Episode Guide #073 - #080

All Fired Up!
Round One -- Begin!
Fire and Ice
The Forth Round Rumble
A Friend In Deed
Friend and Foe Alike
Friends to the End
Pallet Party Panic

All Fired Up!

Pokémon seen:  

Pikachu, Togepi, Hitmonchan, Moltres, Meowth, Victreebel, Squirtle, Pidgey, 
Weezing, Bulbasaur

Story:  

The group are close to the Pokémon League, and they come across a traditional 
run with the torch, said to be lit from the flame of Moltres.  
Ash attempts to be part of it, and succeeds thanks to Charles Goodshow, the 
president of the Pokémon League Torch Committee.  
Team Rocket attack and take the torch after Ash tries his hardest to prevent 
that, but luckily, Goodshow keeps the flame of Moltres with him and another 
torch can be lit, while Team Rocket’s burns out.  
At the Indigo Plateau, Gary is back to his usual self, and makes Ash rather 
nervous about his chances at getting anywhere.  
Team Rocket light the central torch and attach it to their newest robot, which 
seems unbeatable and threatens to destroy Ash with the flame.  
Luckily, Moltres appears and prevents Ash from being hurt, before destroying 
the robot and flying up to light the central flame again.  
The opening ceremony resumes, and the Pokémon League begins.  

My favourite Quote:  

Ash (to Team Rocket):  “Do the three of you have to ruin everything?!”  
Pikachu (angrily):  “Pika pika!”  
Meowth:  “Maybe not every’ting but we try ta do what we can.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Why’s Ash asking if President Goodshow is Santa Claus, he’s already seen The 
Santa Claus some time back (“Holiday Hi-Jynx”).  

Victreebel makes a return appearance, with its new voice that is here to stay 
(the high pitched screaming) along with the running gag of it usually biting 
or trying to swallow James, only it makes an exception today and goes for 
Meowth instead.  

Team Rocket get burnt up by Moltres’s flame and the burns remain with them 
during their speech, but when they attack immediately after, the burns have 
disappeared and they look totally unharmed.  

The second verse of this series’ theme song (“Pokémon Theme”) is first heard 
in this episode (with the exception of the Series CD Soundtrack and the 
remixed version that was heard in the first Pokémon movie); it’s played 
through in full one more time at the end of the Pokémon League in “Friends to 
the End”.  

Doesn’t Gary’s theory sort of count of cheating? Studying the competition 
would give a trainer a big advantage as if they knew what the opponent was 
using; they could just pick a Pokémon that’s super effective against that 
type.  

Notice all the trainers competing in the League were standing in the arena 
when the torch went through the stadium, I’ve calculated that 256 or less 
trainers were competing in an 8 round tournament, but there were close to 400+ 
trainers seen, unless there were teams of 2 people here and there (which can 
be done in the second set of games provided they stick with a set amount of 
Pokémon between them).  

“A giant mechanical lobster”? The robot looks more like a Metapod with legs.  

Why doesn’t anyone help Ash, I’m sure someone had a Pokémon that could have 
broke the robot’s armour, it’s not like any of them were about to face their 
first League Battle straight after.  
Surely at least Gary shouldn’t have backed out of a fight this important.  

Ash is such a reckless fool, Brock urges him to run for it, but then he 
refuses to run as Team Rocket threaten to ruin everything the League stands 
for.  
Now, it’s one thing not to run away from a bully, or maybe a verbal fight, but 
a huge robot with flame powers while you’re only human?  
Ash even provokes Team Rocket into firing at him; it’s almost as stupid as 
what he did in the first movie (coming in between two psychic attacks with the 
aim of stopping the battle).  

The Pokémon League torch is clearly basic on the Olympic Torch that burns all 
the way through the Olympics.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Seaking

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

President Goodshow makes an appearance in Chapter 51, just as Tetsubo and the 
gang reach Indigo Plateau, and again in Chapter 59.  

Round One -- Begin!

