Recaps

Heath accompanied Zoroark to an unidentified Pokémon gaming contact and stopped at a busy market stall selling Combusken meat. After learning about edible Pokémon breeds and joining the queue to try Combusken, Heath noticed the stall also offered premium chicken legs for ten thousand League Coins each.

• Zoroark asked Heath to accompany her to meet an unknown contact, and he agreed to help keep her safe.
• Heath bought chicken and spotted a long queue at a market stall selling Combusken thigh meat.
• Heath recalled that edible Pokémon were selectively bred for food and had diminished abilities and intelligence, while poaching unaltered Pokémon remained a serious crime.
• Heath joined the queue to try the popular Combusken, then reached the stall with Zoroark.
• Heath saw that Combusken legs cost twelve hundred League Coins per kilogram and asked about premium chicken legs priced at ten thousand each.

Heath bought regular Combusken leg meat and two premium legs, then steamed one to learn its flavor. The leg emerged golden and aromatic like roast chicken, and Heath discovered its juicy meat had a fiery taste.

• Heath noticed Combusken legs came in regular and premium grades and bought leg meat along with two premium legs.
• Heath chose to steam a Combusken leg to taste its natural flavor before deciding how to cook the rest.
• As the leg steamed, its scent changed from a faint aroma to the enticing smell of roast chicken.
• Heath opened the steamer and found the leg browned golden, drawing Zoroark, Charizard, Mew, and May to the food.
• Heath tasted a portion and found it juicy, with the flavor of roast chicken and a fiery sensation.

Heath decided to add the delicious but expensive Combusken leg to his menu without promoting it as a featured dish or hiding its price. After May finished eating, he reminded her to keep practicing wok tossing, then parked the food truck and messaged Sister Feng and Cynthia while reflecting on loss and his family.

• Heath considered the high cost of Combusken legs and decided to offer them on the menu without making them a featured dish.
• Heath thought about people who struggled to afford food and rejected restaurants that tricked customers into paying more than expected.
• May finished her Combusken leg, and Heath reminded her to practice tossing the wok as she grew stronger.
• Heath parked the food truck, messaged Sister Feng and Cynthia, and reflected on the eventual loss of his family.

Heath learned from Looker that a severe blizzard had struck Mt. Coronet and that Cynthia had gone to rescue stranded mountaineering parties. As they discussed the reckless climbers and the likely rescue costs, Heath invited Looker to eat.

• Heath noticed that other Fuchsia City restaurants had begun inviting Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny to inspect them, ending his business’s advantage.
• Looker showed Heath a newspaper report about a major natural disaster on Mt. Coronet and Cynthia’s response.
• Heath and Looker discussed how three mountaineering parties had entered the closed mountain and become trapped in the blizzard.
• Looker said the climbers would be charged for the rescue and mentioned that the League had once awarded a Champion 120 million League Coins for a rescue.
• Heath asked Looker if he wanted something to eat.

Heath prepared Looker’s requested breakfast after learning he wanted savory, meat-filled matuan. The food truck then got busy, while Heath checked in with Cynthia about the blizzard near Mt. Coronet.

• Looker asked Heath for a breakfast recommendation and agreed to soy milk, youtiao, and rice porridge.
• Looker showed Heath a picture of matuan and explained that he wanted it filled with salty meat.
• Heath made savory matuan stuffed with chicken, and it expanded successfully when fried.
• Heath served the matuan to Looker, then set aside a chance to chat when other customers arrived.
• Heath texted Cynthia to ask how she was doing amid the blizzard near Mt. Coronet.

Cynthia entered the blizzard on Mt. Coronet to rescue twelve stranded climbers and discovered that the storm weakened inside the mountain. At the summit, Dialga and Kyurem realized Cynthia was approaching and discussed ending the blizzard.

• Cynthia learned that twelve climbers were trapped on Mt. Coronet as temperatures fell, so she entered the blizzard on foot to rescue them.
• Cynthia found that the storm became much weaker inside the mountain and suspected a Pokémon had created it.
• At the summit, Dialga and Kyurem ate hot pot and discussed a human who had taken Dialga's cookware.
• Kyurem sensed Cynthia's aura and recognized her as blessed by Arceus.
• Dialga also sensed Cynthia approaching and suggested that Kyurem call off the blizzard.

Heath moved his food truck to a typhoon shelter as Super Typhoon Sarin approached Fuchsia City, then realized he could keep serving food during the storm. At the shelter, the chairman of Starshine Technology Company introduced himself to Heath.

