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Pokémon - Advanced Challenge

Pokémon

Run Time: mins

Air Date: Thu, 4 Sept 2003

Average Rating: ⭐ 7.9 (1914 votes)

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A shadow hovers over Ash, May, and friends as they continue their journey through the Hoenn region, and it’s not just that of Mt. Chimney—both Team Magma and Team Aqua put plans into action with our heroes caught in the middle! When not foiling evil schemes, Ash and May chase their personal goals, with Ash battling for three more Gym Badges and May winning her first three Contest Ribbons. The group also gains new Pokémon like Torkoal and Bulbasaur, but could they be too much to handle?

52 Episodes

What You Seed is What You Get

What You Seed is What You Get

Season 7 - Episode 1

After earning the Dynamo Badge from Wattson, Ash and co. continue their journey. May insists to go to Fallarbor Town while Ash suggests they...

Love at First Flight

Love at First Flight

Season 7 - Episode 2

The heroes spot a pair of Pokémon bowing to one another, as dance partners would, and begin flying around one another in a wide circle. Broc...

Let Bagons Be Bagons

Let Bagons Be Bagons

Season 7 - Episode 3

On the way to Fallarbor Town and May's next contest, Ash and co encounter a rare Bagon and its trainer, a girl named Michelle, who is trying...

The Princess and the Togepi

The Princess and the Togepi

Season 7 - Episode 4

Ash and co. reunite with their old friend Misty, who is happy to meet May and Max for the first time. Soon, they enter a kingdom dedicated t...

A Togepi Mirage!

A Togepi Mirage!

Season 7 - Episode 5

During the reunion with their old friend Misty, Ash and co. discover Hansen wants to rule the Togepi Kingdom and the Mirage Kingdom. Will th...

Candid Camerupt!

Candid Camerupt!

Season 7 - Episode 6

Being exhausted and tired, the heroes collapse in a desert. Soon, they wake up in a lodge, being rescued by the Winstrate family. The heroes...

I Feel Skitty!

I Feel Skitty!

Season 7 - Episode 7

While doing her training with Beautifly, May's frisbee flies off. Torchic goes to retrieve the frisbee, but also finds a Skitty, who seems t...

ZigZag Zangoose!

ZigZag Zangoose!

Season 7 - Episode 8

Traveling on the road, the heroes encounter Nicholai, who had caught a Zangoose. While having a battle with Ash, Nicholai notices Zangoose i...

Maxxed Out!

Maxxed Out!

Season 7 - Episode 9

Heading to Fallarbor City, the gang meet up with a trainer called Max who looks identical to Max. He is having trouble with his Surskit. How...

Pros and Con Artists

Pros and Con Artists

Season 7 - Episode 10

After arriving in Fallarbor Town, May starts doubting herself, seeing a lot of Coordinators that will participate, including Drew. However, ...

Come What May!

Come What May!

Season 7 - Episode 11

May reaches the second round of the Contest and defeats Jessica (who is Jessie, in disguise). Seeing Grace had managed to defeat her rival, ...

Cheer Pressure

Cheer Pressure

Season 7 - Episode 12

The heroes encounter Thatcher, the boy they helped at the lighthouse, who joined a band of cheerleaders, named Pep Squad. Team Rocket decide...

Game Winning Assist

Game Winning Assist

Season 7 - Episode 13

After running away from some Slugma, the heroes find themselves on a ranch, owned by a girl named Julie. The heroes decide to spend some tim...

Fight for the Meteorite

Fight for the Meteorite

Season 7 - Episode 14

The heroes (and Team Rocket, who hope to catch their enemy, Pikachu) take a cable cart to Mount Chimney. However, the cart suddenly stops an...

Poetry Commotion!

Poetry Commotion!

Season 7 - Episode 15

After Ash and Co. reach Lavaridge Town, they meet Flannery, the Gym Leader. Having just inherited the Gym from her grandfather and determine...

Going, Going, Yawn!

Going, Going, Yawn!

