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* BaitAndSwitch: We're lead to believe Gengar cursed Ash...actually, it turns out Ash has just been ill the entire time.

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* BaitAndSwitch: We're lead led to believe Gengar cursed Ash...actually, it turns out Ash has just been ill the entire time.



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* CallBack: When Ash catches Gengar, he’s wearing a Charmander shirt, the first of his Pokemon that were originally abandoned.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: How ''convenient'' that Ash bumps into a random guy who happened to be Gengar's former trainer!




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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Gengar's former trainer is last seen fleeing for his life and never gets any comeuppance for abandoning his partner.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Ash saves Gengar from Team Rocket by ordering Pikachu to use iron tail on the machine it was trapped in.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Ash saves Gengar from Team Rocket by ordering Pikachu to use iron tail Iron Tail on the machine it was trapped in.



* RageBreakingPoint: After a string of bad luck, Ash gets his foot stuck in the mud. This causes him to scream in anger and run out of the lab, which spills into the above-mentioned ForWantOfANail incident.

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* RageBreakingPoint: After a string of bad luck, Ash gets his foot stuck in the mud.ends up stepping on a Diglett hole. This causes him to scream in anger and run out of the lab, which spills into the above-mentioned ForWantOfANail incident.
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* HumiliationConga: After Ash gets ''cursed'' by Gengar. A leg of his chair breaks, he accidentally ends up drinking the flower water, he almost falls down the stairs, causing him to grab Goh's butt to not fall, the entire content of parmesan cheese falls on the pasta that Mimey made for him because the cap fell off, he gets accidentally tramped by the Pokémon in the lab, including his own Dragonite, and finally, he gets his foot stuck in a hole made by a Diglett.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Ash saves Gengar from Team Rocket by ordering Pikachu to use iron tail on the machine it was trapped in.
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* FromBadToWorse: Not only does Gengar find out about why it’s trainer never returned to it, but it gets captured by Team Rocket (while having trust issues with humans).
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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only was Gengar’s former trainer a jerk for bragging about abandoning Gengar, but he was rude to Ash when Ash tried to apologize for bumping into him.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Ren's terrified reaction as Goh tells Ash about the Gengar curse.

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Gengar is causing trouble for the Cerise Laboratory once again. This time around, it seemed to have inflicted a curse on Ash.

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Gengar is causing trouble for the Cerise Laboratory once again. This time around, it seemed seems to have inflicted a curse on Ash.Ash.



* BaitAndSwitch: We're lead to believe Gengar cursed Ash...actually it turns out Ash has been ill the entire time.
* {{Bookends}}: The end of Episode 11, has Gengar on top of the Cerise Lab with a sinister grin. The ending of the episode episode has him there, but this time it eats and apple with a happy smile.
* ForWantOfANail: If Ash didn't go barreling out of the lab after one to many 'curses' on him -- with Gengar still in his shadow -- he wouldn't have bumped into Gengar's former trainer, learn Gengar's backstory and then subsequently befriend and capture the Ghost Pokémon.
* ItAmusedMe: Professor Cerise knew that the laboratory was haunted but bought it anyway because it was fun.

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* BaitAndSwitch: We're lead to believe Gengar cursed Ash...actually actually, it turns out Ash has just been ill the entire time.
* {{Bookends}}: The end of Episode 11, "Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!" has Gengar on top of the Cerise Lab with a sinister grin. The ending of the episode this episode has him there, Gengar there again, but this time it eats and an apple with a happy smile.
* ForWantOfANail: If Ash didn't go barreling out of the lab after one to too many 'curses' on him -- with Gengar still in his shadow -- he wouldn't have bumped into Gengar's former trainer, learn learned Gengar's backstory backstory, and then subsequently befriend and capture the Ghost Pokémon.
* GhostsAbhorAVacuum: Team Rocket captures Gengar using a vacuum-like contraption.
* ItAmusedMe: Professor Cerise knew that the laboratory was haunted but bought it anyway because he thought it was fun.



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: while it's implied that all the effects of Gengar's "curse" have been simply due to Ash being ill all along, this doesn't explain the ridiculous bad luck that haunted him throughout the entire day and which [[UnreliableNarrator supposedly]] also touched Gengar's previous trainer.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: while While it's implied that all the effects of Gengar's "curse" have been simply due to Ash being ill all along, this doesn't explain the ridiculous bad luck that haunted him throughout the entire day and which [[UnreliableNarrator supposedly]] also touched Gengar's previous trainer.



* RageBreakingPoint: After a string of bad luck, Ash gets his foot stuck in the mud. This causes him to scream in anger and run out of the lab, which spills into the ForWantOfANail incident.
* RecycledPlot: [[Recap/PokemonS1E11CharmanderTheStrayPokemon Once]] [[Recap/PokemonS14E4TheBattleClubAndTepigsChoice again]] Ash ends up befriending and catching a Pokemon left behind by a {{Jerkass}} trainer who promised to come back for it with no intention of actually doing that. The fact that Ash wears a t-shirt with Charmander on it during the final scene may be a subtle LampshadeHanging.
* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a vacuum device a reference to ''VideoGame/{{Luigis Mansion}}''..

