ash and friends arrive in viridan city for ash’s gym battle only for gary to cut in line and battle first and the gym leaders team rockets leader giovanni when ash is upset togepi goes missing and is found by jessie and james. gary is beaten by a mysterious pokemon (Mewtwo) and giovanni refuses to accept togepi and then when mewtwo causes problems leaves the gym in charge of jessie who battles ash who starts badly but comes from behind to win the earth badge with pidgeotto and pikachu proving the difference but jessie won’t give ash the badge but he gets it somehow anyway.
next time ash is denied a chance to get a mr mime.
Harrison’s world 