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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
{{Tense}}
{{Ash}} and {{Ashfr|his friends}} were on their way to [[Vermilion City]]. At least, they would be, if they weren't "a little lost." It seemed they've gotten off track, just a bit, although [[Misty]] declared "we've been looking for Vermilion City for ten whole days!" [[Brock]] suddenly pointed out a {{type2|bug}}, which made Misty scream and leap on top of Ash. However, Brock realized that it was just a piece of grass, which got him a kick in the face from Misty.
{{Ash}} and {{Ashfr|his friends}} are on their way to [[Vermilion City]]. At least, they would be, if they weren't "a little lost." It seems they've gotten off track, just a bit, although [[Misty]] declares "we've been looking for Vermilion City for ten whole days!" [[Brock]] suddenly points out a {{type2|bug}}, which makes Misty scream and leap on top of Ash. However, Brock realizes it's just a piece of grass, which nets him a kick in the face from Misty.


Ash takes a look at the map, which says they're in the middle of nowhere, but [[Route 24]] leads straight to Vermilion City. And according to Ash's calculations, the trail they're currently on will take them right to it. Misty cheers up, grabs her bag, and is ready to get the show on the road, when she comes across a big shadow.
Ash took a look at the map, which said that they were in the middle of nowhere, but [[Route 24]] lead straight to Vermilion City. And according to Ash's calculations, the trail they were currently on would take them right to it. Misty cheered up, grabbed her bag, and was ready to get the show on the road, when she came across a big shadow.


Ash thinks it looks like a giant Pokémon, and orders {{AP|Pikachu}} to get ready. However, Pikachu bolts behind the bags, prompting Ash to yell at it. They go to take a closer look, but the "giant Pokémon" turns out to be a {{p|Charmander}} on a rock, which causes a group face-fault.
Ash thought it looked like a giant Pokémon, and ordered {{AP|Pikachu}} to get ready. However, Pikachu bolted behind the bags, prompting Ash to yell at it. They went to take a closer look, but the "giant Pokémon" turned out to be a {{p|Charmander}} on a rock, which caused a group face-fault.


After checking [[Pokédex|Dexter]], Ash is happy that he finally gets a chance to catch a Charmander. Brock points out how weak its tail flame is, and that it probably needs help. Ash chucks a [[Poké Ball]], but the Charmander whacks it back with its tail. Ash asks if Pikachu should weaken it first, but Misty suggests she try, because her {{type2|water}} Pokémon would help. Brock still doesn't think it's that strong because of its small flame, and suggests Ash try again.
After checking [[Pokédex|Dexter]], Ash was happy that he finally got a chance to catch a Charmander. Brock pointed out how weak its tail flame was, and that it probably needed help. Ash chucked a [[Poké Ball]], but the Charmander whacked it back with its tail. Ash asked if Pikachu should weaken it first, but Misty suggested she try, because her {{type2|water}} Pokémon would help. Brock still didn't think itcwas that strong because of its small flame, and suggested that Ash try again.


Ash throws the Poké Ball again, and this time it pulls the Charmander in. However, it breaks out quickly, causing the Poké Ball to conk off of Ash's head. They're surprised by how much spunk the Charmander is showing. "A little too much, if you ask me," is Ash's comment.
Ash threws the Poké Ball again, and this time it pulled the Charmander in. However, it broke out quickly, causing the Poké Ball to conk off of Ash's head. They were surprised by how much spunk the Charmander was showing. "A little too much, if you ask me," was Ash's comment.


Pikachu climbs up onto the rock and talks to the Charmander. It then comes back down and puts on a charades display. Ash eventually figures out that what Pikachu is saying is that Charmander is waiting on the rock for someone else to come pick him up. Brock decides that if it belongs to someone else, it's best to leave it. Ash and friends leave.
Pikachu climbed up onto the rock and talked to the Charmander. It then came back down and put on a charades display. Ash eventually figured out that what Pikachu was saying is that Charmander was waiting on the rock for someone else to come pick him up. Brock decided that if it belonged to someone else, it was best to leave it. Ash and friends left.


