diff --git a/data/scripts/oaks_lab_yellow.lua b/data/scripts/oaks_lab_yellow.lua
index 8f4ac856..c56f6091 100644
--- a/data/scripts/oaks_lab_yellow.lua
+++ b/data/scripts/oaks_lab_yellow.lua
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ return {
       { "stop_music" },
       { "play_music", "Music_MeetRival" },
       { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGrampsText" },
+      -- callfar OaksLabPikachuMovementScript, before ShowObject (#1021)
+      { "pikachu_make_way" },
       { "show_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_RIVAL" },
       { "place_npc", RIVAL, 4, 7, "up" },
       { "move_npc_to", RIVAL, 4, 3 },
@@ -192,12 +194,13 @@ return {
       end
       rows[#rows + 1] = { "face_player_dir", "up" }
       rows[#rows + 1] = { "face_object", OAK1, "down" }
-      -- OaksLabPlayerReceivedMonText: no nickname prompt -- the starter
-      -- Pikachu keeps its species name
+      -- OaksLabPlayerReceivedMonText clears wMonDataLocation, so AskName runs (#1013)
       rows[#rows + 1] = { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakGivesText" }
       rows[#rows + 1] = { "play_sound", "Get_Key_Item" }
       rows[#rows + 1] = { "show_text", "_OaksLabReceivedText", { RAM = "PIKACHU" } }
-      rows[#rows + 1] = { "give_pokemon", "PIKACHU", 5, true }
+      rows[#rows + 1] = { "give_pokemon", "PIKACHU", 5 }
+      -- DisablePikachuOverworldSpriteDrawing keeps it in the ball (#1009)
+      rows[#rows + 1] = { "set_field", "pikachuInBall", true }
       rows[#rows + 1] = { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" }
       rows[#rows + 1] = { "set_flag", "EVENT_CHOSE_PIKACHU" }
       ow.runner:run(rows, { npc = npc, onDone = done })
@@ -296,9 +299,9 @@ return {
       table.insert(rows, { "move_npc_to", RIVAL, 4, 11 })
       table.insert(rows, { "hide_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_RIVAL" })
       table.insert(rows, { "play_music", "Music_OaksLab" })
-      -- OaksLabPikachuEscapesPokeballScript: Pikachu hates its ball.
-      -- The overworld follower itself is still an open port
-      -- (docs/yellow-version.md runtime backlog); the story beat plays.
+      -- OaksLabPikachuEscapesPokeballScript: the follower reaches the map (#1009)
+      table.insert(rows, { "face_player_dir", "up" })
+      table.insert(rows, { "set_field", "pikachuInBall", false })
       table.insert(rows, { "play_cry", "PIKACHU" })
       table.insert(rows, { "show_text", "_OaksLabPikachuDislikesPokeballsText1" })
       table.insert(rows, { "show_text", "_OaksLabPikachuDislikesPokeballsText2" })
diff --git a/data/scripts/story2.lua b/data/scripts/story2.lua
index f38b0af6..b7e40f3d 100644
--- a/data/scripts/story2.lua
+++ b/data/scripts/story2.lua
@@ -400,15 +400,24 @@ M.POKEMON_FAN_CLUB = {
     TEXT_POKEMONFANCLUB_CHAIRMAN = {
       { "face_player" },                                          -- 1
       { "check_flag", "EVENT_RECEIVED_BIKE_VOUCHER" },            -- 2
-      { "jump_if_true", 9 },                                      -- 3
-      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubChairmanIntroText" },        -- 4
-      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubChairmanStoryText" },        -- 5
+      { "jump_if_true", "nothing_left" },                         -- 3
+      -- YesNoChoice (scripts/PokemonFanClub.asm): NO forfeits the voucher (#1050)
+      { "ask", "_PokemonFanClubChairmanIntroText" },              -- 4
+      { "jump_if_false", "no_story" },                            -- 5
+      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubChairmanStoryText" },        -- 6
       -- give-then-print like scripts/PokemonFanClub.asm (GiveItem
       -- fills wStringBuffer; the received text reads it)
-      { "give_item", "BIKE_VOUCHER", 1, false },                  -- 6
-      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubReceivedBikeVoucherText" },  -- 7
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_RECEIVED_BIKE_VOUCHER" },              -- 8
-      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubExplainBikeVoucherText" },   -- 9
+      { "give_item", "BIKE_VOUCHER", 1, false },                  -- 7
+      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubReceivedBikeVoucherText" },  -- 8
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_RECEIVED_BIKE_VOUCHER" },              -- 9
+      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubExplainBikeVoucherText" },   -- 10
+      { "jump", "end" },                                          -- 11
+      { "label", "no_story" },                                    -- 12
+      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubNoStoryText" },              -- 13
+      { "jump", "end" },                                          -- 14
+      -- .nothingleft: the gift is done, he only reminisces now
+      { "label", "nothing_left" },                                -- 15
+      { "show_text", "_PokemonFanClubChairFinalText" },           -- 16
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/data/scripts/story4.lua b/data/scripts/story4.lua
index 41b1281e..b4766406 100644
--- a/data/scripts/story4.lua
+++ b/data/scripts/story4.lua
@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@ local function ask(game, s, cb)
   game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, s, nil, { choice = cb }))
 end
 
--- fill the extracted text placeholders ({NUM:...}, {RAM:...}, {PLAYER})
+-- fill text placeholders; key on the hram/wram symbol first, since one
+-- string can carry two different NUM slots (#1006)
 local function fill(s, subs)
   s = s:gsub("{PLAYER}", subs.player or "")
-  s = s:gsub("{NUM:[^}]*}", function() return tostring(subs.num or "") end)
-  s = s:gsub("{RAM:[^}]*}", function() return subs.ram or "" end)
+  s = s:gsub("{NUM:([%w_]*)[^}]*}", function(name)
+    return tostring(subs[name] or subs.num or "")
+  end)
+  s = s:gsub("{RAM:([%w_]*)[^}]*}", function(name)
+    return subs[name] or subs.ram or ""
+  end)
   return s
 end
 
@@ -82,9 +87,12 @@ local function oaksAide(threshold, itemId, repeatText)
                 { ram = itemName, player = game.save.player.name }), done)
             end)
         else
+          -- .notEnoughOwnedMons prints owned then requirement, two counts
           push(game, fill(t._OaksAideUhOhText or
             "You have only\ncaught {NUM:}!",
-            { num = owned, ram = itemName }), done)
+            { num = owned, ram = itemName,
+              hOaksAideNumMonsOwned = owned,
+              hOaksAideRequirement = threshold }), done)
         end
       end)
   end
@@ -245,27 +253,32 @@ M.FIGHTING_DOJO = {
 
 M.SILPH_CO_7F = {
   talk = {
-    TEXT_SILPHCO7F_SILPH_WORKER_M1 = function(game, ow, npc, done)
-      local t = text(game)
-      if game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_LAPRAS then
-        push(game, t._SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1LaprasDescriptionText
-          or "How is LAPRAS\ndoing?", done)
-        return
-      end
-      push(game, t._SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1ThankYouText
-        or "Thank you for\nsaving us!\fI want you to\nhave this LAPRAS!",
-        function()
-          game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_LAPRAS = true
-          local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
-          Commands.give_pokemon({ save = game.save, game = game, overworld = ow },
-                                "LAPRAS", 15)
-          push(game, ("%s got\nLAPRAS!"):format(game.save.player.name),
-            function()
-              push(game, t._SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1LaprasDescriptionText
-                or "It's a good\nswimmer!", done)
-            end)
-        end)
-    end,
+    -- command rows, not a Lua handler: give_pokemon needs a runner to AskName (#1049)
+    TEXT_SILPHCO7F_SILPH_WORKER_M1 = {
+      { "face_player" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_LAPRAS" },
+      { "jump_if_true", "has_lapras" },
+      { "show_text", "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1HaveThisPokemonText" },
+      { "give_pokemon", "LAPRAS", 15 },
+      { "jump_if_false", "box_full" },
+      -- flag ahead of the jingle, like the Celadon EEVEE (#426)
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_LAPRAS" },
+      { "play_sound", "Get_Item1" },
+      { "show_text", "_GotMonText", { RAM = "LAPRAS" } },
+      { "show_text", "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1LaprasDescriptionText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+      { "label", "box_full" },
+      { "show_text", "_BoxIsFullText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+      -- SilphCo7F.asm .saved_silph gates the thanks on Giovanni
+      { "label", "has_lapras" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI" },
+      { "jump_if_true", "saved" },
+      { "show_text", "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1IsOurPresidentOkText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+      { "label", "saved" },
+      { "show_text", "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1SavedText" },
+    },
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/src/script/Commands.lua b/src/script/Commands.lua
index 9148583e..dba4844b 100644
--- a/src/script/Commands.lua
+++ b/src/script/Commands.lua
@@ -661,9 +661,8 @@ end
 -- AskName runs for party (AddPartyMon) and box (SendNewMonToBox) when a
 -- script runner is present; mods that pre-set gift.nickname skip it.
 -- Box deposits also print SentToBoxText (give_pokemon.asm:36-37).
--- skipNickname suppresses the AskName prompt: Yellow's lab Pikachu is
--- added straight through AddPartyMon (pokeyellow scripts/OaksLab.asm
--- OaksLabPlayerReceivedMonText) -- the starter Pikachu keeps its name.
+-- skipNickname suppresses AskName for callers that name the gift themselves;
+-- no vanilla script uses it (pokeyellow scripts/OaksLab.asm, #1013)
 function Commands.give_pokemon(ctx, species, level, skipNickname)
   -- Native mods can transform a gift before the Pokémon object is created.
   -- This is intentionally an event rather than a special-case starter hook:
@@ -1097,6 +1096,17 @@ function Commands.march_in_place(ctx, objIndex, on)
   ow.marchers[npc] = on and true or nil
 end
 
+-- pikachu_make_way: callfar OaksLabPikachuMovementScript (pokeyellow
+-- scripts/OaksLab_2.asm); a no-op without a Yellow follower (#1021)
+function Commands.pikachu_make_way(ctx)
+  local ow = ctx.overworld
+  if not ow then return end
+  local runner = ctx.runner
+  local started = require("src.world.PikachuFollower")
+    .oaksLabMakeWay(ctx.game, ow, function() runner:resume() end)
+  if started then runner:yield() end
+end
+
 -- play_music <songId> [opts]: switch map music now; opts.keep marks it
 -- to survive the next warp (the story files' keepMusic idiom).
 -- opts.tempo is the Music_*AlternateTempo override (audio/alternate_tempo.asm
@@ -1359,7 +1369,7 @@ for _, verb in ipairs({ "show_text", "ask", "choice", "start_battle", "warp",
     "old_man_demo", "static_battle", "rival_battle", "give_item",
     "give_pokemon", "wait",
     "wait_flag", "move_player", "move_npc", "move_npc_to", "walk_npc",
-    "emote", "fade", "pan_camera", "play_once" }) do
+    "emote", "fade", "pan_camera", "play_once", "pikachu_make_way" }) do
   local meta = Commands.meta[verb] or {}
   Commands.meta[verb] = meta
   meta.blocking = true
diff --git a/src/ui/BoxMenu.lua b/src/ui/BoxMenu.lua
index 7fed06b7..81a6357d 100644
--- a/src/ui/BoxMenu.lua
+++ b/src/ui/BoxMenu.lua
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ local function changeBox(game)
           if not yes then return end
           game.save.currentBox = item.value
           if game.writeSave then game:writeSave() end
+          -- ChangeBox (engine/menus/save.asm) rings SFX_SAVE after SaveGameData (#1044)
+          require("src.core.Sound").play(game.data, "Save")
           list:close()
         end,
       }))
diff --git a/src/ui/EvolutionState.lua b/src/ui/EvolutionState.lua
index c6aebd0c..d819b03e 100644
--- a/src/ui/EvolutionState.lua
+++ b/src/ui/EvolutionState.lua
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 -- flashes back and forth with the evolved form, speeding up, then the
 -- new form appears with its cry and the congratulations text.
 -- pokered engine/movie/evolution.asm (Evolution_CheckForCancel) polls the
--- joypad during the flash: holding B aborts the evolution -- the mon keeps
--- its species and _StoppedEvolvingText ("Huh? MON stopped evolving!")
+-- joypad during the flash: a fresh B press aborts the evolution -- the mon
+-- keeps its species and _StoppedEvolvingText ("Huh? MON stopped evolving!")
 -- prints.  Two kinds are exempt: trade evolutions, which evos_moves.asm
 -- routes past the poll entirely (wLinkState == LINK_STATE_TRADING, #213),
 -- and stone evolutions, where the B press is read but thrown away because
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ function EvolutionState:sgbPalettes(game)
 end
 
 local FLASH_FRAMES = 220
+-- evolution.asm EvolveMon delays 80 frames before .animLoop, polling nothing (#968, #1031)
+local CANCEL_GRACE_FRAMES = 80
 
 local function frontSprite(game, species, mon)
   local path, trueColor = require("src.pokemon.Sprites").path(
@@ -83,10 +85,10 @@ function EvolutionState:update(dt)
   self.t = self.t + 1
   if self.done then return end
   local game = self.game
-  -- evos_moves.asm EvolveMon: each flash iteration polls hJoyHeld and, for
-  -- a cancelable evolution, aborts when B is held -- the mon keeps its
-  -- species (Evolution.apply never runs) and _StoppedEvolvingText prints.
-  if self.cancelable and game.input:isDown("b") then
+  -- evolution.asm Evolution_CheckForCancel reads hJoy5, a fresh edge rather
+  -- than a hold, so B held from the level-up box must not cancel (#968, #1031)
+  if self.cancelable and self.t > CANCEL_GRACE_FRAMES
+     and game.input:wasPressed("b") then
     self.done = true
     self.canceled = true
     local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
diff --git a/src/ui/PlayerPC.lua b/src/ui/PlayerPC.lua
index 09b9e60b..bc951f98 100644
--- a/src/ui/PlayerPC.lua
+++ b/src/ui/PlayerPC.lua
@@ -164,8 +164,14 @@ local function toss(game)
   }))
 end
 
