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* {{an|Brock}} receives his first Pokémon, an {{TP|Brock|Onix}}, from {{ka|Flint}} as a present for his tenth birthday. ([[AG034]])
* {{an|Brock}} receives his first Pokémon, an {{TP|Brock|Onix}}, from {{ka|Flint}} as a present for his tenth birthday. ([[AG034]])
* [[Molly Hale]] is born.
* [[Molly Hale]] is born.
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* {{an|Lillie}} is nearly abducted by a {{p|Nihilego}},  but she is rescued by a {{DL|Gladion|Silvally}}. The traumatic experience makes her afraid of touching Pokémon. ([[SM049]])
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP001|Pokémon, I Choose You!]]''
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* {{Ash}} turns 10.
* {{Ash}} and {{Gary}} begin their [[Pokémon journey]]s.
* {{Gary}} turns 10.
* Gary starts his journey with a {{TP|Gary|Squirtle}}.{{tt|*|Unknown before EP269 - The Ties that Bind}}
* Two unnamed and unknown Trainers receive [[Pokédex]]es and [[starter Pokémon]] from {{an|Professor Oak}}. One chooses {{p|Bulbasaur}}, the other chooses {{p|Charmander}}.
* Ash starts his journey with a [[disobedient]] {{AP|Pikachu}}, a [[Pokédex]], and six [[Poké Ball]]s.
* The two unknown rookie Trainers leave [[Pallet Town]]
* Ash fails to catch a {{p|Pidgey}}.
* Gary receives a Pokédex and his starter Pokémon from his grandfather, Professor Oak. He chooses a {{TP|Gary|Squirtle}}.
* Ash meets {{an|Misty}}.
* Gary leaves Pallet Town to become a [[Pokémon Trainer]].
* Ash steals Misty's [[bicycle|bike]], and it is destroyed when Pikachu defeats a flock of angry {{p|Spearow}}.
* Ash receives a Pokédex and his [[starter Pokémon]] from Professor Oak. He chooses the only {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} left, {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* Ash and Pikachu become friends.
* Ash leaves Pallet Town to become a Pokémon Trainer.
* Ash sees {{an|Ho-Oh|a mysterious Pokémon}}.
* Ash attempts to capture a {{p|Pidgey}}. He fails miserably.
* Ash reaches [[Viridian City]].
* Ash meets {{an|Misty}} and steals her [[bicycle]].
* {{AP|Pikachu}} attacks a flock of {{p|Spearow}}, destroying Misty's bike and depleting its health in the process.
* {{Ash}} sees a {{an|Ho-Oh}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]''
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* Ash arrives in [[Viridian City]].
* {{Ash}} visits a [[Pokémon Center]] and meets a [[Nurse Joy]] and an [[Officer Jenny]] for the first time.
* Misty begins following Ash until he repays her for her broken bicycle.
* {{an|Misty}} introduces herself to Ash and declares that she will follow him until he repays the damages to her [[bicycle|bike]].
* Ash meets {{TRT}} as they attempt to rob the [[Pokémon Center]].
* Ash and Misty meet [[Jessie]] and [[James]], two members of the villainous [[Team Rocket]], along with their partner, a {{pkmn2|talking}} {{MTR}}.
* {{TRT}} is defeated by {{AP|Pikachu}} for the first of many, many times. They vow to capture it.
* Misty is revealed to own a {{TP|Misty|Goldeen}}.
* Ash and Misty leave Viridian City.
* Team Rocket also decides to follow Ash and steal his {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} enter [[Viridian Forest]].
* Ash prepares to catch a {{AP|Caterpie}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} are in [[Viridian Forest]].
* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Caterpie}}, making it his first [[caught Pokémon]].
* Ash catches {{AP|Caterpie}}.
* Ash also catches a {{AP|Pidgeotto}}.
* Ash catches {{AP|Pidgeotto}}.
* {{TRT}} reveals to Ash their intention to steal his {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* {{AP|Caterpie}} evolves into {{AP|Metapod}}.
* {{MTR}} is revealed to know {{m|Fury Swipes}}.
* Ash has his first, although unofficial, {{pkmn|battle}}, and wins.
* [[James's Koffing]] is revealed to know {{m|Sludge}}.
* [[Jessie's Ekans]] is revealed to know {{m|Dig}}.
* Ash's Caterpie [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Metapod}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP004|Challenge of the Samurai]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP004|Challenge of the Samurai]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} are in [[Viridian Forest]].
* {{Ash}} tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|capture}} a {{p|Weedle}}.
* {{AP|Metapod}} evolves into {{AP|Butterfree}}.
* Ash has his first fair {{pkmn|battle}}, with no official winner.
* [[Ash's Pidgeotto]] is revealed to know {{m|Sand Attack|Sand-Attack}}.
* Ash's {{p|Metapod}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Harden}}.
* {{MTR}} is revealed to know {{m|Scratch}}.
* Ash's Metapod [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Butterfree}} and learns {{m|Sleep Powder}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''
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* Two weeks have passed since [[EP001|the first episode]].
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} reach [[Pewter City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} leave [[Viridian Forest]].
* Ash and Misty meet {{an|Brock}}, the {{gy|Pewter}} [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash and Misty arrive in [[Pewter City]].
* Ash has his first [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} at the Pewter Gym.
* Ash meets {{ka|Flint}}.
* Ash forfeits his battle against Brock, suffering his first loss.
* Ash goes to [[Pewter Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], {{an|Brock}}. He loses by forfeit.
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] learns {{m|Thunderbolt}}.
* With the help of Flint, Ash supercharges his {{AP|Pikachu}} at an abandoned mill.
* Ash has a [[rematch]] with Brock, but eventually forfeits again.
* Ash goes to Pewter Gym and rechallenges Brock. He loses by forfeit again, despite having a lucky advantage from the sprinklers going off.
* Brock follows Ash and gives him a {{Badge|Boulder}}.
* Brock gives Ash the {{Badge|Boulder}} despite his forfeiting.
* Brock joins Ash and Misty.
* Flint reveals himself as Brock's father, and reclaims the responsibilities of being Gym Leader and taking care of [[Brock's siblings]].
* Brock joins Ash, starting his journey to become a {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave Pewter City.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Mt. Moon]].
* {{an|Brock}} catches a {{TP|Brock|Zubat}}.
* {{an|Brock}} catches {{TP|Brock|Zubat}}.
* {{an|Misty}} is revealed to own a {{TP|Misty|Staryu}}.
* Brock meets {{TRT}} for the first time.
* [[Ash's Butterfree]] and {{AP|Pidgeotto}} are revealed to know {{m|Whirlwind}}.
* Ash and his friends leave Mt. Moon.
* [[Jessie's Ekans]] is revealed to know {{m|Bite}}.
* [[James's Koffing]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
* [[Brock's Onix]] is revealed to know {{m|Dig}}.
* Brock encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP007|Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP007|Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]''
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* {{an|Misty}} leaves {{Ash}} to avoid going to [[Cerulean City]].
* {{Ash}} reaches [[Cerulean City]] and meets {{an|Daisy}}, [[Violet]], and {{ka|Lily}}, the {{gy|Cerulean}} [[Gym Leader]]s, for the first time.
* Ash and Brock arrive in Cerulean City.
* Ash finds out that {{Gary}} and the other two [[Pallet Town]] Trainers have already defeated the Cerulean Gym.
* Brock leaves Ash for the day.
* Ash learns that {{an|Misty}} is also one of Cerulean City's Gym Leaders and that Daisy, Violet, and Lily are her [[The Sensational Sisters|sisters]].
* Ash goes to [[Cerulean Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], who he learns is Misty.
* Ash and Misty battle each other for the first time.
* Ash's battle against Misty is interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* [[Misty's Staryu]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
* {{an|Daisy}}, {{ka|Lily}}, and [[Violet]] give Ash the {{Badge|Cascade}} despite the inconclusive match.
* Misty is revealed to own a {{TP|Misty|Starmie}}.
* {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} rejoin {{Ash}}.
* [[Ash's Butterfree]] is revealed to know {{m|Stun Spore}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Cerulean City]].
* [[Ash's Pidgeotto]] is revealed to know {{m|Wing Attack}}.
* Ash and Misty's Gym battle ends in a no-contest, due to the interruption by {{TRT}}.
* Ash gets the {{badge|Cascade}} from Misty's sisters for protecting the Gym from Team Rocket.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP008|The Path to the Pokémon League]]''
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* {{Ash}} learns that there is [[Vermilion Gym|a Gym]] in [[Vermilion City]].
* {{MTR}} is revealed to know {{m|Bite}}.
* [[Jessie's Ekans]] is revealed to know {{m|Wrap}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP009|The School of Hard Knocks]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP009|The School of Hard Knocks]]''
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* Two months have passed since [[EP001|the first episode]].
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are revealed to have been flunked out of the [[Pokémon Tech]] in the past.
* {{an|Misty}}'s {{TP|Misty|Starmie}} is revealed to know {{m|Water Gun}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP010|Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP010|Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} get lost on the way to [[Vermilion City]]. They find the [[Hidden Village]].
* {{an|Misty}} tries and fails to catch an {{p|Oddish}}.
* Ash catches {{AP|Bulbasaur}}.
* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|Caught|catches}} a {{AP|Bulbasaur}}.
* Ash and his friends leave the Hidden Village, returning to the route to Vermilion City.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP011|Charmander the Stray Pokémon]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP011|Charmander the Stray Pokémon]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are en route to [[Vermilion City]].
* {{Ash}} [[Caught Pokémon|catches]] a {{AP|Charmander}}.
* Ash catches {{AP|Charmander}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP012|Here Comes the Squirtle Squad]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP012|Here Comes the Squirtle Squad]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are en route to [[Vermilion City]].
* The lead {{AP|Squirtle}} from the [[Squirtle Squad]] chooses to join {{Ash}} on his journey.
* Ash catches {{AP|Squirtle}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP013|Mystery at the Lighthouse]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP013|Mystery at the Lighthouse]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Krabby}}.
* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{AP|Krabby}}.
* Ash sends Krabby to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]], unbeknownst to him.
* Ash learns that a {{pkmn|Trainer}} can only have six Pokémon [[party|on hand]] at once, and that his extras are automatically sent to reside at {{an|Professor Oak}}'s {{TP|Professor Oak|Laboratory}}.
* Ash meets [[Bill]].
* {{Gary}} is revealed to have caught a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Krabby}} and own a total of 45 {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.
* Ash, {{ashfr}}, and Bill see a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Dragonite}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet [[Bill]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''
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* {{Ash}} goes to [[Vermilion Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Lt. Surge]]. He loses.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Vermilion City]] and meet the local [[Gym Leader]], [[Lt. Surge]].
* {{AP|Pikachu}} reveals that he does not want to evolve into {{p|Raichu}}.
* Ash has a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Lt. Surge, but is defeated.
* Ash goes to Vermilion Gym and rechallenges the Gym Leader. He wins.
* Ash receives a [[Thunder Stone]] from [[Nurse Joy]].
* Lt.Surge gives Ash the {{Badge|Thunder}}.
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] refuses to evolve into {{p|Raichu}}.
* Ash's Pikachu learns {{m|Agility}} and {{m|Quick Attack}}.
* Ash challenges Lt. Surge to a [[rematch]] and wins, earning a {{badge|Thunder}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP015|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP015|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} board the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} set off on a cruise aboard the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]] luxury liner.
* Ash trades {{AP|Butterfree}} for {{AP|Raticate}}.
* Ash [[trade]]s his {{AP|Butterfree}} for a {{tc|Gentleman}}'s {{AP|Raticate}}, but later trades back.
* [[James]] buys a {{p|Magikarp}} from the [[Magikarp salesman]].
* [[James]] buys a {{TP|James|Magikarp}} from the [[Magikarp salesman]].
* Ash trades back Raticate for Butterfree.
* The St. Anne sinks with Ash, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{TRT}} on board.
* The St. Anne sinks with Ash, his friends, and {{TRT}} still aboard.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
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* A funeral at sea is held for {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}}.
* [[Jessie's Ekans]] is revealed to know {{m|Acid}}.
* Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket escape from the sunken [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]].
* [[James]]'s {{p|Magikarp}} is revealed to know {{m|Splash}}.
* {{p|Magikarp}} evolves into {{TP|James|Gyarados}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} escape from the sunken [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]].
* [[James]] loses control of Gyarados and thus {{pkmn2|released|releases}} it.
* James's Magikarp evolves into {{TP|James|Gyarados}}, learns {{m|Dragon Rage}}, and leaves him.
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* An amusement park owned by {{an|Giovanni}} is wrecked by {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}}.
* Ash and his friends arrive in [[Porta Vista]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP018|Beauty and the Beach]]''
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* Misty and Brock meet {{Delia}} and {{an|Professor Oak}} in person for the first time.
* {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} meet {{an|Professor Oak}} in person and also {{Delia}} for the first time.
* Misty also meets {{Gary}} for the first time.
* Misty also meets {{Gary}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP019|Tentacool and Tentacruel]]''
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* {{an|Misty}} catches {{TP|Misty|Horsea}}.
* {{an|Misty}} catches a {{p|Horsea}}.
* [[Porta Vista]] is attacked by a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Tentacruel}} and a swarm of {{p|Tentacool}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Porta Vista]] in a boat headed for the mainland.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
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* It is the last day of summer.
* [[James's Weezing|James's Koffing]] is revealed to know {{m|Poison Gas}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP021|Bye-Bye Butterfree]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP021|Bye-Bye Butterfree]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are en route to [[Saffron City]].
* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|released|releases}} his {{AP|Butterfree}} so it can breed with [[Pink Butterfree|its mate]].
* {{AP|Butterfree}} becomes the mate of the [[pink Butterfree]].
* Ash {{pkmn2|released|releases}} Butterfree.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP022|Abra and the Psychic Pokémon]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP022|Abra and the Psychic Pokémon]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Saffron City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Saffron City]] and meet [[Sabrina]], the {{type|Psychic}} [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash goes to [[Saffron Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Sabrina]]. He loses.
* Sabrina's {{p|Abra}} evolves into {{TP|Sabrina|Kadabra}}.
* After learning that Psychic types are weak against Ghost Pokémon, Ash and his friends leave Saffron City in order to capture one.
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] is revealed to know {{m|Thunder}}.
* Ash {{pkmn|battle}}s Sabrina but loses by forfeit.
* Ash heads to [[Lavender Town]] to catch a {{t|Ghost}} Pokémon so he could be stronger against Sabrina's Kadabra.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Lavender Town]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Lavender Town]].
* Ash enters the [[Pokémon Tower]].
* Ash's {{AP|Charmander}} is revealed to know {{m|Leer}}.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} are knocked out by a falling chandelier and their spirits fly around the [[Pokémon Tower]], having fun with a {{p|Gastly}}, {{p|Haunter}}, and {{p|Gengar}}.
* Ash befriends a {{AP|Haunter}}, who agrees to follow him back to [[Saffron City]].
* Ash befriends {{AP|Haunter}}.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} are revived.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP024|Haunter Versus Kadabra]]''
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* {{Ash}} goes to [[Saffron Gym]] and attempts to rechallenge the [[Gym Leader]], [[Sabrina]], but discovers that {{AP|Haunter}} is missing. As such, he opts out of a battle.
* {{Ash}} returns to [[Saffron City]] to {{pkmn|battle}} [[Sabrina]] again.
* {{an|Brock}} and {{an|Misty}} are turned into dolls.
* {{AP|Haunter}} disappears before the [[rematch]], forcing Ash to forfeit again.
* Ash goes to Saffron Gym and challenges Sabrina to a rematch. Because of {{AP|Haunter}} making Sabrina laugh, he wins.
* Ash finds Haunter, but it disappears again when Ash tries to challenge Sabrina once more.
* Brock and Misty are returned to normal.
* {{AP|Pikachu}} battles [[Sabrina's Kadabra]] to protect Ash.
* Sabrina gives Ash the {{Badge|Marsh}}.
* Ash earns the {{badge|Marsh}} due to Haunter making Sabrina and Kadabra laugh, thus making the latter {{DL|Fainting|In the anime|unable to battle}}.
* Ash leaves {{TP|Sabrina|Haunter}} with [[Sabrina]].
* Haunter leaves Ash to stay with Sabrina.
* Ash learns that [[Celadon Gym|the next Gym]] is located in [[Celadon City]] and decides to head there.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP025|Primeape Goes Bananas]]''
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* {{AP|Charmander}} learns {{m|Rage}}.
* {{Gary}} is revealed to have won five [[Badge]]s.
* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Primeape}}.
* {{Ash}} tries and fails to catch a {{p|Mankey}}.
* The Mankey that Ash tried to catch evolves into a {{p|Primeape}}.
* [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] is revealed to know {{m|Razor Leaf}}.
* [[Ash's Charmander]] learns {{m|Rage}}.
* Ash catches the newly evolved {{AP|Primeape}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} reach [[Celadon City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Celadon City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Erika]], the [[Celadon City]] [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash is thrown out of [[Celadon Gym]].
* Ash challenges Erika to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but it gets disrupted by a {{TRT}}-caused fire.
* Ash cooperates with {{TRT}}, who disguise him as [[Ashley|a girl]].
* [[Ash's Charmander]] is revealed to know {{m|Skull Bash}}.
* Ash goes to Celadon Gym and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Erika]].
* Ash earns the {{badge|Rainbow}} from Erika as a thanks for saving her {{p|Gloom}} from the fire.
* Ash's battle against Erika is interrupted by Team Rocket.
* Celadon Gym catches on fire.
* Ash rescues Erika's Gloom from the fire.
* Erika gives Ash the {{Badge|Rainbow}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP027|Hypno's Naptime]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[HopHopHop Town]].
* {{an|Misty}} accidentally catches a {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}.
* {{an|Misty}} catches {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} by accident.
* Ash and his friends leave HopHopHop Town.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP028|Pokémon Fashion Flash]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are on [[Scissor Street]] in [[Celadon City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Suzie]], a {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}.
* {{an|Brock}} meets [[Suzie]], a famous {{tc|Pokémon Breeder|breeder}} whom he admires greatly.
* [[Brock's Geodude]] is revealed to know {{m|Seismic Toss}}.
* Brock asks Suzie to teach him to be a great breeder. She turns him down.
* {{an|Brock}} receives a {{TP|Brock|Vulpix}} from Suzie.
* Brock receives {{TP|Brock|Vulpix}} from Suzie.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP029|The Punchy Pokémon]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Brock}} enter the [[P1 Grand Prix]] with {{TP|Brock|Geodude}} and {{AP|Primeape}}.
* [[Ash's Primeape]] begins to [[obedience|obey]] him.
* Ash and Primeape win the P1 Grand Prix.
* Primeape is revealed to know {{m|Scratch}}, {{m|Mega Kick}}, and {{m|Seismic Toss}}.
* Ash gives Primeape to {{OBP|Anthony|EP029}}.
* {{Ash}} wins the [[P1 Grand Prix]] with Primeape.
* Ash leaves his Primeape with {{OBP|Anthony|EP029}} for training.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP030|Sparks Fly for Magnemite]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP030|Sparks Fly for Magnemite]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Gringey City]].
* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Muk}}, but sends it to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] due to its nasty smell.
* Ash catches {{AP|Muk}}.
* Ash sends Muk to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash and his friends leave Gringey City.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP031|Dig Those Diglett]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP031|Dig Those Diglett]]''
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* Several months have passed since [[EP001|the first episode]].
* {{Ash}} learns that the next [[Gym]] is the [[Fuchsia Gym]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are en route to [[Fuchsia City]].
* [[Jessie]]'s {{p|Ekans}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}.
* {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} evolves into {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}.
* [[James]]'s {{p|Koffing}} evolves into {{TP|James|Weezing}}.
* {{TP|James|Koffing}} evolves into {{TP|James|Weezing}}.
* {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} meet {{Gary}} for the first time (dub only).
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Fuchsia City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the [[Fuchsia Gym]] and meet the [[Gym Leader]] [[Koga]], and his sister, {{an|Aya}}.
* Ash goes to [[Fuchsia Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Koga]].
* Ash challenges Koga to a [[Gym]] battle, but the battle is interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* Ash's battle against Koga is interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* [[Misty's Psyduck]] battles for the first time and is revealed to know {{m|Tail Whip}}, {{m|Scratch}}, {{m|Disable}}, and {{m|Confusion}}.
* Ash rechallenges Koga. He wins.
* [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] is revealed to know {{m|Leech Seed}}.
* {{an|Misty}} discovers {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}'s Ability to use {{m|Confusion}} and {{m|Disable}} when it gets a headache.
* [[Ash's Charmander]] is revealed to know {{m|Ember}} and {{m|Fire Spin}}.
* Koga gives Ash the {{Badge|Soul}}.
