Recap / Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

aka: Pokemon Advanced Generation

The Hoenn Region (Generation III)

These are the recap pages for the seasons of Pokémon: The Series produced in connection with Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and later Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

In connection to the franchise's move to the Game Boy Advance, seasons 6 through 9 are known in Japan as Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation. In the United States, seasons 6 through 8 are known as Pokémon Advanced, while season 9 is known as Pokémon Battle Frontier.

Ash reaches Hoenn, where he meets up with the rookie trainer May and her little brother Max; Brock rejoins the group a short time later. While Ash challenges another set of gyms, May takes an interest in Pokémon Contests, a new style of competition that emphasizes aesthetically pleasing displays of a Pokémon's abilities.

Season Six

Season Six: Pokémon Advanced (2002 - 2003)

1. "Get the Show on the Road"
2. "A Ruin with a View"
3. "There's no Place Like Hoenn"
4. "You Never Can Taillow"
5. "In the Knicker of Time!"
6. "A Poached Ego!"
7. "Tree's a Crowd"
8. "A Tail with a Twist"
9. "Taming of the Shroomish"
10. "You Said a Mouthful!"
11. "A Bite to Remember"
12. "The Lotad Lowdown"
13. "All Things Bright and Beautifly!"
14. "All in a Day's Wurmple"
15. "Gonna Rule The School!"
16. "The Winner by a Nosepass"
17. "Stairway to Devon"
18. "On a Wingull and a Prayer!"
19. "Sharpedo Attack!"
20. "Brave the Wave"
21. "Which Wurmple's Which?"
22. "A Hole Lotta Trouble"
23. "Gone Corphishin'"
24. "A Corphish Out of Water"
25. "A Mudkip Mission"
26. "Turning Over a Nuzleaf"
27. "A Three Team Scheme"
28. "Seeing is Believing"
29. "Ready, Willing and Sableye"
30. "A Meditite Fight"
31. "Just One of the Geysers"
32. "Abandon Ship!"
33. "Now that's Flower Power!"
34. "Having a Wailord of a Time"
35. "Win, Lose or Drew!"
36. "The Spheal of Approval"
37. "Jump for Joy"
38. "A Different Kind of Misty!"
39. "A Poké-BLOCK Party!"
40. "Watt's with Wattson"

Season Seven

Season Seven: Pokémon Advanced Challenge (2003 - 2004)

1. "What You Seed is What You Get"
2. "Love at First Flight"
3. "Let Bagons be Bagons"
4. "The Princess and the Togepi"
5. "A Togepi Mirage!"
6. "Candid Camerupt!"
7. "I Feel Skitty!"
8. "Zig Zag Zangoose"
9. "Maxxed Out!"
10. "Pros and Con Artists"
11. "Come What May!"
12. "Cheer Pressure"
13. "Game Winning Assist"
14. "Fight for the Meteorite"
15. "Poetry Commotion!"
16. "Going, Going, Yawn"
17. "Going for a Spinda"
18. "All Torkoal, No Play"
19. "Manectric Charge"
20. "Delcatty Got Your Tongue"
21. "Disaster of Disguise"
22. "Disguise Da Limit"
23. "Take the Lombre Home"
24. "True Blue Swablu"
25. "Gulpin it Down"
26. "Exploud and Clear"
27. "Go Go Ludicolo!"
28. "A Double Dilemma"
29. "Love, Petalburg Style!"
30. "Balance of Power"
31. "A Six Pack Attack!"
32. "The Bicker the Better"
33. "Grass Hysteria!"
34. "Hokey Poké Balls"
35. "Whiscash and Ash"
36. "Me, Myself and Time"
37. "A Fan with a Plan"
38. "Cruisin' for a Losin'"
39. "Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend!"
40. "That's Just Swellow"
41. "Take This House and Shuppet"
42. "A Shroomish Skirmish"
43. "Unfair-Weather Friends"
44. "Who's Flying Now?"
45. "Sky High Gym Battle!"
46. "Lights, Camerupt, Action!"
47. "Crazy as a Lunatone"
48. "The Garden of Eatin'"
49. "A Scare to Remember"
50. "Pokéblock, Stock and Berry"
51. "Lessons in Lilycove"
52. "Judgment Day!"

