Pokémon: The Original Series · Indigo League (Kanto) arc

EP025 · Primeape Goes Bananas

Name: Primeape Goes Bananas
Released: 1998-10-09

おこらないでねオコリザル!

US air. 1998-10-09 JP air. 1997-09-16 Season. Indigo League (S1) Position. Episode 25 of 276 in Original

Why this episode matters

Key episode in Original

Ash catches the Mankey that would be his Primeape. Famous for being left with a Gym Leader and never returning - a recurring fan grievance solved in Journeys.

Synopsis

What happens.

While traveling through Route 7, Ash makes a call to Professor Oak from a public phone and shows off his four Badges, but Oak mentions that Gary and the other two Trainers from Pallet Town all have five Badges and have already passed through Celadon City.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP025 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · EP001-EP082

Indigo League (Kanto).

Ash collects eight Kanto badges, faces rival Gary Oak, and competes at the Indigo Plateau Conference. Misty and Brock complete the original trio. Team Rocket's Jessie / James / Meowth introduced in EP002.

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Pokémon featured · 17

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

Other episodes in Indigo League (Kanto).

Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.