PS057

Ekans the Ecstasy (Japanese: VS アーボ VS ) is the 57th round of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Plot
appears ready to battle the Team Rocket Elite Trio. But then four of Yellow's Pokémon scatter and are blocked by Team Rocket's Pokémon. Ken says that he is ready to have a "little battle". Ken shows Yellow that his and  are faster than Yellow's, surprising Yellow. Al's uses  on the S.S. Anne again and Yellow starts to worry more about the passengers of the ship than himself. Dody uses and all of Yellow's Pokémon, except for Dody and Pika, disappear. Al's Slowpoke gives the ship one final Confusion, and every passenger (except Yellow) falls down into the ocean, while the Team Rocket Elite Trio is lifted up into the air.

Then a strange wraps around the passengers. It's Kitty's String Shot! The thread is as good as lifesavers! The passengers of the S.S. Anne swim back to Vermilion City. Team Rocket seem to be ready for a possible counterattack, but their legs are frozen from Omny's ! Due to a misjudgment of Al's, Team Rocket falls into the sea, but swim up to the surface. Harry has his and   with, pushing Yellow off the S.S. Anne. Fortunately, is there to catch Yellow. Pika gives Ekans and Weezing a fatal. Then Team Rocket finds that the S.S. Anne is cut in two because of Ratty's teeth and Gravvy is holding the two parts of the ship, with Yellow on top. With the threat of half a ship over them, the Team Rocket Elite Trio is forced to surrender.

Major events

 * battles against the Team Rocket Elite Trio while trying to escape from them.
 * Yellow uses Kitty to help rescue the passengers that have fallen off the sinking boat.
 * The S.S. Anne sinks in the Vermilion Harbor.

Humans

 * Pokémon Fan Club Chairman
 * Ken
 * Al
 * Harry
 * Passengers
 * Passengers

Pokémon

 * (Pika; 's)
 * (Ratty; 's)
 * (Dody; 's)
 * (Gravvy; 's)
 * (Omny; 's)
 * (Kitty; 's)
 * (Harry's)
 * (Harry's)
 * (Al's)
 * (Al's)
 * (Ken's)
 * (Ken's)

Errors

 * The Fire Stone is incorrectly called the Flame Stone in the VIZ Media edition.
 * In the translation,  is called  during the whole round, including the title.

In other languages
Kapitel 57 (Pocket Monsters SPECIAL) PMS057 Chapitre 57 (Pocket Monsters Special) LGA057 PS057