-function PlayerPC.new(game)
+-- opts.direct marks the bedroom PC (OpenRedsPC), the one entry outside the main menu
+function PlayerPC.new(game, opts)
   game.save.pcItems = game.save.pcItems or {}
+  -- ExitPlayerPC (players_pc.asm) rings SFX_TURN_OFF_PC only while
+  -- BIT_USING_GENERIC_PC is clear (#960)
+  local logOff = function()
+    if opts and opts.direct then Sound.play(game.data, "Turn_Off_PC") end
+  end
   return Menu.new(game, {
     -- keepOpen so B in the item lists returns here instead of dropping the
     -- whole PC session (players_pc.asm re-shows the PC menu); same pattern
@@ -173,10 +179,10 @@ function PlayerPC.new(game)
     { label = Strings("WITHDRAW ITEM"), keepOpen = true, onSelect = function() withdraw(game) end },
     { label = Strings("DEPOSIT ITEM"), keepOpen = true, onSelect = function() deposit(game) end },
     { label = Strings("TOSS ITEM"), keepOpen = true, onSelect = function() toss(game) end },
-    { label = Strings("LOG OFF") },
+    { label = Strings("LOG OFF"), onSelect = logOff },
     -- silent PC session (BIT_NO_MENU_BUTTON_SOUND); players_pc.asm
     -- PlayersPCMenu TextBoxBorder (0,0) b=8 c=14 → 16x10
-  }, { tx = 0, ty = 0, tw = 16, th = 10, noSound = true })
+  }, { tx = 0, ty = 0, tw = 16, th = 10, noSound = true, onCancel = logOff })
 end
 
 return PlayerPC
diff --git a/src/world/OverworldController.lua b/src/world/OverworldController.lua
index d0b48898..a345ba6c 100644
--- a/src/world/OverworldController.lua
+++ b/src/world/OverworldController.lua
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ function OverworldState:handleInput()
         if self:checkLedgeHop(dir) then return end
         if self:checkBoulderPush(dir) then return end
       end
-      local result, why = self.player:tryMove(dir, self.map, self.entities)
+      local result = self.player:tryMove(dir, self.map, self.entities)
       -- a collision while standing on a warp square fires the warp when the
       -- extra check passes (CheckWarpsCollision: route-gate doorways, dock
       -- entrances, ...), and only while BIT_STANDING_ON_WARP is set (issue
@@ -1243,7 +1243,9 @@ function OverworldState:handleInput()
           return result
         end
       end
-      if result == "blocked" and why ~= "entity" then
+      -- CollisionCheckOnLand (home/overworld.asm): a sprite takes the same
+      -- .collision branch as an impassable tile (#960)
+      if result == "blocked" then
         if (self.bumpCooldown or 0) <= 0 then
           require("src.core.Sound").play(Game.data, "Collision")
           self.bumpCooldown = 16
@@ -2039,7 +2041,8 @@ function OverworldState:tryHiddenObject(fx, fy)
         -- SOMEONE'S/BILL'S PC main menu (DisplayPCMainMenu).  Every other
         -- pcTile is a Pokémon Center-style PC that shows the multi-PC menu. (#228)
         require("src.core.Sound").play(Game.data, "Turn_On_PC")
-        Screens.push(Game, "PlayerPC")
+        -- direct access: ExitPlayerPC rings SFX_TURN_OFF_PC (players_pc.asm, #960)
+        Screens.push(Game, "PlayerPC", { direct = true })
       else
         self:openPC()
       end
@@ -2745,6 +2748,8 @@ function OverworldState:openPC(onDone)
     label = (Game.save.player.name or "RED") .. "'s PC",
     keepOpen = true,
     onSelect = function()
+      -- pc.asm .playersPC plays SFX_ENTER_PC before the farcall (#960)
+      require("src.core.Sound").play(Game.data, "Enter_PC")
       Screens.push(Game, "PlayerPC")
       done()
     end,
@@ -2756,6 +2761,8 @@ function OverworldState:openPC(onDone)
       label = Strings("PROF.OAK's PC"),
       keepOpen = true,
       onSelect = function()
+        -- pc.asm OaksPC plays SFX_ENTER_PC before the farcall (#960)
+        require("src.core.Sound").play(Game.data, "Enter_PC")
         self:openOaksPC(done)
       end,
     })
@@ -2939,17 +2946,29 @@ function OverworldState:nurseHeal(onDone, npc)
           -- line: it comes back on the counter facing the player
           Follower.setVisible(self, true)
           if npc then npc:facePlayer(self.player) end
-          self:finishNurseHeal(bye, onDone)
+          self:finishNurseHeal(bye, onDone, npc)
         end
       end))
     end)
   end }))
 end
 
-function OverworldState:finishNurseHeal(bye, onDone)
+-- pokecenter.asm bows the nurse between the two PrintText calls (#995)
+function OverworldState:finishNurseHeal(bye, onDone, npc)
   local t = Game.data.text
   local fit = t._PokemonFightingFitText or Strings("Your POKéMON are\nfighting fit!")
-  Game.stack:push(TextBox.new(Game, fit .. "\f" .. bye, onDone))
+  Game.stack:push(TextBox.new(Game, fit, function()
+    local function farewell()
+      Game.stack:push(TextBox.new(Game, bye, function()
+        if npc then npc:facePlayer(self.player) end
+        if onDone then onDone() end
+      end))
+    end
+    if not npc then farewell() return end
+    npc.facing = "up"
+    -- bubble = false is the silent world hold, this port's DelayFrames
+    self.emote = { npc = npc, frames = 20, bubble = false, onDone = farewell }
+  end))
 end
 
 -- The Cable Club link receptionist (TX_SCRIPT_CABLE_CLUB_RECEPTIONIST ->
@@ -4215,6 +4234,14 @@ function OverworldState:startWarpTo(mapId, x, y, facing, onDone, opts)
   self.doorWarp = nil
   local arriveWarp = self.arriveWarp
   self.arriveWarp = nil
+  -- PlayMapChangeSound (home/overworld.asm) plays before the tail-called
+  -- GBFadeOutToBlack, so the SFX starts with the fade (#961)
+  if doorWarp then
+    local dest = Game.data.maps[mapId]
+    local outdoor = dest and Map.isOutdoor(dest)
+    require("src.core.Sound").play(Game.data,
+                                   outdoor and "Go_Outside" or "Go_Inside")
+  end
   Game.stack:push(Transition.new(Game, function()
     self:setMap(mapId, x, y, facing or "down", opts)
     -- the departure-side hide from flyAnim/teleportOut ends here, on the new
@@ -4251,9 +4278,6 @@ function OverworldState:startWarpTo(mapId, x, y, facing, onDone, opts)
       self.player.spinDrop = true
     end
     if doorWarp then
-      local outdoor = Map.isOutdoor(self.map.def)
-      require("src.core.Sound").play(Game.data,
-                                     outdoor and "Go_Outside" or "Go_Inside")
       -- PlayerStepOutFromDoor (engine/overworld/auto_movement.asm): any
       -- warp that lands on a door tile auto-steps south once, indoor or
       -- outdoor. Auto-walk leaves the mat, so the arrival disable
diff --git a/src/world/PikachuFollower.lua b/src/world/PikachuFollower.lua
index b7c517f7..9e59d45a 100644
--- a/src/world/PikachuFollower.lua
+++ b/src/world/PikachuFollower.lua
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ local function shouldSpawn(game, ow)
   if not GameVersion.isYellow() then return false end
   local save = game.save
   if not (save.flags and save.flags.EVENT_GOT_STARTER) then return false end
+  -- save.pikachuInBall mirrors DisablePikachuOverworldSpriteDrawing (pokeyellow
+  -- scripts/OaksLab.asm); nil falls back to the rival-fight flag (#1009)
+  if save.pikachuInBall == nil then
+    if not save.flags.EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB then return false end
+  elseif save.pikachuInBall then
+    return false
+  end
   if save.onBike or (ow.player and ow.player.surfing) then return false end
   if not (game.data.sprites and game.data.sprites.SPRITE_PIKACHU) then
     return false
@@ -885,6 +892,28 @@ function PikachuFollower.onBillExitedMachine(game, ow)
   billsHouseEmotion(game, ow, npc, "EXCLAMATION_BUBBLE")
 end
 
+-- OaksLabPikachuMovementScript (pokeyellow scripts/OaksLab_2.asm): the
+-- companion clears the cell the rival stops on (#1021)
+function PikachuFollower.oaksLabMakeWay(game, ow, done)
+  if not GameVersion.isYellow() then return false end
+  local npc = findFollower(ow)
+  if not npc or not ow.player then return false end
+  local p = ow.player
+  local steps, facing
+  if p.cellY == 3 then -- .movement2, b = SPRITE_FACING_LEFT
+    if not (npc.cellY == p.cellY and npc.cellX < p.cellX) then return false end
+    steps, facing = { { "down", 1 }, { "right", 1 } }, "up"
+  else -- OaksLabPikachuMovementData1, b = SPRITE_FACING_DOWN
+    if npc.cellY <= p.cellY then return false end
+    steps, facing = { { "left", 1 }, { "up", 1 } }, "right"
+  end
+  movePikachu(ow, npc, steps, function()
+    npc.facing = facing -- PIKAMOVEMENT_LOOK_UP / _LOOK_RIGHT ends each table
+    if done then done() end
+  end)
+  return true
+end
+
 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- PikachuWalksToNurseJoy (engine/pikachu/pikachu_emotions.asm, run by
 -- engine/events/pokecenter.asm once the heal is accepted): the companion
diff --git a/tests/drivers/evolution_black_bug279_test.lua b/tests/drivers/evolution_black_bug279_test.lua
index 0d26a32b..8d9ca4e5 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/evolution_black_bug279_test.lua
+++ b/tests/drivers/evolution_black_bug279_test.lua
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ return function(game)
 
   -- ---- case 2: B-cancel settles on the OLD form's colours -----------------
   local karp = startEvo("MAGIKARP", "GYARADOS")
-  U.wait(24)
+  U.wait(100) -- past the 80-frame pre-animLoop delay before the poll starts
   U.hold(game, "b", 20) -- evolution.asm Evolution_CheckForCancel
   if not waitFor(function() return findText("stopped evolving") ~= nil end, 240) then
     check(false, "holding B prints \"stopped evolving\"")
diff --git a/tests/drivers/evolution_cancel_bug213_test.lua b/tests/drivers/evolution_cancel_bug213_test.lua
index b80ca940..46dbc006 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/evolution_cancel_bug213_test.lua
+++ b/tests/drivers/evolution_cancel_bug213_test.lua
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 -- Driver: cancel an evolution with the B button (#213).
 --
--- pokered engine/pokemon/evos_moves.asm polls hJoyHeld during the pic
--- flash: holding B aborts the evolution (the mon keeps its species and
+-- pokered engine/movie/evolution.asm polls hJoy5 during the pic flash: a
+-- fresh B press aborts the evolution (the mon keeps its species and
 -- _StoppedEvolvingText prints).  Trade evolutions (wLinkState ==
 -- LINK_STATE_TRADING) skip that poll and cannot be cancelled.
 --
--- Case 1 (level path, cancelable): open EvolutionState directly, wait a
--- few frames into the flash (t well under FLASH_FRAMES=220), hold B, and
--- assert the mon stays CATERPIE with "stopped evolving" text on screen.
+-- Case 1 (level path, cancelable): open EvolutionState directly, wait past
+-- the 80-frame pre-animLoop delay (still well under FLASH_FRAMES=220),
+-- press B, and assert the mon stays CATERPIE with the "stopped evolving"
+-- text on screen.
 -- Case 1b: after cancel, checkParty with no level-ups must not re-offer;
 -- a subsequent level-up set must offer again (EvolveAfterBattle parity).
 -- Case 2 (control): let the flash run to completion with no input and
@@ -80,11 +81,11 @@ return function(game)
   Evolution.evolve(game, mon, "METAPOD", function() done1 = true end)
 
   if not waitFor(evoTop, 300) then error("EvolutionState never opened (case1)") end
-  U.wait(20) -- into the flash, well under FLASH_FRAMES=220
+  U.wait(100) -- past the 80-frame pre-animLoop delay, still under 220
   U.log("case1 flash", "t=", top().t, "species=", mon.species)
   U.shot(game, DIR .. "/evo213_1_evolving.png")
 
