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As the episode opens, our group is feeling a little lost on [[Izabe Island]] -- they're out of PokéNav range and Brock can't find an appropriate map. To make matters worse, the island is a large desert full of craters of some kind. {{Ash}} speculates that their might be something in them and throws a rock into the nearest crater. A strange orange head pops out and swallows the rock. Ash checks the [[Pokédex]] about it. The Pokédex reveals that it's a {{P|Trapinch}}, a burrowing desert Pokémon with powerful jaws capable of eating sand and rock. The group realizes that the craters are made by Trapinch.

Not long after, [[Pokémon Ranger|Elisa]], a local ranger, comes in her car and tells the crew that they are trespassing in a dangerous area. While [[Max]] restrains [[Brock]], {{an|May}} explains that they didn't know the area was restricted. Shortly after commenting that the region doesn't look dangerous, Ash loses his footing and falls in a crater. Elisa saves him by throwing a [[Escape Rope|rope]]. She explains to the group that there is an underground tunnel network known as ˝The Trapinch Underground Labyrinth˝ linking all of the craters, and that they should do everything possible to avoid falling in.

Hal explains that he is looking for a Trapinch with a transmitter on its back, which he's using to search for a secret underground lake in ˝The {{P|Trapinch}} Labyrinth˝. Hal tells them the story from his youth, claiming that he discovered the lake when he was lost in labyrinth himself. While trying to find a way out of the maze, he lost consciousness. When Hal woke up he saw a huge, beautiful lake with many Trapinch gathered around it. All of the Trapinch [[Evolution|evolved]] into {{P|Vibrava}} at the same time before leaving. Without explanation, Hal all of a sudden found himself back outside of the labyrinth. That's why he started his career as a [[Pokémon Researcher]]. The group spots the transmitter-laden Trapinch heading into a crater.