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title_en= Off the Unbeaten Path |
title_en= Off the Unbeaten Path |
title_ja=優勝は誰の手に!? ポケモンオリエンテーリング！ |
title_ja=優勝は誰の手に！？ポケモンオリエンテーリング！ |
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title_ja_trans=Who Single-Handedly Has the Victory!? Pokémon Orienteering! |
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'''Off the Unbeaten Path''' (Japanese: '''優勝は誰の手に!? ポケモンオリエンテーリング！''' ''Who Single-Handedly has the Victory!? Pokémon Orienteering!'') is episode 159 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 12, 2006<!-- and is scheduled to air in the United States on ??? -->.
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'''Off the Unbeaten Path''' (Japanese: '''優勝は誰の手に！？ポケモンオリエンテーリング！''' ''Who Single-Handedly Has the Victory!? Pokémon Orienteering!'') is the 159th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'', and the 433rd episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 12, 2006, and in the United States on October 21, 2006.


Ash and co. set out for their next destination, the Battle Palace. Stopping on Popuri Island on the way, they learn about the Pokémon Orienteering competition, and Ash confidently agrees to participate.
{{spoilers}}
{{spoilers}}
= Synopsis =


An ocean breeze blows by our heroes while Ash admires his four Frontier Symbols. As enthusiastic as ever, Ash is more than ready to take on the Orienteering challenge.
==Blurb==
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<i>Ash and his friends enter an orienteering competition on Potpourri Island! For this stamp rally challenge, Trainers and their Pokémon compete to be the first to find all the different destinations and stamp their map at each one. The winner gets the Teamwork Medal and boxes of juicy fruit! May lets Max team up with Munchlax and then our heroes—and Team Rocket—split up to enter the race.


As our heroes sail towards their next destination, a periscope comes from underneath the water capturing every move that our heroes make. While James and Meowth power the submarine, Jessie continues spying on Ash and gang. As they exit from the vessel, Ash spots a Pokémon Center while May adores a group of Pokémon nearby including Chikorita, Igglybuff, and Marill. Joy of the Pokémon Center appears to welcome Ash and everyone to the Pokémon Center. While three young people walk by, Ash overhears the conversation and asks Joy. She responds stating that they are participating in Pokémon Orienteering. With a questionable remark on Ash's face, he then asks Joy about Pokémon Orienteering. Joy explains that it is a cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory. Brock quickly interrupts the conversation with his usual romance techniques but is dragged again once more by Max. Night falls upon our heroes, as everyone is gathered at a table within the Pokémon Center. Everyone begins discussing the Pokémon Orienteering, with Ash to participate with Pikachu, May to participate with Eevee, and Brock to participate with Bonsly. Explosions can be heard overhead signaling the start of the competition as every trainer is given a map and a compass of the surrounding area. Joy then displays the medal that will be presented to the winner of this contest and also reveals an extrodinary amount of food that will also be presented to the winner. With the quick phrase of "Start" from Joy, everyone dashes of into the distance towards the next destination. While everyone heads in opposite directions, in search for the best path to the location. Meanwhile, Ash and Pikachu are walking across a log as a faint wind blows and knocks Ash and Pikachu down as they grasp onto the underside of the log. May begins crossing the river by jumping across lodged rocks but looses her fall and plumles into the river as Eevee then follows. Brock studies his compass as Joy-san walks across his path. While Brock moves towards Joy's location, Bonsly attacks Brock sending him blasting off into the sky while Joy stands around confused.
Jessie and Meowth decide not to bother with the map, a plan that doesn't work out too well. So they hit upon an even better plan: sabotage the other competitors so James and Mime Jr. can win the grand prize for Team Rocket! The other teams are making progress, but Max isn't doing so great and has to cover it up when he runs into May. To make things worse, Jessie and Meowth cut a bridge while Max and May are still on it. Luckily, Ash and Brock get there just in time for a rescue.


