A New Pokémon Ally!

Thanks to Drowzee's powers, the children wake up from their trance, and promptly return to their homes, none the worse for wear. Even the mom the gang met at the plaza reunites with her son, Arnold. The next stop is the Pokémon Center, where Joy awaits anxiously.

All the patients -including Pikachu- recover their health. All, that is, except Psyduck, who lives with a perpetual headache. Joy leaves Psyduck in Brock's hands, but the clumsy Pokémon chooses Misty as its trainer after she accidentally trips and her Pokéball catches it!

Psyduck joins the gang!

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Team Rocket's Hang Gliders

Drowzee's sleepwaves successfully cure Misty of her hypnotic state and she is back to normal. Ash carries Drowzee on his shoulders and prepares to return to the park, but before hitting the elevator, three hang gliders land on the terrace... it's Team Rocket!

Jessie and James use whips to capture Hypno and Drowzee, but Misty's Staryu quickly comes to the rescue and saves them. Then, Ash's Pidgeotto uses a powerful wind blast to send the intruders blasting off. With the bad guys out of the way, everyone returns to the park.

Team Rocket Hang Gliders!

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Pokémon Lovers Club Headquarters

Jenny approaches the children, and realizes that all of them firmly believe they are Pokémon; not only that, they are acting the part! Kids behaving like Weedle, like Bulbasaur, like Gloom... even one splashing in the water thinking she is a Magikarp!

The leader of the Pokémon Lovers Club suggests using Drowzee's sleep waves to counteract Hypno's power and cure the children of their "Pokénitis." The group agrees to this plan, and they return to the penthouse mansion, bringing Misty with them.

Pokémon Lovers Club Headquarters.

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Central Park

The investigators conclude that when Hypno started using its abilities on the socialites to help them rest, the sleep waves propagated all over town, stealing the Pokémon of their energy, and causing the children to run away from their homes.

To test this theory, Misty lets Hypno use its powers on her, and immediately, she is hypnotized into believing she is a Seel. Misty runs away from the mansion, and down the building to a nearby park. It's here where all the missing children are finally found!

Park in the middle of HopHopHop Town.

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Mansion on Top of a Building

Rather than a terrace, or even a penthouse, the group finds instead a luxurious mansion sitting on top of the building, adorned with lush gardens, fountains, and hedge mazes. Ash and Brock charge towards the immense double doors, revealing the interior of the manor.

A group of rich socialites calling themselves the "Pokémon Lovers Club" are gathered around a Drowzee and a Hypno. Suffering from insomnia due to their busy urban lives, the socialites have been relying on Hypno for the past three days to help them sleep at night.

The Pokémon Lovers Club Mansion.

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Downtown HopHopHop

Officer Jenny tells the gang that her sleep wave detector started buzzing three days ago, right when the children disappeared and the Pokémon lost their energy. Now, the device takes the investigators to a skyscraper in the heart of town.

The detector shows that the source of the waves is somewhere on the top floor of the residential building, so the group takes an elevator. Expecting to find a simple rooftop terrace, the group is shocked by what they see when the elevator doors open.

Skyscraper in the heart of HopHopHop.

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Team Rocket's Sleep Wave Detector

As the gang and Officer Jenny decide to follow the readings of her portable detector, Pikachu is affected by the sleep waves, and loses all its energy. With even more reasons to solve this mystery, the investigators leave the Pokémon Center and head downtown.

Meanwhile, Jessie, James, and Meowth arrive in HopHopHop Town after tracking the strange sleep waves using an advanced, long-range detector. Their goal is to find the source, so they use it to put their boss Giovanni to sleep, and go on vacation while he snoozes.

Team Rocket's Sleep Wave Detector

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HopHopHop Pokémon Center

Nurse Joy takes Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, and Officer Jenny to the infirmary, so they can see the sick Pokémon: Cubone, Oddish, and Magikarp are completely lethargic; the flame on Charmander's tail is about to fade out, and Psyduck is the sickest of them all.

The mystery deepens when Joy tells them that the Pokémon started to get sick three days ago, which is exactly when the children disappeared. Then, Jenny's portable sleep wavelength detector starts buzzing; they deduce that all these events are connected.

Pokémon Center Infirmary

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HopHopHop Pokémon Center

Officer Jenny and the gang go to the HopHopHop Pokémon Center to interview children who may hold clues as to the whereabouts of those that went missing three days ago. None of the kids have any idea where the other children may have gone.

Ash and Misty talk to Nurse Joy as part of the investigation, but she is busy with a mystery of her own: She is taking care of five Pokémon that have lost all their energy, and she cannot understand why!

HopHopHop Pokémon Center

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Downtown Plaza

At that precise moment, Officer Jenny arrives in her motorcycle to hang a "Missing Child" poster on a nearby wall that is already covered with many of them. Even she is amazed and saddened by the situation, and wonders what could be the cause of such tragedy.

While Brock is infatuated with Officer Jenny, and offers to help her in the investigation, Ash can't help but feel sorry for the concerned mother, who reminds him of his own mom, Delia. He decides, then, that he will be part of the investigation as well.

Officer Jenny's Motorcycle.

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Downtown Plaza

The gang takes the distressed woman to a nearby plaza, where they help her collect herself. She explains that she is looking for her son, Arnold, who disappeared three days ago without notice. He is not a Pokémon trainer, so, there is no chance he took off on a journey.

The worried mother startles everyone when she tells them that Arnold is not the only one missing; there are more children around town that have disappeared without leaving a trace. Is HopHopHop Town a dangerous place for children?

HopHopHop Downtown Plaza

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HopHopHop Town

After receiving a Rainbow Badge from gym leader Erika for his bravery, Ash explores the suburbs of Celadon City with Misty, Brock, and Pikachu. Today, they gang is touring HopHopHop Town, an urban center where the wealthy and affluent people of Celadon live.

The stroll comes to an end when an anguished woman runs to Ash, hugs him, and calls him Arnold. Startled, Ash explains that she must be mistaking him for someone else. Upon realizing her mistake, the woman apologizes and starts crying.

Welcome to HopHopHop Town!

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