While traveling, Ritchie stumbles upon a city about to demolish the old Pokémon Center. And after an encounter with Celebi, he finds himself in the past!
Tropes
- Bait-and-Switch: When Ritchie returns to the present, he sees workers at the Pokémon Center and thinks they're still demolishing it. They're actually restoring it.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Sparky, Zippo and Rose trash the Construction Worker's Pokémon
- For Want Of A Nail: By saving Nick, he eventually goes on to become mayor of Marion Town. In present day the city is less modernized and it embraces their old traditions
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: Rose uses Gust which Taillow cannot learn in the games.
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Once Richie realizes he's in the past, he's make it his mission to prevent Nick and his father dying in a rock landslide.