* Ash continues his battle with Koga and wins, earning a {{badge|Soul}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP033|The Flame Pokémon-athon]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP033|The Flame Pokémon-athon]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} look for the {{safari|Kanto}} in [[Fuchsia City]]. They enter the Pokémon reserves surrounding the Safari Zone.
* [[Jessie's Arbok]] is revealed to know {{m|Poison Sting}} and {{m|Glare}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP034|The Kangaskhan Kid]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP034|The Kangaskhan Kid]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} look for the {{safari|Kanto}} in [[Fuchsia City]]. They are still in the Pokémon reserves surrounding the Safari Zone.
* [[Jessie]] tries and fails to catch a {{p|Kangaskhan}}.
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] is revealed to know {{m|Skull Bash}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |[[EP035]]
| style="text-align:center" |[[EP035]]
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} enter the {{safari|Kanto}} in [[Fuchsia City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} enter the {{safari|Kanto}} and receive thirty {{ball|Safari}}s to be used within the Zone.
* Ash catches thirty {{AP|Tauros}}.
* Ash uses his Safari Balls to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} thirty {{AP|Tauros}}, all of which he subsequently sends to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash and his friends leave the Safari Zone and Fuchsia City.
** Ash also tries to catch a {{p|Rhyhorn}}, but the Safari Ball hits a bypassing Tauros, catching it instead.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP036|The Bridge Bike Gang]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP036|The Bridge Bike Gang]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} cross [[Kanto Route 17|Cycling Road]]. Their next [[Gym]] destination at this point is not clear.
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are revealed to have been members of a bicycle gang in the past.
* [[Misty's Psyduck]] is revealed to be able to use {{m|Confusion}} and {{m|Disable}} only when its headache is severe enough.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP037|Ditto's Mysterious Mansion]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Duplica]].
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| style="text-align:center" |[[EP038]]
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* [[Jessie]] takes a prototype {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio#Porygon Zero|Porygon}} from [[Dr. Akihabara]], but later accidentally leaves it.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP039|Pikachu's Good-Bye]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP039|Pikachu's Good-Bye]]''
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* {{AP|Pikachu}} reveals that he would rather stay with {{Ash}} than wild {{p|Pikachu}}.
* {{Ash}} attempts to {{pkmn2|released|release}} {{AP|Pikachu}}, but Pikachu returns to him.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]''
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* It is [[Christmas]] Eve.
* {{Ash}} attempts to capture a {{p|Jynx}}, but fails since she belongs to another Trainer.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} help save [[Santa Claus]] from {{TRT}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP040|The Battling Eevee Brothers]]''
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* [[Misty's Psyduck]] is revealed to know {{m|Water Gun}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP041|Wake Up Snorlax!]]''
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* {{Ash}} fails to catch a {{p|Snorlax}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP043|The March of the Exeggutor Squad]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP043|The March of the Exeggutor Squad]]''
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* Ash's {{p|Charmander}} evolves into {{AP|Charmeleon}}.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Charmander}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into a {{AP|Charmeleon}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP044|The Problem with Paras]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP044|The Problem with Paras]]''
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* Ash's {{AP|Charmeleon}} starts to disobey him.
* [[Ash's Charmeleon]] starts [[obedience|disobeying]] him.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP045|The Song of Jigglypuff]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP045|The Song of Jigglypuff]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} help a {{an|Jigglypuff}} learn to {{m|Sing}}. It starts to follow them secretly.
* {{an|Misty}} tries to capture a {{an|Jigglypuff}}, but decides against it when she found out it couldn't {{m|Sing}}.
* [[Misty's Staryu]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.
* The Jigglypuff that {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} help out in this episode begins to [[Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|follow them around]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP046|Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP046|Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon]]''
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* Ash's {{p|Charmeleon}} evolves into {{AP|Charizard}}.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Charmeleon}} evolves into {{AP|Charizard}}, but remains [[obedience|disobedient]].
* {{Ash}} finds an {{pkmn|Egg}}. {{an|Brock}} starts taking care of it.
* Ash finds a [[Pokémon Egg]], and {{an|Brock}} decides to be in charge of taking care of it.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP052|Princess Versus Princess]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
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* Chronologically, this episode actually takes place before ''[[EP049|So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd]]''. It was not aired in order.
* [[James]]'s childhood is revealed:
* It is the [[Princess Festival]].
** James is revealed to come from a rich family.
* [[Jessie]] catches {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}}.
** James is revealed to be engaged to a girl named [[Jessebelle]].
* James is revealed to own a {{p|Growlithe}}, [[nickname]]d [[Growlie]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
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* The {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into {{TP|Misty|Togepi}}.
* {{Ash}} gets his [[Pokédex]] upgraded.
* After a battle, Togepi goes to {{an|Misty}}, since it saw her right after hatching and believes she is its mother.
* The {{pkmn|Egg}} Ash [[EP046|found a while back]] hatches into a {{p|Togepi}}.
* Ash, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{MTR}} decide to have a tournament to see who will keep Togepi.
* Ash wins the tournament, but {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} chooses to go with Misty instead.
* [[Brock's Geodude]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
* [[Brock's Onix]] is revealed to know {{m|Rock Throw}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]''
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* {{AP|Bulbasaur}} reveals that it does not want to evolve into an {{p|Ivysaur}} yet.
* [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] begins to [[Evolution|evolve]], but decides not to.
* Ash's Bulbasaur learns {{m|Solar Beam}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP052|Princess Versus Princess]]''
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* [[Jessie]] {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}}.
* {{an|Misty}} and Jessie enter the {{DL|Princess Festival|Queen of the Princess Festival contest}}, with Misty being the winner.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP053|The Purr-fect Hero]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP053|The Purr-fect Hero]]''
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* It is [[Kids Day]].
* [[Misty's Horsea]] is revealed to know {{m|Bubble}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP055|Pokémon Paparazzi]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP055|Pokémon Paparazzi]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Todd Snap]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|friends}} meet [[Todd Snap]], who joins the group.
* Todd joins Ash.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP057|The Breeding Center Secret]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP057|The Breeding Center Secret]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]], two other members of [[Team Rocket]], for the first time.
** [[James]] catches a {{p|Weepinbell}}.
* [[James]] is revealed to have caught a {{p|Weepinbell}} that has now evolved into a {{TP|James|Victreebel}}.
** Weepinbell evolves into {{TP|James|Victreebel}}.
* [[Todd Snap]] leaves the group.
* {{Todd}} leaves {{Ash}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP058|Riddle Me This]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP058|Riddle Me This]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive on [[Cinnabar Island]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Cinnabar Island]].
* Ash challenges [[Blaine]] to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Blaine]], the [[Cinnabar Gym]] {{FB|Gym|Leader}}.
* Ash begins his [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Blaine.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP059|Volcanic Panic]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP059|Volcanic Panic]]''
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* {{Ash}} forfeits his match with [[Blaine]], not wanting {{AP|Pikachu}} to get hurt.
* {{Ash}} forfeits his first Gym battle with [[Blaine]].
* Blaine grants Ash a rematch after he and {{ashfr}} save [[Cinnabar Gym]].
* Ash defeats Blaine in a [[rematch]] and earns the {{Badge|Volcano}}.
* Ash defeats Blaine.
* [[Ash's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Submission}} and {{m|Seismic Toss}}.
* Blaine gives Ash the {{Badge|Volcano}}.
* Ash learns that there is [[Viridian Gym|a Gym]] in [[Viridian City]], and decides to head back there.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP060|Beach Blank-Out Blastoise]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP061|The Misty Mermaid]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Cinnabar Island]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} visit [[Cerulean City]] again.
* [[Misty's Horsea]] is revealed to know {{m|Smokescreen}}.
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
* [[The Sensational Sisters|Misty's sisters]]' {{p|Seel}} evolves into {{OBP|Dewgong|Cerulean Gym}}.
* {{an|Misty}} leaves her {{TP|Misty|Horsea}} and {{TP|Misty|Starmie}} at the [[Cerulean Gym]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP061|The Misty Mermaid]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP062|Clefairy Tales]]''
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* {{an|Misty}} leaves {{TP|Misty|Horsea}} and {{TP|Misty|Starmie}} at the [[Cerulean Gym]].
*{{an|Jigglypuff}} is revealed to know {{m|Pound}}.
* {{p|Seel}} evolves into {{OBP|Dewgong|Cerulean Gym}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives in [[Viridian City]] again.<!-- Do not add Ash claiming it's been a year since his first visit, since this was only in the dub. -->
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Viridian City]].
* At the Viridian Gym, {{an|Giovanni}} easily defeats all of Gary's Pokémon using {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}}.
* {{Gary}} is revealed to have won ten [[Badge]]s and obtained a {{p|Nidoking}} and an {{TP|Gary|Arcanine}}.
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] give {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Earth}}.
* Gary challenges the {{an|Giovanni|Viridian Gym Leader}} and loses to {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series|a mysterious Pokémon}}.
* The [[Viridian Gym]] collapses.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} are temporarily appointed as the [[Gym Leader]]s of the [[Viridian Gym]].
* Ash earns his eighth and final Badge, the {{Badge|Earth}}, after defeating {{TRT}}.
* [[Ash's Pidgeotto]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.
* The Viridian Gym collapses.
* Ash and his friends head back to [[Pallet Town]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP064|It's Mr. Mime Time]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP064|It's Mr. Mime Time]]''
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* {{Delia}} catches [[Mimey]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Pallet Town]].
* {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}} escapes from Giovanni.
* Misty and Brock meet {{Delia}} for the first time (dub only).
* Delia gets a [[Mimey|Mr. Mime]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP065|Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{Gary}} both learn that the [[Pokémon League]] will be held at [[Indigo Plateau]].
* Gary is revealed to have caught a {{p|Doduo}} and own more than 200 Pokémon.
* {{an|Professor Oak}} reveals that the two other {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who left [[Pallet Town]] with Gary and Ash did not succeed as Trainers.
* {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}} leaves {{an|Giovanni}} and destroys his {{an|Team Rocket HQ|headquarters}}.
* Professor Oak encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
* Dub viewers learn that Ash had captured 30 Tauros [[EP035|at some point in his travels]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP066|The Evolution Solution]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP066|The Evolution Solution]]''
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* [[Jessie]] catches {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Shellder}}.
* [[James's Weezing]] is revealed to know {{m|Haze}}{{tt|*|English dub only}}.
* Jessie releases {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Shellder}}.
* [[Jessie]] catches a {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Shellder}}, but it attaches itself to a {{p|Slowpoke}} and catalyzes its evolution into a {{p|Slowbro}} and thus leaves her.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP068|Make Room for Gloom]]''
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* [[Jessie's Arbok]] is revealed to know {{m|Toxic}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP070|Go West Young Meowth]]''
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* {{MTR}} recalls how he learned to {{pkmn2|talking|speak human language}} and walk upright on his hind legs.
* Meowth reveals why he joined [[Team Rocket]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP071|To Master the Onixpected]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP071|To Master the Onixpected]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Bruno]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Bruno]], a member of the [[Kanto]] [[Elite Four]].
* Bruno catches a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{TP|Bruno|Onix}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP072|The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis]]''
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* [[Brock's Vulpix]] is revealed to know {{m|Quick Attack}}.{{tt|*|Called Agility in the English dub}}
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP073|Bad to the Bone]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP073|Bad to the Bone]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the [[Indigo Plateau]].
* [[Jessie's Arbok]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} set off for [[Indigo Plateau]], the venue for the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP074|All Fired Up]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP074|All Fired Up]]''
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* The [[Pokémon League]] has its opening ceremonies.
* {{Ash}} and {{Gary}} arrive at the [[Pokémon League]].
* Ash, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} help carry the flame of {{p|Moltres}} to the stadium.
* Ash sees the [[Legendary birds|legendary bird]], Moltres.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP075|Round One - Begin!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP075|Round One - Begin!]]''
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* {{AP|Krabby}} evolves into {{AP|Kingler}}.
* {{Ash}} uses his {{p|Krabby}} in {{pkmn|battle}} for the first time.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Mandi]] and wins his first round {{pkmn|battle}} at the [[Pokémon League]].
* Ash's Krabby is revealed to know {{m|Harden}}, {{m|Vice Grip}}, {{m|Leer}}, and {{m|Stomp}}.
* Ash's Krabby [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Kingler}}.
* Ash's Kingler is revealed to know {{m|Bubble}}, {{m|Water Gun}}, and {{m|Crabhammer}}.
* Ash's Kingler learns {{m|Hyper Beam}}.
* Ash wins his first round match of the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]] using only his Kingler.
* {{Gary}} also wins his first round match.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP076|Fire and Ice]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP076|Fire and Ice]]''
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* {{Ash}} defeats an unnamed Trainer and wins his second round {{pkmn|battle}} at the [[Pokémon League]].
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] is revealed to know {{m|Withdraw}}.
* Ash defeats [[Pete Pebbleman]] and wins his third round battle at the Pokémon League.
* {{Ash}} wins his second and third {{pkmn|battle|matches}} in the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP077|The Fourth Round Rumble]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP077|The Fourth Round Rumble]]''
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* {{Gary}} loses his fourth round {{pkmn|battle}} at the [[Pokémon League]].
* {{Gary}} loses his fourth round battle, placing him in the Top 32 in the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]].
* Gary returns home to [[Pallet Town]].
* Gary heads back to [[Pallet Town]].
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Jeanette Fisher]] and wins his fourth round battle at the Pokémon League.
* {{Ash}} uses his {{AP|Muk}} in battle for the first time.
* Ash's Muk is revealed to know {{m|Body Slam}}.
* Ash wins his fourth and final preliminary round match in the Pokémon League and advances to the fifth round, securing him a place in the Indigo Stadium.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP078|A Friend In Deed]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP078|A Friend In Deed]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Ritchie]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Ritchie]].
* Ash learns he will be battling Ritchie in the fifth round.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP079|Friend and Foe Alike]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP079|Friend and Foe Alike]]''
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* [[Ritchie]] defeats {{Ash}} in his fifth round {{pkmn|battle}} at the [[Pokémon League]].
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.
* Ash battles [[Ritchie]] in the fifth round at the Indigo Stadium and loses, ending his session in the [[Pokémon League]] and finishing in the Top 16.
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* [[Assunta]] defeats [[Ritchie]] in her quarterfinals round {{pkmn|battle}} at the [[Pokémon League]].
* [[Ritchie]] is revealed to own either a {{p|Spearow}} or a {{p|Tentacool}}.
* Ritchie loses the sixth round match and is placed Top 8 in the [[Indigo Plateau Conference|Pokémon League]].
* Ritchie leaves {{ashfr|the group}}.
* The [[Indigo Plateau Conference]] ends.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP081|Pallet Party Panic]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP081|Pallet Party Panic]]''
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* {{AP|Pidgeotto}} evolves into {{AP|Pidgeot}}.
* {{Ash}} is given an errand by {{an|Professor Oak}} to travel to the [[Orange Archipelago]] and retrieve a [[GS Ball|mysterious Poké Ball]] from [[Professor Ivy]].
* {{Ash}} [[Released Pokémon|releases]] {{AP|Pidgeot}}.
* The {{p|Spearow}} from [[EP001|the first episode]] returns as a {{DL|Ash's Fearow|In the anime|Fearow}}, which Ash unsuccessfully attempts to capture.
* Ash's {{p|Pidgeotto}} evolves into a {{TP|Ash|Pidgeot}}.
* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|released|releases}} his Pidgeot to protect other {{p|Pidgey}} and {{p|Pidgeotto}} from the Spearow and Fearow flock.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP082|A Scare in the Air]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP082|A Scare in the Air]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} take a blimp to [[Valencia Island]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Valencia Island]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP083|Poké Ball Peril]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP083|Poké Ball Peril]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Professor Ivy]].
* {{Ash}} meets [[Professor Ivy]].
* Ash gets the [[GS Ball]].
* {{Ash}} obtains the [[GS Ball]].
* {{an|Brock}} decides to stay on [[Valencia Island]] as Professor Ivy's assistant.
* {{an|Brock}} decides to be [[Professor Ivy]]'s assistant and leaves the group.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP084|The Lost Lapras]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP084|The Lost Lapras]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} crash land in {{an|Pokémon Park}} on [[Tangelo Island]].
* {{Ash}} learns of the [[Orange League]] and decides to challenge it.
* Ash meets {{Tracey}}.
* [[Tracey Sketchit]] is introduced and joins {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}}.
* Ash decides to travel throughout the rest of the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]] and compete in the [[Orange League]] before returning to [[Pallet Town]] to deliver the [[GS Ball]] to {{an|Professor Oak}}.
* Tracey encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
* Ash captures {{AP|Lapras}} offscreen.
* Ash {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{AP|Lapras}}.
* Tracey joins Ash and Misty.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP085|Fit to be Tide]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP085|Fit to be Tide]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives on [[Mikan Island]].
* {{Ash}} learns that in the [[Orange League]], [[Gym]]s work out differently than usual Gyms.
* [[Cissy]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Coral-Eye}}.
* [[Ash's Lapras]] is revealed to know {{m|Ice Beam}}.
* Ash defeats the [[Mikan Gym|Mikan]] [[Gym Leader]] [[Cissy]] and earns the {{badge|Coral-Eye}}, his first Orange League Badge.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP086|Pikachu Re-Volts]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives on [[Navel Island]].
* {{Tracey}} meets [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]] for the first time.
* [[Danny]] gives Ash the {{Badge|Sea Ruby}}.
* Butch and Cassidy are revealed to have stolen a {{p|Drowzee}} from their [[EP057|fake Breeding Center]].
* [[Jessie's Lickitung]] uses {{m|Tackle}} for the first time.
* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
* [[Misty's Togepi]] is revealed to know {{m|Metronome}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP094|Snack Attack!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP087|The Crystal Onix]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Snorlax}}.
* {{Tracey}} is revealed to own a {{TP|Tracey|Marill}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP097|Tracey Gets Bugged]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP088|In The Pink]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives on [[Murcott Island]].
* [[Tracey's Marill]] is revealed to know {{m|Water Gun}}.{{tt|*|It does not actually use the move until EP090}}
* {{Tracey}} catches {{TP|Tracey|Scyther}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP099|The Mandarin Island Miss Match]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP090|Stage Fight!]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives on [[Mandarin Island So.]].
* [[Tracey's Marill]] uses {{m|Water Gun}} for the first time.
* Ash meets [[Lorelei|Prima]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP091|Bye Bye Psyduck]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives on [[Trovita Island]].
* [[Misty's Goldeen]] is seen battling for the first time and is revealed to know {{m|Agility}} and {{m|Horn Attack}}.
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] learns {{m|Hydro Pump}}.
* [[Rudy]] gives Ash the {{Badge|Spike Shell}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP105|Charizard Chills]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]''
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* [[Ash's Charizard]] begins to obey {{Ash}}.
* {{Ash}} beats the [[Navel Gym|Navel]] [[Gym Leader]] [[Danny]] and earns the {{badge|Sea Ruby}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP094|Snack Attack!]]''
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* [[Jessie's Lickitung]] is revealed to know {{m|Wrap}}.
* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Snorlax}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP095|A Shipful of Shivers]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} learn about the history of the [[Orange League]].
* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Razor Leaf}}.
* [[Jessie's Arbok]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP097|Tracey Gets Bugged]]''
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* {{Ash}} attempts to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{p|Scyther}}.
* [[Tracey's Venonat]] is revealed to know {{m|Sleep Powder}}.
* {{Tracey}} catches the {{TP|Tracey|Scyther}} Ash tried to catch.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP098|A Way Off Day Off]]''
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* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Sleep Powder}}.
* [[Tracey's Scyther]] is revealed to know {{m|Skull Bash}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP099|The Mandarin Island Miss Match]]''
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* [[Lorelei]]{{tt|*|Referred to as Prima in the anime}} of the [[Elite Four]] makes an appearance.
* {{Ash}} battles Prima but is defeated.
* Ash, {{an|Misty}}, and {{Tracey}} learn about the [[Orange League]] from Prima.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP102|The Mystery Menace]]''
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* Ash temporarily brings his {{AP|Muk}} from {{an|Professor Oak}}'s lab.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match!]]''
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* [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] is revealed to know {{m|Sleep Powder}}.
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] learns {{m|Hydro Pump}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats the [[Trovita Gym|Trovita]] [[Gym Leader]] [[Rudy]] and earns the {{badge|Spike Shell}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP104|Bound For Trouble]]''
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* [[Ash's Snorlax]] is revealed to know {{m|Mega Punch}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP105|Charizard Chills]]''
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* [[Ash's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Mega Punch}} and {{m|Take Down}}.
* Charizard begins to obey {{Ash}}.
* Ash's Charizard learns {{m|Dragon Rage}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP106|The Pokémon Water War]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Captain Aidan]] and [[Team Wartortle]].
