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While traveling through a canyon, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} see a giant stone [[Poké Ball]] on top of a hill. Then, an old sage named [[Sigourney]], approaches them and tells them about the origins of the ball. The old sage reads from an ancient text and informs the group that a powerful Pokémon was sealed in a similar Poké Ball that lies in the nearby Izabe Lake. {{TRT}} overhears Signourney's story and decides to pursue the contents of the giant Poké Ball.

Sigourney leads Ash's group to the lake, where they see Team Rocket's balloon hovering over the giant Poké Ball. Team Rocket then says their {{motto}} through megaphones. {{MTR}} pushes a button on a remote and a bunch of bombs explode onto the Poké Ball, opening a giant hole in the top of it. The ball cracks open, parting the waters of the lake and pushing Team Rocket's balloon aside. A giant {{p|Claydol}} appears in the split waters. Meowth pushes another button and hooks come out of the balloon, grabbing the Claydol. The balloon tries to lift the Pokémon up, but it is too heavy. The Pokémon shoots an Ice Beam at the balloon, freezing it. Then it shoots a Hyper Beam that sends Team Rocket blasting off. Moments later, they fall down, landing on Claydol's head.

Claydol starts moving out of the lake and across the land, shooting Hyper Beams to destroy a path in front of it. Ash throws a {{i|Poké Ball}} to try to catch it, but it fails. Sigourney explains that only the giant Poké Ball at the top of the hill can catch Claydol. Brock sends out his {{TP|Brock|Lombre}} and {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}} to shoot Claydol with {{m|Water Gun}}, but this only angers the Pokémon and makes it spin rapidly, sending Team Rocket flying into the air. Team Rocket lands near Ash and his friends, and with the evil intention of catching the Claydol, they convince Ash's group that they want to help restore balance.  

Sigourney looks in his book and explains that Claydol likes eggplant, so they decide to lure it with that. Ash and James hold out a basket of them, but Claydol doesn't see it. James and Ash dress up as eggplants, and Claydol sees this and gives chase. Suddenly, Sigourney sees that Claydol really hates eggplant, so everyone tells Ash and James to run away. They get out of the costumes just before Claydol stomps on them.

Claydol runs into a rock wall, so it blasts a hole through it. Unfortunately, it is headed for a town, and the people there run for cover. To distract it, Sigourney, Ash's group, and Team Rocket decide to lure Claydol to the mountaintop with a "beautiful maiden" that the legendary text references.

 

Jessie, May, Meowth, and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} all dress as maidens, playing musical instruments. They rip off their outfits to reveal different outfits. Jessie is dressed as a ballerina, May as [[Nurse Joy]], Meowth as a cheerleader, and Wobbuffet as a maid. Claydol seems interested and approaches them. It is displeased with Jessie, May, and Meowth, and blasts them away. However, it falls in love with Wobbuffet and starts chasing it (apparently, the maiden it fell in love with before looked like a Wobbuffet, much to May and Jessie's annoyance).

 

On top of the hill, the groups try to push the giant Poké Ball down to Claydol. However, Wobbuffet is about to be caught, so Ash sends {{TP|Ash|Swellow}} to grab it. However, Swellow only gets Wobbuffet's wig, and Claydol sees that Wobbuffet was only in disguise and gets angry. Fortunately, the ball rolls down the hill, but it gets stuck. Brock sends out Mudkip and Lombre to use Water Gun to weaken the rock that got it stuck, and {{AP|Pikachu}} breaks the rock. The ball hits Claydol, capturing it.

 

Suddenly, May wonders where Team Rocket went, and everyone looks up to see the giant Poké Ball attached to their balloon. However, the ball ends up rolling down a hill, dragging the balloon with it. The balloon then breaks free, sending Team Rocket flying away. The ball rolls into the lake where the original Poké Ball was.

 

Afterwards, Ash and his friends bid Sigourney goodbye and continue their journey to Ash's next Badge and May's next Ribbon.