Recaps

Heath studied for the theory test at the Viridian City Driving School and found the Pokémon-related road signs and questions bizarre. When a Kadabra offered to teach him a study method, Heath learned it worked well for humans, too.

• Heath puzzled over unusual theory-test questions, including a sign about Flying-type Pokémon carrying cars and one prohibiting Slowpoke from driving.
• Heath realized Psyduck and other Pokémon apparently drove cars, then struggled to stay focused while studying the thick textbook.
• Heath noticed a Kadabra rapidly flipping through its textbook in the classroom.
• Kadabra invited Heath to study with it and shared an effective memorization method.
• Heath mastered Kadabra's method and was surprised that Kadabra considered it ineffective.

Heath taught Kadabra to make quick soy sauce rice suited to its taste, then returned to Viridian City to deliver Mr. Yan Ning’s salt-baked chicken and advance his task. Back at the Dormitory Area, Officer Jenny Aya stopped him with a teasing quiz.

• Heath invited Kadabra to his food truck and agreed to teach it a quick dish.
• Kadabra said it wanted simple food to save time and chose salty, spicy flavors, so Heath made it soy sauce rice with chili oil and lard.
• Kadabra enjoyed the rice, and Heath reminded it not to rely on the dish too often.
• Heath delivered the prepared salt-baked chicken to Mr. Yan Ning, bringing his task progress to 1/100, then drove back to the Dormitory Area.
• Officer Jenny Aya embraced Heath, showed him a picture, and challenged him to answer her question or face a playful punishment.

Heath noticed Officer Jenny Feng was furious after visiting Mr. Adams’s house, but she refused to explain what happened. A radio report said Mr. Adams’s son had recovered his missing Charmander, leaving Heath wondering why Feng was still so angry.

• Heath saw the Officer Jennys eating quietly and realized Officer Jenny Feng was unusually angry.
• Officer Jenny Ling told Heath that Officer Jenny Feng had visited Mr. Adams’s house that afternoon.
• Officer Jenny Feng went to the gym and beat a punching bag, while Arcanine and Zorua could not explain her mood.
• Heath prepared dough in the kitchen while listening to the radio.
• The radio reported that a citizen had returned Mr. Adams’s son’s Charmander and received a reward, leaving Heath puzzled about Officer Jenny Feng’s anger.

Heath learned that Officer Jenny Feng had found no proof of Charmander’s abuse at Adams’s home, so he used Zorua’s illusions to sneak onto the property and investigate. He found Charmander badly injured, but a sullen boy entered before Heath could rescue it.

• Officer Jenny Feng told Heath that Adams had excused the blood and Charmander’s screams by claiming his son was treating the Pokémon, leaving her without evidence.
• Heath asked Zorua whether her illusions could fool surveillance cameras, then planned to investigate Adams’s home.
• Heath and Zorua disguised themselves as Rattata and slipped into Adams’s villa through an open garden door.
• Heath found Charmander covered in severe, scald-like injuries and began recording when Adams’s son entered the room.

Heath investigated Adams's home expecting to record evidence that young Adams was abusing Charmander, but discovered that young Adams wanted Charmander to whip him. Heath left without intervening and returned to the dorm, where a voice asked him for a bath.

• Heath watched young Adams approach Charmander with a whip while Zorua struggled to stay quiet.
• Young Adams begged Charmander to whip him, revealing that Charmander had run away because of its trainer's unusual hobby.
• Heath accidentally spoke aloud, then gave up recording and left Adams's home with Zorua.
• Heath returned to the dorm and considered buying tables and chairs for his food truck while Officer Jenny Feng remained in her room.
• A soft, sweet little girl's voice asked Heath for a bath.

Heath learned about Zorua’s lore while bathing his Pokémon, then discovered that Darkrai had caused his and Farfetch'd’s nightmares and left him a Nightmare Crystal. After deciding what to make for breakfast, Heath drove to the market to buy ingredients for braised crispy beef noodle soup.

