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'''Beg, Burrow and Steal''' (Japanese: '''ナックラーとビブラーバ！幻の湖！''' ''{{tt|Nuckrar|Trapinch}} and Vibrava! Lake of Illusion!'')   is the 106th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 380th episode of the {{g|anime}}. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 9, 2004 and in the United States on December 17, 2005.  
'''Beg, Burrow and Steal''' (Japanese: '''ナックラーとビブラーバ！幻の湖！''' ''{{tt|Nuckrar|Trapinch}} and Vibrava! Lake of Illusion!'') is the 106th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'', and the 380th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 9, 2004, and in the United States on December 17, 2005.


The group go travel through some underground caves containing a number of Trapinch and, reportedly, a beautiful lake.
{{spoilers}}
{{spoilers}}
== Synopsis ==


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==Blurb==
Ash and co. continue their exploring on Izabe Island. Everyone has stumbled on a wasteland. Lots of holes are shown in the wasteland. Max checks his PokeNav, but it doesn't point to their location. Brock can't even find a map of Izabe Island. May points out those holes in the ground and how they are scary looking. Max finds it weird on how they are all the same size. Ash wonders if there is something down in the hole. He throws a rock into one of the holes. A Trapinch emerges from the hole and it eats the rock. Ash looks up Trapinch in his Pokedex. The Trapinch disappears into the hole again. Max thinks that the holes were created from Trapinch.
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<i>Lost in a desert, Ash and his friends see lots of identical pits in the ground—Trapinch burrows! A young woman named Elisa warns them they're trespassing on hazardous territory: these burrows connect to the many caves of the Trapinch Underground Labyrinth.


A woman pulls up in her car. She tells Ash and co. to leave the place at once because it is very dangerous. Brock falls in love with her. The woman tells them that her name is Elisa. Max pulls Brock away. Ash doesn't think that the place is dangerous. He takes one step foward and the ground gives in. He falls begins to fall down. Elisa quickly grabs a rope and she throws it at Ash. Ash quickly grabs the rope and hangs on. Elisa pulls him up to safety.
Enter Hal, a Pokémon researcher and Elisa's old friend. He's being chased by a Donphan, but Elisa's Meganium clams Donphan down. It turns out that Hal once fell into a Trapinch burrow and discovered a lake in the Labyrinth—a lake where Trapinch gather and evolve into Vibrava! Now he's attached a transmitter to a Trapinch so he can find the lake again.


Elisa explains to them that beneath the holes is a Trapinch cavern. She tells them that it's almost impossible to stay updated with the labyrinth because of the Trapinch. Everyone gets into Elisa's car and they head for safety. While Elisa is driving, Ash and co. sees a lot of wild Pokemon. Suddenly, they hear someone screaming. A man is getting chased by a wild Donphan. The man screams for help. Elisa sighs and she sends out her Meganium. Max is impressed with the Meganium. May looks up Meganium in her Pokedex. Meganium lets out a purple aroma. The Donphan stops running and it slowly walks away. Elisa thanks Meganium and she puts it back into its Pokeball.
Team Rocket appears and seizes Pikachu with their Diglett Supreme machine. But after Brock's Ludicolo breaks it and more Trapinch chew the machine to bits, Team Rocket and Pikachu don't have a leg (or machine) to stand on, and they fall into a burrow! Ash, Elisa, and Trapinch jump in after them, followed by Hal. As Max, Brock, and May wonder what to do, they fall into the burrow themselves and meet Elisa, Ash, and Trapinch.


The man thanks Elisa for saving him again. Elisa introduces the man to Ash and co. His name is Hal and she tells them that they've known each other since they were kids. Elisa asks Hal how he got into trouble again. Hal tells her that he was looking for something. Then he sees a Trapinch. This was what he was looking for. The Trapinch has a transmitter on its back.
Trapinch wanders away just before the tunnel floods with water, sweeping Ash and his friends into the underground lake where Pikachu is already waiting. Trapinch strolls in, followed by Hal, and a happy reunion follows. Everyone watches a nearby group of Trapinch evolve into Vibrava—until Team Rocket swoops in and nets all the newly evolved Pokémon.


