"Last time on Total Drama Pokémon Exploration! After a year of absence, your host, Chris Mclean, came back to do a season and brought back all 52 campers, or should I say trainers, to compete in the world of Pokémon. After going thru a crazy portal and into headquarters, they meet Ishihara, the CEO of the company, and he let them choose their starters. After that and the rules were explained, different teams went to each different region to start off. What kinds of adventures will they have in store? Find out on Total! Drama! Pokémon Exploration!

Team Kanto has walked thru the portal and walked out of it, landing them in a small town with a few pidgeys flying overhead.

"Wow… where are we?" Sammy asked, admiring the view.

"I know this place! This is Pallet Town! The place where trainers start their journey." Cody explained in glee.

"Okay, but what do we do now?" Beth asked as Noah looked around.

"Usually, we should meet-"

"-Hello there." A voice interrupted him as the trainers all looked at an old man with a lab coat on.

"And who might this old man be?" Max asked as Cody ran up to him to shake his hand.

"You're Professor Oak! It's a real honor to meet you sir." Cody greeted as Oak laughed.

"Why thank you young man." Oak greeted back as he looked over to the other trainers, "and you must be the trainers Chris told about."

"Wait, you know us?" Sammy asked.

"Yes, I do. However, I don't know your names since he didn't say. Can I ask your names?" Oak asked.

"Sure, I'm Cody." Cody greeted.

"I'm Noah."

"I'm Sammy."

"Hello, I'm Beth."

"My name is Leonard, the grand wizard of sorcery."

"And I'm Max, the most evilest villain you'll ever see." Max greeted as Oak looked confused by that but ignored it and looked towards Beardo.

"And who might you be?" Oak asked as Beardo sheepishly rubbed his arm.

"Oh, his name is Beardo. He doesn't really talk much. Just make sounds." Sammy explained.

"Oh, I see. Well then, with introductions out of the way, if you will all follow me please?" He asked as the others followed him to his lab

Confessional Break

Cody: I can't believe I am in the Pokémon world! Now if I remember correctly, we should be meeting Gary since he'll be getting his first Pokémon like us.

Confession Ends

The trainers have followed Professor Oak to his lab where they enter to find a boy with spiky brown hair, tapping his foot, as if he was thinking of something.

"Yo, gramps. I've finally decided that I want Squirtle to be my partner." The boy said.

"Great, that's a great choice for you Gary." Oak said as Gary looked at the group.

"Who are they?" Gary asked.

"Oh, these are those contestants I was talking about. These are Cody, Beardo, Sammy, Max, Noah, Beth, & Leonard." Oak said, pointing to each one as he said to their names. Sammy, Beth, Leonard, & Beardo greeted him, Max just scoffed, and Cody & Noah glanced at each other.

Confessional Break

Noah: Gary is the main rival in all of the games that involved Kanto, the Stadium games, and even Sun & Moon where you can battle him in the Battle Tree. He was also Ash's rival in the anime. Also, he is a huge jerk in the beginning so that'll be fun.

Confession Ends

"Alright, now that we've all been introduced, it's time for your first challenge." Oak announced.

"Already?" Beth asked in surprise.

"Yes Beth. For this season, you have tasks you have to complete in order for you to continue your journey. Your first challenge, one of you has to battle my grandson, Gary." Oak explained as Gary smirked and crossed his arms.

"Well, who wants to go first?" Beth asked.

"Step aside fools! I'll show this one the true fear of my evil!" Max exclaimed as the others looked at him weirdly.

"Actually, I wanted the ones who had a Charmander to battle him." Oak said as Max growled.

"Oh, I have one." Leonard said as he held out his Pokeball.

"So do I." Cody said also holding out Charmander's Pokeball as well.

"So which one of you two would like to go?" Oak asked but before the two could argue, Gary decided for himself.

"Actually, I wanna fight Cody. Wizard guy doesn't look like he'll be much of a challenge." Gary said as Cody cheered while Leonard just pouted.

"Good, now I want you all to watch the two." Oak instructed as they the others backed up while Cody & Gary got ready to fight

Confession Starts

Cody: This is amazing. I get to battle Gary which won't be so hard since both Squirtle and Charmander have Tackle and Growl as their starting moves.

Leonard: {He huffs} It's okay. The boy couldn't be able to win against my magic, so I let Cody do it. It be a much fairer fight.

Confession Ends

"Alright boys, you ready?" Oak asked.

"Yeah." They both answered.

"Then the battle shall now commence." Oak said as Gary held his Pokeball.

"I choose you Squirtle!" Gary called out as he threw his Pokeball onto the floor in which it opened and released Squirtle.

"Let's do this. Let's go Charmander!" Cody called out also as he threw his Pokeball and out came Charmander who looked ready to fight.

"Alright Squirtle, use tackle!" Gary said as Squirtle charged at Charmander and shoulder bashed him, sending him across the lab.

