Just a heads up to anyone reading this, if any of you are excited to see Togepi, unfortunately Togepi will not be part of the story. But an even better Pokémon that you might find adorable will takeover. If you want to find out who is it you need to read this episode to find out.

The intro shows multiple clips from different Pokémon and Loud House episodes

I wanna be the very best

Like no one ever was

To catch them is my real test

To train them is my cause

I will travel across the land

Searching far and wide

Teach Loudémon to understand

The power that's inside

Loudémon (Gotta catch 'em all), it's you and me

I know it's my destiny

(Loudémon) Oh, you're my best friend

In a world we must defend

Loudémon (Gotta catch 'em all), a heart so true

Our courage will pull us through

You teach me, and I'll teach you

Loudémon Gotta catch 'em all!

Gotta catch 'em all!

Lo-udé-mon!

The intro ends with Ash throwing a Poké Ball before a title that says "Loudémon" appears on screen.

The episode begins with the gang inside a Loudémon Center

Narrator: "Ash and his friends are in for a surprise at this small town Loudémon Center."

Nurse Joy: "Is your name Ash?"

Ash: "Yeah."

Nurse Joy: "I have a message for you."

Ash: "For me?"

The note is revealed to be from Professor Oak

Professor Oak: (prerecorded voice) "Greetings, Ash! It's Professor Oak! Give me a call when you get the chance."

Ash: "It's from Professor Oak."

Misty: "I guess it's been a while since you talked with him."

Ash heads over to a video phone

Ash: "Okay, let's see. Professor. I hope he's around."

(Immediately, the Professor answers)

Ash: "Hi, Professor Oak! It's Ash!"

Professor Oak: "Hello there, Ash! I suppose my message found its way to you."

Ash: "Yeah."

Professor Oak: "How is everyone? (spots Lincoln) Say! Lincoln sure is looking well."

Lincoln: "Thanks Professor! I sure am!"

Misty pushes Ash out of the way

Misty: "I'm fine, too!"

Professor Oak: "I'm glad to hear it! Well, they say no news is good news, but I do wish you'd let me know how things are going now and then."

Ash: "I know. We've been kinda busy."

Ash notices his Muk peeking into the shot

Professor Oak: "Come on! Cut that out!"

Ash: (chuckles) "My Muk seems to be doing okay."

Professor Oak: "Taking care of it hasn't been so easy. (to Muk) Will you behave?!"

The episode pauses and Lincoln comes into a view in front of the scene

Lincoln: (to the readers) "Alright, now I know you might be wondering how did Ash get that Muk? He actually got him in an earlier episode when there was a power outage in another town. I'm sorry to anyone who thinks that this is a spoiler, let's get back to the action."

The episode resumes

Professor Oak: (to Ash) "I hope the next Loudémon you send will be easier to manage."

Ash: "I hope so, too, Professor. But I haven't caught any new ones."

Misty: "That's right."

Professor Oak: "Well, make sure the next ones aren't so mucky. (gets covered by Muk but gets out of it) I almost forgot! Have you heard about the new Pokédex upgrade?"

Ash: "Pokédex upgrade? No, I haven't."

Professor Oak: "Well, now you can get details on all the latest Loudémon discoveries."

Ash: "Wow! How could I get it?"

Professor Oak: (points down) "Just put your Pokédex into that slot and I'll do it. Once upgraded, your Pokédex will have an updated database, and even a new voice."

Ash: (gets out his Pokédex) "Alright! (inserts the Pokédex into the slot) I'm putting it in right now."

Within seconds, the upgrade is complete

Professor Oak: "Okay, it's all done."

Ash: (takes the Pokédex when it comes out) "Gee, thanks."

Professor Oak: "Okay, no time to lose. Go capture more Loudémon, see what that egg will hatch into, and collect some new badges, too."

Ash: "Professor, we're on our way right now!"

Later, our heroes are eating at a restaurant and wondering where they should go next

Ash: "Where to next?"

Misty: "We could head to Cinnabar Island and the Cinnabar gym."

Ash: "The Cinnabar gym? Hey, Brock. When do you think that egg's gonna hatch?"

Brock: "Who knows?"

A flashback shows Ash revealing the egg to his friends

Ash: (flashback) "Hey, look what I found!"

