#41 WAKE UP SNORLAX!

The three travelers meet an old hippie playing a Pokéflute on the side of the road. Once his song is over, he asks them for some food. Sadly, Ash, Misty, and Brock have nothing to give the man and continue on their way. The encounter reminds them just how hungry they are and how quickly they need to get to their next destination. When they arrive in the next town, though, they discover that there is no food to be had. The bakery is without bread and the market shelves are completely empty.

Luckily, an elderly gentleman invites the trio to his home for lunch. While they gorge themselves on food, he explains that the river which normally runs through the town has mysteriously dried up. Without water, the local farmers can't grow enough food to feed the townspeople. To payback the gentleman's generosity, Ash, Misty, and Brock agree to follow the riverbed to its source and investigate the cause of the catastrophe.

After walking miles and climbing through endless brambles, Ash and friends find a huge Snorlax blocking the natural spring which is the river's source. They are now faced with the daunting task of either waking up or moving the giant, slumbering Pokémon.

#42 SHOWDOWN AT DARK CITY

When Ash and his companions enter Dark City, they discover a ghost town of rundown buildings and empty streets. Worse than that, though, is the reception they receive from the frightened townspeople. With rocks and sticks, a group of boys assault the travellers. Only an electric jolt from Pikachu saves our heroes from a good head bashing.

The owner of a nearby restaurant apologizes for the attack and explains that everyone in Dark City hates Pokémon trainers. The reason is terribly simple: both the Yas and Kas Gyms are fighting for the honor of becoming the only officially sanctioned Pokémon Gym in Dark City. To settle their dispute, they've been hiring wandering Pokémon trainers and engaging in all-out streetwarfare.

Ash, Misty, and Brock are understandably appalled by all of this needless violence. Assuming the amusing aliases of Tom Ato, Ann Chovy, and Caesar Salad, they set out to diffuse the tense situation with lots of determination and a few barrels of ketchup.

#43 THE MARCH OF THE EXEGGUTOR SQUAD

Our heroes arrive in a new town on the same day as the carnival. While Brock and Ash head off to chase girls and eat lots of junk food, Misty and Pikachu take a tour of the rides and shows. Behind one of the tents, Misty notices a magician and his assistant arguing. The young woman is so fed up with Melvin the Magician's lousy act that she quits. Misty approaches the sad little man and offers to help him with his act, at least for one day.

Dressed in a beautiful costume, Misty quickly learns why Melvin's assistant left him. He's an awful magician. Most of his act involves shooting flames from a magic wand and juggling egg-shaped Pokémon called Exeggcutes. Ash and Brock are part of the meager audience that witnesses Melvin's poorly executed tricks. The only thing that they find interesting is Melvin's extremely strange Pokémon.

The Exeggcutes find Ash just as interesting and use their special power to hypnotize him. In a trance, Ash is forced to take Melvin and his Pokémon into the woods to hunt for the even stranger Exeggutors. The magician plans to use their super-hypnotic powers to force the entire town to become his willing audience.

#44 THE PROBLEM WITH PARAS

Although beautiful, Moss Green Village is too small to have a Pokémon Gym. At first, the three travelers want to pass by the town, but Brock notices that his potion and antidote bag is empty. He convinces Ash and Misty to visit the village to stock up on supplies.

Team Rocket creeps along in the bushes nearby, waiting for a chance to pounce on our heroes. Actually, only Jesse and James are creeping. Meowth is too sick to move. Since the two humans could care less about their Pokémon companion's condition, they decide to abandon Meowth in the woods. Cassandra, a local girl, overhears their discussion and is outraged. She uses some herbs that she's gathered to treat Meowth. Through his delirium, the little cat Pokémon instantly falls in love with his "nice nurse."

Ash, Misty, and Brock enter the local herb shop that's run by Cassandra's grandmother. When the helpful girl returns, she meets the trio and challenges Ash to a Pokémon Battle. Ash is only too happy to comply and sends Pikachu out to fight Cassandra's plant/insect Pokémon, Paras.

