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|ja_title = ゴーストVSエスパー!
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|name = Haunter versus Kadabra
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|num = 024
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|ja_air = September 9, 1997
|jname = ゴーストVSエスパー!
 
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|us_air = October 8, 1998
|image = Sabrina_with_Ash's_Haunter.jpg
 
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|ko_title = {{Ruby|유령 포켓몬 vs. 초능력 포켓몬}}
|jnum = 024
 
|jair = Sep-09-1997
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|kr_air = October 7, 1999
|uair = Oct-08-1998
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|pt-br_air = June 9, 1999
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|pt-br_title = Haunter vs. Kadabra
|season = Pokémon: Indigo League
 
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|series = Pocket Monsters (1997 series), Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
|songs = Pokémon Theme Song (Gotta Catch 'Em All)
 
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|subtitle = Pocket Monsters (season)
|guest = [[Sabrina]], [[Sabrina's Father]], [[Sabrina's Mother]]
 
 
|season = Season 1, Pokémon: Indigo League
|machars = [[Ash Ketchum]], [[Brock]], [[Misty]]
 
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|ja_opening = Aim to Be a Pokémon Master
|rchars = [[Jessie]], [[James]]
 
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|ja_ending = One Hundred Fifty-One
|michars = [[Sabrina]], [[Sabrina]]'s Father, [[Sabrina's Mother]]
 
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|en_opening = Pokémon Theme
|pchars = [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Bulbasaur]], [[Charmander]], [[Squirtle]], [[Haunter]], [[Team Rocket's Meowth]]
 
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|en_ending = Kanto Pokérap
|local = [[Saffron City]], [[Saffron City Gym]]
 
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|kr_opening = Start of An Adventure
|major = [[Ash]] returns to [[Saffron City]] and battles [[Sabrina]]. [[Ash]] earns the Marsh Badge. [[Ash]] gives [[Haunter]] to [[Sabrina]].
 
|b1 = Boulderbadge.png
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|kr_ending = We Are All Friends
 
|guest = [[Sabrina (anime)|Sabrina]], [[Sabrina's father]], [[Sabrina's mother]]
|b2 = Cascadebadge.png
 
 
|machars = [[Ash Ketchum/The Beginning|Ash Ketchum]], [[Brock (anime)|Brock]], [[Misty (anime)|Misty]]
|b3 = Thunderbadge.png
 
|b4 = Marshbadge.png}}
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|rchars = [[Jessie]], [[James]]
 
|michars = [[Sabrina (anime)|Sabrina]], [[Sabrina's father]], [[Sabrina's mother]]
'''Haunter Versus Kadabra '''(Japanese: ゴーストVSエスパー!Gōsuto VS Esupā!, lit. '''Ghost VS Esper! '''or '''Haunter VS Kadabra!''') is the 24th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]] and of [[Season 1: Pokémon|Pokémon: Indigo League.]]
 
 
|pchars = [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Ash's Bulbasaur]], [[Ash's Charizard|Ash's Charmander]], [[Ash's Squirtle]], [[Sabrina's Haunter]], [[Sabrina's Kadabra (anime)|Sabrina's Kadabra]], [[Team Rocket's Meowth]]
==Episode Plot==
 
 
|local = [[Saffron City]], [[Saffron City Gym]]
[[Ash]], [[Misty (anime)|Misty]], and [[Brock (anime)|Brock]] have returned to [[Saffron City]] with Ash's new Pokémon, [[Sabrina's Haunter|Haunter]], who will hopefully help him win aganist [[Sabrina]]. Ash is feeling confident. Brock is a little bit afraid of Haunter but Misty isn't. Misty gives Haunter a hug and Haunter licks her face, paralizing her. Ash scolds Haunter and its cries, but Ash cheers it up. Ash asks Haunter to help him defeat Sabrina and Haunter agrees.
 
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|major = [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] and co. arrive to. [[Saffron City]]. Ash wins the Marsh Badge.
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|badge = Boulderbadge.png, Cascadebadge.png, Thunderbadge.png, Marshbadge.png
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|ja_title_card =
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|en_title_card =
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|animation = 山本郷 (Sato Yamamoto)
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|director = 織田美浩 (Yoshihiro Oda)
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|screenplay = 武上純希 (Junki Takegami)
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|storyboard = 鈴木敏明 (Toshiaki Suzuki)
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{{Nihongo|Haunter vs. Kadabra|ゴーストVSエスパー!|Haunter VS Kadabra!}}, formerly titled '''Haunter Versus Kadabra''', is the 24th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]] and of {{Media|anime|PM|PM('97)|PM}} of {{Media|anime|PM|PM('97)}}, [[Season 1]] of {{Media|anime|PS}}, and {{Media|anime|PS|TB|IL}} of {{Media|anime|PS|TB}}.
   