-  U.hold(game, "b", 20) -- Gen1 hJoyHeld B-cancel
+  U.hold(game, "b", 20) -- Gen1 hJoy5 B-cancel
 
   -- the flash aborts: EvolutionState is no longer the top (the stopped
   -- text overlays it and then pops it)
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ return function(game)
   if not waitFor(evoTop, 300) then
     error("EvolutionState never opened after level-up re-offer")
   end
-  U.wait(20)
+  U.wait(100) -- past the same 80-frame pre-animLoop delay
   U.hold(game, "b", 20) -- cancel so case 2 stays independent
   if not waitFor(function() return not evoTop() end, 240) then
     error("level-up re-offer did not abort on B")
diff --git a/tests/drivers/menu_sfx_bug960_bug961_bug1044_bug1045_test.lua b/tests/drivers/menu_sfx_bug960_bug961_bug1044_bug1045_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71e60f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/drivers/menu_sfx_bug960_bug961_bug1044_bug1045_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,484 @@
+-- Ear check for the PC, bump, door/stairs and battle menu SFX (#960, #961, #1044, #1045).
+--   POKEPORT_DRIVER=tests/drivers/menu_sfx_bug960_bug961_bug1044_bug1045_test.lua POKEPORT_IDENTITY=sfx960 POKEPORT_TOUCH=0 POKEPORT_VERSION=red SHOT_DIR=/tmp/shots love .
+return function(game)
+  local U = dofile("tests/drivers/util.lua")
+  local DIR = os.getenv("SHOT_DIR") or "/tmp/shots"
+  local BattleState = require("src.battle.BattleState")
+  local Boxes = require("src.pokemon.Boxes")
+  local Menu = require("src.ui.Menu")
+  local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
+  local Sound = require("src.core.Sound")
+  local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")
+  local Timing = require("src.core.Timing")
+
+  local FADE = Timing.WARP_FADE_OUT
+
+  local pass, fail = 0, 0
+  local function check(label, ok)
+    if ok then pass = pass + 1 else fail = fail + 1 end
+    U.log(ok and "PASS" or "FAIL", label)
+    return ok
+  end
+
+  -- every cue this run makes, forwarded so playback is untouched; the frame
+  local cues = {}
+  local realPlay = Sound.play
+  Sound.play = function(data, name)
+    cues[#cues + 1] = { name = name, frame = U.frame() }
+    return realPlay(data, name)
+  end
+  local function since(mark)
+    local names = {}
+    for i = mark + 1, #cues do names[#names + 1] = cues[i].name end
+    return #names > 0 and table.concat(names, ", ") or "nothing"
+  end
+  local function heard(mark, want)
+    for i = mark + 1, #cues do
+      if cues[i].name == want then return cues[i] end
+    end
+    return nil
+  end
+  local function countOf(mark, want)
+    local n = 0
+    for i = mark + 1, #cues do if cues[i].name == want then n = n + 1 end end
+    return n
+  end
+
+  -- ---- what the ear cannot check -----------------------------------------
+  local opts = game.save.options or {}
+  local sfxVol, musicVol = opts.sfxVol or 0, opts.musicVol or 0
+  if sfxVol == 0 then
+    U.log("FAIL SFX volume is 0. Every line below is about a sound that is or")
+    U.log("     is not there, and at 0 none of them are. Set SFX to 7 in OPTION")
+    U.log("     and start over, or this run proves nothing at all.")
+  end
+  check(("sfx volume %d/7, music volume %d/7"):format(sfxVol, musicVol),
+        sfxVol > 0)
+
+  -- an unresolved key is silent in exactly the way these bugs were
+  local sfx = (game.data.audio or {}).sfx or {}
+  for _, key in ipairs({ "Turn_On_PC", "Turn_Off_PC", "Enter_PC", "Collision",
+                         "Save", "Go_Inside", "Go_Outside", "Press_AB" }) do
+    check("sfx " .. key .. " is in the generated audio", sfx[key] ~= nil)
+  end
+
+  -- positions come from data/events/hidden_events.asm and data/maps/objects/*.asm
+  local extras = game.data.field.hiddenExtras or {}
+  local pcTiles = extras.pcTiles or {}
+  local bedroomPC = (pcTiles.REDS_HOUSE_2F or {})[1]
+  local centerPC = (pcTiles.VIRIDIAN_POKECENTER or {})[1]
+  check("REDS_HOUSE_2F carries the OpenRedsPC tile", bedroomPC ~= nil)
+  check("VIRIDIAN_POKECENTER carries a PC tile", centerPC ~= nil)
+
+  local function warpTo(mapId, destMap)
+    for _, w in ipairs((game.data.maps[mapId] or {}).warps or {}) do
+      if w.destMap == destMap then return w end
+    end
+    return nil
+  end
+  local houseDoor = warpTo("PALLET_TOWN", "REDS_HOUSE_1F")
+  local houseExit = warpTo("REDS_HOUSE_1F", "LAST_MAP")
+  local houseStairs = warpTo("REDS_HOUSE_1F", "REDS_HOUSE_2F")
+  local centerDoor = warpTo("VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIAN_POKECENTER")
+  check("PALLET_TOWN has the door into REDS_HOUSE_1F", houseDoor ~= nil)
+  check("REDS_HOUSE_1F has an exit mat and the stairs up",
+        houseExit ~= nil and houseStairs ~= nil)
+  check("VIRIDIAN_CITY has the door into its POKéMON CENTER", centerDoor ~= nil)
+
+  -- ---- helpers ------------------------------------------------------------
+  local DIRS = { up = { 0, -1 }, down = { 0, 1 },
+                 left = { -1, 0 }, right = { 1, 0 } }
+  local ORDER = { "down", "up", "left", "right" }
+
+  local function pressStep(dir)
+    table.insert(game.input.pressQueue, dir)
+    game.input.state[dir] = true
+    U.wait(1)
+  end
+
+  local function stand(mapId, x, y, facing)
+    U.teleport(game, mapId, x, y, facing)
+    U.wait(15)
+    return game.overworld
+  end
+
+  -- the cell you stand on to face (cx, cy) from `dir`, i.e. one step back
+  local function cellBehind(cx, cy, dir)
+    local d = DIRS[dir]
+    return cx - d[1], cy - d[2]
+  end
+
+  -- first walkable free neighbour of (cx, cy), plus the facing that looks at
+  local function approach(ow, cx, cy)
+    for _, dir in ipairs(ORDER) do
+      local sx, sy = cellBehind(cx, cy, dir)
+      if ow.map:isWalkableCell(sx, sy) and not ow:npcAtCell(sx, sy) then
+        return sx, sy, dir
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- any free walkable cell on the map with a solid one next to it, so the
+  local function findWall(ow)
+    local map = ow.map
+    for cy = 0, map.heightCells - 1 do
+      for cx = 0, map.widthCells - 1 do
+        if map:isWalkableCell(cx, cy) and not map:warpAtCell(cx, cy)
+           and not ow:npcAtCell(cx, cy) then
+          for _, d in ipairs(ORDER) do
+            local dd = DIRS[d]
+            if not map:isWalkableCell(cx + dd[1], cy + dd[2]) then
+              return cx, cy, d
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  local function npcNamed(ow, name)
+    for _, n in ipairs(ow.npcs or {}) do
+      if n.def and n.def.name == name then return n end
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- PlayMapChangeSound (home/overworld.asm:690) plays before GBFadeOutToBlack,
+  local function takeDoor(dir, want, label)
+    local mark = #cues
+    local from = game.overworld.map.id
+    local cue, switched
+    for _ = 1, 300 do
+      if cue or switched then
+        game.input.state[dir] = false
+        U.wait(1)
+      else
+        pressStep(dir)
+      end
+      cue = cue or heard(mark, want)
+      local ow = game.overworld
+      if not switched and ow and ow.map.id ~= from then switched = U.frame() end
+      if cue and switched then break end
+    end
+    game.input.state[dir] = false
+    U.wait(50) -- PlayerStepOutFromDoor walks off the mat before anything else
+    if not (cue and switched) then
+      check(("%s: %s played and the map changed"):format(label, want), false)
+      U.log("   cues on the way through:", since(mark))
+      return
+    end
+    check(("%s: %s fired %d frames before the map switched (the fade is %d)")
+            :format(label, want, switched - cue.frame, FADE),
+          switched - cue.frame >= FADE - 8)
+  end
+
+  -- CollisionCheckOnLand (home/overworld.asm): a sprite in the way takes the
+  local function bumpInto(dir, label)
+    local mark = #cues
+    for _ = 1, 10 do pressStep(dir) end
+    game.input.state[dir] = false
+    U.wait(24) -- past the 16-frame bumpCooldown, so the next bump is its own
+    check(label .. " rings Collision", heard(mark, "Collision") ~= nil)
+  end
+
+  local function topIs(class)
+    local top = game.stack:top()
+    return top ~= nil and getmetatable(top) == class
+  end
+  local function rowIndex(menu, label)
+    for i, item in ipairs(menu.items or {}) do
+      if item.label == label then return i end
+    end
+  end
+  -- rows come and go with save state and the ui.pc.items hook, so pick each
+  local function choose(menu, label)
+    local i = rowIndex(menu, label)
+    if not i then
+      check("the menu has a " .. label .. " row", false)
+      return false
+    end
+    menu.index = i
+    menu:clampScroll()
+    U.wait(2)
+    U.tap(game, "a")
+    U.wait(26)
+    return true
+  end
+  local function mash(cond, tries)
+    for _ = 1, tries or 40 do
+      if cond() then return true end
+      U.tap(game, "a")
+      U.wait(6)
+    end
+    return cond()
+  end
+
+  game.save.party = { Pokemon.new(game.data, "BULBASAUR", 20) }
+  game.save.party[1].moves = {
+    { id = "TACKLE", pp = 35, maxPP = 35 },
+    { id = "VINE_WHIP", pp = 10, maxPP = 10 },
+  }
+  Boxes.ensure(game.save)
+  game.save.currentBox = 1
+
+  -- ---- the door into the house, from outside (#961) -----------------------
+  if houseDoor then
+    local sx, sy = cellBehind(houseDoor.x, houseDoor.y, "up")
+    stand("PALLET_TOWN", sx, sy, "up")
+    takeDoor("up", "Go_Inside", "walking into RED's house")
+  end
+
+  -- walking into MOM, and into a wall (#960); teleport is only a fallback
+  local ow = game.overworld
+  if ow.map.id ~= "REDS_HOUSE_1F" and houseExit then
+    ow = stand("REDS_HOUSE_1F", houseExit.x, houseExit.y, "up")
+  end
+  local mom = npcNamed(ow, "REDSHOUSE1F_MOM")
+  check("MOM is loaded on REDS_HOUSE_1F", mom ~= nil)
+  if mom then
+    local sx, sy, dir = approach(ow, mom.cellX, mom.cellY)
+    if sx then
+      ow = stand("REDS_HOUSE_1F", sx, sy, dir)
+      -- the teleport rebuilt the npc list, so pin her on the state we bump
+      local pinned = npcNamed(ow, "REDSHOUSE1F_MOM")
+      if pinned then pinned.frozen = true end
+      U.shot(game, DIR .. "/bug960_mom.png")
+      bumpInto(dir, "walking into MOM")
+    else
+      check("MOM has a free cell to be walked into from", false)
+    end
+    -- the control: a wall bump was audible before #960 too, so silence here
+    local wx, wy, wdir = findWall(game.overworld)
+    if wdir then
+      ow = stand("REDS_HOUSE_1F", wx, wy, wdir)
+      bumpInto(wdir, "walking into the wall to the " .. wdir)
+    else
+      check("REDS_HOUSE_1F has a wall to bump into", false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- ---- the stairs up (#961) -----------------------------------------------
+  if houseStairs then
+    local sx, sy = cellBehind(houseStairs.x, houseStairs.y, "up")
+    stand("REDS_HOUSE_1F", sx, sy, "up")
+    -- the destination decides the cue here, not the tile underfoot, so an
+    takeDoor("up", "Go_Inside", "taking the stairs up")
+  end
+
+  -- ---- the bedroom PC (#960) ---------------------------------------------
+  if bedroomPC then
+    -- OpenRedsPC's hidden_event is gated on SPRITE_FACING_UP, so the cell
+    local sx, sy = cellBehind(bedroomPC.x, bedroomPC.y, "up")
+    ow = stand("REDS_HOUSE_2F", sx, sy, "up")
+    check("the cell below the bedroom PC is walkable",
+          ow.map:isWalkableCell(sx, sy))
+    local mark = #cues
+    U.tap(game, "a")
+    U.wait(26)
+    check("A on the bedroom PC opens a menu", topIs(Menu))
+    check("...and turns it on with Turn_On_PC", heard(mark, "Turn_On_PC") ~= nil)
+    U.shot(game, DIR .. "/bug960_bedroom_pc.png")
+    if topIs(Menu) then
+      mark = #cues
+      choose(game.stack:top(), Strings("LOG OFF"))
+      check("LOG OFF on the bedroom PC rings Turn_Off_PC (#960)",