James and Mime Jr. are climbing a rock structure as they finally reach the top and arrive to a stone statue resembling a Lunatone. James rushes over to the statue and grabs the stamp of approval to show that he successfully arrive at this checkpoint. Max chases after Munchlax as it dashes off into the distance. Jessie and Meowth are atop a cliff adorning the glorious scene of the ocean and surrounding area. Ash and Pikachu spot another checkpoint, as he rushes towards a waterfall and stamps his map for approval. Brock and Bonsly find another checkpoint which is surrounded by a gigantic tree. With one quick swipe of the stamp, Brock marks his paper for completion. Having successfully escaped from the river, May notices two stone structures in the ocean and then realizes the nearby checkpoint. May rushes over to stamp her map with the seal of approval. Jessie and Meowth are above a rock structure studying the surrounding area attempting to locate the checkpoints. As Jessie scans the area, she fails to notice any of the checkpoints from their high altitude. Max studies the map for the next checkpoint as Munchlax appears to have dozed off. Ash dashs forward and falls into a hidden trap. Brock and Bonsly are moving for their next location when then come into contact with a hidden net and are ensnared into the overhead tree. As Max begins to search for Munchlax, May has also lost sight of her Eevee. Gonbe finally walks upon May as Eevee also finds Max. As both continue walking, they come upon each other spotting their Pokémon. May and Max begin quarreling over both losing sight of their Pokémon while Max interrupts the argument and snatches Munchlax while dashing off into the distance. Ash reaches his second checkpoint nearby the water with the two structures.
Jessie and Meowth return to the Pokémon Center, where they net our heroes' other Pokémon and all the fruit for the prize. Swellow gets away and warns Ash, who catches up to the criminals at the crime scene. Jessie and Meowth obligingly stop to recite the Team Rocket motto, which gives Ash's friends plenty of time to sneak around them and retrieve everything they stole. After that, it's no contest. Though Jessie and Meowth are defeated once again, their hopes rise when James and Mime Jr. win the competition—except James happily gives away the prize fruit!</i>


James begins walking down the path as Jessie and Meowth come across his path. Both James and Mime Jr. quickly refuse to help Jessie, as they rush off into the distance. May successfully reaches her second location stamping her map with the Lunatone seal of approval. Ash and Pikachu take a quick break devouring the few snacks that they have on hand. Gonbe quickly devours his share of the food and quickly asks for more surprising Max. As Gonbe cries for more food, Max then offers Gonbe his sandwich. May offers Eevee some Pokémon food as it quickly eats it. James breaks a cookie in half and offers one half to Mime Jr.. As he tries to offer Mime Jr. its share, it tries to give it back to James. When Jessie breaks her cookie in half and offers it to Meowth, this angers Meowth as both begin fighting over the small morsle of food. James reaches the Ocean checkpoint marking his map with approval. May spots her next checkpoint as her and Eevee glide down to the lower part of the terrain. As she dashs for the next checkpoint, the ground collapes with May and Eevee begin thrusted underground. Max comes upon the river as he then takes a nearby bamboo stick and uses it to thrust himself and Gonbe across the river. When he successfully lands, the ground begins to collapse with Max and Munchlax being thrown underground. May comes upon the "Spearow" checkpoint and quickly stamps her map as Max walks upon her path. May wishes Max "Good Luck" as Jessie and Meowth appear to snap the ropes to the bridge as it begins to collapse. Brock and Ash hear Max and May's cries for help. As May and Max continue hanging on for life, the rope begins to weaken and then breaks as just as the bridge begins to fall, Brock and Ash catch the collapsing bridge and carry May and Max up to the surface.
==Plot==
Arriving on [[Potpourri Island]], {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} head straight for the local [[Pokémon Center]] where the resident [[Nurse Joy]] welcomes them. A group of kids pass by discussing the upcoming [[Pokémon Orienteering]] event, which Ash has never heard of before. Nurse Joy explains that it is a cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory. {{an|Brock}} quickly interrupts the conversation with his romantic advances toward Nurse Joy, but gets dragged away by [[Max]]. {{TRT}}, who have been observing the group from up in a tree, decide to participate in the competition, but in [[List of Team Rocket's disguises|disguise]]. Night falls and everyone gathers at a table in the Pokémon Center to discuss Pokémon Orienteering. Ash decides to participate with {{AP|Pikachu}}, while May chooses {{TP|May|Eevee}}, Brock goes with {{TP|Brock|Bonsly}} and Max borrows [[May's Munchlax]].


