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Following a morning full of {{pkmn|training}}, {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}} and their Pokémon begin making their way back to camp through a cave. [[Max]] asks {{an|Brock}} to make some special stew for breakfast, but Brock says he will only do so if Max would make a funny {{p|Corphish}} impression, which he does to everyone's amusement. Meanwhile, {{AP|Corphish}} goes into a tunnel and discovers a {{OBP|Loudred|recurring}} sleeping. Corphish tries poking Loudred before pinching its ear with his pincer. Loudred instantly wakes up from the pain. As it begins to rush around the cave, it screams loudly, hurting everyone's ears in the process. Brock sends out {{TP|Brock|Forretress}}, who uses {{m|Rapid Spin}} on a wall to create an escape route. As they call for everyone to escape, {{TP|May|Silcoon}} rolls out of {{an|May}}'s hands and {{AP|Pikachu}}, {{TP|May|Torchic}}, {{TP|Brock|Lotad}}, {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}}, Corphish, and {{AP|Treecko}} follow it. Loudred burrows underground while the group notices all of their Pokémon are missing.

Pikachu soon locates Silcoon on a ledge overlooking a river. Corphish reaches over to grab Silcoon, but it instead slips from Corphish's claw and into the water below. All the Pokémon dive in, and Pikachu grabs a hold of Silcoon with his hands as they approach a waterfall. They all fear the worst but are relieved when they land in a forest area. Pikachu looks around to see if everybody's okay, but Corphish is stuck in a hole. Treecko knocks Corphish out of the hole, causing him to fly into the air and land with a thump, making Corphish very angry. Pikachu and Mudkip quickly intervene to stop the fight. Suddenly, Torchic begins crying, missing May, but Pikachu calms it down. Pikachu and Mudkip pick up Silcoon and walk off, with the other Pokémon following not far behind. Meanwhile, after searching the whole cave, Ash and the others decide that the Pokémon somehow got out. May is worried about Torchic running into a scary Pokémon. Max says that the Pokémon they saw was a Loudred and Ash looks it up on his [[Pokédex]]. Everybody heads outside to continue searching for their Pokémon, with Ash sending out {{AP|Taillow}} to assist in their search.

Meanwhile, the Pokémon are all walking when Corphish stops to eat a mushroom. Pikachu runs over and knocks it out of his grasp, warning the {{pkmn|category|Ruffian Pokémon}} that the mushrooms are poisonous. Mudkip finds some {{Berries}} for Corphish to eat, but Corphish eats them too fast and begins choking on one. Treecko hits Corphish and he stops choking. The Pokémon begin to walk again as a {{p|Nuzleaf}} watches them from a tree. Nuzleaf plays a song on a leaf which causes all of the Pokémon to become drowsy. Nuzleaf laughs as they walk around in circles. Treecko realizes something is amiss and alerts Pikachu to the dilemma. Nuzleaf hops out of the tree and Corphish rushes in to attack it. Nuzleaf leaps back to evade, but it is alarmed to see that Corphish has cut the leaf on its head, causing the Pokémon to laugh. Nuzleaf calls its friends over and runs off. In spite of the threatening echoes of Nuzleaf, Pikachu is determined not to let anything happen to the other Pokémon. As the Pokémon continue to walk, they begin to get picked off. Corphish is captured after he grabs some Berries that are hanging down. Lotad disappears after it goes to swim in a pond. Treecko notices the other Pokémon are missing before being pulled into the trees by its tail. Torchic becomes distracted by some flowers before being picked off. As Pikachu and Mudkip are walking, Silcoon is grabbed. They notice two Nuzleaf above them and follow them as they run off. Ash's Taillow sees them running and flies back to report the news to Ash and his friends.

The nabbed Pokémon are all kept in a big cage by the Nuzleaf as a raging bonfire burns. Treecko and Corphish both try to break the cage but to no avail. Team Rocket spies on the scene from the nearby bushes, and Meowth reveals that the Nuzleaf are considering burning the Pokémon at the stake because Corphish damaged the leaf on one of the Nuzleaf's heads. Jessie relates to Nuzleaf on that level, stating that she would do the same if anything happened to her hair. As Pikachu and Mudkip rush in, the Rocket trio set their sights on stealing all of the Pokémon and the wild Nuzleaf. Pikachu is prepared to shock the Nuzleaf, but Mudkip settles on negotiating with them. The Nuzleaf are uninterested in Mudkip's suggestion before Team Rocket nabs the Nuzleaf in a net and Pikachu with a rubber hand. Team Rocket asks the Pokémon to prepare for trouble and they recite their {{motto}}. Pikachu uses {{m|Thunderbolt}} but it has no effect, and neither do the Nuzleaf's attacks. Mudkip runs over to the cage and uses {{m|Water Gun}} on it. Their {{pkmn|Trainer}}s appear and Taillow and Forretress use {{m|Quick Attack}} and {{m|Rapid Spin}} respectively on the cage to break it. Ash has Corphish use {{m|Crabhammer}} on him to launch himself up to the [[Team Rocket's mechas|balloon]] to free the Pokémon. Team Rocket laughs as Ash attempts to untie the net. Ash manages to get it untied and releases the Nuzleaf who jump to the ground. As he gets to work on Pikachu, James has {{TP|James|Cacnea}} use {{m|Pin Missile}} on Ash, but it misses and instead strikes the claw, allowing for Pikachu to be freed. Brock says he is worried that Ash and Pikachu will get hurt if they jump down from that height. Brock spies the net and calls over the Nuzleaf to help them hold up the net allowing Ash and Pikachu to jump onto it safely. Treecko launches Corphish with its tail. An airborne Corphish uses {{m|Bubble Beam}} on the balloon and blasts Team Rocket off. Treecko catches Corphish as it lands back on the ground, creating a truce between them. Afterward, the Trainers are pleased as they watch their Pokémon and the Nuzleaf now getting along.