Farther down the trail, Ash and friends discover the [[Pokémon Center]] that was on the map. Ash declares that Route 24 can't be far now. And they couldn't have found it at a better time, as it soon starts raining, forcing Ash and friends to quickly race down there.
Farther down the trail, Ash and friends discovered the [[Pokémon Center]] that was on the map. Ash declared that Route 24 couldn't be far now. And they couldn't have found it at a better time, as it soon started raining, forcing Ash and friends to quickly race down there.


A brief scene shows the Charmander still on the rock, vainly trying to protect its tail flame from the rain with a leaf (it'll die if its flame goes out). Back at the Pokémon Center, Misty is serving up some soup, but Brock is still worried about the Charmander. Ash points out that there's no way the Charmander would wait around this long. Brock agrees, saying the trainer surely must have gotten it by now.
A brief scene showed the Charmander still on the rock, vainly trying to protect its tail flame from the rain with a leaf (it'll die if its flame goes out). Back at the Pokémon Center, Misty was serving up some soup, but Brock was still worried about the Charmander. Ash pointed out that there's no way the Charmander would of waited around that long. Brock agreed, stating that the trainer surely would of gotten it by now.


However, they hear laughter nearby, and look over to see a trainer named [[Damian]] surrounded by a group of hanger-ons. They're awing over his Pokémon collection, which is pretty sizable, when one of them asks if he had a Charmander too. Damian reveals he did, but since it was so weak, he left it on a rock out in the middle of the woods promising to return for it, which he has no intention of doing.
However, they hear laughter nearby, and looked over to see a trainer named [[Damian]] surrounded by a group of hanger-ons. They were awing over his Pokémon collection, which was pretty sizable, when one of them asked if he had a Charmander too. Damian revealed he did, but since it was so weak, he left it on a rock out in the middle of the woods promising to return for it, which he had no intention of doing.


Ash and his friends realize that it must have been his Charmander they saw and that based on Damian's description of Charmanders's loyalty to him, it must still be waiting on the rock. This pushes the normally calm Brock over the edge, and he stands up and makes his way over. While they continue to laugh about how the Charmander is probably still waiting, Brock confronts Damian, telling him to go get the Charmander.
Ash and his friends realized that it must have been his Charmander they saw and that based on Damian's description of Charmanders's loyalty to him, it must still be waiting on the rock. This pushed the normally calm Brock over the edge, and he stood up and made his way over. While they continued to laugh about how the Charmander was probably still waiting, Brock confronted Damian, telling him to go get the Charmander.


Damien pushes him off, but Ash and Misty soon arrive to support Brock. It's about to go to a [[Pokémon battle]], but [[Nurse Joy]] breaks it up, saying Pokémon should never be used in personal battles. Damian and his crew leave, and Joy warns them about their bad reputation. Brock spaces out in his usual fashion, but Ash and Misty snap him out of it by reminding him about the Charmander.
Damien pushed him off, but Ash and Misty soon arrived to support Brock. It was about to go to a [[Pokémon battle]], but [[Nurse Joy]] broke it up, saying Pokémon should never be used in personal battles. Damian and his crew left, and Joy warned them about their bad reputation. Brock spaced out in his usual fashion, but Ash and Misty snapped him out of it by reminding him about the Charmander.


The three race back through the pouring rain towards the rock where the Charmander is, only to find it has worse problems than the weather. A gang of {{p|Spearow}} are attacking it as well. Ash tries to drive them off by throwing a rock, but this only makes the Spearow attack them. Ash orders a {{m|ThunderShock}} from Pikachu, and it obeys, scaring off the Spearow. Unfortunately, its ThunderShock also inadvertently zapped Ash, Misty, and Brock too.
The three raced back through the pouring rain toward the rock where the Charmander was, only to find it had worse problems than the weather. A gang of {{p|Spearow}} were attacking it as well. Ash tried to drive them off by throwing a rock, but this only made the Spearow attack them. Ash ordered a {{m|ThunderShock}} from Pikachu, and it obeyed, scaring off the Spearow. Unfortunately, its ThunderShock also inadvertently zapped Ash, Misty, and Brock too.


They quickly wrap Charmander up in their rain coats, Ash volunteering to make sure its tail flame stays lit. They race their way back to the Pokémon Center, and ask Nurse Joy to help.
They quickly wrapped Charmander up in their rain coats, Ash volunteered to make sure its tail flame stayed lit. They raced their way back to the Pokémon Center, and asked Nurse Joy to help.


