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Ponyta Tale (Japanese: VS. Ponyta) is the 41st round of the Pokémon Special manga and the first round in the Yellow chapter.

Synopsis

Two years after the Pokémon League, Red receives a letter of challenge from someone called Bruno. He thinks it is some other ordinary challenger, but he was wrong. A month later, Red's Pikachu, Pika, arrives at Oak's Lab injured, bruised and battered... without Red!

Major events

• Red leaves Pallet Town to battle his challenger.
• A month later, Pika returns alone and injured.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Green
• Blue
• Professor Oak
• Misty
• Agatha
• Bruno
• Lorelei
• Team Rocket grunts (flashback)
• Postman

Pokémon

• Venusaur (Red's)
• Poliwhirl (Red's)
• Pikachu (Red's)
• Charizard (Green's)
• Jigglypuff (Blue's)
• Hitmonlee (Bruno's)
• Ponyta (Postman's)
• Onix
• Donphan (silhouette)
• An unknown Pokémon (silhouette)

Trivia

• This chapter is included in the Yellow volume of The Best of Pokémon Adventures.
• Professor Oak states that he is working on a new Pokédex after discovering there are far more than 151 species of Pokémon. His files include photographs of two silhouetted Pokémon; one is Donphan while the other does not resemble any released Pokémon.
• To the dismay of Professor Oak, Red still hasn't completed the original Pokédex.
• This chapter also mentions that Red is seeking official permission to become a Gym Leader.

Errors