In the Pokémon anime, the Saffron City Gym Leader, Sabrina owns an Abra, which she sends out in a battle against the series protagonist, Ash. After battling, Sabrina's Abra evolves into Kadabra, causing Ash to forfeit the match due to Kadabra's new and more powerful psychic abilities. Ash later returns for a rematch, and Ash's Haunter makes Sabrina laugh, which causes Kadabra to also laugh due to the psychic bond it has with Sabrina. Because of Kadabra and Sabrina's laughter, they are unable to fight, and hand over the gym badge. A Kadabra later appears in an abandoned mining colony with several other Psychic-type Pokémon in "Fear Factor Phony", which was the last physical of Kadabra in the anime to date. However, it’s prevolution Abra and it's evolution Alakazam continue to appear in the anime.