Misty and Brock are surprised

Brock: (flashback) "Are you sure its alright for you to just take that?"

Ash: (flashback) "Maybe I should have given this egg to Joy."

Brock: (flashback) "No way! (takes the egg) I'll raise this one for ya."

The flashback ends

Brock: "And I've been keeping it close to me every night so it'll stay nice and warm."

Misty: "What? You mean you sleep with that egg?"

Brock: "it's the only way it'll hatch. What else can I do?"

Ash: "So, Brock, what kind of Loudémon's gonna hatch out of that thing, anyway?"

Brock: "To tell you the truth, Ash, I don't know."

Misty: (excited) "You mean, it might even turn out to be a Tentacruel?"

Brock: "It could be, Misty."

Misty: (sighs and fantasizes shaking tentacles with a Tentacruel) "I'd just love a Tentacruel!"

Ash: "But it could even be an Aerodactyl?"

Brock: "That's a possibility, too."

Ash gets a flashback to when he was in the clutches of an Aerodactyl

Ash: "Maybe it won't be."

Brock: "I'd like it to be Chaz. (fantasizes Chaz who had dark orange hair, and freckles wearing an aqua blue cap backwards, a gold t-shirt with horizontal cream stripes, dark grey jeans, and white shoes.)

Misty: "Imagine if it were a lovely Lapras!" (fantasizes a Lapras)

Ash: "I can't wait to see what kind of Loudémon hatches, no matter what it is."

As our heroes ponder what could hatch from the egg, Team Rocket listens in

Ronnie Anne: Did you hear that? They're hatching a new Loudémon!"

James: "I think he said a Dragonair."

Jessie: "No, no. He said an Aerodactyl."

Ronnie Anne: "Whatever it is, we gotta get our hands on that egg. This could be the chance we've been waiting for!"

Jessie: "Imagine when the boss hears we've captured a Loudémon."

Ronnie Anne: "He'll be shocked."

James: "Don't forget, we haven't even succeeded in capturing Lincoln from those kids! We have a proud tradition of failure to uphold!"

Jessie kicks James

Jessie: "Than you'll fail!"

Ronnie Anne: "And we'll win."

Jessie and Ronnie Anne start planning how to steal the egg, leaving James out of the loop

James: "I can break tradition!"

Later, our heroes exit the restaurant

Ash: "So, how far to Cinnabar Island?"

Brock: "Hmm. It looks pretty far."

Soon, our heroes notice two hooded ladies with baskets

?: "Hello, everybody!'

?: "Good day!"

Both girls start kicking like the Radio City Rockettes

Ash: "I don't believe my eyes."

Both girls: "We kick up our legs, so you can buy our eggs."

Misty: (picks up one) "What kind of Loudémon eggs are they?"

?: 'Wait and find out when they hatch."

?: "Won't you buy some, please, please, please?"

Ash: "We don't need any Loudémon eggs cause we already have one of our own."

Brock: 'Yeah."

Both girls approach

?: "Let me see. Show me."

Brock: "Okay, okay."

Brock pulls out the egg

Brock: "Here. Like it?"

?: "It's pretty. Lovely."

?: "Beautiful."

Suddenly Lincoln began seeing through the disguisesmaking him give the two ladies a suspicious look

Lincoln: "You two look familiar!"

Ash: "Yeah you do."

The egg sellers began to panic as Ash and Lincoln onto them.

?: "Oh no I think he's onto us!"

Lincoln: "I KNEW I RECOGNIZED THOSE VOICES!"

Ash: "Nice try Team Rocket! We know it's you through the disguise!"

Jessie: "Dang it! He figured it out!"

James: "This has never happened to us before!"

Jessie: "Let's just toss the baskets anyway!"

They toss the eggs in their baskets at our heroes, one of which knocking our heroes' egg out of Brock's hand, allowing someone with familiar looking paws to grab and steal it. When the egg barrage ends, all the eggs are mixed up and our heroes can't find theirs

Brock: "Which one is ours?!"

Soon, the two egg sellers reveal themselves to be Team Rocket

Jessie & James: (laugh)

Jessie: "Prepare for trouble."

James: "Make it double."

Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation."

James: "To unite all peoples within our nation."

Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love."

James: "To extend our reach to the stars above."

Jessie: "Jessie."

James: "James.