• Heath received a warning that a powerful typhoon would make landfall in Fuchsia City and worried about his food truck and unfinished quest.
• Officer Jenny Dong showed Heath a video of a super typhoon uprooting a thick tree and escorted him to a designated shelter.
• Heath parked his food truck on the shelter’s third floor and realized its stored supplies and independent utilities would let him serve customers during the storm.
• Heath saw people sheltering as rain and strong winds began, then met the chairman of Starshine Technology Company, who introduced himself.

Heath uncovered a scammer who claimed to represent Starlight Company and offered him a supposedly advanced air purifier. After Officer Jenny arrested the man, Heath returned to his food truck to wait out the approaching typhoon.

• Heath recognized Starlight Company as a major competitor to Silph Co. and listened as a man claimed to be promoting the company’s new air purifier.
• Heath grew suspicious of the man’s technical sales pitch and had Zoroark check who chaired Starlight Company.
• Heath sent Kirlia to contact Officer Jenny and pretended to accept the purifier as a free gift.
• Officer Jenny arrested the man and confirmed that he was a scammer who had rented the luxury car he used to appear wealthy.
• Heath handed the purifier over for inspection and returned to his food truck to wait for the typhoon with Zoroark and the others.

As the Sarin Typhoon threatened Fuchsia City, Heath cooked and sold heartwarming chicken curry to people sheltering with him. His food comforted Xiaozhi and helped ease the tension between the boy and his father.

• Shelter residents worried about their homes and possessions as the approaching typhoon brought torrential rain and threatened to grow stronger.
• Heath served May milk and agreed to make three servings of chicken cutlet curry rice for a hungry father and his family.
• Heath prepared a large pot of chicken curry with his emotion-imbuing ability and fed his Pokémon before setting up a table in the shelter.
• People bought Heath's chicken curry for sixteen League Coins, with Xiaozhi's father among the first in line.
• Xiaozhi enjoyed the curry, told his father it was good, and showed a small smile, easing their strained relationship.
• Xiaozhi's father offered him his own unopened serving and said he was not hungry.

Heath and the shelter residents endured the first day of Typhoon Shalin as violent winds battered Fuchsia City. The shelter remained gloomy into the evening, with everyone waiting anxiously for the storm to pass.

• Heath's curry chicken sold out the night before the typhoon, and he slept while Zoroark and the others stayed up playing a game.
• Heath woke early to Shalin's howling winds and saw debris, including shoes, flying past the shelter's windows.
• Heath brought May and his Pokémon downstairs, where residents watched the storm and a man mourned the danger to his basement home.
• The League handed out boxed meals, but Heath did not open for business because the residents had no appetite and only worried about their homes.
• May told Heath the atmosphere felt oppressive as the shelter lost internet access, and the gloom continued through the evening while the typhoon raged.

As the typhoon kept people trapped and anxious, Heath used Mew’s reputation as a good-luck mascot to lift their spirits. After the storm passed, Heath reopened his food truck and served Officer Jenny Lan hot chicken soup rice.

• Heath heard that the typhoon was beginning to dissipate, easing the tension in the shelter.
• Heath asked Mew to appear in the shelter, and its brief visit cheered the people who saw it.
• The next day, Officer Jenny let the shelter residents leave after the typhoon subsided, and Heath drove his food truck out after everyone else.
• Heath reopened for business and began preparing chicken soup rice for Officer Jenny Lan, who had been busy all night.

Heath heard Officer Jenny Lan describe a girl who could not tolerate light, then found May terrified by what she mistook for a cockroach. May explained that a huge cockroach had once crawled up her hand, and Heath reassured her that pests could not enter his food truck.

• Officer Jenny Lan told Heath that a girl had nearly been killed when an Ampharos flashlight shone on her during typhoon rescue work.
• Heath served Officer Jenny Lan Chicken Soup Rice, and she stopped telling her story to eat.
• Heath found two hairs beneath a cabinet, and May admitted she had feared they were cockroach antennae.
• May told Heath that she had once tugged what she thought was a hair in her bedside cabinet, only for a huge cockroach to crawl onto her hand.
• Heath reassured May that cockroaches could not enter the food truck because its kitchen barrier kept pests out.

Heath took May to the hospital after she suddenly fainted and learned she had a tick-borne disease. He paid for her ICU observation and waited while Nurse Joy treated her.

• Heath called Mr. Norman to tell him that May had a fever and was in the hospital, and Norman said he and his wife would fly over overnight.
• Nurse Joy asked Heath about his relationship to May and explained that a tick on May’s calf had revealed the cause of her illness.
• Nurse Joy said May had received antibiotics and needed one or two days of ICU observation in case she developed marine dengue fever.
• Heath paid May’s hospital bill and waited outside the ICU while Nurse Joy and Blissey cared for her.

