Recaps

Gary spent Princess Festival with Lorelei, Ash, Brock, and Misty, and Lorelei won the festival tournament. She revealed that she had entered to win the doll set and trade it for Kanto figures for Gary, then told him that he was her best present.

• Gary and Lorelei ran into Ash, Brock, and Misty while shopping, and Lorelei invited them to join her.
• Ash told Gary that his Charmander had evolved into Charizard, while Gary teased him about Charizard not obeying and bragged about catching Venusaur.
• Lorelei bought several gowns, then joined Misty and Jessie as a contestant in the Princess Festival tournament.
• Lorelei swept the competition with one Pokémon and won the doll display set, while Misty's Pokémon were defeated.
• Gary went backstage to help Lorelei with the prize, and she explained that she planned to trade it for Kanto figures for him.
• Lorelei hugged Gary and told him that he was her best present and that the festival had been her happiest.

Gary reunited with Sento, agreed to take the Pokémon League Appraisal Exam with her, and registered at the appraisal center. He left the counter after refusing to hand over his Pokémon Balls, while the instructor gave him a suspicious look.

• After Lorelei left for Kanto to help respond to Team Rocket activity, Gary planned his trip to Cinnabar Island and considered asking Giovanni for a Badge.
• Sento told Gary that her journey had been difficult and that she wanted to qualify for the Indigo Plateau Conference through the Pokémon League Appraisal Exam.
• Gary agreed to accompany Sento to the appraisal center and take the exam himself.
• At the center, Gary registered for the exam and received number 25 after an instructor accidentally gave him a dating-site membership form.
• When the instructor asked him to hand over his Pokémon Balls, Gary refused, citing his approved exemption, and left with Eevee as the instructor watched him sharply.

Gary took the Pokémon Trainer qualification exam and topped the written test before beginning the practical battle assessment. He defeated Archer’s first two Pokémon with Ground-type tactics, while Archer grew increasingly convinced that Gary had inherited Giovanni’s teachings.

• Ariana and Archer discussed their plan to observe Gary, and Archer disguised himself as an instructor to face him in the practical exam.
• Gary scored 99 points and placed first in the written exam, while Sento placed tenth and left to return to school.
• Ariana alerted Archer that Gary was heading to the practical assessment, where Archer prepared to challenge him in disguise.
• Gary used Graveler to defeat Archer’s Golbat with Stealth Rock and Earthquake, despite Graveler being poisoned.
• Gary sent out Nidoking and defeated Archer’s Weezing with a surprise Rock attack followed by Earth Power.

Gary obtained a badge at the Appraisal Center, then returned to stop Team Rocket members Archer and Ariana from attacking its director. He helped drive them off and headed toward the harbor, where a blue-haired stranger called him “young master.”

• Gary received his badge after his assessment and left the Appraisal Center on Arcanine with Togepi's egg.
• Archer and Ariana attacked the Appraisal Center, and Lei Dian's Pokémon were overwhelmed as the examinees fled.
• Gary returned with his Pokémon and faced Archer and Ariana, who retreated on Fearow after he claimed to know the Elite Four.
• Lei Dian offered to arrange a commendation, but Gary left and flew toward the harbor on Charizard.
• A blue-haired stranger emerged from the bushes and called Gary “young master.”

Gary agreed to visit Giovanni at the Viridian Gym, then accidentally sent a group text inviting his ex-girlfriends and acquaintances to the hot springs. After Togepi hatched aboard the ferry, Gary arrived on Cinnabar Island and left Gengar to babysit while he went shopping.

• Ariana invited Gary to visit the Viridian Gym, and he exchanged phone numbers with her and Archer.
• Gary accidentally sent a group text about the hot springs, prompting replies from several women, including Lorelei, who said she would arrive the next day.
• Ariana messaged Gary that he could stay at Team Rocket's resort hotel using Giovanni's Badge, but he boarded the ferry and spent the night without sleep.
• Togepi hatched aboard the ferry, and Gary kissed both Togepi and a jealous Eevee before disembarking on Cinnabar Island.
• Gary checked into the resort hotel, chose Gengar to look after Togepi, and went out to buy cords for Togepi's eggshell fragments.

After Togepi accidentally destroyed their hotel room with Metronome, Gary paid for the damage with Lance’s forgotten credit card. Agatha told Lorelei about her past with Professor Oak, while Sabrina and Erika prepared to visit Gary at the hot springs, leaving Gary puzzled by a sudden shudder.

