Pokémon: The Original Series · Adventures in the Orange Islands arc
EP102 · Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon
ニドランのこいものがたり
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and his friends are walking through a mountainous desert region. Tired and hungry, Ash offers to eat if his companions are tired and hungry too. Tracey calls to Ash and Misty to see what he is seeing.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP102 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.