Brock: "Is that it?!"

To Team Rocket's shock, our heroes are busy looking for their egg instead of paying attention to Team Rocket)

Ash: "Hmm. Let's see."

Jessie: "Hey! You didn't let us finish!"

James: "Yeah, that's right! And we didn't even get to the best part!"

Misty: (picks up an egg) "Is this it?"

However, the egg turns out to be a fake

Ash: (picks up an egg) "Isn't this it?"

However, that egg is also a fake. And soon, Ronnie Anne shows up with the real thing

Ronnie Anne: "Is this what you're looking for?"

Brock: "That's it! Ronnie Anne's got our egg!"

Jessie: "It was.."

James: "Your egg."

Team Rocket runs away

Ronnie Anne: "Let's beat it!"

Ash: Come back, you thieves!

Out in a cabin in the middle of the forest, Team Rocket is looking at their ill-gotten prize

Ronnie Anne: "We did it!"

Jessie: "A great success! It was because I made a cute egg salesgirl."

Ronnie Anne: "Yeah, maybe."

James: "So, shall we cook it over easy? Or maybe we can scramble it! Or, I know! We can make a little fried rice!"

Ronnie Anne smacks James with a frying pan

Ronnie Anne: "You're not cooking it cause I'm hatching it."

Jessie: "But how will you do that?"

Ronnie Anne: "Very simple. I will warm it with my body."

Throughout the day, Ronnie Anne keeps the egg close to him

James: "Still holding that egg?"

Ronnie Anne: "Of course I am. If I put down my beautiful egg, it'll cool off and it won't hatch."

Ronnie Anne soon gives the egg a bath

Ronnie Anne: "Now, my little eggy-weggy, while you and I share a nice, hot soak, I'm gonna tell you a bath time story. Once upon a time…"

While this is going on, Jessie and James are listening in

James: "Ah. You're boiling it. I like mine soft boiled."

Ronnie Anne just splashes them both with water

Ronnie Anne: "Boiled?! I told you I'm gonna hatch it, not eat it!"

Later that night

Ronnie Anne: "Goodnight, little egg. Time for us to go sleepy."

James: "I never realized Ronnie Anne could be so.."

Jessie: "Revolting!"

The next day, our heroes are following a trail of eggs Team Rocket left behind

Misty: "Hey! (picks up one of the eggs) Look! It's another one! If we just follow these eggs, they'll lead us all the way to Team Rocket!"

Ash: "Wow, they're pretty dumb, aren't they? Leaving us a trail of broken eggs."

Brock: "If they're so dumb, how come they're the ones who have the egg?"

Ash: "I guess you have a point there." (sighs)

Soon, Lincoln finds the end of the trail

Lincoln: "You guys, I think we found them!"

Brock: "They must be in there."

Our heroes peek through the window as Team Rocket sits down to breakfast while Ronnie Anne polishes the egg

Ronnie Anne: "Rise and shine, my little eggy-poo. Ronnie Anne's gonna make you nice and shiny 'cause we got a lotta incubating to do."

James then places Ronnie Anne's plate of breakfast onto the table

James: "Here."

Ronnie Anne: 'What's that?"

James: "Your scrambled eggs!"

Ronnie Anne smacks James with a frying pan

Ronnie Anne: "I told youse to lay off the E-G-G-S! How can you be so insensitive, you lame-o?!"

Our heroes duck down

Brock: "That's definitely the egg."

Ash: "Right. Now's our chance."

He throws a Poké Ball

Ash: "Go, Luan!"

Luan materializes

Luan: "Let's show these crooks who's bass (laughs) get it?"

Brock: "Go, Zach!"

Zach materializes

Zach: "Let's do this!"

Misty: "Sid, I choose you!"

Sid pops out of the Poké Ball and materializes

Sid: "It's go time!"

Luan, Zach, and Sid burst through the window and start attacking to make sure that Team Rocket, who are shocked by the intrusion, doesn't try to escape

James: "What's going on?!"

Zach sends a piece of buttered toast right into the face of James while Sid makes Jessie spit out the coffee she was drinking, all the while, Luan snags the egg from Ronnie Anne throwing a pie at her at the same time, and gives it to our heroes.

Ash: "Good work, Luan!"

Ronnie Anne: "Hey, gimme back my egg!"

