TB040: The Battling Eevee Brothers

is the 40th episode of of , Season 1 of , and of .
==Synopsis==
Tracing a path through the woods, the party comes across a tree baited with a plate of food and water. An Eevee is bound to the trunk with string. The address, Stan Town, block 3, number 14, along with a name—apparently that of the Eevee's master—are written on a piece of metal hanging from the Eevee's collar. Consulting their map, our heroes find that Stan Town is directly in front of them. They decide to take Eevee to the address on its collar and find out what is going on. When they reach the address, they find a huge home as exquisite as a Beverly Hills mansion. From inside, they hear loud cheers and applause. Could this be the home of this Eevee's master?
==Episode plot==
While traveling through the woods, Ash, Misty, and Brock find an Eevee that was apparently abandoned next to a tree. Ash wants to keep him, but Misty points out the collar he's wearing. Ash checks his Pokédex for information about Eevee and he says that Eevee can evolve into three different forms using three kinds of elemental stones. When Misty learns of Eevee's stone evolutions, she considers keeping him and evolving him into a Vaporeon. They take Eevee to the address written on his collar in Stone Town.
Ash and his friends take Eevee to the house written on his collar and they find out that it's the biggest house in town. They look into the backyard and they see a big evolution party going on. There are many trainers there evolving their Pokémon with evolution stones.
Team Rocket looks down at the party from above and they see all of the evolved Pokémon. James admires all of the Pokémon while Meowth reads from a book that says Stone Town is at the bottom of Evolution Mountain, a mountain that has many evolution stones in it. They make a plan to steal all of the Pokémon, the stones, and the food at the party.
The three brothers who are hosting the party (Rainer, Sparky, and Pyro) are happy to see Ash and his friends with Eevee. They call over their little brother, Mikey, who is Eevee's trainer. Rainer, Sparky, and Pyro tell Mikey that he must evolve Eevee or he will never win a battle. Mikey, who doesn't care about battling Pokémon, doesn't want to evolve Eevee, but his brothers and their Eeveelutions won't listen. Each of Mikey's brothers tries to convince him to evolve Eevee, but Mikey refuses. Ash tells them to leave Mikey alone, but Rainer, Sparky, and Pyro start trying to force Ash and Brock to evolve Pikachu and Vulpix. They offer Fire and Thunder Stones to Ash and Brock and they ask them if they would join the Evolution Club by evolving Pikachu and Vulpix. Ash and Brock both refuse, to Rainer, Sparky, and Pyro's anger, who yell at them, telling them not to be dumb and that evolution is what Pokémon are all about.
Misty lets Horsea out of its Poké Ball so it can swim in a fountain. Misty sees Mikey sitting in a corner by himself with Eevee. Misty takes a tray of food over to Mikey and asks him if he would like some food. Mikey takes a sandwich and Eevee takes some Pokémon food. Misty says she noticed that he isn't too excited about being forced to evolve Eevee. Mikey tells her that he tried to hide Eevee in the forest for the day so Rainer, Sparky, and Pyro wouldn't make him evolve Eevee. Mikey says he doesn't want to evolve Eevee, he just wants Eevee to be his friend. Misty surprises Mikey by saying she agrees with him. Misty tells him the best thing he should do is to tell his brothers how he feels.
Just as Mikey is about to tell his brothers how he feels about Eevee, Team Rocket crashes the party. James tells Weezing to use Smokescreen. When Ash has Pidgeotto use Gust to blow away the smoke, Team Rocket has disappeared with all of the Pokémon, the evolution stones, and the food. Team Rocket leaves their balloon at the party as a decoy and they make their getaway in a jeep. But Horsea leaves a trail of Sludge for Ash and his friends to follow.
After they eat all of the food, Team Rocket decides to evolve Eevee, but they can't decide what to evolve him into. They decide to use a Water Stone, a Fire Stone, and a Thunder Stone all at once on Eevee and see what happens. They are about to when Squirtle stops them, after Misty's Psyduck tried to stop them and was recalled by an annoyed Misty after he thought he did well. Team Rocket asks Ash and his friends how they found them, and Misty tells them about the trail of sludge Horsea left. Ash and his friends, Mikey, and his brothers start to battle Team Rocket, especially after Misty makes the mistake of angering Jessie by insulting her.
During the fight, Mikey's brothers' Pokémon are knocked down and Mikey steps up to take their place after Misty has Horsea knock Jessie over and release Eevee's cage back to Mikey to free him. Mikey proves his Eevee can fight well just as he is. Once Pikachu gives Team Rocket a good shocking, Eevee sends Team Rocket blasting off again with a powerful Rage Tackle. Mikey tells his brothers he wants to keep his Eevee just how he is and become an Eevee trainer. They agree after seeing how strong Eevee is in battle and they accept Mikey's decision to keep Eevee the way he is.
Meanwhile, later in the night, Team Rocket returns to eating canned food, much to their disappointment. Jessie says that they'll be champions of the world someday, and they all optimistically agree.
==Debuts==
===Characters===
*Mikey
*Pyro
*Rainer
*Sparky
===Pokémon===
*Eevee
*Flareon
*Vaporeon
*Jolteon
===Moves===
*Acid Armor
*Pin Missile
===Items===
*Fire Stone
*Water Stone
*Leaf Stone
==Trivia==
*This is the first episode to introduce evolutionary stones; Fire stones, Water stones and Leaf stones.
*The "Who's that Pokémon?" in this episode is Eevee.
*As Ash lists the various Evolution stone he guesses Rolling Stone, a reference to the popular Rock Magazine of the same name.
*James was seen eating actual lobster at the buffet.
===Mistakes===
*When Misty is talking to Mikey, Pikachu's left ear is missing.
*While taking the photo in the ending, the Raichu's white belly was orange.
*Misty's Horsea uses Sludge on Jessie to rescue Eevee, even though Horsea can't actually learn Sludge in the games.
===Dub edits===
*In the original version, Misty called Jessie an old lady. In the English version, Jessie was called an old hag, while in the Spanish version, Jessie was called a witch.
==Gallery==
==References==
Category:Episodes focusing on Misty