Misty is a character that was created in the first episode of Pokémon the Series. In the first episode, she encounters Ash after picking him up out of the lake as he was trying to escape Spearow’s pack. Ash then takes Misty’s bike to escape from Spearow, who is then accidentally run over by Pikachu’s Thunderstrike. Misty then tracks Ash down and follows him on his adventures until he can pay her back, though she eventually forgets about the bike and becomes one of Ash’s closest friends in the process. However, at the end of their trip through the Johto region, Misty’s bike was fully repaired and she left to return home to Cerulean City to resume her duties as Gym Leader. inherited from her older sisters.