Nurse Joy is angry at Ash and Co., wondering how they could let the Charmander get into such bad shape. But Ash explains that it was Damian that left the Charmander out there, taking advantage of Charmander's loyalty. Brock pleads with Nurse Joy to save the Charmander, and she promises to do whatever she can.
Nurse Joy was angry at Ash and Co., wondering how they could let the Charmander get into such bad shape. But Ash explained that it was Damian that left the Charmander out there, taking advantage of Charmander's loyalty. Brock pleaded with Nurse Joy to save the Charmander, and she promised to do whatever she could.


From there, there's nothing they can do but wait. A montage of scenes shows the three waiting, while Brock silently pleads for Charmander to hang on. Nurse Joy soon comes out, though, and reports success. The Charmander pulled through, and should be fine by morning.
From there, there was nothing they can do but wait. A montage of scenes showed the three waiting, while Brock silently pleaded for Charmander to hang on. Nurse Joy soon came out, though, and reported success. The Charmander pulled through, and would be fine by morning.


When morning comes, Ash and Misty are asleep on couches in the center, Pikachu asleep below. Ash rolls over, causing his blanket to drop onto Pikachu. Suddenly, Brock shouts, causing Ash to crash off the couch. It turns out Charmander has disappeared from the ER.
When morning came, Ash and Misty were asleep on couches in the center, Pikachu asleep below. Ash rolled over, causing his blanket to drop onto Pikachu. Suddenly, Brock shouted, causing Ash to crash off the couch. It turned out Charmander had disappeared from the ER.


Ash is certain that the Charmander simply went back to the rock. Brock wants to go after it again, but Misty points out that it's no use. Even if Damian is a jerk, the Charmander is still loyal to him, and nothing will change that. They can't just force Charmander to go with them if it doesn't want to.
Ash was certain that the Charmander simply went back to the rock. Brock wanted to go after it again, but Misty pointed out that it was no use. Even if Damian was a jerk, the Charmander was still loyal to him, and nothing would change that. They couldn't just force Charmander to go with them if it didn't want to.


A scene shows Charmander on its way back, stopping long enough to look back at the Pokémon Center. Ash and friends are soon on their way as well, Brock still disappointed. Ash points out that Charmander knew they cared about it, but it couldn't forget about Damian. Misty then gives Brock a smack, saying that Route 24 is just ahead, and there will be plenty of Pokémon once they get to Vermilion City.
A scene showed Charmander on its way back, stopping long enough to look back at the Pokémon Center. Ash and friends were soon on their way as well, Brock still disappointed. Ash pointed out that Charmander knew they cared about it, but it couldn't forget about Damian. Misty then gave Brock a smack, saying that Route 24 was just ahead, and there would be plenty of Pokémon once they get to Vermilion City.


Up ahead, [[Team Rocket]] is grouped around [[Team Rocket's Mechas|their newest mecha]]. They go into a dancing version of their [[Team Rocket's mottos|motto]], but {{MTR}} cuts in early. They declare they now have a foolproof plan to capture Pikachu, and they start up their "automatic super-duper high-speed whatchamacallit," which turns out to be an over glorified hole driller.
Up ahead, [[Team Rocket]] was grouped around [[Team Rocket's Mechas|their newest mecha]]. They went into a dancing version of their [[Team Rocket's mottos|motto]], but {{MTR}} cutted in early. They declared they now had a foolproof plan to capture Pikachu, and they started up their "automatic super-duper high-speed whatchamacallit," which turned out to be an over glorified hole driller.


Meowth flips, saying they tried this already, but James assures them that this time they'll remember where the hole is. They go to work covering the hole, and when Meowth asks if they're sure, Jessie says "Don't you think we're smarter than that?" to which Meowth replies with a face fault. Suddenly, he sees Ash and Co. coming, and alerts the others. They quickly hide, Jessie ordering the mecha to hide itself as well.
Meowth flipped, saying they tried this already, but James assured them that this time they'll remember where the hole was. They went to work covering the hole, and when Meowth asked if they were sure, Jessie said "Don't you think we're smarter than that?" to which Meowth replied with a face fault. Suddenly, he saw Ash and Co. coming, and alerted the others. They quickly hid, Jessie ordered the mecha to hide itself as well.