Ash: "That's funny, and all along I thought this was our egg."

Ronnie Anne: "Go get them, and my egg!"

Jessie: "Go, Jackie!"

James: "Mandee, go!"

Both girls materialize.

Mandee: "Oh no you don't!"

Jackie: "Your not getting away that easily!"

Mandee starts spreading gas around, blinding our heroes

Brock: "Careful, Ash! The egg!"

Jackie darts toward Ash, but Ash ducks. Soon, Ronnie Anne approaches Ash and slaps him, allowing him to grab the egg

Brock: "The egg! Zach, Tackle attack!"

Zach: "Get back here!"

The attack land, but sends the egg flying towards Misty

Misty: "I've got it!"

Jessie intercepts it

Jessie: "I've got it!"

Misty: "Hey! Sid! Airborne Tackle, now!"

Sid: "On it!"

The attack lands, and the egg goes flying once more toward Ash

Ash: "Got it!"

However, Mandee bumps into him just as he catches it, sending it flying once more and its caught by James

James: "Got it!"

Zach bumps into him and the egg starts flying again, until its caught by Brock

Brock: "Yeah!"

Suddenly, Jackie's body hits Brock in the back and sends the egg flying again, just for it to be caught by Ronnie Anne

Ash: "Can't see. Luan, Gust attack! Blow this gas away!"

Luan: (nods) "Right!"

The attack clears the room, but also causes Ronnie Anne to send the egg flying once more, but this time it looks like no one's gonna catch it, to everyone's horror.

Misty: "Quick, somebody catch it! The egg's gonna break!"

Ash leaps and tries to save it, but to no avail

Ash: "I missed it!"

The gas finally clears, and it's revealed that Lincoln caught the egg in time

Lincoln: "Gotcha."

Ash: "Lincoln!

Lincoln: "Just in time."

Everyone breaths a sigh of relief

Misty: "You did it, Lincoln!"

Brock: "Nice catch, Lincoln!"

Lincoln: "That was a close one!"

Soon, Ash notices something

Brock: "What's wrong, Ash?"

Ash: "No. It feels like there's something moving inside."

The egg begins to glow. Soon, the egg starts to crack

Ash: "It's starting to crack!"

Brock: "Yeah! It's about to hatch!'

Lincoln: "Oh my!"

Misty: "Hey! (shoves Ash and Brock aside) Oh, let me see!"

The egg finally hatches, the kitten yawns and opens its eyes for the first time to see Misty holding it

Misty: "It hatched! It hatched! Oh, how cute!"

The kitten looks at Misty, confused

Misty: "Oh. Hello to you, too."

The kitten acts excited

Misty: "Oh, we're so lucky!"

Brock: "We are!"

Ash: "Right!"

Team Rocket come in for a closer look at the newborn

Jessie: "If Lincoln hadn't caught it.."

James: "That precious little kitten might have..".

Everyone soon notices that they still have unfinished business

Jessie: "We have a battle to finish!"

James: "I almost forgot!"

Ronnie Anne: "Let's get em!"

Jackie and Mandee charge

Ash: "Lincoln, Thunderbolt attack!"

Lincoln: "THUNDERBOOOOOOOOOOLT!"

The attack lands, allowing our heroes to make their escape

Misty: "See ya!"

Ash: "Later!"

Brock: "Bye!"

Ash and his friends head off, while Ronnie Anne tries to get up

Ronnie Anne: (weakly) "My egg."

Our heroes arrive at a small park pond where Misty is playing with the newborn

Misty: "Where am I? Hi!"

The kitten jumps in excitement

Misty: "It's so cute!"

Ash: "It sure is, Misty. But what is it?"

Brock: "Good question."

Ash: "Hey! Good idea! Now that Dexter's been upgraded, he'll know the answer."

Dexter: "Skitty, the Kitten Pokémon. Specific information about this Pokémon is still unavailable."

Misty: So, Skitty's your name. You even sound cute."

Lincoln: "Hello."

Misty: "You think so, too. Don't you, Lincoln?

Lincoln: "I sure do."

Ash: "Of course it's cute. All newborns are cute."

Brock: "That's right." (picks Skitty up)

Brock tries to make Skitty laugh, but to no avail

Ash: "So, now, which of us gets to keep Skitty."

