PS089

The Might of... Metapod?!

VSトランセル

VS. Trancell

Info

Series

Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Cerise Island

The Might of... Metapod?! (Japanese: VSトランセル VS. Trancell) is the 89th round of the Pokémon Adventures manga and the 49th round in the Yellow arc.

Plot

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

As a massive spirit forms in the sky, Giovanni is surprised to see his own Badge react to the energy, and Lance roars with laughter and triumph. Lance reveals that the Elite Four had schemed to collect all the Gym Leaders' Badges in similar fashion to Team Rocket's own plan to amplify the energy of the Badges, and that he was missing Giovanni's Earth Badge. All the other Badges were laid out in a giant formation in Cerise Island, and Giovanni moving into the center of the volcanic crater had completed the formation. Elsewhere, Sabrina uses her psychic powers to realize that Agatha and Bruno have likewise been defeated, and leaves. Green remarks that she didn't get to use all her Pokémon, including a Snubbull, before noticing the spirit in the sky and begins to chase after it.

Giovanni, unable to counterattack, merely leaves. Lance is dismissive of Giovanni and reveals his master plan to Yellow: to communicate with the legendary Pokémon now flying over the island and command it to lay waste to Kanto. Horrified, Yellow tries to plead with Lance, but he merely flies up with his Aerodactyl and leaves his Dragonite to hold Yellow back.

Yellow begs Dragonite to let her pass, but notices that Dragonite has been badly injured after shielding Lance from the lava, and has been hiding its injuries from Lance. Yellow clings to Dragonite as it takes off after Lance, reading its mind to see that Dragonite shares Lance's perspective and is loyally helping him in his plans to eliminate mankind. Yellow is adamant that people and Pokémon can co-exist, and implores her Pokémon to help her show Lance.

Reaching the spirit with Lance, Yellow surprises Lance with her appearance and is quickly attacked. However, Yellow releases Kitty who, evolving into a Metapod, shields her from the blast. Yellow acknowledges that without Red's Pokédex, she can no longer cancel her Pokémon's evolutions, and begs them to lend her their power in stopping Lance. Dody, Omny, Gravvy and Kitty evolve into their final forms, and Yellow begins her final battle against Lance in the sky.

Major events

• Yellow's Pokémon evolve.
  • Kitty evolves into Metapod and then Butterfree.
  • Dody evolves into Dodrio.
  • Omny evolves into Omastar.
  • Gravvy evolves into Golem.
• Green is revealed to own a Snubbull.

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Snubbull
• Omastar

Characters

Humans

• Green
• Yellow
• Giovanni
• Sabrina
• Lorelei
• Lance

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Pika; Red's)
• Jigglypuff (Jiggly; Green's)
• Snubbull (Green's)
• Blastoise (Blasty; Green's)
• Horsea (Green's)
• Clefable (Cleffy; Green's)
• Nidorina (Nido/Nidory; Green's)
• Raticate (Ratty; Yellow's)
• Doduo (Yellow's; evolves)
• Dodrio (Dody; Yellow's; newly evolved)
• Graveler (Yellow's; evolves)
• Golem (Grawy; Yellow's; newly evolved)
• Omanyte (Yellow's; evolves)
• Omastar (Omny; Yellow's; newly evolved)
• Caterpie (Yellow's; evolves)
• Metapod (Yellow's; newly evolved; evolves)
• Butterfree (Kitty; Yellow's; newly evolved)
• Beedrill (Giovanni's)
• Venomoth (Sabrina's)
• Alakazam (Sabrina's)
• Jynx (Lorelei's)
• Dragonite (Lance's)
• Aerodactyl (Lance's)
• Lugia (spirit form)
• Mankey (multiple; flashback)

Trivia

• This chapter is included in The Best of Pokémon Adventures: Yellow.
• It is revealed that Lance's Pokémon fight for him because they believe in his cause.

Errors

• The Electric-type and Ground-type are referred to as the Electricity and Earth types respectively.

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