Cassandra hopes that Paras will become an experienced fighter and eventually evolve into a Parasect. When that happens, she will use his mushrooms to make potions that will help all Pokémon. Unfortunately, Paras is a coward. Not only is he scared of Pikachu, but Ash's Charmeleon thoroughly thrashes him. With Paras fleeing into the woods, Cassandra's chances of creating a magic potion appear very slim indeed.

#45 THE SONG OF JIGGLYPUFF

After crossing the desert, Ash, Misty, and Brock arrive in Neon Town, a large city filled with bright lights and busy people. The residents are so busy, in fact, that they rarely sleep. This probably explains why everyone that the travelers meet is either on edge or angry. Even the local Officer Jenny displays a quick-temper when she talks to the trio. Following a restless night in the local Pokémon Center, Ash and his friends thankfully escape to the peaceful forest on the outskirts of town. They soon encounter a Jigglypuff, a cute balloon Pokémon.

According to Brock, Jigglypuffs are well-known for their beautiful singing. For some reason, this particular Pokémon doesn't seem to know how to sing. With some encouragement from Misty, the Jigglypuff does eventually start to sing. It's strange, hypnotic melody lulls the young trainers and even Pikachu to sleep. Angry over this obvious rudeness, Jigglypuff swipes a marker from Ash's backpack and draws silly faces on his dozing audience.

Nearby, Team Rocket has been watching the performance. Before succumbing to Jigglypuff's spell, they decide to steal the little Pokémon and use its strange power on the residents of Neon Town. With everyone asleep, even these bumbling thieves will have no trouble looting the city.

#46 ATTACK OF THE PREHISTORIC POKÉMON

Approaching Grandpa Canyon, Ash, Misty, and Brock encounter a large group of people carrying picks and shovels. They're all part of the Great Pokémon Fossil Rush. Trainers from all around the world are trying to dig up the remains of extinct Pokémon. Unfortunately, one of the first fossil hunters that our heroes meet is Gary Oak. He plans to find more fossils than anyone else, including Ash.

Before Ash can rise to the challenge, though, he and his friends must first deal with an emergency created by Team Rocket. Hoping to uncover a large cache of fossils, Jesse and James plant a load of dynamite at the base of the canyon. While Ash rushes to prevent the explosion, Misty and Brock warn the other trainers to run for safety.

Although Ash valiantly tries to extinguish the fuse in time, he ultimately fails. The ensuing explosion sends him, Pikachu, and Team Rocket tumbling into a vast underground cavern which is inhabited with Omanytes, Omastars, Kabutos, and Kabutops.

At first, Ash is excited at finding what were previously considered extinct Pokémon. His excitement is short-lived though, as he soon learns that these prehistoric creatures angry at being disturbed. Worse yet, there's a greater, even more dangerous threat lurking nearby -- a giant Aerodactyl!!!

#47 A CHANSEY OPERATION

It's "Pokémon Meets ER" when Ash and Pikachu visit a human hospital.

Somehow, the little electric mouse gets a large apple stuck in his throat. Since there are no Pokémon Centers around, Ash opts to take the poor, suffering creature to the local emergency room. The only doctor there refuses to help but changes his mind when he sees Misty. (He's just as girl crazy as Brock!) Even so, the doctor still gets thundershocked for his trouble.

With Pikachu feeling better, the young travelers prepare to leave, but are stopped by an emergency call from Nurse Joy. A truck carrying Pokémon has crashed on the highway. There are too many injured Pokémon for her to handle alone. Dr. Proctor agrees to help out and convinces Ash and his friends to pitch in. Soon, sirens are blaring and the first casualties begin to arrive. Can our heroes save all the injured Pokémon, especially once Dr. Proctor accidentally tranquilizes himself and falls asleep?

#48 HOLY MATRIMONY!

