Recaps

Heath freed Shadow Lugia from her shadow state and tried to help a ghostly Shiny Ralts discover her lingering wish. As he ran his food stall and helped local strays, he prepared for a trip to Vermilion City and faced a routine food safety inspection.

• Miss Saya visited Heath's stall, and she and Heath noticed that a stray Poochyena named Xiaojin had a serious skin condition, so Nurse Joy took it for treatment.
• Heath followed the Aura Searcher to Pokémon Tower, found Shadow Lugia, and brought her to Ho-Oh and her parents for help.
• Heath used Dialga's apron to reverse time for Shadow Lugia, restoring her original appearance, then expanded his stall with seating, advertising, and discounts to attract customers.
• Heath served Grandpa Ma Zhide and learned that Officer Jenny Yin blamed his parents for deaths and property damage, then sheltered shivering stray Pokémon beneath his awning during the rain.
• Heath tried several recipes with Resurrection Lettuce but failed to create the specialty he wanted, then visited Pokémon Tower and encountered a Shiny Ralts who could not be touched.
• Heath learned from the Ingredient Identifier that Ralts was a ghost bound to the place of her death until her lingering wish was fulfilled, and he asked Officer Jenny Qian to check records for her death.
• Heath kept running his stall while seeking clues about Ralts, and Xiaojin returned with Miss Saya after recovering and wanting to stay near the food truck.
• Heath told Miss Saya he planned to visit Vermilion City, and Officer Jenny Kim and Nurse Joy Shuimiao arrived to inspect his food safety practices.

Heath investigated the death of a Shiny Ralts in Lavender Town while continuing to serve customers and care for his Pokémon. He found Ralts’s remains and glimpsed her tormentors in her memories, but still could not identify them or discover her lingering wish.

• Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy inspected Heath’s food truck, approved its hygiene, and ordered food.
• Heath learned from League records and Ms. Lori that Carl’s missing Ralts had been Shiny, then found her watching him in the woods.
• With Mew’s help, Heath uncovered Ralts’s bones beneath a public restroom, and Ralts’s memories showed her mourning an injured Gardevoir.
• Heath asked Ho-Oh to restore Officer Jenny Yin’s legs, and Ho-Oh healed her before asking Heath to cook for Little Lugia.
• James and Meowth visited Heath’s stall, and Heath learned to communicate with Grass-type Pokémon after serving Meowth.
• Ma Zhide helped Heath realize Charmeleon was suppressing his evolution, and Charmeleon removed his weights and evolved into Charizard.
• Heath served Officer Jenny Yin a large order and later found that his Reincarnation Eyes task remained incomplete.
• Heath revisited Ralts’s memories and saw her hanging while four dark figures mocked her, but the vision vanished before he could identify them.

Heath helped Ralts eat Resurrection Lettuce, gained the ability to see lingering souls, and traveled to Eterna City to visit Cynthia and open a conveyor-belt hot pot stall. As the stall grew busy, Heath met a ghost seeking one last proper meal and later helped Zoroark report a customer who had tried to touch her.

• Heath brought Gardevoir’s remains to Ralts, who stayed beside her mother, and later fed her Resurrection Lettuce, completing his Reincarnation Eyes task and earning an upgrade ticket for the Broken Anywhere Door.
• Heath used the upgraded door to reach Eterna City, met Cynthia, and arranged to operate his food truck in the city’s prime commercial district.
• Heath prepared steamed buns for Dialga, then bought ingredients and equipment and installed a conveyor-belt hot pot table in his food truck.
• Cynthia became Heath’s first hot pot customer, and a growing crowd followed the food’s aroma into his stall.
• Heath saw Ralts help Zoroark calculate bills, then met Ono, a ghost who wished to eat a proper meal before moving on.
• Heath served Ono fried rice with Resurrection Lettuce, and Ono remembered his wish and passed on after his body returned to normal.
• Heath served busy customers grilled shrimp and ice cream hot pot while Zoroark helped with payments and orders.
• Heath checked surveillance footage after Zoroark reported a customer’s repeated attempts to touch her, then called the Officer Jennys, who detained the man under Sinnoh regulations.

Heath explored Eterna City, served customers including a ghost with an unfinished wish, and began dating Cynthia while training Farfetch'd to run the Food Truck. The arc left Heath preparing for a food-show filming as Farfetch'd and Zoroark faced appearing on television.

• Heath explored Eterna City with Zoroark and Ralts, visited a gym with Charizard, and bought homemade corn liquor and a Dialga souvenir.
• Heath helped Shuimiao recover her stolen pendant, then explained that she could become younger in the Ghost Type World, allowing her to vanish after her lingering wish was fulfilled.
• Heath served Cynthia luxray mushroom fried rice, accepted her gift of a watch, and asked her on a date, which she accepted.
• Heath and Cynthia watched a horror movie and later the lunar eclipse, where they shared stories about their travels and lives.
• Heath trained Farfetch'd to serve customers and taught him to plan ingredients, cook, and ask about allergies and disliked foods.
• Heath served Dialga and Mr. Nobi, received a commemorative Pokémon World Championships Champion badge, and agreed to let Da Xuan film a food show at the Food Truck.
• Da Xuan returned with the film crew, and Heath learned that Da Xuan liked very spicy food, disliked bitter flavors, was allergic to several meats, and could no longer eat fish.