“type casting”
on their way to ecruteak city ash runs into a soodwodo a pokemon he can’t tell the type of its a rock or grass type and run into a man trying to figure it out. They run into some scientists who are arguing about the type of it and it gets confussing with some of the moves it uses due to mimic team rocket also try and figure it out so they can get the man to carry them accross the water. Eventually they settle it as a rock type.
next time the ruins of alph and prehistoric pokemon.
Harrison’s world 