Pokemon Episodes 21-30
#21 Bye Bye Butterfree
On the way to Saffron City,Ash sees a swarm of Butterfree.Brock explains it's butterfree's mating season.Ash makes the choice to try to let butterfree find it's mate,but team rocket captures all of them luckily Ash and butterfree are able to stop them in the end.At the end Ash leaves butterfree with his mate and goes on to Saffron City.
#22 Abra and the Psychic Showdown!
In the first part of a three part badge story,Ash faces Sabrina a powerful pokemon Master.Ash sends out pikachu against abra but in the battle it evolves into Kadabra and defeats pikachu.Then she turns them into dolls and puts them into her daughter's playhouse and the girl throws a rock at them and they almost get squished,but a mysterious man saves them and tells ash he'll need a ghost pokemon from pokemon tower to be able to defeat sabrina.So ash and the gang leaves Saffron and heads toward lavender town to get a ghost.
#23 The Tower of Terror
Ash and his friends arrive at Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town, a scary and wondorous place where they hope to catch a Ghost Pokemon. Misty,and Brock are not willing to go inside, but Ash convinces them to go in. Once inside, they are soon assaulted by Gengar, Haunter and Gastly, three Ghost Pokemon who always cause trouble to the tower's visitors. Misty and Brock leave the tower, but Ash,Pikachu,and charmander keep trying to capture them. As Ash and Pikachu discover, the three Ghosts are simply lonely Pokemon who want someone to play with. When Ash and Pikachu are struck by a falling chandelier, the three Ghosts take their spirits on a flight around the town. Eventually, Ash and Pikachu return to their bodies, and leave the Tower, deciding not to catch any of the Ghosts after all. As they leave, Haunter follows them all out of town, wanting to return a favor to Ash for playing with him.
#24 Haunter VS. Kadabra
With his new Ghost Pokemon Haunter, Ash returns to Saffron City for a rematch with Sabrina. When he goes in to fight Sabrina, however, Haunter has disappeared! Ash and the others run away, but Misty and Brock are transformed into dolls by Sabrina's power. Ash is again rescued by the man who saved them earlier, and he reveals himself to be Sabrina's father (although Ash is too dum to get it). After having a little fun with Team Rocket, Haunter rejoins Ash, but he seems unwilling to fight Sabrina. Ash convinces him, however, and they go back to Sabrina's gym one last time. Haunter disappears again, and Ash surrenders, prepared to be turned into a doll. Pikachu defends Ash, however, and fights against Kadabra. Haunter appears as the battle wears on, and by teasing Sabrina, he breaks her emotionless state and causes her to laugh. Because Sabrina's mind is controlling Kadabra, the Psychic Pokemon can no longer fight, rolling on the floor in laughter. Sabrina's father awards Ash with the Marsh badge, and they leave town in peace.
#25 Primeape Goes Banannas
After a conversation with Professor Oak Ash is depressed to learn that his fellow trainers from Pallet Town are already a badge ahead of him, and that they have all caught a lot more Pokemon than he has. When a Mankey appears, attracted by the smell of Brock's lunch, Ash decides he wants to catch it. When he fails to do so, Mankey is mad, and steals Ash's cap; Ash desperately tries to get it back, since it is an official Pokemon League cap, but fails to do so. Team Rocket shows up again to catch Pikachu. They anger Mankey, who evolves into Primeape, an even more violent Pokemon. Ash is determined to defeat the angry Pokemon and capture it. He sends Charmander, who uses his Rage attack to get stronger as Primeape attacks him. Eventually, Primeape is defeated, and Ash captures him, adding him to his collection.
#26 Pokemon Scent-Sation
Arriving in Celadon City, the gang stop in a perfume shop. Ash is not impressed, however, and ends up insulting the local gym leader Erika, who is also a perfume maker. He is forced to work with Team Rocket in order to sneak into the Celadon Gym so he can battle for the Rainbow badge. Jessie and James, meanwhile, are trying to steal the secret perfume formula of the Celadon Gym and use it to make lots of money. Ash has his battle with Erika, but during the battle, Team Rocket sets off an explosion which sets the gym on fire. Ash helps Erika and the others to save the Pokemon in the gym, including Erika's own plant-Pokemon, Gloom. She thanks him with the Rainbow badge to thank him for helping to save her Gloom.
#27 Hypno's Naptime
Children keep disappearing from the city that Ash and his group arrive in, and Pokemon are becoming weak and inactive. Tracking the source, the gang discovers Drowzee and Hypno, two psychic Pokemon who can hypnotize people and Pokemon alike. Misty gets affected by Hypno, and starts to believe she is a Seel. Her friends chase her as she runs into a park, where they find the other children, who all believe they're different Pokemon. With the help of Drowzee, Ash and Brock manage to heal all the children and Pokemon. One Pokemon, however, a duck Pokemon named Psyduck, decides to follow after them and becomes Misty's Pokemon, much to her luck...
#28 Pokemon Fashion Flash
While travelling through the city, Ash and the others enter the fashion district. Brock drags everyone into a salon owned by Suzie, a Pokémon breeder like himself. Her Pokémon, Vulpix, is one of the most beautiful Pokémon in the world. Misty, however, is more interested in a Pokémon makeover for Psyduck, which is available at the new Salon Rocket. Unbeknownst to them, however, Salon Rocket is operated by Team Rocket, who intend to make lots of money (again). They kidnap Misty; Psyduck goes for help, and Ash and Brock rush to her rescue. Team Rocket's Pokémon nearly defeat Pikachu and Geodude, but Suzie intervenes, and with Vulpix's help, she completely blows Team Rocket away. Suzie decides to go on a journey to learn more about Pokémon breeding, and leaves Vulpix in Brock's capable hands.
#29 The Punchy Pokemon
During their travels, Ash and his friends encounter Hitmonchan, a fighting-type Pokémon, who will be entered in a Pokémon fighting competition called the P-1 Grand Prix. Rebecca, the daughter of Hitmonchan's trainer, wants Ash and the others to defeat her father so that he'll come home instead of spending all his time training Pokémon. Team Rocket wants to enter the competition as well, and steal a Hitmonlee, another fighting Pokémon, in order to enter the battle. The competition is long and difficult, but after Team Rocket defeats Hitmonchan, their Hitmonlee and Primeape, Ash's entry in the competition, reach the finals. Team Rocket tries to cheat, but Pikachu prevents them, and Primeape wins the battle, winning the championship. Anthony, Hitmonchan's trainer, offers to train Primeape to be the ultimate champion; Ash accepts, and he and Primeape say their goodbyes to each other.
#30 Sparks Fly for Magnemite
In Gringy City, an industrial burg, Pikachu falls ill and is rushed to the Pokémon Center by Ash and his friends. Nurse Joy believes he simply has a cold, but suddenly the power goes out. The city power plant has shut down for unknown reasons. Ash and the others rush to the power plant to find out the reason why. While there, they discover that Magnemite, a mechanical Pokémon of the electric type, is following Pikachu around as though it were in love. The cause of the power failure is an abundance of Grimers, sludge-based Pokémon who have clogged up the water intake for the power plant. Led by a powerful Muk, the Grimers nearly take over the whole plant. However, hordes of Magnetons, led by the Magnemite and which live in the plant, attack the Grimers and drive them back. Pikachu and Magnemite team up to defeat the powerful Muk, and Ash captures it, adding to his collection. Power is restored, and Pikachu recovers from his illness; it seems that he was over-charged, and the extra electricity that was making him sick was used up in the battle.
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