Pokémon seen:  

Mr Mime, Pikachu, Togepi, Meowth, Venomoth, Raticate, Pidgeot, Sandslash, 
Pidgey, Gloom, Krabby, Tentacruel, Seaking, Exeggutor, Kingler, Seadra, Golbat

Story:  

Ash registers himself into the League and discovers the four fields he must 
battle on, and his first opponent is the Astounding Mandy on the Water Field.  
Team Rocket poses as a TV crew to scope out which Pokémon are worth stealing, 
but they are insulted by Ash’s opponent Mandy.  
Misty offers Ash some of her Pokémon to help him out, but he declines and 
transports Krabby to the team after talking to Oak, but Misty still worries 
that this isn’t enough.  
Ash is worried about his first match and appears to mess up in using Krabby, 
but it forges an impressive comeback and evolves into Kingler, and then 
defeats the other two of Mandy’s Pokémon.  

My favourite Quote:  

(Team Rocket pose as news reporters from the L.C.N and have been interviewing 
Mandy)  
Mandy:  “That may be but Mandy the Astounding only appears on networks that 
have viewers.  Buh bye...” (walks away)  
Jessie (rolling up her sleeves and stepping forward):  “Well is that so Magic 
Boy? Come back here and I’ll make your Teeth disappear! I bet a lot of viewers 
would love to see That!”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Why does Mrs Ketchum yell “Hi!” to the television screen, Ash can’t hear her 
and I’m sure if the English writers could have replaced it with a one word 
comment or exclaimed sound instead.  

Team Rocket aren’t interested in stealing a trainer’s Pokémon because of their 
appearance, but they once went after Koga’s Venomoth in “The Ninja Poké-
Showdown” while they ignore this trainer’s one.  

Mandy’s tricks aren’t as spectacular as real magicians who actually make doves 
appear; Mandy probably just released them straight from the Pokéballs he was 
throwing around.  

Meowth makes a similar mistake to a trainer in the first Pokémon movie, and 
calls a flock of Pidgey, Pidgeotto.  

Brock’s good, the fact that he can identify which town each Officer Jenny 
comes from.  
Notice that the same clip of Misty pushing Brock away is used three times in 
this episode.  

Brock knows too much, he never met the Viridian City Jenny, no one of the 
group met the Celadon City Jenny, nor the Saffron City Jenny, or the Vermilion 
City Jenny (she may have been the one that spoke during the Saint Anne so-
called victims’ funeral).  
Brock’s been doing some research...  

Brock’s theory on Kingler being weak against air attacks:  If he’s talking 
about Flying attacks, then he’s wrong.  
Maybe he meant to say aerial attacks in general, since Kingler is a crab and 
so can’t jump very high, but Ash’s Kingler wins anyway.  

Hyper Beam shouldn’t have been allowed, advanced trainers will realise that 
Hyper Beam can only be taught to Pokémon in their highest stages of 
evolution.  
Ash’s Krabby evolved in the middle of a match, and therefore can’t have been 
taught to use it by Oak.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Nidoran Male

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

These are vague, but the Celadon City Jenny makes an appearance in Chapter 24, 
the Saffron City Jenny arrests a villain in Chapter 26, and the Vermilion City 
Jenny stars in Chapter 16.  

After his failure in this episode, Mandy the Astounding is working on his 
acts, and his acting, and he is cast in the Cerulean Water Theatre’s new show 
in Chapter 10.  

Tetsubo has stage fright during his first League Battle in Chapter 52, but he 
does have a much scarier rival than Ash’s.  

Fire and Ice

Pokémon seen:  

Nidorino, Pikachu, Squirtle, Togepi, Meowth, Kingler, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, 
Squirtle, Cloyster, Arcanine

Story:  

We come in to the middle of Ash’s second battle on the Rock Field, and 
Squirtle wins a small match against Nidorino.  
Ash leaves the Pokémon Centre business until the last moment and is faced with 
a huge queue.  
Ash is invited to another Pokémon Centre, but it’s another Team Rocket trap, 
but nothing that can’t be solved by Onix.  
Ash rests his Pokémon in a real Pokémon Centre, and the next day, Ash is on 
equal scores against Pete Pebbleman in the third round, Kingler beats 
Cloyster, but is beaten by Arcanine, who appears to miss its mark with Pikachu 
but is actually melting the Ice Field, but one close range Thunderbolt from 
Pikachu wins the match.  

