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Bulbasaur, Come Home! (Japanese: VSゴーリキー VS. Goriky) is the second round of the Pokémon Special manga and also the second one in the Red, Green & Blue chapter.

Synopsis

When Red enters the desolate Professor Oak's Laboratory, he only sees a bunch of Pokéballs in a stand and one separated from the others, a Bulbasaur. Suddenly the professor enters completely freaked out calling him a thief when he accidentaly frees all the Pokémon. Red and the professor go in search of the Pokémon and they catch them one by one until they arrive in Viridian City to catch the last one, Bulbasaur, who enters the Viridian Gym. Everything is dark inside and they can only see a statue of Giovanni and the scared Bulbasaur. When Oak approaches it attacks him, but it behaves gently with Red. He tries to catch it back when an angry Machoke attacks them, but Bulbasaur defends them. With Red's strategy, the Pokémon defeats the Machoke with a SolarBeam. Back in the laboratory, Red justifies himself for enter without invitation and the professor praises his intelligence, giving him the Bulbasaur, a Pokédex and a new mission to complete it.

Major events

• Red meets professor Oak.
• Red catches a Bulbasaur.
• Red receives the Pokédex.

Debuts

• Professor Oak

Pokémon debuts

• Bulbasaur
• Machoke

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Professor Oak

Pokémon

• Bulbasaur (Fusshii) (Red's)
• Machoke
• Poliwhirl (Nyoro) (Red's)
• Mew (memory)

Laboratory Pokémon

• Kakuna
• Pidgey
• Caterpie
• Metapod
• Rattata
• Tentacool
• Poliwag
• Weedle
• Meowth

Trivia

• This chapter is included in the Red volume of The Best of Pokémon Adventures.