Season 7 - Episode 16

Ash challenges Flannery to a Gym match. Ash hopes to have an easy fight by using Corphish. Flannery, despite sometimes acting a bit nervous,...

Going for a Spinda

Going for a Spinda

Season 7 - Episode 17

Ash decides to head to Petalburg City for his next Gym battle. On the road, the gang runs into a group of Spinda. A pretty girl named Claire...

All Torkoal, No Play

All Torkoal, No Play

Season 7 - Episode 18

On their way back to Mauville City, Ash and friends travel through the Valley of Steel, home of many different kinds of Steel Pokémon and a ...

Manectric Charge

Manectric Charge

Season 7 - Episode 19

Ash and friends return to Mauville City, where they encounter a carnival run by Team Rocket. They let all their Pokémon out to enjoy the fes...

Delcatty Got Your Tongue

Delcatty Got Your Tongue

Season 7 - Episode 20

After a battle with Team Rocket, May's Skitty accidentally inhales Torkoal's smoke. To cure her, the heroes go to a Pokémon Clinic, run by D...

Disaster of Disguise

Disaster of Disguise

Season 7 - Episode 21

As the heroes arrive in Verdanturf Town, they meet up with Drew, who cannot participate in the upcoming Contest, since his Roselia has been ...

Disguise Da Limit

Disguise Da Limit

Season 7 - Episode 22

With Timmy participating in the Contest, May hopes to win her second ribbon. However, with May's Skitty's Blizzard not working properly, May...

Take the Lombre Home

Take the Lombre Home

Season 7 - Episode 23

The heroes, who are thirsty, wander the land. Brock shows them a spring, but it ran out of water. They go to the village, but find it desert...

True Blue Swablu

True Blue Swablu

Season 7 - Episode 24

The heroes, who got lost in a forest, encounter a Swablu, who has its wing injured. Along with the help of a local ranger, Morita, May spend...

Gulpin it Down!

Gulpin it Down!

Season 7 - Episode 25

During a break, the heroes get their lunch eaten by a Gulpin. They soon find out a group of Gulpin is eating away the food supplies in the c...

Exploud and Clear

Exploud and Clear

Season 7 - Episode 26

Ash and friends are eating lunch in the woods when they notice that Treecko has wandered off. After failing to convince the Grass-type to co...

Go Go Ludicolo!

Go Go Ludicolo!

Season 7 - Episode 27

While having sandwiches for lunch, the heroes are visited by a man named Poncho and his Ludicolo. They challenge Ash to a battle, who bets h...

A Double Dilemma

A Double Dilemma

Season 7 - Episode 28

As the heroes arrive to Petalburg City, May and Max are visited by the crowd, who like Norman, Caroline and their children. While Max and Ma...

Love, Petalburg Style!

Love, Petalburg Style!

Season 7 - Episode 29

Just as the heroes return to Petalburg City, Ash goes to the Pokémon Center to get ready for his Gym match, where he encounters Norman talki...

Balance of Power

Balance of Power

Season 7 - Episode 30

Ash faces Norman in a Gym battle. Norman switches offense and defense to baffle Ash, who tries to overcome this trial, having his Pokémon us...

A Six Pack Attack!

A Six Pack Attack!

Season 7 - Episode 31

The heroes decide to stop at Professor Birch's lab. Hearing Professor Oak will come to the lab as well, Ash and Brock decide to accompany Bi...

The Bicker the Better

The Bicker the Better

Season 7 - Episode 32

Due to May being late, Ash is outraged, since he wants to go to Fortree City as quickly as possible. May becomes angry as well and soon, Ash...

Grass Hysteria!

Grass Hysteria!

Season 7 - Episode 33

The heroes get lost in a forest. Just then, May gets taken away by a Skarmory. As Ash, Brock and Max try to get May out of the forbidden are...

Hokey Poké Balls!

Hokey Poké Balls!