Deep down below, Team Rocket is spying on Ash and co. through their telescope. They plan to use their Diglett machine to destroy Ash and co. Max asks Hal why he has a transmitter on Trapinch's back. Hal tells him that he is searching for a lake in the Trapinch labyrinth. Ash and co. become really excited by this. Elisa thinks that it's all a dream, but Hal disagrees. May and Max wants to hear Hal's story, and so Hal decides to tell it to them.
Brock and Elisa use Ludicolo and Meganium to free the trapped Vibrava, who then use Supersonic to deflect Team Rocket's attacks. Pikachu sends Team Rocket blasting off, the Vibrava fly everyone back to the surface, and all's well again as Ash and his friends head for the next town!</i>


Hal starts his story. It starts out on how Hal had actually fell into a Trapinch labyrinth at one time. His parents warned him to stay away, but Hal couldn't resist. Hal recalls a flashback of when he was a kid. He accidently falls into one of the Trapinch holes. Hal sinks into the dirt and passes out. When he wakes up, he sees an enormous lake. At the other side of the lake, are a bunch of Trapinch. Hal wonders why the Trapinch are gathered together. Suddenly, the Trapinch evolve into Vibrava. Hal is completely amazed at how the Trapinch evolved. All of a sudden, Hal is back outside.
==Plot==
{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} find themselves lost on their way to [[Cerosi Town]], since they are out of [[PokéNav]] range and {{an|Brock}} can't find an appropriate map. Ash speculates there might be something in the nearby craters and throws a rock into the nearest one. A strange orange head pops out and swallows it. Ash consults the [[Pokédex]], which identifies it as a {{p|Trapinch}}, a burrowing desert Pokémon with powerful jaws capable of eating sand and rock. The group realizes that the craters are made by Trapinch.


Hal's flashback and story ends. Ash looks up Vibrava in his Pokedex. May assumes that the Vibrava helped Hal get back outside. Hal thinks that May is correct. Elisa doesn't believe his story at all. Brock now knows on why Hal became a researcher. Max notices that Hal's Trapinch got away again. May finds the Trapinch walking down the hole. Hal tells them that Trapinch is heading down to the lake because it's the evolution season now.
Not long after, [[Elisa]], a local ranger, comes in her car and tells the crew that they are trespassing in a dangerous area. While [[Max]] restrains {{an|Brock}}, {{an|May}} explains that they didn't know the area was restricted. Shortly after commenting that the region doesn't look dangerous, Ash loses his footing and falls in a crater. Elisa saves him by throwing a [[Escape Rope|rope]]. She explains to the group that there is an underground tunnel network known as the [[Trapinch underground labyrinth]] linking all of the craters, and that they should do everything possible to avoid falling in.


Suddenly the ground begins to shake. Team Rocket bursts out of the ground in their machine. They grab Pikachu with the mechanical claws. Team Rocket comes out and they recite their motto. Ash demands for Pikachu back, but Team Rocket refuses to give Pikachu back to him. Ash orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, but the Thunderbolt doesn't work. Meowth tells them that their Diglett machine is a ground type. Brock sends out Ludicolo. Ludicolo begins to jump around and play with Max. Brock tells Ludicolo to use Water Gun. Ludicolo fires a Water Gun at the Diglett machine. The machine explodes and it falls into the Trapinch hole. The Trapinch munch on the machine with their teeth. Hal thinks that the Trapinch are upset because their nests were attacked. After a few seconds, the machine is completely gone.
Elisa starts to drive the group to safety, but they soon encounter a strange man running from a charging {{P|Donphan}}. Elisa calls out her {{p|Meganium}}, which releases a {{m|Sweet Scent|scent}} from its petals, calming the Donphan. After the unknown man thanks Elisa for saving him again, Elisa introduces him as {{OBP|Hal|AG106}}, an accident-prone researcher. Hal explains that he is looking for a Trapinch with a transmitter on its back, which he's using to search for a secret underground lake in the {{p|Trapinch}} labyrinth. Hal tells them the story from his youth, claiming that he discovered the lake when he was lost in the labyrinth himself. While trying to find a way out of the maze, he lost consciousness. When Hal woke up he saw a huge, beautiful lake with many Trapinch gathered around it. All of the Trapinch [[Evolution|evolved]] into {{p|Vibrava}} at the same time before leaving. Without explanation, Hal suddenly found himself back outside of the labyrinth. This motivated him to start his career as a [[Pokémon Researcher]]. The group spots the transmitter-laden Trapinch heading into a crater.