• Togepi accidentally rolled Explosion with Metronome, wrecking Gary’s hotel room, and Gary used Lance’s card to pay for the damage.
• Lance saw the 50,000 charge and was slapped by Dragonite, who suspected he was spending money on another dragon.
• Agatha told Lorelei how she had fallen for Samuel Oak, confessed her regret over their distant relationship, and set off for Pallet Town.
• Sabrina left for the hot springs after her father eagerly offered to watch the Gym, and Erika agonized over which swimsuit to bring.
• Gary made eggshell necklaces while Eevee rested in his arms and Gengar watched over Togepi, then wondered why he had suddenly shuddered.

Gary spent the morning entertaining Eevee and Gengar before meeting Lorelei, Erika, and Sabrina in Cinnabar Island’s hot spring town. He then encountered Blaine at a secluded mountain spring and hurried off to meet him, leaving the three women to bathe there.

• Gary played “Falling Snow” on a plaza piano, drawing applause and moving Gengar to tears.
• Lorelei, Erika, and Sabrina reunited with Gary, and he booked them hotel suites before they discussed their plans.
• Gary went to the secluded mountain hot spring with Eevee and Togepi while Lorelei secretly learned it was a mixed bath.
• Blaine revealed his disguise and invited Gary to meet him at the Big Riddle Inn for a Gym Challenge.
• Gary left the spring for the inn, while Lorelei, Erika, and Sabrina arrived and decided to bathe there.

Gary challenged Blaine at the Cinnabar Gym and defeated his Ninetales with Golduck. Blaine sent out Arcanine, and the battle between the two Pokémon began in a clash of Fire Blast and Hydro Pump.

• Blaine tested Gary with a riddle, then led him through a secret passage to the underground Cinnabar Gym battlefield.
• Gary had Eevee stand aside, and she licked her Evolution Core and changed into Flareon.
• Blaine opened the three-on-three battle with Ninetales, while Gary chose Golduck.
• Golduck used Psychic to stop Ninetales's Fire Spin, then struck it with Power Gem and defeated it with Water Pulse.
• Blaine sent out his powerful Arcanine, and Gary encouraged Golduck to fight as the Pokémon clashed with Fire Blast and Hydro Pump.

Gary and Blaine continued their Cinnabar Gym battle, with Golduck defeating Arcanine before Magmortar overwhelmed Electivire. The match was left with Charizard grabbing Magmortar in the lava.

• Gary's Golduck used Role Play to copy Arcanine's Flash Fire, then Surfed into a clash that knocked both Pokémon out.
• Blaine sent out Magmortar, his self-made powerhouse, and Gary chose Electivire to face it.
• Electivire paralyzed Magmortar and struck it with Thunderbolt, then used Gary's Thunderous Kick to send it into the lava.
• Magmortar erupted from the lava with a powerful fire attack and defeated Electivire.
• Gary sent out Charizard, who drank water of life and plunged into the lava before grabbing Magmortar by the neck.

Gary defeated Blaine at the Cinnabar Gym and earned his seventh Badge, but Blaine’s destroyed fossil revival machine left him unable to revive the Mysterious Amber. After relaxing at a hot spring, Gary shared a seafood feast and fireworks with Lorelei, Sabrina, Erika, and Ash’s group, then fell asleep amid the festivities.

• Gary’s Charizard defeated Blaine’s Magmortar with a chaotic Seismic Toss and a barrage of Dragon Claw slaps, earning Gary the Cinnabar Badge.
• Gary learned that Blaine had destroyed the fossil revival machine while trying to cultivate Entei hair, so he could not use it to revive his Mysterious Amber.
• Gary soaked with his Pokémon at a secluded hot spring, then headed back to the hotel for a seafood feast.
• Lorelei, Sabrina, and Erika questioned Gary about his trip, and he admitted that he had battled Blaine before playing music as fireworks filled the sky.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock joined the feast, and Gary eventually fell asleep with his head on Lorelei’s lap.

Gary woke after a drunken night with Lorelei, Erika, and Sabrina, then learned Giovanni wanted him to go to New Island for research that had reached a critical stage. Hoping to find a rideable Water-type, Gary followed a Squirtle to Kamehameha Island and challenged its Blastoise.

