Kurt/Anime

Kurt was first mentioned in The Rivalry Revival, where told  and  to deliver the GS Ball to him for studying.

Kurt made his physical debut in A Shadow of a Drought. After Ash had accidentally stepped on a local, Kurt disguised Ash and his friends as Slowpoke to avoid the angry townspeople. He then told them that he had been investigating strange sounds coming from the Slowpoke Well, which later turned out to be caused by the activities of. After Ash and his friends had foiled Team Rocket's plan to steal all the local Slowpoke, they were surprised to learn Kurt's identity as the man they had been supposed to meet.

In Going Apricorn!, Ash gave the GS Ball to Kurt, who agreed to study it. Afterwards, he demonstrated Ash,, and his ability to make custom Poké Balls out of Apricorns, and gave each of them a Fast Ball. At the end of the episode, the group also gave Kurt two Blue Apricorns and one Black Apricorn to be fashioned into Poké Balls. The completed Poké Balls were delivered to the group by Maizie in the next episode, with Ash and Misty each taking one of the Lure Balls and Brock taking the Heavy Ball.

Kurt was also briefly mentioned by Professor Oak in A Farfetch'd Tale, hoping him to be able to solve the mystery of the GS Ball.