My favourite Quote:  

(After Team Rocket have revealed themselves to be disguised as Nurse Joy and a 
second nurse, and after Brock never got excited over Joy like he usually 
does)  
Brock:  “See Ash, my internal Nurse Joy detection system is always one hundred 
percent accurate.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

In the middle of Ash’s second battle in the tournament, Gary’s cheerleaders 
are seen in the audience waving their pompoms around, surely Gary wouldn’t 
want them cheering for anyone other than he (especially not his rival), or do 
they just really like to cheer regardless of who?  

Brock specified that only three Pokémon can be chosen for the starting rounds 
and that a match can be decided before it starts depending on the Pokémon 
chosen (“Round One -- Begin!”), but in the first battle this episode, Ash has 
used two Pokémon, and Pikachu thinks it’s about to be chosen but instead, 
Squirtle is chosen.  
Surely the trainer should only take in the three Pokémon they plan on using 
and leave the others behind to show truth to Brock’s theory, or did I 
misinterpret him or the rules?  

Though it’s for the sake of a rhyme, Jessie actually refers to Ash by his 
name.  
The only other time it’s been done before was when Team Rocket disguised Ash 
as a girl and Jessie called him Ashley (“Pokémon Scent-sation!”).  

Looks like ‘Pokémon in Love’ (“Lights, Camera, Quack-tion”) found some success 
in the end, even though nobody important in entertainment bothered to go to 
the premiere.  

That’s some strong cutlery the restaurant has, they only fell off the table, 
and pierced the ground while remaining upright.  

Ash, Misty and Pikachu do a Brock impression when they’re dumbfounded by his 
chasing the Jennys and Joys from around the world.  
But here’s another question to raise:  If all the Jennys and Joys are here, 
who’s protecting and tending to the towns and cities? The Growlithe and 
Chansey perhaps?  

Another point on the episodes in which James dresses like a woman; today he’s 
wearing female nurse’s outfit, don’t any males work at Pokémon Centres?  

For the first time, the RPG terminology of Hit Points as seen in the games is 
mentioned, but only in this episode.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Koffing

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None, but the trainer that fought Ash on the Rock Field was an inspiration for 
Cody’s character design.  

The Forth Round Rumble

Pokémon seen:  

Golem, Nidoking, Togepi, Pikachu, Meowth, Victreebel, Bulbasaur, Beedrill, 
Scyther, Growlithe, Bellsprout, Muk

Story:  

After Gary loses in the forth round to a trainer called Melissa, and is out of 
the competition, Ash is worried a little, but he opts to battle without Brock 
and Misty to coach him.  
Team Rocket forges a new scheme, but don’t even get to bother Ash as they are 
stopped by two Officer Jennys.  
Ash battles Jeanette’s Beedrill and Scyther with Bulbasaur, who performs 
remarkably well, and is surprised when she pulls out a Bellsprout, but it’s 
extremely nimble and it beats Bulbasaur and Pikachu.  
Oak and Mrs Ketchum arrive to watch Ash, and only put him under more 
pressure.  
Ash surprises everyone when Muk is summoned, it takes everything the 
Bellsprout throws at it with its rubbery and liquid body, and then buries the 
Grass-type in poison, giving Ash yet another victory.  

My favourite Quote:  

Misty (referring to Ash’s opponent Jeanette):  “I just hope she doesn’t have 
any more Pokémon like that Beedrill.”  
Brock:  “Hmmmm, I just hope she doesn’t have a boyfriend.”  
Misty (growls and then shouts):  “Well there’s no way that boyfriend’s gonna 
be you Mister if that girl beats Ash!”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

This is the last we see of Gary’s cheerleaders and even his driver until the 
Johto League Tournament, either Gary outgrew them for a time or they’re more 
affected by his recent losses than we thought.  

I only realised recently but Jeanette comes from Crimson City, a landmark I 
created for the Pokémon Journey story.  
Crimson City is a desert town, but I could easily find a place for Jeanette 
there in the main palace, she seems rich and conceited, and very much admired 
by fans.  

One of the men in white robes in Jeanette’s cheering section looks remarkably 
like James (but with grey hair).  

When Misty shouts at Brock (see “My favourite Quote”), Togepi also has a frown 
on its face as if it feels Misty’s anger.  

That’s really bad for Jeanette, her Scyther technically went down in one hit, 
it’s even worse when you realise that it was a Grass-type attack, meaning 
Scyther’s Bug and Flying side should have made it double strong against it.  