• Heath bathed Zorua and Farfetch'd, and Zorua shared that her kind’s ancestors came from a distant continent with a towering mountain and a creator god.
• Heath dreamed of Young Adams and horror figures wearing Young Adams’s face, then woke to find a Nightmare Crystal from Darkrai.
• Heath learned that the crystal caused nightmares that could not be interrupted by waking and put it away for possible future use.
• Farfetch'd asked for a different breakfast because he had also suffered nightmares, and Zorua translated his request.
• Heath chose to make braised crispy beef noodle soup and drove his food truck to the market to buy mint and seasonings.

Heath found a bag of driving-test books and another containing a portable TV and discs in his food truck, then prepared Da Su Beef Noodles for breakfast. After Farfetch'd and Zorua enjoyed the dish, Jigglypuff Momo arrived to buy her usual breakfast, and Heath offered her the new special.

• Heath discovered three driving-test books in his food truck and suspected Sis Ling had left them for him.
• Heath found a portable TV and discs, teased Zorua about their contents, and threw the discs away.
• Heath bought ingredients and prepared Da Su Beef Noodles, with Farfetch'd slicing the beef.
• Farfetch'd and Zorua ate the noodles, and Heath put up a sign announcing them as the day's special.
• Jigglypuff Momo arrived with ten one-yuan coins, and Heath asked if she wanted to try the new breakfast dish.

Heath served Jigglypuff her usual Jianbing Guozi and encouraged her dream of becoming an idol, then received a mysterious microphone as a reward. He later talked with Giovanni about Pallet Town and its local ingredients, leaving Giovanni to consider the question.

• Jigglypuff declined Heath’s new pudding and chose her usual Jianbing Guozi, while Heath asked how her idol career was going.
• Heath encouraged Jigglypuff to keep pursuing her dream, and she left happily after receiving her food.
• Heath received the Sweet Dream Microphone and noticed that his Chef’s Eye Mission had gained another person toward its progress.
• Giovanni ordered Da Su Beef Noodles, told Heath that Lance had found no suspicious cause behind the Chemical Plant accident, and discussed Professor Oak’s strength.
• Heath clarified that he was asking about Pallet Town’s local ingredients, and Giovanni realized he had misunderstood the question.

Heath learned that Pallet Town was known for a rare mushroom, bought tables and chairs for his food truck, and received a beginner Tracking Technique. Meowth and Ekans brought the injured Charmander back to him, and Heath rushed it to the Pokémon Center as its tail flame weakened.

• Giovanni told Heath that Pallet Town had a special mushroom, then encouraged him as he planned to get a driver's license and travel in his food truck.
• Heath served a busy morning crowd, advanced his Chef's Eye quest, and bought four sets of folding tables and chairs.
• Heath discovered that serving Mu Si had earned him a beginner Tracking Technique, which he began studying.
• Meowth and Ekans brought the injured Charmander to Heath after it escaped from young Adams.
• Heath saw that Charmander's tail flame was nearly out and hurried with Farfetch'd and Zorua to the Pokémon Center.

Heath arranged for the injured Charmander to receive treatment and agreed to catch him, while Nurse Joy Xue waived the medical fees. Back at his stall, Heath saw Young Adams drive away with a Bounsweet and then wondered why Mr. Yan Ning seemed so cheerful.

• Nurse Joy Xue told Heath that the Adams family had reported their Charmander dead, and Heath agreed to catch the injured Charmander as a wild Pokémon.
• Nurse Joy Xue waived Charmander’s treatment fees to make up for nearly running into Heath the day before.
• Heath returned to his stall and considered buying a Poké Ball for Charmander while Zorua teased him about his strange smile.
• Heath saw Young Adams leave in Mr. Adams’s sports car with a Bounsweet and speculated about the Pokémon Young Adams might seek.
• Mr. Yan Ning came to Heath’s stall asking for food, and Heath wondered what had put him in such a good mood.

Heath celebrated a customer’s daughter getting into Quartz High School before heading to driving school, where Officer Jenny Aya surprised him with a daring truck drift. He attended a theory lesson and was left puzzling over a road sign depicting a prohibited Dugtrio.

