PS016: Difference between revisions

Template:PokémonSpecialInfobox

Tauros the Tyrant (Japanese: VSケンタロス VS. Kentauros) is the sixteenth round of the the Red, Green & Blue chapter in the Pokémon Special manga.

Synopsis

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

In Celadon's Game Corner, Red is shown to have infiltrated Team Rocket, having learned that they too are on the hunt for Blue, the girl who stole his two Badges. However, he gets more than he bargained for when he ends up in a secret underground laboratory. Where he and the other Team Rocket Grunts are shown a half-formed Mewtwo, a new Pokémon formed from cells that the Grunts had obtained from Mew. And to complete the incomplete Mewtwo, they need more cells to be taken from Mew. This is why they are looking for Blue, as it seems that she has stolen the disk which contains all their information on Mew.

With this information, Red begins to look differently on Blue, as he realizes that she too is working against Team Rocket, but his thoughts are interrupted as he and the other Grunts are mobilized towards a sighting of Blue. Making his way to her location, he finds her surrounded by Grunts. She reacts by coolly tossing the disk into her Wartortle's mouth, and warning Team Rocket that if they attack, the disk will be damaged.

Team Rocket attack with Machoke and Hitmonlee, but in their attempts to protect the disk whilst also taking down Wartortle, the two Pokémon simply end up injuring each other, much to Blue's delight. As she gloats, Red is furious to notice that she is wearing his stolen Badges as earrings.

The highest-ranking member of Team Rocket present loses his patience and calls out his Tauros, a Pokémon that he warns Blue was the leader of its herd, King of the Safari Zone, and with the power to control other Pokémon. The Tauros commands all of Team Rocket's Pokémon at once, quickly neutralizing Wartortle and recovering the disk. with the tide of battle turning against her, and finding herself backed up against a cliff edge, Blue switches Wartortle for her Ditto, much to the amusement of the Grunts present. As the Tauros charges her down, Red can't stand by and watch and throws her to the ground, protecting her as the Tauros passes by overhead and tumbles down the cliff with Ditto.

Blue seems pleased to see Red by calling him her "hero" but is confused as to why she isn't more concerned about Ditto, especially since Tauros has made its way back up the cliff. The Tauros turns all the Pokémon present against the gathered Grunts. In the confusion, Blue grabs Red make a run for it, revealing Red's identity as an infiltrator in the process. Using her Jigglypuff, Blue escapes with Red and the "Tauros" reveals itself to be Blue's Ditty, utilizing its power to transform into other Pokémon, before returning to its Poké Ball.

As they float away, the Grunts curse their bad luck but they quickly forget about the indignities they've just faced. Thinking that the mission is now complete, as they have now retrieved the "disk" containing the vital information about Mew. Back at the Rocket Game Corner, Blue reveals to Red that she had given the grunts a fake disk.

Major events

• Red finds out that Blue had stolen his gym badges.
• Red disguises as a Team Rocket grunt and inflitrates thei headquarters.
• Team Rocket tries to capture Blue as she had stolen their Mew disk.

Debuts

• Blaine

Pokémon debuts

• Mewtwo

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Blue
• Team Rocket grunts
• Blaine

Pokémon

• Wartortle (Blasty; Blue's)
• Ditto (Ditty; Blue's)
• Jigglypuff (Blue's)
• Tauros (Grunt's)
• Rhydon (Grunt's)
• Hitmonlee (Grunt's)
• Graveler (Grunt's)
• Machamp (Grunt's)
• Mewtwo (incomplete)

Trivia

• This chapter is included in the Red volume of The Best of Pokémon Adventures.
• It is shown that Hitmonlee's legs act like a spring when they kick.
• Blue wears Red's gym badges as earrings.

Errors

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