Related episode(s): "Tentacool and Tentacruel" (Pokémon [first season]) - habitat development -The jellyfish Pokémon fight back against developers building on their ocean home "Dig Those Diglett!" (Pokémon [first season]) - habitat development -Pokémon trainers are recruited to stop Diglett from interfering with a development project, but their Pokémon refuse "The Breeding Center Secret" (Pokémon [first season]) - abuse/profit -A luxury Pokémon spa is a front for cramped cages and a Team Rocket plot to steal rare Pokémon "The Mystery Menace" (Pokémon [Orange Islands; second season]) - removal/personal gain -Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny oppose a politician's order to destroy a Pokémon inhabiting city sewers "The Underground Roundup" (Pokémon [Orange Islands; second season]) - humane relocation -A Pokémon wrangler offers a humane alternative to the cruel conventional method of removing Electrode from town "For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll" (Pokémon Master Quest [fifth season]) -The story of the legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh, who will only return to Earth when peace among people and Pokémon is achieved "On Olden Pond" (Pokémon Battle Frontier [ninth season]) - habitat development -A greedy developer changes his plans after realizing the Dragonair that inhabits the condemned lake saved his life "Riding the Winds of Change!" (Pokémon DP Battle Dimension [eleventh season]) - humane relocation -Ash and friends help Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy return a group of displaced Gligar, led by Gliscor, to their forest home "Steeling Peace of Mind!" {Iron Island, part 1} (Pokémon DP Galactic Battles [twelfth season]) "Saving the World From Ruins" {Iron Island, part 2} (Pokémon DP Galactic Battles [twelfth season]) -disregard/personal gain -Radio waves generated by Team Galactic's excavation of the ruins of Iron Island causes Steel-type Pokémon intense pain; Ash and his friends make a difficult decision to help Riley and his Lucario to attack the suffering Pokémon before they cause further injury to themselves and others

Related movie(s): "Revelation Lugia!" (Movie 2; Japanese only; English dub version not recommended) -To bring forth Lugia, the God of the Sea, a Pokémon collector removes Moltres, Arcticuno, and Zapdos from their respective environments, intending to place all of the legendary birds on display in his private collection "Giratina and the Sky Warrior" (Movie 11) -A scientist obsessed with the Reverse World, home to legendary Pokémon Giratina, ignores his former partner's research which concluded that for travel between the Real and Reverse worlds to be possible, Giratina would be sacrificed; meanwhile a rather ungrateful Shaymin, through Ash's commitment to Pokémon, learns a lesson in gratitude

Related game(s): Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow, Pokémon Fire Red/Leaf Green (GameBoy, GameBoy Advance, GameCube+GameBoy Player) -Original and full-color classic Kanto quest, still the most sinister Team Rocket RPG plot to date Pokémon Ranger (Nintendo DS) -As a newly-appointed ranger, show your compassion and devotion protecting Pokémon and preserving nature in the Fiore region Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo DS) -Help stop a new sinister plot in the Almia region by befriending Pokémon who are mysteriously being controlled by machines

Of course, while the main plot of the in the animé centers around battles and badges, I cannot stress enough the issues Pokémon has covered which are parallel to animal issues addressed in our world. Johto's Master Quest (5th) season showcased a variety of episodes which called for an even more peaceful existence between humans and Pokémon (the aforementioned "For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll") to a look inside the tortured mind of a newborn Larvitar, terrified of humans and plagued by painful memories of being stolen as an egg from its mother by poachers ("Address Unown", etc... [see hunting/poaching below]). Also featured during that season were multi-part sagas in which the deeper, darker side of Giovanni's Team Rocket is seen (it's not all Jessie and James "Let's nab Pikachu and give the twerps a hard time"). The stories of taking a parent and baby Lugia from their home in the sea - and each other - and more genetic engineering gone wrong resulting in an enraged, red (a deformation of its normal blue color) Gyarados prove that Pokémon is more than just a game. As a writer, Pokémon has been more of an inspiration (one of many) to me than the age-old stand-bys. And hopefully, being that these and other Pokémon stories are on television and not in the movies, both new and old viewers can see them and draw their own conclusions, instead of having their minds already made up for them by critics who still can't pronounce or even spell Pokémon.

Related episode(s): "The Mystery Is History" {Lugia; part 1} (Pokémon Master Quest [fifth season]) "A Parent Trapped" {Lugia; part 2} (Pokémon Master Quest [fifth season]) "A Promise is a Promise" {Lugia; part 3} (Pokémon Master Quest [fifth season]) -A Team Rocket scientist uses an infant Lugia to lure its parent into an experiment that measures a Pokémon's power by an artificially-induced rage "Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution" {Red Gyarados; part 1} (Pokémon Master Quest [fifth season]) "Rage Of Innocence" {Red Gyarados; part 2} (Pokémon Master Quest [fifth season]) -The forced evolution of a Magikarp causes rage and destruction from its evolved form Gyarados, through no fault of its own