PS023

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Make Way for Magmar! (Japanese: VSブーバー VS. Boober) is the twenty-third round in the Red, Green & Blue arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Synopsis

The round begins at Viridian City, where two people have gathered round the Viridian Gym. They discuss Giovanni's 'Missing In Action' status.

A quick scene change brings the readers to Diglett's Cave's Pewter City exit. Red and Giovanni exit it with Giovanni holding a few stones that they would examine at Pewter later. Red thinks that he has seen Giovanni before, but Giovanni assures him it is impossible. Red makes a comment that 'every Gym Leader trembles in fear of [him]'. Immediately, Giovanni's expression changes. He pretends that Red was just joking but Red insists. Then, the two of them notice the sudden change in temperature. Giovanni realizes the heat gain was caused by two Magmar. Evidence of this includes the fact that the Pewter Museum of Science is on fire. Red rashly jumps into battle and calls out Snorlax as a wall while Giovanni watches his strategy. However, Red has no strategy and Giovanni is assured that he cannot beat the Magmar. Finally, Red unleashes his newly caught Sandshrew, 'Sand', and uses Sand-Attack. The sand suffocates the flames, but on the other hand, it also makes the Magmar angrier. Finally, Red tells Sandshrew to run in circles, creating a sandstorm-like effect and knocking the Magmar off their feet. Immobilized in sand, Red believes the battle is won.

Later, Giovanni passes Red a translucent stone with a 'bug trapped inside'. As Red leaves, Giovanni defeats the recovered Magmar with his Cloyster's Ice Beam. The chapter ends with Giovanni saying that it was foolish to 'imagine thinking that that little boy was any threat to Team Rocket'.

Major events

Debuts

• Giovanni

Pokémon debuts

• Magmar
• Sandshrew
• Cloyster

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Giovanni
• Lt. Surge (flashback)
• Koga (flashback)

Cameos

Pokémon

• Magmar (x2)
• Sandshrew (Sand; Red's)
• Cloyster (Giovanni's)

Trivia

• This is the first chapter in Pokémon Adventures to include a succesful murder of either human or Pokémon, if PS014 isn't counted.

Errors

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