From Ghost to Ghost

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**From Ghost to Ghost** is the 25th episode of *Liam's Adventures of Pokémon: Johto League Champions*.

## Plot

Ash prepares for his fourth Gym battle against Morty and his powerful team of Ghost-type Pokémon by listening to his Pokédex's entry about Gengar. Unfortunately, the Pokédex states that details about Gengar are unknown. As Ash muses over battle strategies, Nurse Joy arrives with his Pokémon after healing them in the Pokémon Center. They talk about the difficulty of facing Morty's Ghost-type Pokémon and Nurse Joy suggests that Ash should use his Noctowl as a secret weapon. Ash thinks back to yesterday’s events, where Noctowl used Foresight to reveal the Gastly in the Burned Tower. Brock agrees with Nurse Joy's suggestion, and Ash considers the suggestion further.

At the Gym, Morty has his Gengar demonstrate Confuse Ray to a group of young Trainers as an example of how to fight without using brute force. Ash and his friends interrupt the lecture to challenge the Gym. Morty suggests that his students be allowed to watch and Ash agrees.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket floats over Ecruteak City in their hot air balloon. James is pleased that he still has his Treasure Detector with him and smiles as it continues blinking away. Jessie groans that the device only finds junk and James attempts to prove her wrong by displaying his prized collection of bottle caps, although he declines to explain what makes them so valuable. At that moment, the treasure detector appears to be picking up something as they fly over the Burned Tower, so they descend in the hopes of uncovering real treasures. They land and James follows the treasure detector directly to the Ecruteak Gym where Ash is about to have his Gym match against Morty.

The Battle judge explains the rules of the match before the battle begins. Morty starts things off with his Gastly and Ash calls out his Noctowl. Ash has Noctowl begin with Hypnosis. Gastly dodges, disappearing in the process. Ash has Noctowl use Foresight, and it soon finds Gastly. Noctowl then attempts to Tackle Gastly, but Gastly easily dodges the attack again and again. After failing to Tackle Gastly, Noctowl tries to use Hypnosis; however, Morty orders Gastly to close its eyes to avoid being hypnotized and to use a Lick attack, which whips Noctowl out of the air. Ash returns Noctowl to its Poké Ball. Brock points out that this is a good strategy since Noctowl's Foresight will keep Gastly from disappearing, and Ash can use Noctowl again later on if he needs to.

With Foresight keeping Gastly in view, Ash chooses Pikachu to replace Noctowl. Pikachu begins by using Quick Attack, which knocks Gastly backwards. Gastly lies on the ground for a moment before recovering itself. Pikachu then uses Thunderbolt, but Gastly dodges and counters with Night Shade. Ash rushes to Pikachu’s side, but his friend is declared knocked out and unable to battle any further. After thanking Pikachu for his hard work, Ash chooses Cyndaquil as his next choice.

Ash has Cyndaquil start things off with a Flamethrower attack. Gastly dodges, countering with Night Shade, which Cyndaquil dodges using Quick Attack. Gastly uses Lick but Cyndaquil just runs up Gastly's tongue and Tackles it, finally defeating it. Morty then chooses Haunter as his second Pokémon. Cyndaquil tries to hit it with Flamethrower, but Haunter disappears and then uses Mean Look, which extinguishes Cyndaquil's back flames and forces Ash to use Cyndaquil until the end of the round. Ash orders Cyndaquil to fire back up and use its Swift attack, which hurts Haunter. Haunter uses Hypnosis, which nearly works; but Cyndaquil counters with Smokescreen. Through the Smokescreen, Haunter grabs Cyndaquil and then Licks it, ending Cyndaquil's ability to battle. Ash is now down to only his Noctowl.

After Ash brings it back out, Noctowl uses Foresight to keep Haunter from disappearing. Noctowl follows this with a Tackle attack, but Haunter forces Noctowl to dodge its hands to avoid being grabbed instead. Haunter then tries its Lick attack, which Noctowl dodges. The two Pokémon then each use Hypnosis and Confuse Ray, which become locked against each other; but Noctowl's Hypnosis loses the struggle and gets blown away, allowing Confuse Ray to hit Noctowl. Haunter then uses Night Shade, but the confused Noctowl still Tackles through the attack. The two collide and Noctowl is not confused anymore. Ash notices Noctowl’s horns are now glowing blue. Brock remarks that Noctowl must have learned Confusion, which Ash confirms with his Pokédex. Noctowl uses its new move on Haunter and easily wins the round.

Morty finally sends out Gengar. Noctowl uses Confusion while Gengar tries a Shadow Ball; the Confusion attack hits the Shadow Ball, making it explode, showering everyone with dark energy. Gengar disappears and begins attack Noctowl with Night Shade. While Noctowl manages to evade the attacks, its attempts to use Foresight fail. Misty is surprised that Gengar can attack while it is invisible and Brock says that Noctowl won't win without using Foresight. Ash thinks for a moment and then tells Noctowl to send Confusion through the building. This reveals Gengar and Noctowl is able to use Foresight on it. Gengar attempts to use Shadow Ball again, but Noctowl stops it with a Tackle attack. After hitting the ceiling and falling to the floor, Gengar is now unable to battle, giving Ash the victory. Before the group heads out, Morty admits that Ash may actually have seen Ho-Oh, then hands over the Fog Badge.

As the battle waged on, James's treasure detector led him and his teammates to wander into a store room. As they were about to pilfer it of its rare treasures, including ancient swords and valuable vases, a group of Gastly transported them into an illusion – an endless chase for a banquet table of food. Team Rocket finally flees from the haunted building, complaining of how nightmarish the day has been.

## Major events

* Liam is revealed to own a Misdreavus.
* Liam's Hitmontop is revealed to know Foresight and Pursuit, and has Technician as its Ability.
* Liam's Aipom is revealed to know Swift, Dig, Screech and Shadow Claw.
* Ash's Cyndaquil is revealed to know Quick Attack and Swift.
* Ash's Noctowl learns Confusion.
* Ash and Liam defeat Morty in seperate Gym battles and each earn their Fog Badge.

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash Ketchum
* Misty
* Brock
* Mio Akiyama
* Ritsu Tainaka
* Tsumugi Kotobuki
* Azusa Nakano
* Ui Hirasawa
* Jun Suzuki
* Yui Hirasawa
* Nao Okuda
* Jenny Long
* Sucy Long
* Ace Long
* Sumire Saito
* Agent Ben Rockefeller
* Morty
* Jessie
* James
* Students
* Referee

### Pokémon

* Misdreavus
* Gastly
* Haunter
* Gengar
* Cyndaquil
* Noctowl
* Hitmontop
* Quilava
* Pikachu
* Togepi
* Meowth
* Cubone

## Trivia

* This episode's English dub title is a reference to the phrase "*From coast to coast*".
* Meowth's food illusion includes a real-life fish.
* The Gastly that are hypnotising Team Rocket break the fourth wall by turning towards the camera and laughing at the audience.
* The Itemfinder makes the same noise as the slot machines at the Celadon Game Corner in Generation III.
* Misty exclaims "Not another Ghost-type!", even though Morty is a Ghost-type Gym Leader and only uses Ghost-types.
* Team Rocket does not recite the motto in this episode.
* The type immunity between Normal and Ghost, and vice-versa, is never mentioned or even applied this episode, even though future episodes would make sure to do it when necessary.

## Transcript

*Main article: From Ghost to Ghost/Transcript*