While walking through a forest on the way to Goldenrod City, Ash and friends encounter a rare Noctowl that is smaller then other Noctowl and has different colors too. This Noctowl is a trickster, and when Ash hears this he sets out to capture the tricky Pokemon.

Ash and friends are wandering through a forest that is supposedly haunted by ghosts. Luckily they run into a girl named Cherry, who owns a Girafarig. Once they get to town, Ash decides to have a battle with this unique pokemon. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is planning on stealing all of the psychic pokemon in the town.