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Wake Up--You’re Snorlax! (Japanese: VSカビゴン VS. Kabigon) is the twelfth round in the Red, Green & Blue chapter of the Pokémon Special manga.

Synopsis

Red takes part in a bike race but when it starts, he finds himself far behind everyone. However, he catches up when everyone stops at a river filled with Tentacruel. After wondering why only one person is crossing at a time, Red is told by a Swimmer that Pokémon are allowed to be used in the race. Thinking quickly, he sends out his Poliwrath in order to freeze the river with its Ice Beam. Red then rides his bike across the ice and gains a lead over most of the other racers. The race is going as planned until he reaches a fork in the road. One road goes through a thick forest while the other goes around it. Ignoring the warning of a Bug Catcher, Red decides to keep his lead by going through the forest. In order to go through the forest, he has his Pikachu shock all of the wild Pokémon and his Bulbasaur cut all the thick brush. Suddenly, a Beedrill hive falls on Bulbasaur's head, and many Beedrill begin to chase them. Emerging from the forest, Red rejoices about the fact that he is far ahead from most of the rest, even though he has many bee-stings. When he arrives at Route 12, he finds the swimmer and the bug catcher stuck at the dock. There is a Snorlax blocking the part of the pier that leads to the finish line. When none of his Pokémon's attacks work, Red comes up with a plan. He uses his honey-covered Bulbasaur to lure Snorlax from his sleep. It works, and the Snorlax chases him to the finish line as he wins the race. Red, after winning 10,000 dollars in the race, is forced to spend it all on food for his newly caught Snorlax.

Major events

• Red has obtained a bike.
• Red catches a Snorlax.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Snorlax

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Swimmer
• Bug Catcher
• Announcer

Cameos

• Pokémon Fan Club President
• Racers
• Crowd

Pokémon

• Poliwrath (Poli) (Red's)
• Bulbasaur (Saur) (Red's)
• Pikachu (Pika) (Red's)
• Snorlax (Lax) (Red's; newly caught)
• Beedrill

Cameos

• Slowpoke (Swimmer's)
• Scyther (Bug Catcher's)
• Tentacruel
• Butterfree
• Venonat
• Venomoth

Trivia

• The race is sponsored by Miracle Cycle.
• In the bike race, Pokémon are allowed to be used. This ruling is similar to the race that was featured in the Pokémon anime episode, The Flame Pokémon-athon
• Red comments that he got his bike from the President of the Pokémon Fan Club. In the games, the president gives the player a voucher which must be redeemed in the Cerulean City bike shop.
• Red's number is 1. Swimmer is number 20 and Bug Catcher is number 31.
• The area where Snorlax is sleeping is directly based on one its positions in the games, which would be Route 12.

Errors

• Red commands Saur to use Leaf Cutter. This is a mistranslation by Viz as Leaf Cutter is the Japanese name for Razor Leaf, and have should have said as such. However, this was corrected in the new reprinted edition.

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.