Season 7 - Episode 34

With Bulbasaur being in May's team, Ash decides to call his own Bulbasaur to meet up. However, Team Rocket has modified the transporting mac...

Whiscash and Ash

Whiscash and Ash

Season 7 - Episode 35

While resting by a lake with his friends, Ash polishes his Badge Case and remembers all the Gym Battles he's won so far. Suddenly, a wild Wh...

Me, Myself and Time

Me, Myself and Time

Season 7 - Episode 36

While separated from his friends, Ash encounters a girl and her Baltoy. He learns they were called to meet someone at a set of ruins, and he...

A Fan with a Plan!

A Fan with a Plan!

Season 7 - Episode 37

Arriving in Rubello Town, May finds Drew, who is going to participate in the Contest. She also meets Savannah, a wife, who is going to parti...

Cruisin' for a Losin'

Cruisin' for a Losin'

Season 7 - Episode 38

May, confident in her Pokémon, enters the Rubello Contest with Drew and Savannah. While all three manage to pass the first round, May's Bulb...

Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend

Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend

Season 7 - Episode 39

Continuing their journey to Fortree City, Ash and friends come across a Spoink, who is upset after losing the Pearl it keeps on the top of i...

That's Just Swellow

That's Just Swellow

Season 7 - Episode 40

As they arrive to Crossgate Town, the heroes learn there is a tournament involving Flying-type Pokémon. May, Ash and, surprisingly, James, e...

Take This House and Shuppet

Take This House and Shuppet

Season 7 - Episode 41

The heroes and Team Rocket, after another clash, have gone to the mansion. There, May argues with Max, who runs off and meets a Shuppet. Due...

A Shroomish Skirmish

A Shroomish Skirmish

Season 7 - Episode 42

As the heroes have a meal, Torchic and Corphish start fighting. As Ash and May try to calm them down, Team Rocket arrives, and so do some Br...

Unfair Weather Friends

Unfair Weather Friends

Season 7 - Episode 43

The heroes spend a day at the Weather Research Institute. Just then, Team Aqua, with Shelly as the commander, arrive to gather information a...

Who's Flying Now?

Who's Flying Now?

Season 7 - Episode 44

After the events that transpired at the Weather Institute, Ash and co. finally arrive at Fortree City. Ash couldn't wait to challenge the Gy...

Sky High Gym Battle!

Sky High Gym Battle!

Season 7 - Episode 45

The time has come once more. Ash is ready to have his Gym Battle with Winona. Before the battle starts she evokes a prayer to all Flying Pok...

Lights, Camerupt, Action!

Lights, Camerupt, Action!

Season 7 - Episode 46

As the heroes continue onwards, they encounter a man pushing his Camerupt. After helping the man, the heroes are told the man, named Elijah,...

Crazy as a Lunatone

Crazy as a Lunatone

Season 7 - Episode 47

The heroes arrive in a deserted town and get rejected by Nurse Joy to stay in her Pokémon Center. They soon find out the PMC, Ken and Mary, ...

The Garden of Eatin'

The Garden of Eatin'

Season 7 - Episode 48

The heroes come into the Banana Slakoth Garden, a famous tourist spot. However, they find it empty, save for a Snorlax, who is eating away t...

A Scare to Remember!

A Scare to Remember!

Season 7 - Episode 49

After another encounter with Team Rocket, Ash loses Pikachu. Pikachu, however, has hit his head and suffers from amnesia and is found by Meo...

Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry

Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry

Season 7 - Episode 50

As they arrive in Lilycove City, the heroes meet Kelly, a fellow Coordinator, who knows how to make good Pokéblocks. As Max stays with Ash, ...

Lessons in Lilycove

Lessons in Lilycove

Season 7 - Episode 51

May's Combusken manages to control the Fire Spin attack it launched. Through luck, May enters the next round with Kelly and fights Josaphine...

Judgment Day

Judgment Day

Season 7 - Episode 52

Due to a mistake, the heroes sail away to an island, with their actual destination being Mossdeep City. On the island, they find Jimmy, who ...

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