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==Synopsis==
Ash and his friends return to the [[Saffron City Gym]]. Misty, Brock, and [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] don't want to go in because of what happened last time. Ash thinks he will win, but Brock thinks Haunter is controling Ash. Haunter isn't and laughs continuously. Ash brings out [[Ash's Charizard|Charmander]], [[Ash's Squirtle|Squirtle]], and [[Ash's Bulbasaur|Bulbasaur]] to cheer him on. They all return to the stadium and Ash demands a rematch. Sabrina agrees and she brings out [[Kadabra]]. Ash tries to sends out Haunter, but Haunter has disappeared. Sabrina gets mad and tells Ash to sends out another Pokémon or he will return to the toy box. Ash tries to send out Pikachu, but it backs away, too scared to fight. Ash's other Pokémon act the same way. Sabrina becomes furious as Ash and his friends try to leave. The little girl appears and seals the exit. She then turns Misty and Brock into dolls. [[Sabrina's Father|The man]] who helped Ash before appears and teleports him out of the Gym safetly.
 
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<section begin="Synopsis"/>''Unbeknownst to Ash, one of the ghost Pokémon decides to join Ash and friends on their journey and more importantly help Ash battle the powerful Saffron City Gym Leader. Ash returns to Saffron City with one goal, to win a gold badge. The scene is set and Ash and the young girl are once again face to face when suddenly, Ash's ghost Pokémon is nowhere to be found. Feeling completely humiliated, Ash leaves the gym. Brock and Misty are left behind and as a result, the young girl uses her powers to turn them into miniature dolls, rendering them helpless. The mysterious man from Ash's previous encounter with this baffling Gym Leader shows up providing Ash with some information that could ultimately be the key to defeating her. Determined to rescue Brock and Misty, Ash returns to the Saffron City Gym ready to do what it takes to win and save his friends. Just when his attempt seems hopeless, the ghost Pokémon shows up with a unique combative technique. Will this be enough to rescue Ash's friends as well as the young Gym Leader from her dark and lonely world?''<section end="Synopsis"/><ref>{{Cite|url = https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/seasons/1/episode-23-haunter-vs-kadabra/|entry = Haunter vs. Kadabra {{!}} Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)|title = The Official Pokémon Website {{!}} Pokemon.com|access-date = {{MDY|1|21|2024}}}}</ref>
   
 
==Episode plot==
They appear in the city and they all land on top of the man. The man tells Ash and his Pokémon that Sabrina wasn't always this way. Flashbacks happen and they show Sabrina as a little girl, using telekinesis on everything and also ignoring her parents. Because of this, it made Sabrina split into two people, the trainer and the little girl. The little girl is actually a doll representing what Sabrina looked like before she started praticing telekinesis. Ash notices that the picture the man shows him is the same one he saw in the toy box. The man thinks Ash has figured out that he is Sabrina's father but Ash thinks that he is just a photographer. Sabrina's Father asks Ash why he doesn't have a ghost Pokémon with him. Ash tells him that Haunter disappeared. Sabrina's Father tells Ash that they only way to save Misty and Brock is to find Haunter and defeat Sabrina.
 
