Episode 15 – Battle Aboard The St. Anne

Episode Summary

Season 1 – Indigo League

Ash, Misty, and Brock head to Vermilion Port the SS Anne, an international cruise liner, is docked. Receiving free tickets from a mysterious duo (who is actually Jessie and James) for a Pokémon Trainer party aboard the SS Anne, they board the ship filled with anticipation of good food and lots of Pokémon excitement. Aboard the ship bustling with Pokémon Trainers, Ash meets a distinguished gentleman who suggests they make a Pokémon trade. Ash exchanges his Butterfree for the gentleman’s Raticate. Just then, the SS Anne is taken over by Team Rocket who had arranged the party as a ploy to steal Pokémon.

Full summary

Ash and his friends arrive at a harbour and dream about going on a cruise, but realise that they could never afford to go on one. They end up running into 2 girls (Jesse and James) who offer them three tickets for free for the world famous St. Anne (cruise ship) and Ash happily accepts.

After they�ve boarded the ship they find out that the ship is like a big Pokemon convention. Ash hears a gentleman asking if anyone wants to battle his Raticate. Ash pushes his way through the crowd and asks the gentleman if he wants to battle his Butterfree. The gentleman says yes and so the match begins. Raticate tries a high jump kick, but miss and gets paralysed by Butterfree�s Stun Spore. And just when it looks like Butterfree is going to win the gentleman ends the match.

After the match he says that Ash�s Butterfree was quite impressive and that he wanted to trade it for his Raticate. Ash isn�t convinced, but the gentleman tells him that it�s good to trade because he�ll make more Pokemon friends. Ash says that he�ll trade him Butterfree for Raticate and so they do.

James meanwhile is walking by a store when a man in the store calls him over and tricks James into buying a Magikarp with Jessie and his money.

Later James meets up with Meowth and Jesse and tells them about his purchase. Jesse asks him how he got the money for it and he tells her that he just used the advances on their salaries. Jesse is about to clobber him, when she realises that it�s time for their plan to go into action, so they go to the main room and announce that Team Rocket will now take possession of everyone�s Pokemon. Everyone then sees a whole bunch of Team Rocket members come out of hiding. One of them demands for Ash�s Pikachu and instead gets a Thundershock, which convinces everyone to fight back.

At the end of the fight all of Team Rocket except Jesse, James and Meowth blast off. The captain of the ship then announces that the St. Anne has sprung a leak and for everyone to get on a lifeboat. Ash is thinking about Butterfree and misses him, so he asks the gentleman if he will trade back his Butterfree. The gentleman says ok and they trade back, but just as Ash is about to get on a lifeboat with everyone else, the ship hits a wave and he drops his Pokeball with Butterfree in it and he starts running after it, followed by his friends.

At the same time on the other side of the ship, James also drops his Pokeball with Magikarp in it and he too (with Jesse and Meowth) start running after it as it rolls away. Ash and James both manage to get back their Pokemon, but get knocked out when the ship hits another wave, capsizes and starts to sink with Team Rocket and the twerps trapped.

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