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'''Abra and the Psychic Showdown''' (Japanese: '''ケーシィ！ちょうのうりょくたいけつ！''' ''{{tt|Casey|Abra}}! Psychic Showdown!'') is the 22nd episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 26, 1997 and in the United States on October 6, 1998.  

The scene opens focusing on a silhouette of a [[Sabrina|woman]], holding a visible little girl. In the woman’s eyes, she sees {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} making their way towards [[Saffron City]]. However, Ash and his friends appear lost and Ash blows up on {{an|Misty}} for her lack of directions, starting a full-scale argument among the group. They stop arguing when they spot a little girl giggle nearby bouncing a ball. She runs off as Ash follows. The forest gives way to a massive cliff drop-off and Ash plummets, but he calls out {{AP|Bulbasaur}} to save him with {{m|Vine Whip}}. The Pokémon pulls him up to safety as they notice that the girl has disappeared. However, they spot Saffron City in the distance and Ash is excited for his upcoming [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.

As they enter the city, [[Jessie]] and [[James]], disguised as Hawaiian women, kiss Ash and put leis on him. They say that Ash and his friends are the one-millionth, one millionth and first, one millionth and second, and one millionth and third visitors to the city and they take them to a skyscraper for a prize. When they get there, James grabs {{AP|Pikachu}} with rubber gloves and Jessie pushes the three onto a warp tile, sending them to an isolated room with no exit. They find out that they were set up as a television screen drops down. When {{TRT}} removes the [[List of Team Rocket's disguises|disguise]], Ash freaks out at that they both kissed him. Team Rocket recites their {{motto}}, but Ash and his friends ignore Team Rocket. They show Pikachu bound up and Ash orders them to give Pikachu back. The monitor cuts off, but Team Rocket did not cut the link. As Jessie and James work to fix it, {{MTR}} points to the little girl that got inside, the same one Ash saw earlier. She emits a blue aura, freezing Jessie and James, unable to move. The girl takes Pikachu and teleports into the same room with Ash, giving Pikachu back. Ash thanks her, but the girl glows again and points to Ash and his friends, teleporting them.  

When Ash and his friends reappear, they find themselves in front of the [[Saffron Gym]]. [[Sabrina's father|A man]] runs up behind them and informs them where they are, suggesting that they avoid the Gym and runs off. Ash ignores the warning and heads inside, intending to win the {{Badge|Marsh}}. They go inside, finding it empty at first. They run into a door and look inside, finding several people in the room practicing telekinetic powers. A man confronts them and Ash asks for a match against Sabrina. When Misty asks what the people in the room were doing, he demonstrates by holding up a spoon and bending it a little by telekinesis. Ash shows off by bending the spoon completely by force, prompting the others to turn away embarrassed. The man leads them to the arena and bows down in front of a gate, asking Sabrina to come out. The little girl appears, her eyes glowing red, using telekinetic force to send the man running. Ash asks for his official match from Sabrina and the little girl agrees. She agrees if Ash and his friends play with her if he loses. The gate opens as the little girl is revealed to be sitting on the real Sabrina’s lap. The doors close, sealing them in.  

Sabrina and the little girl move over telekinetically as the arena lights up. The little girl tosses a {{ball|Poké}}, sending out {{TP|Sabrina|Abra|Kadabra}} while Ash sends Pikachu. Pikachu acts aggressive but notices Abra is {{status|sleep}}ing. Pikachu bounces around Abra, but it is sound asleep. Ash checks his [[Pokédex]] and it says that Abra sleeps eighteen hours a day but can employ telekinesis while asleep. Pikachu fires off a {{m|ThunderShock}}, but Abra wakes up and uses {{m|Teleport}} to dodge and get behind Pikachu. Abra suddenly [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{TP|Sabrina|Kadabra}}. Ash checks his Pokédex again. He thinks that it is unfair due to it being a one on one match, but evolving during the match does not count as using two Pokémon. Ash orders Pikachu to fill the stadium with lightning to negate Kadabra’s teleportation. Pikachu launches several bolts of electricity into the ceiling, pooling it into a massive blast and sending it down towards Kadabra. It uses {{m|Confusion}} to coalesce the attack and send it back to Pikachu as a dragon, causing serious damage. It uses {{m|Psychic}} to control Pikachu’s body, forcing him to get up and dance. Kadabra suddenly sends Pikachu up towards the ceiling and back down, repeating the attack several times before Ash decides to forfeit the match.  

Since he lost, he has to fulfill the request of being the little girl’s friend. She employs telekinesis to teleport them to another area. They reappear in a deserted town. They check the nearest house and find it empty. However, there is a set table complete with cake. Ash checks around as {{an|Brock}} samples the cake. When he bites into it, he finds it to be a plastic fake. Ash enters the bathroom and sees a woman in the bathtub. He turns away, but Pikachu points to the mirror, noticing that the figure is really a doll. Misty and Brock realize that they are in a dollhouse. The place rumbles as the house roof comes away, showing a giant Sabrina and the little girl towering above them. She slams her hand into the dollhouse as they run away, noticing that they were shrunk by telekinesis and are in her toy box. The little girl laughs uncontrollably as Ash and his friends run into a picture frame, showing the little girl and her parents. With nowhere to run, the little girl approaches, dribbling a ball and rolling it towards Ash and company. The man they ran into earlier appears and uses teleportation to get them out.  

Ash and company reappear in Saffron as the man orders them to leave, mentioning that Sabrina is very dangerous. Ash is not willing to leave without the Badge and thinks that he just needs to attack faster to beat Sabrina. The man’s eyes glow red as he employs telekinesis on Ash, dropping his pants and forcing him to dance which makes Misty cover her eyes. The man laughs as he stops the telekinesis. Ash pulls up his pants unabashed and charges forward and asks to be taught telekinesis, but the man pushes him back, mentioning that a person must be born with it. Ash is still determined and steps forward as the man forces him to the ground. Ash gets back up as the man continues to use telekinesis to push Ash to the ground. He continues to crawl forward, shocking the man as he asks for help. It convinces the man to tell Ash that {{t|Ghost}} Pokémon can beat Sabrina, found in [[Lavender Town]]. The man teleports away as his friends help Ash up. Ash decides to go to Lavender Town as the man reappears nearby and mentions that he may be able to help Sabrina. Ash and his friends press on to Lavender Town. Meanwhile, Meowth drags Jessie and James, still frozen, as they follow.

* When Pikachu fills the stadium with lightning to negate Abra's teleportation, the 'striking' sound effect is from {{wp|Back to the Future}} when the DeLorean travels through time.  

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