History of the Pokémon world (anime): Difference between revisions

[[File:RegionsMoviesMap ReUpload.jpg|thumb|450px|A map of the [[Hoenn]], [[Johto]], [[Kanto]], and [[Sinnoh]] [[region]]s in the {{pkmn|anime}}; locations of {{pkmn|movie}}s are deliberately marked, and labeled {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} are positioned in relation to the locations of certain episodes.]]

* {{p|Arceus}} appears in the darkness in the form of an {{pkmn|Egg}}. After hatching, it creates the {{pkmn|universe}}. ([[M12]])

* Creation of the [[Pokémon world]], as referenced by [[Bill]]. ([[EP013]])

* First {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, as dated by paleontology. ([[EP163]])

* The [[Meteonite]] enters the planet's atmosphere and breaks up, with the largest fragment impacting into the landmass that would become the [[Unova]] [[region]]. ([[BW009]])

* [[Lokoko]]'s master, who looks identical to {{an|Brock}}, leaves his home in [[Johto]] to go on a journey. His {{p|Ninetales}} is left waiting for his return at his mansion. He never returns. ([[EP232]])

* Lokoko's master's Ninetales realizes that its master must be dead by now and tries to leave his mansion, but is unable to, as its Poké Ball remains there. ([[EP232]])

* {{an|Hoopa}} {{form|Hoopa|Unbound}} causes a great clash of Pokémon that nearly destroys [[Dahara City]]. ([[M18]])

* [[Alola TV]] starts broadcasting. ([[SM113]])

* Lokoko's master's Ninetales discovers that it has developed mysterious powers. ([[EP232]])

* [[Sam|Samuel Oak]] goes on his [[Pokémon journey]]. ([[M04]])

* [[Kaiser]] reports the existence of a {{p|Dratini}} in the {{safari|Kanto}}. Thousands of people come there to try catching the rare Pokémon, destroying the Safari Zone in the process. Since then, only [[Safari Ball]]s are allowed to be used there. ([[EP035]])

| style="text-align:center" |20 years prior to DP

* [[Grings Kodai]] touches the [[Time Ripple]], laying all of [[Crown City]]'s plant life to waste. Kodai starts to have visions of the future, and {{OBP|Celebi|M13}} stops visiting Crown City. ([[M13]])

| style="text-align:center" |20 years prior to SM

* The [[Pokémon School]] is opened. ([[SM042]])

* James catches a {{TP|James|Carnivine}} at the [[Great Marsh]]. ([[DP082]])

* [[Johanna]] wins the [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]] and becomes a [[Top Coordinator]].

* [[Lucca]] and [[Alex]] study at and graduate from the [[Indigo Academy]]. ([[HZ001]])

 

* Jessie and James join a [[bicycle|bike]] gang in [[Sunnytown]]. ([[EP036]])

 

| style="text-align:center" |10 years prior to XY

* The [[Lost Hotel]] is opened. ([[XY081]])

 

| style="text-align:center" |5 years prior

* {{an|Brock}} receives his [[List of characters' first Pokémon|first Pokémon]], an {{TP|Brock|Onix}}, from {{ka|Flint}} as a present for his tenth [[birthday]]. ([[AG034]])

| style="text-align:center" |4 years prior to SM

* {{an|Lillie}} is nearly abducted by a {{p|Nihilego}}, but she is rescued by a {{TP|Gladion|Silvally}}. The traumatic experience makes her afraid of touching Pokémon. ([[SM049]])

| style="text-align:center" |4 years prior to JN

* Goh and Chloe attend a Pokémon Summer Camp hosted by Professor Oak. Ash also signs up for the camp too, but he wakes up late, missing his opportunity to go there. ([[JN001]])

* Goh and Chloe encounter Mew, leading to Goh's dream of catching Mew once he became a Trainer. ([[JN001]])

| style="text-align:center" |3 years prior to JN

* [[Gengar's former Trainer|A Trainer]] leaves his {{AP|Gengar}} at the future site of the [[Cerise Laboratory]], promising to come back for it. He never does so. ([[JN016]])

| style="text-align:center" |2 years prior to JN

* Horace finds the Ilex Forest shrine and tries to call for Celebi to take him back in time so that he could fulfill his promise to Goh. When Celebi doesn't appear, he leaves a letter for Goh at the shrine, explaining why he couldn't fulfill his promise. ([[JN032]])

* [[Professor Cerise]]'s student [[Laxton]] leaves him and starts [[Laxton Farm]]. ([[JN052]])

* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] join Team Rocket. ([[HS12]])

* James receives a {{TP|James|Koffing}} as an oseibo present ([[Christmas]] present in the dub). (EP017)

** In the [[dub]] of EP005, Flint says Lola died at this point, rather than leaving. In subsequent episodes where Lola appears, the dub follows the original with Lola leaving home and leaving everything in Brock's care.

