'Wow, that was whacky,' Ash said after watching the Jerry Springer episode in which Serena and Misty had a catfight.

'I hate that little bitch,' Misty said.

'I see her as a nice friend, but I am not into her.'

'Good. If you did feel attracted to her, I would kick you in the nuts,' Misty joked.

'Since we were both in that episode... We have both been in quite a few episodes,' Ash noticed. 'We were both in the episodes about Bayleef's crush on me and Serena's crush on me. And then you were in the episode in which your sisters were bragging about enslaving you.'

'Yeah, and you were in the episode in which you were too dense to realise that your mum and Professor Oak have been getting it on for years!' Misty teased.

'Since we have both been on The Jerry Springer Show so often... Does that prove that we are crazy? That we are trash?' Ash joked.

'You are, but I am not,' Misty teased. 'You have shown your denseness and stupidity in the episode about Bayleef and the one about your mum and Professor Oak.'

'Yeah, and you demonstrated the fact that you are a violent woman with a huge freaking anger problem,' Ash retaliated. 'Of course Serena took things too far, but you would've murdered her if the security didn't step in. And you tried to beat the fuck out of my Bayleef as well!'

Then, Ash suddenly remembered another episode in which he appeared. 'Most of the episodes we rewatched since Jerry's death were newer episodes, from the 2000s and 2010s. However, I would like to rewatch an episode from the 90s, back when I was a child.'

'Well, you're still a child. A child in an adult's body,' Misty teased.

'No, I'm not.' Ash shouted. 'I've always been very mature for my age!'

'Says the person who didn't understand even the slightest thing about love and sex until he was 23,' Misty teased.

'Let's just watch the episode,' Ash grumbled. He put the videotape in the VHS player and sat down on the couch.

1998 - 'We want to steal a young boy's Pikachu'

'JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!' the audience chanted, while the talk show host entered the stage in the television studio.

'Hello, welcome to the show. Today, we have a guest who says that two crazy people are trying to steal his Pikachu. Please welcome Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!'

'Hi Jerry,' Ash said.

'Ash, why are you here?' Jerry asked.

'Well Jerry, I am a ten-year-old Pokemon Trainer... Wait, I celebrated my eleventh birthday last week, so I'm an eleven-year-old Pokemon Trainer who travels through Kanto. I already have seven Badges! My first Pokemon is my Pikachu, who always sits on my shoulder,' Ash said. 'Except for now. He is with my friends Misty and Brock now, who are sitting in the audience.'

Then, Ash continued his story. 'And there are these two people, Jessie and James from Team Rocket, who have been trying to steal my Pikachu for a year now. My friends and I run into them several times per week. Every time, they dress up in ridiculous costumes. The man, James, often wears women's clothing. While wearing these disguises, they try to steal Pikachu and sometimes other Pokemon as well.'

'What the fuck?' Jerry said. 'Stealing Pokemon who already have a trainer? That is really unethical!'

Ash had no idea what the word unethical meant. However, before he could ask the talk show host what that word meant, his mother Delia, who was in the audience, ran towards Jerry. 'Don't say fuck in front of my little boy, Jerry! He is still a minor!'

'Why the fuck not? It doesn't hurt anybody! Fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck,' Jerry joked.

'JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!' the audience chanted.

'You can't say fuck in front of a minor!' Delia snapped.

'Now you're saying it too, Mum!' Ash giggled.

'You are in trouble, young man!' Delia snapped. 'And I bet you're not even wearing clean underwear!'

'Hey! You allowed your son to come on this show,' Jerry countered. 'You knew that this show is not suitable for little kids. This talk show is made for an adult audience. And besides, Ash is eleven. He is young, but he is not a little kid anymore. I'm sure that he can handle a few swear words.'

While Delia kept screaming that Jerry Springer was trying to corrupt children by using profanity and allowing his guests to swear, Jerry's security guard Chikorita used his Vine Whip to move Delia back to her spot in the audience.

'That is a cool Pokemon!' Ash said. 'I've never seen that one before!'

'That's my Chikorita,' Jerry said. 'You are from Kanto, aren't you? It makes sense that you haven't seen a Chikorita before, since Chikorita is from the Johto region. It's very rare to find one in another region.'

'Chiko!' the Pokemon said. He jumped on Jerry's shoulder and shook Ash's hand with his front paw.

'What a cutie!' Ash squealed, not knowing that he would catch his own Chikorita one year after this episode of The Jerry Springer Show.

