Ben joins the Poké Chat team for the first time in a while this week, resulting in purposefully awkward transitions as we recap episodes 1×23 “The Tower of Terror” and 1×24 “Haunter Versus Kadabra.”

-These are Britney’s favorite episodes to recap because they’re so Haunter-centric!

-”It sounds like people are being tortured in that building…let’s go in!”

-Ash and Pikachu die. NDB

-Can we trust Haunter? What was it doing all of that time when it should’ve been battling Sabrina?

-We want Bristy voodoo dolls.

-How do Team Rocket physically “blast off” in this episode?

-Poké fun includes a host trivia quiz, and this week’s trivia question! “According to fandom, Haunter’s eyes are also found on what other gen I Pokémon?” Be the first to tweet the correct answer to @Poke_Chat to win 5 gen I stickers! Only one entry per question, and you must be following the account to qualify.

-News includes Mewthree being a form of Mewtwo, a new Team Plasma TCG box set, and making X and Y appeal to “newcomers and veterans.”

-Poké fun part two focuses on our favorite memories of the “Who’s that Pokémon?” of these episodes, Haunter and Gengar.

-Let’s all pretend that Mitch remembered to insert the “request for Poké Chat transcribers” bit at the end of this episode.