* {{an|Iris}} catches a {{p|Drilbur}}, which later evolves into {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}} and starts disobeying her. ([[BW033]])

* Misty leaves [[Cerulean City]] to [[Pokémon training|train]], leaving the [[Cerulean Gym]] in the hands of {{an|Daisy}}, {{ka|Lily}}, and {{an|Violet}}. ([[EP007]])

* Clemont befriends a {{p|Shinx}} when studying in an academy specializing in Electric-type Pokémon. It later evolves into a {{TP|Clemont|Luxio}}. ([[XY048]])

* {{an|Lana}} and {{an|Mallow}} meet each other for the first time. ([[SM059]])

* Clemont becomes Gym Leader of the Lumiose Gym. He catches his {{TP|Clemont|Magnemite}}, {{TP|Clemont|Magneton}}, and {{p|Helioptile}}, which he later evolves into a {{TP|Clemont|Heliolisk}}.

* [[Alain]] leaves Sycamore Pokémon Lab, allies with [[Lysandre]], and achieves [[Mega Evolution]] with his {{TP|Alain|Charizard}}. ([[XYS01]] & [[XYS02]])

* [[Mairin]] starts her Pokémon journey with {{p|Chespin}}, nicknamed [[Chespie]]. ([[XYS01]])

* {{an|Kiawe}} completes [[Olivia]]'s grand trial, and receives a [[Z-Ring]] and {{TP|Kiawe|Charizard}} from [[Kiawe's grandfather|his grandfather]]. ([[SM002]], [[SM011]])

* [[Professor Cerise]] receives a {{TP|Professor Cerise|Yamper}} from a friend in [[Galar]]. It develops a liking to his daughter [[Chloe]], who initially hates it, but she eventually comes to like it. ([[JN029]])

* [[Paul]] turns 10 and begins his Pokémon journey. He chooses {{TP|Paul|Turtwig}} as his [[first partner Pokémon]]. ([[DP040]])

* [[Professor Amaranth]] detects powerful {{t|Psychic}} energy on [[Faraway Island]]. Suspecting it to originate from {{p|Mew}}, he establishes [[Project Mew]] in order to eventually investigate the island and find Mew. ([[JN133]])

* Ash and Gary find an old {{i|Poké Ball}} while fishing, breaking it in half after arguing who will get it. Each of them keeps one of the pieces as a symbol of their [[rival]]ry. ([[EP269]])

* Paul enters the [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], and Hoenn Leagues, but doesn't win any of them.

* Paul catches his {{TP|Paul|Elekid}}, {{TP|Paul|Murkrow}}, {{p|Weavile}}, {{p|Ninjask}}, and {{TP|Paul|Chimchar}}.

* Paul's {{p|Turtwig}} evolves into {{p|Grotle}} and then {{TP|Paul|Torterra}}.

* [[Zoey]] competes in three [[Pokémon Contest]]s and wins one of them.

* {{an|Clemont}} creates [[Clembot]], which ends up driving him and {{an|Bonnie}} out of the [[Lumiose Gym]] and taking it over. ([[XY009]])

* {{an|Shauna}}, {{an|Trevor}}, and {{an|Tierno}} start their Pokémon journeys with {{TP|Shauna|Bulbasaur}}, {{TP|Trevor|Charmander}}, and {{TP|Tierno|Squirtle}}, respectively. ([[XY039]])

* {{an|Lana}} rescues a {{TP|Lana|Popplio}} from a group of {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}s, and it joins her party. ([[SM005]])

===''[[Original series|Pokémon the Series: The Beginning]]''===

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]''

* [[Ash Ketchum]], his [[rival]] [[Gary Oak]], and two other [[Pokémon Trainer]]s begin their [[Pokémon journey]]s from [[Pallet Town]].

