The New Poke-Amph!

Episode 015: Battle Aboard the S.S. Anne

Still hanging around Vermilion City, Ash and the others find a huge harbor full of cruise ships. As Ash, Brock and Misty imagine themselves on board a cruise they could never afford, two valley girls appear and offer them free tickets aboard the St. Anne, which is holding a Pokemon convention. Ash gladly takes the tickets and the girls run off. As the friends board the ship, the valley girls watch from the bushes, but of course they are Team Rocket! The whole free ticket scheme is just a scam thought up by Rocket boss Giovanni to lure Pokemon trainers out to sea, then steal their Pokemon. Meanwhile, on the St. Anne, Ash finds a Pokemon battle going on, and decides to challenge the winner. The gentleman trainer the fights uses a Raticate, but Ash's Butterfree is more than a match for it. Just as Butterfree is about to win, the Gentleman pulls his Raticate out of the fight and calls it a draw, leaving Ash bitter. As the ship sails, Jessie and James are on board disguised as waiters, and James gets suckered into buying a Magikarp, with its own gold Pokeball. Jessie is irritated that James bought such a worthless Pokemon, but she gets really mad when she finds out that James spend their entire paycheck to pay for it. The Gentleman finds Ash in the dining hall and offers to trade his Raticate for Ash's Butterfree. Ash feels obligated to trade, since the Gentleman seems to enjoy Pokemon so much. Ash trades, but tells Misty he misses Butterfree. As the St. Anne sails further out to sea, Jessie, James and other members of Team Rocket attack the passengers and begin to steal all their Pokemon. Ash leads the other passengers in an attack against Team Rocket, having their Pokemon team up to send all the Rocket members blasting off, except for Jessie, James and Meowth, who sneak away from the fight to try to return the Magikarp. A storm begins to rock the boat, and everyone boards the lifeboats. Ash manages to get Butterfree back, but he accidentally drops the Pokeball and it rolls down the ship, with Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu in hot pursuit. The same fate happens to Team Rocket with Magikarp, and they are still aboard when the ship capsizes and sinks!