Three punks

The three punks are characters of the day who appeared in The Lost Lapras.

and discovered the three punks abusing a. Apparently they wanted to use it to travel through the Orange Archipelago so that they could challenge the Orange Crew. They struck it repeatedly with sticks in order to get it to move. They were confronted by Ash and Misty and a battle ensued. As they were about to begin, they were stopped by a then unknown who examined their Pokémon. He stated that all of their Pokémon were "pitifully underdeveloped". While Tracey was about to test 's, the three punks attacked. Pikachu let out a strong Thunder Shock attack which shocked them and their Pokémon, as well as Tracey. The three punks then ran away in fear.

Because of what these Trainers did to it, Lapras started off not trusting humans. It eventually had a change of heart by the end of the episode once it saw what Ash was willing to do for it.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga


The three punks appear in The Orange Islands as a set of Trainers who are the first ones Ash met on the Orange Islands. They reappear in a flashback in The Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader.

Unlike the anime, the trio do not beat up a as a group of  do it instead.

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