* Ash starts his journey with a [[obedience|disobedient]] {{AP|Pikachu}} and receives a [[Pokédex]] and six {{i|Poké Ball}}s from {{an|Professor Oak}}.

* Ash tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{p|Pidgey}}.

* Ash meets {{an|Misty}} for the first time.

* Ash steals Misty's [[bicycle|bike]], which is destroyed when Pikachu defeats a flock of angry {{p|Spearow}}.

* Ash and Pikachu become friends.

* Ash sees {{an|Ho-Oh|a mysterious Pokémon}}.

* Ash reaches [[Viridian City]].

* {{Ash}} meets an [[Officer Jenny]] and a [[Nurse Joy]] and visits a [[Pokémon Center]] for the first time.

* {{an|Misty}} introduces herself to Ash and declares that she will follow him until he repays the damages to her [[Bicycle|bike]].

* Ash and Misty meet [[Jessie]] and [[James]], two members of the [[villainous team|villainous]] [[Team Rocket]], along with their partner, a {{pkmn2|talking}} {{MTR}}.

* Misty is revealed to own a {{TP|Misty|Goldeen}}.

* The [[Team Rocket trio]] decides to follow Ash and steal his {{AP|Pikachu}}.

* Ash prepares to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{AP|Caterpie}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]''

* {{Ash}} catches the {{AP|Caterpie}} from the end of the [[EP002|last episode]], making him his first [[caught Pokémon]].

* Ash also catches a {{AP|Pidgeotto}}.

* {{TRT}} reveals to Ash their intention to steal his {{AP|Pikachu}}.

* {{MTR}} is revealed to know {{m|Fury Swipes}}.

* [[James's Koffing]] is revealed to know {{m|Sludge}}.

* [[Jessie's Ekans]] is revealed to know {{m|Dig}}.

* Caterpie is revealed to know {{m|String Shot}} and {{m|Tackle}}.

* Ash has his first, although unofficial, {{pkmn|Trainer}} {{pkmn|battle}}, and wins.

* Ash's Caterpie [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Metapod}}.

* {{Ash}} tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{p|Weedle}}.

* [[Ash's Pidgeotto]] is revealed to know {{m|Sand Attack}}.

* Ash's {{p|Metapod}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Harden}}.

* Ash's Metapod [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Butterfree}} and learns {{m|Sleep Powder}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} reach [[Pewter City]].

* Ash learns about the [[Pokémon League]], [[Gym Leader]]s, and [[Badge|Gym Badges]].

* Ash and Misty meet {{an|Brock}}, the {{gy|Pewter}} Gym Leader, and his father, {{ka|Flint}}.

* Ash has his first [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} at the Pewter Gym.

* Ash forfeits his battle against Brock, suffering his first loss.

* [[Ash's Pikachu]] learns {{m|Thunderbolt}}.

* Ash has a [[rematch]] with Brock, but eventually forfeits again.

* Brock follows Ash and gives him his first Badge, the {{Badge|Boulder}}.

* Brock joins Ash and Misty, leaving the Pewter Gym in his father's care.

* {{an|Brock}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|Brock|Zubat}}.

* [[Ash's Butterfree]] and {{AP|Pidgeotto}} are revealed to know {{m|Whirlwind}}.

* [[Jessie's Ekans]] is revealed to know {{m|Bite}}.

* {{an|Misty}} is revealed to own a {{TP|Misty|Staryu}}.

* [[Brock's Onix]] is revealed to know {{m|Dig}}.

* [[James's Koffing]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Cerulean City]].

* Ash meets {{an|Daisy}}, {{an|Violet}}, and {{ka|Lily}}, the {{gy|Cerulean}} [[Gym Leader]]s, for the first time.

* {{Gary}} and the other two [[Pallet Town]] {{pkmn|Trainer}}s are revealed to have already defeated the Cerulean Gym.

* Ash learns that {{an|Misty}} is also one of Cerulean City's Gym Leaders and that Daisy, Violet, and Lily are her [[Sensational Sisters|sisters]].

* Ash and Misty {{pkmn|battle}} each other for the first time.

* [[Misty's Staryu]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.

* [[Ash's Butterfree]] is revealed to know {{m|Stun Spore}}.

* Misty is revealed to own a {{TP|Misty|Starmie}}.

* [[Ash's Pidgeotto]] is revealed to know {{m|Wing Attack}}.

