Kanga Games (Japanese: 雪であそぼ！, Hepburn: Let's Play in the Snow!) is the 3rd Pikachu short. In the dub, it is the 26th and final episode of Pokémon Chronicles.
Blurb[]
Ash and his friends are staying in a wintry mountain region, which means lots of snow for all their Pokémon to play with. Togepi wanders into the woods and encounters a friendly Kangaskhan and its baby, who's feeling shy. But the baby Kangaskhan grows curious when it sees all the other Pokémon playing and throwing snowballs at each other. Soon it's running around and throwing snowballs with the best of them! Then Togepi and the baby Kangaskhan find a toy sled and take it for a ride, which inspires all the other Pokémon to try sledding. One problem: there's a giant lake directly in their path!
Mama Kangaskhan leaps in to stop everyone from falling into the water, and it turns out that Kangaskhan also makes a pretty good playground for small Pokémon. Everyone has lots of fun playing, but after a fun day in the snow, it's time for the two Kangaskhan say goodbye. Then Ash and his friends come looking for their Pokémon, who are especially happy to see them. There's nothing like the caring bond between a mother and its baby, or a Trainer and their Pokémon![1]
Episode plot[]
The heroes have arrived to a lodge, in the cold surroundings and decide to sleep over the night. The next day, in the morning, Pikachu wakes up and sees something amazing outside. Pikachu opens the door, waking other Pokémon up. They go outside and decide to play with Pikachu in the snow. Onix arrives as well and its rumbling causes snow from a tree to fall on Pikachu. At any rate, Pikachu goes with Togepi, who goes backwards, seeing its own steps in the snow. They find some other steps, which Pikachu suspects belonging to Squirtle. They follow the footprints and find Squirtle, but also find some odd prints, seeing Psyduck is leaving prints of its head on the snow. Togepi wanders off and notices some large footprints, so goes to follow them. Pikachu follows Togepi, for it must now wander on its own, but also encounter a Kangaskhan.
Kangaskhan pats its belly, showing the baby Kangaskhan, who looks Pikachu and Togepi, then goes back into the pouch. Suddenly, they notice the other Pokémon throwing snowballs at each other. The Kangaskhan child is interested, but is shy and hides behind Kangaskhan's leg. Squirtle tries to invite it, but fails, so Pikachu offers the baby a snowball to throw off. However, Pikachu gets hit by a snowball made by Squirtle and Bulbasaur. The baby laughs, but takes the snowball and throws it to Squirtle and Bulbasaur, who dodge. The Pokémon start throwing the snowballs at each other, pleasing Kangaskhan, seeing everyone is having a good time. Meowth sees everyone having fun and decides to make trouble by rolling over a big snowball. Meowth tries to lift it, but fails and starts rolling over, enlargening the snowball and passing by the Pokémon, who did not notice anything.
Togepi and the baby Kangaskhan find a piece of plastic and start swinging it, causing them to slide down a slope. Pikachu runs and jumps in and they all start evading the trees while sliding down. Seeing they have fun, Bulbasaur puts Squirtle on the ground and slides down on Squirtle. They pass by Onix, Psyduck, Vulpix and Geodude, who also want to have fun. With the third group on Onix, the Pokémon continue sliding down, but Pikachu, Squirtle, baby Kangaskhan, Togepi and Bulbasaur land on Onix, who will land into a lake. To prevent that, Kangaskhan arrives and pushes Onix, enough to stop them at the edge of the lake. The Pokémon are impressed and play with Kangaskhan. At the end of the day, the Pokémon bid farewell to Kangaskhan and her baby, who leave, pleased to have had fun on this day.
The Pokémon start miss Kangaskhan, but are called by their trainers, who claim it is time to go home. The Pokémon run back to the heroes, who are glad to see them. It starts to snow, pleasing everyone, including the Pokémon.
Gallery[]
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| #016–027 |
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- ^ (n.d.) . "Kanga Games | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2024.