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* RageBreakingPoint: After a string of bad luck, Ash gets his foot stuck in the mud. This causes him to scream in anger and run out of the lab, which spills into the above-mentioned ForWantOfANail incident.
* RecycledPlot: [[Recap/PokemonS1E11CharmanderTheStrayPokemon Once]] [[Recap/PokemonS14E4TheBattleClubAndTepigsChoice again]] again]], Ash ends up befriending and catching a Pokemon Pokémon left behind by a {{Jerkass}} trainer who promised to come back for it with no intention of actually doing that. The fact that Ash wears a t-shirt with Charmander on it during the final scene may be a subtle LampshadeHanging.
* ShoutOut: Team Rockets Rocket trapping Gengar in a vacuum device device, as mentioned above, is likely a reference to ''VideoGame/{{Luigis Mansion}}''..Mansion}}''.

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* NowYouTellMe: Apparently, Professor Cerise knew that the building he bought for his laboratory was a HauntedHouse ''all along''.
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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VideoGame/{{Luigis Mansion}}''..

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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VideoGame/{{Luigis Mansion}}''..
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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VideoGame/{{LuigisMansion}}''..

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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VideoGame/{{LuigisMansion}}''..''VideoGame/{{Luigis Mansion}}''..
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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VudeoGame/{{Luigis Mansion}}''..

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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VudeoGame/{{Luigis Mansion}}''..''VideoGame/{{LuigisMansion}}''..
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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VudeoGame/{{Luigi's Mansion}}''..

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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VudeoGame/{{Luigi's ''VudeoGame/{{Luigis Mansion}}''..
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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VudeoGame/{{LuigisMansion}}''..

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* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VudeoGame/{{LuigisMansion}}''..''VudeoGame/{{Luigi's Mansion}}''..
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* RecycledPlot: [[Recap/PokemonS1E11CharmanderTheStrayPokemon Once]] [[Recap/PokemonS14E4TheBattleClubAndTepigsChoice again]] Ash ends up befriending and catching a Pokemon left behind by a {{Jerkass}} trainer who promised to come back for it with no intention of actually doing that. The fact that Ash wears a t-shirt with Charmander on it during the final scene may be a subtle LampshadeHanging.

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* RecycledPlot: [[Recap/PokemonS1E11CharmanderTheStrayPokemon Once]] [[Recap/PokemonS14E4TheBattleClubAndTepigsChoice again]] Ash ends up befriending and catching a Pokemon left behind by a {{Jerkass}} trainer who promised to come back for it with no intention of actually doing that. The fact that Ash wears a t-shirt with Charmander on it during the final scene may be a subtle LampshadeHanging.LampshadeHanging.
* ShoutOut: Team Rockets trapping Gengar in a giant vacuum device a reference to ''VudeoGame/{{LuigisMansion}}''..
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* {{Bookends}}: The end of Episode 11, has Gengar on top of the Cerise Lab with a sinister grin. The ending of the episode episode has him there, but this time it eats and apple with a happy smile.


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* ItAmusedMe: Professor Cerise knew that the laboratory was haunted but bought it anyway because it was fun.
* KarmaHoudini: Unlike Damien and Seamus, Gengar's trainer doesn't get comeuppance from Gengar. Ash doesn't chew him out but rather tells Gengar to calm down.


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* RageBreakingPoint: After a string of bad luck, Ash gets his foot stuck in the mud. This causes him to scream in anger and run out of the lab, which spills into the ForWantOfANail incident.

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* ForWantOfANail: If Ash didn't go barreling out of the lab after one to many 'curses' on him -- with Gengar still in his shadow -- he wouldn't have bumped into Gengar's former trainer, learn Gengar's backstory and then subsequently befriend and capture the Ghost Pokémon.

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* ForWantOfANail: If Ash didn't go barreling out of the lab after one to many 'curses' on him -- with Gengar still in his shadow -- he wouldn't have bumped into Gengar's former trainer, learn Gengar's backstory and then subsequently befriend and capture the Ghost Pokémon.Pokémon.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: while it's implied that all the effects of Gengar's "curse" have been simply due to Ash being ill all along, this doesn't explain the ridiculous bad luck that haunted him throughout the entire day and which [[UnreliableNarrator supposedly]] also touched Gengar's previous trainer.
* RecycledPlot: [[Recap/PokemonS1E11CharmanderTheStrayPokemon Once]] [[Recap/PokemonS14E4TheBattleClubAndTepigsChoice again]] Ash ends up befriending and catching a Pokemon left behind by a {{Jerkass}} trainer who promised to come back for it with no intention of actually doing that. The fact that Ash wears a t-shirt with Charmander on it during the final scene may be a subtle LampshadeHanging.
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* BaitAndSwitch: We're lead to believe Gentar cursed Ash...actually it turns out Ash has been ill the entire time.

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* BaitAndSwitch: We're lead to believe Gentar Gengar cursed Ash...actually it turns out Ash has been ill the entire time.
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* BaitAndSwitch: We're lead to believe Gentar cursed Ash...actually it turns out Ash has been ill the entire time.
* ForWantOfANail: If Ash didn't go barreling out of the lab after one to many 'curses' on him -- with Gengar still in his shadow -- he wouldn't have bumped into Gengar's former trainer, learn Gengar's backstory and then subsequently befriend and capture the Ghost Pokémon.
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!!Japanese Title: Cursed Satoshi...!
!!!Original Airdate: March 8, 2020
!!!US Airdate: September 11, 2020

Gengar is causing trouble for the Cerise Laboratory once again. This time around, it seemed to have inflicted a curse on Ash.
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