Jessie and Meowth successfully arrive at the Pokémon Center with no one in sight as a net explodes from the distance and ensnares the Pokémon. As Meowth begins to roll the contest prizes off, Swellow dashs off in the distance in search of Ash. Ash and Brock check the status of May and Max as they both say they're in good condition, Swellow interrupts with an urgent message. With Swellow's quick display of sharades, Brock successfully decipers the message as both head towards the Pokémon Center. Jessie and Meowth give the usual introduction with one exception; James is missing from the group as Meowth takes his place temporarily. While Musashi and Meowth are displaying their Team Rocket motto, Brock releases the Pokémon from their prison. Jessie and Meowth then turn around to find that the captured Pokémon have now been released. Jessie then releases her Dustox as Donphan blazes towards Dustox. They both collide with Dustox forcing Donphan backwards. Donphan then responds with blasting into Dustox and knocking it backwards towards Jessie and Meowth. Donphan then launches a Hyper Beam blasting Jessie and Meowth off into the sky like a speeding rocket. James looks overhead to notice the shining yet blinding light created from the blasting Jessie and Meowth.
The next day, the participants have gathered for the Pokémon Orienteering event. Joy explains the rules of the event as she hands each Trainer and Pokémon team a map and a compass of the surrounding area. Joy displays the Teamwork Medal that will be presented to the winner of this contest, as well another prize, a vast quantity of fruit. She officially begins the event by saying "Start," and everyone dashes off into the distance and spreads out to the five checkpoints. Meanwhile, Ash and Pikachu are carefully walking across a log located high above a river when a faint wind knocks them both off-balance, but they manage to grasp onto the underside of the log and eventually reach the other side. May begins crossing another part of the river by jumping across lodged rocks but loses her footing and falls into the river with Eevee following. Brock studies his compass as Nurse Joy walks across his path, accompanied by an {{p|Oddish}}. A lovestruck Brock moves toward her, but Bonsly attacks him with a powerful {{m|Double-Edge}} and sends him blasting off into the sky, leaving Nurse Joy confused.


As the day concludes, Joy announces James as the winner of the contest and presents him with the medal. As the crowd cheers, the day concludes with May more enthusiastic than ever for her impending Pokémon contest, another day and another adventure unfolds upon our everlasting heroes.
James and {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} climb a cliff face to reach the top and arrive at the Moon Rock, which features a stone statue resembling a {{p|Lunatone}}. James, rushes over to the statue and marks his map with the special Lunatone stamp found on a stone slab to show that he has successfully arrived at this checkpoint. Max chases after {{TP|May|Munchlax}} as it dashes off into the distance, greatly motivated by the prospect of the food prize. [[Jessie]] and {{MTR}} find themselves lost, after deciding to walk in a straight direction, and standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Meanwhile, Ash and Pikachu reach their first checkpoint near a waterfall called Rainbow Falls. {{p|Remoraid}} begin squirting water in arcs over the short path to the slab as Ash goes over to get his map stamped. Brock and Bonsly find another checkpoint near a 300 year old gigantic tree. With one quick swipe of the {{p|Pineco}} stamp, Brock marks his map for completion. Having successfully escaped from the river, May notices two rocky spires rising up from the ocean. She sees the nearby checkpoint and stamps her map, leaving a {{p|Kingler}} mark.  
(Written by: bgt)


