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In this episode, the gang stops at a Pokémon Center so Pikachu can get a little rest, but something's terribly wrong! The transporter we saw working in one of the earlier episodes, "Pokémon Emergency!" is broken down, and Pokéballs aren't arriving at their destinations! Ash and his pals take it upon themselves to figure out what's going on.
Visiting the man who invented the Pokéball Transporter, they find out some thieves have stolen a Pokémon that actually lives in cyber-space! The man sends them into the computer network with another such Pokémon (that's right, Porygon) to find out what happened.
Well surprise surprise. It was Team Rocket that stole the first Poryon! They used it to get into the computer network and set up a blockade so they could steal the Pokéballs traveling from Pokémon Center to Pokémon Center. "And our plan would've worked too, if it weren't for those kids and their d--" Oops, wrong show! ^_^ Anyway, Team Rocket send out Weezing, Arbok and their stolen Porygon while Ash sends out Pikachu, Blubasaur and the Porygon he has, and they all duke it out right there in cyber-space. But it looks like Team Rocket's winning! Oh no!
Fortuantely for our heroes, at that moment Nurse Joy uploads an anti-virus into the system. This program can't tell the difference between humans and computer codes, and it blasts Team Rocket sky high! Ash and his fiends, including the Porygon, manage to escape with nothing more than a few scratches, and the system is working smoothly again! Horray!
This episode was, you might already know, the seizure episode. It had strong strobe lighting that caused children in Japan to suffer seizure attacks. This episode currently has a ban on it, and can't be seen by anyone. Period. But there this situation can be remedied. Television companies have used a dimmer on all Pokémon episodes since this one, and if they used it here it would be fine as well! Or they could slow the frames so the strobe lighting isn't so intense. There are other things that can be done too. The bottom line is: we still want to see this episode! Especially since there's nothing to be afraid of anymore! So help The Lost Episode Campaign bring this episode out of Japan and to you!
An interesting tidbit of information: Voice actress Rachel Lilis, who does the voices of both Jessie and Misty, has refused to ever dub this episode, for fear of seizures striking US children as well. Does this mean this Lost Episode will never be seen? NO! It just means we have to work harder! Help us, people! We need YOU!