AG017

Stairway to Devon

AG017   EP291 デボンコーポレーション！アクア団の影!! Devon Corporation! Shadow of Team Aqua!!

First broadcast Japan March 20, 2003 United States January 17, 2004

English themes Opening I Wanna Be A Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending そこに空があるから

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 片貝慎 Shin Katakai Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

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 the 17th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 291st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 20, 2003, and 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.

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

Synopsis

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Major Events

• Team Aqua is introduced.
• Ash learns that Steven Stone is on Dewford Island.

Debuts

• Team Aqua

Pokémon debuts

• Crawdaunt

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Mr. Stone
• Team Aqua Grunt
• Kennedy

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Slugma

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

Trivia

• The dub title is based on the song title "Stairway to Heaven" by the popular British rock band Led Zeppelin.

Errors

• Several times throughout the episode, Max states that the PokéNav belongs to May, but it is in fact his.

Dub edits

• Jessie's skirt is lengthened for appropriate viewing for the audiences outside of Japan.

In other languages

• French: La société Devon
• German: Max´ erstes Abenteuer
• Italian: Una grande azienda
• Latin American Spanish: ¡De camino a Devon!
• Portuguese: A Caminho de Devon

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