Team Rocket and Pikachu sink through the dirt. Ash is now worried and goes after Pikachu. Elisa runs after him and they both slip through the dirt. All of them, slide through a long dark tunnel. At the top, Brock, May, and Max discuss what just happened. Hal finds the location of the Trapinch with the transmitter. Hal reassures them that it will be okay. He walks towards the hole and accidently slips. He falls to the ground. Hal gets up and he starts to walk towards the Trapinch.
Meanwhile, {{TRT}} watches the group from underground and decide to steal Pikachu. They plan to surprise the group from underneath with their {{P|Diglett}} machine and grab {{AP|Pikachu}} (and they execute this part of the plan quite successfully). Ash tells Pikachu to use {{m|Thunderbolt}}, but the Team Rocket machine is insulated against electrical attack. {{an|Brock}} calls out his {{TP|Brock|Ludicolo}} and orders it to use {{m|Water Gun}}. The force of the attack forces the Diglett into one of the craters and many Trapinch start {{m|Bite|biting}} it, quickly reducing it to scrap metal. Team Rocket and Pikachu fall through the mud at the bottom of the hole. Ash goes to save Pikachu, and Elisa goes with him, with The transmitter Trapinch not far behind. Team Rocket, Ash's Pikachu, Ash with Elisa and Trapinch, all fall to different parts of the labyrinth. The rest of the group and Hal use the Trapinch's transmitter to track them. Ash doesn't want to leave the labyrinth without Pikachu, so he and Elisa follow the transmitter Trapinch.


Meanwhile, Ash and Elisa are calling out for Pikachu. Elisa tells Ash that they have to take a certain route to get out of the hole. Trapinch begins to walk at another direction. Ash and Elisa decides to follow it. Team Rocket continues to drag along in the labyrinth. They are very tired and hungry. A Trapinch walks right in front of them. Meowth thinks that they should steal the Trapinch and give it to the boss. James asks why the boss would want it, and Meowth tells one of his stories again.
Elsewhere, Team Rocket encounters a Trapinch and they decide to catch it for {{an|Giovanni}}. {{MTR}} thinks that the Trapinch could crack walnuts for him. While they think about it, Trapinch saunters away, but Team Rocket spots Hal and decide to follow him. Meanwhile, Max, May, and Brock fall just in front of Ash and Elisa. Soon after, water from an unknown source begins to flood the tunnel. The group flees and ends up in a lake that Hal was talking about with Pikachu. The transmitter Trapinch and Hal arrive soon thereafter. Many Trapinch, including the transmitter one, assemble around the lakeside and evolve. As the Vibrava fly off, Team Rocket makes their next greedy move and captures them in a large balloon-based net. Brock calls out his Ludicolo, and Elisa calls her Meganium. Ludicolo uses {{m|Bullet Seed}} and Meganium uses {{m|Razor Leaf}} to set the Vibrava free. [[Jessie]] tells her {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} to use {{m|Poison Sting}} and [[James]] tells his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to use {{m|Pin Missile}}. The Vibrava defend the group with {{m|Supersonic}}. With a burst from Pikachu, Team Rocket blasts off again, and the Vibrava airlift the group out of the deep cavern. Hal resolves to keep the underground lake a secret, revealing he only wanted to find it so Elisa would believe his story.