* {{Tracey}}'s {{TP|Tracey|Venonat}} is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP107|Pokémon Food Fight]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP107|Pokémon Food Fight]]''
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP108|Pokémon Double Trouble]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP108|Pokémon Double Trouble]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives on [[Kumquat Island]].
* [[Ash's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
* [[Luana]] gives Ash the {{Badge|Jade Star}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats the {{gy|Kumquat}} [[Gym Leader]] [[Luana]] and earns the {{badge|Jade Star}}, his fourth and final [[Orange League]] Badge.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP110|The Stun Spore Detour]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP110|The Stun Spore Detour]]''
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* {{an|Misty}} catches {{TP|Misty|Poliwag}}.
* {{an|Misty}}'s {{TP|Misty|Goldeen}} is revealed to know {{m|Fury Attack}}.
* Misty {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|Misty|Poliwag}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP111|Hello Pummelo]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP111|Hello Pummelo]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives on [[Pummelo Island]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive on [[Pummelo Island]].
* Ash challenges {{OBP|Drake|Orange League}}.
* Ash sends his {{AP|Snorlax}} to {{an|Professor Oak}}'s [[Professor Oak's Laboratory|lab]] in exchange for one of his {{AP|Tauros}}.
* Ash uses one of his Tauros in {{pkmn|battle}} for the first time.
* Ash's Tauros is revealed to know {{m|Fissure}}.
* [[Ash's Lapras]] is revealed to know {{m|Water Gun}}.
* Ash begins his first [[Full Battle]] with {{OBP|Drake|Orange League}}, the current champion of the [[Orange League]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP112|Enter The Dragonite]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP112|Enter The Dragonite]]''
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* {{Ash}} defeats {{OBP|Drake|Orange League}}.
* [[Ash's Tauros]] is revealed to know {{m|Take Down}}.
* Drake gives Ash the [[Winner's Trophy|Orange League Trophy]].
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] is revealed to know {{m|Bubble}}{{tt|*|English dub only}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats {{OBP|Drake|Orange League}} and wins the [[Orange League]], receiving the [[Winner's Trophy]] and earning a spot in the [[Palace of Victory]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP113|Viva Las Lapras]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP113|Viva Las Lapras]]''
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* {{Ash}} [[Released Pokémon|releases]] {{AP|Lapras}}.
* [[Ash's Lapras]] is reunited with its family.
* {{an|Misty}}'s {{TP|Misty|Goldeen}} is revealed to know {{m|Water Gun}}.
* {{Ash}} releases Lapras.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP114|The Underground Round Up]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave the [[Orange Archipelago]], bound for [[Pallet Town]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP115|A Tent Situation]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP115|A Tent Situation]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Pallet Town]].
** {{an|Brock}}'s heart is broken by [[Professor Ivy]].
* {{an|Brock}} returns and meets {{Tracey}}.
** Brock leaves [[Valencia Island]].
* Tracey also meets {{an|Professor Oak}} in person.
** Brock is found by {{Delia}} outside of [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash returns {{AP|Tauros}} to its herd at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
** Brock starts helping Delia around the house.
* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}{{tt|*|Japanese version only}} and {{m|PoisonPowder}}{{tt|*|English dub only}}.
** {{Gary}} catches a {{p|Nidoqueen}}
* [[Ash's Muk]] is revealed to know {{m|Poison Gas}}{{tt|*|English dub only}}.
* {{Ash}} returns to Pallet Town.
* {{Gary}} returns, is revealed to have obtained a {{p|Nidoqueen}}, and decides to have a battle with Ash.
* Ash reunites with Brock.
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* {{Ash}} loses a battle to {{Gary}}, with his {{AP|Pikachu}} being defeated by {{TP|Gary|Eevee}}.
* {{Gary}} is revealed to have obtained an {{TP|Gary|Eevee|Umbreon}}.
* Gary leaves [[Pallet Town]] to go to [[Johto]].
* {{Ash}} battles with Pikachu against Gary and his Eevee and loses.
* {{an|Brock}} rejoins Ash and {{an|Misty}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} learn about the [[Johto]] region.
* {{Tracey}} decides to stay in [[Pallet Town]] to be {{an|Professor Oak}}'s assistant.
* Gary leaves for the Johto region.
* Ash receives a new version of the [[Pokédex]], upgraded for Johto.
* {{an|Professor Oak}} asks Ash to take the [[GS Ball]] to [[Azalea Town]] and give it to [[Kurt]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave Pallet Town to go to [[Johto]].
* {{an|Brock}} rejoins the group and says he'll travel to Johto with Ash and {{an|Misty}}.
* [[Mimey]] is revealed to know {{m|Light Screen}}.
* {{Tracey}} decides to stay in [[Pallet Town]] and become Professor Oak's assistant.  
* Ash, Misty, and Brock head off to the Johto region.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP117|Don't Touch That 'Dile]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP117|Don't Touch That 'Dile]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Johto]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} see a {{p|Suicune}}.
* Ash and his friends see a {{p|Suicune}}.
* Ash and his friends arrive at [[New Bark Town]] and meet [[Professor Elm]].
* Ash signs up for the [[Johto League]].
* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Vine Whip}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP118|The Double Trouble Header]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP118|The Double Trouble Header]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets {{an|Casey}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet {{an|Casey}}, a rookie {{pkmn|Trainer}}.
* Casey captures a {{p|Rattata}}.
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP119|A Sappy Ending]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP119|A Sappy Ending]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Heracross}}.
* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Heracross}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP124|Snubbull Snobbery]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP120|Roll On, Pokémon!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Palm Hills]].
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Brock}} attempt to capture a {{p|Donphan}}.
* {{TP|Madame Muchmoney|Snubbull}} runs away from home and starts following {{TRT}}.
* [[Ash's Heracross]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}, {{m|Horn Attack}}, and {{m|Endure}}.
* Ash and his friends leave Palm Hills.
* [[Misty's Poliwag]] is revealed to know {{m|Bubble}}.
* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Wrap}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP126|The Chikorita Rescue]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP121|Illusion Confusion!]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Chikorita}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{Gary}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP130|A Bout With Sprout]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP122|Flower Power]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Violet City]].
* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Swords Dance}} and {{m|Take Down}} and uses {{m|Wrap}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP131|Fighting Flyer with Fire!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP124|Snubbull Snobbery]]''
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* [[Falkner]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Zephyr}}.
* A {{TP|Madame Muchmoney|Snubbull}} starts following {{TRT}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Violet City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP134|Charizard's Burning Ambitions]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP125|The Little Big Horn]]''
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* {{Ash}} leaves {{AP|Charizard}} at [[Charicific Valley]].
* {{an|Brock}} shows his true talents as a {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}} as he helps a lost baby {{p|Stantler}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP126|The Chikorita Rescue]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Cyndaquil}}.
* {{Ash}} catches a [[Ash's Bayleef|Chikorita]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP142|A Shadow of a Drought]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP127|Once in a Blue Moon]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Azalea Town]].
* {{an|Misty}} tries to catch a {{p|Quagsire}} twice, but is stopped both times.
* Ash meets [[Kurt]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP143|Goin' Apricorn]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP128|The Whistle Stop]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} each receive a {{ball|Fast}}.
* [[Jessie's Lickitung]] is revealed to know {{m|Supersonic}} and {{m|Stomp}}.
* Brock catches {{TP|Brock|Pineco}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP144|Gettin' The Bugs Out]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP129|Ignorance is Blissey]]''
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* [[Bugsy]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Hive}}.
* It is revealed that [[Jessie]] went to [[Pokémon Nurse School]].  
* Ash and {{an|Misty}} both receive a {{ball|Lure}}.
* [[Jessie's Lickitung]] is revealed to know {{m|Slam}}.
* {{an|Brock}} receives a {{ball|Heavy}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Azalea Town]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP146|Tricks Of The Trade]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP130|A Bout With Sprout]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Palmpona]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Violet City]].
* Ash exchanges his {{AP|Heracross}} for one of his {{AP|Tauros}}.
* [[Jessie]] accidentally trades {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}} to {{OBP|Benny|EP146}} for {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}.
* Ash and his friends leave Palmpona.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP147|The Fire-ring Squad]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP131|Fighting Flyer with Fire!]]''
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* {{Ash}} sends his {{AP|Tauros}} back to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet the [[Violet Gym]]'s [[Gym Leader]], [[Falkner]].
* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns to the [[Squirtle Squad]].
* [[Ash's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Fly}}.
* Ash defeats Falkner in a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} and earns the {{Badge|Zephyr}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP151|The Totodile Duel]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP132|For Crying Out Loud]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Totodile}}.
* {{Ash}} learns that [[Azalea Gym|the next Gym]] is located in [[Azalea Town]], and decides to head there.
* {{an|Misty}}'s {{p|Poliwag}} evolves into {{TP|Misty|Poliwhirl}}.
* {{an|Misty}} attempts to capture a {{p|Marill}}, but fails due to her already being [[Wilhomena|owned]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP154|Fowl Play]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP134|Charizard's Burning Ambitions]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Noctowl}}.
* {{Ash}} leaves his {{AP|Charizard}} at the [[Charicific Valley]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[PK07|Pikachu & Pichu]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP136|Chikorita's Big Upset]]''
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* {{Ash}} states that this is the anniversary of the day he and {{AP|Pikachu}} first met.
* [[Ash's Chikorita]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
* Chikorita's jealousy towards {{AP|Pikachu}} is confirmed.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP158|A Goldenrod Opportunity]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP140|Wired for Battle!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Goldenrod City]].
* [[Ash's Heracross]] is revealed to know {{m|Leer}}, {{m|Take Down}}, and {{m|Fury Attack}}.
* Ash challenges [[Whitney]] to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} but loses.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP159|A Dairy Tale Ending]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
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* {{Ash}} challenges [[Whitney]] to an unofficial rematch and wins.
* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Cyndaquil}}.
* Whitney gives Ash the {{Badge|Plain}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP161|The Bug Stops Here]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP142|A Shadow of a Drought]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{TP|Casey|Beedrill}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Azalea Town]] and meet [[Kurt]].
* Ash wins the [[Bug-Catching Contest]].
* Ash receives a [[Sun Stone]].
* Casey's {{p|Chikorita}} [[evolution|evolves]] into a {{TP|Casey|Bayleef}}.
* Ash gives Beedrill to {{an|Casey}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP165|Hassle In The Castle]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP143|Goin' Apricorn]]''
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* Brock's {{p|Zubat}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Golbat}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} each receive a {{ball|Fast}} from [[Kurt]].
* Brock uses his Fast Ball to catch a {{TP|Brock|Pineco}}.
* Ash leaves the [[GS Ball]] with Kurt.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP168|Hook, Line, and Stinker]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP144|Gettin' The Bugs Out]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches a {{p|Seaking}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive to the [[Azalea Gym]] and meet the local [[Gym Leader]], [[Bugsy]].
* {{an|Misty}} catches a Seaking.
* Ash defeats Bugsy in a Gym battle and earns the {{badge|Hive}}.
* Misty wins the [[Seaking Catching Day]] Competition.
* [[Ash's Chikorita]] is revealed to know {{m|Sweet Scent}}.
* Ash releases Seaking.
* Ash and Misty both receive a {{ball|Lure}} and Brock receives a {{ball|Heavy}} from [[Kurt]].
* Misty releases Seaking.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP169|Beauty and the Breeder]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
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* {{an|Brock}} returns {{TP|Brock|Vulpix}} to [[Suzie]].
* {{Ash}} learns that there is a [[Gym]] in [[Goldenrod City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP171|Power Play]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP146|Tricks of the Trade]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} sends his {{AP|Heracross}} to {{an|Professor Oak}}'s [[Professor Oak's Laboratory|lab]] for one of his {{AP|Tauros}}.
** Gary's Eevee evolves into {{TP|Gary|Umbreon}}.
* [[Jessie]] accidentally trades her {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}} for {{OBP|Benny|EP146}}'s {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP175|Trouble With Snubbull]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP147|The Fire-ring Squad]]''
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* Madame Muchmoney's {{p|Snubbull}} evolves into {{TP|Madame Muchmoney|Granbull}}.
* {{Ash}} sends {{AP|Tauros}} back to {{an|Professor Oak}} and agrees to let {{AP|Heracross}} stay there as well.
* Granbull returns to Madame Muchmoney.
* [[Team Wartortle]] and the [[Squirtle Squad]] make a reappearance.
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] rejoins the Squirtle Squad.
* {{an|Brock}} meets [[Captain Aidan]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP181|A Ghost Of A Chance]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP150|Hour of the Houndour]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Ecruteak City]].
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] is revealed to know {{m|Leer}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP182|From Ghost to Ghost]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP151|The Totodile Duel]]''
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* Ash battles Gym Leader Morty.
* Both {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} throw their {{ball|Lure}}s simultaneously at a wild {{p|Totodile}}, but only one catches it. {{an|Brock}} referees a {{pkmn|battle|match}} to determine who will get the Pokémon.
* [[Morty]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Fog}}.
* Misty uses her {{TP|Misty|Togepi|Togetic}} in a battle for the first time.
* Misty's Togepi is revealed to know {{m|Charm}}.
* Misty's {{p|Poliwag}} evolves into {{TP|Misty|Poliwhirl|Politoed}} and learns {{m|Body Slam}}.
* Ash wins the match and receives {{AP|Totodile}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP183|Trouble's Brewing]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP152|Hot Matches!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Sakura]] and [[Kimono Girl|her sisters]].
* {{Ash}}'s {{AP|Cyndaquil}} learns to ignite the flame on its back at will.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Ecruteak City]].
* Ash's Cyndaquil is revealed to know {{m|Agility}} and {{m|SmokeScreen}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP187|Moving Pictures]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP154|Fowl Play!]]''
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* [[Todd Snap]] rejoins {{Ash}}.
* {{Ash}} catches a {{Shiny}} {{AP|Noctowl}}.
* Ash uses his [[Sun Stone]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP189|Freeze Frame]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP155|Forest Grumps]]''
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* Todd leaves {{Ash}}.
* [[James's Victreebel]] uses {{m|Vine Whip}} for the first time.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP194|The Ring Masters]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP157|The Fortune Hunters]]''
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* {{Ash}} wins the [[Sumo Conference|Pokémon Sumo Competition]].
* [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]] appear again.
* Ash receives a {{DL|Held item|King's Rock}}.
* Butch is revealed to own a {{p|Primeape}}.
* [[James's Victreebel]] is revealed to know {{m|Stun Spore}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP196|Control Freak]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP158|A Goldenrod Opportunity]]''
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* Brock's {{p|Golbat}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Crobat}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Goldenrod City]] and meet the local [[Gym Leader]], [[Whitney]].
* Ash has a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Whitney and loses.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP199|Current Events!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP159|A Dairy Tale Ending]]''
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* Ash's Chikorita evolves into {{AP|Bayleef}}.
* {{Ash}} has a [[rematch]] with [[Whitney]] and wins, earning the {{Badge|Plain}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP208|Fight for the Light]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP160|Air Time!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Olivine City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[DJ Mary]].
* Ash learns that [[Jasmine]] is not accepting [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}s at the present time.
* The group heads out to [[Ecruteak City]].
* Ash and his friends leave Olivine City.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP209|Machoke, Machoke Man]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP161|The Bug Stops Here]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Cianwood City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Casey}} again.
* [[Chuck]] gives Ash the {{Badge|Storm}}.
* Ash, Casey, and {{TRT}} enter a [[Bug-Catching Contest]].
* Ash and his friends leave Cianwood City.
* Ash fails to catch a {{p|Weedle}} for the [[EP004|second time]] as it's caught by Casey instead.
* Casey's {{p|Chikorita}} [[evolution|evolves]] into a {{TP|Casey|Bayleef}}.
* Ash catches a {{p|Beedrill}} and wins the Bug-Catching Contest, earning him a [[Sun Stone]].
* Ash gives his {{TP|Casey|Beedrill}} to Casey.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP210|Around the Whirlpool]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP164|Carrying On!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} begin traveling around the [[Whirl Islands]].
* [[Ash's Noctowl]] is revealed to know {{m|Whirlwind}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP213|A Corsola Caper]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP165|Hassle in the Castle]]''
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* {{an|Misty}} catches {{TP|Misty|Corsola}}.
* [[Brock's Zubat]] evolves into {{p|Golbat}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP215|Octillery The Outcast!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP167|A Hot Water Battle]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} pass the qualifying match to enter into the [[Whirl Cup]].
* [[Jessie's Wobbuffet]] is revealed to know {{m|Bide}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP216|Dueling Heroes]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP168|Hook, Line, and Stinker]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} each win their first two battles in the [[Whirl Cup]].
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} each catch a {{p|Seaking}} as part of the [[Seaking Catching Day]] competition, but under contest rules do not keep them.
* Ash and Misty learn they will be facing each other in the quarterfinals.
* [[Misty's Poliwhirl]] is revealed to know {{m|Mega Punch}}.
* Misty wins the Seaking Catching Day competition.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP217|The Perfect Match]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP169|Beauty and the Breeder]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Suzie]] again.
* {{an|Brock}} returns {{TP|Brock|Vulpix}} to Suzie.
* Brock and Suzie enter the [[Pokémon Beauty Contest]], but it is not revealed whether they win or lose.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP171|Power Play]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{Gary}} again.
* Gary's {{p|Eevee}} is revealed to have [[Evolution|evolved]] into an {{TP|Gary|Umbreon}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP174|Imitation Confrontation]]''
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* [[Duplica]] returns with a new {{p|Ditto}} named {{DL|Duplica|Mini-Dit}}.
* [[Ash's Totodile]] is revealed to know {{m|Scary Face}} and {{m|Tackle}} via Mini-Dit's {{m|Transform}}.
* [[Jessie's Wobbuffet]] is revealed to know {{m|Mirror Coat}} via Mini-Dit's Transform.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP175|Trouble With Snubbull]]''
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* The {{p|Snubbull}} that has been following {{TRT}} around [[Evolution|evolve]]s into {{TP|Madame Muchmoney|Granbull}}.
* Granbull returns to her {{pkmn|Trainer|owner}}, [[Madame Muchmoney]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP176|Ariados, Amigos]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Aya}} again.
* [[Brock's Pineco]] is revealed to know {{m|Spikes}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP177|Wings 'N' Things]]''
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* [[Misty's Poliwhirl]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP178|The Grass Route]]''
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* {{Ash}} and [[James]] enter the [[Grass Tournament]] but lose to [[Ephraim]].
* [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] is revealed to know {{m|Take Down}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP181|A Ghost of a Chance]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} arrive in [[Ecruteak City]] and meet [[Morty]], the {{gy|Ecruteak}} [[Gym Leader]].
* [[Ash's Noctowl]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
* Ash finds out that the mysterious Pokémon he saw on his [[EP001|first day]] as a [[Pokémon Trainer]] was {{p|Ho-Oh}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP182|From Ghost to Ghost]]''
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* [[Ash's Cyndaquil]] is revealed to know {{m|Quick Attack}} and {{m|Swift}}.
* [[Ash's Noctowl]] learns {{m|Confusion}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Morty]] in a [[Gym]] battle and earns the {{badge|Fog}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP183|Trouble's Brewing]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet the {{DL|Kimono Girl|In the anime|Kimono Sisters}}, and {{an|Misty}} strikes up a friendship with [[Sakura]], the youngest sister.
* [[Jessie's Arbok]] is revealed to know {{m|Headbutt}}.
* Sakura considers about joining Ash and company, but eventually decides not to.
* Ash and his friends decide to travel to [[Olivine City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP187|Moving Pictures]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Todd Snap]], who is looking to get a photo of {{p|Articuno}}.
* Ash uses his [[Sun Stone]] to evolve a wild {{p|Sunkern}} into {{p|Sunflora}}.
* Todd joins the group again.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP189|Freeze Frame]]''
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* {{Todd}} gets a photo of {{p|Articuno}}, and later parts ways with {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}.
* [[Jessie's Wobbuffet]] is commanded to use {{m|Mirror Coat}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP194|The Ring Masters]]''
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* {{Ash}} temporary sends {{AP|Noctowl}} to {{an|Professor Oak}} and adds {{AP|Snorlax}} to his [[party|team]].
* Ash participates in a [[Sumo Conference|Pokémon Sumo Competition]] and wins, earning a [[King's Rock]] as a reward.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP196|Control Freak]]''
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* {{an|Brock}}'s {{p|Golbat}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{TP|Brock|Crobat}}.
