Lavender Town is so cursed, moreso in this iteration of Kanto where there are actual corpses being manipulated by what's probably some ghost Pokémon. Can't imagine how Psyduck's rotting corpse would have shocked me as a kid. Quite fitting for the spooky season...
Blue's Charmander has evolved. Just like in the games where it always feels like we (Red) are lagging behind the rival in terms of sheer power. It's clear he got possessed.
Kinda feel like listening to "Drake's Town" after reading this (look it up on YouTube).