In their travels, Ash, Misty, and Brock come across a poster with the picture of a missing boy who looks remarkably like a young James. A butler overhears their conversation and hustles the travelers into the back of a huge stretch limo. Once the car has disappeared, Team Rocket emerges from a nearby bush. Jesse asks her partner if he is the boy in the poster. James claims to have amnesia. All that he can remember is that after he dropped out of Pokémon Tech, he joined a bicycle gang. Not quite believing him, Jesse and Meowth follow the limo.

The butler takes Ash, Misty, and Brock to a huge estate where even the pet Growlithe has his own mansion. He tells how Master James broke his parents hearts by running away from home instead of marrying his fiancee. Now that they have passed away, the butler has to find James so that he can have his inheritence. Upon hearing this, the greedy Jesse and Meowth muscle James into the mansion.

Once James appears, his parents reveal that they aren't really dead. Instead, they tell him that he must give up his wandering ways and marry his fiancee Jessebelle.

#49 SO NEAR, YET SO FARFETCH'D

Ash, Misty, and Brock have decided to take a break from their travels and are camping out in pleasant meadow. The one thing intruding on their mini-vacation is Psyduck, who, as always, is complaining of a headache. Ash and Brock go to fetch some water, leaving Misty and her annoying Pokémon alone. Suddenly, a strange bird marches into the clearing. It's an extremely rare Farfetch'd! Misty chases it into the woods. Before she can grab it, she accidentally collides with a boy, who apologizes and hands her the backpack she dropped. Returning to the meadow without Farfetch'd, Misty discovers that the boy has switched backpacks and stolen all of her Pokémon.

The boy and his pet Farfetch'd add Misty's Pokéballs to the ones they had already stolen from other Pokémon trainers. Living alone in the woods, the boy only knows how to steal Pokémon. He is certain that he and Farfetch'd are too weak to compete against other trainers. When Team Rocket stumbles into his camp, he easily tricks them out of their Pokémon.

In the meantime, Ash and friends have contacted the police and are searching for the Pokémon thief. Will Misty be able to retrieve her lost Pokémon, especially when her best hope lies in the hands of Psyduck?

#50 WHO GETS TO KEEP TOGEPI?

Arriving at a small town called Pokémon Center, Ash contacts Prof. Oak. He learns that the last Pokémon he sent, Muk, is doing fine. Prof. Oak also updates Ash's Pokédex so that he will have all of the current information to help him on his way to becoming a Pokémon Master.

Ash, Misty, and Brock are now faced with a couple of decisions. First, they must decide where to go to find more Pokémon. Cinnabar Island seems like a good choice. Second, they have to determine what to do with the large egg they have been carrying. The problem is that they don't know what type of Pokémon egg it is or which of the trio should keep it. Brock seems to have the best claim on the egg, since he has been taking care of it. On the other hand, Ash thinks that he should keep the egg since he was the one who found it.

To make things more complicated, Team Rocket steals the egg from our heroes and Meowth becomes its surrogate mother. He pampers the egg by giving baths and sleeping with it. When the egg finally hatches to reveal a rare Togepi, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Meowth must battle to determine who is its rightful mother is.

#51 BULBASAUR'S MYSTERIOUS GARDEN

This story starts off with a bang as Ash's Bulbasaur defeats another trainer's Rhyhorn in a close contest. Initially, Ash is pleased, but then realizes that Bulbasaur is acting strangely. Taking the injured creature to the nearest Pokémon Center, Ash learns that Bulbasaur is not hurt, but is actually preparing to evolve into an Ivysaur.

All the plants growing around the Pokémon Center are filled with new blossoms and sparkling pollen floats through the air. Nurse Joy says that this occurs once a year when the Bulbasaurs gather together in their secret garden to evolve. Ash is understandably relieved when he hears the good news about his Bulbasaur and is even a little excited about the transformation.

On the other hand, the little half-toad/half-plant is not at all happy about evolving. When Ash is asleep, he sneaks out of the Pokémon Center and runs off into the woods. Pikachu follows Bulbasaur. But, before he convince the runaway Pokémon to return, a group of evolving Bulbasaurs capture Ash's Bulbasaur and take him to their secret garden.

