Pokémon Emergency!

**Pokémon Emergency!** (Japanese: **たいけつ！ポケモンセンター！** *Showdown! Pokémon Center!*) is the second episode of the Pokemon Anime Remakes Wiki.

## Blurb

*Ash rushes into Viridian City with his gravely wounded Pikachu. The city's on high alert for Pokémon thieves-thieves like Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket, a group of bad guys dedicated to stealing valuable Pokémon.*

*While Ash waits at the Pokémon Center for news on Pikachu's condition, Misty arrives, angry about the bike Ash wrecked-but she softens when she sees Pikachu wheeled out on a stretcher.*

*Team Rocket crashes through the roof of the Pokémon Center. While Nurse Joy transports Poké Balls to Pewter City for safety, Ash tries to fight off Team Rocket's Pokémon, Koffing and Ekans. Ash is having no luck battling, so his Pikachu, still recovering, teams up with the recently arrived Gary Oak to blast Team Rocket out of the building!*

*Having discovered that Ash's Pikachu is not your ordinary Pikachu, Jessie, James, and Meowth make it their mission to capture it.*

*With the bad guys expelled, Misty joins Ash and Pikachu on their journey to Pewter City. While strolling through Viridian Forest, a Caterpie makes an appearance. Ash sees an opportunity for his first Pokémon capture. Will he be successful?*

## Plot

Officer Jenny is in the midst of alerting Viridian City's citizens of Pokémon poachers seen in the area via announcement speaker when she spots Ash with Pikachu in his arms. She gives him a lift to the Pokémon Center after his Pokédex confirms his identity. The pair slide into the Pokémon Center's foyer, much to Nurse Joy's dismay. She quickly orders a stretcher and two Chansey take Pikachu into the emergency room. While Nurse Joy is attending to Pikachu's injuries, Ash calls his mother and Professor Oak, the latter of whom is surprised to discover that Ash is already in Viridian City. When Ash mentions the strange golden Pokémon he had recently seen, Professor Oak is skeptical that Ash had actually seen the Pokémon, which many Trainers have searched for ages without success. Afterward, the girl whose bicycle was "borrowed" and destroyed by Ash angrily storms into the Pokémon Center, though after Ash explains himself, her concern shifts to Pikachu's well-being.

At that moment, an alarm in the Pokémon Center sounds and a villainous group named Team Rocket invade the building. Their Poké Balls break a skylight, and Koffing fills the air with smoke. Team Rocket recites their motto for the first time to Ash and destroys the Center's electrical system in a scheme to steal the Pokémon inside. Nurse Joy, Misty, and Ash retreat to a locked storage room with Pikachu, who is still on his stretcher. The power initially cuts out, though the backup system, Pika-Power, activates. Nurse Joy begins transporting as many Pokémon as she can to Pewter City's Pokémon Center. Suddenly, Koffing breaks through the doors. Suddenly, Ash's rival, Gary Oak came in hearing about what happened and saved Ash and Misty with his Squirtle.

In a hurry with Pikachu's stretcher, Ash hits Misty's bicycle, causing Pikachu to wake up. The other Pikachu at the Pokémon Center surround Ash's Pikachu, healing him, as well as delivering a powerful electric shock to Team Rocket. Ash hops onto Misty's singed bike, and Pikachu absorbs the pedal-powered bicycle light's charge to hit Team Rocket with a powerful Thunder Shock. The attack mixes with Koffing's gas, resulting in a colossal explosion that destroys much of the Pokémon Center.

Team Rocket escapes and declares their mission to capture Ash's not-so-ordinary Pikachu for their boss. Flying debris then punctures their Meowth-shaped balloon, and the trio is sent blasting off. The next day, Ash and Misty venture into Viridian Forest, with Misty having decided to follow Ash until he replaces her destroyed bicycle. Just then, Ash spots a Caterpie, much to Misty's disgust, and prepares to catch it.

## Major events

* Ash meets an Officer Jenny and a Nurse Joy and visits a Pokémon Center for the first time.
* Misty introduces herself to Ash and declares that she will follow him until he repays the damages to her bike.
* Ash and Misty encounter Jessie and James, two members of the villainous Team Rocket, and their partner, a talking Meowth, for the first time.
* Gary Oak is seen using his Squirtle for the first time and is revealed to know Bubble and Tackle.
* The Team Rocket trio decides to follow Ash and steal his Pikachu.
* Ash prepares to catch a Caterpie.

### Debuts

#### Humans

* Officer Jenny
* Team Rocket
	+ Jessie
	+ James
* Nurse Joy

#### Pokémon debuts

* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
* Koffing (James's)
* Ekans (Jessie's)
* Caterpie (later Ash's)

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash
* Misty
* Jessie
* James
* Delia Ketchum
* Professor Oak
* Nurse Joy
* Officer Jenny

### Pokémon

* Who's That Pokémon?: Koffing
* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Meowth (Team Rocket; debut)
* Ekans (Jessie's; debut)
* Koffing (James's; debut)
* Chansey (Nurse Joy's; debut)
* Pikachu (Nurse Joy's; multiple)
* Pidgey (Trainer's)
* Rattata (Trainer's)
* Ho-Oh (flashback)
* Caterpie (later Ash's; debut)