Characters (first season)

The first season includes young Ash Ketchum with his newly made friends, Misty and Brock, who are travelling in the Kanto region, Ash obtaining his 8 gym badges around this region and competing in the Indigo League, placing in the Top 16.

Ash meeting Misty

Ash met Misty at Viridian Forest. When pikachu didn't obey Ash and they were attacked by a flock of spearows and fearows, pikachu was seroiusly injured. Ash needed to rush pikachu to the pokemon center so he borrowed Misty's bike for it was the fastest way for him to get to the pokemon center. When they were close to the pokemon center pikachu used thundershock to defend itself and Ash from the flock of spearows and fearows. Because of this, Misty's bike was burned to crisp. This was also the reason why Misty decided to continue to go with Ash in his journeys to replace her broken bike. In the series, it was revealed that Misty has three more older sisters named Violet, Daisy and Lily.

Ash going for his first gym badge 

Ash met Brock at Pewter City. Since Ash wanted   to challenge the gym leader there and obtain his first  gym badge, he went to the Pewter Gym. There he discovered that Brock is the gym leader there who uses Rock type pokemon. At the end of their battle, Ash won and received the Stone badge from him. When Ash was about to leave Pewter City, Brock came up to him and said that he will accompany him in his journeys. Brock back then served as a mother to his 11 younger siblings while his father Flint was away.