'Anyways, your mother is very overprotective. If you're old enough to travel without parental guidance, you're old enough to handle a few swear words,' Jerry said. 'Anyways, could you please tell me more about these two Team Rocket members you were telling me about?'

'Well, Jessie and James are pretty stupid. They always dress up in ridiculous disguises, which I am stupid enough to fall for every single time. Then, they try to steal Pikachu. And when I manage to get Pikachu back or prevent them from stealing him, they always challenge me to a battle, even though they lose every time. Their Pokemon are weak.'

'Why are their Pokemon so weak?'

'They never spend any time on training their Pokemon properly. And they only battle against my friends and me. Their Pokemon never get to practice their battling skills.'

'Well, it's for the best, since it means that they aren't a serious threat to you and your friends,' Jerry said.

'True. Oh, and they have this weird talking Meowth,' Ash said. 'He can actually talk like humans.'

'A talking Meowth? Really? That is impressive!' Jerry said. 'Let's meet him and his trainers. Here are Jessie, James and Meowth!'

A red-haired woman wearing a blue tuxedo, a purple-haired man wearing a pink ballet dress and a cat-like Pokemon entered the television studio.

'Prepare for trouble!' the woman said, beginning a recital of Team Rocket's usual motto.

'And make it double,' the man added to that. The two humans took turns reciting a line.

'To protect the world from devastation!'

'To unite all people within our nation!'

'To denounce the evils of truth and love!'

'To extend our reach to the stars above!'

'Jessie!'

'James!'

'Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!'

'Surrender now or prepare to fight!'

'Meowth, that's right!' the cat shouted, finishing the motto.

'Oh wow, a talking Pokemon!' Jerry said. 'I never met a talking Pokemon before!'

'Well, there's a first time for everything,' Meowth said.

When the trio of Team Rocket members sat down, Jerry Springer began to interview them. 'I've heard that you three constantly try to steal this boy's Pikachu. Why are you doing that?'

'We are trying to steal Pikachu because we want to give that yellow rat to our boss,' Jessie said. 'If we do that, we might get a huge reward or even a promotion!'

'It's a bit strange, two adults and a talking Meowth who are trying to steal a child's Pikachu,' Jerry said. 'Don't you think that stealing Pokemon is unethical?'

'Of course it is, but the rewards outweigh my ethical concerns,' James answered. 'And Jessie doesn't even have any ethical concerns.'

'I don't even know what ethical means,' Jessie joked. 'And I'm proud of that. Not having any moral objections is very helpful when you are a criminal.'

'I can imagine that,' Jerry said. 'Also, I see that you two always wear disguises when you try to steal Pikachu. Ash says that the disguises are bad, but that he keeps falling for it. Are you two doing this in order to not get recognized before you steal Pikachu? Or do you do this because you enjoy dressing up?'

'Mostly the latter,' James said. 'I love gender bending. Feeling a dress just feels right to me. And Jessie likes to switch between feminine outfits and clothes from the men's department in the clothing stores.'

'He is a sexy lady, don't you think?' Jessie said, making her friend blush.

'Yeah, very sexy,' Jerry said sarcastically.

'JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!' the audience chanted.

'If you two love to dress up, why don't you two make a career out of that?' Jerry asked. 'Then, you no longer have to be criminals. Instead, James could be a drag queen and make a living like that. I mean, look at famous drag queens like Danny LaRue, Paul O'Grady, RuPaul and Emily Howard. And then Jessie could be a drag king while Meowth makes money by, well, showing how unique he is as a talking Pokemon. You could put together a show and perform in theatres. Wouldn't that be a much better idea than chasing after a child to steal his Pikachu?'

'I would love to do this!' James said. 'Becoming a famous drag queen has always been my dream!'

'Shut up, James! We are criminals and that's that!' Meowth snapped. 'Don't become soft. Jessie and I can't steal Pikachu without you. We need your dress-up skills to come up with good disguises!'

'Oh, okay,' James sulked. 'At least I can wear pretty dresses when we need to wear disguises. I believe that I look fabulous in my pink dress now!'

'Yes, you do, James,' Jessie said. Then, she addressed Jerry. 'James has hot legs!'

'Okay, enough about James and his hot legs. Is there any way to persuade you to stop chasing after Ash?' Jerry asked.

'No!' Meowth said. 'I want to be the boss's top cat, instead of that stupid Persian! And in order to achieve that, I need to make him happy. And how can I make him happy? By stealing that kid's overpowered Pikachu!'