* [[Brock's Geodude]] is revealed to know {{m|Dig}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP199|Current Events!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Chikorita}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Bayleef}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP200|Turning Over A New Bayleef]]''
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* [[Ash's Bayleef]] learns {{m|Body Slam}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP205|The Kecleon Caper]]''
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* {{an|Misty}}'s {{TP|Misty|Poliwhirl}} is revealed to know {{m|Headbutt}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP208|Fight for the Light]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Olivine City]] and meet [[Jasmine]], the {{gy|Olivine}} [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash tries to challenge Jasmine to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but she refuses, as she needs to care for a [[Amphy|sick]] {{p|Ampharos}}.
* The group decides to head for [[Cianwood City]] to pick up medicine for Ampharos, and Ash learns that there is [[Cianwood Gym|a Gym]] there.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP209|Machoke, Machoke Man]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Cianwood City]].
* Ash and his friends pick up the [[SecretPotion|medicine]] for [[Jasmine]]'s [[Amphy|Ampharos]] as agreed and send it back to [[Olivine City]].
* Ash and his friends meet the local [[Gym Leader]], [[Chuck]].
* Ash defeats Chuck in a [[Gym]] battle and earns the {{badge|Storm}}.
* Ash and his friends head for the [[Whirl Islands]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP210|Around the Whirlpool]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} start their journey through the [[Whirl Islands]].
* The group sees the shadow of a {{p|Lugia|mysterious Pokémon}} and meets up with [[Professor Elm]].
* Ash and Misty learn about the [[Whirl Cup]], and they both decide to compete in it.
* Misty decides to try and capture a {{p|Corsola}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP213|A Corsola Caper]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{AP|Totodile}} is revealed to know {{m|Headbutt}}.
* Misty {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|Misty|Corsola}} with her {{ball|Lure}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP215|Octillery The Outcast!]]''
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* {{an|Misty}} and {{Ash}} make it through the preliminaries of the [[Whirl Cup]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP216|Dueling Heroes]]''
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* {{Ash}} recalls {{AP|Kingler}} to his [[party|team]] for the [[Whirl Cup]] and sends {{AP|Bayleef}} to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} get through the first round of the [[Whirl Cup]], and learn that they have to battle each other in the second round.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP217|The Perfect Match]]''
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* {{an|Misty}} defeats {{Ash}} and advances to the third round of the [[Whirl Cup]].
* Misty is defeated by [[Trinity]] in the third round and is ranked in the "Top 4" of the Whirl Cup.
* Trinity is defeated by an unknown {{pkmn|Trainer}} in the final round of the Whirl Cup.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP220|The Mystery is History!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Ritchie]] again.
* The gang encounter a {{p|Lugia}} and {{jo|Silver|its child}}, which is later captured by [[Team Rocket]].
* Ritchie is revealed to have captured a {{p|Pupitar}} nicknamed "{{DL|Ritchie|Cruise}}".
* [[Butch]] is revealed to own a {{p|Hitmontop}}, while [[Cassidy]] is revealed to own a {{p|Houndour}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP221|A Parent Trapped!]]''
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* [[Ritchie]]'s [[Zippo]] is revealed to have [[evolution|evolved]] into a {{p|Charmeleon}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}} and the parent {{p|Lugia}} are captured by [[Team Rocket]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP222|A Promise is a Promise]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} escape from [[Team Rocket]] and free the two {{p|Lugia}}.
* [[Ritchie]] leaves the group.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP223|Throwing in the Noctowl!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Olivine City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP224|Nerves of Steelix]]''
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* {{Ash}} has a Gym battle with [[Jasmine]] and wins, earning the {{Badge|Mineral}}.
* Ash decides to head to [[Mahogany Town]] via [[Ecruteak City]] for his next Gym battle.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP225|Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!]]''
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* {{Ash}} sends {{AP|Bulbasaur}} to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] to act as a peacemaker between the {{t|Grass}} and {{t|Water}} Pokémon.
* Ash's Bulbasaur learns {{m|Dig}}.
* Ash and Bulbasaur agree that Bulbasaur should remain at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP226|Espeon Not Included!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Ecruteak City]] on their way to [[Mahogany Town]] and meet [[Sakura]] and the other {{DL|Kimono Girl|In the anime|Kimono Sisters}} again.
* Sakura's {{p|Eevee}} is revealed to have evolved into an {{TP|Sakura|Espeon}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP227|For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Morty]] again and also meet [[Eusine]] for the first time.
* Ash learns the legend of {{p|Ho-Oh}} and the three [[Legendary beasts]].
* Ash sees {{p|Suicune}} again.
* Ash and his friends leave [[Ecruteak City]] and head on to [[Mahogany Town]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP228|Extreme Pokémon!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets up with {{Gary}} again, and they both enter an [[Extreme Pokémon Race]].
* Ash wins the Extreme Pokémon Race and receives an {{pkmn|Egg}} from [[Mr. Shellby]] at the Pokémon Breeding Center.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP230|Hatching a Plan!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into a {{AP|Phanpy}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP231|Dues and Don'ts]]''
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* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] renew their membership with [[Team Rocket]].
* A {{OBP|Delibird|Team Rocket}} sent from Team Rocket begins to follow Jessie and James.
* [[Ash's Phanpy]] is revealed to know {{m|Take Down}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP235|Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Lance]], the [[Pokémon League]] {{pkmn|Champion}}.
* The group encounter a [[Red Gyarados]] at the [[Lake of Rage]], which is a result of [[Team Rocket]]'s latest scheme of forcing Pokémon to [[Evolution|evolve]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP236|Rage of Innocence]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Pryce]].
* [[Lance]] {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} the [[Red Gyarados]].
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP237|As Cold as Pryce!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Pryce]] again and learn that he is the {{gy|Mahogany}} [[Gym Leader]]
* Ash and his friends help Pryce find his lost {{TP|Pryce|Piloswine}}.
* Pryce accepts {{Ash}}'s request for a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP238|Nice Pryce Baby]]''
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* {{Ash}} has a Gym battle with [[Pryce]] and Pryce forfeits, earning Ash the {{badge|Glacier}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} head to [[Blackthorn City]] for Ash's final [[Johto]] Gym battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]''
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* {{Ash}} is transformed into a {{p|Pikachu}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP242|As Clear As Crystal]]''
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* {{Ash}} reverts to human form after [[Ashachu|his transformation]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} see a {{p|Zapdos}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP245|Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up?]]''
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* {{an|Professor Oak}} is revealed to have caught a {{p|Pidgey}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP247|Outrageous Fortunes]]''
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* {{an|Misty}}'s {{p|Poliwhirl}} evolves into {{TP|Misty|Politoed}} by using {{Ash}}'s [[King's Rock]], and it also learns {{m|Swagger}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP248|One Trick Phony!]]''
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* [[Ash's Totodile]] uses {{m|Scary Face}} for the first time.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP251|Beauty is Skin Deep]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} get to [[Blackthorn City]] and meet [[Clair]], the local [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash challenges Clair to a [[Gym]] battle.
* Clair's {{p|Dratini}} evolves into {{TP|Clair|Dragonair}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP252|Fangs for Nothin']]''
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* {{Ash}} begins his [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} against [[Clair]], but it is interrupted due to {{TRT}} trying to steal the {{DL|Type-enhancing item|Dragon Fang}}.
* {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Wynaut}} begins to follow Team Rocket.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP253|Great Bowls of Fire]]''
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* {{Ash}} loses to {{an|Misty}} in the quarterfinals.
* [[Ash's Charizard]] returns from the [[Charicific Valley]].
* Misty loses to [[Trinity]] in the semifinals.
* Trinity loses to the [[Whirl Cup]] Champion.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP220|The Mystery is History!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP254|Better Eight Than Never]]''
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* {{Ash}} encounters [[Ritchie]] again.
* {{Ash}} temporarily returns his {{AP|Snorlax}} to his [[party|team]] to help in his battle with [[Clair]].
* [[Team Rocket]] traps the child {{p|Lugia}}.
* Ash's Snorlax is revealed to have learned {{m|Ice Punch}}.
* Ash beats Clair in a [[rematch]] and earns a {{badge|Rising}}.
* [[Ash's Charizard]] returns to the [[Charicific Valley]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP221|A Parent Trapped!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP255|Why? Wynaut!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} learns about the [[Silver Conference]] from [[Clair]].
** [[Zippo]] evolves into {{p|Charmeleon}}.
* [[Team Rocket]] traps the parent {{p|Lugia}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP222|A Promise is a Promise]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP256|Just Add Water]]''
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* The parent and child {{p|Lugia}} are rescued from [[Team Rocket]].
* [[Ash's Totodile]] is revealed to know {{m|Slash}}.
* {{Ash}} parts ways with [[Ritchie]] again.
* [[Misty's Goldeen]] is revealed to know {{m|Supersonic}} and {{m|Horn Drill}}.
* [[Misty's Psyduck]] is revealed to know {{m|Psychic}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP223|Throwing in the Noctowl!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP257|Lapras of Luxury]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave the [[Whirl Islands]].
* {{Ash}} is briefly reunited with his {{AP|Lapras}}.
* Ash and his friends arrive in [[Olivine City]].
* Ash's Lapras becomes the leader of its herd.
* Ash is asked to deliver a [[Pokémon Egg]] to [[Professor Elm]].
* [[Brock's Crobat]] is revealed to know {{m|Sonic Boom}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP224|Nerves of Steelix]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP258|Hatch Me If You Can]]''
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* [[Jasmine]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Mineral}}.
* Ash's {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into a {{p|Larvitar}}.
* Ash registers for the [[Silver Conference]].
* Ash agrees to take Larvitar to [[Mt. Silver]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP225|Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP259|Entei at Your Own Risk]]''
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* {{Ash}} sends {{AP|Bulbasaur}} to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* {{an|Brock}}'s {{p|Pineco}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into a {{TP|Brock|Forretress}}.
* [[Brock's Onix]] is revealed to know {{m|Sandstorm}}.
* [[Ash's Phanpy]] is revealed to know {{m|Defense Curl}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} see an {{p|Entei}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP226|Espeon Not Included!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP260|A Crowning Achievement]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Brock}}'s {{TP|Brock|Forretress}} is revealed to know {{m|Rapid Spin}}.
** Sakura's {{p|Eevee}} evolves into {{TP|Sakura|Espeon}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Ecruteak City]].
* Ash encounters [[Sakura]] again.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP227|For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP261|Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Eusine]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash and {{ashfr}} see a {{p|Suicune}}.
** Casey's {{p|Bayleef}} evolves into {{TP|Casey|Meganium}}.
* Eusine tries and fails to catch Suicune.
* {{Ash}} meets {{an|Casey}} again.
* Ash and his friends leave [[Ecruteak City]].
* [[James]] trades {{TP|James|Victreebel}} to the [[Magikarp salesman]] for a {{p|Weepinbell}}.
* James's second {{p|Weepinbell}} evolves into {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Victreebel}}.
* The two Victreebel fall in love and run off together.
* Casey catches {{DL|Casey (anime)|Elekid}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP228|Extreme Pokémon!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP263|Address Unown!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Eggseter]].
* {{p|Unown}} shows {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} the memories of {{AP|Larvitar}}.
* Ash and {{Gary}} enter the [[Extreme Pokémon Race]].
* Ash wins the Extreme Pokémon Race.
* Ash receives an {{pkmn|Egg}}.
* Ash and his friends leave Eggseter.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP230|Hatching a Plan!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP264|Mother Of All Battles!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into {{AP|Phanpy}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Mt. Silver]].
* {{AP|Larvitar}} is returned to its {{p|Tyranitar|mother}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP231|Dues and Don'ts]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP265|Pop Goes The Sneasel!]]''
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* {{TR|Delibird}} begins following {{TRT}}.
* {{Ash}} meets {{jo|Harrison}}.
* Harrison catches {{p|Sneasel}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP235|Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP266|A Claim to Flame!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Lake of Rage]].
* {{Ash}}, {{Gary}} and {{jo|Harrison}} qualify for the [[Silver Conference]].
* Ash meets [[Lance]].
* The Silver Conference begins.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP236|Rage Of Innocence]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP267|Love, Pokémon Style!]]''
|
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* [[Lance]] catches the [[red Gyarados]].
* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns to {{Ash}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Pryce]].
* Ash defeats [[Macy]] in the preliminary round of the [[Silver Conference]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Lake of Rage]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP237|As Cold as Pryce!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP268|Tie One On!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mahogany Town]].
* [[Macy]] defeats [[Vincent|Jackson]] in the preliminary round of the [[Silver Conference]].
* {{Ash}} and Jackson have a draw in the preliminary round of the Silver Conference.
* Ash, {{Gary}}, and {{jo|Harrison}} qualify for the finals of the Silver Conference.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP238|Nice Pryce Baby]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP269|The Ties That Bind]]''
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* [[Pryce]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Glacier}} by forfeit.
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to {{Ash}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Mahogany Town]].
* {{jo|Harrison}} advances to the second round of the finals of the [[Silver Conference]].
* Ash starts his battle against {{Gary}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP241|Hocus Pokémon]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP270|Can't Beat the Heat!]]''
|
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* {{Ash}} turns into a [[Ashachu|Pikachu]].
* {{Ash}} defeats {{Gary}}.
* Ash advances to the second round of the finals of the [[Silver Conference]].
* Ash starts his battle against {{jo|Harrison}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP242|As Clear As Crystal]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP271|Playing with Fire!!]]''
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* {{Ash}} turns back into a human.
* {{Ash}} continues his battle against {{jo|Harrison}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} see a {{p|Zapdos}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP247|Outrageous Fortunes]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP272|Johto Photo Finish]]''
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* Misty's {{p|Poliwhirl}} evolves into {{TP|Misty|Politoed}} with {{Ash}}'s {{DL|Held item|King's Rock}}.
* {{jo|Harrison}} defeats {{Ash}}.
* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns to the [[Squirtle Squad]].
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to the [[Charicific Valley]].
* Harrison loses in the semi-finals of the [[Silver Conference]].
* [[Jon Dickson]] wins the Silver Conference.
* Harrison suggests Ash should go to [[Hoenn]].
* Harrison goes to the [[Indigo League]].
* {{Gary}} leaves for [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave for Pallet Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP251|Beauty is Skin Deep]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Blackthorn City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Viridian City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
* {{an|Misty}} is reappointed [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Cerulean Gym]] by {{an|Daisy}}, [[Violet]], and {{ka|Lily}}.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP252|Fangs for Nothin']]''
* Misty receives her repaired [[bicycle|bike]] from [[Nurse Joy]].
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* Misty leaves Ash to return to the Cerulean Gym.
* {{Ash}} and [[Clair]] have a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but it's interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* {{an|Brock}} leaves Ash to return to the [[Pewter Gym]].
|- style="background:#fff"
* Ash returns to [[Pallet Town]].
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP253|Great Bowls of Fire]]''
* Ash sees {{an|Ho-Oh}} again.
* Ash leaves all his {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} but {{AP|Pikachu}} at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash changes into his second outfit.
* Ash leaves for [[Hoenn]].
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[EP274|Hoenn Alone...!]]''
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{Ash}} makes his way to [[Hoenn]].
* {{AP|Pikachu}} becomes ill.
|}
 
==={{series|Advanced Generation}}===
====[[Hoenn]]====
{| class="roundy" style="background:#99F; border:3px solid #F77"
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytl|5px}}"| Episode
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytr|5px}}"| Details
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG001|Get the Show on the Road]]''
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* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to {{Ash}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{an|May}} turns 10.
* {{Ash}} arrives in [[Hoenn]].
* May arrives in [[Littleroot Town]].
* Ash meets May.
* {{TRT}} gives {{AP|Pikachu}} an outlet to discharge, which recovers him from his illness.
* Pikachu destroys May's bike.
* May receives a [[Pokédex]] and her [[starter Pokémon]] from [[Professor Birch]]. She chooses {{TP|May|Torchic}}.
* May joins Ash.
* Ash and May leave Littleroot Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP254|Better Eight Than Never]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG002|A Ruin with a View]]''
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* {{Ash}} and [[Clair]] begin their second [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} arrive in [[Oldale Town]].
* Clair gives Ash the {{Badge|Rising}}.
* {{an|May}} tries and fails to capture an Azurill.
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to the [[Charicific Valley]].
* {{an|Giovanni}} assigns [[Jessie]] and [[James]] to start a [[Team Rocket]] branch in [[Hoenn]].
* Ash and May leave Oldale Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP255|Why? Wynaut!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SS001|A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!]]''
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* {{Ash}} learns about the [[Silver Conference]] from [[Clair]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Blackthorn City]].
** [[Lola]] returns to [[Pewter City]].
** Lola redecorates the [[Pewter Gym]], remodelling it to suit {{type|Water}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.
** {{ka|Flint}} closes the Pewter Gym in embarrassment.
* {{an|Brock}} returns to Pewter City.
* Brock fights to return Pewter Gym to a {{type|Rock}} [[Gym]].
* Brock gives [[Forrest]] his {{TP|Brock|Onix}}, {{TP|Brock|Geodude}}, and {{TP|Brock|Crobat}}.
* Brock changes into his second outfit.
* Brock leaves for [[Hoenn]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP257|Lapras of Luxury]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG003|There's no Place Like Hoenn]]''
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* {{Ash}} encounters his {{AP|Lapras}} again.
* {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} arrive in [[Petalburg City]].
* Ash agrees to deliver an {{pkmn|Egg}} to [[Professor Elm]].
* Ash meets [[Max]].
* Ash learns [[Norman]] is the father of May and Max.
* Max joins Ash.
* Max gets a [[PokéNav]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave Petalburg City.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP258|Hatch Me If You Can!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SS002|Cerulean Blues]]''
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* The {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into {{AP|Larvitar}}.
* {{an|Misty}} returns to the duties of being [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Cerulean Gym]].
* {{Ash}} agrees to take Larvitar to [[Mt. Silver]].
* Misty regains {{TP|Misty|Horsea}}, {{TP|Misty|Starmie}}, and the other {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} of the Cerulean Gym.
* Misty tames {{TP|Misty|Gyarados}}.
* Cerulean Gym passes the inspection of the [[Pokémon League]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP259|Entei at Your Own Risk]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG004|You Never Can Taillow]]''
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* Brock's {{p|Pineco}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Forretress}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Petalburg Woods]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} see an {{p|Entei}}.
* {{an|May}} and [[Max]] meet {{an|Brock}}.
* Brock rejoins Ash.
* Ash catches {{AP|Taillow}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP261|Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG006|A Poached Ego!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Jessie]] [[Released Pokémon|releases]] {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}.
** Casey's {{p|Bayleef}} evolves into {{TP|Casey|Meganium}}.
* [[James]] releases {{TP|James|Weezing}}.
* {{Ash}} meets {{an|Casey}} again.
* James catches {{TP|James|Cacnea}}.
* [[James]] trades {{TP|James|Victreebel}} to the [[Magikarp salesman]] for a {{p|Weepinbell}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
* James's second {{p|Weepinbell}} evolves into {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Victreebel}}.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG007|Tree's a Crowd]]''
* The two Victreebel fall in love and run off together.
|
* Casey catches {{DL|Casey (anime)|Elekid}}.
* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Treecko}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP263|Address Unown!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG008|A Tail with a Twist]]''
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* {{p|Unown}} shows {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} the memories of {{AP|Larvitar}}.
* [[Jessie]] catches {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP264|Mother Of All Battles!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG012|The Lotad Lowdown]]''
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|
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Mt. Silver]].
* {{an|Brock}} catches {{TP|Brock|Lotad}}.
* {{AP|Larvitar}} is returned to its {{p|Tyranitar|mother}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP265|Pop Goes The Sneasel!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG013|All Things Bright and Beautifly!]]''
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|
* {{Ash}} meets {{jo|Harrison}}.
* {{an|May}} becomes interested in [[Pokémon Contest]]s.
* Harrison catches {{p|Sneasel}}.
* {{Ash}} starts teaching {{AP|Pikachu}} {{m|Iron Tail}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP266|A Claim to Flame!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG014|All in a Day's Wurmple]]''
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|
* {{Ash}}, {{Gary}} and {{jo|Harrison}} qualify for the [[Silver Conference]].
* {{an|May}} catches {{TP|May|Wurmple}}.
* The Silver Conference begins.
* [[Jessie]] catches {{TP|Jessie|Wurmple}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP267|Love, Pokémon Style!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG015|Gonna Rule The School!]]''
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|
* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns to {{Ash}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Rustboro City]].
* Ash defeats [[Macy]] in the preliminary round of the [[Silver Conference]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP268|Tie One On!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG016|Winner by a Nosepass]]''
|
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* [[Macy]] defeats [[Vincent|Jackson]] in the preliminary round of the [[Silver Conference]].
* {{an|May}} decides to compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s instead of at [[Gym]]s.
* {{Ash}} and Jackson have a draw in the preliminary round of the Silver Conference.
* [[Roxanne]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Stone}}.
