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A Tale of Ninetales

VSキュウコン

VS. Kyukon

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Series

Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Celadon City outskirts

A Tale of Ninetales (Japanese: VSキュウコン VS. Kyukon) is the eighteenth round of the Red, Green & Blue arc in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Synopsis

The chapter opens with Blue carrying many coins at the Celadon Game Corner. He is told that he could exchange the coins for a prize: a Porygon. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Celadon, Red is trying to get out of Celadon, but bumps into Blue. After a short greeting, Blue walks off and Red mentions that 'he is as friendly as ever.' Suddenly, someone screams and Red sees that two people are being attacked by wild Pokémon. He grins at a chance to be a hero and immediately sends out Pikachu. However, Charmeleon comes out. Red is shocked and decide to call out all his Pokémon. However, he sends out Golduck, Machoke, Pidgeot, and Scyther. Red realizes this isn't his Pokémon. Suddenly, the two women say Red must be the famous Blue because he has a Pokédex, Charmeleon, and Golduck, but say that he is not good-looking. Red decide to battle and orders Charmeleon to use Flamethrower but instead calls 'Charmander.' When he is unable to control the team, the two women realize he is a fake and he goes away cursing his luck. He then opens his Pokédex. His Pokémon have all got switched with Blue's. He sees the Pokémon working out on their own and admires how Blue trained his Pokémon so well. He tries to make the Pokémon obey him by playing with them, thus trying to get them to swim with him.

Meanwhile, Blue is training Red's Pokémon pretty well. He looks at the Pokédex and looks at the Pokémon that got switched with his. He then grins and decides to train them his way.

After three days, Red and Blue's Pokémon sit round a campfire. Red offers the Pokémon dinner but they turn away. Red says how he just can't win with these Pokémon. He then reveals that he only caught two Pokémon during the three days: Diglett and Krabby. Then he spots a Ninetales and realizes it is fighting something. The 'something' is actually Red's Pikachu, being commanded by Blue. Blue has thought it a variety of moves that are not Template:Type2 and orders Pikachu to use a Template:Type2 attack. He then says that just because Pikachu was an electric Pokémon doesn't mean a good Trainer could not teach it non-electric attacks. He tells Pikachu to finish it but the Ninetales gets away. It runs toward Red and Red is scared. He sends out Machoke as the Ninetales uses a Flamethrower. Blue then shouts at Red and asks him whether he is trying to kill his Machoke. Red argues back by saying that Blue has also worn out Pikachu. Blue looks away, saying that it is no big deal. Then he tells Red to save his Machoke. Suddenly, Blue's Machoke evolves into Machamp and is able to weaken the Ninetales. Blue captures it with Red's Poké Ball, and keeps it. Although Red's Poké Ball caught it, Blue argues that it was his Machamp that weakened it and succeeds in claiming it.

As the Pokémon return to their respective trainers, they find out something is wrong with their usual attitude. Blue's Pokémon have become cheerful instead of calmer and frowning more. Also, instead of being cheerful, Red's Pokémon have taken up Blue's Pokémon's usual attitude.

Major events

• Blue wins a Porygon from the Rocket Game Corner.
• Red and Blue accidentally trade their Pokémon.
• Red catches a Diglett and a Krabby with help from Blue's Pokémon.
• Blue's Machoke evolves into a Machamp.
• Blue catches a Ninetales.
• Red and Blue return their own Pokémon to each other.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ninetales

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Blue
• People at the Game Corner
• Two Blue's fan girls

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Red's; Pika)
• Poliwrath (Red's; Poli)
• Ivysaur (Red's; Saur)
• Diglett (Red's; new)
• Krabby (Red's; new)
• Porygon (Blue's; new)
• Charmeleon (Blue's)
• Golduck (Blue's)
• Machoke (Blue's; evolves)
• Machamp (Blue's; newly evolved)
• Scyther (Blue's)
• Pidgeot (Blue's)
• Ninetales (Blue's; new)
• Rhydon
• Graveler
• Marowak

Trivia

Errors

• When Red tells Blue's Charmeleon to use Flamethrower, he calls it Charmander.

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