+            heard(mark, "Turn_Off_PC") ~= nil)
+      U.log("   cues:", since(mark))
+      check("...and the PC closed", game.stack:top() == game.overworld)
+    end
+    -- B out of the same menu is ExitPlayerPC's other entry and rings it too
+    U.tap(game, "a")
+    U.wait(26)
+    if topIs(Menu) then
+      local mark2 = #cues
+      U.tap(game, "b")
+      U.wait(26)
+      check("backing out of the bedroom PC with B rings it as well",
+            heard(mark2, "Turn_Off_PC") ~= nil)
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- ---- back out of the house, to the street (#961) ------------------------
+  if houseExit then
+    local sx, sy = cellBehind(houseExit.x, houseExit.y, "down")
+    ow = stand("REDS_HOUSE_1F", sx, sy, "down")
+    if not ow.map:isWalkableCell(sx, sy) then
+      U.log(("(%d, %d) is blocked; using the other half of the mat")
+              :format(sx, sy))
+      ow = stand("REDS_HOUSE_1F", sx + 1, sy, "down")
+    end
+    takeDoor("down", "Go_Outside", "stepping out onto the street")
+  end
+
+  -- ---- into the POKéMON CENTER, for the PC main menu -----------------------
+  if centerDoor then
+    local sx, sy = cellBehind(centerDoor.x, centerDoor.y, "up")
+    stand("VIRIDIAN_CITY", sx, sy, "up")
+    takeDoor("up", "Go_Inside", "walking into the POKéMON CENTER")
+  end
+
+  -- ---- the PC main menu: Enter_PC, and the silence under it (#960) --------
+  if centerPC then
+    local sx, sy = cellBehind(centerPC.x, centerPC.y, "up")
+    ow = stand("VIRIDIAN_POKECENTER", sx, sy, "up")
+    for _, n in ipairs(ow.npcs or {}) do n.frozen = true end -- the GENTLEMAN walks
+    local mark = #cues
+    U.tap(game, "a")
+    U.wait(26)
+    check("A on the Center PC opens the PC main menu", topIs(Menu))
+    check("...with Turn_On_PC", heard(mark, "Turn_On_PC") ~= nil)
+
+    local mine = (game.save.player.name or "RED") .. "'s PC"
+    if topIs(Menu) then
+      mark = #cues
+      choose(game.stack:top(), mine)
+      check(mine .. " rings Enter_PC (#960)", heard(mark, "Enter_PC") ~= nil)
+      check("...and the item PC opened", topIs(Menu))
+      -- BIT_USING_GENERIC_PC: reached this way, ExitPlayerPC is silent and
+      mark = #cues
+      U.tap(game, "b")
+      U.wait(26)
+      check("backing out of it again is silent, as the ROM is",
+            heard(mark, "Turn_Off_PC") == nil)
+      U.log("   cues:", since(mark))
+    end
+
+    -- ---- CHANGE BOX (#1044) ----------------------------------------------
+    -- the box PC reads SOMEONE'S PC until EVENT_MET_BILL (pokemon_pc.asm)
+    local flags = game.save.flags or {}
+    local boxPC = (flags.EVENT_MET_BILL or flags.EVENT_GOT_SS_TICKET)
+                  and "BILL'S PC" or Strings("SOMEONE'S PC")
+    if topIs(Menu) then
+      mark = #cues
+      choose(game.stack:top(), boxPC)
+      check(boxPC .. " rings Enter_PC too", heard(mark, "Enter_PC") ~= nil)
+      check("...and the box menu opened", topIs(Menu))
+    end
+    if topIs(Menu) and rowIndex(game.stack:top(), Strings("CHANGE BOX")) then
+      choose(game.stack:top(), Strings("CHANGE BOX"))
+      U.shot(game, DIR .. "/bug1044_change_box.png")
+      local before = game.save.currentBox
+      U.tap(game, "down") -- BOX 1 is the current one, so move off it
+      U.wait(8)
+      mark = #cues
+      -- A picks the box, then the "data will be saved" prompt and its YES
+      U.tap(game, "a")
+      U.wait(20)
+      mash(function() return game.save.currentBox ~= before end, 40)
+      U.wait(60) -- the 15-frame answer hold, then the write
+      check(("CHANGE BOX switched box %s -> %s")
+              :format(tostring(before), tostring(game.save.currentBox)),
+            game.save.currentBox ~= before)
+      check("...and rang the SAVE jingle (#1044)", heard(mark, "Save") ~= nil)
+      U.log("   cues:", since(mark))
+    end
+
+    -- ---- LOG OFF from the main menu --------------------------------------
+    for _ = 1, 6 do
+      if game.stack:top() == game.overworld then break end
+      U.tap(game, "b")
+      U.wait(20)
+    end
+    U.tap(game, "a")
+    U.wait(26)
+    if topIs(Menu) and rowIndex(game.stack:top(), Strings("LOG OFF")) then
+      local mark2 = #cues
+      choose(game.stack:top(), Strings("LOG OFF"))
+      check("LOG OFF on the PC main menu rings Turn_Off_PC",
+            heard(mark2, "Turn_Off_PC") ~= nil)
+    end
+    for _ = 1, 8 do
+      if game.stack:top() == game.overworld then break end
+      U.tap(game, "b")
+      U.wait(20)
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- the battle menu click (#1045) already landed in HEAD 12c2677; confirmation only
+  ow = stand("ROUTE_1", 5, 5, "down")
+  if not ow.map:isWalkableCell(5, 5) then
+    local fx, fy
+    for cy = 0, ow.map.heightCells - 1 do
+      for cx = 0, ow.map.widthCells - 1 do
+        if ow.map:isWalkableCell(cx, cy) then fx, fy = cx, cy break end
+      end
+      if fx then break end
+    end
+    if fx then ow = stand("ROUTE_1", fx, fy, "down") end
+  end
+  local battle = BattleState.newWild(game, "SNORLAX", 50)
+  battle.onFinish = function(result) ow:afterBattle(result, battle) end
+  -- SPLASH so the foe's turn can never end the run under the menu presses
+  battle.enemy.mon.moves = { { id = "SPLASH", pp = 40, maxPP = 40 } }
+  battle.enemy.curMoves = battle.enemy.mon.moves
+  ow:pushBattle(battle)
+  U.wait(220) -- the send-out intro runs before the menu is reachable
+  mash(function() return battle.phase == "menu" end, 60)
+  check("the wild SNORLAX battle reached its FIGHT menu",
+        battle.phase == "menu")
+
+  -- one press, then long enough for the click to be its own sound
+  local function click(btn, label, want)
+    local mark = #cues
+    U.tap(game, btn)
+    U.wait(28)
+    local n = countOf(mark, "Press_AB")
+    check(("%s: %s gave %d click%s, expected %d")
+            :format(label, btn:upper(), n, n == 1 and "" or "s", want),
+          n == want)
+  end
+  if battle.phase == "menu" then
+    click("a", "A on FIGHT (#1045a)", 1)
+    check("...and the move list opened", battle.phase == "moveSelect")
+    U.shot(game, DIR .. "/bug1045_move_list.png")
+    click("b", "B out of the move list (#1045c)", 1)
+    check("...and the FIGHT menu came back", battle.phase == "menu")
+    click("a", "A on FIGHT again", 1)
+    click("a", "A on a move (#1045b)", 1)
+    mash(function() return battle.phase == "menu" end, 120)
+    if battle.phase == "menu" then
+      battle.menuIndex = 4 -- RUN shares the FIGHT/PKMN/ITEM call site
+      U.wait(4)
+      click("a", "A on RUN", 1)
+    end
+  end
+  U.log(("machine checks: %d passed, %d failed"):format(pass, fail))
+
+  -- ---- over to you --------------------------------------------------------
+  if centerPC then
+    local sx, sy = cellBehind(centerPC.x, centerPC.y, "up")
+    ow = stand("VIRIDIAN_POKECENTER", sx, sy, "up")
+    for _, n in ipairs(ow.npcs or {}) do n.frozen = true end
+  end
+  U.log("Everything above has been pressed once already; you are parked at the")
+  U.log("Viridian POKéMON CENTER PC to do it again by ear.")
+  U.log("A opens the PC main menu. RED's PC clicks in on the two-note ENTER PC")
+  U.log("chirp and LOG OFF closes with the descending power-down. B out of RED's")
+  U.log("PC is silent on purpose; a power-down there is the near miss, not a pass.")
+  U.log("SOMEONE'S PC, CHANGE BOX, any other box, YES: the SAVE jingle rings")
+  U.log("after the box has changed, the same jingle the SAVE menu plays. A")
+  U.log("jingle before the switch, or none at all, is #1044 back.")
+  U.log("The bedroom PC upstairs at home is the other half of #960: it beeps on,")
+  U.log("and LOG OFF or B rings the power-down there. That one is not silent.")
+  U.log("The COOLTRAINER at (4,3) and the NURSE at (3,1) are pinned; walk into")
+  U.log("either and it thuds like a wall. Walking into a wall is the control --")
+  U.log("it always thudded, so a silent wall means the device, not the fix.")
+  U.log(("Walk out over the exit mat at the bottom of the room: the door sound")
+        .. (" starts as the screen begins to darken, %d frames ahead of")
+             :format(FADE))
+  U.log("Viridian City. One that lands on the new map, or after it, is #961.")
+  U.log("In any battle, A on FIGHT/PKMN/ITEM/RUN, A on a move and B out of the")
+  U.log("move list all click. Silence on any of the three is #1045.")
+  U.log("Shots: " .. DIR .. "/bug960_*.png, bug1044_*.png, bug1045_*.png")
+
+  -- keeps naming cues with their frame after the hand-off, so a door sound
+  local reported = #cues
+  while true do
+    if #cues > reported then
+      for i = reported + 1, #cues do
+        U.log("cue", cues[i].name, "frame", cues[i].frame)
+      end
+      reported = #cues
+    end
+    coroutine.yield()
+  end
+end
diff --git a/tests/drivers/pikachu_lab_debut_bug1009_bug1021_test.lua b/tests/drivers/pikachu_lab_debut_bug1009_bug1021_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..963c311d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/drivers/pikachu_lab_debut_bug1009_bug1021_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,410 @@
+-- Pikachu stays in its ball until the rival fight (#1009) and clears (4,3) for the rival (#1021); the Route 15 leg only instruments #920.
+-- pokeyellow scripts/OaksLab.asm, OaksLab_2.asm.
+return function(game)
+  local U = dofile("tests/drivers/util.lua")
+  local GameVersion = require("src.core.GameVersion")
+  local MapScripts = require("src.script.MapScripts")
+  local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+  local PF = require("src.world.PikachuFollower")
+  local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
+  local Bag = require("src.inventory.Bag")
+  local BattleState = require("src.battle.BattleState")
+
+  local SHOT_DIR = os.getenv("SHOT_DIR") or "/tmp/shots"
+  local LAB = "OAKS_LAB"
+  local RIVAL = 1                       -- OAKSLAB_RIVAL, object index 1
+  local GIFT = { x = 5, y = 3 }   -- where OaksLabRLE_PlayerWalksToOak ends
+
+  local function check(label, ok)
+    U.log(ok and "PASS" or "FAIL", label)
+    return ok
+  end
+  local function idle()
+    while true do coroutine.yield() end
+  end
+  local function ow() return game.overworld end
+  local function follower() return PF.current(game.overworld) end
+  local function ctx()
+    return { game = game, save = game.save, overworld = game.overworld }
+  end
+  local function where(npc)
+    if not npc then return "gone" end
+    return "(" .. npc.cellX .. "," .. npc.cellY .. ") facing "
+           .. tostring(npc.facing)
+  end
+
+  -- one player step; false when refused, so a caller can route around a map edit
+  local function stepOnce(dir)
+    local p = ow().player
+    local x0, y0 = p.cellX, p.cellY
+    for _ = 1, 60 do
+      table.insert(game.input.pressQueue, dir)
+      game.input.state[dir] = true
+      coroutine.yield()
+      p = ow().player
+      if p.cellX ~= x0 or p.cellY ~= y0 then break end
+    end
+    game.input.state[dir] = false
+    for _ = 1, 40 do
+      if not ow().player.moving then break end
+      U.wait(1)
+    end
+    U.wait(3)
+    p = ow().player
+    return p.cellX ~= x0 or p.cellY ~= y0
+  end
+
+  -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- checks
+  if not check("running the Yellow cache (POKEPORT_VERSION=yellow)",
+               GameVersion.isYellow()) then
+    U.log("Red and Blue have no follower and no Yellow lab script, so every")
+    U.log("line below would fail for the wrong reason.")
+    idle()
+  end
+  check("SPRITE_PIKACHU resolves in the sprite table",
+        game.data.sprites ~= nil and game.data.sprites.SPRITE_PIKACHU ~= nil)
+  check("PikachuFollower.oaksLabMakeWay exists",
+        type(PF.oaksLabMakeWay) == "function")