= Major events =
Jessie and Meowth are now on top of the highest point on the island to locate the checkpoints, but neither of them see any. Frustrated, they give up and agree to help James win instead so he would share the prize. Ash dashes forward and falls into a hidden trap set by Jessie and Meowth, who are no longer in disguise. He soon gets out, however, and reaches his second checkpoint, the Kingler stamp near the two rocky spires. Brock and Bonsly are moving for their next location when they come into contact with a hidden net and are ensnared into a tree. James and Mime Jr. meet Jessie and Meowth, who offer to collaborate with him. James, who righteously desires to win fairly, refuses their help and continues with his Orienteering. After a quick snack break, he and Mime Jr. locate their third stamp, the Kingler one.
* [[James]] and [[James's Mime Jr.|Mime Jr.]] win the Pokémon orienteering contest.
== Debuts ==
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= Characters =
May successfully reaches her second checkpoint, the Lunatone stamp. Following a break, May and Eevee take a zipline down to their next checkpoint, but fall in a Team Rocket trap. Max comes upon the river and use a nearby bamboo stick to pole-vault himself and Munchlax across. Just as they land, the ground underneath them collapses as well. May, having escaped the trap, comes upon the {{p|Skarmory}} checkpoint located on a pillar of land between two bridges and stamps her map. Max arrives shortly afterward and sees May, who wishes him luck. Jessie and Meowth appear and cut the bridge ropes with shears, taking the bridge out from under them. May, Max, Eevee, and Munchlax fall, but manage to grab onto the bridge as it lies flat against the cliff. As May, Max, and the Pokémon continue hanging on for life, the remaining ropes begin to weaken. Just as they snap, Brock and Ash appear, catch the collapsing bridge, and lift them to the surface.
== Humans ==
 
* [[Ash Ketchum]]
The group's Pokémon back at the Pokémon Center are napping together peacefully when a net suddenly ensnares them all. As Meowth sets his eyes on the baby Pokémon left at the Center, {{AP|Swellow}} flies away in search of Ash. As Ash and Brock check to see if May and Max are okay, Swellow interrupts with an urgent message. Brock infers that Swellow means to say that there is trouble at the Pokémon Center. When they arrive, Jessie and Meowth, who fills in for James, recite the {{motto}} for them. During the full rendition of the motto, May, Max, and Brock calmly reclaim the food prize and free the Pokémon. Team Rocket turn around to see their mistake and so Jessie releases {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} to battle, who is challenged by {{AP|Donphan}}. Dustox {{m|Tackle}}s Donphan forcefully, but it retaliates with {{m|Take Down}} sending Dustox back into Jessie and Meowth. Donphan finishes them off with a {{m|Hyper Beam}} that sends the three blasting off again. Having heard their trademark motto, James looks overhead to notice the twinkling light, though continues his efforts to win the Orienteering contest.
* [[May]]
 
* [[Brock]]
As the day concludes, Joy announces "Jameson" and Mime Jr. as the winners of the contest and presents them with the Teamwork Medal. The crowd cheers, but Joy asks James if he would consider giving the food prize to Ash and his friends for defending the Pokémon Center. He agrees with no hesitation, shocking Jessie and Meowth, who had been helping him just to get the food in the first place. The day concludes with May more enthusiastic than ever for her impending [[Pokémon Contest]], which Nurse Joy informs her will take place in nearby [[Wisteria Town]].
 