• Mr. Yan Ning told Heath that his daughter had entered Quartz High School, and Heath congratulated him.
• Heath served the lunchtime rush and hoped his trip to driving school would go smoothly.
• A truck drifted to a stop beside Heath, and Officer Jenny Aya stepped out and teased him.
• Heath went to the classroom, studied without Kadabra, and listened to the teacher explain difficult test questions.
• The teacher drew a cartoon Dugtrio beneath a prohibition symbol and asked the class what the sign meant, leaving Heath unsure.

Heath studied for his driver’s license, learning unusual road rules involving Dugtrio and protected Pokémon. After class, he went to the Pokémon Center to adopt the badly injured Charmander, who had awakened after treatment.

• Heath learned that drivers should slow down near Dugtrio because some chased fast vehicles, and that they should honk or use the emergency avoidance button for protected Pokémon on the road.
• Heath received Nurse Joy Xue’s message that Charmander had awakened, then drove to the Pokémon Center with a Poké Ball for the adoption.
• Nurse Joy Xue told Heath that Charmander’s severe injuries had been caused mainly by Scald and explained that Blissey had helped save it.
• Heath collected the adoption documents and went with Nurse Joy Xue to Charmander’s hospital room.
• Heath asked Charmander if it wanted to become his partner.

Heath brought Charmander to the Pokémon Center and agreed to become its new partner, then returned to the dormitory and made hot pot with Officer Jenny Feng. When Feng asked what difficult dish Farfetch'd could learn, Heath named Three-Not-Sticky, triggering a new cooking task for Farfetch'd.

• Heath reassured Charmander that he would not torment it, and Nurse Joy Xue completed the paperwork for Heath to take it home after its injuries healed.
• Heath returned to the dormitory, where Officer Jenny Feng had been on a video call and had red eyes, though he did not ask about them.
• Heath made hot pot for himself and Officer Jenny Feng and talked with her about Farfetch'd learning to cook.
• Officer Jenny Feng asked Heath what the hardest dish to make was, and he named Three-Not-Sticky as a particularly difficult dish.
• The Pokémon Chef task system told Heath to teach Farfetch'd to make Three-Not-Sticky independently for a special reward.

Heath explained Three-Not-Sticky to Officer Jenny Feng and prepared to teach Farfetch'd how to make it. The next morning, he found that Zorua had lost a tooth and seemed to have changed overnight, though he did not understand why she kept tucking in her tail.

• Heath explained that Three-Not-Sticky was a tiring egg dish that did not stick to plates, chopsticks, or teeth, and planned to teach Farfetch'd to cook it the next day.
• Zorua told Heath she had read an erotic Pokémon novel at Asura's place, leaving Heath dreading another nightmare from Darkrai.
• Heath slept soundly through the night and woke to find Zorua curled up on his chest.
• While washing up, Heath found a tooth in the sink and noticed Zorua had lost one, which he guessed meant she was growing up.
• Zorua reacted fearfully when Heath said growing up was good, then tucked in her tail whenever he picked her up as they headed out with Farfetch'd.

Heath reassured Ekans and its companions that Charmander was receiving care at the Pokémon Center and explained why he had not caught the stray Pokémon. Ma Zhide then asked Heath to prepare food for his unwell Charizard, A-Pen, and Heath began planning a suitable meal.

• Heath went to the market, set up his food truck, and watched the light bugs outside.
• Ekans, Meowth, and the Raticate came to ask about Charmander, and Heath told them it was being treated at the Pokémon Center and had become his Pokémon.
• Heath explained to Zorua that he had not caught Ekans and its companions because they did not want to become his Pokémon.
• Ma Zhide arrived and told Heath that A-Pen was unwell and being cared for at the Pokémon Center.
• Heath considered Charizard's weakened condition and decided to prepare a light but nutritious meal.

Heath cooked vegetable and lean pork congee for Ma Zhide to take to the recovering Charizard and learned basic self-defense techniques from the retired League Looker. As morning customers arrived at his food truck, Farfetch'd helped him serve the growing rush.