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#54 THE CASE OF THE K-9 CAPER!

Hiking through the forest, Ash is determined to reach the Cinnabar Island Gym where he'll try to win his seventh Pokémon Badge. A thief appears out of nowhere. (You can tell its a thief because he has a bag of swag thrown over his shoulder.) Ash sends Pikachu after the villain, but soon a large Growlithe comes forward to fight the crook. In fact, a lot of Growlithes suddenly surround Ash, Misty, and Brock. The travelers have inadvertently stumbled on the Police Pokémon Training Center.

Officer Jenny offers the travelers some food and a place to rest. Ash is fascinated by the training center and asks if any type of Pokémon can be trained there. Officer Jenny explains that canine-Pokémon like Growlithe are ideal for policework. Since Ash wants to be the World's Best Pokémon Trainer and he wants Pikachu to be the best Pokémon possible, he asks Jenny if Pikachu can join the police training program. She invites the pair to attend the next morning's training session. Ash and Pikachu will soon discover if they are made of the 'right stuff.'

#55 POKÉMON PAPARAZZI

The wonderful weather allows the travelers some time to rest and the opportunity for Brock to demonstrate his culinary talents. As Ash, Misty, and Pikachu satisfy their hunger on some tasty rice balls, a mysterious figure lurks nearby. Between bites, Ash spies the glint of glass in the tall grass. Thinking it's the sight of a rifle, he leaps up, pushes Misty and Pikachu to the ground, and knocks Brock's rice pot into the river.

The hidden assassin turns out to be Todd, the self-proclaimed #1 Pokémon Photo Master. All he was really trying to do was photograph Pikachu in his natural environment. Though less than thrilled by Todd's efforts, Ash invites the young paparazzi to take Pikachu's picture. The sound of the camera shutter terrifies the little Pokémon and Todd receives an electric hotfoot. Despite this momentary setback, he vows to photograph Pikachu.

Unbeknownst to our heroes, Jesse and James have hired Todd to capture Pikachu. Can the young shutterbug help it if he thought he was only agreeing to capture Pikachu on film?

#56 THE ULTIMATE TEST

Still intent on photographing Pikachu in his natural environment, Todd has joined Ash, Misty, and Brock on their travels. The story begins as the quartet stops for a picnic lunch. Misty mentions that Ash hasn't earned a Pokémon Badge in a while and wonders if the young trainer will ever get all eight of the badges needed to qualify for the Pokémon League. Ash starts yelling and bragging about what a great Pokémon fighter his is. At this point, Misty reminds Ash that most of his victories have been against Team Rocket, who are about the worst fighters in the world.

To calm things down, Todd suggests that Ash take the Pokémon League Emissions Exam. If he passes the test, Ash will receive a special badge that immediately qualifies him for the League without having to get all eight of the Gym Leader Badges.

Full of enthusiasm, Ash joins the other hopeful applicants at the Pokémon League Emissions Center. His fellow exam takers include the Fuchsia City Nurse Joy as well as Jesse and James in disguise. Surrendering all of Pokémon to the head tester, Ash prepares to demonstrate his fighting skills and general Pokémon knowledge in the hopes of becoming a Pokémon Master.

#57 THE BREEDING CENTER SECRET

Ash, Misty, Brock, and Todd are enjoying themselves in a new city. While Todd takes pictures of Misty’s Togepi, Ash and Brock watch the Pokémon Weather Report in a TV shop window. Suddenly, a commercial comes on advertising the town’s newest Pokémon Breeding Center. According to Misty, a breeding center is like a spa for Pokémon. Ash is especially impressed by the commercial’s boast that visiting Pokémon receive so much love and care that they can evolve in just a few short days.

