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Stairway to Devon (Japanese: デボンコーポレーション！アクア団の影!! Devon Corporation! Shadow of Team Aqua!!) is Advanced Generation episode #017. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 20, 2003, and was first broadcast in the United States on January 17, 2004.

While trying to find a place to repair the broken PokéNav, Max runs into Mr. Stone, head of the Devon Corporation. Mr. Stone takes Max to Devon in order to get the PokéNav fixed, but they put their plans on hold when they find a man disguised as an employee sneaking around.

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Synopsis

Major Events

• Ash and co. encounter Team Aqua for the first time.
• Ash learns that Steven Stone is on Dewford Island.

Debuts

• Crawdaunt

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Max
• May
• Brock
• Mr. Stone
• Team Aqua Grunt

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Slugma

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Crawdaunt (Team Aqua's, debut)

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

• The dub title is based on the song title "Stairway to Heaven".
• Jessie's skirt is lengthened for appropiate viewing for the audiences outside of Japan.

In other languages

• French: La société Devon
• Portuguese: A Caminho de Devon

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