+  check("the pikachu_make_way verb exists",
+        type(Commands.pikachu_make_way) == "function")
+  check("and it blocks the runner while the walk plays",
+        Commands.meta.pikachu_make_way ~= nil
+        and Commands.meta.pikachu_make_way.blocking == true)
+
+  local lab = require("data.scripts.oaks_lab_yellow")
+  local oakRows = lab.talk.TEXT_OAKSLAB_OAK1
+  local function rowIndex(pred)
+    for i, r in ipairs(oakRows) do
+      if pred(r) then return i end
+    end
+    return nil
+  end
+  local iGramps = rowIndex(function(r)
+    return r[1] == "show_text" and r[2] == "_OaksLabRivalGrampsText"
+  end)
+  local iMakeWay = rowIndex(function(r) return r[1] == "pikachu_make_way" end)
+  local iShow = rowIndex(function(r)
+    return r[1] == "show_object" and r[3] == "OAKSLAB_RIVAL"
+  end)
+  check("Oak's parcel branch has a make-way row", iMakeWay ~= nil)
+  -- the callfar sits after the GRAMPS text and before ShowObject; a row on
+  check("it sits between the GRAMPS text and the rival's ShowObject",
+        iGramps ~= nil and iMakeWay ~= nil and iShow ~= nil
+        and iGramps < iMakeWay and iMakeWay < iShow)
+
+  local sfx = game.save.options and game.save.options.sfxVol
+  if sfx == 0 then
+    U.log("sfxVol is 0. Pikachu's cry as it bursts out of the ball will be")
+    U.log("silent and a mute run reads exactly like a missing cry -- turn")
+    U.log("the sound back up before judging the escape scene.")
+  end
+
+  -- leg 1: in the ball.  Level 30 only so the lab battle ends fast
+  game.save.flags = game.save.flags or {}
+  local flags = game.save.flags
+  flags.EVENT_GOT_STARTER = true
+  flags.EVENT_CHOSE_PIKACHU = true
+  flags.EVENT_FOLLOWED_OAK_INTO_LAB = true
+  flags.EVENT_FOLLOWED_OAK_INTO_LAB_2 = true
+  flags.EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB = nil
+  flags.EVENT_OAK_ASKED_TO_CHOOSE_MON = true
+  flags.EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX = nil
+  flags.EVENT_OAK_GOT_PARCEL = nil
+  game.save.party = { Pokemon.new(game.data, "PIKACHU", 30) }
+  game.save.player.name = "bryan"
+  game.save.onBike = false
+  game.save.pikachuInBall = true
+
+  U.teleport(game, LAB, GIFT.x, GIFT.y, "up")
+  U.wait(10)
+  Commands.show_object(ctx(), LAB, "OAKSLAB_OAK1")
+  U.wait(5)
+
+  -- asked after the teleport: the registry only fills on first require
+  check("the Yellow lab module is the one bound to the map",
+        MapScripts.talkScript(LAB, "TEXT_OAKSLAB_OAK1") == oakRows)
+
+  check("straight after the gift there is no follower on the map",
+        follower() == nil)
+
+  -- save compat: nil pikachuInBall falls back to the rival-fight flag, not false
+  game.save.pikachuInBall = nil
+  U.wait(10)
+  check("a pre-#1009 save before the rival fight still has none",
+        follower() == nil)
+  flags.EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB = true
+  U.wait(20)
+  check("a pre-#1009 save past the rival fight keeps its follower",
+        follower() ~= nil)
+  flags.EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB = nil
+  game.save.pikachuInBall = true
+  U.wait(20)
+  check("and the in-ball byte puts it away again", follower() == nil)
+
+  U.shot(game, SHOT_DIR .. "/bug1009_in_ball.png")
+  U.log("captured", SHOT_DIR .. "/bug1009_in_ball.png",
+        "- player alone at the gift spot")
+
+  -- --------------------------------------------- leg 2: out of the ball
+  Commands.show_object(ctx(), LAB, "OAKSLAB_RIVAL")
+  U.wait(5)
+
+  -- OaksLabRivalChallengesPlayerScript fires from y >= 6 with the starter held
+  local walkedClean = true
+  for _ = 1, 10 do
+    if ow().player.cellY >= 6 then break end
+    if follower() then walkedClean = false end
+    if not stepOnce("down") then
+      if not stepOnce("left") then break end
+    end
+  end
+  check("crossed the lab to the door row with no follower behind",
+        walkedClean and follower() == nil)
+  check("reached the row the rival challenges from", ow().player.cellY >= 6)
+
+  -- the escape only spawns the companion once the overworld is back on top
+  local sawBattle, escapedAt, spawnCell = false, nil, nil
+  for _ = 1, 2500 do
+    local o = game.overworld
+    local top = game.stack:top()
+    if top ~= o then
+      if getmetatable(top) == BattleState then sawBattle = true end
+      U.tap(game, "a")
+      U.wait(3)
+    else
+      local npc = follower()
+      if npc and not escapedAt then
+        escapedAt = U.frame()
+        spawnCell = { x = npc.cellX, y = npc.cellY, facing = npc.facing }
+        U.shot(game, SHOT_DIR .. "/bug1009_escaped.png")
+      end
+      if escapedAt and not o.runner:isRunning() and #o.scriptMoves == 0 then
+        break
+      end
+      U.wait(2)
+    end
+  end
+
+  check("the rival battle actually ran", sawBattle)
+  check("the escape scene put a follower on the map", escapedAt ~= nil)
+  check("EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB is set",
+        flags.EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB == true)
+  check("the ball is open (save.pikachuInBall false, not nil)",
+        game.save.pikachuInBall == false)
+  if spawnCell then
+    local p = ow().player
+    U.log("it appeared at", spawnCell.x, spawnCell.y, "with the player at",
+          p.cellX, p.cellY, "facing", p.facing)
+    -- OaksLabPikachuEscapesPokeballScript faces the player up and uses spawn
+    check("it burst out on the cell behind the player, not beside him",
+          spawnCell.x == p.cellX and spawnCell.y == p.cellY + 1)
+    U.log("captured", SHOT_DIR .. "/bug1009_escaped.png")
+  end
+
+  -- leg 3: Oak's .DeliverParcelText needs parcel held, no balls, no Pokedex
+  flags.EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB = true
+  flags.EVENT_PALLET_AFTER_GETTING_POKEBALLS = nil
+  flags.EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_1ST_BATTLE = nil
+  flags.EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX = nil
+  game.save.pikachuInBall = false
+  game.save.inventory = game.save.inventory or {}
+  game.save.inventory.POKE_BALL = nil
+  if game.save.pokedex then game.save.pokedex.owned = {} end
+  Bag.add(game.save, "OAKS_PARCEL", 1, game.data)
+
+  -- the SPRITE_FACING_LEFT case of TryApplyPikachuMovementData
+  U.teleport(game, LAB, 4, 3, "right")
+  U.wait(10)
+  Commands.show_object(ctx(), LAB, "OAKSLAB_OAK1")
+  -- he walked out after the lab battle; ShowObject brings him back mid-scene
+  Commands.hide_object(ctx(), LAB, "OAKSLAB_RIVAL")
+  U.wait(5)
+  check("the follower is back for the parcel scene", follower() ~= nil)
+  stepOnce("right")
+  -- Oak stands on (5,2) and blocks, so this only turns the player up
+  U.hold(game, "up", 10)
+  U.wait(10)
+
+  local p = ow().player
+  local pika = follower()
+  U.log("player at", p.cellX, p.cellY, "facing", p.facing,
+        "| Pikachu at", where(pika))
+  check("the player is below Oak on row 3", p.cellY == 3 and p.facing == "up")
+  local onRivalCell = pika ~= nil and pika.cellX == 4 and pika.cellY == 3
+  check("Pikachu is standing on the rival's landing cell (4,3)", onRivalCell)
+  if not onRivalCell then
+    U.log("Without it on (4,3) the movement data does not apply and the")
+    U.log("scene below proves nothing about #1021.")
+  end
+  U.shot(game, SHOT_DIR .. "/bug1021_before.png")
+
+  -- the rival's own walk sits in the same scriptMoves list, so ask only
+  local function stillWalking(o, npc)
+    if npc.moving then return true end
+    for _, mv in ipairs(o.scriptMoves) do
+      if mv.entity == npc then return true end
+    end
+    return false
+  end
+
+  -- end pose snapshotted at walk stop; the idle roll turns it later (Func_fc803)
+  U.tap(game, "a")
+  local leftCell, rivalSeen, rivalArrived, midShot = nil, nil, nil, false
+  local settled
+  local trace, last = {}, nil
+  for f = 1, 1200 do
+    local o = game.overworld
+    local top = game.stack:top()
+    local npc = follower()
+    if npc then
+      local cell = npc.cellX .. "," .. npc.cellY
+      if cell ~= last then
+        last = cell
+        trace[#trace + 1] = "f" .. f .. " " .. cell
+      end
+      if not leftCell and not (npc.cellX == 4 and npc.cellY == 3) then
+        leftCell = f
+      end
+      if leftCell and not settled and not stillWalking(o, npc) then
+        settled = { x = npc.cellX, y = npc.cellY, facing = npc.facing }
+      end
+    end
+    local rival = o:npcByIndex(RIVAL)
+    if rival and not rivalSeen then rivalSeen = f end
+    if rival and not rivalArrived and rival.cellX == 4 and rival.cellY == 3
+       and not rival.moving then
+      rivalArrived = f
+    end
+    if leftCell and rival and rival.moving and not midShot then
+      midShot = true
+      U.shot(game, SHOT_DIR .. "/bug1021_stepped_aside.png")
+    end
+    if rivalArrived and settled then break end
+    if top ~= o then U.tap(game, "a") end
+    U.wait(2)
+  end
+
+  U.log("Pikachu trace:", table.concat(trace, " | "))
+  check("Pikachu moved off (4,3)", leftCell ~= nil)
+  check("the rival came in and reached (4,3)", rivalArrived ~= nil)
+  if leftCell and rivalSeen then
+    -- the callfar runs before ShowObject: the cell is clear before the rival
+    check("it started clearing the cell before the rival appeared",
+          leftCell <= rivalSeen)
+  end
+  if settled then
+    U.log("the walk ended with Pikachu at", settled.x, settled.y,
+          "facing", settled.facing)
+  end
+  -- OaksLabPikachuMovementData2: STEP_DOWN, STEP_RIGHT, LOOK_UP
+  check("it ended one below the player looking up",
+        settled ~= nil and settled.x == 5 and settled.y == 4
+        and settled.facing == "up")
+  U.shot(game, SHOT_DIR .. "/bug1021_rival_in_place.png")
+
+  -- leg 4: nothing is fixed for #920; this only records ow.npcs and trail.ledgeHop
+  local eastMap = game.data.maps.FUCHSIA_CITY
+                  and game.data.maps.FUCHSIA_CITY.connections
+                  and game.data.maps.FUCHSIA_CITY.connections.east
+  eastMap = eastMap and eastMap.map or "ROUTE_15"
+  U.log("Fuchsia's east connection is", eastMap)
+
+  U.teleport(game, "FUCHSIA_CITY", 10, 12, "down")
+  U.wait(10)
+  local city = ow().map
+  local row = nil
+  for y = 0, city.heightCells - 1 do
+    if city:isWalkableCell(city.widthCells - 1, y)
+       and city:isWalkableCell(city.widthCells - 2, y) then
+      row = row or y
+    end
+  end
+  if row then
+    U.log("crossing the east seam on row", row)
+    U.teleport(game, "FUCHSIA_CITY", city.widthCells - 2, row, "right")
+    U.wait(10)
+    for _ = 1, 6 do
+      if ow().map.id == eastMap then break end
+      if not stepOnce("right") then break end
+    end
+  end
+  -- the seam row is blocked (gate rebuild, mod): drop in on the route itself
+  local function dropOnRoute()
+    U.teleport(game, eastMap, 4, 8, "right")
+    U.wait(10)
+    local m = ow().map
+    if m:isWalkableCell(4, 8) then return end
+    for y = 0, m.heightCells - 1 do
+      for x = 0, 9 do
+        if m:isWalkableCell(x, y) then
+          U.teleport(game, eastMap, x, y, "right")
+          U.wait(10)
+          return
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  if ow().map.id ~= eastMap then
+    U.log("could not walk the seam; dropping straight on to", eastMap)
+    dropOnRoute()
+  end
+  check("standing on " .. eastMap, ow().map.id == eastMap)
+
+  local worstGap, lostAt, steps = 0, nil, 0
+  local back = { x = ow().player.cellX, y = ow().player.cellY }
+  for i = 1, 10 do
+    if not stepOnce("right") then
+      if not stepOnce("down") then break end
+    end
+    local o = game.overworld
+    if o.map.id ~= eastMap then
+      -- the route's gate is a warp, and an arrival respawn is not the stall
+      U.log("step", i, "walked into", o.map.id, "- stepping back out")
+      U.teleport(game, eastMap, back.x, back.y, "left")
