The Winged Legends

VS 伝説の鳥ポケモン

VS Legendary Bird Pokémon

Info

Shogakukan full volume	Chapter 33 inVolume 3
VIZ Media monthly issue	Chapter 33 inSaffron City Showdown
VIZ Media full volume	Adventure 33 inVolume 3
Series	Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Saffron City Silph Co.

The Winged Legends (Japanese:VS 伝説の鳥ポケモンVS Legendary Bird Pokémon) is the 33rd chapter of thePokémon Adventures manga.

Plot

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

As theSilph Co. building blazes with the fire set off byBlue's Charizard,Team Rocket Grunts are pouring out, trying to escape. Blocked byBrock and hisOnix, it's revealed that he, along withMisty,Erika, and the townsfolk ofCeladon City have secured all four gates ofSaffron City, leaving it surrounded. Having planned the siege from the very beginning, she puts all her faith intoRed andBlue as their unknowing allies, wishing them luck.

Inside the Silph Co. building, Red watches in horror as the energy from the Pokémon Badge Energy AmplifiercombinesArticuno,Zapdos, andMoltres into a monstroushybrid. From nearby,Green enters the room only to scream at the sight of the fusion and faints in terror.

Sabrina orders a combined attack ofBlizzard,Thunder, andFire Spin, narrowly missing Red and blasting a hole into the wall. She explains that this isTeam Rocket's greatest achievement, produced by the knowledge collected by experimenting further on Red'sEevee. Casting him aside, she says they have no use for Vee anymore, which is the fate of all lab creatures. Red attempts to attack withSaur, who is effortlessly knocked aside. Sabrina revels in the power of the new Pokémon and explains they've long known they needed all theBadges from theGym Leaders to combine Pokémon together, but it was too difficult battling for them, even resorting to stealing didn't work, so they decided to let Red and Blue collect them all for them.

Red is struck with consecutive attacks as Sabrina brags about howPallet Town with its pristine environment and friendly inhabitants will finally serve a useful purpose. Fighting back, Red sends outPika, pledging to protect his hometown from anyone who wants to disturb it. Blue arrives on his Charizard through the hole in the wall, proud of Red's determination to keep fighting. He lets him know thathis grandfather and the citizens of Pallet Town are safe, and their only goal now is to deal with the fused legendary birds.

Sabrina taunts the boys as the fusion knocks them to the ground, and orders a finishingGust, laughing loudly as the attack surrounds them. Red quickly tries to think of a way to escape, and after glancing up at the moon through the hole in the wall, remembers that Green must have wanted theMoon Stone for something. As Blue holds back the harshest part of the attack, Red holds the Moon Stone up to the open night air, reacting with the light of the moon, and uses it toevolve Green'sClefairy,Clefy, into aClefable.

Clefy launches into a barrage of powerful attacks on the fusion, Blue explaining thatMetronome can release any other attack at random, all of which have been boosted in power as a result of his Evolution. Planning to use the diversion to escape, Sabrina commands aSky Attack, launching the three Trainers out of the building, leaving them to plummet down to the ground below. Sabrina watches them fall, content that there's no way they can survive, but is left surprised after Saur's vines are able to create a web beneath them to break their fall. As another Sky Attack approaches them from above, Red, Blue, and Green counter with Saur's Vine Whip, Charizard'sFlamethrower, andBlasty'sHydro Pump, respectively, with Saur evolving into aVenusaur as the attacks collide in an explosion.

As the building begins to crumble, they order one last attack, causing the fused Pokémon to separate, leaving them free to fly away. As Blue and Green begin to escape, Red catches a glimpse of afamiliar face behind them, leaving Red confused as the man puts on a smile and walks out of sight behind the building.

The next day dawns, with the citizens of Pallet Town safe, the members of Team Rocket apprehended, its elite agents underneath the collapsed Silph Co. building, and the Pokémon they used all confiscated. Red is surprised to find Green gone, who is lamenting her failure from behind a nearby tree, and expresses her irritation at the presence of Professor Oak. As Blue turns to leave, he tells Red that he'll be looking forward to challenging him at theIndigo Plateau.

Major events

• Red,Blue, andGreen defeatTeam Rocket inSaffron City.
• Red'sMoon Stone evolves Green'sClefairy, Clefy, intoClefable.
• Red'sIvysaur,Saur, evolves intoVenusaur.

For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see thehistory page.

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Venusaur (Red's)
• Thu-Fi-Zer
• Clefable

Characters

Humans

• Red
• Blue
• Green
• Professor Oak
• Giovanni
• Brock
• Misty
• Erika
• Sabrina
• Team Rocket Grunts

Pokémon

• Ivysaur (Saur;Red's; evolves)
• Venusaur (Saur;Red's; newly evolved)
• Pikachu (Pika;Red's)
• Eevee (Vee;Red's)
• Vaporeon (Vee;Red's; flashback)
• Jolteon (Vee;Red's; flashback)
• Flareon (Vee;Red's; flashback)
• Charizard (Blue's)
• Blastoise (Blasty;Green's)
• Clefairy (Clefy;Green's; evolves)
• Clefable (Clefy;Green's; newly evolved)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Starmie (Misty's)
• Zapdos (Lt. Surge's; released)
• Articuno (Koga's; released)
• Moltres (Sabrina's; released)
• Thu-Fi-Zer (Sabrina's; newly created; separated)

Trivia

Errors

Translation edits

• In the Japanese version,Sabrina refers to the fusion of the threelegendary birds as サ・ファイ・ザー (Thu-Fi-Zer). However, this fusion remains unnamed in the English version, where she refers to them by the individual names of each bird instead:"Zapdos!Moltres!Articuno! Attack!!"

In other languages

This article is part ofProject Manga, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series ofPokémon manga.

• Pokémon Adventures chapters