Plot
Ash and friends decide to visit Professor Birch. On the road they are nearly run over by Birch in his jeep, on his way to the port to pick up Professor Oak. Ash and Brock join him, while May and Max head to his lab.
May and Max are admiring the Hoenn starter Pokemon at the lab (Treecko, Mudkip, and Torchic), when Professor Oak shows up. He shows them the Kanto starter Pokemon he brought: Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charmander. May befriends the Bulbasaur.
Team Rocket arrives and kidnaps all six starter Pokemon, and Professor Oak and the siblings go after them. They track the thieves to a secret base, but fall into a trap and are imprisoned. Team Rocket also takes May's Pokeballs.
Meanwhile, Birch, Ash and Brock are hot on the trail with the help of Poochyena.
Oak and the siblings escape from imprisonment with the starter Pokemon. Oak has a Zubat use Supersonic on Team Rocket while the Bulbasaur uses its vines to grab May's Pokeballs. After running, they eventually find their way to an outside door, but can't break out.
Professor Birch and company arrive outside the door, where they use Water-type attacks on the door and then have Pikachu blast it with electricity. A group of Pokemon on Oak's side knocks down the now-weakened door with Tackle or Pound.
Team Rocket shows up again, but all of the Pokemon team up with their different attacks to send the crooks blasting off. After saying goodbye, the kids depart for Fortree City.
Trivia
- May befriending Professor Oak's Bulbasaur and Squirtle appears to foreshadow the capture of her own members of both species later on in the series (one of which would actually be intended to be a starter).
- When Team Rocket is seen blasting off, Jessie, James, and Meowth form the letter "R".
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