When Ash, Tracey and Misty found themselves in the city of Trovitopolis they met the mayor of the city who at the time was running a campaign for re-election.
Ash mentioned to the mayor that his Bulbasaur had got kidnapped in the city's sewers and the mayor replied that he was sending his personal SWAT team to hunt the monster down to stop it from terrorizing the city.
It emerged that the 'monster' was actually a Bulbasaur which the mayor had long abandoned because it would not evolve. Due to his previous cruel acts the city folk refused to re-elect the major and his Bulbasaur was looked after in the nearby Pokémon Center.