Pikachu comes up to the hole and walks right over it. It seems Pikachu's too light to trigger the pitfall. Jessie and James argue over who blew it this time, until Meowth shuts them up with {{m|Fury Swipes|scratches}} to the face. Ash, Brock, and Misty, being a lot heavier, end up triggering the pitfall and falling into the hole.
Pikachu came up to the hole and walked right over it. It seemed Pikachu was too light to trigger the pitfall. Jessie and James argued over who blew it this time, until Meowth shut them up with {{m|Fury Swipes|scratches}} to the face. Ash, Brock, and Misty, being a lot heavier, ended up triggering the pitfall and falling into the hole.


Team Rocket then appears, laughing at the fact that their trap worked. Pikachu tries to shock them, but they're dressed in rubber uniforms that don't conduct electricity. Pikachu tries to make a break for it, but they fire the Anti-Pikachu Rubber Balloon Bazooka, which eventually catches Pikachu and traps it inside.
Team Rocket then appeared, laughing at the fact that their trap worked. Pikachu tried to shock them, but they were dressed in rubber uniforms that didn't conduct electricity. Pikachu tried to make a break for it, but they fire the Anti-Pikachu Rubber Balloon Bazooka, which eventually caught Pikachu and trapped it inside.


Ash, realizing Pikachu's in trouble, quickly tries to climb out of the pit, but fails. He tries to get Misty and Brock to get up but he's standing on them. Team Rocket gloats for a while, then turns to leave, but then Charmander steps in their way.
Ash, realized that Pikachu was in trouble. So he quickly tried to climb out of the pit, but failed. He tried to get Misty and Brock to get up but he was standing on them. Team Rocket gloated for a while, then turned to leave, but then Charmander stepped in their way.


Charmander, as translated by Meowth, orders them to give Pikachu back to Ash and the others. Team Rocket naturally refuses, and warns the Charmander to beat it or else. The Charmander responds by closing its eyes, focusing hard, and unleashing a massive {{m|Flamethrower}} that utterly roasts Team Rocket.  
Charmander, as translated by Meowth, ordered them to give Pikachu back to Ash and the others. Team Rocket naturally refused, and warned the Charmander to beat it or else. The Charmander responded by closing its eyes, focusing hard, and unleashing a massive {{m|Flamethrower}} that utterly roasted Team Rocket.  


They drop the Pikachu balloon and run like crazy, James screaming, "Didn't I tell you we needed fireproof uniforms?!" Jessie tells him to keep running. "Some geniuses", says a despondent Meowth. Team Rocket goes "blasting off again" by running off, much to Damian's surprise that Charmander beat them.
They dropped the Pikachu balloon and ran like crazy, James screaming, "Didn't I tell you we needed fireproof uniforms?!" Jessie told him to keep running. "Some geniuses", said a despondent Meowth. Team Rocket went "blasting off again" by running off, much to Damian's surprise that Charmander beat them.


Ash, Misty, and Brock, having gotten out of the pit, thank Charmander for their help, and Ash asks Charmander if he wants to come along with them. However, Damian shows up, saying he's come back for Charmander, "just as he promised". Ash is angry, saying he was just bragging about how he abandoned Charmander, but Damian just laughs, saying it toughened him up. Besides, what's wrong with dumping off a weak Pokémon?
Ash, Misty, and Brock, having gotten out of the pit, thanked Charmander for their help, and Ash asked Charmander if he wanted to come along with them. However, Damian showed up, saying he came back for Charmander, "just as he promised". Ash was angry, saying he was just bragging about how he abandoned Charmander, but Damian just laughed, saying it toughened him up. Besides, what's wrong with dumping off a weak Pokémon?


Charmander seems to be taking exception to these statements, but Damian goes on about not even having to make Charmander tough himself. Brock angrily replies that raising a Pokémon is the best part of being a trainer, but Damian calls it the most boring part. Finally, Damian, having had enough talk, flings a Poké Ball at Charmander but Charmander, finally realizing Damian neither cares for nor respects it, whacks the ball right back into his face.
Charmander seemed to be taking exception to these statements, but Damian went on about not even having to make Charmander tough himself. Brock angrily replied that raising a Pokémon is the best part of being a trainer, but Damian called it the most boring part. Finally, Damian, having had enough talk, flinged a Poké Ball at Charmander but Charmander, finally realized that Damian neither cared for nor respected it. It whacked the ball right back into his face.
 
