbuffet. When Jessie inadvertently deposits her Poké Ball across from his in the exchanger, this young trainer gets more than he had bargained for.

Investigating a string of mysterious thefts, our heroes discover a pack of Houndour, struggling to survive in the wild.

When an Ursaring attack leaves Team Rocket and our heroes in compromising positions, compromise they do, members of each team being paired with members of the other.

Ash and friends discover a forest where invading Pinsir are causing heavy deforestation.

When Ash and friends hear of a virtually undefeatable trainer operating nearby, they seek her out.

Who would be foolish enough to brave a thick forest in the dead of night without a Hoothoot guide? Certainly not Ash Ketchum...

Brock saves a lost and frightened Stantler fawn and carefully nurses it back to health before releasing it.

A severe case of rivalry between Pikachu and Chikorita calls for therapy sessions with Nurse Joy.

Ash delivers the mysterious GS Ball to a renowned Pokémon expert, but Team Rocket wreaks trouble when they attempt to harvest the Apricorns essential to local Poké Ball production.

In a Pokémon battle, Ash soundly defeats an ambitious young Trainer, who runs away dejectedly.

Ash and friends stumble into a small valley where Donphan are used to harvest precious stones.

Ash and friends reach a new town and hear of three mysterious robbers apparently mimicking the crimes of a legendary master thief.

Professor Oak's errand—to deliver the mysterious GS Ball to a Poké Ball expert—is interrupted when a Quagsire with a penchant for spherical objects steals the GS ball for use in a nocturnal ritual.