Transcription: ' Raibaru Batoru! San Tai San!!' ( Japanese: ライバルバトル!三対三!!)Īsh finds and saves Pikachu in the middle of a battle with Team Rocket and their mecha. 'When Pokémon Worlds Collide!' (Rival Battle! Three On Three!!) Ash on the meantime, is on the search for Pikachu himself with the help of a newly-caught Starly, his old friend Brock, Professor Rowan, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny. After discovering Pikachu and first mistaking it to be a Wild Pokémon, she begins her search to find his trainer.
Transcription: ' Pikachū o Sagase! 202-ban Dōro!' ( Japanese: ピカチュウをさがせ!202番道路!)ĭawn, with her recently-acquired Piplup, sets her sights on Jubilife City for her first Pokémon Contest. 'Two Degrees of Separation!' (Find Pikachu! Route 202!) Meanwhile, Ash has arrived in Sinnoh, but a failed Team Rocket plotting to snatch Pikachu results in him falling into a forest. Transcription: ' Tabidachi! Futaba Taun Kara Masago Taun e!!' ( Japanese: 旅立ち!フタバタウンからマサゴタウンへ!!)ĭawn, a 10-year-old girl living in the region of Sinnoh, is aspiring to become a great Pokémon Coordinator like her mother, and sets off to the Pokémon Laboratory in Sandgem Town to get her starter Pokémon, with various events leading to her choosing Piplup as her starter. 'Following a Maiden's Voyage!' (Setting Off! From Futaba Town to Masago Town!!)