• Heath prepared vegetable and lean pork congee for Charizard while chatting with Ma Zhide about his life and retired years.
• Heath asked Ma Zhide about combat techniques, and Ma Zhide taught him some basic moves after Heath said he wanted to learn self-defense before traveling.
• Ma Zhide offered to introduce Heath to an old friend for more serious training, but Heath declined because it would require years of dedication.
• Heath handed Ma Zhide the congee for Charizard, and Ma Zhide paid before leaving.
• The morning rush brought customers to Heath's food truck, where Farfetch'd helped make Jianbing Guozi as Heath served more Da Su Beef Noodles.

Heath served Old Wind, a retired Arcanine who worked as a mail carrier, while customers speculated about the Chemical Plant explosion. At the Viridian City Gym, Sabrina reported to Giovanni and then mysteriously caused him stomach pain.

• Heath recognized Old Wind, prepared chicken and vegetable egg fried rice for him, and helped him pay from the pouch around his neck.
• Heath explained to Zorua that Old Wind had asked for work after retiring and now delivered mail for the Post Office.
• Old Wind left with his food, while Heath recalled his reputation as Viridian City's reliable Five-Star Postman and heard rumors about Team Rocket and the Chemical Plant explosion.
• Sabrina visited Giovanni to report official business while he ate breakfast and stroked Persian.
• After the report, Sabrina approached Giovanni, who suddenly felt a wave of stomach pain, and she wondered whether this was how to capture a man's heart.

Sabrina misunderstood Heath’s advice and tried to win Giovanni’s heart by psychically grabbing his stomach, then returned to Heath for more guidance. Heath suggested she make Giovanni noodles when he was unhappy, while he taught Farfetch'd to cook Three-Not-Sticky and began serving lunch.

• Sabrina grabbed and squeezed Giovanni’s stomach with her psychic powers, alarming him and making him explain that the advice about a man’s stomach was not literal.
• Giovanni ordered Sabrina to return to Saffron City after confirming she would not repeat the misunderstanding.
• Sabrina appeared before Heath in Viridian City and asked why Giovanni had not been happy when she grabbed his stomach.
• Heath advised Sabrina to make Giovanni noodles when he was unhappy, and she paid him two hundred League Coins before leaving.
• Heath demonstrated how to make Three-Not-Sticky for Farfetch'd, then served the arriving lunchtime customers.

Officer Jenny Feng hired Heath to prepare lunch for Viridian City Psychiatric Hospital’s annual Psychiatric Care Day, and Heath began planning and shopping for the meal. He also visited his recovering Pokémon and returned home to teach Farfetch'd to make Three-Not-Sticky.

• Officer Jenny Feng asked Heath to prepare lunch for 132 people at Viridian City Psychiatric Hospital and gave him a budget of 50 League Coins per person.
• Heath received a task to satisfy 142 psychiatric patients and decided to prepare dishes with different flavors for the hospital staff to distribute.
• Heath continued studying for his driving test, then visited Charmander at the Pokémon Center and learned Charmander might be ready to leave the next day.
• Heath went to the market with Farfetch'd, bought ingredients for the hospital meal, and taught Farfetch'd to practice making Three-Not-Sticky.

Heath prepared black pork for the next day’s Sichuan twice-cooked pork while making Farfetch'd practice Three-Not-Sticky, then delivered lunch to a psychiatric hospital and received a lottery ticket for completing the mission. The Chef's Eye mission remained incomplete.

• Farfetch'd struggled to toss Three-Not-Sticky in a wok, and Heath stopped his failed second batch and sent him to rest.
• Heath sliced black pork and marinated it in sauce as preparation for the next day’s lunch.
• The next morning, Heath took Farfetch'd and Zorua to his food truck and prepared lunch for 132 people while serving customers.
• Four psychiatric hospital orderlies arrived to collect the meals, and Heath continued serving customers while waiting for the mission result.
• Heath received one Special Lottery Ticket after 93 customers expressed satisfaction, but the Chef's Eye mission was still incomplete.