Meowth explains on how the boss is getting hungry, but he can't open a walnut. Then the Trapinch comes in and cracks the walnut open for him. Then the boss says, "Meowth and friends were nice to give me a great gift." Team Rocket cheers. Then James notices that the Trapinch has run off. Jessie gets mad and blames it on James. Meowth hears that someone is coming and they run off to hide. Hal walks in. He continues to look for the Trapinch. Team Rocket finds out that Hal is also looking for the Trapinch. They plan to let Hal guide them right to the Trapinch. Hal walks along and Team Rocket silently walks behind him.
==Major events==
{{animeevents}}


Brock, May, and Max hope that nothing bad has happened to Hal. Max walks towards the hole. He slips and he begins to fall, but May grabs onto him. She also falls, but Brock quickly grabs onto May. Then they all fall in. Ash and Elisa continues to look for Pikachu. Brock, May, and Max drops in right infront of them. Trapinch looks around for something. Trapinch digs a hole from the wall. Suddenly, a huge flood rushes towards them. All of them are running as fast as they can. Brock says that the Trapinch must've known that the flood was coming.
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
* {{p|Trapinch}}


The flood swallows up Ash and co. and they fall down to a lake. Everyone looks at the lake in amazement. It must be the lake that Hal was talking about. Pikachu calls out to them. It is standing on the other side of the lake. Ash swims to Pikachu, and he happily hugs Pikachu. Max sees the Trapinch with the transmitter again. Hal walks out of the labyrinth. He looks up and sees the lake. Hal excitedly looks at the lake. Elisa calls him over. She is happy that everyone is safe. Team Rocket looks at the lake behind a rock. They want to capture the Trapinch and Pikachu.
=====TV episode debuts=====
 
* {{p|Vibrava}}
Elisa apologizes to Hal for not trusting him. Hal asks Elisa if she always trusted him deep down inside. Elisa says yes and blushes. Ash points out to a swarm of Trapinch standing there. The Trapinch start to glow. The transmitter falls off on one of the Trapinch. All of the Trapinch have evolved into Vibrava. Everyone is shocked to see all the Trapinch evolving at one time. Meowth tells Jessie and James that Vibrava have dragon Pokemon traits. Jessie and James are thinking of all the money they could make from the Vibrava.
 
The Vibrava lift off the ground and fly away. Suddenly, Team Rocket puts a net over the Vibrava. Ash and co. exclaim, "Team Rocket!" Brock gets mad and he sends out his Ludicolo. Ludicolo plays with Max again. Elisa sends out her Meganium, too. Ludicolo fires a Bullet Seed which hurts Team Rocket. Meganium uses Razor Leaf, and the net filled with Vibrava breaks. Team Rocket now gets mad. Jessie sends out her Dustox and James sends out his Cacnea, which hugs him. Dustox fires a Poison Sting and Cacnea unleashes a Pin Missile at Ash and co. The Vibrava blocks off the attacks with their Supersonic. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on Team Rocket and they blast off again.


Now Ash and co. have to figure out how to get out of the place. The Vibrava approaches Ash and co. They lift them up to the ground again. Then everyone waves goodbye to the Vibrava. A sunset begins to form and they bid farewell to each other. May is glad that Hal saw the lake again. Hal wants to keep the lake a secret so that the Trapinch can evolve in peace. Hal admits to Elisa that he only wanted to find the lake again for her. They both blush at each other. Ash and co. are happy for the both of them, and they continue their journey
==Characters==
 
===Humans===
== Major events ==
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=== Debuts ===
* {{P|Trapinch}}
* {{P|Vibrava}}
 
== Characters ==
=== Humans ===
* {{Ash}}
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|May}}
* {{an|May}}
* [[Brock]]
* {{an|Brock}}
* [[Max]]
* [[Max]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* {{Ho|Hal}}
* {{an|Giovanni}} ([[Boss fantasy|fantasy]])
* {{OBP|Hal|AG106}}
* [[Elisa]]
* [[Elisa]]