Brock: "I think I should. I'm the one who incubated the egg."

Ash: "But I was the one who found it in the first place. I just let you watch it for a while."

Brock: "I mothered it!"

Misty takes Skitty

Misty: "Well, I think I should keep Skitty because it likes me best. Right, Skitty?"

Skitty meows happily

Misty: "It's obvious. Skitty has made the right choice."

Ash: "No fair! I found it, so its mine!"

Misty: "Well, maybe you should have taken better care of it."

Ash: "But you never took care of it!"

Brock: "That's right! I took care of it!"

Team Rocket shows up

Ronnie Anne: "Oh yeah? I took care of it more than all of you put together!"

Our heroes are confused

James: (teary-eyed) "That's right. You never saw how much Ronnie Anne cared for that egg. They were together when they ate, they were together when they slept, they even bathed together. It was touching."

Jessie: (teary-eyed) "Please, James, just hearing it brings tears to my eyes."

Ash: "I never knew you were so sensitive."

Ronnie Anne: "Save your pity! All I want from you is my Skitty!"

Jessie and James solemnly agree

Misty: "Team Rocket's acting almost human."

Ash: "Alright! The only way to decide this is with a Loudémon battle!"

Ronnie Anne: "A Loudémon battle?"

Ash: "That's right! We'll have a tournament, and whoever wins gets to keep Skitty. Are you in, or are you out?"

Team Rocket quickly huddle and form a battle plan

Ronnie Anne: "Count me in!"

Our heroes soon head to a nearby amphitheater for the tournament

Brock: "So, we'll have a six way tournament!"

Misty: "Right!"

Ronnie Anne: "Wait a minute!"

Ash: "Huh?"

Ronnie Anne: (points to Jessie and James) "These two have no right to participate."

Jessie: "Hey!"

James: "What do you mean?!"

Ronnie Anne: "I hereby testify that neither of you perform a single act to assist Skitty."

Jessie: "I can't believe you're being so selfish!"

James: "What about Team Rocket?!"

Misty: "Than just the four of us will battle."

Brock: "Sounds good to me."

Ash: "Let's make it a sudden death battle, by using just one Loudémon each."

Brock: "Okay."

Misty: "Let's do it!"

Ronnie Anne: "Fine with me!"

Brock: "Now, let's see. Which Loudémon should I use?"

As our heroes select their Loudémon, Meowth realizes something

Ronnie Anne: "I forgot! I don't have any Loudémon to battle with! (to Jessie and James, who are sitting in the grand stands) Hey, guys. Could I borrow one of your Loudémon?"

Jessie & James: Not a chance!

Ronnie Anne: "What am I gonna do now? Huh?"

Ronnie Anne then realizes something else

Ronnie Anne: "Oh, yeah! I forgot! I am a Loudémon! I can battle for myself!"

Soon, the first battle is about to start, that being Ronnie Anne against Whitney

Ash: "First up is Brock versus Ronnie Anne!"

Both opponents stare each other down.

Ash taps on a soda can to signal for the match to start

Brock: "Go, Whitney!"

Whitney: "I'm going in!"

Ronnie Anne: "Alright, let's go!"

Both Whitney and Ronnie Anne charge, but Ronnie Anne gets knocked back, only to get back up

Ronnie Anne: "Okay, time for me to give them my scratch attack, here goes nothing!"

Ronnie Anne starts scratching Whitney's face, but with little effect

Ash: "Being your own trainer must be tough.'

Misty: "Must be."

Jessie: "Ronnie Anne isn't doing all that badly."

James: "I didn't know Ronnie Anne was so spunky."

Brock: "Your Scratch attack can't do anything against Whitney's hard body! Whitney, Rock Throw, now!"

Whitney picks up some rocks and attacks, but Ronnie Anne dodges out of the way, only to get knocked back by the impact

Ronnie Anne: "What's wrong, Ronnie Anne? Hang in there! But my Scratch and Bite attacks aren't any good against giant Loudémon!"

Ronnie Anne then hears Skitty meowing

Ronnie Anne: "I'll do it for Skitty! I refuse to lose!"

Ronnie Anne notices two buckets of water sitting on the sidelines

Ronnie Anne: "That's it! Whitney is weak against water."

Brock: "What do you say, Ronnie Anne? Do you surrender?'