The young travelers make their way across town and discover the sidewalk in front of the new breeding center is packed with trainers and their Pokémon. Eventually, they all get inside and Misty opts to check Psyduck in for some rest and relaxation. She secretly hopes that the mini-vacation will improve the big bird’s depressing demeanor. Back on the streets, Ash and his friends decide to get some lunch. A nearby restaurant is offering a free meal to anyone who can produce the cook’s favorite type of Pokémon. Quickly, Ash, Misty, and Brock empty their Pokéballs, but none of their Pokémon is the right one. The cook finally shows them a photo of his favorite Pokémon. It’s Psyduck!

Misty is so hungry -- especially for dessert -- that she forces her friends to return to the breeding center to retrieve Psyduck. Finding a ‘Closed’ sign on the front door, they sneak in the back and make a terrible discovery about what the breeding center is really doing with all of the Pokémon it has collected.

#58 PRINCESS VS. PRINCESS

It's Princess Day in the land of Pokémon. That's the day when all the girls and women get to do whatever they want and all the males have to do whatever the females tell them to do. (James of Team Rocket wonders how this is different from the rest of the year, but nobody gives him an answer.)

Misty loves the holiday. She gets to buy all of the toys and clothing she wants because of the Princess Day sales. Ash and Brock hate the holiday because they have to pay for everything, including all of the ice cream and cake that Misty orders for lunch. In keeping with the festive occasion, Brock offers to be the Prince for the restaurant's pretty waitress. Sadly, she declines and he consoles himself by devouring all of Misty's desserts.

Jesse is also enjoying the holiday. Using the Team Rocket credit card, she buys a completely new wardrobe as well as gifts for her boss. A tasty selection of smoked sausages should placate the mysterious leader of Team Rocket. That is, until a wild Lickitung snares them with his prehensile tongue. After slobbering all over Jessie's new clothes, the weird Pokémon fends off an attack from Jessie's Arbok. Enraged, Jessie tosses a Pokéball at the Lickitung and captures it.

Later, our three heroes and Team Rocket head to the same department store to take advantage of a big holiday sale. In the middle of the clothing section, Misty and Jessie grab for the same item. After a short argument, they agree to battle for the garment. They are interrupted by an announcement blaring from the store's loudspeaker. There is going to be a Queen of the Princess Festival Contest with the winner receiving a set of Pokémon Princess Dolls.

Both Misty and Jessie secretly wish to win the dolls. As the youngest of four sisters, Misty never got a Pokémon doll of her own to play with. Similarly, when Jessie was a little girl, she was the only child she knew of who didn't own a Pokémon doll. Eagerly, the two females agree to settle their argument by entering the contest and winning the dolls.

#59 THE PURR-FECT HERO

When Ash, Misty, and Brock see a string of multi-colored Pokémon banners flying above a house, they instantly know that it's time for another holiday. Kids Day is the only time of the year when children can skip school, eat all the sweets they want, and, of course, play with their Pokémon all day long. Ash is determined to press on to Cinnabar Island so that he can earn his seventh badge, but Misty convinces him to have some fun and enjoy the holiday.

Nearing a new town, the travelers are accosted by a pre-school teacher who thinks that they are the three trainers who are supposed to share their Pokémon with her class. Brock wants to impress the pretty woman, so he volunteers to entertain the children. Ash and Misty gladly help out.

In a matter of minutes, the trio is overrun with admiring tots who love to poke and prod Pikachu. Ash rescues the yellow mouse before it gets hurt, but not before Pikachu gives him a little electric shock. Brock, Misty, and Ash soon release all of their Pokémon and the schoolyard is filled with happy children. That is, except for a little boy named Timmy. He isn't having any fun because he doesn't see his favorite Pokémon: Meowth. He then tells the young trainers about how he was once rescued from a dangerous Beedrill by a Meowth.

Ash admits that the only Meowth he knows of is a member of Team Rocket and he's certain that that Meowth wouldn't save anyone. Brock agrees and guesses that the Meowth that saved Timmy must be a wild one.

Suddenly, a van pulls up. It's a traveling magic show! Actually, it's Jessie, James, and Meowth in disguise. Their plan to capture Pikachu backfires and they end up kidnapping Timmy instead.

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