* Ash, {{Gary}}, and {{jo|Harrison}} qualify for the finals of the Silver Conference.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP269|The Ties That Bind]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG017|Stairway to Devon]]''
|
|
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to {{Ash}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Rustboro City]].
* {{jo|Harrison}} advances to the second round of the finals of the [[Silver Conference]].
|- style="background:#fff"
* Ash starts his battle against {{Gary}}.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG020|Brave the Wave]]''
|
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Dewford Town]].
* Ash challenges [[Brawly]] to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} but loses.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP270|Can't Beat the Heat!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG022|A Hole Lotta Trouble]]''
|
|
* {{Ash}} defeats {{Gary}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Steven Stone]].
* Ash advances to the second round of the finals of the [[Silver Conference]].
* Ash starts his battle against {{jo|Harrison}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP271|Playing with Fire!!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG023|Gone Corphishin']]''
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|
* {{Ash}} continues his battle against {{jo|Harrison}}.
* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Corphish}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP272|Johto Photo Finish]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG024|A Corphish Out of Water]]''
|
|
* {{jo|Harrison}} defeats {{Ash}}.
* May's {{p|Wurmple}} evolves into {{TP|May|Silcoon}}.
* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns to the [[Squirtle Squad]].
* Jessie's Wurmple evolves into {{TP|Jessie|Cascoon}}.
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to the [[Charicific Valley]].
* Harrison loses in the semi-finals of the [[Silver Conference]].
* [[Jon Dickson]] wins the Silver Conference.
* Harrison suggests Ash should go to [[Hoenn]].
* Harrison goes to the [[Indigo League]].
* {{Gary}} leaves for [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave for Pallet Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG025|A Mudkip Mission]]''
|
|
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Viridian City]].
* {{an|Brock}} catches a {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}}.
* {{an|Misty}} is reappointed [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Cerulean Gym]] by {{an|Daisy}}, [[Violet]], and {{ka|Lily}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
* Misty receives her repaired [[bicycle|bike]] from [[Nurse Joy]].
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG028|Seeing is Believing]]''
* Misty leaves Ash to return to the Cerulean Gym.
* {{an|Brock}} leaves Ash to return to the [[Pewter Gym]].
* Ash returns to [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash sees {{an|Ho-Oh}} again.
* Ash leaves all his {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} but {{AP|Pikachu}} at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash changes into his second outfit.
* Ash leaves for [[Hoenn]].
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[EP274|Hoenn Alone...!]]''
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{Ash}} makes his way to [[Hoenn]].
* {{AP|Pikachu}} becomes ill.
|}
 
===[[Advanced Generation series]]===
====[[Hoenn]]====
{| class="roundy" style="background:#99F; border:3px solid #F77"
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytl|5px}}"| Episode
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytr|5px}}"| Details
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG001|Get the Show on the Road]]''
|
|
* ''Pre-episode''
* May's {{p|Silcoon}} evolves into {{TP|May|Beautifly}}.
** {{an|May}} turns 10.
* Jessie's {{p|Cascoon}} evolves into {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}}.
* {{Ash}} arrives in [[Hoenn]].
* May arrives in [[Littleroot Town]].
* Ash meets May.
* {{TRT}} gives {{AP|Pikachu}} an outlet to discharge, which recovers him from his illness.
* Pikachu destroys May's bike.
* May receives a [[Pokédex]] and her [[starter Pokémon]] from [[Professor Birch]]. She chooses {{TP|May|Torchic}}.
* May joins Ash.
* Ash and May leave Littleroot Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG002|A Ruin with a View]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG031|Just One of the Geysers]]''
|
|
* {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} arrive in [[Oldale Town]].
* [[Brawly]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Knuckle}}.
* {{an|May}} tries and fails to capture an Azurill.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Dewford Town]].
* {{an|Giovanni}} assigns [[Jessie]] and [[James]] to start a [[Team Rocket]] branch in [[Hoenn]].
* Ash and May leave Oldale Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SS001|A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG033|Now that's Flower Power!]]''
|
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|May}} meets her first [[rival]], [[Drew]].
** [[Lola]] returns to [[Pewter City]].
* May receives a [[Pokéblock Case]].
** Lola redecorates the [[Pewter Gym]], remodelling it to suit {{type|Water}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.
* [[May's Beautifly]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Silver Wind}}.
** {{ka|Flint}} closes the Pewter Gym in embarrassment.
|- style="background:#fff"
* {{an|Brock}} returns to Pewter City.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG035|Win, Lose or Drew!]]''
* Brock fights to return Pewter Gym to a {{type|Rock}} [[Gym]].
|
* Brock gives [[Forrest]] his {{TP|Brock|Onix}}, {{TP|Brock|Geodude}}, and {{TP|Brock|Crobat}}.
* {{an|May}} enters her first [[Pokémon Contest]].
* Brock changes into his second outfit.
* May loses to [[Drew]].
* Brock leaves for [[Hoenn]].
* Drew loses to {{ho|Robert}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG003|There's no Place Like Hoenn]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG036|The Spheal of Approval]]''
|
|
* {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} arrive in [[Petalburg City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Slateport City]].
* Ash meets [[Max]].
* Ash learns [[Norman]] is the father of May and Max.
* Max joins Ash.
* Max gets a [[PokéNav]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave Petalburg City.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SS002|Cerulean Blues]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG040|Watt's with Wattson]]''
|
|
* {{an|Misty}} returns to the duties of being [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Cerulean Gym]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mauville City]].
* Misty regains {{TP|Misty|Horsea}}, {{TP|Misty|Starmie}}, and the other {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} of the Cerulean Gym.
* Ash battles the [[Gym Leader]] of Mauville City, [[Wattson]] and wins.
* Misty tames {{TP|Misty|Gyarados}}.
* Wattson gives Ash the {{Badge|Dynamo}}.
* Cerulean Gym passes the inspection of the [[Pokémon League]].
* Ash and his friends leave Mauville City.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG004|You Never Can Taillow]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG041|What You Seed is What You Get]]''
|
|
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Petalburg Woods]].
* {{AP|Treecko}} learns {{m|Bullet Seed}}.
* {{an|May}} and [[Max]] meet {{an|Brock}}.
* Brock rejoins Ash.
* Ash catches {{AP|Taillow}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG006|A Poached Ego!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG044|The Princess and the Togepi]]''
|
|
* [[Jessie]] [[Released Pokémon|releases]] {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
* [[James]] releases {{TP|James|Weezing}}.
** {{an|Misty}} changes into her second outfit.
* James catches {{TP|James|Cacnea}}.
* Misty rejoins {{Ash}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG007|Tree's a Crowd]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG045|A Togepi Mirage!]]''
|
|
* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Treecko}}.
* {{an|Misty}}'s {{p|Togepi}} evolves into {{p|Togetic}}.
* Misty {{pkmn2|released|releases}} {{TP|Misty|Togetic}} so it can stay and protect the [[Mirage Kingdom]].
* Misty returns to [[Cerulean City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG008|A Tail with a Twist]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG047|I Feel Skitty!]]''
|
|
* [[Jessie]] catches {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}.
* {{an|May}} catches {{TP|May|Skitty}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG012|The Lotad Lowdown]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG050|Pros and Con Artists]]''
|
|
* {{an|Brock}} catches {{TP|Brock|Lotad}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Fallarbor Town]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG013|All Things Bright and Beautifly!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG051|Come What May!]]''
|
|
* {{an|May}} becomes interested in [[Pokémon Contest]]s.
* {{an|May}} wins the [[Fallarbor Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{Ash}} starts teaching {{AP|Pikachu}} {{m|Iron Tail}}.
* May wins her first [[Ribbon]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave Fallarbor Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG014|All in a Day's Wurmple]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG055|Poetry Commotion!]]''
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* {{an|May}} catches {{TP|May|Wurmple}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Lavaridge Town]].
* [[Jessie]] catches {{TP|Jessie|Wurmple}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG015|Gonna Rule The School!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG056|Going, Going, Yawn]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Rustboro City]].
* [[Flannery]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Heat}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Lavaridge Town]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG016|Winner by a Nosepass]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG058|All Torkoal, No Play]]''
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* {{an|May}} decides to compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s instead of at [[Gym]]s.
* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Torkoal}}.
* [[Roxanne]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Stone}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG017|Stairway to Devon]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG059|Manectric Charge]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Rustboro City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mauville City]].
* Ash challenges [[Wattson]] to an unofficial [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} and loses.
* Ash and his friends leave Mauville City.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG020|Brave the Wave]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG060|Delcatty Got Your Tongue]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Dewford Town]].
* {{TP|May|Skitty}} learns {{m|Blizzard}}.
* Ash challenges [[Brawly]] to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} but loses.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG022|A Hole Lotta Trouble]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG061|Disaster of Disguise]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Steven Stone]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Verdanturf Town]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG023|Gone Corphishin']]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG062|Disguise Da Limit]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Corphish}}.
* {{an|May}} wins the [[Verdanturf Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* May wins her second [[Ribbon]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave Verdanturf Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG024|A Corphish Out of Water]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG063|Take the Lombre Home]]''
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* May's {{p|Wurmple}} evolves into {{TP|May|Silcoon}}.
* Brock's {{p|Lotad}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Lombre}}.
* Jessie's Wurmple evolves into {{TP|Jessie|Cascoon}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG025|A Mudkip Mission]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear]]''
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* {{an|Brock}} catches a {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}}.
* Ash's {{p|Treecko}} evolves into {{AP|Grovyle}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG028|Seeing is Believing]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG069|Love, Petalburg Style!]]''
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* May's {{p|Silcoon}} evolves into {{TP|May|Beautifly}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Petalburg City]].
* Jessie's {{p|Cascoon}} evolves into {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG031|Just One of the Geysers]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG070|Balance of Power]]''
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* [[Brawly]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Knuckle}}.
* [[Norman]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Balance}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Dewford Town]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Petalburg City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG033|Now that's Flower Power!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG071|A Six Pack Attack!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Slateport City]].
* {{an|May}} and [[Max]] meet {{an|Professor Oak}}.
* {{an|May}} meets [[Drew]].
* May gets a [[Pokéblock]] case.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG035|Win, Lose or Drew!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG073|Grass Hysteria!]]''
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* {{an|May}} enters her first [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{an|May}} catches {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}}.
* May loses to [[Drew]].
* Drew loses to {{ho|Robert}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG036|The Spheal of Approval]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG074|Hokey Poké Balls!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Slateport City]].
* {{Ash}} transfers {{AP|Bulbasaur}} from [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash transfers Bulbasaur back to Professor Oak's Laboratory.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG040|Watt's with Wattson]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG077|A Fan with a Plan!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mauville City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Rubello Town]].
* Ash battles the [[Gym Leader]] of Mauville City, [[Wattson]] and wins.
* Wattson gives Ash the {{Badge|Dynamo}}.
* Ash and his friends leave Mauville City.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG041|What You Seed is What You Get]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG078|Cruisin' for a Losin']]''
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* {{AP|Treecko}} learns {{m|Bullet Seed}}.
* {{an|May}} competes in the [[Rubello Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]] and loses to [[Savannah]].
* [[Savannah]] loses the [[Rubello Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]] to [[Drew]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Rubello Town]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG044|The Princess and the Togepi]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG080|That's Just Swellow]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Taillow}} evolves into {{AP|Swellow}}.
** {{an|Misty}} changes into her second outfit.
* Ash wins the [[PokéRinger]] competition.
* Misty rejoins {{Ash}}.
* [[James]] gets second place in the PokéRinger competition.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG045|A Togepi Mirage!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG082|A Shroomish Skirmish]]''
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* {{an|Misty}}'s {{p|Togepi}} evolves into {{p|Togetic}}.
*May's {{p|Torchic}} evolves into {{TP|May|Combusken}}.
* Misty {{pkmn2|released|releases}} {{TP|Misty|Togetic}} so it can stay and protect the [[Mirage Kingdom]].
* Misty returns to [[Cerulean City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG047|I Feel Skitty!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG084|Who's Flying Now?]]''
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* {{an|May}} catches {{TP|May|Skitty}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Fortree City]].
* [[James]] catches {{TP|James|Chimecho}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG050|Pros and Con Artists]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG085|Sky High Gym Battle!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Fallarbor Town]].
* [[Winona]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Feather}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG051|Come What May!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG090|Pokéblock, Stock and Berry]]''
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* {{an|May}} wins the [[Fallarbor Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Lilycove City]].
* May wins her first [[Ribbon]].
* Ash and his friends learn how to make [[Pokéblock]]s.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave Fallarbor Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG055|Poetry Commotion!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG091|Lessons in Lilycove]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Lavaridge Town]].
* {{AP|Swellow}} learns {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* {{an|May}} wins the [[Lilycove City]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* May wins her third [[Ribbon]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Lilycove City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG056|Going, Going, Yawn]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG097|Gaining Groudon]]''
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* [[Flannery]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Heat}}.
* {{p|Kyogre}} is awakened.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Lavaridge Town]].
* {{AP|Pikachu}} absorbs the [[Colored orbs|Blue Orb]].
* {{p|Groudon}} is awakened.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG058|All Torkoal, No Play]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG098|The Scuffle of Legends]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Torkoal}}.
* [[Archie]] absorbs the [[Colored orbs|Red Orb]].
* {{p|Groudon}} and {{p|Kyogre}} end their fight.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG059|Manectric Charge]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG099|It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mauville City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mossdeep City]].
* Ash challenges [[Wattson]] to an unofficial [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} and loses.
* Ash and his friends leave Mauville City.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG060|Delcatty Got Your Tongue]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG100|Solid as a Solrock]]''
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* {{TP|May|Skitty}} learns {{m|Blizzard}}.
* [[Tate and Liza]] give {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Mind}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Mossdeep City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG061|Disaster of Disguise]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG101|Vanity Affair]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Verdanturf Town]].
* {{Ash}} meets [[Drake]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG062|Disguise Da Limit]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG102|Where's Armaldo?]]''
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* {{an|May}} wins the [[Verdanturf Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}} learns {{m|Petal Dance}}.
* May wins her second [[Ribbon]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave Verdanturf Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG063|Take the Lombre Home]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG103|A Cacturne for the Worse]]''
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* Brock's {{p|Lotad}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Lombre}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive on [[Izabe Island]].
* {{an|May}} meets [[Harley]].
* May wins the [[Purika City]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* May wins her fourth [[Ribbon]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG105|Once in a Mawile]]''
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* Ash's {{p|Treecko}} evolves into {{AP|Grovyle}}.
* Brock's {{p|Lombre}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Ludicolo}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG069|Love, Petalburg Style!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG108|Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Petalburg City]].
* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Snorunt}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG070|Balance of Power]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG110|The Great Eight Fate!]]''
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* [[Norman]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Balance}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Sootopolis City]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Petalburg City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG071|A Six Pack Attack!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG111|Eight Ain't Enough]]''
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* {{an|May}} and [[Max]] meet {{an|Professor Oak}}.
* [[Juan]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Rain}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Sootopolis City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG073|Grass Hysteria!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG115|Mean With Envy]]''
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* {{an|May}} catches {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Pacifidlog Town]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG074|Hokey Poké Balls!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG116|Pacifidlog Jam]]''
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* {{Ash}} transfers {{AP|Bulbasaur}} from [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* {{an|May}} wins the [[Pacifidlog Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* Ash transfers Bulbasaur back to Professor Oak's Laboratory.
* May wins her fifth [[Ribbon]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave Pacifidlog Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG077|A Fan with a Plan!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG117|Berry, Berry Interesting]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Rubello Town]].
* {{an|May}} catches {{TP|May|Munchlax}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG078|Cruisin' for a Losin']]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG118|Less is Morrison]]''
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* {{an|May}} competes in the [[Rubello Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]] and loses to [[Savannah]].
* {{Ash}} meets [[Morrison]].
* [[Savannah]] loses the [[Rubello Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]] to [[Drew]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Rubello Town]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG080|That's Just Swellow]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG121|Hi Ho Silver Wind!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Taillow}} evolves into {{AP|Swellow}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Slateport City]].
* Ash wins the [[PokéRinger]] competition.
* {{an|May}}, [[Drew]], and [[Harley]] enter the [[Hoenn]] [[Grand Festival]].
* [[James]] gets second place in the PokéRinger competition.
* May, Drew, and Harley make it through the first round of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG082|A Shroomish Skirmish]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG122|Deceit and Assist]]''
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*May's {{p|Torchic}} evolves into {{TP|May|Combusken}}.
* {{an|May}}, [[Drew]], and [[Harley]] make it through the second round of the [[Hoenn]] [[Grand Festival]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG084|Who's Flying Now?]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG123|Rhapsody in Drew]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Fortree City]].
* [[Harley]] is defeated by {{an|May}} in the third round of the [[Hoenn]] [[Grand Festival]].
* [[James]] catches {{TP|James|Chimecho}}.
* Ash's Snorunt evolves into {{AP|Glalie}}.
* May is defeated by [[Drew]] in the semi finals of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
* Drew is defeated by {{ho|Robert}} in the final round of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
* Robert wins the Hoenn Grand Festival.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG085|Sky High Gym Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG124|Island Time]]''
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* [[Winona]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Feather}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} travel from [[Slateport City]] to [[Ever Grande City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG090|Pokéblock, Stock and Berry]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG125|Like a Meowth to a Flame]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Lilycove City]].
* {{Ash}} meets {{ho|Tyson}}.
* Ash and his friends learn how to make [[Pokéblock]]s.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG091|Lessons in Lilycove]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG126|Saved by the Beldum]]''
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* {{AP|Swellow}} learns {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* The [[Ever Grande Conference]] begins.
* {{an|May}} wins the [[Lilycove City]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* [[Morrison]]'s {{p|Beldum}} evolves into {{TP|Morrison|Metang}}.
* May wins her third [[Ribbon]].
* {{Ash}}, Morrison, and {{ho|Tyson}} make it past the preliminary round of the Ever Grande Conference.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Lilycove City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG097|Gaining Groudon]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG127|From Brags to Riches]]''
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* {{p|Kyogre}} is awakened.
* {{Ash}} and [[Morrison]] advance to the next round of the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* {{AP|Pikachu}} absorbs the [[Colored orbs|Blue Orb]].
* {{p|Groudon}} is awakened.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG098|The Scuffle of Legends]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG128|Shocks and Bonds]]''
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* [[Archie]] absorbs the [[Colored orbs|Red Orb]].
* {{Ash}}, [[Morrison]], and {{ho|Tyson}} advance to the next round of the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* {{p|Groudon}} and {{p|Kyogre}} end their fight.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG099|It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG129|A Judgment Brawl]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mossdeep City]].
* {{Ash}} continues his [[Full Battle]] with {{ho|Katie}} and wins, advancing to the {{wp|Single-elimination tournament|eighth-finals}} of the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* [[Morrison]] and {{ho|Tyson}} also advance to the eighth-finals of the tournament.
* {{Ash}} begins his Full Battle with [[Morrison]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG100|Solid as a Solrock]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG130|Choose It or Loose It!]]''
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* [[Tate and Liza]] give {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Mind}}.
* {{Ash}} continues his [[Full Battle]] against [[Morrison]] and wins, advancing to the {{wp|Single-elimination tournament|quarterfinals}} of the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Mossdeep City]].
* Ash finds out his next match is against {{ho|Tyson}}.
* Tyson is revealed to own a {{p|Hariyama}} and a {{p|Shiftry}}.
* Ash begins his Full Battle with Tyson.
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[AG131|At the End of the Fray]]''
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{Ash}} continues his [[Full Battle]] against {{ho|Tyson}} in the quarter-finals and loses.
* Tyson moves on to the semi-finals and wins, advancing to the final round.
* Tyson defeats his opponent in the finals and wins the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* The Ever Grande Conference ends.
|}
 
====[[Kanto]] ({{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}})====
{| class="roundy" style="background:#7F7; border:3px solid #5D5"
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytl|5px}}"| Episode
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytr|5px}}"| Details
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG101|Vanity Affair]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Drake]].
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{TP|Tracey|Marill}} has a [[Pokémon Egg]].
** {{Tracey}} gives the Egg to {{an|Misty}}.
** The Egg hatches into {{TP|Misty|Azurill}}.
** The [[Viridian Gym]] is rebuilt and [[Agatha]] is the temporary [[Gym Leader]].
* {{Ash}} mentions that a few months have passed since he first met {{an|May}} and [[Max]].
* May and Max leave Ash to return to [[Petalburg City]].
* Ash and {{an|Brock}} leave [[Hoenn]] and return to [[Kanto]].
* Brock leaves Ash to return to [[Pewter City]].
* Ash arrives in [[Viridian City]].
* Ash meets [[Scott]].
* Ash challenges Agatha at the Viridian Gym and loses.
* Scott tells Ash about the {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}}.
* Ash leaves [[Viridian City]].