• Gary remembered drinking and playing games with Lorelei, Erika, and Sabrina, then hurried out while they got dressed and prepared to leave.
• Sabrina teased Gary about his truth-or-dare debt, and Lorelei also flustered him before the women departed by ferry.
• Archer told Gary that Giovanni had summoned him to Viridian City because New Island's research had reached a critical stage.
• Gary spotted a Squirtle carrying cookies and followed it by sampan, with Golduck swimming behind the Pokémon.
• Gary reached Kamehameha Island, saw its Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise residents, and challenged Blastoise to fight.

Gary discovered that the ostracized Squirtle was exceptionally strong and befriended it before catching it in a battle. Afterward, Gary had Electivire defeat Blastoise again and left the island with his Pokémon.

• Gary watched Squirtle lift Blastoise’s shell and found the lonely Squirtle eating biscuits by itself.
• Gary learned that Squirtle’s unusual strength had caused the colony to shun it, and Eevee and Venusaur welcomed it.
• Gary challenged Squirtle, whose Drain Punch briefly knocked Electivire back before Electivire used Thunderous Kick to launch it into the woods.
• Gary caught Squirtle with a Poké Ball after seeing it get back up, then had Electivire paralyze Blastoise once more.
• Gary boarded the skiff and left the island with his Pokémon.

Gary returned to Viridian City, received the Viridian Gym Badge from Giovanni, and discussed Giovanni’s plans to reform Team Rocket. The chapter ended with Officer Gintoki preparing to join a raid on the Viridian Gym and insisting that he would arrest Giovanni himself.

• Archer met Gary at the Viridian City docks and escorted him on foot to the Viridian Gym.
• Giovanni gave Gary a green Badge and asked whether he should call him Blue or Gary Oak.
• Gary declined Giovanni’s offer to join Team Rocket because he would not accept Pokémon poaching, and suggested making the organization legitimate.
• Giovanni considered Gary’s advice and asked him again to join Team Rocket, but Gary joked about being asked to inherit the organization.
• At International Police headquarters on Mt. Silver, Looker questioned Officer Gintoki about whether he could arrest Giovanni.
• Gintoki vowed to arrest Giovanni, and Looker ordered him to prepare to deploy with the riot police unit.

Giovanni gave Gary a Tyranitar and showed him Mewtwo, whom Gary befriended through a psychic conversation. Giovanni then made Gary Team Rocket’s fifth general, codename Viridian Blue, and granted him high-level access to the base.

• Giovanni brought Gary to a warehouse and offered him a choice of Pokémon, but Gary passed on the young starters and chose Tyranitar.
• Giovanni took Gary to Team Rocket’s secret chamber, where Gary spoke with Mewtwo and urged it to wait until it was ready to choose its own path.
• Giovanni named Gary Team Rocket’s fifth general, codename Viridian Blue, and ordered Matori to grant him executive permissions second only to his own.
• Giovanni left by helicopter with Mechanical Mewtwo, while Gary asked Matori to send Pokémon to training and find two members who could perform girl-group dances.

Gary trained his Pokémon and taught Team Rocket trainees dirty tactics during his stay at Viridian Gym. Giovanni then tested Gary’s Ground-type skills in battle, and Gary proved he had mastered the techniques Giovanni taught him.

• Gary’s Ground-type Pokémon progressed through training, while Gligar evolved into Gliscor and several other Pokémon improved in the Gym’s training rooms.
• Gary taught Team Rocket trainees the Minimize and Substitute-Protect-Toxic strategies, frustrating Instructor Viper and making the training camp’s atmosphere increasingly chaotic.
• Giovanni summoned Gary to the battlefield and brought Mewtwo to watch their meeting before challenging Gary’s Nidoking with Rhydon.
• Gary and Nidoking countered Rhydon’s attacks with tactics including Dig and Earth Power, earning Giovanni’s praise for mastering his training.
• Gary prepared Nidoqueen for the next battle as Giovanni reflected that he had taught Gary all he could.

Gary spent a relaxed day at Professor Oak’s home in Pallet Town, making Pokéblocks and reconnecting with his Pokémon before arranging a battle between Scizor and the unruly Tyranitar. The chapter ended with Tyranitar facing Scizor in a contest that would decide whether Tyranitar had to settle down and train.

