Pokemon - Picture Perfect (Vol. 17) [VHS]
Three of the four episodes that make up this 80-minute tape feature  Snap, the Pokémon Photomaster, which gives this collection its name. In  "The Case of the K-9 Caper!" the gang runs into a band of  police-trained Pokémon, inspiring Ash to try to train Pikachu. Snap makes his  appearance in "Pokémon Paparazzi" when he bribes Ash, Misty, and Brock  with  pancakes in attempt to earn a photo session with Pikachu. Why is he so  obsessed with photographing Ash's Pokémon? The fact that Team Rocket, in  disguise as a sobbing elderly couple, has hired him could have something to do with it. Ash signs up for the Pokémon League Admissions Exams (a kind  of SAT for Pokémon trainers) in "The Ultimate Test," but must conduct his  battles without his own pocket monsters. Finally, in "The Breeding Center  Secret," Misty turns in her Psyduck to a new breeding center for fixing up, only to discover it's a theft operation conducted by a Team Rocket clone.  Snap is on hand to take investigative photos and the others join in aiding  Officer Jenny to right this Pokémon wrong. These four episodes are the  last from the initial season.  Followed byWater Blast. (Ages 3 and older)--Kimberly Heinrichs