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Balance of Power (Japanese: トウカジム戦！五つ目のバッジ!! Touka Gym! The Fifth Badge!!) is episode 70 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 1, 2004 and in the United States on March 19, 2005.

It's finally time for Ash's fifth Hoenn Gym Battle and Max remains convinced that Norman will defeat Ash with his strong Pokémon.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash wins the Balance Badge from Norman at the Petalburg Gym.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Norman
• Caroline
• Kenny

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Vigoroth (Norman's)
• Slakoth (Norman's)
• Slaking (Norman's)
• Dugtrio

Trivia

• Challenger!! replaces Advance Adventure as the opening.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which one of these Pokémon evolves into Magcargo?
• Choices: Torkoal, Corphish, Slugma
• Answer: Okay, trainers! If you chose Slugma, you were right!

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Le grand jour
• Portuguese: Equilíbrio de Forças

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