==Major events==
[[File:Pokémon Teamwork Medal.png|thumb|220px|James holding the Pokémon Teamwork Medal]]
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] all enter the [[Pokémon Orienteering]] competition.
* James wins the competition and receives the Pokémon Teamwork Medal.
* {{an|May}} learns the next [[Pokémon Contest]] will be held in [[Wisteria Town]].
{{animeevents}}
 
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
 
==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|May}}
* {{an|Brock}}
* [[Max]]
* [[Max]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* Boy (Seiyū: 阪口大助 ''Daisuke Sakaguchi'')
* {{pkmn|Trainer}}s
* Boy (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 ''Chie Satō'')
 
* Girl (Seiyū: 半場友恵 ''Tomoe Hanba'')
===Pokémon===
* Pokémon trainers
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
== Pokémon ==
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ([[Ash's Pikachu|Ash's]])
* {{p|Mime Jr.}} ({{OP|James|Mime Jr.}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ([[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Team Rocket]])
* {{p|Donphan}} ({{OP|Ash|Donphan}})
* {{p|Mime Jr.}} ([[James's Mime Jr.|James's]])
* {{p|Swellow}} ({{OP|Ash|Swellow}})
* {{p|Donphan}} ([[Ash's Donphan|Ash's]])
* {{p|Grovyle}} ({{OP|Ash|Grovyle}})
* {{p|Swellow}} ([[Ash's Swellow|Ash's]])
* {{p|Corphish}} ({{OP|Ash|Corphish}})
* {{p|Grovyle}} ([[Ash's Grovyle|Ash's]])
* {{p|Combusken}} ({{OP|May|Combusken}})
* {{p|Corphish}} ([[Ash's Corphish|Ash's]])
* {{p|Munchlax}} ({{OP|May|Munchlax}})
* {{p|Combusken}} ([[May's Combusken|May's]])
* {{p|Squirtle}} ({{OP|May|Squirtle}})
* {{p|Munchlax}} ([[May's Munchlax|May's]])
* {{p|Eevee}} ({{OP|May|Eevee}})
* {{p|Squirtle}} ([[May's Squirtle|May's]])
* {{p|Forretress}} ({{OP|Brock|Forretress}})
* {{p|Eevee}} ([[May's Eevee|May's]])
* {{p|Marshtomp}} ({{OP|Brock|Marshtomp}})
* {{p|Forretress}} ([[Brock's Forretress|Brock's]])
* {{p|Bonsly}} ({{OP|Brock|Bonsly}})
* {{p|Marshtomp}} ([[Brock's Marshtomp|Brock's]])
* {{p|Dustox}} ({{OP|Jessie|Dustox}})
* {{p|Bonsly}} ([[Brock's Bonsly|Brock's]])
* {{p|Oddish}} ([[Nurse Joy]]'s)
* {{p|Dustox}} ([[Jessie's Dustox|Jessie's]])
* {{p|Oddish}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Growlithe}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Bellsprout}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Hoppip}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Jumpluff}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Aipom}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Gligar}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Sneasel}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Ursaring}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Remoraid}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Phanpy}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Magby}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Larvitar}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Torchic}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Mudkip}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Poochyena}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Zigzagoon}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Loudred}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Azumarill}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Shuppet}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Nidoran♀}}
* {{p|Nidoran♀}}
* {{p|Nidoran♂}}
* {{p|Nidoran♂}}
* {{p|Oddish}}
* {{p|Growlithe}}
* {{p|Bellsprout}}
* {{p|Chikorita}}
* {{p|Chikorita}}
* {{p|Igglybuff}}
* {{p|Igglybuff}}
* {{p|Azumarill}}
* {{p|Azurill}}
* {{p|Hoppip}}
* {{p|Jumpluff}}
* {{p|Aipom}}
* {{p|Wooper}}
* {{p|Wooper}}
* {{p|Gligar}}
* {{p|Sneasel}}
* {{p|Ursaring}}
* {{p|Remoraid}}
* {{p|Phanpy}}
* {{p|Smoochum}}
* {{p|Smoochum}}
* {{p|Magby}}
* {{p|Larvitar}}
* {{p|Torchic}}
* {{p|Mudkip}}
* {{p|Poochyena}}
* {{p|Zigzagoon}}
* {{p|Loudred}}
* {{p|Azurill}}
* {{p|Aron}}
* {{p|Aron}}
* {{p|Shuppet}}


