The New Poke-Amph!

Episode 020: Bye-Bye Butterfree

Its the season of love for the Butterfree, and Ash wants to make sure his Butterfree finds a mate. He, Pikachu, Misty and Brock fly off in a balloon into a flock of Butterfree and Ash sets his Butterfree out. Butterfree looks around, but cannot find a Butterfree his type... until he spots a pink Butterfree! Butterfree tries to get its attention, but fails when the pink Butterfree slaps him. Butterfree flies off into the woods below. Ash follows it and tries to cheer it up, while Misty gives Butterfree advice and Brock gives Butterfree a new look with a cool scarf. They try again, with Butterfree showing off its special moves, but nothing works. The pink Butterfree is still uninterested. Suddenly, a black helicopter appears out of nowhere and begins to capture the flock of Butterfree in a giant net. It's Team Rocket! They capture all the Butterfree except for Ash's who tries to stop them with Tackle and Stun Spore, but that fails. Team Rocket gets away, with Butterfree hot in pursuit, and Ash and the gang lagging behind, because the balloon is much slower than the chopper. They eventually catch up and find Team Rocket hiding in a building in a canyon. Ash, Brock and Misty burst in and after imitating Team Rocket's motto, start a Pokemon battle, as Butterfree frees the other Butterfrees, including the pink one! The Butterfree fly away, but Team Rocket chases after them again and try to capture them again! It looks like trouble, but Pikachu hops on Butterfree's back and both fly up to the chopper, and Pikachu gives Team Rocket a huge Thundershock, blowing up the chopper and sending Team Rocket plummeting to earth. Butterfree also earns the love of the pink Butterfree! As the sun sets, Ash and Butterfree stand at the end of the ocean, watching the rest of the flock fly out to sea to lay their eggs. Ash says his goodbyes to his Butterfree and tearfully waves goodbye as his Butterfree and its new mate fly out to sea.