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Returning to Saffron City, Ash and company make their way toward the Gym where Ash asks Haunter to lend him its strength. Ash, with his Pokemon head into the stadium. Brock is not certain that this is a good idea. He worries that Ash is being controlled by the Haunter. As the battle is set to begin, Sabrina reiterates her threat should he fail and calls him to choose his Pokémon. Ash chooses Haunter, but it does not come out. He freaks out, realizing Haunter has ditched him at the last moment. He attempts to call out Pikachu, but Pikachu refuses to battle. All of Ash's other Pokémon also refuse. Seeing that there is no way for him to battle her, Ash attempts to excuse himself from the infuriated Sabrina, trying to escape quickly alongside Misty and Brock. But before he can, Sabrina turns Misty and Brock into dolls. However, once more, they're saved by the Mysterious Man who teleports them out. On the outside, Ash questions how Sabrina could be so cruel, and is then told by the man that she wasn't always like this, and that her powers ruined her relationship with her parents, causing her to develop a split personality. He assumes that Ash has already figured it out due to seeing the picture in the toy box, so he tells him flatly that he s Sabrina's father. Ash is surprised by this, thinking that he was the camera man. Sabrina's Father asks him where his Ghost-type Pokémon is, and Ash states that it ran out on him just as the battle began. But he steels his determination, and goes off to find it. As he searches for the city, Team Rocket plots how to catch Pikachu. However, they are startled by Haunter and fall from their high perch. Ash convinces Haunter to come back with him to the gym. Brock and Misty, still as dolls, meet another doll that is revealed to be Sabrina's Mother, who insists that Sabrina isn't bad. Just misguided. Ash once more returns to challenge her. Sabrina takes Brock and Misty out to watch. Once more, Ash summons Haunter, but once again, it does not appear. A despairing Ash has all but accepted his fate, but Pikachu steps forward to fight, knowing it is likely to lose. It is then that Haunter appears and begins to make faces and attempt to make Sabrina laugh. Eventually, it succeeds, and Sabrina busts out laughing. Because of this, Sabrina's Kadabra also falls over laughing, and Sabrina's father declares Ash the winner. Brock and Misty are returned to normal. They proceed to continue their journey, making their way to Celadon City.
   
 
==Debuts==
While Ash and Pikachu look around the city for Haunter, Team Rocket is standing on a skyscraper. [[James]] prepares a fishing net to catch Pikachu with. Haunter appears in front of them, freaking them out because they are sick of Ghost Pokémon. The fall off the skyscraper and [[Jessie]] clings to the side of the building while James and [[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]] hold on to her. Jessie can't pull them up because they are too heavy. Haunter makes funny faces at Jessie trying to get her to laugh. Jessie tries not to laugh because if she does, she will let go of the side of the skyscraper. She soon starts laughing and she lets go of the buliding. They fall and make a big crater in the sidewalk, right next to Ash and Pikachu. Haunter appears next to them. Ash wants to go back to the gym, but Haunter doesn't want to fight. Haunter has a plan, and they go back to the gym to try it out.
 
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===Character===
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*[[Sabrina's mother]]
   
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===Move===
Meanwhile, Misty and Brock, as dolls, are sitting on a couch in the toy box. They see another doll close by and the doll tells them that she is [[Sabrina's Mother]]. Misty and Brock are shocked when Sabrina's Mother says that there's still some good left in Sabrina. Sabrina opens up the top of the toy box and looks down at them. Misty demands for a battle and to change them back. Sabrina refuses to however.
 
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*[[Psybeam]]
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*[[Recover]]
   
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===Item===
At that time, Ash comes back to the gym and asks for a rematch. Sabrina sends out Kadabra. Ash tries to send out Haunter again, but once again, Haunter has disappeared. Ash collapses, thinking he will be thrown back into the toy box when Pikachu steps up, wanting to battle. Ash gains his confidence back and the battle starts. Pikachu uses [[Thundershock]], but Kadabra avoids it by using [[Teleport]]. Kadabra uses [[Psybeam]] to hit Pikachu badly. Pikachu uses [[Thunderbolt]], knocking out Kadabra. Ash thinks he has won when Kadabra uses [[Recover]]. Haunter then appears in front of Sabrina and tries to get her to laugh. The little girl/doll says that two aganist one is unfair. Sabrina's Father appears and says Haunter is acting by itself, so it is fair. Haunter makes funny faces and pulls out a bomb and it explodes right in front of Sabrina. Sabrina then starts laughing. Sabrina's Father is happy Sabrina is not so focused on her psychic powers anymore, but Ash isn't happy because he thinks he didn't win fairly. Sabrina's Father says Kadabra is unable to battle because it is laughing so hard since Kadabra and Sabrina's minds are connected telepathicly. The little girl/doll disappears, dropping Kadabra's Poké Ball and Misty, Brock, and Sabrina's Mother are changed back. Sabrina's Father says Ash has won the battle.
 
 
*[[Gym Badges#Marsh Badge|Marsh Badge]]
 
Ash, Misty, and Brock leave Saffron City and Haunter decides to stay with Sabrina. Ash plans to head to Celedon City next. Team Rocket is still in the crater, covered in cement, but they still manage to blast off.
 
 
==Debuts==
 
'''Items'''
 
*[[Badge|Marsh Badge]]
 
 
==Bloopers==
 
*In one scene, Charmander's stomach is orange instead of white.
 
*When Ash decides to battle Kadabra, his eyes turn hazel colored.
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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[[File:Pokémon 024 Dare Da.png|thumb]]
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[[File:WhosThatPokémon24US.png|thumb]]
 
*The book ''Night in the Haunted Tower'' is based on this episode.
 