'Yeah!' Jessie said. 'I want to be rich. In order to achieve that, I need the boss to give me a reward. Or a promotion, which means that we will get a raise. Stealing Pikachu is the best way to achieve that!'

'If you want to impress your boss and give him strong Pokemon, you don't need to steal them from other trainers. Why can't you just catch wild Pokemon?' Jerry asked.

'We would have to train those after catching them. That's too much work,' Jessie said.

'Yeah! And besides, the boss likes rare Pokemon. We won't be able to catch any of those!' James added to that. 'We aren't lucky enough to encounter a Dratini or a Chansey!'

'Jessie and James are right. We're better off trying to steal the little twerp's Pikachu,' Meowth said.

'You three need to stop stealing Pokemon, you cocksuckers!' Ash snapped at his enemies.

Before the evil trio could respond, Delia stormed out of the audience again to yell at her son. 'Ash, you can't call someone a cocksucker! You're my little boy, so you're not supposed to use that kind of language! Where did you learn that horrible word?'

'I heard that word when watching The Jerry Springer Show,' Ash answered. 'During last week's episode, the one in which Lt. Surge bragged about how he slept with Koga's wife. Surge called Koga a cocksucker. That's how I learned that word.'

'See? You can actually learn a lot from this show,' Jerry joked.

'JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!' the audience chanted.

'Ash, you are not supposed to watch that horrible show!' Delia snapped. 'It's inappropriate for a boy your age!'

'It's Misty's favourite television show. Brock loves it as well. They got me into it a few weeks ago. We often watch the show when we visit a Pokemon Center,' Ash explained.

Delia began to yell at Jerry. 'You corrupted my son, you bastard! You turned my son into a potty mouth, you cunt!'

'You are quite the potty mouth yourself,' Jerry teased.

'Yeah, but I'm an adult. He is a child!' Delia snapped. 'Anyways, how can you stand to be the host of this horrible talk show? How are you able to put up with all these horrible guests? I would never watch this shit, you cocksucker!'

However, Ash knew that his mother was lying. 'Mum, you watch this show all the time! Before I started my Pokemon journey, you always made me go to bed when The Jerry Springer Show was on. Most of the time, you were laughing so loudly that you kept me awake when I was trying to sleep.'

Delia's face turned red. Why did her son have to reveal her horrible secret on national television? Jerry Springer was her guilty pleasure. She did not want any of her friends to know that she watched trash television like The Jerry Springer Show! Ash's mother was too embarrassed to continue the conversation and went back to her seat in the audience.

'Ash, watch out that you don't become a momma's boy,' Jerry teased.

'Very funny, Jerry!' Ash snapped.

'Anyways, Ash, Team Rocket, what's gonna happen here?' Jerry asked. He looked at the three thieves. 'Are you three going to stop stealing Pokemon from trainers?'

'No, we are not!' Jessie said.

James even had a threat for Ash. 'We might even try to take Pikachu before the show is over!'

'No, you won't!' Jerry snapped. Then, he looked at his Pokemon, who sat in the corner of the television studio. 'Chikorita, you know what to do!'

First, the Grass Pokemon used his Vine Whip to grab the evil trio and smack them on the ground. Then, while the three were in too much pain to get up, he started charging his Solarbeam. Meanwhile, the retractable roof of the television studio opened.

A few seconds later, Chikorita launched a powerful beam of energy at the trio, who were shot into the air. 'Team Rocket is blasting off again!' the trio said simultaneously.

'Meowth!' the cat added to that, while the three thieves crashed down on the ground just outside the television studio.

'CHIKO! CHIKO! CHIKO!' the audience chanted.

Jerry petted his Pokemon, who jumped on the chair on which James was sitting earlier. 'Well done, Chikorita!'

'Thank you for getting rid of those cocksuckers, Jerry and Chikorita!' Ash said.

'Chiko!' the small Grass Pokemon squealed happily.

Then, Jerry addressed the audience to state his final thoughts of the episode. 'Well, there isn't a whole lot to say about this episode. There is no surprising moral lesson that I can teach you. Sure, I can tell you that you shouldn't steal Pokemon, but I think that's pretty obvious. Maybe the lesson here is that becoming a professional drag queen is a better choice than becoming a professional Pokemon thief! After all, if you're going to steal this boy's Pikachu, my Chikorita will use his Solarbeam on you. Until next time, take care of yourself and each other.'