* Ash returns to [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash finds Misty waiting for him at home.
* [[Professor Birch]] and Max go to Pallet Town and meet Ash there.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG102|Where's Armaldo?]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG133|The Right Place and the Right Mime]]''
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* {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}} learns {{m|Petal Dance}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{an|May}} leaves {{TP|May|Beautifly}} and {{TP|May|Skitty}} at the [[Petalburg Gym]].
* May arrives in [[Pallet Town]].
* May receives {{TP|May|Squirtle}} from Professor Oak.
* May leaves {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}} at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* {{Ash}} leaves {{AP|Torkoal}} and {{AP|Glalie}} at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
* Ash takes {{AP|Phanpy}} from Professor Oak's Laboratory.
* Ash leaves Pallet Town with {{an|Misty}}, May, Max, and {{an|Brock}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG103|A Cacturne for the Worse]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG134|A Real Cleffa-Hanger]]''
|
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive on [[Izabe Island]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|May}} meets [[Harley]].
** {{an|Brock}} leaves his {{TP|Brock|Ludicolo}} at [[Pewter Gym]].
* May wins the [[Purika City]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{an|Misty}} returns to [[Cerulean City]].
* May wins her fourth [[Ribbon]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG105|Once in a Mawile]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG135|Numero Uno Articuno]]''
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* Brock's {{p|Lombre}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Ludicolo}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Factory}}.
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to Ash.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG108|Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG136|The Symbol Life]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Snorunt}}.
* {{FB|Factory Head|Noland}} gives {{Ash}} the [[Symbol|Knowledge Symbol]].
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to [[Charicific Valley]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Factory}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG110|The Great Eight Fate!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG143|The Saffron Con]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Sootopolis City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Saffron City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG111|Eight Ain't Enough]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG144|A Hurdle for Squirtle]]''
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* [[Juan]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Rain}}.
* {{an|May}} wins the [[Saffron City]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave [[Sootopolis City]].
* May wins her first [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG115|Mean With Envy]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG145|Pasta La Vista]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Pacifidlog Town]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Saffron City]].
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James!]]''
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* [[James]] leaves {{TP|James|Chimecho}} at a family mansion to recover.
* James catches {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG116|Pacifidlog Jam]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG148|A Chip Off the Old Brock]]''
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* {{an|May}} wins the [[Pacifidlog Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Marshtomp}}.
* May wins her fifth [[Ribbon]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave Pacifidlog Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG117|Berry, Berry Interesting]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG149|Wheel...of Frontier!]]''
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* {{an|May}} catches {{TP|May|Munchlax}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Arena}}.
* {{FB|Arena Tycoon|Greta}} gives Ash the [[Symbol|Guts Symbol]].
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Arena.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG118|Less is Morrison]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG150|May's Egg-cellent Adventure!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Morrison]].
* {{TP|May|Munchlax}} learns {{m|Focus Punch}}.
* {{AP|Pikachu}} learns {{m|Volt Tackle}}.
* {{an|May}} receives an {{pkmn|Egg}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG121|Hi Ho Silver Wind!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG151|Weekend Warrior]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Slateport City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in {{ka|Silver Town}}.
* {{an|May}}, [[Drew]], and [[Harley]] enter the [[Hoenn]] [[Grand Festival]].
* {{an|May}} wins the Silver Town [[Pokémon Contest]].
* May, Drew, and Harley make it through the first round of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
* May wins her second [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
* Ash and his friends leave Silver Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG122|Deceit and Assist]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG153|Tactic Theatrics!!]]''
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* {{an|May}}, [[Drew]], and [[Harley]] make it through the second round of the [[Hoenn]] [[Grand Festival]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Dome}}.
* {{FB|Dome Ace|Tucker}} gives Ash the [[Symbol|Tactics Symbol]].
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Dome.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG123|Rhapsody in Drew]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
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* [[Harley]] is defeated by {{an|May}} in the third round of the [[Hoenn]] [[Grand Festival]].
* {{AP|Phanpy}} evolves into {{AP|Donphan}}.
* Ash's Snorunt evolves into {{AP|Glalie}}.
* May is defeated by [[Drew]] in the semi finals of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
* Drew is defeated by {{ho|Robert}} in the final round of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
* Robert wins the Hoenn Grand Festival.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG124|Island Time]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG156|From Cradle to Save]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} travel from [[Slateport City]] to [[Ever Grande City]].
* {{an|Brock}} catches {{TP|Brock|Bonsly}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG125|Like a Meowth to a Flame]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG157|Time Warp Heals All Wounds]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets {{ho|Tyson}}.
* {{an|May}}'s {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into {{TP|May|Eevee}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG126|Saved by the Beldum]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG158|Queen of the Serpentine!]]''
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* The [[Ever Grande Conference]] begins.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Pike}}.
* [[Morrison]]'s {{p|Beldum}} evolves into {{TP|Morrison|Metang}}.
* {{FB|Pike Queen|Lucy}} gives Ash the [[Symbol|Luck Symbol]].
* {{Ash}}, Morrison, and {{ho|Tyson}} make it past the preliminary round of the Ever Grande Conference.
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Pike.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG127|From Brags to Riches]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG160|Harley Rides Again]]''
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* {{Ash}} and [[Morrison]] advance to the next round of the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Wisteria Town]].
* [[Harley]] wins the Wisteria Town [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{TP|May|Munchlax}} makes its Contest debut.
* Ash and his friends leave Wisteria Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG128|Shocks and Bonds]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG161|Odd Pokémon Out!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, [[Morrison]], and {{ho|Tyson}} advance to the next round of the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* {{AP|Grovyle}} evolves into {{AP|Sceptile}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG129|A Judgment Brawl]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG162|Spontaneous Combusken!!]]''
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* {{Ash}} continues his [[Full Battle]] with {{ho|Katie}} and wins, advancing to the {{wp|Single-elimination tournament|eighth-finals}} of the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive on [[Chrysanthemum Island]].
* [[Morrison]] and {{ho|Tyson}} also advance to the eighth-finals of the tournament.
* {{an|May}} wins the Chrysanthemum Island [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{Ash}} begins his Full Battle with [[Morrison]].
* May wins her third [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
* Ash and his friends leave Chrysanthemum Island.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG163|Cutting the Ties that Bind]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Palace}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG130|Choose It or Loose It!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG164|Ka Boom with a View!]]''
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* {{Ash}} continues his [[Full Battle]] against [[Morrison]] and wins, advancing to the {{wp|Single-elimination tournament|quarterfinals}} of the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* {{FB|Palace Maven|Spenser}} gives {{Ash}} the [[Symbol|Spirits Symbol]].
* Ash finds out his next match is against {{ho|Tyson}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Palace}}.
* Tyson is revealed to own a {{p|Hariyama}} and a {{p|Shiftry}}.
* Ash begins his Full Battle with Tyson.
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[AG131|At the End of the Fray]]''
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{Ash}} continues his [[Full Battle]] against {{ho|Tyson}} in the quarter-finals and loses.
* Tyson moves on to the semi-finals and wins, advancing to the final round.
* Tyson defeats his opponent in the finals and wins the [[Ever Grande Conference]].
* The Ever Grande Conference ends.
|}
 
====[[Kanto]] ({{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}})====
{| class="roundy" style="background:#7F7; border:3px solid #5D5"
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytl|5px}}"| Episode
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytr|5px}}"| Details
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG167|What I Did for Love!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Gardenia Town]].
** {{TP|Tracey|Marill}} has a [[Pokémon Egg]].
* {{an|Brock}} enters a [[Pokémon Contest]].
** {{Tracey}} gives the Egg to {{an|Misty}}.
* {{an|May}} wins the Gardenia Town [[Pokémon Contest]].
** The Egg hatches into {{TP|Misty|Azurill}}.
* May wins her fourth [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
** The [[Viridian Gym]] is rebuilt and [[Agatha]] is the temporary [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash and his friends leave Gardenia Town.
* {{Ash}} mentions that a few months have passed since he first met {{an|May}} and [[Max]].
* May and Max leave Ash to return to [[Petalburg City]].
* Ash and {{an|Brock}} leave [[Hoenn]] and return to [[Kanto]].
* Brock leaves Ash to return to [[Pewter City]].
* Ash arrives in [[Viridian City]].
* Ash meets [[Scott]].
* Ash challenges Agatha at the Viridian Gym and loses.
* Scott tells Ash about the {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}}.
* Ash leaves [[Viridian City]].
* Ash returns to [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash finds Misty waiting for him at home.
* [[Professor Birch]] and Max go to Pallet Town and meet Ash there.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG133|The Right Place and the Right Mime]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG169|Talking a Good Game]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Salon}}.
** {{an|May}} leaves {{TP|May|Beautifly}} and {{TP|May|Skitty}} at the [[Petalburg Gym]].
* Ash challenges {{FB|Salon Maiden|Anabel}} to a battle, but loses.
* May arrives in [[Pallet Town]].
* May receives {{TP|May|Squirtle}} from Professor Oak.
* May leaves {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}} at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* {{Ash}} leaves {{AP|Torkoal}} and {{AP|Glalie}} at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
* Ash takes {{AP|Phanpy}} from Professor Oak's Laboratory.
* Ash leaves Pallet Town with {{an|Misty}}, May, Max, and {{an|Brock}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG134|A Real Cleffa-Hanger]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG170|Second Time's the Charm!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} challenges {{FB|Salon Maiden|Anabel}} to a rematch and wins.
** {{an|Brock}} leaves his {{TP|Brock|Ludicolo}} at [[Pewter Gym]].
* Anabel gives Ash the [[Symbol|Ability Symbol]].
* {{an|Misty}} returns to [[Cerulean City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG135|Numero Uno Articuno]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG174|New Plot - Odd Lot]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Factory}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in {{ci|Mulberry}}.
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to Ash.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG136|The Symbol Life]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG175|Going for Choke!]]''
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* {{FB|Factory Head|Noland}} gives {{Ash}} the [[Symbol|Knowledge Symbol]].
* {{an|May}} wins the {{ci|Mulberry}} [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to [[Charicific Valley]].
* May wins her fifth [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Factory}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave Mulberry.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG143|The Saffron Con]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG177|Grating Spaces!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Saffron City]].
* ''Pre-episode''
** Brock's {{p|Onix}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Steelix}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Pewter City]].
* Ash and his friends leave Pewter City.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG144|A Hurdle for Squirtle]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG178|Battling the Enemy Within]]''
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* {{an|May}} wins the [[Saffron City]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Pyramid}}.
* May wins her first [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
* Ash challenges {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} to a battle, but loses.
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Pyramid.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG145|Pasta La Vista]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG179|Slaking Kong]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Saffron City]].
* A wild Aipom begins following Ash.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James!]]''
|
* [[James]] leaves {{TP|James|Chimecho}} at a family mansion to recover.
* James catches {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG148|A Chip Off the Old Brock]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG180|May, we Harley Drew'd Ya!]]''
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* {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Marshtomp}}.
* {{an|May}}, [[Drew]], [[Harley]], and [[Solidad]] advance to the first round of the [[Kanto]] [[Grand Festival]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG149|Wheel...of Frontier!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG181|Thinning the Hoard!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Arena}}.
* {{an|May}}, [[Drew]], [[Harley]], and [[Solidad]] advance to the second round of the [[Kanto]] [[Grand Festival]].
* {{FB|Arena Tycoon|Greta}} gives Ash the [[Symbol|Guts Symbol]].
* May defeats Harley in the third round of the Kanto Grand Festival.
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Arena.
* Ash attempts to catch Aipom, but fails.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG150|May's Egg-cellent Adventure!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG182|Channeling the Battle Zone!]]''
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* {{TP|May|Munchlax}} learns {{m|Focus Punch}}.
* {{an|May}} defeats [[Drew]] in the third round of the [[Kanto]] [[Grand Festival]].
* {{AP|Pikachu}} learns {{m|Volt Tackle}}.
* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Aipom}}.
* {{an|May}} receives an {{pkmn|Egg}}.
* [[Solidad]] defeats May in the fourth round of the Kanto Grand Festival.
* Solidad wins the Kanto Grand Festival.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG151|Weekend Warrior]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG186|Overjoyed!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in {{ka|Silver Town}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Pyramid}}.
* {{an|May}} wins the Silver Town [[Pokémon Contest]].
* Ash challenges {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} to a rematch, but loses again.
* May wins her second [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Pyramid.
* Ash and his friends leave Silver Town.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG153|Tactic Theatrics!!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG187|The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Dome}}.
* {{Ash}} receives a postcard from {{Gary}} which tells him about [[Sinnoh]].
* {{FB|Dome Ace|Tucker}} gives Ash the [[Symbol|Tactics Symbol]].
* [[Drew]] and [[Harley]] tell {{an|May}} they are going to take part in the [[Pokémon Contest]]s in [[Johto]].
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Dome.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG189|Gathering The Gang of Four!]]''
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* {{AP|Phanpy}} evolves into {{AP|Donphan}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{AP|Charizard}} learns {{m|Steel Wing}}.
* {{AP|Bulbasaur}} returns from [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Charizard returns from the [[Charicific Valley]].
* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns from the [[Squirtle Squad]].
* {{Ash}} challenges {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} to a third battle.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG156|From Cradle to Save]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier!]]''
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* {{an|Brock}} catches {{TP|Brock|Bonsly}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}.
* Brandon gives Ash the [[Symbol|Brave Symbol]].
* Ash enters the {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}} [[Hall of Fame]].
* {{AP|Bulbasaur}} returns to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns to the [[Squirtle Squad]].
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to [[Charicific Valley]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG157|Time Warp Heals All Wounds]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG191|Once More with Reeling!]]''
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* {{an|May}}'s {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into {{TP|May|Eevee}}.
* {{TP|May|Combusken}} evolves into {{TP|May|Blaziken}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|-
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG158|Queen of the Serpentine!]]''
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[AG192|Home is Where the Start Is!]]''
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{Gary}} catches an {{TP|Gary|Electivire}}.
* {{an|May}} leaves for [[Johto]].
* [[Max]] returns to [[Petalburg City]].
* {{an|Brock}} returns to [[Pewter City]].
* Ash returns to [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash reencounters Gary in Pallet Town.
* Gary leaves Pallet Town for [[Sinnoh]].
* Ash receives a new [[Pokédex]] from {{an|Professor Oak}}.
* Ash leaves all his {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} but {{AP|Pikachu}} at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash leaves Pallet Town for Sinnoh.
* {{AP|Aipom}} follows Ash.
|}
 
==={{series|Diamond & Pearl}}===
====[[Sinnoh]]====
{| class="roundy" style="background:#FCC; border:3px solid #99F"
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytl|5px}}"| Episode
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytr|5px}}"| Details
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="text-align:center" |''Pre-season''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Pike}}.
* [[Paul]] receives a [[Pokédex]] and his [[starter Pokémon]] from an unknown professor. He chooses {{TP|Paul|Turtwig}}.
* {{FB|Pike Queen|Lucy}} gives Ash the [[Symbol|Luck Symbol]].
** Paul travels to [[Kanto]], [[Johto]] and [[Hoenn]] and competes in their [[Pokémon League]] tournaments.
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Pike.
* Paul's {{p|Turtwig}} evolves into {{p|Grotle}}.
* Paul's {{p|Grotle}} evolves into {{TP|Paul|Torterra}}.
* Paul captures a {{TP|Paul|Murkrow}}, an {{TP|Paul|Elekid}}, and a {{p|Weavile}}.
* Paul arrives in the [[Sinnoh]] [[region]].
* Paul captures {{p|Ninjask}} and {{TP|Paul|Chimchar}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG160|Harley Rides Again]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP001|Following a Maiden's Voyage!]]''
|
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Wisteria Town]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Harley]] wins the Wisteria Town [[Pokémon Contest]].
** {{an|Dawn}} turns 10.
* {{TP|May|Munchlax}} makes its Contest debut.
* Dawn leaves [[Twinleaf Town]] to become a [[Pokémon Coordinator]].
* Ash and his friends leave Wisteria Town.
* Dawn arrives in [[Sandgem Town]].
* Dawn receives a [[Pokédex]] and her [[starter Pokémon]] from [[Professor Rowan]]. She chooses {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}.
* Dawn leaves Sandgem Town.
* Dawn sees a {{p|Mesprit}}.
* {{Ash}} arrives in the [[Sinnoh]] [[region]].
* Ash is separated from {{AP|Pikachu}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG161|Odd Pokémon Out!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]''
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* {{AP|Grovyle}} evolves into {{AP|Sceptile}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{an|Brock}} leaves his {{TP|Brock|Forretress}} and {{TP|Brock|Marshtomp}} at the [[Pewter Gym]]. 
** Brock changes into his third outfit.
* {{an|Dawn}} finds {{AP|Pikachu}} and tries to capture him.
* Dawn meets {{TRT}} for the first time.
* {{AP|Pikachu}} destroys {{an|Dawn}}'s bike.
* [[James]] retrieves {{TP|James|Carnivine}}, which he owned as a child.
* Brock arrives in the [[Sinnoh]] [[region]].
* Brock joins {{Ash}}.
* Ash catches {{AP|Starly}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG162|Spontaneous Combusken!!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!]]''
|
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive on [[Chrysanthemum Island]].
* Paul catches 3 Starly, and releases the ones who only know Gust and Sand Attack.
* {{an|May}} wins the Chrysanthemum Island [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{Ash}} meets [[Paul]].
* May wins her third [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
* Ash finds {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* Ash and his friends leave Chrysanthemum Island.
* Ash and Brock meet {{an|Dawn}}.
* {{TRT}} starts using their third {{motto}}.
* Ash changes into his third outfit.
* Dawn joins Ash and Brock.
* Ash and Paul have a three-on-three {{pkmn|battle|battle}}, which ends in a tie.
* Paul releases his third Starly.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG163|Cutting the Ties that Bind]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP004|Dawn Of A New Era!]]''
|
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Palace}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} fails to {{pkmn2|caught|capture}} a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Buneary}} for the second time.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Nando]].
* Dawn has her first {{pkmn|battle|Trainer battle}} against Nando and loses.
* Ash registers for the [[Sinnoh League]].
* Ash has a battle with Nando and wins.
** During the battle, Nando's {{p|Budew}} evolves into a {{TP|Nando|Roselia}}.
* Nando declares his intention to compete for both [[Badge]]s and [[Ribbon]]s, making him a [[rival]] of both Ash and Dawn.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG164|Ka Boom with a View!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP005|Gettin' Twiggy With It!]]''
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* {{FB|Palace Maven|Spenser}} gives {{Ash}} the [[Symbol|Spirits Symbol]].
* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Turtwig}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} leave the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Palace}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG167|What I Did for Love!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP008|Gymbaliar]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Gardenia Town]].
* {{an|Brock}} catches {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}}.
* {{an|Brock}} enters a [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{an|May}} wins the Gardenia Town [[Pokémon Contest]].
* May wins her fourth [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
* Ash and his friends leave Gardenia Town.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG169|Talking a Good Game]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP009|Setting the World on its Buneary!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Salon}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} catches {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}}.
* Ash challenges {{FB|Salon Maiden|Anabel}} to a battle, but loses.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG170|Second Time's the Charm!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP010|Not on My Watch Ya Don't!]]''
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* {{Ash}} challenges {{FB|Salon Maiden|Anabel}} to a rematch and wins.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Jubilife City]].
* Anabel gives Ash the [[Symbol|Ability Symbol]].
* {{an|Dawn}} gets a pink [[Pokétch]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG174|New Plot - Odd Lot]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP011|Mounting a Coordinator Assault!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in {{ci|Mulberry}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} meets [[Zoey]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, [[Zoey]], and [[Jessie]] enter a [[Pokémon Super Contest]].
* Ash, Dawn, Zoey, and Jessie compete in the first round of the Contest.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG175|Going for Choke!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP012|Arrival of a Rival!]]''
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* {{an|May}} wins the {{ci|Mulberry}} [[Pokémon Contest]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, [[Zoey]], and [[Jessie]] advance to the second round of the Contest.
* May wins her fifth [[Kanto]] [[Ribbon]].
* Zoey defeats Ash in the second round, beating {{AP|Aipom}} with {{TP|Zoey|Glameow}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave Mulberry.
* Zoey defeats Dawn in the second round, beating {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}} with Glameow.
* Zoey defeats Jessie in the second round, beating {{TP|James|Carnivine}} with Glameow.
* Zoey wins her second [[Ribbon]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG177|Grating Spaces!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP013|A Staravia is Born!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash's {{p|Starly}} evolves into {{AP|Staravia}}.
** Brock's {{p|Onix}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Steelix}}.
* {{TP|Brock|Bonsly}} learns {{m|Mimic}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Pewter City]].