=== Pokémon ===
===Pokémon===
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{op|Ash|Pikachu}})
[[File:PTC AG106.png|thumb|200px|Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]
[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]: {{p|Teddiursa}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{op|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Chimecho}} ({{op|James|Chimecho}})
* {{p|Chimecho}} ({{OP|James|Chimecho}})
* {{p|Ludicolo}} ({{op|Brock|Ludicolo}})
* {{p|Ludicolo}} ({{OP|Brock|Ludicolo}})
* {{p|Dustox}} ({{op|Jessie|Dustox}})
* {{p|Dustox}} ({{OP|Jessie|Dustox}})
* {{p|Cacnea}} ({{op|James|Cacnea}})
* {{p|Cacnea}} ({{OP|James|Cacnea}})
* {{p|Meganium}} (Elisa's)
* {{p|Meganium}} ([[Elisa]]'s)
* {{p|Trapinch}} (multiple; evolve; debut)
* {{p|Vibrava}} (multiple; newly evolved)
* {{p|Nidoran♀}}
* {{p|Nidoran♀}}
* {{p|Nidoran♂}}
* {{p|Nidoran♂}}
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* {{p|Tauros}}
* {{p|Tauros}}
* {{p|Girafarig}}
* {{p|Girafarig}}
* {{p|Phanpy}}
* {{p|Phanpy}} (×2)
* {{p|Donphan}}
* {{p|Donphan}}
* {{p|Poochyena}}
* {{p|Poochyena}} (×2)
* {{p|Zigzagoon}}
* {{p|Zigzagoon}}
* {{p|Trapinch}} (debut)
* {{p|Vibrava}}


== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
=== Pokémon Trainer's Choice ===
* Music from ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' was used in this episode.
* The title comes from the phrase "Beg, borrow, or steal".
 
===Errors===
* The answer given for the [[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]] segment is wrong. {{p|Teddiursa}} takes regular damage from {{type|Psychic}} attacks, while {{p|Poochyena}} is {{t|Dark|immune}} to them.
* In the scene in which {{OBP|Hal|AG106}} recalls seeing a group of {{p|Trapinch}} evolve into {{p|Vibrava}}, the Vibrava's wings do not have black outlines when they fly upward. After he inexplicably finds himself outside of the cave, some of the Vibrava still do not have outlined wings as they fly away.
 
===Dub edits===
====[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]====
* Question: Trainers, Which Pokémon would last the longest against a {{t|Psychic}} Attack?
* Question: Trainers, Which Pokémon would last the longest against a {{t|Psychic}} Attack?
* Choices: {{p|Misdreavus}}, {{p|Teddiursa}}, {{p|Poochyena}}
* Choices: {{p|Misdreavus}}, {{p|Teddiursa}}, {{p|Poochyena}}
* Answer: Ok, trainers! If you chose {{p|Teddiursa}}, you were right!
* Answer: OK, Trainers! If you chose {{p|Teddiursa}}, you were right!
* The answer given for the Trainer's Choice is wrong.  Teddiursa takes regular damage from Psychic attacks while Poochyena is immune to them.
 
=== Errors ===
 
=== Dub edits ===


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
* French: '''{{tt|Le lac mystérieux|The mysterious lake}}'''
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* Italian: '''{{tt|Il labirinto sotterraneo|The underground maze}}'''
|zh_cmn={{tt|大顎蟻與超音波幼蟲！夢幻之湖！|Trapinch and Vibrava! Lake of Illusion!}}
* Latin America Spanish: '''{{tt|Tómalo y róbalo|Take it and rob it}}'''
|nl={{tt|Wie een kuil graaft!|Whoever Digs a Pit!}}
* Iberian Spanish: '''{{tt|Suplicad, Socavad Y Robad|Supplications, undermine and Rob}}'''
|da={{tt|Ash går under jorden|Ash goes underground}}
 