* Ash and Misty's [[Gym]] battle ends in a no-contest, due to the interruption by {{TRT}}.

* Ash gets the {{badge|Cascade}} from Misty's sisters for protecting the Gym from Team Rocket.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP008|The Path to the Pokémon League]]''

* {{Ash}} learns that there is [[Vermilion Gym|a Gym]] in [[Vermilion City]].

* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are revealed to have been flunked out of [[Pokémon Tech]] in the past.

* [[Misty's Starmie]] is revealed to know {{m|Water Gun}}.

* {{an|Misty}} tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} an {{p|Oddish}}.

* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Bulbasaur}}.

* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{AP|Charmander}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet the [[Squirtle Squad]].

* The lead {{AP|Squirtle}} of the Squirtle Squad follows Ash and joins his [[party|team]].

* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{AP|Krabby}}.

* Ash learns that a {{pkmn|Trainer}} can only have six Pokémon [[party|on hand]] at once, and that his extras are automatically sent to reside at {{an|Professor Oak}}'s {{TP|Professor Oak|Laboratory}}.

** Due to Ash already having six Pokémon on hand, his Krabby is sent to Professor Oak's Laboratory.

* {{Gary}} is revealed to have caught a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Krabby}} and own a total of 45 {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.

* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet [[Bill]].

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Vermilion City]] and meet the local [[Gym Leader]], [[Lt. Surge]].

* Ash has a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Lt. Surge, but is defeated.

* [[Ash's Pikachu]] refuses to evolve into {{p|Raichu}}.

* Ash's Pikachu learns {{m|Agility}} and {{m|Quick Attack}}.

* Ash challenges Lt. Surge to a [[rematch]] and wins, earning a {{badge|Thunder}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} set off on a cruise aboard the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]] luxury liner.

* Ash learns about [[trade|trading]].

* Ash trades his {{AP|Butterfree}} for a {{tc|Gentleman}}'s {{AP|Raticate}}, but later trades back.

* [[James]] meets the [[Magikarp salesman]] for the first time and buys a {{TP|James|Magikarp}} from him.

* The St. Anne sinks with Ash, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{TRT}} on board.

* [[Jessie's Ekans]] is revealed to know {{m|Acid}}.

* [[James]]'s {{p|Magikarp}} is revealed to know {{m|Splash}}.

* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} escape from the sunken [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]].

* James's Magikarp evolves into {{TP|James|Gyarados}}, learns {{m|Dragon Rage}}, and leaves him.

* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] reveal that {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} and {{TP|James|Koffing}} were given to them as {{wp|chūgen}} (the Ghost Festival) and {{jwp|歳暮|oseibo}} (Year-End gift giving) presents, respectively.

* {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} meet {{an|Professor Oak}} in person and also {{Delia}} for the first time.

* Misty meets {{Gary}} for the first time.

* {{an|Misty}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|Misty|Horsea}}.

* [[James's Koffing]] is revealed to know {{m|Poison Gas}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP021|Bye Bye Butterfree]]''

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are revealed to be headed for [[Saffron City]] for Ash's next [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.

* Ash {{pkmn2|released|releases}} his {{AP|Butterfree}} so he can breed with [[Pink Butterfree|his mate]].

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Saffron City]] and meet [[Sabrina]], the {{gy|Saffron}} [[Gym Leader]].

* [[Ash's Pikachu]] is revealed to know {{m|Thunder}}.

* Ash {{pkmn|battle}}s Sabrina, but loses by forfeit.

* Ash heads to [[Lavender Town]] to catch a {{t|Ghost}} Pokémon so he could be stronger against Sabrina's Kadabra.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Lavender Town]].

* [[Ash's Charmander]] is revealed to know {{m|Leer}}.

* Ash befriends a {{TP|Sabrina|Haunter}}, who agrees to follow him back to [[Saffron City]].

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP024|Haunter versus Kadabra]]''

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Saffron City]].

* {{TP|Sabrina|Haunter}} disappears before Ash's [[rematch]] with [[Sabrina]], forcing him to forfeit again.

* Ash finds Haunter, but it disappears again when Ash tries to challenge Sabrina once more.

* {{AP|Pikachu}} battles [[Sabrina's Kadabra]] to protect Ash.

