History Recap / PokemonS1E24HaunterVersusKadabra

* NotSoStoic: Both Sabrina and Kadabra prove this when they crack up at Haunter's antics.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* JawDrop: Ash's reaction upon seeing Sabrina laugh.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In-Universe: Jessie apparently thinks that it was Einstein who invented the light bulb.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Jessie mentions Albert Einstein in the dub. Later on, unambiguous references to the real world and real people would be effectively gone from the anime.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Ash thinks that Sabrina's Father was simply a photographer, though he doesn't find it entertaining, {{Face Fault}}ing every time.

* HistoricalCharacterConfusion: Team Rocket does this with Christopher Columbus in the original version and with Albert Einstein in the dub.

* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the title of the episode, Haunter doesn't battle against Kadabra due to disappearing unexpectedly; rather, it's a rematch with Ash's Pikachu going against Kadabra instead.

%%* RedemptionEarnsLife

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As realistic as one can get fighting someone with psychic powers at least. Ash had no actual chance of defeating Sabrina in a fair Pokémon battle given Kadabra’s power via PsychicLink and HealingFactor with Recover; Sabrina never intended to give Ash a fair fight. If not for Haunter distracting Sabrina and incapacitating Kadabra? Ash would’ve ended up back in Sabrina’s toy chest.

* VersusTitle: In both Japanese and English.
* [[WhenSheSmiles When She Laughs]]: Sabrina following Haunter's silly gags.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As realistic as one can get fighting someone with psychic powers at least. Ash had no actual chance of defeating Sabrina in a fair Pokémon battle given Kadabra’s power via PsychicLink and Healing Factor with Recover; Sabrina also never intended to give Ash a fair fight. If not for Haunter distracting Sabrina and incapacitating Kadabra? Ash would’ve ended up back in Sabrina’s toy chest.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Haunter uses a CartoonBomb filled with [[AshFace soot]] to prank Sabrina. It [[NonFatalExplosions was a prank]], but still.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Ash does this twice with Sabrina's father.
** As Sabrina's father is explaining his daughter's backstory to Ash, he shows him a picture of their family.

-->'''Sabrina's father:''' ''(thinking)'' Does he know? He must have figured it out by now. After everything I've said, he must have figured out the truth about Sabrina and me. He must realize that I'm Sabrina's father.

-->'''Sabrina's father:''' ''(flies off the bench)''

-->'''Sabrina's father:''' So you figured it out, eh?

-->'''Sabrina's father:''' (''facefault'') '''''JUST HOW DENSE CAN A PERSON BE?!'''''

* CurbstompCushion: Pikachu actually manages to harm Kadabra in their second battle. Unfortunately, Kadabra knows [[HealThyself Recover.]]
* EntertaininglyWrong: Ash thinks that Sabrina's father was simply a photographer, though he doesn't find it entertaining, {{Face Fault}}ing every time.

Unbeknownst to Ash, one of the ghost Pokémon decides to join Ash and friends on their journey and more importantly help Ash battle the powerful Saffron City Gym Leader. Ash returns to Saffron City with one goal, to win a gold badge. The scene is set and Ash and the young girl are once again face to face when suddenly, Ash's ghost Pokémon is nowhere to be found. Feeling completely humiliated, Ash leaves the gym. Brock and Misty are left behind and as a result, the young girl uses her powers to turn them into miniature dolls, rendering them helpless. The mysterious man from Ash's previous encounter with this baffling Gym Leader shows up providing Ash with some information that could ultimately be the key to defeating her. Determined to rescue Brock and Misty, Ash returns to the Saffron City Gym ready to do what it takes to win and save his friends. Just when his attempt seems hopeless, the ghost Pokémon shows up with a unique combative technique. Will this be enough to rescue Ash's friends as well as the young Gym Leader from her dark and lonely world?

* LostInTranslation: The joke about "the chicken who invented the egg", with James then telling the audience that true geniuses like them know that the egg predated the chicken, originally was a joke where a "Columbus Egg" fell on top of Jessie and James, so James breaks the fourth wall to explain what a Columbus Egg is.

* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the title of the episode, Haunter doesn't battle against Kadabra due to disappearing unexpectedly, rather it's a rematch with Ash's Pikachu going against Kadabra instead.

* CowardlyLion: Pikachu (as well as Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander) refuse to fight for Ash against Sabrina when Haunter first disappears. At the rematch when Ash seems to have given up all hope, Pikachu [[GoThroughMe leaps]] in front of him facing off against Kadabra