Norman and Mitsuko arrived at the Fuchsia City hospital after May was bitten by a tick, and Nurse Joy kept May under observation despite her apparent recovery. As her parents waited, they learned that May was doing well in her studies and Mitsuko confirmed that May had chosen to continue traveling with Heath.

• Norman and Mitsuko arrived at the hospital, and Heath explained May’s tick-borne illness to them.
• Norman and Mitsuko visited May, who appeared alert and cheerful, but Nurse Joy said she needed to remain in the ICU for observation.
• Norman agreed that May should stay in the hospital, easing Nurse Joy’s concerns.
• Norman remarked on the danger posed by Fuchsia City’s powerful typhoon, and Heath described the destruction he had witnessed.
• Mitsuko asked how May was doing in her studies, and Heath praised May’s diligence and hard work.
• Heath asked whether May should return home, but Mitsuko said May had chosen to travel with him and should be allowed to follow through.

After May was hospitalized with marine dengue fever, Heath returned to the Food Truck and prepared to finish his Fuchsia City mission before heading to Celadon City. He also learned that Farfetch'd's cooking competition was about to resume, then opened for business.

• May developed a fever from marine dengue fever, received prompt treatment in the ICU, and stayed in the hospital to recover while Heath agreed she could return to training later.
• Heath returned to the Food Truck and found that his Kanto city achievements remained incomplete in Fuchsia City and Celadon City.
• Heath put dry pot Poison Dart Frog on the menu, limiting it to two servings because the ingredient was expensive.
• Zoroark and the other Pokémon worried about May, and Heath reassured them that she was recovering and needed quiet rest.
• Heath received the schedule for Farfetch'd's cooking competition semifinals and finals and planned to attend after finishing his business in Fuchsia City.
• Heath hung up the day's menu, opened the Food Truck, and greeted an unfamiliar customer.

Heath sold both poison dart frogs to Morphy Morgan and received a glittering gold necklace and an insect-repelling device. After setting up the device in his shop, he was surprised when Mr. Giovanni arrived wearing sunglasses.

• Morphy Morgan bought both of Heath's poison dart frogs and left with the cooked food.
• Heath received a glittering gold necklace and an Insect-Repelling Sound Wave Device for completing Fuchsia City's special achievement task.
• Heath put away the necklace and switched on the device to keep insects away from his shop.
• Mr. Giovanni arrived wearing sunglasses, puzzling Heath because the day was overcast.

Heath discovered that the Giovanni who had arrived at his food truck was a Ditto impersonator, and Giovanni explained that he had come to Fuchsia City to help with disaster reconstruction. Giovanni then ordered food from Heath, who prepared his signature stinky tofu with chili oil.

• Giovanni arrived and recalled the Ditto that had been impersonating him, revealing its beady eyes.
• Heath recognized the Ditto and recalled the League’s act prohibiting Ditto from being used for adult services.
• Giovanni told Heath that a friend had asked him to look after the mischievous Ditto.
• Heath asked why Giovanni had come to Fuchsia City, and Giovanni said the League had invited him to oversee reconstruction at Thousand Red Temple.
• Giovanni ordered stinky tofu with chili oil, roast duck, rice, and lemon tea, and Heath began preparing the tofu.

Heath served Giovanni roast duck enhanced by emotion cooking and received a Rainbow Seed that could bring Team Rainbow Rocket into the world. After destroying it, Heath encountered Ash, who had come to Fuchsia City as a young volunteer.

• Heath served Giovanni roast duck and stinky tofu, impressing him with the duck's flavor and focus-inducing effect.
• Heath received a Rainbow Seed and learned that planting it would bring Team Rainbow Rocket into the world.
• Heath crushed the seed to prevent Team Rainbow Rocket from appearing, and the surroundings remained unchanged.
• Ash arrived wearing a red armband, and Heath realized he had been selected as a young volunteer helping after the disaster in Fuchsia City.

Heath ran into Ash and his volunteer teammates in Fuchsia City, then spoke with Giovanni about marriage and his goals. Giovanni left Heath’s food truck without explaining what was troubling him, unaware that Heath had already thwarted Team Rocket’s plans.

• Ash happily greeted Heath in Fuchsia City, but his three volunteer teammates soon pulled him away to handle an assignment.
• Giovanni finished a roast duck and remarked that children seemed to like Heath.
• Heath asked Giovanni whether he planned to marry, and Giovanni said his career came first because he had goals of his own.
• Giovanni offered Heath a cigarette, put it away when he remembered Heath did not smoke, and ultimately said nothing more about what was on his mind.
• As Heath’s food truck grew busy at lunchtime, Giovanni patted his shoulder and left, while Heath watched him go, puzzled by his apparent stress.