|de={{tt|Der Wille versetzt Berge!|Will can move mountains!}}
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|fi={{tt|Trapinchin salaisuus|The secret of the Trapinch}}
|fr_eu={{tt|Le lac mystérieux|The mysterious lake}}
|he=במעמקי האדמה' '{{tt|bema'amakei ha'adama|Deep Under Ground}}
|hi=ये किस जाल मे फस गए? {{tt|''Yeh kis jaal mein phas gaye?''|What is this trap we got caught in?}}{{tt|*|Disney XD dub}}
|it={{tt|Il labirinto sotterraneo|The underground maze}}
|ko={{tt|톱치와 비브라바! 환상의 호수!|Trapinch and Vibrava! Lake of Illusion!}}
|no={{tt|Spør, grav og stjel|Beg, burrow and steal}}
|pt_br={{tt|Implorar, Cavar e Roubar|Beg, Dig and Steal}}
|ru={{tt|Трапинч в подземном лабиринте|Trapinch in the underground labyrinth}}
|es_la={{tt|Tómalo y róbalo|Take it and rob it}}
|es_eu={{tt|Suplicad, Socavad Y Robad|Supplications, undermine and Rob}}
|sv={{tt|Den underjordiska sjön!|The underground lake!}}
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Beg, Burrow and Steal
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AG106   EP380
ナックラーとビブラーバ！幻の湖！
Nuckrar and Vibrava! Lake of Illusion!
First broadcast
Japan December 9, 2004
United States December 17, 2005
English themes
Opening Unbeatable
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー
Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi
Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda
Additional credits

Beg, Burrow and Steal (Japanese: ナックラーとビブラーバ！幻の湖！ Nuckrar and Vibrava! Lake of Illusion!) is the 106th episode of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, and the 380th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 9, 2004, and in the United States on December 17, 2005.

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Blurb

Lost in a desert, Ash and his friends see lots of identical pits in the ground—Trapinch burrows! A young woman named Elisa warns them they're trespassing on hazardous territory: these burrows connect to the many caves of the Trapinch Underground Labyrinth.

Enter Hal, a Pokémon researcher and Elisa's old friend. He's being chased by a Donphan, but Elisa's Meganium clams Donphan down. It turns out that Hal once fell into a Trapinch burrow and discovered a lake in the Labyrinth—a lake where Trapinch gather and evolve into Vibrava! Now he's attached a transmitter to a Trapinch so he can find the lake again.

Team Rocket appears and seizes Pikachu with their Diglett Supreme machine. But after Brock's Ludicolo breaks it and more Trapinch chew the machine to bits, Team Rocket and Pikachu don't have a leg (or machine) to stand on, and they fall into a burrow! Ash, Elisa, and Trapinch jump in after them, followed by Hal. As Max, Brock, and May wonder what to do, they fall into the burrow themselves and meet Elisa, Ash, and Trapinch.

Trapinch wanders away just before the tunnel floods with water, sweeping Ash and his friends into the underground lake where Pikachu is already waiting. Trapinch strolls in, followed by Hal, and a happy reunion follows. Everyone watches a nearby group of Trapinch evolve into Vibrava—until Team Rocket swoops in and nets all the newly evolved Pokémon.

Brock and Elisa use Ludicolo and Meganium to free the trapped Vibrava, who then use Supersonic to deflect Team Rocket's attacks. Pikachu sends Team Rocket blasting off, the Vibrava fly everyone back to the surface, and all's well again as Ash and his friends head for the next town!

Plot

Ash and his friends find themselves lost on their way to Cerosi Town, since they are out of PokéNav range and Brock can't find an appropriate map. Ash speculates there might be something in the nearby craters and throws a rock into the nearest one. A strange orange head pops out and swallows it. Ash consults the Pokédex, which identifies it as a Trapinch, a burrowing desert Pokémon with powerful jaws capable of eating sand and rock. The group realizes that the craters are made by Trapinch.

