Ash and friends arrive in a town where there is a local superhero - Gligarman. However, upon meeting him, they realize that he is getting a little too old to be fighting crime by himself. He tries to get Ash to be his sidekick, but Ash refuses. Gligarman then faces a real big threat when Team Rocket show up with their newest machine.

When the most promising trainee at a Pokemon Dojo abandons battle altogether, opting to gather information for his comprehensive Poke-database instead, it's up to Ash and friends to convince him that battling, and life for that matter, is more than just a matter of probability.