Contrary to what Brock says, Double Team isn’t known for affecting the user’s 
defence, and Ash did not figure it out, he was too busy just trying to get a 
hit on Scyther.  
The fact that the Scyther is only hit once with a Grass attack which it should 
be immensely strong against being a Bug/Flying-type and goes down because of 
it just proves that its defence was rubbish to begin with and Double Team just 
caused it to let its guard down.  

Jenny doesn’t know her own Pokémon; she calls her Growlithe by the name 
Arcanine.  

Did anyone hear a certain male trainer say something rather amusing when the 
giant Pikachu dolls crash landed?  
“Free Pikachu! Come on, grab one!”  
Where does he intend to keep it until the tournament’s over, and isn’t it a 
little too big to decorate his room with?  

Twice during the Scyther versus Bulbasaur battle, the zigzag mark under Ash’s 
right eye disappears.  

Most people (including Ash) underestimate Bellsprout because it’s a basic 
unevolved Pokémon, however, they all seem to forget that Bulbasaur is also a 
basic unevolved Pokémon; we’ve just known it for so long that it feels like a 
strong Pokémon that isn’t defined by its stage.  

This may not be an error but when Pikachu gets ready to fight, the background 
doesn’t look lined up with the foreground (Pikachu), there is light green 
floor with a white shade above it which Pikachu is standing on, making it look 
like it’s floating a few inches off the ground.  

Shortly after Oak arrives, you get a close up of his face, and his eyebrows 
have changed from black to grey.  

Jeanette dubs a flying kick from Bellsprout “Flying Mud Kick”, I thought 
trainers were only allowed to use official attacks, but Jeanette has taught 
Bellsprout all kinds of fighting techniques.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Bellsprout

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None, but the fight between Muk and Bellsprout is referred to in Chapter 3, 
seeing as Tetsubo watched every match of this year’s League on television 
(he’d be competing if complications hadn’t arisen at Pokémon Tech).  

A Friend In Deed

Pokémon seen:  

Pikachu, Togepi, Meowth, Weezing, Drowzee, Slowbro, Magikarp, Bulbasaur, 
Charmander, Arbok, Pidgeotto, Butterfree

Story:  

Ash makes a new friend in the Pokémon League, a young boy called Ritchie.  
Team Rocket pose as inspectors and then escape with everyone’s Pokéballs.  
Ash and Ritchie chase them down and eventually catch up with them the next day 
having grown closer as friends.  
They sneak into Team Rocket’s van, but are trapped inside, and must find their 
Pokémon to escape, and then they take on Team Rocket together and win, but 
must make a desperate escape to survive the result of the attack on the van.  
The Pokéballs are returned and all is well, until Ash discovers that his next 
opponent is Ritchie...  

My favourite Quote:  

Ritchie (to his Pikachu, Sparky):  “Sparky, confuse Arbok with your Agility!”  
Sparky (performing Agility):  “Chu... Chu... Chu...”  
Ash (to Pikachu):  “Pikachu, give ‘em Agility in stereo!”  
Pikachu (performing Agility):  “Pi... Pi... Pi...”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

The title may be a pun or just a part of the phrase “A friend in need is a 
friend indeed”.  

Oak’s eyebrows change grey again during the broken elevator scene.  

Ritchie doesn’t even know Team Rocket in person but he recognises Jessie and 
James quicker than Ash ever did.  

Why are Ash and Ritchie the only ones courageous enough to follow Team Rocket? 
Don’t the other trainers care about what happens to their Pokémon?  

What self respecting trainer would bring a Magikarp to the competition? Does 
he want to be beaten badly?  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Diglett

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None.  

Friend and Foe Alike

Pokémon seen:  

Pikachu, Togepi, Chansey, Meowth, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Weezing, Pidgeotto, 
Butterfree, Charmander, Charizard

Story:  

Ash is worried about his upcoming match, but Ritchie has Ash make a promise 
that they’ll make it their best battle yet.  
Team Rocket lure Ash out by imitating Ritchie’s voice on the phone, and plan 
on keeping Ash from his match unless he gives them Pikachu.  
Ash escapes Team Rocket’s truck as his match is due to begin, but Team Rocket 
keep on coming for him, once with the leftovers of the truck, next with 
bicycles, but Ash steals one to get ahead.  
Ritchie requests more time be given to Ash to arrive so that he doesn’t 
forfeit the round.  
Ash is caught again by Team Rocket, but he beats them one final time and has 
Pidgeotto pull their balloon with him on it towards the stadium.  
Ash makes it just in time, and the match begins:  Ritchie’s Butterfree beats 
Squirtle, but Pikachu makes a comeback and takes it out, but then Ritchie’s 
Charmander gets the better of him, and Ash takes a huge risk in releasing 
Charizard, who forces Ritchie to recall his Charmander and call upon his 
Pikachu.  
But Charizard isn’t interested in battling such a small Pokémon, and refuses 
to fight, causing Ash to lose.  