Damian was now furious, and threatened to crush Charmander with every Poké Ball he had, but Charmander used Flamethrower on him. Pikachu added injury to injury by adding a ThunderShock of its own. The utterly scorched Damian ran off crying, and the others cheered Charmander for its choice.


Damian is now furious, and threatens to crush Charmander with every Poké Ball he has, but Charmander uses Flamethrower on him. Pikachu adds injury to injury by adding a ThunderShock of its own. The utterly scorched Damian runs off crying, and the others cheer Charmander for its choice.


Brock tells Ash to go ahead and catch Charmander. Ash protests at first, but Brock convinces him that Ash will raise Charmander to be a great Pokémon. Ash relents, and throws a Poké Ball, which Charmander hops into for an easy catch. With a new Pokémon, and a new friend, Ash and friends continue on their way to Vermilion City.
Brock tells Ash to go ahead and catch Charmander. Ash protests at first, but Brock convinces him that Ash will raise Charmander to be a great Pokémon. Ash relents, and throws a Poké Ball, which Charmander hops into for an easy catch. With a new Pokémon, and a new friend, Ash and friends continue on their way to Vermilion City.

Revision as of 19:16, 29 June 2009

EP010 : Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village
Original series
EP012 : Here Comes the Squirtle Squad
Charmander – The Stray Pokémon
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はぐれポケモン・ヒトカゲ
Stray Pokémon - Hitokage
First broadcast
Japan June 10, 1997
United States September 22, 1998
English themes
Opening Pokémon Theme
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening めざせポケモンマスター
Ending ひゃくごじゅういち
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami
Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani
Assistant director 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
Additional credits

Charmander – The Stray Pokémon (Japanese: はぐれポケモン・ヒトカゲ Stray Pokémon - Hitokage) is the 11th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 10, 1997 and in the United States on September 22, 1998.

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Synopsis

Ash and his friends were on their way to Vermilion City. At least, they would be, if they weren't "a little lost." It seemed they've gotten off track, just a bit, although Misty declared "we've been looking for Vermilion City for ten whole days!" Brock suddenly pointed out a Template:Type2, which made Misty scream and leap on top of Ash. However, Brock realized that it was just a piece of grass, which got him a kick in the face from Misty.

Ash took a look at the map, which said that they were in the middle of nowhere, but Route 24 lead straight to Vermilion City. And according to Ash's calculations, the trail they were currently on would take them right to it. Misty cheered up, grabbed her bag, and was ready to get the show on the road, when she came across a big shadow.

Ash thought it looked like a giant Pokémon, and ordered Pikachu to get ready. However, Pikachu bolted behind the bags, prompting Ash to yell at it. They went to take a closer look, but the "giant Pokémon" turned out to be a Charmander on a rock, which caused a group face-fault.

After checking Dexter, Ash was happy that he finally got a chance to catch a Charmander. Brock pointed out how weak its tail flame was, and that it probably needed help. Ash chucked a Poké Ball, but the Charmander whacked it back with its tail. Ash asked if Pikachu should weaken it first, but Misty suggested she try, because her Template:Type2 Pokémon would help. Brock still didn't think itcwas that strong because of its small flame, and suggested that Ash try again.

Ash threws the Poké Ball again, and this time it pulled the Charmander in. However, it broke out quickly, causing the Poké Ball to conk off of Ash's head. They were surprised by how much spunk the Charmander was showing. "A little too much, if you ask me," was Ash's comment.

Pikachu climbed up onto the rock and talked to the Charmander. It then came back down and put on a charades display. Ash eventually figured out that what Pikachu was saying is that Charmander was waiting on the rock for someone else to come pick him up. Brock decided that if it belonged to someone else, it was best to leave it. Ash and friends left.

Farther down the trail, Ash and friends discovered the Pokémon Center that was on the map. Ash declared that Route 24 couldn't be far now. And they couldn't have found it at a better time, as it soon started raining, forcing Ash and friends to quickly race down there.

