NINJA RED

**NINJA RED** is the thirtieth episode of Pokémon Red (Animation Series). It aired on February 11, 2022.

## Synopsis

Leaf tries to fight the Saffron City Gym Leader, but loses. Annoyed by this, Leaf walks away and puts on the hat she bought at the Celadon Department Store. Meanwhile, Blue enters the Safari Zone and uses his newly found ninja training to capture an Exeggcute and a Ryhorn.

Back at the Fuchsia City Gym, Koga gives Red the Soul Badge and the prize money, while explaining that he noticed how Red gave his Pokémon commands without saying anything. Koga takes Red under his wing and trains him how to communicate with Pokémon without the need to say anything, and gives the latter TM-06 Toxic. Red tries to teach Snorlax the move without saying anything, but the latter is unable to understand its Trainer.

Koga takes Red to the Safari Zone, where the Game Warden suggests he switches boxes so he could capture more Pokémon. As Red gets set up, he overhears a couple of men making fun of the warden's mouth as it lacks teeth. Red enters the Safari Zone, trying to capture the Pokémon there. However, Red's inability to speak to Pokémon without saying anything causes much problems and he is forced to leave at the end of the day. Meanwhile, Blue exits the Safari Zone with the HM-03 Disc containing Surf, thanks to a speed run map Daisy gave him.

As the days go on, Red continues to try and understand the lessons Koga gives him and continues entering the Safari Zone. However, Red sees no progress in either field, and spends sometime watching Koga fight a challenger. While Red does capture a Psyduck, he mopes in the water until a Dratini comes by. Red feeds Dratini some food and begins to understand Koga's lesson about connecting with Pokémon non verbally.

The next day, Red encounters a Scyther, who stares at him and swats away some food. However, Red calmly approaches Scyther and manages to bond with the Bug-type Pokémon, allowing him to capture it. As Red continues travelling through the Safari Zone, he finds a gold tooth and realizes that it must belong to the Warden. Then, Red enters a mysterious building as the gentleman inside gives the HM-03 Disc as a reward for finding him. That night, Red goes to the Warden's house and gives him the tooth. Grateful for finding it, the Warden gives Red HM-04, a disc containing Strength. Red teaches Snorlax Strength and silently orders the latter to move the rock blocking an item ball. Snorlax does so, and is given a Rare Candy as a reward.

Later, Red goes back to the Fuchsia Gym and shows Koga the results of the training he completed by having his Pokémon demonstrate their moves without him saying a word. This includes Snorlax using Toxic successfully, heavily impressing Koga. The next day, Red says goodbye to Koga and Janine and leaves for the next adventure.

Meanwhile, Blue loses to Sabrina at Saffron City and goes to the Pokémon Center to heal up. There, he notices Team Rocket members walking around and follows two of them to the Silph Co. building. Upon seeing a guard at the door, Blue has Exeggcute use Hypnosis to put the former to sleep as he sneaks inside. Blue finds out that the entire building is overrun by Team Rocket Grunts, but he gets spotted by one. Fortunately, Blue uses Blastoise to deal with the Grunt's Pokémon. Meanwhile, Giovanni confronts the Silph Co. President.

## Music Used

* Pokémon Red/Blue Evolution Music ~ Piano Remix] - by Trevor Alan Gomes
* RBY Silph Co. (Remix)] - by sentsinkanteun