* Ash earns the {{badge|Marsh}} due to Haunter making Sabrina and Kadabra laugh, thus making the latter {{DL|Fainting|In the anime|unable to battle}}.

* Haunter leaves Ash to stay with Sabrina.

* Ash learns that [[Celadon Gym|the next Gym]] is located in [[Celadon City]] and decides to head there.

* {{Gary}} and the other two [[Pallet Town]] {{pkmn|Trainer}}s are revealed to have won five [[Badge]]s each, including the {{badge|Rainbow|Celadon Gym Badge}}.

* The Mankey that Ash tried to catch evolves into a {{p|Primeape}}.

* [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] is revealed to know {{m|Razor Leaf}}.

* [[Ash's Charmander]] learns {{m|Rage}}.

* Ash catches the newly evolved {{AP|Primeape}}.

* Ash and {{ashfr}} reach [[Celadon City]].

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Erika]], the [[Celadon City]] [[Gym Leader]].

* Ash challenges Erika to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but it gets disrupted by a {{TRT}}-caused fire.

* [[Ash's Charmander]] is revealed to know {{m|Skull Bash}}.

* Ash earns the {{badge|Rainbow}} from Erika as a thanks for saving her {{p|Gloom}} from the fire.

* {{an|Misty}} accidentally {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Suzie]], a {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}.

* [[Brock's Geodude]] is revealed to know {{m|Seismic Toss}}.

* {{an|Brock}} receives a {{TP|Brock|Vulpix}} from Suzie.

* [[Ash's Primeape]] begins to [[obedience|obey]] him.

* Primeape is revealed to know {{m|Scratch}}, {{m|Mega Kick}}, and {{m|Seismic Toss}}.

* {{Ash}} wins the [[P1 Grand Prix]] with Primeape.

* Ash leaves his Primeape with {{OBP|Anthony|EP029}} for training.

* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{AP|Muk}}, but sends it to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] due to its nasty smell.

* {{Ash}} learns that the next [[Gym]] is the [[Fuchsia Gym]].

* {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} meet {{Gary}} for the first time ([[dub]] only).

* [[Jessie]]'s {{p|Ekans}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}.

* [[James]]'s {{p|Koffing}} evolves into {{TP|James|Weezing}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the [[Fuchsia Gym]] and meet the [[Gym Leader]] [[Koga]], and his sister, {{an|Aya}}.

* [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] is revealed to know {{m|Leech Seed}}.

* Ash challenges Koga to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but the battle is interrupted by {{TRT}}.

* [[Misty's Psyduck]] battles for the first time and is revealed to know {{m|Tail Whip}}, {{m|Scratch}}, {{m|Disable}}, and {{m|Confusion}}.

* [[Ash's Charmander]] is revealed to know {{m|Ember}} and {{m|Fire Spin}}.

* Ash continues his battle with Koga and wins, earning a {{badge|Soul}}.

* [[Jessie's Arbok]] is revealed to know {{m|Poison Sting}} and {{m|Glare}}.

* [[Jessie]] tries and fails to catch a {{p|Kangaskhan}}.

* [[Ash's Squirtle]] is revealed to know {{m|Skull Bash}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} enter the {{safari|Kanto}} and receive thirty [[Safari Ball]]s from [[Kaiser]] to be used within the Zone.

* Ash uses his Safari Balls to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} thirty {{AP|Tauros}}, all of which he subsequently sends to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].

** Ash also tries to catch a {{p|Rhyhorn}}, but the Safari Ball hits a bypassing Tauros, catching him instead.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Duplica]], a {{p|Ditto}} {{pkmn|Trainer}}.

* [[Jessie]] takes a prototype {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Porygon Zero|Porygon}} from [[Dr. Akihabara]], but later accidentally leaves it.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]''

* {{Ash}} attempts to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{p|Jynx}}, but fails since she belongs to another {{pkmn|Trainer}}.

* {{Ash}} attempts to {{pkmn2|released|release}} {{AP|Pikachu}}, but Pikachu returns to him.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP040|The Battling Eevee Brothers]]''

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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP041|Wake Up Snorlax!]]''

* {{Ash}} tries to catch a {{p|Snorlax}}, but fails due to it already having a {{pkmn|Trainer}}.

* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Charmander}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into a {{AP|Charmeleon}}.

* [[Ash's Charmeleon]] starts [[obedience|disobeying]] him.