A brief scene showed the Charmander still on the rock, vainly trying to protect its tail flame from the rain with a leaf (it'll die if its flame goes out). Back at the Pokémon Center, Misty was serving up some soup, but Brock was still worried about the Charmander. Ash pointed out that there's no way the Charmander would of waited around that long. Brock agreed, stating that the trainer surely would of gotten it by now.

However, they hear laughter nearby, and looked over to see a trainer named Damian surrounded by a group of hanger-ons. They were awing over his Pokémon collection, which was pretty sizable, when one of them asked if he had a Charmander too. Damian revealed he did, but since it was so weak, he left it on a rock out in the middle of the woods promising to return for it, which he had no intention of doing.

Ash and his friends realized that it must have been his Charmander they saw and that based on Damian's description of Charmanders's loyalty to him, it must still be waiting on the rock. This pushed the normally calm Brock over the edge, and he stood up and made his way over. While they continued to laugh about how the Charmander was probably still waiting, Brock confronted Damian, telling him to go get the Charmander.

Damien pushed him off, but Ash and Misty soon arrived to support Brock. It was about to go to a Pokémon battle, but Nurse Joy broke it up, saying Pokémon should never be used in personal battles. Damian and his crew left, and Joy warned them about their bad reputation. Brock spaced out in his usual fashion, but Ash and Misty snapped him out of it by reminding him about the Charmander.

The three raced back through the pouring rain toward the rock where the Charmander was, only to find it had worse problems than the weather. A gang of Spearow were attacking it as well. Ash tried to drive them off by throwing a rock, but this only made the Spearow attack them. Ash ordered a ThunderShock from Pikachu, and it obeyed, scaring off the Spearow. Unfortunately, its ThunderShock also inadvertently zapped Ash, Misty, and Brock too.

They quickly wrapped Charmander up in their rain coats, Ash volunteered to make sure its tail flame stayed lit. They raced their way back to the Pokémon Center, and asked Nurse Joy to help.

Nurse Joy was angry at Ash and Co., wondering how they could let the Charmander get into such bad shape. But Ash explained that it was Damian that left the Charmander out there, taking advantage of Charmander's loyalty. Brock pleaded with Nurse Joy to save the Charmander, and she promised to do whatever she could.

From there, there was nothing they can do but wait. A montage of scenes showed the three waiting, while Brock silently pleaded for Charmander to hang on. Nurse Joy soon came out, though, and reported success. The Charmander pulled through, and would be fine by morning.

When morning came, Ash and Misty were asleep on couches in the center, Pikachu asleep below. Ash rolled over, causing his blanket to drop onto Pikachu. Suddenly, Brock shouted, causing Ash to crash off the couch. It turned out Charmander had disappeared from the ER.

Ash was certain that the Charmander simply went back to the rock. Brock wanted to go after it again, but Misty pointed out that it was no use. Even if Damian was a jerk, the Charmander was still loyal to him, and nothing would change that. They couldn't just force Charmander to go with them if it didn't want to.

A scene showed Charmander on its way back, stopping long enough to look back at the Pokémon Center. Ash and friends were soon on their way as well, Brock still disappointed. Ash pointed out that Charmander knew they cared about it, but it couldn't forget about Damian. Misty then gave Brock a smack, saying that Route 24 was just ahead, and there would be plenty of Pokémon once they get to Vermilion City.

Up ahead, Team Rocket was grouped around their newest mecha. They went into a dancing version of their motto, but Meowth cutted in early. They declared they now had a foolproof plan to capture Pikachu, and they started up their "automatic super-duper high-speed whatchamacallit," which turned out to be an over glorified hole driller.

Meowth flipped, saying they tried this already, but James assured them that this time they'll remember where the hole was. They went to work covering the hole, and when Meowth asked if they were sure, Jessie said "Don't you think we're smarter than that?" to which Meowth replied with a face fault. Suddenly, he saw Ash and Co. coming, and alerted the others. They quickly hid, Jessie ordered the mecha to hide itself as well.

Pikachu came up to the hole and walked right over it. It seemed Pikachu was too light to trigger the pitfall. Jessie and James argued over who blew it this time, until Meowth shut them up with scratches to the face. Ash, Brock, and Misty, being a lot heavier, ended up triggering the pitfall and falling into the hole.

