The Story of Ash, Chapter 1 - Let's Play Pokemon Yellow Version!

[The Dark Fiddler]

Pi-Pikachu!

Hello there, welcome to the world of Let's Play Pokemon Yellow Version! My name is TheDarkFiddler!

Ah, Pokemon Yellow, the third main series Pokemon game released in the United States of America, after Red and Blue. A great game, combining the already great games with the pretty good anime. This version had tons of fixes, and introduced happiness into the series, which has been a major part of the games since then.

Anyway, I'll be playing it. I'll be taking screenshots. I'll be narrating things. It'll be fun. And do you know why it'll be fun? Because you're gonna help me! You'll give me nicknames for Pokemon, tell me where to go, and just be helpful people. In return, I'll be entertaining. Hopefully.

So, updates will be daily, unless something comes up, starting when we get a good suggestion/consensus on the name of the main character, rival, and starter Pikachu. I've already got a personality planned, but if you think you've got a great idea, tell me!

Here's to a hopefully excellent Let's Play!I promise the Let's Play will be better than this post.

Thanks to everyone who stuck with me! I hope I made this enjoyable enough!

Table of Contents
Chapter One - Cliche Title: The Journey Begins!
Chapter Two - Why are PokéBalls not Free?
Chapter Three - Catching Frenzy!
Chapter Four - Starstruck!
Chapter Five - A Day in the Life: Chernobyl
Chapter Six - Survival isn't a Class Skill for Ash
Chapter Seven - Chiasaur and Godzilla! Free Pokémon!
Chapter Eight - The Tomboyish Mermaid!
Chapter Nine - The Lightning American! (In America!)
Chapter Ten - The Darkness...
Chapter Eleven - Illegal Dealings
Chapter Twelve - The Nature Loving Princess!
Chapter Thirteen - Tower of Terror!
Chapter Fourteen - Team Rocket Must Die!
Chapter Fifteen - It's Not Filler! I Swear!
Chapter Sixteen - The Poisonous Ninja Master!
Chapter Seventeen - It's Like a Bad RPG
Chapter Eighteen - The Hotheaded Quiz Master and The Master of Psychic Pokémon!
Chatper Nineteen - Giovanni's Goin' Down!
Chapter Twenty - The Final Battle?
Chapter Twenty-one - The End

The Team
Chernobyl - named by chiasaur11
Chernobyl is Ash's beloved Pikachu. Ash absolutely loves Chernobyl, and goes into a bloody frenzy whenever malicious harm comes to him.
Chiasaur - named by chiasaur11
The best toad lizard thing with a plant on its back. Loves the booze and the ladies.
Fang - named by The Blackbird
Fang is the awesome Raticate, his eyes gleam with murder and his teeth are covered in blood. He seems to be jealous of the love that Chernobyl gets.
Donatello
A brilliant strategist, but sadly not a ninja. Although he is a lover sometimes. Recently got more dakka.
Willis - named by FredtheFighter
Honorable and strong, Willis is the team's kung-fu fighter. When his kung-fu fails, he's been known to create Rock Slides. ROCK SLIDES!
Godzilla - named by Starbuck II
Godzilla is actually fairly peaceful, compared to most of his species. He dislikes fighting innocents.

[AstralFire]

Main: Jimmy. Jimmy Thunder.
Rival: Bobby. Bobby Magnum.
Starter: Mighty Max.

[chiasaur11]

Hero: Hsu Tanaka.

Rival: Miyamoto

Starter: Chernobyl.


What can I say?

Big fan of Pocket Morons Platinum.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Hero: Hsu Tanaka.

Rival: Miyamoto

Starter: Chernobyl.


What can I say?

Big fan of Pocket Morons Platinum.

Ha, that was a good laugh. Too bad they didn't make a Squirtle thing, because now I have a possible nickname for Charmander and Bulbasaur, but not Squirtle. Also, Metapod has one. Squirtle has failed to Metapod.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Well, it seems I won't be getting any more suggestions. It's 12:27 here at the moment, and I'll be starting at 4, so if you have any suggestions, now's your last chance. The first post will be up tomorrow.

