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Keith and Team Rocket stop at a dock to take a small boat across a river, when the boy "remembers" something he forgot. He runs off, saying he'll be right back, leaving Team Rocket with Farfetch'd and all of Keith's Pokémon in a backpack. Naturally, they try to steal them, and take the small boat themselves, but this is exactly what the boy wanted them to do; a cork comes loose in the bottom of the boat, causing it to sink. [[Jessie]] and [[James]] lose {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}} (and {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}}), whose Poké Balls are floating down stream. When Team Rocket goes into Keith's bag to get Staryu and Starmie to help themselves out of the water, they discover the bag is full of rocks, just as Misty's was earlier. Farfetch'd gathers the Poké Balls, and sends Team Rocket over a waterfall. The Pokémon swims to shore to find Keith waiting for him; the duo has succeeded at yet another plot of thievery.

Team Rocket, in the [[Team Rocket's mechas|Meowth Balloon]], are extremely angry, and out to find Keith and their Pokémon. They run into him just as he's packing up his tent, and all of the Pokémon he stole, and ready to get on the road. The boy tries to return their Pokémon by saying the whole thing was just a joke, and in return he can just leave, but Team Rocket wants more. So Keith gives them a whole bag full of Poké Balls, along with his "apologies"; Team Rocket decides to forgive him, and they take off in their balloon with all of the Poké Balls.

Shortly after Team Rocket leaves, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Officer Jenny arrive, Psyduck having led them correctly. Everyone surrounds Keith, confronting him about his stealing. Ash expresses how much time and care Trainers put into raising their Pokémon. The group decides that they would have a Pokémon battle to teach him a lesson, so Keith could see how difficult a match is really. He then explains that his Farfetch'd is too weak to battle, and he has no choice but to steal Pokémon. Brock discounts this and says that Pokémon will become stronger with Trainers who work with them. Just as Keith begins to rebut, Farfetch'd expresses an interest in battling. Ash jumps in and sends out {{AP|Bulbasaur}} to battle, and orders a {{m|Tackle}} attack from the Pokémon. With every strike of Bulbasaur's {{m|Vine Whip}}, Farfetch'd seems to becomes more and more energized to win. Keith, completely unaware of his Farfetch'd's techniques, witnesses an {{m|Agility}} attack, followed by multiple strikes of the Pokémon's {{wp|leek}}; Ash's Bulbasaur is defeated. The boy says that he wouldn't have used Farfetch'd to steal if he had known it had such power. Ash, ready to send out Pikachu to battle Farfetch'd, is stopped by Misty, who wants to battle. To her dismay, she soon realizes that her only Pokémon is Psyduck. However, Farfetch'd begins to hit it on the head, enough so as to give it a headache. Psyduck unleashes a powerful {{m|Disable}} attack, sending the Pokémon flying into its owner. Misty and Psyduck, celebrate their victory over the Trainer that stole her Pokémon.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket is opening all of the Poké Balls that Keith gave them, only to discover that they all contain {{p|Voltorb}}. Angry that they have been tricked again, they throw the Voltorb over the edge of their balloon. All of the Pokémon, unfortunately, land directly where Keith and his Farfetch'd are, and they all {{m|Self-Destruct|self-destruct}} near him, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Jenny. Feeling defeated, the boy promises to stop his wrongdoing.

Back at the police station, Keith tells Officer Jenny that he'll give back all of the Pokémon he stole. Jenny informs him that he is lucky that none of the Trainers are going to press charges because they all got their Pokémon back; Misty expresses her joy to have her Pokémon back. Keith now says that he knows that it was wrong to steal, and that it was wrong not to believe in Farfetch'd. He decides to train his Farfetch'd to become even stronger, and the two head off.

Jessie and James, up in their balloon, consider telling {{an|Giovanni|their boss}} what happened, but {{MTR}} convinces them not to; Team Rocket expresses embarrassment over being outsmarted by a kid. All of a sudden, they realize one Voltorb is left in their balloon, and it self-destructs, sending them "blasting off again".