= Trivia =
==Trivia==
[[Image:Battle Frontier - Brains Lineup 4.jpg|thumb|right|Lucy in the opening]]
* [[Lucy]] was added to the opening credits.
* [[Lucy]] was added to the opening credits.
* The director, 日高正光 ''Masamitsu Hidaka'', was removed from the opening credits.
* As of this episode, the director of the {{pkmn|anime}}, 日高政光 ''[[Masamitsu Hidaka]]'', is removed from the opening credits.
* The competitors:
* A [[L·O·V·E·L·Y ~Dreaming LOVELY BOY~]] instrumental, [[Pokémon Symphonic Medley]], and [[Face Forward Team Rocket!]] are used in this episode as background music.
** Ash (with Pikachu)
* Even though Munchlax's weight is 231.5 lbs. (105.0kg), Max was easily able to carry it on his back.
** May (with Eevee)
* In this episode, for the second time, [[Team Rocket motto#Meowth filling in for Jessie or James|Meowth fills in for James]] during {{motto|Team Rocket's motto}}.
** Brock (with Bonsly)
* [[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] background music is used in this episode.
** Max (with Munchlax)
* Meowth and Jessie previously blasted off without James in ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''.
** James (with Mime Jr.)
** Also, in one scene, the star twinkling was also seen when Brock blasted off with Bonsly.
** Jessie (with Meowth as Sneasel)
* This is a rare episode in which [[Jessie's Wobbuffet]] does not appear.
** Nurse Joy (with Oddish)
 
** etc.
<gallery>
* The insert songs used in this episode:
File:Battle Frontier - Brains Lineup 4.png|Lucy in the opening
** [[L·O·V·E·L·Y ~Dream-Seeing LOVELY BOY~]] instrumental
File:Max Munchlax.png|Max carrying Munchlax
** [[Pokémon Symphonic Medley]] (slightly extended by repeating some sections)
</gallery>
** [[Face Forward Team Rocket!]]
 
* James notes that Team Rocket have copyrighted "we're blasting off again".
===Errors===
== Errors ==
* When Ash falls into the underground hole, two of the participants' {{p|Torchic}} and {{p|Azurill}} are oddly shaped.
== Dub edits ==


=In other languages=
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* In the {{pmin|Finland|Finnish}} [[dub]], Max reads the [[title card]].
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* James notes that Team Rocket have copyrighted the phrase "we're blasting off again".
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==In other languages==
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|da={{tt|En lille afstikker|A little detour}}
|nl={{tt|Van het onbegaande pad af|Off the unbeaten path}}
|de={{tt|Durch Teamwork zum Früchtekorb!|Through teamwork to the fruit basket!}}
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|fr={{tt|La course d'orientation|The orienteering race}}
|hi=जीत की राह पर {{tt|''Jeet ki raah par''|On the way to victory}}{{tt|*|Disney XD dub}}
|he={{tt|תחרות ניווט|Navigation Competition}}
|it={{tt|La gara di orientamento|The orienteering race}}
|ko={{tt|우승은 누구의 손에!?|Victory is in Who's Hands!?}}
|no={{tt|En liten avstikker|A small detour}}
|pt_br={{tt|Fora do Caminho Inexplorado|Off the Unexplored Path}}
|ru={{tt|Не ищи легких путей|Do not look for easy ways}}
|es_la={{tt|Cambiando de rutina|Changing Routine}}
|es_eu={{tt|Ginkana Pokémon|Pokémon Orienteering}}
|sv={{tt|Ett avbrott i rutinerna!|A break in the routines!}}
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Off the Unbeaten Path
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AG159   EP433
優勝は誰の手に！？ポケモンオリエンテーリング！
Who Single-Handedly Has the Victory!? Pokémon Orienteering!
First broadcast
Japan January 12, 2006
United States October 21, 2006
English themes
Opening Battle Frontier
Ending Pokémon Go!
Japanese themes
Opening バトルフロンティア
Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ③
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Storyboard 大山和弘 Kazuhiro Ōyama
Assistant director 中村圭三 Keizō Nakamura
Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda
Additional credits

Off the Unbeaten Path (Japanese: 優勝は誰の手に！？ポケモンオリエンテーリング！ Who Single-Handedly Has the Victory!? Pokémon Orienteering!) is the 159th episode of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, and the 433rd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 12, 2006, and in the United States on October 21, 2006.