[AstralFire]

Well, it seems I won't be getting any more suggestions. It's 12:27 here at the moment, and I'll be starting at 4, so if you have any suggestions, now's your last chance. The first post will be up at 1 PM.

Lies. Damnable ones.

[chiasaur11]

Well, it seems I won't be getting any more suggestions. It's 12:27 here at the moment, and I'll be starting at 4, so if you have any suggestions, now's your last chance. The first post will be up tomorrow.

The same thing as I said earlier, but again so as to ensure victory over the fools who only voted once.

[The Dark Fiddler]

The same thing as I said earlier, but again so as to ensure victory over the fools who only voted once.

Miyamoto, sadly, was too big for the 7-character limit on human names.

Also, since I apparently said I'd have the update up at 1, despite that being before I started working on it, I'll have it up sometime today.

Funny though, I don't remember saying that. Will save failed.

[AstralFire]

Lies! Damnable ones!

[Fredthefighter]

Character name: Schmoopy

Starter: Petey

Rival: Timmy (the evil)


Unforgotten Realms is awesome.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Pikachu are awesome. Proof? Ash had a Pikachu.

Alright, let's start this!

My name is OAK! People call me the POKéMON PROF!

For some people, POKéMON are pets. Others use them for fights.
Like Ash!
Myself... I study POKéMON as a profession.

Ash! Just like my hero!

Yup!

...Erm, what is his name again?
Gary!

Let's Play!

I love my official Pokémon game!
Hsu, stop playing your game!
MOM, MY NAME'S ASH!! *sigh* Fine then, I'll just go read some more webcomics.

That's not what I meant, honey. Get down here.
MOM, YOU'RE GETTING IN THE WAY OF MY DREAM!

What do you want, Mom?
Well honey... I was thinking of letting you go on an adventure. God knows you can use the excersize.
Really!? You'll let me adventure, all by myself?

SWEET! SEE YA MOM!

Hey, Gary, where's Oak!?

And I told you, I agreed to call you Ash, but if you call me Gary again, I swear I'll murder you in your sleep, Hsu.
Fine. Jerk.

Well, if Oak isn't there to give me my Pokémon, then I'll just go catch my own!

That was close! Wild POKéMON live in tall grass!
Listen, it's Pokémon, not POKéMON.

OH DEAR A BATTLE.

PokéBall, go!

CanIhaveitcanIhaveitcanIhaveit?

No. But, if you're going on a journey, you will need your own POKéMON-
Pokémon
-for protection and legal reasons. Follow me to my lab!

For an old man, you're pretty fast.

I said for you to come by later... Ah, whatever! Just wait there. Ash, on that table is the POKéMON I prepared for you. Go ahead and take it!

Time for a Pokémon!

I hope its Pikachu!
Not so fast, "Ash"!

No way, it's mine!

I was going to give you one anyway.
But it was supposed to be miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine...

It's not really tame yet, and it'll probably be unfriendly, but if it will stop your whining, you can have it.
JUST LIKE ASH!!
*sigh* Yes, just like Ash.

I dunno...


Comments and such people, I want to know how to improve.

Also, although I won't be catching them until the update after the next (Saturday's), I'll need nicknames for Rattata, Pidgey/Pidgeotto, both Nidoran, Mankey, Spearow, and Caterpie/Metapod. Whoo, what a list.

Also, tell me what I should have on my team, because you know I can't do anything for myself.

[shadowxknight]

I say we stick that Pikachu into the PC

[Vizen]

Well, ill keep reading it, its enjoyable after all, buuuut less screenshots would make it easier. I know you gotta show the dialogue sometimes, but a lot of it was rather competitive.

/endcriticism.

[Captain Alien]

I liked it, but it might be a bit slow. Also, some of the dialogues' lines appear twice.

But your commentaries are funny

[The Dark Fiddler]

Well, ill keep reading it, its enjoyable after all, buuuut less screenshots would make it easier. I know you gotta show the dialogue sometimes, but a lot of it was rather competitive.

/endcriticism.

