Investigating a sandstorm in Kinsetsu City in the Houen Region,
Goh heard some people screaming and he came upon a Trapinch's nest is at the bottom of a cone-shaped hole, where it patiently waited as the people were slowly being sucked towards it. He decided to catch the Trapinch to save the people but it knocked away the first Poké Ball throw so he threw a super curveball to catch it.