Ronnie Anne: (picks up the buckets) "I never say die! The absolute victory with water attack!"

The "attack" lands and Whitney is weakened, to everyone's shock

Ronnie Anne: "Fury Swipes attack!"

The attack lands and Whitney falls

Whitney: (dizzy) "Ow."

Brock: "Whitney! Are you okay? Hey! Throwing water is cheating!"

Ronnie Anne: "I am merely a parent fighting for her child. And I'm gonna win this tournament!"

Jessie: "Well, well."

James: Ronnie Anne won!"

Soon, the stage is set for the next battle

Brock: "Next up is Ash and Misty."

Ash: "Our first battle since Cerulean Gym."

Misty: "This time, I'm gonna beat ya."

Ash: "Lola, I choose you!"

Lola comes out of the Poké Ball and materializes

Lola: "Princess makeover time!"

Misty: "Ah, yes. Just as I expected. You chose Lola, so I'll choose…"

But before Misty can say her selected Loudémon's name Skitty runs towards Misty and purrs going in between her legs.

Misty: "Oh, Skitty you are adorable but you can't battle right now."

Ash: "You're not allowed to call your Loudémon back!"

Misty: "He's right. Okay, aim for Skitty's head, Lola!"

Ash: "It's head? Yeah, like I'm that dense! Lola, go kiss Skitty on the head!"

Lola: "Okay, here it goes!"

Lola starts kissing Skitty, foiling Misty's plan

Misty: "No, Lola! You'll never kiss Skitty if you kiss it!"

Ash: "Good! Now use the tickle attack!"

Lola starts making Skitty laugh with her arms, forcing it to retreat back to where it came from

Brock: "The battle is over!"

Ash starts celebrating while Misty gets really upset that she lost, while Skitty cheers from the podium it sits on. Soon, the stage is set for the final battle

Misty: "No!" (x8)

Brock: "The winner will get Skitty!"

Ash: "Alright, I choose Lincoln!"

Lincoln steps onto the battlefield

Lincoln: "Let's win this!"

Ronnie Anne: "In that case, I choose myself! Ready!"

As the two stare each other down, Ronnie Anne looks over at Skitty

Ronnie Anne: "Little Skitty. (gets a flashback of the previous night) I can still remember when you were just an egg and all we went through together. (the flashback ends) For your sake, Skitty, I, Ronnie Anne, will win you back!"

Brock rings the "bell" and the battle starts

Ronnie Anne: "Alright! Victory will be mine! I'll use my Slap attack!"

However, before Ronnie Anne can do anything, Lincoln taps his hand onto Ronnie Anne's forehead.

Lincoln: "Too slow!"

Lincoln zaps her knocking her onto her back

Ronnie Anne: "I lost so fast, I'm a little shocked."

Brock and Ash were shocked at the fast victory

Brock: (points to Ash) The winner!"

Ash & Lincoln: "We did it!"

Jessie and James start to drag Ronnie Anne away

Jessie: "I knew Ronnie Anne would lose."

James: "The heroes always get the breaks."

Ronnie Anne looks on at Skitty as he's dragged away

Ronnie Anne: "Little Skitty. (teary eyed) I hope you'll be very happy with your new trainer. Goodbye now."

Ash: "Skitty, you're mine now."

However, Skitty looks in confusion

Ash: "Uh, what's wrong?"

Brock: "Skitty? Hey!"

Again, no response

Brock: "It's no good."

Misty: "I told you, but you didn't want to believe me."

Skitty turns to Misty

Misty: "Look. It doesn't want to go to anyone else by me, now."

Ash: "Hey, what's going on here?" (gets out Dexter)

Dexter: "Skitty is imprinted with the image of the first thing it sees after it hatches, thinking this is its mother."

Brock: "Yeah! That explains it! (thinks back to when Togepi hatched) When it hatched, Misty was the first thing it saw."

Misty: "I knew it! Skitty likes me because it thinks I'm its mother. Right, Skitty?"

Skitty purrs happily agrees as Misty picks it up again

Misty: "I'll love you just like a mother would. (to Lincoln) You'll help me take care of Skitty, won't you Lincoln?"

Lincoln: "Course I will."

Narrator: "Well, with Misty as its new trainer, it seems like Skitty is the real winner. Don't you think?"