That's a bit of a flaw of mine, I use a lot of screenshots. I've cut out alot of the dialogue ones by simply writing it instead of posting all the screenshots, and I'm no longer showing the walking (in my first LP I did that, I have no idea why). When the dialogue eases up, so will the screenshots, a bit.

Another problem that won't show up in this one is that I for some reason showed every move in every battle. I learned a lot since then.

I liked it, but it might be a bit slow. Also, some of the dialogues' lines appear twice.

Hm? Do you mean like here:
?

If so, that's Nintendo's fault, not mine. The way they have it, the dialogue sometimes gets split between boxes in ways such as:

Hello! I am
Professor Oak|
Professor Oak
and I am happy.|

I think it was a technical fault. If that's not what you're talking about, please explain more, as I am confused.

Thanks for the comments guys. Mondays and Fridays are gaming days, so on said days (such as today), so updates will be a bit later on those days.

[The Dark Fiddler]

You know, this is just like when Ash and Gary battled that one time!
Except I'm not Gary and you're not Ash.
I AM ASH DAMMIT!!

And you even got an Eevee! Gary had an Eevee!
Shut up, I'm NOT Gary!

That's right, Chernobyl! Victory through electrocution!

Now that wasn't so hard, was it?
Pi... Pi... (Says you, jerk! You just stand there and tell me what to do).

Why yes, yes you did.

Smell ya' later!
Ok Chernobyl, we're gonna be just like Ash and Pikachu, so no PokéBall for you!
Pika... Pikachu! (But... it's so cozy in there!)

It's odd, but it appears that your Pikachu dislikes PokéBalls. You should just keep it with you. That should make it happy! You should talk to it often and see how it feels about you!

He loves me!
Pi... (Bastard)
Well then, let's go on our adventure!

I don't get why he thought that it was so dangerous, I don't even see any Pokémon.

Oh, wait, never mind. CHERNOBYL PROTECT ME!

FRY IT FRY IT FRY IT FRY IT!!

Good job, Chernobyl! On to Viridian City!
Pika... (Don't you ever rest?!)

Ah... it seems so bright here! I love it! Let's go get some PokéBalls.

Yes, yes I am.

Of course.
We just his order, and we were wondering if you could take it to him.
Well, I guess. You probably won't sell me anything until I do.
Actually, I could give you a discou-
Be back in a few hours.

Hello Professor Oak, I have a delivery for you!

Great to see you again... so soon... how's my 'old' Pokémon doing? It appears to like you quite a bit.

Pikachu! (Are all humans blind?)
You must be talented as a trainer! Anyway, you said you had something for me? Ah! This is the custom PokéBall I ordered!
PokéBall!? Can I have It?!
No. However, you CAN have one if you promise to do something for me...

Ah, Bobby! Great timing! I needed to ask both of you to do something. On my desk there is my invention, the Pokédex!
Like the one Ash had?!
*sigh* Yes. It automatically records data on Pokémon you see and catch.
Who wrote it?
A wizard, now, can I finish? Here, take these with you while you travel across the country. To completely fill a Pokédex... that was my dream when I was younger. Sadly, I'm too old now.
Not really, th-
I AM TOO OLD. So, I want you two to fulfill my dream for me! Get moving you two, this is a great undertaking in Pokémon history!
But if they already have the entries, then why do yo-
JUST DO IT!

To us! Ash, if you want a Town Map, my sister has them. They're really useful.
Psh, what idiot needs a map for their home town?
Actually, that's just the name. It really-
Doesn't matter, I won't take it.
If you say so.
While you get your silly map, I'll be catching Pokémon!

Like this Pidgey!

...dammit...

Yes, yes! Hurry up! I need to catch Pokémon to show Gary who's boss!
Calm down kid.

Alright! PokéBall, go!

Yeah! Great job Chernobyl!
Pika, Pi-Pikachu. (But I didn't do anything. I just stood there while you threw the ball.)


As I said before, we need nicknames. Pidgey, at the very least. Rattata, Spearow, Mankey, the Nidorans, and Caterpie would be very helpful. Any Pokémon without nicknames will either be given lame ones by me or not caught.

