- The gang finally make it to Vermillion City!! But the gym leader, Lieutenant Surge, is big and brutal with his Raichu. Will Pikachu be able to defeat his evolved form?
- Satoshi finally arrives in Kuchiba City and is ready to prove that he can defeat its Gym Leader Matis. However, Matis and his powerful Raichu easily defeat Satoshi, and he discovers that many trainers fail to defeat Matis. After contemplating evolving Pikachu into Raichu as well, Satoshi decides to use Pikachu's speed to his advantage in his next battle.—Michael L Ballard, edited by Toby Clark
- The episode starts when Ash and his friends finally make it to Vermilion City. Ash wants to challenge the gym leader right away, but Pikachu and everyone else is hungry, so they go to the Pokecentre and eat.
While Ash is there, he finds out from Nurse Joy that the gym leader of the Vermilion City gym is someone named Lt. Surge. Nurse Joy tells Ash to be careful because his Pokemon have sent already 15 Pokemon to the emergency room in a month.
When Ash arrives at the gym, he meets Lt. Surge, who is about double the height of him. Ash still wants to continue, so the battle begins. Ash chooses Pikachu, but Lt. Surge chooses Pikachus evolved form, Raichu. Pikachu attacks first with a Thundershock, but it has no effect on Raichu. Raichu then does a combination of moves like Mega Kick and Thundershock and easily beats Pikachu, sending it to the Pokecentre.
Pikachu is hurt, but not physically, mentally. Ash cant believe how Raichu dominated Pikachu so much. Ash is about to give up, when Nurse Joy walks into the room and gives Ash a Thunder Stone. She says that itll make Pikachu evolve into a Raichu, but she then warns him that if he evolves it, Pikachu cant change back. Ash says that it should be Pikachus decision. Pikachu thinks about it for a few seconds, but knocks it away, meaning that it doesnt want to evolve.
After Pikachu rests for a while longer, Ash and Pikachu go back to challenge Raichu and Lt. Surge again, but this time its different. Raichu gets the early jump on Pikachu and uses Body Slam, but Pikachu gets it dizzy with an Agility. Raichu recovers and tries to hit Pikachu with its Thunderbolt, but Pikachu uses its tail as a ground and dodges it.
From then on, Pikachu dominated and ultimately ended up winning with its Quick Attack and then a Thundershock giving Ash his third badge, the Thunder Badge. At the end of the battle Lt. Surge and Raichu congratulate Ash on a hard fought victory and with that Ash starts on his way.
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