AG027

A Three Team Scheme (Japanese: マグマ団VSアクア団！ひみつきちの戦い！ Team Magma VS Team Aqua! Secret Base Battle!) is episode 27 of the Advanced Generation series, and the 301st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 29, 2003 and in the United States on April 17, 2004.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis

Major events

Debuts

• Nincada

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Birch
• Giovanni
• Keanu
• Field Commander Harland
• Tactical Commander Isabel

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Zigzagoon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Treecko (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Silcoon (May's)
• Cascoon (Jessie's)
• Nincada (Keanu's; debut)
• Houndoom (Team Magma's; flashback)
• Mightyena (Team Magma's)
• Carvanha (Team Aqua's)
• Wingull
• Loudred

Trivia

Errors

• Shelly and Tabitha are referred to as Isabel and Harland. Similarly, the Blue and Red Orbs were referred to as the Indigo and Rose Orbs.
• Keanu said that his Nincada used Hidden Power to build the secret base. Secret Power is actually the move that allows players to build a secret base in Generation III.
• When Nincada uses Secret Power, it becomes Psycho Boost. Psycho Boost cannot be used via Secret Power.

Dub edits

• The PokéDolls in the Secret Base are painted away in the dub.

In other languages

• French: Une grotte mystérieuse
• Italian: La Grotta dei Tempi
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Encuentro de tres equipos!
• Portuguese: Um Trabalho de Equipe
• Spanish: Un plan de tres equipos

Template:Epstub

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.