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Blurb

Ash and his friends enter an orienteering competition on Potpourri Island! For this stamp rally challenge, Trainers and their Pokémon compete to be the first to find all the different destinations and stamp their map at each one. The winner gets the Teamwork Medal and boxes of juicy fruit! May lets Max team up with Munchlax and then our heroes—and Team Rocket—split up to enter the race.

Jessie and Meowth decide not to bother with the map, a plan that doesn't work out too well. So they hit upon an even better plan: sabotage the other competitors so James and Mime Jr. can win the grand prize for Team Rocket! The other teams are making progress, but Max isn't doing so great and has to cover it up when he runs into May. To make things worse, Jessie and Meowth cut a bridge while Max and May are still on it. Luckily, Ash and Brock get there just in time for a rescue.

Jessie and Meowth return to the Pokémon Center, where they net our heroes' other Pokémon and all the fruit for the prize. Swellow gets away and warns Ash, who catches up to the criminals at the crime scene. Jessie and Meowth obligingly stop to recite the Team Rocket motto, which gives Ash's friends plenty of time to sneak around them and retrieve everything they stole. After that, it's no contest. Though Jessie and Meowth are defeated once again, their hopes rise when James and Mime Jr. win the competition—except James happily gives away the prize fruit!

Plot

Arriving on Potpourri Island, Ash and his friends head straight for the local Pokémon Center where the resident Nurse Joy welcomes them. A group of kids pass by discussing the upcoming Pokémon Orienteering event, which Ash has never heard of before. Nurse Joy explains that it is a cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory. Brock quickly interrupts the conversation with his romantic advances toward Nurse Joy, but gets dragged away by Max. Team Rocket, who have been observing the group from up in a tree, decide to participate in the competition, but in disguise. Night falls and everyone gathers at a table in the Pokémon Center to discuss Pokémon Orienteering. Ash decides to participate with Pikachu, while May chooses Eevee, Brock goes with Bonsly and Max borrows May's Munchlax.

The next day, the participants have gathered for the Pokémon Orienteering event. Joy explains the rules of the event as she hands each Trainer and Pokémon team a map and a compass of the surrounding area. Joy displays the Teamwork Medal that will be presented to the winner of this contest, as well another prize, a vast quantity of fruit. She officially begins the event by saying "Start," and everyone dashes off into the distance and spreads out to the five checkpoints. Meanwhile, Ash and Pikachu are carefully walking across a log located high above a river when a faint wind knocks them both off-balance, but they manage to grasp onto the underside of the log and eventually reach the other side. May begins crossing another part of the river by jumping across lodged rocks but loses her footing and falls into the river with Eevee following. Brock studies his compass as Nurse Joy walks across his path, accompanied by an Oddish. A lovestruck Brock moves toward her, but Bonsly attacks him with a powerful Double-Edge and sends him blasting off into the sky, leaving Nurse Joy confused.

James and Mime Jr. climb a cliff face to reach the top and arrive at the Moon Rock, which features a stone statue resembling a Lunatone. James, rushes over to the statue and marks his map with the special Lunatone stamp found on a stone slab to show that he has successfully arrived at this checkpoint. Max chases after Munchlax as it dashes off into the distance, greatly motivated by the prospect of the food prize. Jessie and Meowth find themselves lost, after deciding to walk in a straight direction, and standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Meanwhile, Ash and Pikachu reach their first checkpoint near a waterfall called Rainbow Falls. Remoraid begin squirting water in arcs over the short path to the slab as Ash goes over to get his map stamped. Brock and Bonsly find another checkpoint near a 300 year old gigantic tree. With one quick swipe of the Pineco stamp, Brock marks his map for completion. Having successfully escaped from the river, May notices two rocky spires rising up from the ocean. She sees the nearby checkpoint and stamps her map, leaving a Kingler mark.

