Ash Ketchum is allowed to start his journey in the world of Pokémon and dreams of becoming a Pokémon master, but on the day he is to receive his first Pokémon Ash oversleeps and wakes up in panic, running into Gary Oak who becomes Ash’s rival. Professor Oak, the local Pokémon researcher, has given away three Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle) he entrusts to new Pokémon Trainers when Ash finally reaches Oak’s lab. The only Pokémon that he has left is a Pikachu, which he gives to Ash. Determined to make it on his journey, Ash does befriend the Pikachu, but it refuses to reuse him and chooses to stay out of the pokeball, even attacking ash with its electric powers. It is only after ash protects ash with its electrician powers. It is only after Ash protects Pikachu from a group of angry Spearow that Pikachu realizes how much Ash Cares.
