History Recap / PokemonS1E30SparksFlyForMagnemite

* GreenAesop: Clean up the pollution in the ocean and air, or a bunch of sludge-like lifeforms will infest the pipes and shut off the power needed for the intensive care.

** Since the episode focuses on the Magnemite following Pikachu around and saving the day by summoning its friends against the Grimer and Muk, one might believe that Ash will catch Magnemite. In the end, however, Magnemite loses interest in the cured Pikachu and no longer stalks him, while Ash ends up catching the MonsterOfTheWeek Muk.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Ash, courtesy of a {{malaproper}}.
--> '''Ash:''' Magnemite's following Pikachu everywhere, almost like a streaker or something.\\
'''Brock:''' Ash, you mean a stalker!

* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: The last scene has Professor Oak receiving Ash's latest capture of the day, which to his horror is a smelly Muk.

* BigDamnHeroes: Magnemite and its group of Magneton appeared to save Ash and the group from the Grimer and Muk.

* GetHim: Implied with the Muk instructing the Grimer, which points to Ash & co.

[[caption-width-right:200: Uhh, how about we just be friends, ok?]]

->''What's the idea of sending me a Muk? Yuck!!!''
-->-- '''Professor Oak'''

-->'''Ash''' (to Nurse Joy)''':''' Miss? Excuse me, but are you, by any chance, the oddball in your family?

-->'''Ash''' (to Nurse Joy):''' Miss? Excuse me, but are you, by any chance, the oddball in your family?

-->'''Ash''' (to Nurse Joy):''' Miss? Excuse me, but by any chance, are you the oddball in your family?

-->'''Ash''' (to Nurse Joy):''' Miss? Excuse me, but by any chance, are you the oddball in your family’s?

* OutOfFocus: Team Rocket, strangely enough. After having a dedicated sub-plot of them trying to enter the Pokémon Center through sewers, they disappear from the second half of the episode until the very end where they apparently figure out Pikachu's magnetized body offscreen and try to use a giant magnet to catch him... only to find out that they were too late, and they get a bunch of Magnemite and Magneton instead.

* StalkerWithACrush: Magnemite followed Pikachu due to it being attracted to Pikachu who had became magnetized due to its cold. After Pikachu dispelled the excess electricity, however, Magnemite lost interest.

* StalkerWithACrush: Magnemite followed Pikachu due to it being attracted to Pikachu who had became magnetized due to its cold. After Pikachu dispelled the excess electricity, however, Magnemite lost interest.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[RedHerring With Magnemite being the main focus of the episode and much of the plot revolves around its attraction to Pikachu,]] viewers were caught by surprise when Ash throws a Poké Ball at ''Muk'' and captures ''it'' instead. Muk is immediately [[PutOnABus sent to Professor Oak]], [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman but it plays major roles in future episodes yet to come]].

* ShoutOut: To Philip K. Dick's novel ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep''. Not only is the Japanese title and the [[CrapsackWorld polluted city]] derived from the novel itself, but the electrical workers at the power plant are named [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/kanto/ep030_misc/philip_dick_kidspocket.jpg Philip and Dick according to the companion pocket guidebook in Japan.]]

* StalkerWithACrush: Magnemite followed Pikachu due to it being attracted to Pikachu who had became magnetized due to its cold. After Pikachu dispelled the excess electricity, however, Magnamite lost interest.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[RedHerring With Magnemite being the main focus of the episode and much of the plot revolves around its attraction to Pikachu,]] viewers were caught by surprise when Ash throws a Poké Ball at the villainous Muk and captures it. Muk is immediately [[PutOnABus sent to Professor Oak]], [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman but it plays major roles in future episodes yet to come]].

* EpicFail[=/=]LateToTheRealization[=/=]VillainDecay: Team Rocket plans to capture Pikachu through a giant magnet as Pikachu's illness causes his body to be magnetized. However, they use it right after the electrical workers explain why Magnemite no longer follows Pikachu after the later is cured, which causes Team Rocket to attract a lot of Magnemite and Magneton instead, causing the Gyarados sub to sink afterwards, the result...

* GreenAesop[=/=]SpaceWhaleAesop: Clean up the pollution in the ocean and air, or a bunch of sludge-like lifeforms will infest the pipes and shut off the power needed for the intensive care.

* RedHerring[=/=]{{Fauxshadow}}:

** After Team Rocket failed to enter in the Pokémon Center through the sewers, they spot Ash and his friends passing by them to the power plant. One might expect the trio to follow the twerps and ambush them or go through crazy shenanigans with the Grimer gang or Magnemite's friend. However, they do not appear again until the end of the episode, with a plan that is relatively unrelated to their previous build-up save for apparently knowing that Pikachu's illness makes it magnetized...however, what they didn't realize was that Pikachu has been cured and upon activating the magnet they attracted a bunch of Magnemite and Magneton.