Saizou  

Otoshi, サイゾウ

While on his way to the indigo plateau, ash encountered otoshi, who challenged him to a battle with a twist. if he lost, he would have to surrender his badges to the winner. confident in his abilities, ash accepted the challenge. during the battle, otoshis marowak defeated ashs bulbasaur, but lost to pikachu. afterward, otoshi revealed that someone had stolen his badges, and a talking meowth was responsible. ash and his friends knew that team rocket members jessie, james, and meowth were the thieves. feeling sorry for him, they decided to help otoshi retrieve his badges from team rocket. meanwhile, marowak ran away from otoshi, blaming him for losing his badges. saddened but determined, otoshi continued searching for his stolen badges. eventually, ash, misty, brock, and otoshi confronted team rocket, leading to a battle between otoshi and jessie for the return of his badges. despite using his doduo, otoshis two heads ended up fighting each other. however, marowak returned to help him defeat jessie, and together they were successful in retrieving otoshis stolen badges. with his badges back, otoshi continued on his journey to the indigo plateau to compete in the pokémon league.