My favourite Quote:  

Jessie:  “There was something that prevented me from having friends when I was 
a little girl.”  
(James chuckles)  
James:  “It must have been your personality.”  
Jessie:  “Uh huh, it must have been my...  HUH?!”  
(Jessie gets mad and hits James hard with her fan)  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Brock says that Charmander is a Flame-type, but there’s no such thing in the 
games, he should have said Fire-type.  
The same goes for one of the soundtrack songs (“What Kind of Pokémon Are 
You?”) in which Fire and Flame are listed in a list of different types of 
Pokémon.  

Can’t Ash tell the difference between Ritchie and a 2-D puppet? Apparently 
not.  

“A funny thing happened on the way to the stadium” is used by comedians 
(except with something else in place of ‘stadium’), sources say this 
originally came from a Broadway Musical (the above phrase but with ‘Forum’).  

It seems that in the fifth match, trainers can carry 6 Pokéballs, but only use 
3, seeing as Ash thinks about which of his Pokémon can take on Ritchie’s 
Charmander having lost 2 already.  

If only Pikachu battled first, if it took out the Butterfree, Squirtle could 
have taken on the Charmander, and Bulbasaur against Ritchie’s Pikachu.  
I don’t blame Ash for what happened, as I’ve had bad starting choices in 
stadium matches myself, in which the first Pokémon chosen is the wrong type to 
face the first opponent, and the chance of willing can be ruined because the 
wrong Pokémon were chosen.  

Mrs Ketchum claims she couldn’t have been prouder of Ash if he had won.  
I’m sure she would have been slightly prouder of a winner than a loser, 
despite what she says.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Aerodactyl

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

Pikachu and Sparky are referred to by Tetsubo in Chapter 3 after Oak compares 
Tetsubo’s friendship with his Staryu to Ash and Pikachu.  

Friends to the End

Pokémon seen:  

Pikachu, Togepi, Charmander, Rhydon, Butterfree, Venomoth, Spearow, Tentacool, 
Ivysaur, Meowth, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Weezing, Squirtle, Poliwhirl, Oddish, 
Hitmonlee, Mankey, Poliwag, Venonat, Gloom, Hitmonchan, Parasect, Raticate, 
Cloyster, Graveler, Tangela

Story:  

Ash is somewhat depressed about his loss, but he makes it to Ritchie’s next 
match, and although he battles hard, Ritchie loses too.  
The two meet outside the Pokémon Village and Ash gets over his depression 
because Ritchie handles his loss much better than he.  
Team Rocket grab both Pikachu, but Ash and Ritchie escape the trap and beat 
Team Rocket together.  
Ash and Ritchie attend the closing ceremony to end their first visit to the 
Indigo Plateau, while Team Rocket makes one final attempt to steal the Pokémon 
and fail.  
Ash and Ritchie have one final talk before they leave the Indigo Plateau, 
having promised to train as hard as they can.  

My favourite Quote:  

Oak:  “One can only advance so far relying on strength and intuition, trainers 
must learn to battle with a deeper understanding of each Pokémon’s natural 
abilities.”  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Why doesn’t Ritchie name all his Pokémon seeing as he’s got to use all six (he 
only names the three we’re already familiar with).  

Once again Jessie commands Weezing in battle; I guess it accepts either of the 
humans it’s most familiar with now.  

Gary didn’t get his badge for competing seeing as he left the Indigo Plateau 
several episodes ago.  

Maybe right, maybe wrong, but I’m sure the locations of the trainers and their 
Pokémon switch constantly in the closing ceremony for no good reason.  
They’re marching in a straight line, but they keep switching locations with 
other trainers between shots.  