Season Eight (Hoenn)

Season Eight: Pokémon Advanced Battle (2004 - 2005)

1. "Clamperl of Wisdom"
2. "The Relicanth Really Can"
3. "The Evolutionary War"
4. "Training Wrecks"
5. "Gaining Groudon"
6. "The Scuffle of Legends"
7. "It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!"
8. "Solid as a Solrock"
9. "Vanity Affair"
10. "Where's Armaldo?"
11. "A Cacturne for the Worse"
12. "Claydol Big and Tall"
13. "Once in a Mawile"
14. "Beg, Burrow and Steal"
15. "Absol-ute Disaster"
16. "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt"
17. "Do I Hear a Ralts?"
18. "The Great Eight Fate!"
19. "Eight Ain't Enough"
20. "Showdown at Linoone"
21. "Who, What, When, Where, Wynaut?"
22. "Date Expectations!"
23. "Mean With Envy"
24. "Pacifidlog Jam"
25. "Berry, Berry Interesting"
26. "Less is Morrison"
27. "The Ribbon Cup Caper"
28. "Ash and May! Heated Battles of Hoenn!!" (clip show, unaired outside of Japan)
29. "Hi Ho Silver Wind!"
30. "Deceit and Assist"
31. "Rhapsody in Drew"
32. "Island Time"
33. "Like a Meowth to a Flame"
34. "Saved by the Beldum"
35. "From Brags to Riches"
36. "Shocks and Bonds"
37. "A Judgment Brawl"
38. "Choose It or Lose It!"
39. "At the End of the Fray"
40. "The Scheme Team"
41. "The Right Place and the Right Mime"
42. "A Real Cleffa-Hanger"

The Battle Frontier

The group returns to Kanto, where Ash participates in the Battle Frontier challenge and May gathers more Contest ribbons to partake in the regional Grand Festival.

After Ash completes the Battle Frontier, May decides to head to Johto, alone, to take part in Pokémon contests there, forcing Max to leave the group and return home as well. After seeing them off to Hoenn and saying goodbye to Brock once again, Ash, inspired by an encounter with Gary, decides to travel to the Sinnoh region, with Pikachu and a stowaway Aipom in tow.

Season Eight (Battle Frontier)

Season Eight: Pokémon Advanced Battle (continued)

43. "Numero Uno Articuno"
44. "The Symbol Life"
45. "Hooked on Onix"
46. "Rough, Tough Jigglypuff"
47. "On Cloud Arcanine"
48. "Sitting Psyduck"
49. "Hail to the Chef"
50. "Caterpie's Big Dilemma"
51. "The Saffron Con"
52. "A Hurdle for Squirtle"
53. "Pasta La Vista"

Season Nine

Season Nine: Battle Frontier (2005 - 2006)

1. "Fear Factor Phony"
2. "Sweet Baby James"
3. "A Chip Off the Old Brock"
4. "Wheel... of Frontier!"
5. "May's Egg-cellent Adventure!"
6. "Weekend Warrior"
7. "On Olden Pond"
8. "Tactics Theatrics!!"
9. "Reversing the Charges"
10. "The Green Guardian"
11. "From Cradle to Save"
12. "Time-Warp Heals All Wounds"
13. "Queen of the Serpentine!"
14. "Off the Unbeaten Path"
15. "Harley Rides Again"
16. "Odd Pokémon Out!"
17. "Spontaneous Combusken!"
18. "Cutting the Ties that Bind!"
19. "Ka Boom with a View!"
20. "King and Queen for a Day!"
21. "Curbing the Crimson Tide!"
22. "What I Did for Love!"
23. "Three Jynx and a Baby!"
24. "Talking a Good Game!"
25. "Second Time's the Charm!"
26. "Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys Crisis! (Part 1)"
27. "Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys Crisis! (Part 2)"
28. "All That Glitters is Not Golden!"
29. "New Plot - Odd Lot!"
30. "Going for Choke!"
31. "The Ole' Berate and Switch!"
32. "Grating Spaces!"
33. "Battling the Enemy Within!"
34. "Slaking Kong!"
35. "May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!"
36. "Thinning the Hoard!"
37. "Channeling the Battle Zone!"
38. "Aipom & Circumstance!"
39. "Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight!"
40. "Duels of the Jungle!"
41. "Overjoyed!"
42. "The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!"
43. "Pinch Healing!"
44. "Gathering the Gang of Four!"
45. "Pace - The Final Frontier!"
46. "Once More with Reeling!"
47. "Home is Where the Start Is!"

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