* {{an|Misty}} tries to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{an|Jigglypuff}}, but decides against it upon finding out that it can't {{m|Sing}}.

* [[Misty's Staryu]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.

* The Jigglypuff that {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} help out in this episode begins to [[Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|follow them around]].

* Ash's {{p|Charmeleon}} evolves into {{AP|Charizard}}, but remains [[obedience|disobedient]].

* Ash finds a [[Pokémon Egg]], and {{an|Brock}} decides to be in charge of taking care of it.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''

* [[James]]'s childhood is revealed:

** James is revealed to be engaged to a girl named [[Jessebelle]].

* James is revealed to own a {{p|Growlithe}}, [[nickname]]d [[Growlie]].

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]''

* [[Jessie]] {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}}.

* {{an|Misty}} and Jessie enter the [[Queen of the Princess Festival]], with Misty being the winner.

* The {{pkmn|Egg}} Ash [[EP046|found a while back]] hatches into a {{p|Togepi}}.

* Ash, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{MTR}} decide to have a tournament to see who will keep Togepi.

* [[Brock's Onix]] is revealed to know {{m|Rock Throw}}.

* Ash wins the tournament, but {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} chooses to go with Misty instead.

* [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] begins to [[Evolution|evolve]], but decides not to.

* Ash's Bulbasaur learns {{m|Solar Beam}}.

* [[Misty's Horsea]] is revealed to know {{m|Bubble}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[photography|photographer]] [[Todd Snap]], who joins the group.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]], two other members of [[Team Rocket]], for the first time.

* [[James]] is revealed to have {{pkmn2|caught}} a {{p|Weepinbell}} that has now [[evolution|evolved]] into a {{TP|James|Victreebel}}.

* [[Todd Snap]] leaves the group.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Cinnabar Island]], meeting {{Gary}} again along the way.

* Ash and his friends meet [[Blaine]], the {{gy|Cinnabar}} [[Gym Leader]].

* Ash begins his [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Blaine.

* {{Ash}} forfeits his Gym battle with [[Blaine]].

* [[Ash's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Submission}} and {{m|Seismic Toss}}.

* Ash defeats Blaine in a [[rematch]] and earns the {{Badge|Volcano}}.

* Ash learns that there is [[Viridian Gym|a Gym]] in [[Viridian City]], and decides to head back there.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Cinnabar Island]] and head to [[Viridian City]] for Ash's final [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} visit [[Cerulean City]] again.

* [[The Sensational Sisters|Misty's sisters]]' {{p|Seel}} evolves into {{OBP|Dewgong|Cerulean Gym}}.

* {{an|Misty}} leaves her Horsea and {{TP|Misty|Starmie}} at the [[Cerulean Gym]].

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter a group of {{pkmn2|extraterrestrial}} {{OBP|Clefairy|recurring}}.

* {{an|Jigglypuff}} is revealed to know {{m|Pound}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Viridian City]] and encounter {{Gary}} again.

* Gary is revealed to have won ten [[Badge]]s and obtained a {{p|Nidoking}} and an {{TP|Gary|Arcanine}}.

* Gary challenges the {{an|Giovanni|Viridian Gym Leader}} and loses to {{OBP|Mewtwo|M01|a mysterious Pokémon}}.

* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} present [[Misty's Togepi]] to Giovanni as a gift, but he rejects it.

* Jessie, James, and Meowth are temporarily appointed as the [[Gym Leader]]s of the [[Viridian Gym]].

* Gary meets {{TRT}} for the first time.

* [[Ash's Pidgeotto]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.

* Ash earns his eighth and final Badge, the {{Badge|Earth}}, after defeating Team Rocket, qualifying him for the [[Pokémon League]].

* The Viridian Gym collapses.

* Ash and his friends head to [[Pallet Town]].

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Pallet Town]].

* {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} meet {{Delia}} for the first time ([[dub]] only).

* Delia obtains a {{p|Mr. Mime}}, which she [[nickname]]s [[Mimey]] and shares with Ash.

* {{OBP|Mewtwo|M01}} leaves {{an|Giovanni}} and destroys his {{an|Team Rocket HQ|headquarters}}.

* It is revealed in the [[dub]] that Ash [[EP035|has caught]] 30 {{AP|Tauros}} at the {{safari|Kanto}}.

