Pokemon Episode 63 - The Battle Of The Badge
Season 1: Indigo League
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| 63 | 61 | "The Battle of the Badge" (Tokiwa Gym! The Last Badge!) "Tokiwa Jimu! Saigo no Bajji!" (トキワジム！さいごのバッジ!) | September 17, 1998 | September 25, 1999 |
| In Viridian City, Ash goes to the Gym, but Gary gets in there before him and gets beaten by a never before seen Pokémon, which the PokéDex cannot identify. Luckily, Giovanni leaves the Gym and puts Jessie and James in charge. Then, Ash challenges them. However, after losing three of Giovanni's Pokémon, Jessie and James use their own. Then, Ash sends them blasting off and they drop the badge and Ash got it. Note: Some scenes of this episode are hints to scenes from the first movie, Mewtwo's Counterattack. These include the battle of Giovanni and Gary. (Or)The gang arrive in Viridian City. They find the gym where Ash is about to battle, just as Gary shows up bragging about having ten Badges. He enters the gym just for practice. Gary’s battle with the gym leader (also the leader of Team Rocket) Giovanni is quite easy, winning against Giovanni’s Golem and Kingler with his Nidoking and Arcanine. Then, Giovanni decides to bring out a new Pokémon. Gary is defenseless against it, as it brings chaos to the whole gym. Meanwhile, Ash carelessly flings Togepi into the air, and it lands in Team Rocket’s lap. Jessie and James struggle to capture it, and they eventually present it to Giovanni only to find Giovanni only wants rare and powerful Pokémon and Togepi doesn’t fit the bill. Ash and the others search the city for Togepi, but to no avail. They hear Togepi in the gym and open the doors. They find Togepi, as well as an unconcious Gary. Gary is terrified, as he describes this new Pokémon as truly evil. Ash goes in to compete to be totally surprised to find the gym masters are Jessie and James, as Giovanni had to leave for an emergency. The battle is intense, as the trainer is electrically shocked as their Pokémon get hurt. The shocks bring Ash to his knees just as he sends out Pidgeotto, who beats Jessie’s Pokémon, shocking her. Meowth has a control panel to blow up the opponents’ side of the playing field, but Gary bursts in to stop him. The match finishes and Ash wins. Jessie is completely fried. Then, Togepi decides to play with the explosion controller, and accidentally sends Jessie and James flying. Gary’s cheerleaders do a cheer for Ash. Then, the group continue along. Realizing that Ash doesn’t know where the Pokémon League is, they decide to head back to Pallet Town to ask Professor Oak and visit home. | ||||