"You alright Charmander?" Cody asked worryingly as Charmander got up and shook off the pain and nodded to his trainer. "Great, now use Scratch!" He nodded as he ran towards Squirtle, claws ready.

"Dodge it!" Gary called out as Squirtle dodged at the last second. "Now use tackle!"

"Dodge it!" Cody yelled as Charmander dodged Squirtle's attack as well. "Now use Scratch!"

Unlike Bulbasaur's attack, Charmander's attack actually made contact as he scratched Bulbasaur's face, reeling in pain.

"Ouch, that must have hurt." Beth winced.

"Well Charmander has sharp claws so yeah it would hurt." Noah explained.

"Get up Squirtle and use tackle!" Gary said as Squirtle charged at Charmander again.

"Dodge and use growl!" Cody yelled as Charmander dodged the tackle and growled at him, lowering Squirtle's attack.

"Why did he make him growl? That's not an attack." Max pointed out.

"Growl is a move where you can lower a Pokémon's attack." Noah explained, "he probably did that so that he won't make Charmander faint so easily."

"Ah, a debuff spell. The easiest trick in the book." Leonard stated as the others just ignored him and continued to watch the battle.

"Alright use scratch!/Use tackle!" Each of their respective trainers called out as the two starters charged at each other but Charmander landed the finishing blow on Squirtle, making him fall to the ground with swirl in its eyes.

"Squirtle is unable to battle. Charmander wins! Which means Cody is the winner!" Oak announced as Cody and the others cheered for him {except for Max since well he's Max} as well as Gary growled.

"Man, must have chose the wrong Pokémon." Gary said as he returned Squirtle back into his Pokeball. Meanwhile, Cody went to Charmander.

"You did great buddy." Cody praised his partner.

"Char." Charmander greeted back, tired as Cody pulled out his Pokeball.

"Take a good rest buddy." Cody said as he put Charmander back into his Pokeball and went to the others.

"Wow, that was great Cody." Beth said.

"Yeah, it really was." Sammy added as Beardo made a celebratory noise. Cody slightly blushed at the praise while Oak went over to them.

"Congratulations on your win Cody. Here is your prize money." Oak said as he gave Cody 5 Pokedollars.

"Wait, you actually win money?!" Max said in shock.

"Yes. You see, every time you win a Pokémon battle, you can win money from other trainers and your Pokémon will get stronger from each battle its won." Oak explained.

"What do you use the money for?" Sammy asked.

"You can use it to buy food, clothing, and medicine." He explained some more.

"Medicine?" Beth asked confused.

"Medicine can be used to help heal your Pokémon from anything its sustained." Oak finished explained.

"Well, while I may have lost this time, I won't lost to you or any of you guys again." Gary boasted, "smell you all later." And with that, he has left the building.

"Wow, he's really mean." Beth said, not liking his attitude.

"Unfortunately, we're going to run into him again later on." Noah stated.

"Well now, for your next task, I want you all to go to Viridian City and go get a parcel in the Pokemart." Oak instructed.

"Foolish old man, I am not a delivery person." Max said, not liking having to do this old man's chores.

"Actually, that parcel is going to be important to us." Cody explained to Max.

"Indeed. Once you've got that and come back here, I'll give you more items for your journey." Oak said.

"Great, let's go guys." Cody said as the others left Oak's lab and are on their way to Viridian City.

"So where do we go now?" Sammy asked.

"Well from the game, it was north so we should go there." Noah suggested as they all left Pallet Town and entered Route 1 which has pretty straight forward path with tall grass on the path.

"Wow, didn't expect this path to be so big." Cody stated.

"It's apparently real life, of course it's going to look big." Noah said.

"So where are the Pokémon?" Beth asked and right on cue, a Pidgey swoops down and lands in Beardo's afro. He noticed and tried to get it off him but to no avail.

"Beardo, send out Squirtle, it'll help." Cody suggested as Beardo did that and released Squirtle to help him. Squirtle looked at him as Beardo pointed to his hair where the Pidgey was.

"Um, why isn't he saying anything?" Beth asked.

"I think its because he only just makes sounds, I think." Sammy tried to answer the best she could. Surprisingly, Squirtle seemed to have understand what he meant and tackle the Pidgey out of his hair, making it land on the ground with swirl in its eyes

"Wow, he attacked it without Beardo saying anything." Beth said.

"I thought you had to give commands." Max said.

"You can, but Pokémon can still use moves even if the trainer can't give any." Cody explained as Beardo high-fived Squirtle.

"Yeah, but it's not as effective as the trainer giving orders, otherwise it'll just be using random moves that'll probably do anything." Noah said as that got Beardo worried.

"Well, where do we go now?" Sammy asked.

"Maybe that kind gentlemen will tell us where to go." Leonard said as he pointed at a man with an apron.