Heath offered half-price boxed meals on his last day in Fuchsia City, and Farfetch'd helped prepare and sell them. After a customer bought a meal and requested an invoice, she joined a group taking the unopened food to the Fuchsia City Frey Appraisal Office to accuse Heath of using expired ingredients.

• Heath decided to sell three varieties of boxed meals at half price before leaving Fuchsia City and had Farfetch'd prepare them.
• The boxed meals sold quickly, and a girl bought fish-fragrant shredded pork after learning the Yellow-Braised Chicken was sold out.
• The girl asked Heath for an invoice, leaving him puzzled because customers rarely requested one.
• After leaving, the girl met a group and carried the unopened boxed meal in a special container toward the Fuchsia City Frey Appraisal Office.
• The woman leading the group claimed Heath must be using expired ingredients and planned to find problems with the food for profit.

Heath’s boxed meals passed a League inspection after someone reported him, though the incident left his Food Truck without customers. He waited for Cynthia’s delivery and reopened for Ash, who stopped by after helping clear fallen trees.

• League staff inspected Heath’s ingredients and boxed meals after receiving a public report, then confirmed that everything met safety standards.
• Heath received a message from Cynthia saying she had something to send him, and he shared his location with her.
• League staff posted a notice clearing Heath’s food, but customers stayed away after his Food Truck reopened.
• Ash visited Heath with a shallow scratch on his face and explained that he had fallen while clearing fallen trees.

Heath treated Ash to a filling meal and reminded him to be careful after he got hurt. In Fuchsia City, a group of people who had failed to find fault with Heath’s food truck plotted to frame him, while Ash looked forward to beginning his Trainer journey.

• Heath warned Ash to be more careful, then offered to treat him to a meal.
• Ash ordered curry chicken cutlet omurice and seaweed, and Heath made him a generous portion.
• A woman in Fuchsia City angrily complained after an inspection found nothing wrong with Heath’s food truck or ingredients.
• The woman’s cousin ordered Xiaomiao to plant a bottle of cockroaches in Heath’s food truck, and Xiaomiao reluctantly agreed.
• Heath served Ash his meal and asked about his upcoming journey; Ash said he planned to choose a Charmander.
• Heath thought Ash was destined to get involved with Pikachu.

Ash received a scam text promising Pokémon-related gifts, so Heath showed him it was fake and cheered him up by taking him to the closed Safari Zone. Cynthia arrived there and teased Heath about cheating, then assured him she knew he had done nothing wrong.

• Ash asked Heath to check a text offering a Pokémon giveaway, and Heath identified it as a scam.
• Ash accepted the news sadly, but Heath cheered him up by offering to take him to the Safari Zone.
• Heath drove Ash to the Safari Zone, where they learned it remained closed for typhoon repairs and its sightseeing tour was unavailable.
• Cynthia came up behind Heath, teased him about cheating, and then said she trusted him.

Heath reunited with Cynthia, who helped Ash meet her Pokémon and told Heath that the Mt. Coronet rescue had ended safely. After a nervous customer apologized and ran away, Heath took Cynthia through the Anywhere Door to Celadon City, the last city in Kanto he had yet to visit.

• Cynthia let Ash meet her Pokémon, and Ash excitedly played with Garchomp.
• Cynthia told Heath that she had safely brought the stranded people down from Mt. Coronet and that they owed a large rescue bill.
• Heath drove Ash back and gave him the remaining boxed meals for the volunteer team.
• A nervous woman who had eaten at Heath's food truck apologized to him and hurried away.
• Heath opened the Anywhere Door and traveled with Cynthia from Fuchsia City to Celadon City.

Heath and Cynthia arrived in Celadon City, the final stop on Heath’s Kanto trip, and admired its enormous Super Department Store. Heath planned to finish the city’s achievement before taking Farfetch'd to the postponed cooking competition, and then continue traveling with Cynthia.

• Heath brought Cynthia to Celadon City instantly in his food truck, and told her it was the last city on his current Kanto trip.
• Heath said he hoped to visit other League regions after completing Celadon City’s achievement and Farfetch'd’s cooking competition, while Cynthia blushed at his thoughts about their future together.
• Heath drove into Celadon City as the sky grew overcast, and he and Cynthia discussed the city’s Super Department Store as its main landmark.
• Heath and Cynthia marveled at the store’s height: 718 meters overall, with shops occupying 682 meters.