Heath used a Special Lottery Ticket and received a single-use Joker's Makeup Kit, then served Giovanni, who asked him about Legendary Pokémon. After the lunch rush, Heath studied for his driving test, while Zorua tried to persuade him to buy books.

• Heath used a Special Lottery Ticket and obtained Joker's Makeup Kit, which he stored away after learning about its effects.
• Giovanni visited Heath's food truck, ordered Egg Fried Rice, and asked what Heath thought of Legendary Pokémon.
• Heath speculated that Giovanni's interest might be connected to Celebi or Team Rocket's discovery of Mew's genes.
• After lunch, Heath drove to the Driving School to study for Subject One.
• Zorua asked Heath to take it to a bookstore to buy books, then threatened to ask Sister Feng about his morning erections when he refused.

Heath spotted Ho-Oh while driving and used his Ingredient Identifier to inspect the Legendary Pokémon. Ho-Oh blocked the road with rocks, leaving Heath to call Officer Jenny Aya for help and wonder whether divine Pokémon could detect the device.

• Zorua persuaded Heath to spend up to a hundred League Coins on books while Farfetch'd trained with a pan.
• Heath saw Ho-Oh flying by and used his Ingredient Identifier to learn about its meat and cooking recommendations.
• Heath's food truck stopped at an obstacle, and he discovered huge rocks blocking the road.
• Ho-Oh dropped another rock onto the road and flew away, leading Heath to suspect it had retaliated against the Ingredient Identifier.
• Heath called Officer Jenny Aya to report the rocks, and she agreed to send help.
• Heath decided to be more careful with the Ingredient Identifier and hoped to upgrade it so he could examine divine Pokémon again.

Heath fed Machoke and Machamp who helped clear rocks from the road, and witnessed one Machoke evolve after pushing its limits. He then continued toward the Driving School, having received protein powder from serving the Pokémon.

• Officer Jenny Aya arrived and said she had called Machoke and Machamp from the Driving School to move the rocks blocking the road.
• Heath prepared fitness meals with chicken breast and salad for the Pokémon who had helped.
• Heath learned that the Machoke were taking turns lifting a boulder as a way to challenge themselves and evolve.
• One Machoke surpassed its limits, evolved into Machamp, and shattered the boulder with a punch.
• Officer Jenny Aya delivered meals to fifteen Machoke and three Machamp, and Heath received twenty-one cans of protein powder as a reward.
• Heath put the protein powder away and drove toward the Driving School to continue studying Subject One.

Heath took Zorua to Snowflake Bookstore, where Zorua spent their full hundred League Coins on risqué Pokémon romance books. Back at the food truck, Heath served Zorua a drink and prepared to pick up Charmander.

• Heath brought Zorua to Snowflake Bookstore after Zorua spent the afternoon pestering him to go.
• Heath discovered that a bell teleported visitors between the bookstore’s floors and took Zorua to the fiction section.
• Zorua chose four books, including “My Female Machamp Is Just Too Cute,” and spent exactly one hundred League Coins.
• Heath used the bookstore’s automatic checkout machine and cover paper to buy the books discreetly.
• Heath poured Zorua a cola while Zorua read in the food truck’s break room, then planned to pick up Charmander.

Heath brought Charmander home from the Pokémon Center and welcomed it to his team over dinner. As Charmander focused on Farfetch'd’s legs, it spat a small flame and set Farfetch'd’s foot feathers alight.

• Nurse Joy Xue told Heath that Charmander was recovering well but reacted strongly to whips and candles, then approved its discharge with instructions to limit exercise.
• Heath found Charmander practicing with an orange, gained its trust, and took it home in a Poké Ball.
• Heath prepared a barbecue dinner to welcome Charmander, while Zorua joked that it was another sucker joining the team.
• Charmander eagerly ate Farfetch'd’s roast duck as Heath questioned Farfetch'd about neglecting its Three-Not-Sticky practice.
• Charmander stared at Farfetch'd’s legs, spat a small flame, and set a tuft of feathers on Farfetch'd’s foot alight.