"Good idea, we should ask him." Noah agreed as they went over to him, Beardo thinking about what Noah said.

Confession Starts

Beardo: {Clears throat} Um… Hi, I'm Beardo. Well you already know that. Anyways, if what Noah said is true, then I'm probably not going to last long. Not unless I start talking but I'm just afraid what the others will say.

Confession Ends

"Excuse me sir. Do you know how far it is to Viridian City?" Sammy asked as the man looked at the group.

"It just a quarter mile that way." The man answered, pointing north.

"Oh thank you sir." Beth thanked but before they started going, the man spoke again.

"Wait, you're all new trainers, right? Tell you what, I'll give you all each one of these." The man said as he pulled out seven purple bottles with the Pokeball logo in the middle and handed one to each of them.

"The heck is this?" Max asked.

"These are the medicine that Professor Oak was talking about. They're called potions." Cody explained.

"Ah, this will be most useful." Leonard said as he looked at his potion.

"If you want to buy more potions, go to the Pokemart in Viridian City. Good luck to you all." The man said as he went off.

"What's a Pokemart?" Sammy asked.

"It's basically a store where you can buy stuff for your Pokémon." Noah explained, "now we should probably get to Viridian City now." They didn't have to tell him twice as they went in the direction the man said and sure enough, they were at Viridian City which had more houses, a Pokémon center, a Pokemart, Gym, and even a Pokémon Academy.

"Finally, my tootsies are hurting from all the walking." Max whined.

"So where do we find the Pokemart?" Sammy asked.

"Look for a building with a blue roof." Cody answered as Beardo made a beep noise and pointed to the Pokemart.

"Huh, that was easy. Good job Beardo." Beth said as Beardo rubbed his arm.

"Right, let's get this over with." Max said as they all went inside the Pokemart. When they went in, they went to the counter where a man with the same apron was on route 1 was.

"Ah, are you the guys from that Professor Oak send?" The man asked as they all nodded. "Great, his order came in. Can I get you all to take it to him?"

"Sure." Cody said as he grabbed his parcel. "Well, let's head back to Pallet Town guys." With that, they all started to head back until Sammy noticed a building with a red roof.

"Hey Cody, what's that place?" Sammy asked as Cody looked at the building.

"Oh, that's the Pokémon Center. It's where you can heal up your Pokémon or spend the night. Best of all, it's free." Cody explained.

"Impressive." Leonard said.

"Yeah, yeah, can we go now." Max said, impatiently as they all headed back to Pallet Town all while avoiding Pokémon on their way back. They got back and went inside Oak's lab who was waiting for them.

"Professor Oak, we have your parcel." Cody said.

"Ah, splendid, thank you all." Oak said as he took it off his hands and opened it. "Ah! It's the custom Pokeball I ordered."

"Gramps!" a voice yelled out as they all turned to see Gary who ran up to Oak. "I just remembered something. Why did you call me?" Oak took a moment to think before realization came to him.

"Oh, that's right! I have something for the eight of you." Oak said as walked over to a table that had eight small red devices. He started to pass them out. "These are my new inventions, the Pokedex! It automatically records data on Pokémon you've seen or caught. It's a high-tech encyclopedia."

"Oh sweet." Cody exclaimed as he looked at the Dex.

"So we can use to identity what kind of Pokémon they are?" Beth asked.

"That's right. However, you can't get detailed data on Pokémon by just seeing them. You must catch them if you want the full data." Oak explained.

"But we can still get information on them even if they're not caught, right?" Sammy asked.

"Yes, but you'll only get the full information on the Pokémon you've caught. For instance, for Cody's Charmander, you can know anything they is about him to its moves and behaviors. For wild Pokémon however, you'll get little information on them." Oak explained further, "speaking of catching…" He started to hand out 5 sets of Pokeballs to each of them and Gary. "To catch Pokémon, you're going to need these Pokeballs."

"How do we do that?" Leonard asked.

"Basically you have to battle one until they're weak. Once that happens, just throw the ball at them and they'll go in." Noah explained.

"Indeed, however it won't always work so you have to try more than once." Oak added. "And I believe that's everything."

"Well thanks Gramps! I'm off to Pewter City to get my first badge. Smell you all later!" He said as he ran out.

"{Growls} He's getting on my nerves." Max growled.

"And you're getting on mine. I know how it feels." Noah said sarcastically.

"Well, you should all go to Pewter City like Gary did. And don't forget to train and catch as many Pokémon as you can." Oak said.

"Right, you ready to do this guys?" Cody asked.

"Yeah!" Sammy, Beth, & Leonard exclaimed while Beardo made a trumpet sound and Noah and Max rolling their eyes. After exchanging goodbyes to the Professor, they went off to Pewter City.

Beardo: Squirtle

Beth: Bulbasaur

Cody: Charmander

Leonard: Charmander

Max: Bulbasaur

Noah: Bulbasaur

Sammy: Squirtle