IL032: The Ninja Poké-Showdown

Episode Plot
Ash, Misty, and Brock are sitting by a lake with Pikachu, Psyduck, and Vulpix. Psyduck starts drinking the lakewater and Misty tells its that the cold water will only make its headache worse. Brock says Vulpix's fur is beautiful thanks to Suzy. This annoys Misty and she asks Brock if he would like to trade Psyduck for Vulpix. Brock refuses. They all head to the gym and a Venonat watches them from the nearby trees.

Ash and his friends continue walking and they come across an odd looking mansion where they ask for directions to the gym. They are directed to an old house. They open the front door and they enter and empty hallway. Misty leans up aganist a wall and she falls through it. Ash and Brock search along the wall and they open up the wall and they find Misty. They also find the same Venonat that was spying on them before. It runs away and Ash and his friends decide to follow it.

The Venonat runs around a corner and when they run after it, Ash hits his head on an invisible wall. They turn around and decide to leave, when they walk into another wall. Ash falls through the side of the house and he hangs on to the side of it. Misty and Brock manage to pull him up. Ash goes through a door and yells for Misty and Brock to help him. They run through the door and they find themselves in an empty room.

They start calling out for Ash and the door closes behind them and it revals Ash, stuck to the wall.

Debuts

 * Koga
 * Aya
 * Venomoth
 * Golbat
 * Voltorb

Major Events

 * Ash wins the Soul BadgeSoulbadge.png

Bloopers

 * Ash tells Bulbasaur to use Whirlwind, though a Bulbasaur can't learn it in the games.
 * Koga has Venomoth attack Pidgeotto by using Stun Spore and Sleep Powder but in the games, a pokemon can't be affected by more than one status ailment at a time.

Trivia

 * This is the first of many episodes where Maddie Blaustein was the voice of Meowth until season 9 when she passed it on to Jimmy Zoppi.
 * Brock's eyes are open after he is hit by Charmander's Flamethrower.
 * This episode has the first time Psyduck comes out of its PokeBall when Misty is calling out a different pokemon.
 * This episode was banned in South Korea.