He knocks the pokemon out with a shovel, and then catches them

And they are all the more badass because of it.

If poke'battling is sure to result in victory then you must poke'battle. Red said that and I'd say he knows a little more about poke'battling than you do, pal. Because he invented it and then he perfected it so that no living trainer could best him in the ring of honour.

Then he used all of his battle winnings to buy two of every pokemon in Kanto. And then he herded all of them onto the S.S. Anne and then he beat the crap out of every single one.

And from that day forward any time a bunch of pokemon are in one place it's called a (safari) zone…. Unless it's a pokebox!