Poll of the Day > Rate this Episode of Pokemon - Indigo League Pokémon I Choose You!

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Ash Ketchum (Veronica Taylor in the English Adaption) is finally 10 years old, old enough to become a Pokmon Trainer. He wakes up late on the day he is supposed to receive his first Pokmon at Professor Oak's lab, however, and arrives to discover all the Pokmon are gone. Ash has no choice to take a naughty Pikachu (Ikue Otani in both Adaptions (Japanese & English)). Pikachu will not listen to Ash or go inside its Pok Ball, so Ash must drag it along with a rope. After many failed attempts at capturing some Pokmon, Ash throws a rock and hits a Spearow. The Spearow gets angry and the entire flock starts chasing Ash and Pikachu. They run away from the Spearow, borrowing a bike from a red-haired girl named Misty (Rachel Lillis in the English Adaption) to escape, but when they cannot go any farther, Ash uses his body to shield Pikachu from the attacking Pokmon. Pikachu realizes how much Ash cares for him and uses a powerful electric attack to drive the Spearow away, destroying the bicycle in the process as well. Ash and Pikachu see a glimpse of Ho-Oh.

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The first episode was terrible and the inclusion of Ho-oh at the end was just weird, especially since this was a lot prior to other GSC stuff being intro'd. Honestly, I half remember the episode just for that.

The other thing I hate about the show in general is that Ash gets stuck with Pikachu because the other three starters are taken. However, we never see two of the trainers who took a Pokemon (whereas Gary presumably took Squirtle). And why the fuck would Oak only have 3 starters there if he knew 4 people were coming?
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