Ash polishes his Badges as he and Misty wait for Brock to finish cooking. Pikachu sees what appears to feather dusters in the bushes, and this soon catches everyone’s attention. Togepi goes towards the bushes and three Murkrow emerge. Ash looks them up on his Pokédex. The Murkrow distract the group by dancing and singing, and then steal Ash’s Badges before flying up onto a branch. Ash sends out Noctowl, who knocks the Murkrow out of the tree. Ash runs towards the Murkrow, but the Murkrow fight back by kicking mud into Ash’s face, and then fly off. Noctowl follows them, but the Murkrow all attack at once using Double Team and knocks it out. Brock uses his Golbat’s Supersonic to track the Murkrow, and it soon locates the thieving trio. Brock notices that the Murkrow are shining the Badges at the sun, and suggests they simply like them because of their shiny nature. In any case, Ash goes over asks them for the Badges, but they fly off. Golbat tries to follow, but it gets knocked out. Pikachu knocks out the Murkrow all at once with a Thunder Shock, causing them to fall to the ground. Ash and Pikachu move to get the Badges back, but Pikachu is snatched by Team Rocket’s claw.