+      U.wait(10)
+      break
+    end
+    steps = i
+    back.x, back.y = o.player.cellX, o.player.cellY
+    local npc = follower()
+    local p2 = o.player
+    local hop = o.pikachuTrail and o.pikachuTrail.ledgeHop
+    if npc then
+      local gap = math.abs(npc.cellX - p2.cellX)
+                  + math.abs(npc.cellY - p2.cellY)
+      if gap > worstGap then worstGap = gap end
+      U.log("step", i, "player", p2.cellX, p2.cellY, "| Pikachu", where(npc),
+            "| gap", gap, "| ledgeHop", tostring(hop))
+    else
+      lostAt = lostAt or i
+      U.log("step", i, "player", p2.cellX, p2.cellY,
+            "| Pikachu is not in ow.npcs at all | ledgeHop", tostring(hop))
+    end
+  end
+  U.log("walked", steps, "steps east on", eastMap)
+  check("the follower stayed in ow.npcs the whole way", lostAt == nil)
+  check("it never fell more than two cells behind", worstGap <= 2)
+  if lostAt then
+    U.log("it dropped out of ow.npcs on step", lostAt,
+          "- that is the shape #920 would take")
+  end
+  -- an arrival parks the follower under the player (#863), so walk one step
+  stepOnce("left")
+  U.wait(20)
+  U.shot(game, SHOT_DIR .. "/bug920_east_of_fuchsia.png")
+
+  U.log("Six shots, in story order. bug1009_in_ball: the player alone in the")
+  U.log("lab with the starter already in the party. bug1009_escaped: the cry,")
+  U.log("then Pikachu on the cell behind him. bug1021_stepped_aside: it walks")
+  U.log("down and right on the GRAMPS text while the rival is still off the")
+  U.log("map, ending below the player looking up. The near miss to watch for")
+  U.log("is the rival arriving first and Pikachu shuffling around him after,")
+  U.log("or the walk playing under the box instead of after it.")
+  U.log("Talk to Pikachu here for the control case: it answers with a bubble")
+  U.log("and a cry, which is the same sprite and the same audio path.")
+  U.log("#920 is unfixed. The pad is yours on Route 15; the step log above is")
+  U.log("what the triage wants from a stall -- whether it is still in ow.npcs")
+  U.log("and whether trail.ledgeHop stayed set after a ledge.")
+
+  idle()
+end
diff --git a/tests/engine/evolution_hold_b_bug968_test.lua b/tests/engine/evolution_hold_b_bug968_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78174bce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/evolution_hold_b_bug968_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+-- A level-up evolution survives the B held from the level-up box (#968, #1031); a fresh press still cancels (#290, #213).
+-- pokered engine/movie/evolution.asm EvolveMon, Evolution_CheckForCancel.
+
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local T = require("tests.harness")
+local check, eq = T.check, T.eq
+love = love or require("tests.love_stub")
+
+-- TextBox and EvolutionState both require Sound inside update, so seeding
+package.loaded["src.core.Sound"] = {
+  play = function() end,
+  playCry = function() end,
+}
+
+local Fixtures = require("tests.modkit.fixtures")
+local Evolution = require("src.pokemon.Evolution")
+local EvolutionState = require("src.ui.EvolutionState")
+local Input = require("src.core.Input")
+local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
+local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
+local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
+
+local Data = Fixtures.fresh()
+require("src.render.Font").load(Data)
+
+-- FIXMON_A evolves into FIXMON_B at 16 (tests/fixture_data/pokemon.lua)
+local EVO_LEVEL = 16
+-- x is the default keyboard B (src/core/Input.lua DEFAULT_BINDINGS)
+local B_KEY = "x"
+
+local function newGame()
+  local game = { data = Data }
+  local mon = Pokemon.new(Data, "FIXMON_A", EVO_LEVEL)
+  game.save = {
+    party = { mon },
+    player = { name = "RED", id = 1 },
+    options = { textSpeed = 5 },
+    flags = {},
+    pokedex = { seen = {}, owned = {} },
+  }
+  game.stack = setmetatable({}, { __index = StateStack })
+  game.stack:init()
+  game.input = Input
+  Input:init()
+  return game, mon
+end
+
+-- one fixed step, in Game:step's order: promote the queued edges, then
+local function step(game)
+  game.input:step()
+  game.stack:update(1 / 60)
+end
+
+-- the post-battle sequence: grew-to-level box, then Evolution.checkParty
+local function levelUpBox(game, mon)
+  game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, "FIXMON A grew\nto level 16!",
+    function() Evolution.checkParty(game, nil, { [mon] = true }) end))
+end
+
+-- one B edge on the box, still held when the movie takes over: the bug's handoff
+local function dismissWithB(game, mon)
+  levelUpBox(game, mon)
+  local box = game.stack:top()
+  for _ = 1, 900 do
+    if box.done then break end
+    step(game)
+  end
+  if not box.done then return nil, "the level-up text never finished typing" end
+  Input:keypressed(B_KEY)
+  step(game)
+  local top = game.stack:top()
+  if getmetatable(top) ~= EvolutionState then
+    return nil, "the evolution screen never opened"
+  end
+  return top
+end
+
+local function textOf(box)
+  local out = {}
+  for _, page in ipairs(box.pages) do
+    for _, line in ipairs(page) do out[#out + 1] = line end
+  end
+  return table.concat(out, " ")
+end
+
+-- B held out of the text box: the movie must run to the end and evolve.
+do
+  local game, mon = newGame()
+  local evo, why = dismissWithB(game, mon)
+  if check(evo ~= nil, "the level-up box handed off to the movie: " .. tostring(why)) then
+    check(Input:isDown("b"),
+          "B is still physically down as the movie starts, which is what "
+          .. "the old isDown poll cancelled on")
+    eq(evo.cancelable, true,
+       "and this is a cancelable level-up evolution, so the movie really "
+       .. "is reading the button (#290)")
+    -- never released: no second edge ever reaches the movie
+    for _ = 1, 400 do
+      if evo.done then break end
+      step(game)
+    end
+    check(Input:isDown("b"), "B was held for the whole movie")
+    eq(evo.canceled, false, "the held B did not cancel the evolution")
+    eq(mon.species, "FIXMON_B", "the mon actually evolved")
+    eq(mon.stats.hp, require("src.pokemon.Stats")
+         .calc(Data.pokemon.FIXMON_B, EVO_LEVEL, mon.dvs, mon.statExp).hp,
+       "and Evolution.apply recalculated its stats on the new species")
+    local top = game.stack:top()
+    check(getmetatable(top) == TextBox and textOf(top):find("evolved into"),
+          "the congratulations text is what closes the movie")
+  end
+end
+
+-- A deliberate fresh press after the 80-frame delay still cancels.
+do
+  local game, mon = newGame()
+  local evo = assert(dismissWithB(game, mon))
+  Input:keyreleased(B_KEY)
+  for _ = 1, 400 do
+    if evo.t > 80 then break end
+    step(game)
+  end
+  check(evo.t > 80 and not evo.done,
+        "the movie is past the DelayFrames window and still running")
+  Input:keypressed(B_KEY)
+  step(game)
+  eq(evo.canceled, true, "a fresh B press cancels the evolution (#213)")
+  eq(mon.species, "FIXMON_A", "and the mon keeps its species")
+  local top = game.stack:top()
+  check(getmetatable(top) == TextBox and textOf(top):find("stopped evolving"),
+        "_StoppedEvolvingText prints instead of the congratulations")
+end
+
+-- A press inside the 80 frames is not polled at all, so the mon still
+do
+  local game, mon = newGame()
+  local evo = assert(dismissWithB(game, mon))
+  Input:keyreleased(B_KEY)
+  for _ = 1, 10 do step(game) end
+  Input:keypressed(B_KEY)
+  step(game)
+  Input:keyreleased(B_KEY)
+  check(evo.t <= 80, "the press landed inside the delay window")
+  eq(evo.canceled, false, "a B press during the delay is never polled")
+  for _ = 1, 400 do
+    if evo.done then break end
+    step(game)
+  end
+  eq(mon.species, "FIXMON_B", "so the evolution still completes")
+end
+
+T.finish()
diff --git a/tests/engine/nurse_bow_bug995.lua b/tests/engine/nurse_bow_bug995.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d34c706e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/nurse_bow_bug995.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+-- Nurse Joy bows between the two closing lines (#995).
+-- pokered engine/events/pokecenter.asm.
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local T = require("tests.modkit")
+local Data = T.fixtures.load()
+
+-- the ROM-extracted strings the fixture text table does not carry
+Data.text._PokemonFightingFitText = "Thank you for\nwaiting.\fYour POKéMON are\nfighting fit!"
+Data.text._PokemonCenterFarewellText = "We hope to see\nyou again!"
+
+local OW = require("src.world.OverworldController")
+
+local function setUpvalue(fn, name, val)
+  local i = 1
+  while true do
+    local n = debug.getupvalue(fn, i)
+    if not n then return false end
+    if n == name then debug.setupvalue(fn, i, val); return true end
+    i = i + 1
+  end
+end
+
+local pushed = {}
+local stackStub = { push = function(_, item) pushed[#pushed + 1] = item end }
+local textBoxStub = {
+  new = function(_, text, onDone, opts)
+    return { text = text, onDone = onDone, opts = opts }
+  end,
+}
+local fakeGame = { data = Data, stack = stackStub }
+T.check(setUpvalue(OW.finishNurseHeal, "TextBox", textBoxStub),
+  "TextBox upvalue on finishNurseHeal")
+T.check(setUpvalue(OW.finishNurseHeal, "Game", fakeGame),
+  "Game upvalue on finishNurseHeal")
+
+local FIT = Data.text._PokemonFightingFitText
+local BYE = Data.text._PokemonCenterFarewellText
+
+local player = { cellX = 3, cellY = 5 }
+local faced
+local function newNurse()
+  faced = 0
+  return {
+    facing = "down",
+    facePlayer = function(self) faced = faced + 1; self.facing = "down" end,
+  }
+end
+
+local fakeSelf
+local function reset()
+  pushed = {}
+  fakeSelf = setmetatable({ player = player }, { __index = OW })
+end
+
+-- === with the nurse on the counter: fit line, bow, farewell
+reset()
+local nurse = newNurse()
+local finished = 0
+fakeSelf:finishNurseHeal(BYE, function() finished = finished + 1 end, nurse)
+T.eq(#pushed, 1, "the fighting-fit line goes up on its own")
+T.eq(pushed[1].text, FIT, "first box is exactly the fighting-fit text")
+T.check(pushed[1].text:find(BYE, 1, true) == nil,
+  "the farewell is no longer merged into it with a page break (#995)")
+
+pushed[1].onDone()
+T.eq(#pushed, 1, "the farewell waits for the bow")
+T.eq(nurse.facing, "up", "image index $14: the nurse bows")
+T.check(fakeSelf.emote ~= nil, "the bow is a world hold, not a text pause")
+local hold = fakeSelf.emote or {}
+T.eq(hold.npc, nurse, "the hold is anchored on the nurse")
+T.eq(hold.frames, 20, "DelayFrames $14 is 20 frames")
+T.eq(hold.bubble, false, "no emotion bubble is drawn over her")
+T.check(not hold.skippable, "the bow cannot be skipped with A/B")
+T.eq(finished, 0, "the pokecenter is still busy during the bow")
+
+-- OverworldState:update counts emote.frames down and then calls onDone
+if hold.onDone then hold.onDone() end
+T.eq(#pushed, 2, "the farewell follows the bow")
+local farewell = pushed[2] or {}
+T.eq(farewell.text, BYE, "second box is the farewell text")
+T.eq(nurse.facing, "up", "she is still bowed while the farewell prints")
+
+if farewell.onDone then farewell.onDone() end
+T.eq(nurse.facing, "down", "the trailing UpdateSprites faces her back")
+T.eq(faced, 1, "she is turned back exactly once")
+T.eq(finished, 1, "control returns to the player once, after the farewell")
+
+-- === no nurse sprite (the Yellow/rest-stop callers): no bow, same text
+reset()
+finished = 0
+fakeSelf:finishNurseHeal(BYE, function() finished = finished + 1 end)
+T.eq(pushed[1].text, FIT, "npc-less caller still opens with the fit line")
+pushed[1].onDone()
+T.check(fakeSelf.emote == nil, "nothing to bow, so no world hold")
+T.eq(#pushed, 2, "the farewell follows immediately")
+farewell = pushed[2] or {}