* Staravia learns {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* Ash and his friends leave Pewter City.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG178|Battling the Enemy Within]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP014|Leave It To Brocko!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Pyramid}}.
* Brock's {{p|Bonsly}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Sudowoodo}}.
* Ash challenges {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} to a battle, but loses.
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Pyramid.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG179|Slaking Kong]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP015|Shapes of Things to Come!]]''
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* A wild Aipom begins following Ash.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Oreburgh City]].
* [[Paul]] goes to [[Oreburgh Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Roark]]. He wins.
* Roark gives Paul the {{Badge|Coal}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG180|May, we Harley Drew'd Ya!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP016|A Gruff Act to Follow!]]''
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* {{an|May}}, [[Drew]], [[Harley]], and [[Solidad]] advance to the first round of the [[Kanto]] [[Grand Festival]].
* {{Ash}} goes to [[Oreburgh Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Roark]]. He loses.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG181|Thinning the Hoard!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP017|Wild in the Streets!]]''
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* {{an|May}}, [[Drew]], [[Harley]], and [[Solidad]] advance to the second round of the [[Kanto]] [[Grand Festival]].
* {{p|Cranidos}} evolves into {{p|Rampardos}}.
* May defeats Harley in the third round of the Kanto Grand Festival.
* {{an|Dawn}} learns the next [[Pokémon Super Contest|Contest]] will be in [[Floaroma Town]].
* Ash attempts to catch Aipom, but fails.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG182|Channeling the Battle Zone!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP018|O'er the Rampardos we Watched!]]''
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* {{an|May}} defeats [[Drew]] in the third round of the [[Kanto]] [[Grand Festival]].
* {{Ash}} goes to [[Oreburgh Gym]] and rechallenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Roark]]. He wins.
* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Aipom}}.
* Roark gives Ash the {{Badge|Coal}}.
* [[Solidad]] defeats May in the fourth round of the Kanto Grand Festival.
* Solidad wins the Kanto Grand Festival.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG186|Overjoyed!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP019|Twice Smitten, Once Shy!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Pyramid}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} catches {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}}.
* Ash challenges {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} to a rematch, but loses again.
* Dawn [[Released Pokémon|releases]] Pachirisu.
* Ash and his friends leave the Battle Pyramid.
* Dawn recatches Pachirisu.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG187|The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP022|Borrowing on Bad Faith!]]''
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* {{Ash}} receives a postcard from {{Gary}} which tells him about [[Sinnoh]].
* [[Jessie]] borrows {{AP|Aipom}}.
* [[Drew]] and [[Harley]] tell {{an|May}} they are going to take part in the [[Pokémon Contest]]s in [[Johto]].
* {{an|Dawn}} and Jessie enter an unofficial Contest.
* Dawn and Jessie advance to the second round.
* Jessie defeats Dawn in the second round, beating {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} with {{AP|Aipom}}.
* Jessie wins a year's supply of bananas.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG189|Gathering The Gang of Four!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP026|Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} learns {{m|Whirlpool}}.
** {{AP|Charizard}} learns {{m|Steel Wing}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} encounters a childhood friend, {{si|Kenny}}.
* {{AP|Bulbasaur}} returns from [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Dawn, Kenny, and [[Jessie]] enter a [[Pokémon Super Contest]].
* Charizard returns from the [[Charicific Valley]].
* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns from the [[Squirtle Squad]].
* {{Ash}} challenges {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} to a third battle.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP027|Settling a Not-So-Old Score!]]''
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* {{Ash}} defeats {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} defeats [[Jessie]] in the second round, beating {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} with {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}.
* Brandon gives Ash the [[Symbol|Brave Symbol]].
* Dawn defeats {{si|Kenny}} in the second round, beating {{TP|Kenny|Prinplup}} with Piplup.
* Ash enters the {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}} [[Hall of Fame]].
* Dawn wins her first [[Ribbon]].
* {{AP|Bulbasaur}} returns to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
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* {{AP|Squirtle}} returns to the [[Squirtle Squad]].
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP028|Drifloon on the Wind!]]''
* {{AP|Charizard}} returns to [[Charicific Valley]].
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*{{Ash}} and [[Paige and Marnie|Marnie]] meet a {{p|Suicune}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[AG191|Once More with Reeling!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP030|Some Enchanted Sweetening]]''
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* {{TP|May|Combusken}} evolves into {{TP|May|Blaziken}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Cheryl]].
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* Cheryl catches {{p|Burmy}}.
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[AG192|Home is Where the Start Is!]]''
* Cheryl's Burmy evolves into {{p|Mothim}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
* ''Pre-episode''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP031|The Grass-Type is Always Greener!]]''
** {{Gary}} catches an {{TP|Gary|Electivire}}.
* {{an|May}} leaves for [[Johto]].
* [[Max]] returns to [[Petalburg City]].
* {{an|Brock}} returns to [[Pewter City]].
* Ash returns to [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash reencounters Gary in Pallet Town.
* Gary leaves Pallet Town for [[Sinnoh]].
* Ash receives a new [[Pokédex]] from {{an|Professor Oak}}.
* Ash leaves all his {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} but {{AP|Pikachu}} at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash leaves Pallet Town for Sinnoh.
* {{AP|Aipom}} follows Ash.
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===[[Diamond & Pearl series]]===
====[[Sinnoh]]====
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| style="text-align:center" |''Pre-season''
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* [[Paul]] receives a [[Pokédex]] and his [[starter Pokémon]] from an unknown professor. He chooses {{TP|Paul|Turtwig}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Gardenia]].
** Paul travels to [[Kanto]], [[Johto]] and [[Hoenn]] and competes in their [[Pokémon League]] tournaments.
* Gardenia defeats Ash in a {{pkmn|battle}}.
* Paul's {{p|Turtwig}} evolves into {{p|Grotle}}.
* Paul's {{p|Grotle}} evolves into {{TP|Paul|Torterra}}.
* Paul captures a {{TP|Paul|Murkrow}}, an {{TP|Paul|Elekid}}, and a {{p|Weavile}}.
* Paul arrives in the [[Sinnoh]] [[region]].
* Paul captures {{p|Ninjask}} and {{TP|Paul|Chimchar}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP001|Following a Maiden's Voyage!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP033|All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, {{an|Brock}}, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] all enter the [[Pokémon Dress-Up Contest]].
** {{an|Dawn}} turns 10.
* Brock receives a [[Pokémon Egg]] as a prize for winning the competition.
* Dawn leaves [[Twinleaf Town]] to become a [[Pokémon Coordinator]].
* Dawn arrives in [[Sandgem Town]].
* Dawn receives a [[Pokédex]] and her [[starter Pokémon]] from [[Professor Rowan]]. She chooses {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}.
* Dawn leaves Sandgem Town.
* Dawn sees a {{p|Mesprit}}.
* {{Ash}} arrives in the [[Sinnoh]] [[region]].
* Ash is separated from {{AP|Pikachu}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP034|Buizel Your Way Out of This!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Dawn}} catches {{TP|Dawn|Buizel}}.
** {{an|Brock}} leaves his {{TP|Brock|Forretress}} and {{TP|Brock|Marshtomp}} at the [[Pewter Gym]]. 
** Brock changes into his third outfit.
* {{an|Dawn}} finds {{AP|Pikachu}} and tries to capture him.
* Dawn meets {{TRT}} for the first time.
* {{AP|Pikachu}} destroys {{an|Dawn}}'s bike.
* [[James]] retrieves {{TP|James|Carnivine}}, which he owned as a child.
* Brock arrives in the [[Sinnoh]] [[region]].
* Brock joins {{Ash}}.
* Ash catches {{AP|Starly}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP035|An Elite Greet and Meet!]]''
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* Paul catches 3 Starly, and releases the ones who only know Gust and Sand Attack.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Lucian]].
* {{Ash}} meets [[Paul]].
* Ash learns about the [[Sinnoh]] [[Elite Four]].
* Ash finds {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* Lucian defeats {{an|Dawn}} in a {{pkmn|battle}}.
* Ash and Brock meet {{an|Dawn}}.
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* {{TRT}} starts using their third {{motto}}.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP036|A Secret Sphere of Influence!]]''
* Ash changes into his third outfit.
* Dawn joins Ash and Brock.
* Ash and Paul have a three-on-three {{pkmn|battle|battle}}, which ends in a tie.
* Paul releases his third Starly.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP004|Dawn Of A New Era!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} fails to {{pkmn2|caught|capture}} a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Buneary}} for the second time.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Eterna City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Nando]].
* Ash learns [[Gardenia]] is the Eterna City [[Gym Leader]].
* Dawn has her first {{pkmn|battle|Trainer battle}} against Nando and loses.
* Ash learns the {{DL|Sinnoh myths|The Original Story|Sinnoh creation myth}}.
* Ash registers for the [[Sinnoh League]].
* [[Team Galactic]] appear, including [[Saturn]], though Ash and his friends do not meet them.
* Ash has a battle with Nando and wins.
** During the battle, Nando's {{p|Budew}} evolves into a {{TP|Nando|Roselia}}.
* Nando declares his intention to compete for both [[Badge]]s and [[Ribbon]]s, making him a [[rival]] of both Ash and Dawn.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP005|Gettin' Twiggy With It!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP037|A Grass Menagerie!]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches {{AP|Turtwig}}.
* {{Ash}} goes to [[Eterna Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Gardenia]]. He wins.
* Gardenia gives Ash the {{Badge|Forest}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP008|Gymbaliar]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP038|One Big Happiny Family!]]''
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* {{an|Brock}} catches {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are on [[Sinnoh Route 206|Cycling Road]].
* {{an|Brock}}'s {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into {{TP|Brock|Happiny}}.
* Brock polishes a white stone into an {{DL|Held item|Oval Stone}} for {{TP|Brock|Happiny}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP009|Setting the World on its Buneary!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} catches {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Cynthia]].
* Cynthia defeats [[Paul]] in a {{pkmn|battle}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP010|Not on My Watch Ya Don't!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP049|Dawn's Early Night!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Jubilife City]].
* {{an|Dawn}}, [[Zoey]], [[Jessie]], and [[Nando]] compete in the [[Hearthome City]] {{pkmn|Contest}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} gets a pink [[Pokétch]].
* Dawn loses in the appeal round.
* Nando defeats Jessie in the semifinals.
* Nando defeats Zoey in the final round.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP011|Mounting a Coordinator Assault!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP050|Tag! We're It!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} meets [[Zoey]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}} and {{an|Dawn}} compete in the [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, [[Zoey]], and [[Jessie]] enter a [[Pokémon Super Contest]].
** Ash is teamed up with [[Paul]].
* Ash, Dawn, Zoey, and Jessie compete in the first round of the Contest.
** Brock is teamed up with [[Holly]].
** Dawn is teamed up with [[Conway]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP012|Arrival of a Rival!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, [[Zoey]], and [[Jessie]] advance to the second round of the Contest.
* [[Paul]] [[Released Pokémon|releases]] {{TP|Paul|Chimchar}}.
* Zoey defeats Ash in the second round, beating {{AP|Aipom}} with {{TP|Zoey|Glameow}}.
* {{Ash}} and [[Paul]], {{an|Dawn}} and [[Conway]], and {{an|Brock}} and [[Holly]] advance in the tournament.
* Zoey defeats Dawn in the second round, beating {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}} with Glameow.
* Zoey defeats Jessie in the second round, beating {{TP|James|Carnivine}} with Glameow.
* Zoey wins her second [[Ribbon]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP013|A Staravia is Born!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]''
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* Ash's {{p|Starly}} evolves into {{AP|Staravia}}.
* {{AP|Chimchar}} joins {{Ash}}'s [[party]].
* {{TP|Brock|Bonsly}} learns {{m|Mimic}}.
* {{Ash}} and [[Paul]] defeat {{an|Brock}} and [[Holly]] in the semi-finals.
* Staravia learns {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* Paul's {{p|Elekid}} evolves into an {{TP|Paul|Electabuzz}}.
* Ash and Paul defeat {{an|Dawn}} and [[Conway]] in the finals.
* Ash and Paul win the [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]] and receive [[Soothe Bell]]s.
* Paul gives his Soothe Bell to Ash.
* Ash learns of a [[Gym]] in [[Veilstone City]] and decides to head there next.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP014|Leave It To Brocko!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP054|Once There Were Greenfields!]]''
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* Brock's {{p|Bonsly}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Sudowoodo}}.
* [[Gardenia]] reappears.
* Gardenia and [[James]] have a Tag Battle against {{Ash}} and {{an|Dawn}} using {{p|Turtwig}}, {{TP|James|Cacnea}}, {{AP|Aipom}}, and {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}}. Ash and Dawn win.
* Cacnea learns {{m|Drain Punch}}.
* James gives Cacnea to Gardenia.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP015|Shapes of Things to Come!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Oreburgh City]].
* [[Zoey]] reappears.
* [[Paul]] goes to [[Oreburgh Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Roark]]. He wins.
* {{Ash}} is training for his next [[Gym]] battle in [[Veilstone City]].
* Roark gives Paul the {{Badge|Coal}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} is training for her next {{pkmn|Contest}} in [[Solaceon Town]].
* {{AP|Aipom}} is having a hard time concentrating on Ash's training.
* {{TP|Dawn|Buizel}} is having a hard time concentrating on Dawn's training.
* Zoey suggests Ash and Dawn [[trade]] Aipom and Buizel.
* Ash and Dawn use each other's Buizel and Aipom in battle against {{TRT}}.
* Ash and Dawn officially trade Aipom and Buizel.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP016|A Gruff Act to Follow!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP060|Journey to the Unknown!]]''
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* {{Ash}} goes to [[Oreburgh Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Roark]]. He loses.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} explore the [[Solaceon Ruins]].
* {{an|Dawn}}'s {{p|Aipom}} evolves into {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}}.
* Saturn steals [[Spear Key|a cube]] from the Solaceon Ruins.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP017|Wild in the Streets!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP061|Team Shocker!]]''
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* {{p|Cranidos}} evolves into {{p|Rampardos}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} competes in a [[Pokémon Contest]] in [[Solaceon Town]].
* {{an|Dawn}} learns the next [[Pokémon Super Contest|Contest]] will be in [[Floaroma Town]].
* Dawn loses in the Appeals Round in the Solaceon Town Contest.
* [[Jessie]] wins the Solaceon Town Contest with her {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP018|O'er the Rampardos we Watched!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP064|Riding the Winds of Change!]]''
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* {{Ash}} goes to [[Oreburgh Gym]] and rechallenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Roark]]. He wins.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{an|Dawn}} enter a town having a problem with trapped {{p|Gligar}}.
* Roark gives Ash the {{Badge|Coal}}.
* [[Paul]] uses his {{TP|Paul|Electabuzz}} and {{p|Weavile}} to capture the Gligar's leader, a {{p|Gliscor}}.
* Ash, Brock, and Dawn help [[Nurse Joy]] and [[Officer Jenny]] chase the Gligar from the town.
* One {{AP|Gligar}} remains behind, and chooses to go with Ash.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP019|Twice Smitten, Once Shy!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP065|Sleight of Sand!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} catches {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Hippopotas}} once more.
* Dawn [[Released Pokémon|releases]] Pachirisu.
* [[Cassidy]] and [[Butch]] show up in the Sinnoh region and get into an argument with [[Jessie]] and [[James]].
* Dawn recatches Pachirisu.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP022|Borrowing on Bad Faith!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP066|Lost Leader Strategy!]]''
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* [[Jessie]] borrows {{AP|Aipom}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Veilstone City]].
* {{an|Dawn}} and Jessie enter an unofficial Contest.
* [[Maylene]] denies Ash's request for a Gym battle.
* Dawn and Jessie advance to the second round.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Paul]]'s older brother, [[Reggie]].
* Jessie defeats Dawn in the second round, beating {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} with {{AP|Aipom}}.
* Ash battles Reggie.
* Jessie wins a year's supply of bananas.
* Maylene agrees to a confidence-boosting match against {{an|Dawn}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP026|Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP067|Crossing the Battle Line!]]''
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* {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} learns {{m|Whirlpool}}.
* Ash trains his {{AP|Staravia}} to use {{m|Brave Bird}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} encounters a childhood friend, {{si|Kenny}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} battles [[Maylene]] in a Gym battle.
* Dawn, Kenny, and [[Jessie]] enter a [[Pokémon Super Contest]].
* Maylene defeats Dawn.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP027|Settling a Not-So-Old Score!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP068|A Triple Fighting Chance!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} defeats [[Jessie]] in the second round, beating {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} with {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}.
* {{Ash}} battles [[Maylene]] in a Gym battle.
* Dawn defeats {{si|Kenny}} in the second round, beating {{TP|Kenny|Prinplup}} with Piplup.
* {{AP|Buizel}} learns {{m|Water Pulse}}.
* Dawn wins her first [[Ribbon]].
* Ash's match with Maylene ends in a draw.
* Maylene gives Ash the {{Badge|Cobble}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP028|Drifloon on the Wind!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP069|Enter Galactic!]]''
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*{{Ash}} and [[Paige and Marnie|Marnie]] meet a {{p|Suicune}}.
* [[Team Galactic]] arrives in Veilstone City to steal its [[meteorite]]s.
* [[Saturn's Toxicroak]] battles [[Brock's Croagunk]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, {{an|Brock}}, [[Maylene]], and [[Reggie]] fight off Team Galactic.
* {{AP|Pikachu}} and [[Paul's Electabuzz]] begin to get along.
* Team Galactic flees.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP030|Some Enchanted Sweetening]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP071|Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 1]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Cheryl]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Kellyn]].
* Cheryl catches {{p|Burmy}}.
* The group meet a {{p|Riolu}} that can use {{m|Aura Sphere}}.
* Cheryl's Burmy evolves into {{p|Mothim}}.
* [[J|Pokémon Hunter J]] attempts to steal the Riolu.
* {{an|Dawn}} learns of Ash's [[Aura]] abilities.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP031|The Grass-Type is Always Greener!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP072|Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Gardenia]].
* [[J]] steals the {{p|Riolu}} from the prior episode.
* Gardenia defeats Ash in a {{pkmn|battle}}.
* {{Ash}} saves Riolu from J and the man J is working for.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP033|All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP073|Crossing Paths]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, {{an|Brock}}, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] all enter the [[Pokémon Dress-Up Contest]].
* [[Jessie]]'s {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} meets a {{Shiny}} {{p|Dustox}}.
* Brock receives a [[Pokémon Egg]] as a prize for winning the competition.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} learn of the Dustox breeding ceremony.
* Jessie [[Released Pokémon|releases]] Dustox.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP034|Buizel Your Way Out of This!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP074|Pika and Goliath!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} catches {{TP|Dawn|Buizel}}.
* {{AP|Pikachu}} loses a battle against [[Sho|a boy]]'s {{p|Raichu}}.
* {{Ash}} reveals that he still has the [[Thunder Stone|Thunderstone]] given to him in [[Vermilion City]].
* Pikachu decides once again not to evolve into Raichu.
* Pikachu defeats [[Sho]]'s Raichu.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} steal the [[Thunder Stone|Thunderstone]] Ash saved.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP035|An Elite Greet and Meet!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP075|Our Cup Runneth Over!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Lucian]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash learns about the [[Sinnoh]] [[Elite Four]].
** {{an|May}} changes into her second outfit.
* Lucian defeats {{an|Dawn}} in a {{pkmn|battle}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} learns about the [[Wallace Cup]], a special [[Pokémon Contest]] that offers a [[Ribbon]] redeemable at any [[region]]al [[Grand Festival]] as a prize.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Wallace]], former [[Sootopolis City]] [[Gym Leader]] and [[Hoenn]] {{pkmn|Champion}}.
* May calls Ash from [[Snowpoint City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP036|A Secret Sphere of Influence!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP076|A Full Course Tag Battle!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Eterna City]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash learns [[Gardenia]] is the Eterna City [[Gym Leader]].
** May's {{p|Eevee}} evolves into {{TP|May|Glaceon}}.
* Ash learns the {{DL|Sinnoh myths|The Original Story|Sinnoh creation myth}}.
** Drew's {{p|Roselia}} evolves into {{TP|Drew|Roserade}}.
* [[Team Galactic]] appear, including [[Saturn]], though Ash and his friends do not meet them.
* {{an|May}} joins {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} at [[Valor Lakefront]] to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
* May and Ash show Dawn the [[Ribbon]] they tied to win in ''[[AG191|Once More with Reeling]]''.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP037|A Grass Menagerie!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP077|Staging A Heroes' Welcome!]]''
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* {{Ash}} goes to [[Eterna Gym]] and challenges the [[Gym Leader]], [[Gardenia]]. He wins.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Gardenia gives Ash the {{Badge|Forest}}.
