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Meanwhile, the helicopter Noctowl saw earlier is disguised by...Butch and Cassidy!  After locating the lab, they discuss their plan:  Almost every trainer who starts their journey in Pallet Town stores their extra Pokéballs there, and so they are going to sneak in and steal them all.  As Tracey and Professor Oak are the only people around, it shouldn't be very hard.

As Tracey ariives back at the lab, he hears the doorbell and goes to see who it is.  It is the Magikarp Salesman, who immediately tries to sell Tracey the Magikarp he has.  He tells Tracey that the Magikarp (which he has just caught) sells golden eggs, making Tracey very suspicious.  Professor Oak comes over to see what is going on, and becomes angry when he hears that the salesman is selling Pokémon.  Tracey tells him that this is a Pokémon labratory, and the Salesman then makes a hasty exit.  Professor Oak says that Pokémon should not be bought and sold.  Tracey says they should report him to [[Officer Jenny]], and then the doorbell rings again.  Tracey says he will teach him a lesson, and starts harshly, only to see that it is Delia and Mimey.  Delia says she had bought some cookies, but maybe she should come back another time.  Tracey says that then was a great time since you can never be too busy for cookies.  Tracey invites them in, and Professor Oak welcomes them.

Bulbasaur is right to rush, as Butch and Cassidy have now reached the lab, though not before being noticed by Noctowl.  As Butch makesa hole in the window, he comments that [[Giovanni]] will be so pleased that they will get a major promotion.  Cassidy reaches through the hole to open the window, and they enter the lab.  They comment on how much better they than '[[Jessie|Messy]]' and '[[James|Lames]]', which they find so funny that they laugh manically.  Remembering where they are, they shut up and start looking around.

Noctowl finds Tracey and the Pokémon, and gets them to follow it.  Meanwhile, Professor Oak invites Delia to dinner, and she immediately offers to get Mimey to cook it.  They are overheard by Butch and Cassidy, who then sneak over to the Pokéball room.  While they take them all, Tracey finds the hole they made in the window.  He immediately rushes oer to Professor Oak to tell him that someone has broken in.  They search the lab until they reach the Pokéball room, where they are shocked to see that all the Pokéballs are gone.  Tracey says that whoever did this must be professionals.  Professor Oak says that it must be Team Rocket's work, but Tracey doubts this as the Team Rocket he knows couldn't pull it off without messing something up, (completely forgetting that he met Butch and Cassidy back in [[EP086]].)

The Pokémon begin to spread the word.  Bayleef tells Heracross.  Bulbasaur tells the Skiploom and Jumpluff, who tell the Oddish and Bellossom, who tell Kingler, who tells four of the Tauros, who stampede to wake up Snorlax.  As all the Pokémon search, Butch and Cassidy made their escape in their costumes, with the Pokéballs inside a container shaped like a Muk.  However, a Nidoking spots them and tries to hug Cassidy.  When they manage to loose that, Muk turns up and covers the Pokéballs.  Meanwhile, Noctowl locates the helicopter and rushes off to tell Tracey.

Now Tracey gets it.  This is the ''other'' Team Rocket.  (Tracey clearly does have as good a knowledge of the workings of Team Rocket as we have.)  After Butch gets annoyed at Tracey and Delia for calling him "Biff" and "Bill" respectively, Professor Oak tells them that they can't steal Pokémon, as Pokémon must be earned.  But Butch and Cassidy are no going to just give them back, and so they send out Hitmontop and Houndour.  Bulbasaur steps forward to battle, and Oak recognises Bulbasaur as one of his oldest companions.  (Never mind that Tracey has been with Oak two whole seasons longer than Bulbasaur!)  Tracey sends out Scyther, while Delia sends Mimey forward.

Houndour starts off with {{m|Ember}}, which Mimey reflects with {{m|Light Screen}}.  Hitmontop then uses {{m|Rolling Kick}}, but it does nothing to the Light Screen.  Next, Bulbasaur and Scyther attack Himontop with {{m|Vine Whip}} and {{m|Quick Attack}}.  While they are busy, Cassidy orders Houndour to use {{m|Bite}} on Mimey, but Mimey hits back with {{m|Doubleslap}}.  Delia comments that battle skills run in the family.  Butch orders Hitmontop to use {{m|Rapid Spin}} on Bulbasaur, but Bulbasaur reflects it with another Vine Whip.  Hitmontop slams into Butch and Cassidy, and is then hit by Syther's {{m|Cut}} attack.  After complementing Scyther, Oak orders Cyndaquil to use {{m|Flamethrower}}, which engulfs Butch, Cassidy, Hitmontop and Houndour.  Bulbasaur immediately comes in with a {{m|Solarbeam}} which causes an explosion.  While Cassidy contemplates that things are not good, Oak comments that Pokémon are sometimes inspirational.  Totodile wants to join in, so it uses its srongest Water Gun of the day, making Butch and Cassidy blast off.

All the Pokéballs are accounted for.  Oak comments that while the lab doesn't have an advanced security system, the Pokémon are all the protection that they will ever need.  The humans thank the Pokémon and the Pokémon cheer.  Later, Oak reads his love poem.  According to our narrator, Delia felt for sure that it was about her, but then, so did Bulbasaur.