• Gary made breakfast and Pokéblocks for his Pokémon while Professor Oak checked on Togepi.
• Gary agreed to visit Dratini and bring his Pokémon together in the yard, and Professor Oak told him Tyranitar was sulking after losing to Dragonite.
• Gary reunited with Arcanine and Scizor, then promised Scizor Pokéblocks if it won a battle.
• Gary confronted Tyranitar and challenged it to beat Scizor to earn the freedom to keep doing as it pleased.
• Tyranitar accepted the challenge, then noticed Scizor eyeing it hungrily.

Gary and his Pokémon prepared a barbecue and movie party, but Agatha and Lorelei’s unexpected visit turned the evening into a gathering with Professor Oak as well. After watching a tragic romance, Gary promised Lorelei he would fight for the person he loved, and the group began the barbecue.

• Gary and his Pokémon set up the grill, screen, and projector while he went shopping with Eevee and Rhydon helped carry the ingredients and gifts from townspeople.
• Gary returned to find Agatha and Lorelei visiting Professor Oak, and he had Eevee ask Gengar to prepare the guest rooms.
• Agatha gave Gengar a training notebook, while Professor Oak started a Kalos romance movie for the group in the courtyard.
• After the film ended sadly, Gary told Lorelei he would stop the wedding and take the person he loved away; Lorelei said she would help him.
• Gary announced the barbecue, and Professor Oak agreed with Agatha that Gary was better than him.

Gary and Professor Oak learn that Mewtwo has destroyed the Viridian Gym, leaving Giovanni and Team Rocket’s personnel missing. As New Year’s Eve approaches, Lorelei returns to Pallet Town and joins Gary’s household in preparing dumplings and yuanxiao.

• Gary and Agatha play cards with Professor Oak, then Gary wonders why Agatha and Lorelei left early and suspects they are heading to the Viridian Gym.
• An explosion destroys the Viridian Gym, and Mewtwo flies away; Giovanni leaves for his beach villa after ordering Jessie, James, and Meowth to work under Executive Blue.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to capture Ash’s Pikachu as a gift for Executive Blue, while Lorelei tells Looker that the police will find no one at the ruined Gym.
• Agatha stays in Viridian City to serve temporarily as Gym Trainer, while Lorelei buys New Year supplies and decides to return to Pallet Town.
• Ash returns home with Misty and Brock, while Gary decorates Professor Oak’s Laboratory for the New Year.
• Lorelei arrives at the laboratory, and she and Gary begin preparing yuanxiao after Professor Oak suggests making both yuanxiao and dumplings.

Gary planned a trip to the Sevii Islands with Lorelei to search for an Ice-type Evolution Core for Eevee. Before leaving, he met Jessie, James, and Meowth, who mistakenly planned to steal Pokémon from his family's laboratory, and sent them off to raise money for Team Rocket.

• Gary accidentally made poisonous Pokéblocks, and Scizor needed a Pecha Berry after eating one.
• Lorelei suggested visiting Ice Island in the Sevii Islands to look for an Ice-type Evolution Core, and Gary agreed to meet her at the port at dusk.
• Gary learned Ash was visiting Professor Oak's Laboratory and decided to see him before departing.
• Gary's Team Rocket executive badge alerted him to an approaching subordinate, so he rode Arcanine southeast and found Jessie, James, and Meowth behind the laboratory.
• Gary revealed that he was an Oak and scolded the trio for planning to steal his family's Pokémon.
• Gary ordered Jessie, James, and Meowth to raise funds for Team Rocket, and they left determined to work hard.

Gary visited Professor Oak, learned that he and Ash were Pallet Town’s only Indigo League qualifiers, then traveled with Lorelei to Four Island to train at Icefall Cave and seek an Ice-type Evolution Core. At Lorelei’s villa, he confronted Drake, who had brought her roses and demanded a battle for her affection.

• Gary teased Ash at Professor Oak’s laboratory, and Oak returned Ash’s Pokédex after praising the data he had collected.
• Gary told Ash that the Indigo League would begin at Indigo Plateau in about a month and urged him to train before the tournament.
• Gary left for the Sevii Islands with his Pokémon and met Lorelei at Viridian City’s harbor before traveling with her to Four Island.
• Lorelei explained that Four Island was a subtropical home for native residents and recommended Icefall Cave as a place for Gary to train and search for an Ice-type Evolution Core.
• Drake presented Lorelei with 999 roses and challenged Gary to battle for her, but Gary criticized his approach and led Lorelei into her villa.

