Pokémon: The Original Series · Adventures in the Orange Islands arc
EP087 · Fit to Be Tide
オレンジリーグ! ナツカンジム!
Synopsis
What happens.
While riding around the Orange Islands on his Lapras, Ash finds a message in a bottle from Marissa of Sunburst Island, who is looking for someone who knows about a Pokémon called the Crystal Onix, which Tracey is aware of.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP087 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · EP083-EP118
Adventures in the Orange Islands.
A filler arc inserted while Game Freak finalized Gen II. Brock stays behind with Prof. Ivy; Pokémon Watcher Tracey Sketchit replaces him. Ash collects four unique island gym badges and defeats Champion Drake.
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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.
More from this arc
Other episodes in Adventures in the Orange Islands.
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.