PS097

← PS096 : Number One Donphan

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

PS098 : Totodile Rock →

Bellsprout Rout/Bellsprouts Formation

VS マダツボミ

VS Madatsubomi

Info

Shogakukan full volume	Ch. 97 in Vol. 8
VIZ Media full volume	Adventure 97 in Vol. 8
Series	Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Sprout Tower

Bellsprout Rout or Bellsprouts Formation (Japanese: VS マダツボミ VS Madatsubomi) is the 97th chapter of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Plot

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

Inside Sprout Tower, Silver gets a call on his Pokégear saying that whether or not he can evolve Totodile is up to his skills.

Outside the tower, Gold wonders why it is called Sprout Tower, which is when he reads the signpost explaining the legend of the 100 foot tall Bellsprout. He then proceeds to sneak into the tower through a window. He finds a lot of machinery inside the tower, almost getting hit by a gear. Suddenly, a bunch of Sages appear out of the blue, thinking that Gold has come to train in Pokémon combat. They say that they must shave Gold bald. Gold says he likes his hair how it is, and that he only came to catch a thief. The Sages however, try to get Gold to join by force. They attack him with their Bellsprout, slicing off the front of Gold's hair. This enrages Gold, and he has Aibo attack them. The sages have their Bellsprout form a tower and use Reflect.

Gold checks his Pokédex and sees that Bellsprout is skinny and quick. He begins to wonder if they even have a weak spot. The sages ask what formation Gold would like for the final attack. Gold tricks them into making the Bellsprout form a tower and has Exbo use the fire on its back to attack the Bellsprout. The sages let him up to the second floor, finding another Sage. The Sage says the second floor is another training floor. He describes Silver to the Sage, and the Sage points to Silver, who is standing in the doorway. Gold tells Silver to stop, but Silver has Totodile use Slash, causing the stairs under Gold to fall. Aibo helps Gold hold on to the staircase.

Major events

• Gold breaks into Sprout Tower.
• Gold confronts Silver.

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

	Spoilers end here.

Characters

Humans

• Gold
• Silver
• Professor Elm
• Sages

Pokémon

• Aipom (Aibo; Gold's)
• Cyndaquil (Exbo; Gold's)
• Sneasel (Silver's)
• Totodile (Silver's)
• Bellsprout (Sages'; ×6)
• Bellsprout (statues; ×2)
• Bellsprout (drawing)
• Weepinbell (multiple; fantasy)

Trivia

Errors

• In the Chuang Yi version, multiple Weepinbell appear in Gold's imagination despite him asking one of the Sages if there are Victreebel on their second training floor.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		VS 喇叭芽
Czech		Vs. Bellsprout
European French		La Tour Chétiflor
Korean		VS 모다피
Brazilian Portuguese		VS Bellsprout
European Spanish		Contra Bellsprout
Vietnamese		VS Madatsubomi

← PS096 : Number One Donphan

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

PS098 : Totodile Rock →

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.