Not long after, Elisa, a local ranger, comes in her car and tells the crew that they are trespassing in a dangerous area. While Max restrains Brock, May explains that they didn't know the area was restricted. Shortly after commenting that the region doesn't look dangerous, Ash loses his footing and falls in a crater. Elisa saves him by throwing a rope. She explains to the group that there is an underground tunnel network known as the Trapinch underground labyrinth linking all of the craters, and that they should do everything possible to avoid falling in.

Elisa starts to drive the group to safety, but they soon encounter a strange man running from a charging Donphan. Elisa calls out her Meganium, which releases a scent from its petals, calming the Donphan. After the unknown man thanks Elisa for saving him again, Elisa introduces him as Hal, an accident-prone researcher. Hal explains that he is looking for a Trapinch with a transmitter on its back, which he's using to search for a secret underground lake in the Trapinch labyrinth. Hal tells them the story from his youth, claiming that he discovered the lake when he was lost in the labyrinth himself. While trying to find a way out of the maze, he lost consciousness. When Hal woke up he saw a huge, beautiful lake with many Trapinch gathered around it. All of the Trapinch evolved into Vibrava at the same time before leaving. Without explanation, Hal suddenly found himself back outside of the labyrinth. This motivated him to start his career as a Pokémon Researcher. The group spots the transmitter-laden Trapinch heading into a crater.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket watches the group from underground and decide to steal Pikachu. They plan to surprise the group from underneath with their Diglett machine and grab Pikachu (and they execute this part of the plan quite successfully). Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, but the Team Rocket machine is insulated against electrical attack. Brock calls out his Ludicolo and orders it to use Water Gun. The force of the attack forces the Diglett into one of the craters and many Trapinch start biting it, quickly reducing it to scrap metal. Team Rocket and Pikachu fall through the mud at the bottom of the hole. Ash goes to save Pikachu, and Elisa goes with him, with The transmitter Trapinch not far behind. Team Rocket, Ash's Pikachu, Ash with Elisa and Trapinch, all fall to different parts of the labyrinth. The rest of the group and Hal use the Trapinch's transmitter to track them. Ash doesn't want to leave the labyrinth without Pikachu, so he and Elisa follow the transmitter Trapinch.

Elsewhere, Team Rocket encounters a Trapinch and they decide to catch it for Giovanni. Meowth thinks that the Trapinch could crack walnuts for him. While they think about it, Trapinch saunters away, but Team Rocket spots Hal and decide to follow him. Meanwhile, Max, May, and Brock fall just in front of Ash and Elisa. Soon after, water from an unknown source begins to flood the tunnel. The group flees and ends up in a lake that Hal was talking about with Pikachu. The transmitter Trapinch and Hal arrive soon thereafter. Many Trapinch, including the transmitter one, assemble around the lakeside and evolve. As the Vibrava fly off, Team Rocket makes their next greedy move and captures them in a large balloon-based net. Brock calls out his Ludicolo, and Elisa calls her Meganium. Ludicolo uses Bullet Seed and Meganium uses Razor Leaf to set the Vibrava free. Jessie tells her Dustox to use Poison Sting and James tells his Cacnea to use Pin Missile. The Vibrava defend the group with Supersonic. With a burst from Pikachu, Team Rocket blasts off again, and the Vibrava airlift the group out of the deep cavern. Hal resolves to keep the underground lake a secret, revealing he only wanted to find it so Elisa would believe his story.

Major events

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Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Teddiursa

Trivia

  • Music from Mewtwo Strikes Back was used in this episode.
  • The title comes from the phrase "Beg, borrow, or steal".

Errors

  • The answer given for the Pokémon Trainer's Choice segment is wrong. Teddiursa takes regular damage from Psychic-type attacks, while Poochyena is immune to them.
  • In the scene in which Hal recalls seeing a group of Trapinch evolve into Vibrava, the Vibrava's wings do not have black outlines when they fly upward. After he inexplicably finds himself outside of the cave, some of the Vibrava still do not have outlined wings as they fly away.

Dub edits

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

In other languages



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