The winners of the Pokémon League are:  In third, a young boy with spiky hair, 
a young lady in second (possibly Asunta), and in first, a man with spiky 
hair.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Fearow

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

A vague one, the man who wins this year’s Pokémon League is seen on TV by Abby 
in “Memories Lost” and gives her the idea of competing for fame to locate her 
parents.  

Pallet Party Panic

Pokémon seen:  

Voltorb, Butterfree, Bellsprout, Diglett, Poliwag, Oddish, Mankey, Togepi, 
Pikachu, Onix, Zubat, Geodude, Vulpix, Psyduck, Staryu, Goldeen, Pidgeotto, 
Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Meowth, Arbok, Charizard, Pidgey, Spearow, Fearow, Mr 
Mime, Pidgeot

Story:  

Ash is back in Pallet Town, and a party is held for Ash’s doing so well, but 
Team Rocket use super spicy food as a distraction to steal Pikachu, but their 
escape is hindered by Pidgeotto and eventually stopped by Charizard, and the 
Rockets take a fall into the forest.  
Ash agrees to do a favour for Oak, and retrieve a mysterious Pokéball from 
Professor Ivy on Valencia Island.  
On the way there, Ash encounters a Fearow, evolved from the Spearow that led 
the chase against him on the first day of his Pokémon Journey.  
He discovers that the Spearow and Fearow don’t get on with the Pidgey and 
Pidgeotto, and decides to fight the Fearow to help out the losing side.  
Ash’s Pidgeotto battles Fearow but loses, and then evolves into Pidgeot and 
beats the Fearow silly, forcing it and the Spearow to flee.  
Ash decides to leave Pidgeot here to protect the other birds in case the 
Fearow and Spearow return, and then continues the journey to the Orange 
Archipelago.  

My favourite Quote:  

Brock:  “Ash must be really proud.”  
Misty:  “I think he’s grown up a lot since being in the Pokémon League, don’t 
you? Huh? Where’s Ash?...”  
Ash (running for food):  “Let’s eat fast so we can eat again!”  
Pikachu:  “Pi Pikachu!”  
(Misty groans)  

Things I’d like to point out:  

Misty and Brock may have brought out all their Pokémon, but Misty only threw 
out one Pokéball and Brock only threw out two (old clips of Pokéball throwing, 
you see).  

A recent thought because Ash doesn’t let Charizard out to eat and enjoy 
himself, how has Charizard managed to survive all this time, seeing as Ash has 
probably not even let it out of its Pokéball lately?  

Team Rocket use small bombs which somehow don’t hurt anyone, but in the 
English translation they are dubbed as Blasters, obviously because anything 
regarding bombs is a touchy subject on TV.  

Ash deserved to fry, what he said to Charizard was incredibly rude, he just 
assumed Charizard listened to what he said and would continue to obey him, but 
Charizard only attacked Team Rocket as revenge for blowing up its food (but he 
decided to save Pikachu in the process).  

Oak blatantly refers to Professor Ivy as a ‘he’ when we clearly see in two 
episodes that Ivy is a ‘she’, how can he call Ivy a friend if he doesn’t even 
know her correct gender? This cannot be more than a script error since Misty 
correctly refers to Ivy as a female during the conversation.  

Oak’s eyebrows turn grey once again during the send off at Pallet Town.  

Despite the Fearow hating Ash’s guts and trying to kill him, Ash still 
attempts to capture it (but fails), what bugs me more though is the fact that 
the overused ‘Ash throwing a Pokéball’ clip is used even though he’s sitting 
on Pidgeot’s back.  

Ash lies to Pidgeot, he promises to come back as soon as soon as he got the GS 
Ball, but instead he goes around the Orange Islands.  
He later returns to Pallet Town, but then heads to the Johto League, he 
returns home much later on, and then goes straight to the Hoenn region, not 
only forgetting about Pidgeot, but pretty much replacing it with each new 
region’s basic bird Pokémon.  
He should have just said that Pidgeot should stay, protect the other birds, 
remain here for good, and therefore be honest to his Pokémon.  

Who’s That Pokémon?:  

Pidgeot

Cameos in Pokémon Journey:  

None, but Tetsubo’s Pidgeotto evolves in a similar situation, to take on a 
very powerful trained Fearow on the Birdwatcher Path in Chapter 34.  

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