Jessie and Meowth are now on top of the highest point on the island to locate the checkpoints, but neither of them see any. Frustrated, they give up and agree to help James win instead so he would share the prize. Ash dashes forward and falls into a hidden trap set by Jessie and Meowth, who are no longer in disguise. He soon gets out, however, and reaches his second checkpoint, the Kingler stamp near the two rocky spires. Brock and Bonsly are moving for their next location when they come into contact with a hidden net and are ensnared into a tree. James and Mime Jr. meet Jessie and Meowth, who offer to collaborate with him. James, who righteously desires to win fairly, refuses their help and continues with his Orienteering. After a quick snack break, he and Mime Jr. locate their third stamp, the Kingler one.

May successfully reaches her second checkpoint, the Lunatone stamp. Following a break, May and Eevee take a zipline down to their next checkpoint, but fall in a Team Rocket trap. Max comes upon the river and use a nearby bamboo stick to pole-vault himself and Munchlax across. Just as they land, the ground underneath them collapses as well. May, having escaped the trap, comes upon the Skarmory checkpoint located on a pillar of land between two bridges and stamps her map. Max arrives shortly afterward and sees May, who wishes him luck. Jessie and Meowth appear and cut the bridge ropes with shears, taking the bridge out from under them. May, Max, Eevee, and Munchlax fall, but manage to grab onto the bridge as it lies flat against the cliff. As May, Max, and the Pokémon continue hanging on for life, the remaining ropes begin to weaken. Just as they snap, Brock and Ash appear, catch the collapsing bridge, and lift them to the surface.

The group's Pokémon back at the Pokémon Center are napping together peacefully when a net suddenly ensnares them all. As Meowth sets his eyes on the baby Pokémon left at the Center, Swellow flies away in search of Ash. As Ash and Brock check to see if May and Max are okay, Swellow interrupts with an urgent message. Brock infers that Swellow means to say that there is trouble at the Pokémon Center. When they arrive, Jessie and Meowth, who fills in for James, recite the motto for them. During the full rendition of the motto, May, Max, and Brock calmly reclaim the food prize and free the Pokémon. Team Rocket turn around to see their mistake and so Jessie releases Dustox to battle, who is challenged by Donphan. Dustox Tackles Donphan forcefully, but it retaliates with Take Down sending Dustox back into Jessie and Meowth. Donphan finishes them off with a Hyper Beam that sends the three blasting off again. Having heard their trademark motto, James looks overhead to notice the twinkling light, though continues his efforts to win the Orienteering contest.

As the day concludes, Joy announces "Jameson" and Mime Jr. as the winners of the contest and presents them with the Teamwork Medal. The crowd cheers, but Joy asks James if he would consider giving the food prize to Ash and his friends for defending the Pokémon Center. He agrees with no hesitation, shocking Jessie and Meowth, who had been helping him just to get the food in the first place. The day concludes with May more enthusiastic than ever for her impending Pokémon Contest, which Nurse Joy informs her will take place in nearby Wisteria Town.

Major events

James holding the Pokémon Teamwork Medal
For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Trivia

  • Lucy in the opening

    Lucy in the opening

  • Max carrying Munchlax

    Max carrying Munchlax

Errors

  • When Ash falls into the underground hole, two of the participants' Torchic and Azurill are oddly shaped.
  • Irregular shaped Pokémon error

    Irregular shaped Pokémon error

Dub edits

  • In the Finnish dub, Max reads the title card.
  • James notes that Team Rocket have copyrighted the phrase "we're blasting off again".

In other languages



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