+T.eq(farewell.text, BYE, "npc-less caller still closes with the farewell")
+if farewell.onDone then farewell.onDone() end
+T.eq(finished, 1, "npc-less caller returns control once")
+
+T.finish("nurse_bow_bug995")
diff --git a/tests/engine/oaks_aide_requirement_bug1006.lua b/tests/engine/oaks_aide_requirement_bug1006.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..326f9a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/oaks_aide_requirement_bug1006.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+-- Oak's aide quotes the REQUIREMENT, not your current count (#1006).
+-- pokered engine/events/oaks_aide.asm .notEnoughOwnedMons.
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local T = require("tests.modkit")
+local Data = T.fixtures.load()
+
+-- the ROM-extracted strings the fixture text table does not carry; labels
+-- and wording match pokered data/text/text_1.asm
+Data.text._OaksAideHiText =
+  "Hi! Remember me?\nI'm PROF.OAK's\vAIDE!\fIf you caught " ..
+  "{NUM:hOaksAideRequirement, 1, 3}\nkinds of POKéMON,\vI'm supposed to\v" ..
+  "give you an\v{RAM:wOaksAideRewardItemName}!\fSo, {PLAYER}! Have\n" ..
+  "you caught at\vleast {NUM:hOaksAideRequirement, 1, 3} kinds of\vPOKéMON?"
+Data.text._OaksAideUhOhText =
+  "Let's see...\nUh-oh! You have\vcaught only " ..
+  "{NUM:hOaksAideNumMonsOwned, 1, 3}\vkinds of POKéMON!\fYou need " ..
+  "{NUM:hOaksAideRequirement, 1, 3} kinds\nif you want the\v" ..
+  "{RAM:wOaksAideRewardItemName}."
+Data.text._OaksAideComeBackText =
+  "Oh. I see.\fWhen you get {NUM:hOaksAideRequirement, 1, 3}\nkinds, come " ..
+  "back\vfor {RAM:wOaksAideRewardItemName}."
+Data.text._OaksAideHereYouGoText =
+  "Great! You have\ncaught {NUM:hOaksAideNumMonsOwned, 1, 3} kinds \v" ..
+  "of POKéMON!\vCongratulations!\fHere you go!"
+Data.text._OaksAideGotItemText =
+  "{PLAYER} got the\n{RAM:wOaksAideRewardItemName}!"
+-- the two rewards this suite drives (Route2Gate / Route11Gate2F pass them
+Data.items.HM_FLASH = { id = "HM_FLASH", index = 196, name = "HM FLASH" }
+Data.items.ITEMFINDER = { id = "ITEMFINDER", index = 6, name = "ITEMFINDER" }
+
+local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+
+local pushed = {}
+local realTextBox = package.loaded["src.render.TextBox"]
+-- story4's push/ask require TextBox lazily, so a package.loaded stub is
+package.loaded["src.render.TextBox"] = {
+  new = function(_, text, onDone, opts)
+    return { text = text, onDone = onDone, opts = opts }
+  end,
+}
+
+local story4 = dofile("data/scripts/story4.lua")
+local ROUTE_11 = story4.ROUTE_11_GATE_2F.talk.TEXT_ROUTE11GATE2F_OAKS_AIDE
+local ROUTE_2 = story4.ROUTE_2_GATE.talk.TEXT_ROUTE2GATE_OAKS_AIDE
+T.check(type(ROUTE_11) == "function" and type(ROUTE_2) == "function",
+  "both aides are wired to the shared oaksAide handler")
+
+local game = {
+  data = Data,
+  save = SaveData.newGame(),
+  stack = { push = function(_, box) pushed[#pushed + 1] = box end },
+}
+
+local function reset(ownedCount)
+  game.save = SaveData.newGame()
+  game.save.player.name = "RED"
+  local owned = {}
+  for i = 1, ownedCount do owned["SPECIES_" .. i] = true end
+  game.save.pokedex = { seen = {}, owned = owned }
+  pushed = {}
+end
+local function lastText()
+  return tostring(pushed[#pushed] and pushed[#pushed].text)
+end
+local function has(fragment)
+  return lastText():find(fragment, 1, true) ~= nil
+end
+local function held(id)
+  return game.save.inventory[id] or 0
+end
+-- A press on the box that is up
+local function dismiss()
+  local box = pushed[#pushed]
+  if box and box.onDone then box.onDone() end
+end
+
+-- === the aide asks for his own threshold, whatever the player owns
+reset(12)
+local done = false
+ROUTE_11(game, {}, {}, function() done = true end)
+local offer = pushed[1]
+T.check(offer.opts and offer.opts.choice ~= nil,
+  "the aide's opener is the YesNoChoice question")
+T.check(has("least 30 kinds"), "opener asks for the aide's 30 kinds")
+T.check(has("give you an\vITEMFINDER"), "opener names the reward item")
+T.check(not has("{NUM"), "no placeholder survives into the opener")
+
+-- === YES with too few kinds: both decimals are filled, and differently
+offer.opts.choice(true)
+T.check(has("caught only 12"), "Uh-oh line reports the kinds actually owned")
+T.check(has("You need 30 kinds"), "Uh-oh line then states the requirement")
+T.check(not has("You need 12 kinds"),
+  "the requirement is not overwritten by the owned count (#1006)")
+T.check(has("want the\vITEMFINDER"), "Uh-oh line still names the reward")
+dismiss()
+T.check(done, "the Uh-oh branch completes the talk")
+T.eq(held("ITEMFINDER"), 0, "no reward below the threshold")
+T.check(not game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_ITEMFINDER,
+  "the aide can still be asked again")
+
+-- === the threshold tracks the aide, not a constant: Route 2 wants 10
+reset(3)
+ROUTE_2(game, {}, {}, function() end)
+pushed[1].opts.choice(true)
+T.check(has("caught only 3"), "Route 2 Uh-oh reports 3 kinds owned")
+T.check(has("You need 10 kinds"), "Route 2 states its own 10-kind threshold")
+T.check(has("want the\vHM FLASH"), "Route 2 names the HM FLASH reward")
+
+-- === NO: ComeBackText quotes the requirement, nothing is given
+reset(12)
+done = false
+ROUTE_11(game, {}, {}, function() done = true end)
+pushed[1].opts.choice(false)
+T.check(has("When you get 30"), "come-back line quotes the requirement")
+T.check(has("back\vfor ITEMFINDER"), "come-back line names the reward")
+dismiss()
+T.check(done, "declining completes the talk")
+T.eq(held("ITEMFINDER"), 0, "declining gives nothing")
+
+-- === YES at the threshold: HereYouGo carries the OWNED count, then the
+reset(30)
+done = false
+ROUTE_11(game, {}, {}, function() done = true end)
+pushed[1].opts.choice(true)
+T.check(has("caught 30 kinds"), "congratulation line carries the owned count")
+dismiss()
+T.check(has("RED got the\nITEMFINDER!"), "the item line names player and item")
+dismiss()
+T.check(done, "the reward branch completes the talk")
+T.eq(held("ITEMFINDER"), 1, "ITEMFINDER lands in the bag")
+T.check(game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_ITEMFINDER, "the aide's event flag is set")
+
+-- === repeat visit: the explanation text, no second ITEMFINDER
+pushed = {}
+done = false
+ROUTE_11(game, {}, {}, function() done = true end)
+T.eq(#pushed, 1, "a served player gets exactly one box")
+T.check(pushed[1].opts == nil or pushed[1].opts.choice == nil,
+  "the repeat line is not a question")
+T.eq(held("ITEMFINDER"), 1, "no second ITEMFINDER")
+
+if realTextBox ~= nil then
+  package.loaded["src.render.TextBox"] = realTextBox
+else
+  package.loaded["src.render.TextBox"] = nil
+end
+
+T.finish("oaks_aide_requirement_bug1006")
diff --git a/tests/engine/oaks_lab_yellow_starter_bug1013.lua b/tests/engine/oaks_lab_yellow_starter_bug1013.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33897aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/oaks_lab_yellow_starter_bug1013.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+-- Yellow's starter Pikachu gets the nickname prompt (#1013).
+-- pokeyellow scripts/OaksLab.asm OaksLabPlayerReceivesPikachuScript.
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local T = require("tests.modkit")
+local Data = T.fixtures.load()
+
+local pushed = {}
+local realTextBox = package.loaded["src.render.TextBox"]
+-- Commands requires TextBox at load time; stub it before the first require
+package.loaded["src.render.TextBox"] = {
+  new = function(_, text, onDone, opts)
+    return { text = text, onDone = onDone, opts = opts }
+  end,
+}
+local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+
+-- === the lab scene: one PIKACHU gift row, and no skipNickname on it
+local lab = dofile("data/scripts/oaks_lab_yellow.lua")
+local ball = lab.talk.TEXT_OAKSLAB_EEVEE_POKE_BALL
+T.check(type(ball) == "function", "the Eevee ball builds its rows per playthrough")
+
+local captured
+local function buildScene(cellX, cellY)
+  captured = nil
+  local game = { data = Data, save = SaveData.newGame() }
+  game.save.flags.EVENT_OAK_ASKED_TO_CHOOSE_MON = true
+  local ow = {
+    player = { cellX = cellX, cellY = cellY },
+    runner = { run = function(_, rows) captured = rows end },
+  }
+  ball(game, ow, { def = {} }, function() end)
+  return captured or {}
+end
+
+local function indexOf(rows, verb, arg)
+  for i, row in ipairs(rows) do
+    if row[1] == verb and (arg == nil or row[2] == arg) then return i end
+  end
+end
+
+-- the shove branch (player on the table row, py == 4) and the plain
+for _, spot in ipairs({ { 9, 4 }, { 5, 6 } }) do
+  local rows = buildScene(spot[1], spot[2])
+  local where = ("from (%d,%d)"):format(spot[1], spot[2])
+  local gives = 0
+  for _, row in ipairs(rows) do
+    if row[1] == "give_pokemon" then
+      gives = gives + 1
+      T.eq(row[2], "PIKACHU", "the gift species is PIKACHU " .. where)
+      T.eq(row[3], 5, "the gift is level 5 " .. where)
+      T.check(row[4] == nil,
+        "no skipNickname: AskName is left to run " .. where .. " (#1013)")
+    end
+  end
+  T.eq(gives, 1, "exactly one give_pokemon row " .. where)
+
+  local give = indexOf(rows, "give_pokemon")
+  local received = indexOf(rows, "show_text", "_OaksLabReceivedText")
+  local got = indexOf(rows, "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER")
+  T.check(received and give and received < give,
+    "the received line prints before the mon is added " .. where)
+  T.check(give and got and give < got,
+    "AddPartyMon runs before SetEvent EVENT_GOT_STARTER " .. where)
+end
+
+-- === nothing in the Yellow lab names a Kanto starter (#1014): only a mod
+local source = assert(io.open("data/scripts/oaks_lab_yellow.lua", "r"))
+local text = source:read("*a")
+source:close()
+for _, species in ipairs({ "CHARMANDER", "SQUIRTLE", "BULBASAUR" }) do
+  T.check(not text:find(species, 1, true),
+    "the Yellow lab script never names " .. species)
+end
+
+-- === give_pokemon offers AskName with a runner and no skipNickname
+local function giveThrough(skipNickname)
+  pushed = {}
+  local game = { data = Data, save = SaveData.newGame(),
+                 stack = { push = function(_, box) pushed[#pushed + 1] = box end } }
+  local runner = {
+    yield = function() return coroutine.yield() end,
+    resume = function(self, ...) coroutine.resume(self.co, ...) end,
+  }
+  local ctx = { game = game, save = game.save, runner = runner }
+  runner.co = coroutine.create(function()
+    Commands.give_pokemon(ctx, "FIXMON_A", 5, skipNickname)
+  end)
+  local ok, err = coroutine.resume(runner.co)
+  T.check(ok, "give_pokemon runs cleanly: " .. tostring(err))
+  return game.save
+end
+
+local save = giveThrough(nil)
+T.eq(#pushed, 1, "a plain gift puts one box up")
+T.check(tostring(pushed[1].text):find("nickname", 1, true) ~= nil,
+  "that box is AskName's question")
+T.check(pushed[1].opts and pushed[1].opts.choice ~= nil,
+  "AskName is a YES/NO, not a plain box")
+T.eq(#save.party, 1, "the gift joined the party")
+
+save = giveThrough(true)
+T.eq(#pushed, 0, "skipNickname suppresses the prompt")
+T.eq(#save.party, 1, "the gift still joined the party")
+
+if realTextBox ~= nil then
+  package.loaded["src.render.TextBox"] = realTextBox
+else
+  package.loaded["src.render.TextBox"] = nil
+end
+
+T.finish("oaks_lab_yellow_starter_bug1013")
diff --git a/tests/engine/oaks_pc_flow.lua b/tests/engine/oaks_pc_flow.lua
index ec5864d5..c786b9f4 100644
--- a/tests/engine/oaks_pc_flow.lua
+++ b/tests/engine/oaks_pc_flow.lua
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ for _, item in ipairs(menu.items) do
   if item.label == "PROF.OAK's PC" then oak = item end
 end
 T.check(oak ~= nil, "PROF.OAK's PC is offered once the Pokédex is had")