*The book ''Night in the Haunted Tower'' is based on this episode.
*The Marsh Badge that Ash earns in this episode is his fourth badge. However, from the traditional sequence of gyms, the Marsh Badge is officially the sixth badge that the player earns in the games.
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*The Marsh Badge that Ash earns in this episode is his fourth badge. However, from the traditional sequence of gyms, the [[Gym Badges#Marsh Badge|Marsh Badge]] is officially the sixth badge that the player earns in the games. However, this is only because the player cannot access Saffron City until a later point in the game, and there was no "road block" in Ash's way.
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*Despite the episode's name, Kadabra and Haunter did not battle each other due to Haunter not being fond of fighting.
*The origin story of Akiza Izinski, a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, is nearly similar yet longer than the origin story of Sabrina, as both girls have psychic powers and bad childhoods.
 
 
*Lisa Ortiz provides the voices for both Sabrina and her mother.
 
*Lisa Ortiz provides the voices for both Sabrina and her mother.
*The "Who's that Pokémon?" in this episode is Haunter.
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*"Who's that Pokémon?" [[Haunter]] (JA, EN and KO)
*In the episode Jessie saids that Albert einstein invented the light bulb when in reality it was Thomas edison. However, einstein did come up with the idea of the photon light theory, so Jessie wasn't very far off.   
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*In the episode, Jessie says that Albert Einstein invented the light bulb, when in reality it was Thomas Edison.
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**[[Pikachu (Super Smash Bros.)|Super Smash Bros. Pikachu]]'s voice clips for Thunderbolt were sourced from this episode.
   
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* It is implied that Pikachu knew that Haunter was up to something before Ash's third battle against Sabrina started, which was possibly why it was willing to fight Kadabra again.
==Quotes==
 
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** Haunter may have secretly told Pikachu about its plan, but didn't fully explain it.
   
==Gallery==
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===Mistakes===
 
*In one scene, Charmander's stomach is orange instead of white.
<gallery>
 
 
*When Ash decides to battle Kadabra, his eyes turn hazel colored.
Kadabra laughing.jpg|Kadabra rolling on the floor laughing
 
402935_139629346203749_277872550_n.jpg|Sabrina and her parents wave goodbye to Ash, Brock, and Misty
 
</gallery>
 
   
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===Dub differences===
==Links==
 
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*In the dub, Brock claims he is allergic to ghosts, while in the Japanese version, Brock says that he cannot get used to Ash's new friend.
Watch this and other episodes: [http://www.pokemon-download.net/pocket-monsters/indigo-league/pokemon-episode-24-haunter-vs-kadabra/ Pokémon Episode 24: Haunter vs. Kadabra]
 
   
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==Gallery==
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TB024 1.jpg {{!}} Brock does not like Haunter
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TB024 2.jpg {{!}} Misty got paralyzed
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TB024 3.jpg {{!}} Brock, Misty and Pikachu support Ash outside the gym
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TB024 4.jpg {{!}} Ash encourages his Pokémon
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TB024 5.jpg {{!}} Sabrina threatened Ash to "play with her"
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TB024 6.jpg {{!}} Brock and Misty as dolls
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TB024 7.jpg {{!}} Ash, the man and the Pokémon were transported outside
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TB024 8.jpg {{!}} Sabrina, using her psychic powers
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TB024 9.jpg {{!}} Sabrina's family
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TB024 10.jpg {{!}} Haunter has humored Jessie
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TB024 11.jpg {{!}} Team Rocket fall down because of Jessie's laughing
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TB024 12.jpg {{!}} Misty and Brock meet Sabrina's mom
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TB024 13.jpg {{!}} Kadabra uses Psywave
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TB024 14.jpg {{!}} Kadabra gets electrocuted
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TB024 15.jpg {{!}} Haunter amuses Sabrina
 
TB024 16.jpg {{!}} Sabrina and her parents wave goodbye to Ash, Brock, and Misty
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TB024 17.jpg {{!}} Team Rocket got covered in concrete
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:52, 11 March 2024

Haunter vs. Kadabra (Japanese: ゴーストVSエスパー!, HepburnHaunter VS Kadabra!), formerly titled Haunter Versus Kadabra, is the 24th episode of the Pokémon anime and of Pocket Monsters of Pocket Monsters (1997 series), Season 1 of Pokémon the Series, and Pokémon: Indigo League of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning.

