Recaps

Heath investigated Vermilion City’s Poké Ball ghost story, learned Ralts had likely reincarnated, then used a rare card to bring her back. He later cooked for Officer Jenny Xiu’s old comrades, where Wu Gui taught him how to prepare Moonlight Beef and accepted him as his disciple.

• Jessie reunited with Nurse Joy Guang, while Heath summoned Ho-Oh and asked her to contact Lugia for Kanto Silverfish.
• Lugia brought Heath the silverfish and learned that her young Shadow Lugia had recovered, while Heath cooked takoyaki for her to take home.
• Meiling and Nana told Heath about the Poké Ball Ghost Story, and Heath read reports of empty Poké Balls moving on their own as the rumor drove customers away.
• Heath and Lori discussed Officer Jenny Feng’s investigation, while Heath found a Misdreavus hiding in a Poké Ball and Sister Ling later said a Pokémon had frightened three victims.
• Heath summoned Giratina and learned that Ralts had likely reincarnated, then used the Creation Flower Bud to call Ralts’s soul back and welcomed her into his arms.
• Heath served Purple Crab roe buns, met James and Meowth, and made James medicinal wonton soup that eased his digestive trouble.
• Heath bought Mt. Coronet Soybeans and accepted Officer Jenny Xiu’s invitation to cook for his old comrades, then learned from Old Tortoise how to massage and blanch Moonlight Beef.
• Heath followed Wu Gui’s instructions to make braised Moonlight Beef with potatoes, and Wu Gui accepted him as his disciple and gave him a notebook of recipes.

Heath welcomed the New Year with his Pokémon and the Officer Jennys, then helped an old woman reconnect with her late husband and comforted Gengar after Ms. Lori’s death. He traveled to Saffron City for a technology expo, began dating Cynthia, and promised to cook for her every day.

• Heath improved his Moonlight Beef recipe, celebrated New Year with Giovanni and the Officer Jennys, and gave his Pokémon red envelopes.
• Heath entered Snorlax in Vermilion City’s singing contest, where Snorlax placed seventh, while Heath reported that a thief had stolen his wallet and documents.
• Heath met Old Mr. Dà Sēn in another Vermilion City, learned how to prepare Kanto Silverfish, and delivered the old man’s message and recipe to his wife.
• After the old woman accepted her husband’s death, Heath used a Food Truck Upgrade Ticket and agreed to visit Saffron City for its Future Technology Expo.
• Heath confessed his feelings to Cynthia, who accepted, and she gave him rare Mountain Guardians ingredients and later took him to Saffron City’s unusual vegetable market.
• Heath learned that Ms. Lori had died, made her favorite jianbing guozi for Gengar, and helped her communicate with Gengar before she left with him.
• Heath reached Saffron City, reunited with Mew, and explored the food-only barter area with Cynthia.
• Heath told Cynthia he would focus on Kanto before visiting Sinnoh, accepted her Auspicious Beast bracelet, and promised to cook for her every day.

Heath opened his food truck near Kanto University of Technology and at the Technology Expo, where Cynthia publicly announced that she was his boyfriend. He served Ho-Oh and three wandering spirits, then welcomed Kyogre during a storm and examined the mysterious ring Cynthia had inherited.

• Heath rescued an abandoned Rowlet, fed it an imitation bug dish, and left Mew to look after it while he slept.
• Heath learned to make Nine-Turn Large Intestine with Farfetch'd, obtained a vending permit, and drew university students to his truck with springy beef balls.
• Heath met Professor Ke Xin and cooked for the students before learning that Cynthia was at the Pokémon Center, and he prepared porridge for her and then Cynthia arrived with Lance and announced that Heath was her boyfriend.
• Heath took his food truck to the Technology Expo, cooked for Cynthia, and served a steady crowd until three wandering spirits returned to ask for food.
• Farfetch'd served Ho-Oh Nine-Turn Large Intestine, completing his task, and Ho-Oh gave Heath a life-extending feather before Xiuhui, Xiunian, and Xiumei ate familiar dishes he prepared.
• Heath received Kyogre’s Watering Can as a reward, then made Slowpoke Noodles and soft-boiled eggs for Cynthia as a storm broke over the city.
• Kyogre arrived at Heath’s food truck, asked for food without seafood, and ate mushroom dishes while noticing the red stone ring Cynthia had inherited.
• Kyogre paid Heath with a fish and left when the storm stopped, and Heath received an item that let its wearer breathe underwater before examining Cynthia’s ring.

Heath cared for Little Lugia, served the three ghost sisters, and worked through the Saffron City Technology Expo while encountering Giovanni and a Shiny Misdreavus. The Golden Chicken remained extinct, leaving Heath without a clear way to obtain Saffron City’s specialty ingredient.

• Heath accepted Cynthia’s golden stone and discovered Little Lugia had appeared in his food truck, asking to become his Pokémon and compete for the Champion title.
• Heath took Little Lugia to Saffron City, where its appearance drew a crowd, and Cynthia helped him return to the truck and arrange ingredient deliveries.
• Heath learned that Saffron City’s Golden Chicken had been listed as extinct and found that Hoopa’s Golden Ring could not retrieve it.
• Heath served Xiumei, Xiuhui, and Xiunian, then received Xiumei’s Memory Orb and learned how she had been murdered and where her missing head was buried.
• Heath left Xiumei’s head buried while he pursued the three sisters’ wishes, and the Magic Conch confirmed that Xiumei’s progress was complete.
• At the Technology Expo, Heath served raw seafood and faced customers requesting raw pork after a company introduced a food-scanning device that could not detect every danger.
• Giovanni bought thirty boneless chicken feet, and Ralts used her psychic powers to debone most of them as Heath prepared the order.
• Heath caught a Shiny Misdreavus after finding her haunting his truck, then arranged for Nurse Joy to adopt her before returning to worry about how to obtain Golden Chicken.