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The Secret of Kangaskhan

VSガルーラ

VS. Garura

Info

Series

Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Viridian City Viridian Forest

The Secret of Kangaskhan (Japanese: VSガルーラ VS. Garura) is the third round in the Red, Green & Blue arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Plot

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Red is in Viridian Forest, looking for a Caterpie in a trip suggested by Professor Oak, in order to complete the Pokédex. He sees movement in a bush and sends Poli to attack, but he's attacked first by a Charmander owned by Blue, who believed Poliwhirl was a wild Pokémon. Red becomes angry but recognizes the boy that found the phantom Pokémon, Mew. Suddenly, they hear a loud sound and Blue states that he found what he was looking for. A Kangaskhan shows up; Blue doesn't lose any time and attacks her with Charmander. Blue takes out his Pokédex, in order to see her information. When Red shows his Pokédex, they realize that they are rivals with the same mission. Red also learns that Blue is the grandson of the famous Professor Oak.

The fire causes a lot of damage to the Kangaskhan and Blue tries to capture her a couple of times with Poké Balls but she escapes them; however, she doesn't attack. Red perceives that something is wrong, stops Charmander's attack, runs to the wild Pokémon and looks at her belly. Her baby Kangaskhan in her pouch was poisoned, so Red uses an Antidote to cure it. The mother thanks him and leaves; Blue is mad at Red's intervention and they "formally" present themselves. With the same goal, they head on different paths.

Major events

• Blue is revealed to own a Pokédex.
• Blue is revealed to own a Venomoth.
• Red and Blue start their journeys.

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Venomoth
• Kangaskhan

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Blue
• Professor Oak

Pokémon

• Poliwhirl (Poli) (Red's)
• Bulbasaur (Saur) (Red's)
• Charmander (Blue's)
• Kangaskhan
• Venomoth

Cameos

• Caterpie
• Mew (memory)

Trivia

• This chapter is included in The Best of Pokémon Adventures: Red.
• Although not shown, it is revealed that Blue has captured a Venomoth.
• The image of the Venomoth in Blue's Pokédex is its Red and Blue Versions sprite flipped horizontally, as are the Pokédex entries of the other Pokémon in the Red, Green & Blue chapter.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		VS袋龍
Finnish		Red vastaan Kangaskhan
European French		Kangourex* La Forêt de Jade*
German		VS. Kangama
Italian		Il Segreto Di Kangaskhan
Vietnamese		VS GARURA

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