PS036

Drat That Dratini! (Japanese: VS ミニリュウ VS ) is the 36th round of the Pokémon Adventures.

Plot
In Viridian Forest, a finds herself lost when a  attacks out of nowhere, but in the nick of time  intervenes by having Saur faint the Dragon Pokémon with a single. Realizing the girl has no Pokémon of her own, Red lends her his Pika to use on a passing, giving her some tips in catching Pokémon while allowing Pika sometime in its home environment. With Red's guidance Rattata is captured as the girl's Pokémon, but as Red mulls over the peculiar presence of Dratini hordes of and  appear on all sides, forcing him to escape with the others on his Aero.

Back in Viridian City, the girl's friends admonish her for wandering into the forest. Red introduces himself and declares his search for strong Trainers to battle, but is informed that the city has no Trainers strong enough to match him, except for the Gym Leader, who was supposedly invincible, but disappeared resulting in the closure of the Viridian Gym. Deciding to go to the Gym anyway, Red releases Gyara to cross the river to the Gym, scaring the others with his 's appearance. Just before he parts ways, Red offers the girl some advice: while Pokémon can be scary at times, if a person treats them with a kind and gentle heart, they'll always be friends in the end.

Outside the Gym, Red has Saur perform reconnaissance with Vine Whip, only to find nothing. Musing at how he and originally found Saur in the same place, Red follows his Pokémon into the Gym, spotting a damaged statue of the Gym Leader. As Red tries to jog his memory of the somewhat familiar face, a bright light shines as the Gym Leader reveals his presence, declaring to know Red's name, and that he had waited a long time for Red to show up.

Major events

 * captures her first Pokémon, a Rattata.

Humans

 * (fantasy)
 * s (flashback)
 * (fantasy)
 * s (flashback)
 * s (flashback)

Pokémon

 * (Saur; 's)
 * (Pika; 's)
 * (Gyara; 's)
 * (Aero; 's)
 * (Ratty; 's; new)
 * (multiple)
 * (multiple)
 * (multiple)

Trivia

 * attacking foreshadows the battle between Yellow and Lance at the end of the.

In other languages
Kapitel 36 (Pocket Monsters SPECIAL) PMS036 Chapitre 36 (Pocket Monsters Special) LGA036 ポケットモンスターSPECIAL 第36話 PS036