-plays = {} -- drop the menu's Turn_On_PC; the session's jingle is what counts
 oak.onSelect()
+-- drop the menu's Turn_On_PC and the row's Enter_PC
+plays = {}
 T.eq(pushed[2].kind, "text", "selection opens the access text")
 T.check(tostring(pushed[2].text):find("Accessed", 1, true) ~= nil,
   "first session box is the access text")
diff --git a/tests/parity_fan_club_chairman_bug1050.lua b/tests/parity_fan_club_chairman_bug1050.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1743100e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parity_fan_club_chairman_bug1050.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+-- Parity: the Fan Club Chairman asks before telling his story (#1050).
+-- pokered scripts/PokemonFanClub.asm PokemonFanClubChairmanText.
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+if not _G.love then _G.love = require("tests.love_stub") end
+local Data = require("src.core.Data")
+if not (Data.maps and Data.maps.PALLET_TOWN) then Data:load() end
+
+local S = require("tests.harness").suite("parity Fan Club chairman")
+local check, eq = S.check, S.eq
+
+local Game = require("src.core.Game")
+local Input = require("src.core.Input")
+local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
+local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+local ScriptRunner = require("src.script.ScriptRunner")
+local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+local Flags = require("src.script.Flags")
+local ChoiceBox = require("src.ui.ChoiceBox")
+local mapScripts = require("data.scripts.init")
+
+Game.data = Data
+Game.input = Input; Input:init()
+Game.stack = StateStack; StateStack:init()
+Game.save = SaveData.newGame()
+require("src.render.Font").load(Data)
+
+local MAP, TEXT = "POKEMON_FAN_CLUB", "TEXT_POKEMONFANCLUB_CHAIRMAN"
+local script = mapScripts.talkScript(MAP, TEXT)
+check(type(script) == "table", "the chairman is a row list")
+eq(#ScriptRunner.validate(script), 0,
+   "the rows validate cleanly (labels resolve after the renumbering)")
+
+-- === the intro is the question, not a plain box ===
+local asks = 0
+for _, row in ipairs(type(script) == "table" and script or {}) do
+  if row[1] == "ask" then
+    asks = asks + 1
+    eq(row[2], "_PokemonFanClubChairmanIntroText",
+       "the YesNoChoice rides the intro text (#1050)")
+  end
+end
+eq(asks, 1, "exactly one question, right after the intro")
+
+-- === harness: run the talk script headless, recording show_text ids ===
+local shown = {}
+local origShow = Commands.show_text
+-- forward extraOpts: Commands.ask rides show_text's 4th argument
+Commands.show_text = function(ctx, textId, subs, ...)
+  table.insert(shown, textId)
+  return origShow(ctx, textId, subs, ...)
+end
+
+-- pressFn returns the Input.pressed table for this frame (default: A)
+local function runScript(pressFn)
+  shown = {}
+  local ow = { map = { id = MAP, def = { label = MAP } },
+               npcs = {}, entities = {} }
+  local r = ScriptRunner.new(Game, ow)
+  r:run(script, { npc = { def = {}, facePlayer = function() end },
+                  overworld = ow })
+  local guard = 0
+  while r:isRunning() and guard < 3000 do
+    guard = guard + 1
+    Input.pressed = pressFn and pressFn() or { a = true }
+    StateStack:update(1 / 60)
+    r:update()
+  end
+  Input.pressed = {}
+  return not r:isRunning()
+end
+
+local function shownIs(want, msg)
+  eq(table.concat(shown, ","), table.concat(want, ","), msg)
+end
+
+-- press B while the YES/NO box is up, A otherwise: the NO answer
+local function declines()
+  if getmetatable(StateStack:top()) == ChoiceBox then return { b = true } end
+  return { a = true }
+end
+
+local function held(id) return Game.save.inventory[id] or 0 end
+
+-- === 1) YES: story, voucher, received line, explanation ===
+Game.save = SaveData.newGame()
+check(runScript(), "chairman script completes on YES")
+shownIs({ "_PokemonFanClubChairmanIntroText",
+          "_PokemonFanClubChairmanStoryText",
+          "_PokemonFanClubReceivedBikeVoucherText",
+          "_PokemonFanClubExplainBikeVoucherText" },
+        "YES hears the RAPIDASH story out and collects the voucher")
+eq(held("BIKE_VOUCHER"), 1, "the BIKE VOUCHER is in the bag")
+check(Flags.get(Game.save, "EVENT_RECEIVED_BIKE_VOUCHER"),
+      "EVENT_GOT_BIKE_VOUCHER is set")
+
+-- === 2) NO: the brush-off, and the voucher stays with the chairman ===
+Game.save = SaveData.newGame()
+check(runScript(declines), "chairman script completes on NO")
+shownIs({ "_PokemonFanClubChairmanIntroText", "_PokemonFanClubNoStoryText" },
+        "NO skips the story and the gift (#1050)")
+eq(held("BIKE_VOUCHER"), 0, "declining leaves the voucher unclaimed")
+check(not Flags.get(Game.save, "EVENT_RECEIVED_BIKE_VOUCHER"),
+      "declining leaves the event clear, so he can be asked again")
+
+-- === 3) asking again after NO still works, and YES then pays out ===
+check(runScript(), "second visit completes")
+shownIs({ "_PokemonFanClubChairmanIntroText",
+          "_PokemonFanClubChairmanStoryText",
+          "_PokemonFanClubReceivedBikeVoucherText",
+          "_PokemonFanClubExplainBikeVoucherText" },
+        "a player who said NO can come back for the voucher")
+eq(held("BIKE_VOUCHER"), 1, "the voucher arrives on the second visit")
+
+-- === 4) served player: .nothingleft, no question at all ===
+check(runScript(), "post-voucher script completes")
+shownIs({ "_PokemonFanClubChairFinalText" },
+        "with the voucher collected he only reminisces")
+eq(held("BIKE_VOUCHER"), 1, "no second voucher")
+
+Commands.show_text = origShow
+S.finish()
diff --git a/tests/parity_silph_lapras_bug1049.lua b/tests/parity_silph_lapras_bug1049.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d2de480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parity_silph_lapras_bug1049.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+-- Parity: the Silph Co. 7F worker's LAPRAS gift offers the nickname prompt (#1049).
+-- pokered scripts/SilphCo7F.asm SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1Text.
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+if not _G.love then _G.love = require("tests.love_stub") end
+local Data = require("src.core.Data")
+if not (Data.maps and Data.maps.PALLET_TOWN) then Data:load() end
+
+local S = require("tests.harness").suite("parity Silph LAPRAS")
+local check, eq = S.check, S.eq
+
+local Game = require("src.core.Game")
+local Input = require("src.core.Input")
+local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
+local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+local ScriptRunner = require("src.script.ScriptRunner")
+local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+local Flags = require("src.script.Flags")
+local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
+local Boxes = require("src.pokemon.Boxes")
+local mapScripts = require("data.scripts.init")
+
+Game.data = Data
+Game.input = Input; Input:init()
+Game.stack = StateStack; StateStack:init()
+Game.save = SaveData.newGame()
+require("src.render.Font").load(Data)
+
+local MAP, TEXT = "SILPH_CO_7F", "TEXT_SILPHCO7F_SILPH_WORKER_M1"
+
+-- === 1) the worker is command rows, so the run carries a ScriptRunner ===
+local script = mapScripts.talkScript(MAP, TEXT)
+check(type(script) == "table",
+      "the LAPRAS worker is a row list, not a bare callback (#1049)")
+eq(#ScriptRunner.validate(script), 0, "the rows validate cleanly")
+local gives = 0
+for _, row in ipairs(type(script) == "table" and script or {}) do
+  if row[1] == "give_pokemon" then
+    gives = gives + 1
+    eq(row[2], "LAPRAS", "the gift species is LAPRAS")
+    eq(row[3], 15, "the gift is level 15 (lb bc, LAPRAS, 15)")
+    check(row[4] == nil, "no skipNickname: AskName is left to run")
+  end
+end
+eq(gives, 1, "exactly one give_pokemon row")
+
+-- === harness: run the talk script headless, A every frame, recording show_text ids
+local shown = {}
+local origShow = Commands.show_text
+-- forward extraOpts: Commands.ask rides show_text's 4th argument
+Commands.show_text = function(ctx, textId, subs, ...)
+  table.insert(shown, textId)
+  return origShow(ctx, textId, subs, ...)
+end
+
+local function runScript()
+  shown = {}
+  local ow = { map = { id = MAP, def = { label = MAP } },
+               npcs = {}, entities = {} }
+  local r = ScriptRunner.new(Game, ow)
+  r:run(script, { npc = { def = {}, facePlayer = function() end },
+                  overworld = ow })
+  local guard = 0
+  while r:isRunning() and guard < 3000 do
+    guard = guard + 1
+    Input.pressed = { a = true }
+    StateStack:update(1 / 60)
+    r:update()
+  end
+  Input.pressed = {}
+  return not r:isRunning()
+end
+
+local function shownIs(want, msg)
+  eq(table.concat(shown, ","), table.concat(want, ","), msg)
+end
+
+-- === 2) the gift itself: thanks, nickname prompt, GotMonText, blurb ===
+Game.save = SaveData.newGame()
+check(runScript(), "LAPRAS gift script completes")
+shownIs({ "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1HaveThisPokemonText",
+          "_DoYouWantToNicknameText", "_GotMonText",
+          "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1LaprasDescriptionText" },
+        "thanks, nickname prompt, got-mon line, then the LAPRAS blurb")
+eq(#Game.save.party, 1, "LAPRAS joins the party")
+local lapras = Game.save.party[1] or {}
+eq(lapras.species, "LAPRAS", "gift species is LAPRAS")
+eq(lapras.level, 15, "LAPRAS is level 15")
+eq(lapras.nickname, "AAAAAAAAAA",
+   "the nickname prompt reaches the NamingScreen (A-mash)")
+check(Flags.get(Game.save, "EVENT_GOT_LAPRAS"), "BIT_GOT_LAPRAS is set")
+check(Game.save.pokedex.owned.LAPRAS, "LAPRAS is registered owned")
+
+-- === 3) after the gift he worries about the PRESIDENT, and only after
+check(runScript(), "post-gift script completes")
+shownIs({ "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1IsOurPresidentOkText" },
+        "before Giovanni: the worried line, and no second LAPRAS")
+eq(#Game.save.party, 1, "no second LAPRAS")
+
+Flags.set(Game.save, "EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI")
+check(runScript(), "post-Giovanni script completes")
+shownIs({ "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1SavedText" },
+        "after Giovanni: saved at last")
+
+-- === 4) party full, box has room: SendNewMonToBox still asks the name ===
+Game.save = SaveData.newGame()
+for i = 1, 6 do Game.save.party[i] = Pokemon.new(Data, "PIDGEY", 5) end
+check(runScript(), "full-party gift script completes")
+shownIs({ "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1HaveThisPokemonText",
+          "_DoYouWantToNicknameText", "_SentToBoxText", "_GotMonText",
+          "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1LaprasDescriptionText" },
+        "full party: nickname, sent-to-box, got-mon line, blurb")
+local boxed = false
+for _, box in ipairs(Boxes.ensure(Game.save)) do
+  for _, m in ipairs(box) do
+    if m.species == "LAPRAS" then boxed = true end
+  end
+end
+check(boxed, "full-party LAPRAS lands in a box")
+check(Flags.get(Game.save, "EVENT_GOT_LAPRAS"), "full-party gift sets the flag")
+
+-- === 5) party AND every box full: BoxIsFullText, no got-mon line, flag
+Game.save = SaveData.newGame()
+for i = 1, 6 do Game.save.party[i] = Pokemon.new(Data, "PIDGEY", 5) end
+Boxes.ensure(Game.save)
+for b = 1, Boxes.COUNT do
+  for s = 1, Boxes.CAPACITY do Game.save.boxes[b][s] = { species = "PIDGEY" } end
+end
+check(runScript(), "full-everything script completes")
+shownIs({ "_SilphCo7FSilphWorkerM1HaveThisPokemonText", "_BoxIsFullText" },
+        "no room: the box-full line, never a got-mon line for a mon you lack")
+check(not Flags.get(Game.save, "EVENT_GOT_LAPRAS"),
+      "a failed give leaves BIT_GOT_LAPRAS clear, so the gift stays claimable")
+
+Commands.show_text = origShow
+S.finish()