* Gary is revealed to have obtained a {{p|Doduo}} and own more than 200 Pokémon from up to 60 different {{OBP|Pokémon|species|species}}.

* Ash sees Mew again, but does not recognize it since his memory has been erased.

* [[Jessie]] catches a {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Shellder}} that [[James]] wanted to catch.

* Jessie's Shellder {{m|Clamp|attaches}} itself to [[Professor Westwood V]]'s {{p|Slowpoke}}, catalyzing its [[evolution]] into a {{p|Slowbro}} and thus leaving her.

* [[Jessie's Arbok]] is revealed to know {{m|Toxic}}.

* {{MTR}} recalls how he learned to {{pkmn2|talking|speak the human language}} and walk upright on his hind legs.

* Meowth reveals why he joined [[Team Rocket]].

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Bruno]], a member of the [[Kanto]] [[Elite Four]].

* [[Brock's Vulpix]] is revealed to know {{m|Quick Attack}}{{tt|*|Called Agility in the English dub}}.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} set off for [[Indigo Plateau]], the venue for the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]].

* [[Jessie's Arbok]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.

* The [[Indigo Plateau Conference]] begins.

* {{Gary}} wins his first round match.

* {{Ash}} uses his {{p|Krabby}} in {{pkmn|battle}} for the first time.

* Ash's Krabby [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Kingler}} and learns {{m|Hyper Beam}}.

* Ash's Kingler is revealed to know {{m|Bubble}}, {{m|Water Gun}}, and {{m|Crabhammer}}.

* Ash defeats [[Mandi]] in his first round match using only his Kingler.

* {{Ash}} defeats an unnamed {{pkmn|Trainer}} and [[Pete Pebbleman]] in his second and third round {{pkmn|battle|matches}}, respectively.

* {{Gary}} is revealed to have made it to the fourth round.

* Gary is defeated by [[Melissa]] in his fourth round battle, placing him in the Top 32.

* Gary heads back to [[Pallet Town]].

* {{Ash}} uses his {{AP|Muk}} in battle for the first time.

* Ash defeats [[Jeanette Fisher]] in his fourth and final preliminary round match, securing him a place in the Indigo Stadium.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Ritchie]].

* Ash learns he will be battling Ritchie in the fifth round.

* [[Ash's Pikachu]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.

* {{Ash}} battles [[Ritchie]] in the fifth round and loses, finishing in the Top 16.

* [[Ritchie]] is revealed to own either a {{p|Spearow}} or a {{p|Tentacool}}.

* Ritchie faces [[Assunta]] in his sixth round [[Full Battle]] and loses, finishing in the Top 8.

* Ritchie leaves {{ashfr|the group}}.

* {{Ash}} and his friends head back to [[Pallet Town]].

* {{Ash}} is given an errand by {{an|Professor Oak}} to travel to the [[Orange Archipelago]] and retrieve a [[GS Ball|mysterious Poké Ball]] from [[Professor Ivy]] on [[Valencia Island]].

* {{Gary}} is revealed to have left [[Pallet Town]] for a new [[Pokémon journey]].

* The {{p|Spearow}} from [[EP001|the first episode]] returns as a {{DL|Ash's Fearow|In the anime|Fearow}}, which Ash unsuccessfully attempts to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}}.

* Ash {{pkmn2|released|releases}} his Pidgeot to protect other {{p|Pidgey}} and Pidgeotto from the Spearow and Fearow flock.

* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} leave [[Kanto]] and travel to the [[Orange Archipelago]], arriving on [[Valencia Island]].

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Professor Ivy]].

* Ash receives the mysterious [[GS Ball]] from Professor Ivy.

* {{an|Brock}} decides to become Professor Ivy's [[Professors' aides|assistant]] and leaves the group.

* Ash and {{an|Misty}} head back to [[Pallet Town]], but are caught in one of {{TRT}}'s traps and left alone aboard a pilotless blimp.

* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} crash-land on [[Tangelo Island]].

* Ash and Misty meet [[Tracey Sketchit]], who joins {{ashfr|the group}}.

* Ash learns of the [[Orange League]] and decides to challenge it.

* Tracey encounters {{an|Jigglypuff}} and {{TRT}} for the first time.

* Ash {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{AP|Lapras}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP085|Fit To Be Tide]]''

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Mikan Island]], the site of the first [[Orange League]] [[Gym]], and meet [[Cissy]], the [[Mikan Gym|Mikan]] [[Gym Leader]].

