Episode Overview
Ash sets off for Petalburg City to take on his next Gym battle. While traveling, the group encounters a bunch of Spinda. A charming girl named Claire approaches them, but Brock's sudden reaction frightens the Spinda away. Claire explains she’s searching for her lucky Spinda, which has a heart-shaped mark on its face, and Ash and his friends offer to assist her. Meanwhile, Team Rocket plots to capture the Spinda with a vacuum cleaner, but the lucky Spinda counters with Hypnosis, allowing all the Spinda to escape. They then attempt to disguise a Teddiursa, and later Meowth, as a Spinda to attract the real one, but their plan fails. The kids eventually find the lucky Spinda in a flower garden, where they meet its owner—Claire's fiancé, Kain, leaving Brock heartbroken. Team Rocket arrives in a massive Spinda robot, immune to the Spinda's attacks. However, Brock commands all his Pokémon,