Synopsis

Unbeknownst to Ash, one of the ghost Pokémon decides to join Ash and friends on their journey and more importantly help Ash battle the powerful Saffron City Gym Leader. Ash returns to Saffron City with one goal, to win a gold badge. The scene is set and Ash and the young girl are once again face to face when suddenly, Ash's ghost Pokémon is nowhere to be found. Feeling completely humiliated, Ash leaves the gym. Brock and Misty are left behind and as a result, the young girl uses her powers to turn them into miniature dolls, rendering them helpless. The mysterious man from Ash's previous encounter with this baffling Gym Leader shows up providing Ash with some information that could ultimately be the key to defeating her. Determined to rescue Brock and Misty, Ash returns to the Saffron City Gym ready to do what it takes to win and save his friends. Just when his attempt seems hopeless, the ghost Pokémon shows up with a unique combative technique. Will this be enough to rescue Ash's friends as well as the young Gym Leader from her dark and lonely world?[1]

Episode plot

Returning to Saffron City, Ash and company make their way toward the Gym where Ash asks Haunter to lend him its strength. Ash, with his Pokemon head into the stadium. Brock is not certain that this is a good idea. He worries that Ash is being controlled by the Haunter. As the battle is set to begin, Sabrina reiterates her threat should he fail and calls him to choose his Pokémon. Ash chooses Haunter, but it does not come out. He freaks out, realizing Haunter has ditched him at the last moment. He attempts to call out Pikachu, but Pikachu refuses to battle. All of Ash's other Pokémon also refuse. Seeing that there is no way for him to battle her, Ash attempts to excuse himself from the infuriated Sabrina, trying to escape quickly alongside Misty and Brock. But before he can, Sabrina turns Misty and Brock into dolls. However, once more, they're saved by the Mysterious Man who teleports them out. On the outside, Ash questions how Sabrina could be so cruel, and is then told by the man that she wasn't always like this, and that her powers ruined her relationship with her parents, causing her to develop a split personality. He assumes that Ash has already figured it out due to seeing the picture in the toy box, so he tells him flatly that he s Sabrina's father. Ash is surprised by this, thinking that he was the camera man. Sabrina's Father asks him where his Ghost-type Pokémon is, and Ash states that it ran out on him just as the battle began. But he steels his determination, and goes off to find it. As he searches for the city, Team Rocket plots how to catch Pikachu. However, they are startled by Haunter and fall from their high perch. Ash convinces Haunter to come back with him to the gym. Brock and Misty, still as dolls, meet another doll that is revealed to be Sabrina's Mother, who insists that Sabrina isn't bad. Just misguided. Ash once more returns to challenge her. Sabrina takes Brock and Misty out to watch. Once more, Ash summons Haunter, but once again, it does not appear. A despairing Ash has all but accepted his fate, but Pikachu steps forward to fight, knowing it is likely to lose. It is then that Haunter appears and begins to make faces and attempt to make Sabrina laugh. Eventually, it succeeds, and Sabrina busts out laughing. Because of this, Sabrina's Kadabra also falls over laughing, and Sabrina's father declares Ash the winner. Brock and Misty are returned to normal. They proceed to continue their journey, making their way to Celadon City.

Debuts

Character

Move

Item

Trivia

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WhosThatPokémon24US
  • The book Night in the Haunted Tower is based on this episode.
  • The Marsh Badge that Ash earns in this episode is his fourth badge. However, from the traditional sequence of gyms, the Marsh Badge is officially the sixth badge that the player earns in the games. However, this is only because the player cannot access Saffron City until a later point in the game, and there was no "road block" in Ash's way.
  • Despite the episode's name, Kadabra and Haunter did not battle each other due to Haunter not being fond of fighting.
  • Lisa Ortiz provides the voices for both Sabrina and her mother.
  • "Who's that Pokémon?" Haunter (JA, EN and KO)
  • In the episode, Jessie says that Albert Einstein invented the light bulb, when in reality it was Thomas Edison.
  • It is implied that Pikachu knew that Haunter was up to something before Ash's third battle against Sabrina started, which was possibly why it was willing to fight Kadabra again.
    • Haunter may have secretly told Pikachu about its plan, but didn't fully explain it.

Mistakes

  • In one scene, Charmander's stomach is orange instead of white.
  • When Ash decides to battle Kadabra, his eyes turn hazel colored.

Dub differences

  • In the dub, Brock claims he is allergic to ghosts, while in the Japanese version, Brock says that he cannot get used to Ash's new friend.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ (n.d.) . "Haunter vs. Kadabra | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2024.