* Ash learns that the Orange League's Gyms test a Trainer's skill through challenges rather than normal {{pkmn|battle}}s and thus operate differently from the usual Gyms.

* [[Ash's Lapras]] is revealed to know {{m|Ice Beam}}.

* Ash defeats Cissy and earns his first Orange League Badge, the {{badge|Coral-Eye}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP086|Pikachu Re-Volts]]''

* [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]] are revealed to have obtained a {{p|Drowzee}}.

* [[Jessie's Lickitung]] uses {{m|Tackle}} for the first time.

* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know Tackle.

* [[Misty's Togepi]] is revealed to know {{m|Metronome}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP087|The Crystal Onix]]''

* {{Tracey}} is revealed to own a {{TP|Tracey|Marill}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP088|In The Pink]]''

* [[Tracey's Marill]] is revealed to know {{m|Water Gun}}{{tt|*|It does not actually use the move until EP090}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP090|Stage Fight!]]''

* [[Tracey's Marill]] uses {{m|Water Gun}} for the first time.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP091|Bye Bye Psyduck]]''

* [[Misty's Goldeen]] is seen battling for the first time and is revealed to know {{m|Agility}} and {{m|Horn Attack}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP092|The Joy of Pokémon]]''

* {{Ash}} learns that the next [[Orange League]] [[Gym]] is located on [[Navel Island]], and decides to head there.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP107|Pokémon Food Fight]]''

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive on [[Kumquat Island]] and meet [[Luana]], the {{gy|Kumquat}} [[Gym Leader]] and the final member of the [[Orange League|Orange Crew]].

* [[Ash's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.

* Ash learns about [[Double Battle]]s and has his first official {{pkmn|battle}} of that kind.

* Ash defeats Luana and earns the {{badge|Jade Star}}, his fourth and final [[Orange League]] Badge, allowing him to challenge the [[Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader]].

* {{an|Misty}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|Misty|Poliwag}}.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP111|Hello, Pummelo!]]''

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive on [[Pummelo Island]], the final site of the [[Orange League]].

* Ash sends his {{AP|Snorlax}} to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] in exchange for one of his {{AP|Tauros}}.

* Ash begins his first-ever [[Full Battle]] with {{OBP|Drake|Orange League}}, the [[Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader]].

* Ash's Tauros is revealed to know {{m|Fissure}}.

* {{Ash}} wins his [[Full Battle]] against {{OBP|Drake|Orange League}}.

* Ash becomes an Honored Trainer{{tt|*|Champion in the dub}} of the [[Orange League]], earning the [[Winner's Trophy]] and a spot in the [[Palace of Victory]].

* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|released|releases}} his Lapras.

| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP114|The Underground Round Up]]''

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave the [[Orange Archipelago]], bound for [[Pallet Town]].

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Pallet Town]].

* {{an|Brock}} is revealed to have left [[Professor Ivy]] and returned to Pallet Town.

* Brock and {{Tracey}} meet for the first time.

* Ash delivers the [[GS Ball]] to {{an|Professor Oak}}.

* Ash returns {{AP|Tauros}} to its herd at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].

* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}{{tt|*|Japanese version only}}.

* {{Gary}} returns and is revealed to have obtained a {{p|Nidoqueen}}.

* Tracey meets Gary for the first time.

* Ash challenges Gary to a {{pkmn|battle}}, and he accepts.

* {{Gary}} is revealed to have obtained an {{TP|Gary|Eevee}}.

* {{Ash}} has his first-ever {{pkmn|battle}} against Gary and loses.

* {{an|Professor Oak}} studies the [[GS Ball]], but fails to uncover its secrets.

* Ash and {{ashfr}} learn about the [[Johto]] [[region]].

* Ash decides to challenge the [[Johto League]].

* {{an|Brock}} rejoins the group and says he'll travel to Johto with Ash and {{an|Misty}}.

* Ash receives a new [[Pokédex]] from Professor Oak.

* {{Tracey}} decides to stay in [[Pallet Town]] and become Professor Oak's [[Professors' aides|assistant]].

* [[Mimey]] is revealed to know {{m|Light Screen}}.

* Ash, Misty, and Brock head off to [[New Bark Town]] in the Johto region.