Team Rocket then appeared, laughing at the fact that their trap worked. Pikachu tried to shock them, but they were dressed in rubber uniforms that didn't conduct electricity. Pikachu tried to make a break for it, but they fire the Anti-Pikachu Rubber Balloon Bazooka, which eventually caught Pikachu and trapped it inside.

Ash, realized that Pikachu was in trouble. So he quickly tried to climb out of the pit, but failed. He tried to get Misty and Brock to get up but he was standing on them. Team Rocket gloated for a while, then turned to leave, but then Charmander stepped in their way.

Charmander, as translated by Meowth, ordered them to give Pikachu back to Ash and the others. Team Rocket naturally refused, and warned the Charmander to beat it or else. The Charmander responded by closing its eyes, focusing hard, and unleashing a massive Flamethrower that utterly roasted Team Rocket.

They dropped the Pikachu balloon and ran like crazy, James screaming, "Didn't I tell you we needed fireproof uniforms?!" Jessie told him to keep running. "Some geniuses", said a despondent Meowth. Team Rocket went "blasting off again" by running off, much to Damian's surprise that Charmander beat them.

Ash, Misty, and Brock, having gotten out of the pit, thanked Charmander for their help, and Ash asked Charmander if he wanted to come along with them. However, Damian showed up, saying he came back for Charmander, "just as he promised". Ash was angry, saying he was just bragging about how he abandoned Charmander, but Damian just laughed, saying it toughened him up. Besides, what's wrong with dumping off a weak Pokémon?

Charmander seemed to be taking exception to these statements, but Damian went on about not even having to make Charmander tough himself. Brock angrily replied that raising a Pokémon is the best part of being a trainer, but Damian called it the most boring part. Finally, Damian, having had enough talk, flinged a Poké Ball at Charmander but Charmander, finally realized that Damian neither cared for nor respected it. It whacked the ball right back into his face.

Damian was now furious, and threatened to crush Charmander with every Poké Ball he had, but Charmander used Flamethrower on him. Pikachu added injury to injury by adding a ThunderShock of its own. The utterly scorched Damian ran off crying, and the others cheered Charmander for its choice.


Brock tells Ash to go ahead and catch Charmander. Ash protests at first, but Brock convinces him that Ash will raise Charmander to be a great Pokémon. Ash relents, and throws a Poké Ball, which Charmander hops into for an easy catch. With a new Pokémon, and a new friend, Ash and friends continue on their way to Vermilion City.

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Charmander

Trivia

  • This is the second episode of a three-episode arc where Ash gets each of Kanto's starter Pokémon.
  • It is revealed in this episode that it's not good to use Pokémon battles to settle arguments, and that Pokémon battles aren't supposed to be in Pokémon Centers. Ironically, Platinum introduces the concept of battling trainers in Pokémon Centers.
  • This is the first episode where Izumi Shimura is credited as an animation director.
  • Damian is shown to be carrying around twenty Poké Balls all supposedly containing Pokémon; however, it is later established that a trainer can only carry six Pokémon in their party at a time (just like in the games). This may be because he wasn't shown having a Pokédex, therefore, he doesn't send his Pokémon to anywhere.

Errors

  • In the English dub Ash says that Route 24 leads straight to Vermilion City. In reality, Route 24 is just north of Cerulean City, which the gang left from four episodes (and, according to Misty, ten days) prior. The quickest way to get to Vermilion in the games is through the underground path on Route 5--just south of Cerulean. This probably shouldn't be written off as a character flaw, either, given that the gang meets Bill two episodes later (presumably on Route 25), and this actually does get them to Vermilion, which they reach the following episode.

Dub edits

In other languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Charmander, o Pokémon Perdido
  • Czech: Charmander, Zatoulaný Pokémon
  • Dutch: Charmander, de verlaten Pokémon
  • European Portuguese: Charmander, o Pokémon Extraviado
  • Finnish: Charmander, petetty Pokémon
  • French: Le Pokémon abandonné
  • German: Glumanda - Ein Pokémon in Nöten
  • Italian: Un nuovo Pokémon
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Charmander, el Pokémon abandonado!
  • Iberian Spanish: Charmender, el Pokémon perdido
  • Russian: Потерявшийся покемон Чармандер
  • Mandarin: 消失的小火龙
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