ash and friends are in another town heading for the violet gym when they spot a stantler which can create illusions with its horns brock tries to bond with it but does’t work initally. ash and friends get confused about the stampede they thought they saw and officer jenny explains a lot of people have seen the same thing. brock realises its an illusion as they don’t trample over some things. brock than realises it he bonds with the stantler to return it to its herd. team rocket try and steal the stantler but fail as usual even though they are helped by the stantler wanting to go with brock so wouldn’t leave.
next time ash gets a stubborn chikorita.