Dawn wants to make it to the Pokémon Center on the other side of the forest before the day's end so she can get the latest application for her Pokétch, but thanks to a botched Team Rocket scheme, everyone and their Pokémon get split into small factions and must make their way through a maze inhabited by Rock Pokémon.
Tropes
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: When Team Rocket gets blasted off by an Onix early in the episode, Jessie says this: "But this is only Act 1!"
- Damsel in Distress: Dawn is almost crushed by an Onix barreling towards her until Croagunk saves her by using an attack to crack open the maze wall and shove her in there.
- Lack of Empathy: Paul appears three times to tell each member of the trio that he hasn’t seen the others.
- Pun-Based Title: This episode's title is a reference to the reality show series, The Amazing Race.
