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GS Ball

In the anime, Professor Ivy was the first character to possess the GS Ball. She called upon the help of Professor Oak to study it, but couldn't figure out how to open it or transmit it via PC. Professor Oak asked Ash to go to the Orange Archipelago and get it from Professor Ivy, which he did in Poké Ball Peril. This prompted Ash's participation in the Orange League.

At one point, Ash tried simply calling a Pokémon to be released but this did not work.

When Professor Oak couldn't do anything with it, Ash was once again asked to deliver it to Kurt, a Poké Ball researcher and manufacturer living in Johto's Azalea Town. It presumably still resides there to this day, and its purpose was, before 2008, unknown. In an interview with Masamitsu Hidaka in 2008 by the webmaster of PokéBeach, it was explained that the GS Ball was meant to contain a Celebi that was to be the star of a large arc of the Johto saga. However, it was decided that Celebi would be the star of the fourth movie, so the story arc was viewed as redundant and shelved. The ball was left with Kurt with the hopes that viewers would eventually forget about it. Misty's Psyduck, in one episode, sneaks Ash's GS Ball out and fools around with it while Ash is in the middle of a big trainer battle. Misty sees this, Grabs the GS Ball, angrily says "PSYDUCK! That GS Ball is not a toy!", and puts it back in Ash's bag. The GS might stand for Gold and Silver.

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