Gary visited Lorelei's villa, cooked seafood bisque ramen, and fed her Pokémon and Drake before agreeing to battle him later. Then Gary and Lorelei set out for Icefall Cave to search for what he needed, where an ice-blue divine bird awoke deep inside.

• Gary won over Dragon-Slaying Clam and Dewgong by sending Squirtle to share his Pokéblocks.
• Gary cooked seafood bisque ramen and pineapple juice, and he and Lorelei shared lunch with their Pokémon.
• Gary gave Drake a bowl of ramen, promised to battle him in the Orange League, and offered advice on pursuing Lorelei.
• Lorelei gave Gary a warm jacket and explained that the item he sought was likely inside Icefall Cave.
• Gary and Lorelei rode Lapras to the cave and entered, where an ice-blue divine bird opened its eyes.

Gary and Lorelei retrieved an Ice Core from an ice cave, where Articuno attacked after sensing Lugia’s Silver Wing. Gary sent Lorelei away and defeated Articuno with Charizard, earning the God Eater title.

• Gary had Rhydon, Nidoking, and Nidoqueen shatter the Ice Rock and recovered an Ice Core.
• Articuno appeared and attacked after sensing Lugia’s Silver Wing, mistaking it for an intrusion into her territory.
• Gary shielded Lorelei, learned Articuno wanted to challenge Lugia’s favored Trainer, and persuaded Lorelei to leave the cave.
• Gary accepted the battle quest and used a Peak Power Trial Card to boost Charizard before facing Articuno.
• Charizard defeated Articuno with Flare Blitz and Seismic Toss, and Gary earned the God Eater title.

Gary stayed at Uncle Giovanni’s villa in Binu after Lorelei was called away before their relationship could progress, and relaxed instead of training. When Jessie, James, and Meowth arrived planning to rob Professor Nishinomori, Gary gave them money and sent them to earn a living selling fried noodles, leaving Giovanni reflecting on Team Rocket’s original purpose.

• After Gary returned from facing Articuno, Lorelei embraced him, but a call about Lance appearing on Mt. Silver forced her to leave and gave Gary her house key.
• Gary left Lorelei’s home, traveled to Binu, and moved into Uncle Giovanni’s villa after showing his Badge.
• Gary and Giovanni lounged in the sun, and Giovanni asked Matori to let Jessie, James, and Meowth into the villa.
• Jessie told Gary and Giovanni that the trio planned to rob Professor Nishinomori, but Gary ordered them to sell fried noodles instead.
• Gary gave James money so the trio could eat, and Giovanni remembered that he had founded Team Rocket to help children from poor families.

Gary met Reggie, Paul's older brother, at Team Rocket's fried-noodle stall and offered to travel with him to the Battle Factory. Reggie accepted Gary's offer of food in exchange for a six-on-six battle, and they set off for the Battle Factory the next morning.

• Team Rocket ran a fried-noodle stall where Gary praised their cooking and shared food with little Eevee.
• Gary met Reggie, who explained that he had lost his wallet and planned to challenge the Battle Frontier after years of unsuccessful League tournaments.
• Gary offered to cover Reggie's food while they traveled together in exchange for a six-on-six battle, and Reggie agreed.
• Reggie camped on the beach, and Gary slept beside him while little Eevee watched from their Poké Ball.
• Gary and Reggie set off toward the Battle Factory in the mountains across from Cerulean City.

Steven Stone arranged Devon Corporation’s support for producing Gary Oak’s Rotom Phone, and Gary agreed to a patent deal that gave him company shares and sales royalties. The two planned to meet at Indigo Plateau in half a month, while Reggie was stunned by Gary’s sudden fortune.

• Steven showed President Stone the Rotom Phone, and President Stone sent him to Kanto to negotiate exclusive regional distribution rights with Gary.
• Gary learned that Devon Corporation had acquired the communications company he invested in and showed Reggie the first batch of Rotom Phones.
• Gary received a message from Steven and accepted a deal granting him a fifteen-percent stake in Overgrow Communications Group and a half-percent royalty on each phone sold.
• Gary and Steven arranged to meet at Indigo Plateau in half a month, and Gary told Reggie he had accidentally made a hundred million.