[Raroy]

Pidgey= birdbrain
Rattata= bidoof
Spearow= Skarmoray
Caterpie= awsometon
Mankey=Cold monkey
Nidorans= Gender Yes (Both of them)

Also, I have cold harsh criticism for you. Don't let the dialogue get old. Please.

[The Blackbird]

Pidgey: Generic Bird
Rattata: Fang
Spearow: The Blackbird
Caterpie: Mr. Fibbles
Mankey: Ninjapiraterobot
Nidorans: King/Queen Awesome.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Also, I have cold harsh criticism for you. Don't let the dialogue get old. Please.

Er... can you elaborate more?

[Raroy]

Nevermind. You can handle it.

[Mando Knight]

Nicknames: Remember, there's a ten-character limit. It's why Feraligatr isn't Feraligator or Feralligator.

Charmander: Dragon or Lizardon
Bulbasaur: Plant
Squirtle: GunTurtle (Because Cannon Turtle doesn't fit)

Rattata: PKMN
Pidgey: Birdy
Spearow: OtherBirdy
Caterpie: Bug
Weedle: OtherBug

[tgva8889]

Use Rattata to beat the whole game.

Please. For me. Don't worry, once he gets to level 13 he should stop sucking.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Use Rattata to beat the whole game.

Please. For me. Don't worry, once he gets to level 13 he should stop sucking.

Well, if I get a good nickname. And Fang seems just like the nickname.

I'll see if I can.

[Fredthefighter]

Pidgey: Fancy Pants
Rattata: F.E.A.R (You know the tactic )
Spearow: Spearmint
Caterpie: Buttertoast
Weedle: Zombee
Mankey: Willis
Nidoran (male): Don
Nidoran (female): Elizabeth

Charmander: Trogdor
Squirtle: Arnold
Bulbasaur: Forest

[Mando Knight]

Rattata: F.E.A.R (You know the tactic )

No good. Endeavor is a Gen III move.

[Fredthefighter]

No good. Endeavor is a Gen III move.

The tactic is no good, but the name is still cool.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Hehe, Birdbrain. Aren't I funny? C'mon, let's train you!

After I catch this thing of course!

For a rat, that thing put up a great fight. I think he's earned a spot on the team!

But of course, we need to go heal now.

Yeah right, I can take care of myself.

Ok, maybe I can't. Off to the north to train!

Err... that's... nice? Can I go through.
Sure!

...I've never met you before, sir.

Listen, I already know how to catch Pokémon.

Fine, I won't show you how to catch Pokémon.
Ok then. See ya.
Wait! That was reverse... psychology... *sigh*
New captures!

See? He has spikes, so I named him KingAwsome! (proper spelling wouldn't fit)

And here's the queen!

He's ugly, so I named him Willis.

I named him BlackBird because... actually, I don't know why.

But we already have royalty and a bird, so it's off to the box for you two!

Let's go find more Pokémon!
Pikachu, Pi-Pika. (Hey look, it's that other kid.)

What are you doing, going to the Pokémon League? You certainly wouldn't be able to beat them; they're too tough!
Pssh, says you. I'm Ash! I can beat anybody.
Bet you can't beat me!

Bring it on!
Wait, what?!

Oh no, however shall I win?

VICTORY BY ELECTRIC SHOCKS!!

You can do it, KingAwsome!

Damn...

The King has been avenged!

You can't go through anyway, Ash. You don't have any badges, and they won't let you through.
Yeah right! Why would I trust you?

I'm skilled!

So if I get the Boulderbadge, I can go through?
Yes, but-
Be back in a few days. Off to Pewter City! But first we have to go through...

Viridian Forest.

The team so far!

I'd like to say that something seems off about this update... it just doesn't feel right. Oh well.

[AstralFire]

For easier reading, I would put multiple images with no inserted text on the same line, e.g.:



It might just be because I'm new to this Let's Play thing, but I kinda feel like it should focus less on every single event and more on the highlights. >.>

<.<

Sorry, my two pyreal.

[The Dark Fiddler]

For easier reading, I would put multiple images with no inserted text on the same line, e.g.:

You know, I don't know why I wasn't already doing this.

[Mando Knight]

Sorry, my two pyreal.

You mean your 2