** {{an|May}}'s {{p|Squirtle}} evolves into {{TP|May|Wartortle}}.
* May, {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and [[Zoey]] compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP038|One Big Happiny Family!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP078|Pruning a Passel of Pals!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are on [[Sinnoh Route 206|Cycling Road]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Brock}}'s {{pkmn|Egg}} hatches into {{TP|Brock|Happiny}}.
** {{an|May}}'s {{p|Bulbasaur}} evolves into {{TP|May|Ivysaur}}.
* Brock polishes a white stone into an {{DL|Held item|Oval Stone}} for {{TP|Brock|Happiny}}.
** May's {{p|Ivysaur}} evolves into {{TP|May|Venusaur}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, May, and [[Zoey]] continue to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
* Ash sees {{p|Azelf}}'s projected soul at [[Lake Valor]].
* Ash loses in the quarterfinals of the Wallace Cup.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP079|Strategy With a Smile!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Cynthia]].
* {{an|Dawn}}, {{an|May}}, and [[Zoey]] continue to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
* Cynthia defeats [[Paul]] in a {{pkmn|battle}}.
* May defeats Zoey in the semifinals of the Wallace Cup.
* May and Dawn face each other in the finals of the Wallace Cup.
* Dawn and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} narrowly defeat May and {{TP|May|Glaceon}} in the finals.
* Dawn wins the {{DL|Ribbon|Aqua Ribbon}}, her second {{pkmn|Contest}} [[Ribbon]] overall.
* May returns to [[Johto]] to compete for two more Ribbons.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP049|Dawn's Early Night!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP080|The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}}, [[Zoey]], [[Jessie]], and [[Nando]] compete in the [[Hearthome City]] {{pkmn|Contest}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} continue on their way to [[Pastoria City]].
* Dawn loses in the appeal round.
* The group meets [[Tyler]], a rookie Trainer who is trying to capture a {{p|Yanma}}.
* Nando defeats Jessie in the semifinals.
* [[Jessie]] captures {{TP|Jessie|Yanma}} before Tyler can.
* Nando defeats Zoey in the final round.
* Jessie, [[James]], and {{MTR}} send Yanma to {{an|Giovanni}} via {{TR|Delibird}}.
* Giovanni deems Yanma to be weak and returns it.
* Jessie decides to train Yanma.
* Jessie's Yanma uses {{m|AncientPower}} and [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Yanmega}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP050|Tag! We're It!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP082|Cream of the Croagunk Crop!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}} and {{an|Dawn}} compete in the [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Pastoria City]].
** Ash is teamed up with [[Paul]].
** Brock is teamed up with [[Holly]].
** Dawn is teamed up with [[Conway]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP083|A Crasher Course in Power!]]''
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* [[Paul]] [[Released Pokémon|releases]] {{TP|Paul|Chimchar}}.
* [[Crasher Wake]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Fen}}.
* {{Ash}} and [[Paul]], {{an|Dawn}} and [[Conway]], and {{an|Brock}} and [[Holly]] advance in the tournament.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP084|Hungry For the Good Life!]]''
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* {{AP|Chimchar}} joins {{Ash}}'s [[party]].
* {{an|Dawn}} captures a {{TP|Dawn|Swinub}}.
* {{Ash}} and [[Paul]] defeat {{an|Brock}} and [[Holly]] in the semi-finals.
* Paul's {{p|Elekid}} evolves into an {{TP|Paul|Electabuzz}}.
* Ash and Paul defeat {{an|Dawn}} and [[Conway]] in the finals.
* Ash and Paul win the [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]] and receive [[Soothe Bell]]s.
* Paul gives his Soothe Bell to Ash.
* Ash learns of a [[Gym]] in [[Veilstone City]] and decides to head there next.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP054|Once There Were Greenfields!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP085|Fighting Fear With Fear!]]''
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* [[Gardenia]] reappears.
* Ash, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} meet up with {{Gary}}.
* Gardenia and [[James]] have a Tag Battle against {{Ash}} and {{an|Dawn}} using {{p|Turtwig}}, {{TP|James|Cacnea}}, {{AP|Aipom}}, and {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}}. Ash and Dawn win.
* Gary gives Ash a [[Razor Fang]].
* Cacnea learns {{m|Drain Punch}}.
* Ash's Gligar [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Gliscor}}.
* James gives Cacnea to Gardenia.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP086|Arriving in Style!]]''
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* [[Zoey]] reappears.
* Dawn wins the [[Hearthome Collection]] with Buneary.
* {{Ash}} is training for his next [[Gym]] battle in [[Veilstone City]].
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* {{an|Dawn}} is training for her next {{pkmn|Contest}} in [[Solaceon Town]].
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP093|Playing the Leveling Field!]]''
* {{AP|Aipom}} is having a hard time concentrating on Ash's training.
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* {{TP|Dawn|Buizel}} is having a hard time concentrating on Dawn's training.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Zoey suggests Ash and Dawn [[trade]] Aipom and Buizel.
** Zoey earns her third [[Ribbon]].
* Ash and Dawn use each other's Buizel and Aipom in battle against {{TRT}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Fantina]].
* Ash and Dawn officially trade Aipom and Buizel.
* [[Fantina]]'s {{p|Drifloon}} evolves into {{TP|Fantina|Drifblim}}.
* Ash battles Fantina but forfeits.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP060|Journey to the Unknown!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP095|Battling the Generation Gap!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} explore the [[Solaceon Ruins]].
* Dawn wins her third Ribbon in the [[Celestic Town]] {{pkmn|Contest}}.
* {{an|Dawn}}'s {{p|Aipom}} evolves into {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}}.
* Saturn steals [[Spear Key|a cube]] from the Solaceon Ruins.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP061|Team Shocker!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP096|Losing Its Lustrous!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} competes in a [[Pokémon Contest]] in [[Solaceon Town]].
* [[Team Galactic]] steals the [[Timespace orbs|Adamant Orb]] from a police airplane.
* Dawn loses in the Appeals Round in the Solaceon Town Contest.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet Cynthia again.
* [[Jessie]] wins the Solaceon Town Contest with her {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}}.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Professor Carolina]], who is Cynthia's grandmother.
* [[Saturn's Toxicroak]] defeats [[Brock's Croagunk]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP064|Riding the Winds of Change!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP097|Double Team Turnover!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{an|Dawn}} enter a town having a problem with trapped {{p|Gligar}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} confront [[Team Galactic]], but fail in getting back the [[Timespace orbs|Lustrous Orb]].
* [[Paul]] uses his {{TP|Paul|Electabuzz}} and {{p|Weavile}} to capture the Gligar's leader, a {{p|Gliscor}}.
* Team Galactic steals the Lustrous Orb from [[Celestic Town]].
* Ash, Brock, and Dawn help [[Nurse Joy]] and [[Officer Jenny]] chase the Gligar from the town.
* One {{AP|Gligar}} remains behind, and chooses to go with Ash.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP065|Sleight of Sand!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP099|A Trainer and Child Reunion!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Hippopotas}} once more.
* Ash, Brock and Dawn meet {{EF|Aaron}} of the Elite Four.
* [[Cassidy]] and [[Butch]] show up in the Sinnoh region and get into an argument with [[Jessie]] and [[James]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP066|Lost Leader Strategy!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP100|Aiding the Enemy!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Veilstone City]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Maylene]] denies Ash's request for a Gym battle.
** [[Paul]] earns the {{Badge|Relic}} from [[Fantina]].
* Ash and his friends meet [[Paul]]'s older brother, [[Reggie]].
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Turtwig}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Grotle}}.
* Ash battles Reggie.
* Paul's {{p|Torterra}} helps {{AP|Grotle}} deal with its decreased speed.
* Maylene agrees to a confidence-boosting match against {{an|Dawn}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP067|Crossing the Battle Line!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP101|Barry's Busting Out All Over!]]''
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* Ash trains his {{AP|Staravia}} to use {{m|Brave Bird}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{an|Dawn}} meet {{an|Barry}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} battles [[Maylene]] in a Gym battle.
* Ash prepares to have an official Gym battle rematch with [[Fantina]].
* Maylene defeats Dawn.
* Barry and Ash battle. Ash comes out the victor.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP068|A Triple Fighting Chance!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP102|A Shield with a Twist!]]''
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* {{Ash}} battles [[Maylene]] in a Gym battle.
* [[Fantina]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Relic}}.
* {{AP|Buizel}} learns {{m|Water Pulse}}.
* [[Jessie]] wins her second [[Ribbon]] in the {{to|Majolica}} {{pkmn|Contest}} with her {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}.
* Ash's match with Maylene ends in a draw.
* Maylene gives Ash the {{Badge|Cobble}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP069|Enter Galactic!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP103|Jumping Rocket Ship!]]''
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* [[Team Galactic]] arrives in Veilstone City to steal its [[meteorite]]s.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} reach [[Canalave City]].
* [[Saturn's Toxicroak]] battles [[Brock's Croagunk]].
* The group's Pokémon are blasted away to various points in Canalave City.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, {{an|Brock}}, [[Maylene]], and [[Reggie]] fight off Team Galactic.
* Barry leaves the group to train on [[Iron Island]].
* {{AP|Pikachu}} and [[Paul's Electabuzz]] begin to get along.
* Team Galactic flees.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP071|Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 1]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP104|Sleepless in Pre-Battle!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Kellyn]].
* Dawn's {{p|Swinub}} evolves into {{TP|Dawn|Piloswine}}.
* The group meet a {{p|Riolu}} that can use {{m|Aura Sphere}}.
* [[J|Pokémon Hunter J]] attempts to steal the Riolu.
* {{an|Dawn}} learns of Ash's [[Aura]] abilities.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP072|Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP106|A Breed Stampede!]]''
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* [[J]] steals the {{p|Riolu}} from the prior episode.
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} saves Riolu from J and the man J is working for.
** {{si|Kenny}} earns his third [[Ribbon]].
** [[Nando]] earns his fourth Ribbon.
** Gliscor learned {{m|Screech}}
* {{an|Dawn}}'s {{p|Piloswine}} starts disobeying her.
* Dawn's Piloswine evolves into a {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}}.
* Ash's {{AP|Gliscor}} learns {{m|Fire Fang}}
* {{AP|Grotle}} begins to utilize the lessons that were taught to it by [[Paul's Torterra]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP073|Crossing Paths]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP107|Ancient Family Matters!]]''
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* [[Jessie]]'s {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} meets a {{Shiny}} {{p|Dustox}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Byron]].
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} learn of the Dustox breeding ceremony.
* They discover that Byron is [[Roark]]'s father.
* Jessie [[Released Pokémon|releases]] Dustox.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP074|Pika and Goliath!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP108|Dealing with Defensive Types!]]''
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* {{AP|Pikachu}} loses a battle against [[Sho|a boy]]'s {{p|Raichu}}.
* {{Ash}} battles for his sixth Sinnoh Badge, against [[Byron]].
* {{Ash}} reveals that he still has the [[Thunder Stone|Thunderstone]] given to him in [[Vermilion City]].
* Ash earns his sixth Gym Badge, the {{Badge|Mine}}.
* Pikachu decides once again not to evolve into Raichu.
* Pikachu defeats [[Sho]]'s Raichu.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} steal the [[Thunder Stone|Thunderstone]] Ash saved.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP075|Our Cup Runneth Over!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP114|Another One Gabites the Dust!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Dawn}} meets [[Ursula]], a fellow {{pkmn|Coordinator}} and her newest [[rival]].
** {{an|May}} changes into her second outfit.
* Dawn's {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} learns {{m|Super Fang}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} learns about the [[Wallace Cup]], a special [[Pokémon Contest]] that offers a [[Ribbon]] redeemable at any [[region]]al [[Grand Festival]] as a prize.
* {{an|Dawn}} wins her fourth [[Ribbon]] in the [[Chocovine Town]] {{pkmn|Contest}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Wallace]], former [[Sootopolis City]] [[Gym Leader]] and [[Hoenn]] {{pkmn|Champion}}.
* May calls Ash from [[Snowpoint City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP076|A Full Course Tag Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP118|Pursuing a Lofty Goal!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Staravia}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Staraptor}} and learns {{m|Close Combat}}.
** May's {{p|Eevee}} evolves into {{TP|May|Glaceon}}.
** Drew's {{p|Roselia}} evolves into {{TP|Drew|Roserade}}.
* {{an|May}} joins {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} at [[Valor Lakefront]] to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
* May and Ash show Dawn the [[Ribbon]] they tied to win in ''[[AG191|Once More with Reeling]]''.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP077|Staging A Heroes' Welcome!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP119|Trials and Adulations!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Dawn's {{p|Mamoswine}} finally starts to obey her.
** {{an|May}}'s {{p|Squirtle}} evolves into {{TP|May|Wartortle}}.
* May, {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and [[Zoey]] compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP078|Pruning a Passel of Pals!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP121|The Lonely Snover!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Ash's Grotle]] learns {{m|Rock Climb}}.
** {{an|May}}'s {{p|Bulbasaur}} evolves into {{TP|May|Ivysaur}}.
** May's {{p|Ivysaur}} evolves into {{TP|May|Venusaur}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, May, and [[Zoey]] continue to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
* Ash sees {{p|Azelf}}'s projected soul at [[Lake Valor]].
* Ash loses in the quarterfinals of the Wallace Cup.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP079|Strategy With a Smile!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}}, {{an|May}}, and [[Zoey]] continue to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
* {{an|Dawn}} competes in a [[Pokémon Contest]] in [[Sandalstraw Town]].
* May defeats Zoey in the semifinals of the Wallace Cup.
* {{si|Kenny}} defeats Dawn and wins his fourth [[Ribbon]].
* May and Dawn face each other in the finals of the Wallace Cup.
* Dawn and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} narrowly defeat May and {{TP|May|Glaceon}} in the finals.
* Dawn wins the {{DL|Ribbon|Aqua Ribbon}}, her second {{pkmn|Contest}} [[Ribbon]] overall.
* May returns to [[Johto]] to compete for two more Ribbons.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP080|The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP124|To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} continue on their way to [[Pastoria City]].
* {{an|Dawn}} gives {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} to [[O]] for training.
* The group meets [[Tyler]], a rookie Trainer who is trying to capture a {{p|Yanma}}.
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* [[Jessie]] captures {{TP|Jessie|Yanma}} before Tyler can.
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* Jessie, [[James]], and {{MTR}} send Yanma to {{an|Giovanni}} via {{TR|Delibird}}.
* Giovanni deems Yanma to be weak and returns it.
* Jessie decides to train Yanma.
* Jessie's Yanma uses {{m|AncientPower}} and [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Yanmega}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP082|Cream of the Croagunk Crop!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Pastoria City]].
* ''Pre-episode''
** [[Zoey]] wins her fourth [[Ribbon]]
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Snowpoint City]] and meet [[Candice]], the Snowpoint City [[Gym Leader]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP083|A Crasher Course in Power!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP127|Sliding Into Seventh!]]''
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* [[Crasher Wake]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Fen}}.
* {{Ash}} battles [[Candice]] of the [[Snowpoint Gym]] for his seventh Sinnoh Badge.
* Ash earns the {{Badge|Icicle}} from Candice.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP084|Hungry For the Good Life!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP128|A Pyramiding Rage!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} captures a {{TP|Dawn|Swinub}}.
* Brandon arrives in Snowpoint City.
** Paul challenges Brandon, with Paul losing easily.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP085|Fighting Fear With Fear!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP129|Pillars of Friendship!]]''
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* Ash, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} meet up with {{Gary}}.
* J returns and awakens Regigigas.
* Gary gives Ash a [[Razor Fang]].
** Ash and {{ashfr}}, along with Brandon, stop J.
* Ash's Gligar [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Gliscor}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP086|Arriving in Style!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP130|Frozen on Their Tracks!]]''
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* Dawn wins the [[Hearthome Collection]] with Buneary.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet Looker, of the Internation Police Force.
* Brock's Sudowoodo learned {{m|Hammer Arm}}
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP093|Playing the Leveling Field!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP131|Pedal to the Mettle!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Zoey earns her third [[Ribbon]].
** [[Paul]]'s {{p|Magmar}} evolves into {{TP|Paul|Magmortar}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Fantina]].
* {{Ash}} and Paul begin to battle.
* [[Fantina]]'s {{p|Drifloon}} evolves into {{TP|Fantina|Drifblim}}.
* Ash battles Fantina but forfeits.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP095|Battling the Generation Gap!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP132|Evolving Strategies!]]''
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* Dawn wins her third Ribbon in the [[Celestic Town]] {{pkmn|Contest}}.
* {{Ash}} and [[Paul]] continue their battle.
* Ash's {{p|Chimchar}} evolves into {{AP|Monferno}}.
* Ash loses the battle.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP096|Losing Its Lustrous!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
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* [[Team Galactic]] steals the [[Timespace orbs|Adamant Orb]] from a police airplane.
* Brock sees {{p|Uxie}} at [[Lake Acuity]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet Cynthia again.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Professor Carolina]], who is Cynthia's grandmother.
* [[Saturn's Toxicroak]] defeats [[Brock's Croagunk]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP097|Double Team Turnover!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP136|Gateway to Ruin!]]''
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* Ash and {{ashfr}} confront [[Team Galactic]], but fail in getting back the [[Timespace orbs|Lustrous Orb]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} once again run into Team Galactic at [[Mt. Coronet]].
* Team Galactic steals the Lustrous Orb from [[Celestic Town]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP099|A Trainer and Child Reunion!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP138|Strategy Begins at Home!]]''
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* Ash, Brock and Dawn meet {{EF|Aaron}} of the Elite Four.
* Ash and Brock meet Johanna. Dawn battles Johanna and loses.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP100|Aiding the Enemy!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP140|Historical Mystery Tour!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Dawn}} meet {{FB|Tower Tycoon|Palmer}}, head of [[Sinnoh]]'s {{Gdis|Battle Tower|IV}} and Barry's father.
** [[Paul]] earns the {{Badge|Relic}} from [[Fantina]].
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Turtwig}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Grotle}}.
* Paul's {{p|Torterra}} helps {{AP|Grotle}} deal with its decreased speed.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP101|Barry's Busting Out All Over!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP141|Challenging a Towering Figure!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{an|Dawn}} meet {{an|Barry}}.
* Ash wins the [[Twinleaf Festival]] and battles {{FB|Tower Tycoon|Palmer}} of the Sinnoh Battle Tower, but loses.
* Ash prepares to have an official Gym battle rematch with [[Fantina]].
* Barry and Ash battle. Ash comes out the victor.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP102|A Shield with a Twist!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP143|An Egg Scramble!]]''
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* [[Fantina]] gives {{Ash}} the {{Badge|Relic}}.
* Dawn defeats {{an|Lyra}} in a battle and receives an {{pkmn|Egg}}, which later hatches into {{TP|Dawn|Cyndaquil|Quilava}}.
* [[Jessie]] wins her second [[Ribbon]] in the {{to|Majolica}} {{pkmn|Contest}} with her {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP103|Jumping Rocket Ship!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP146|Dressed for Jess Success!]]''
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* Ash and {{ashfr}} reach [[Canalave City]].
* [[James]] enters a Contest passing by [[Jessilina]] and wins, so [[Jessie]] gets her third Ribbon. Dawn loses to James in the semi-finals.
* The group's Pokémon are blasted away to various points in Canalave City.
* Barry leaves the group to train on [[Iron Island]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP104|Sleepless in Pre-Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP150|Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!]]''
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* Dawn's {{p|Swinub}} evolves into {{TP|Dawn|Piloswine}}.
* Cyrus hires [[J|Pokémon Hunter J]] to capture {{p|Mesprit}}, {{p|Azelf}} and {{p|Uxie}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP106|A Breed Stampede!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP151|The Needs of the Three!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[J|Pokémon Hunter J]] catches {{p|Mesprit}}, {{p|Azelf}}, and {{p|Uxie}} for [[Team Galactic]].
** {{si|Kenny}} earns his third [[Ribbon]].
** [[Nando]] earns his fourth Ribbon.
** Gliscor learned {{m|Screech}}
* {{an|Dawn}}'s {{p|Piloswine}} starts disobeying her.
* Dawn's Piloswine evolves into a {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}}.
* Ash's {{AP|Gliscor}} learns {{m|Fire Fang}}
* {{AP|Grotle}} begins to utilize the lessons that were taught to it by [[Paul's Torterra]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP107|Ancient Family Matters!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP152|The Battle Finale of Legend!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Byron]].
* [[Cyrus]] summons {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} and disappears through the portal created by them.
* They discover that Byron is [[Roark]]'s father.
* [[Saturn]], [[Mars]], and [[Jupiter]] are arrested, bringing down [[Team Galactic]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP108|Dealing with Defensive Types!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP154|Mastering Current Events!]]''
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* {{Ash}} battles for his sixth Sinnoh Badge, against [[Byron]].
* Gliscor learns {{m|Giga Impact}}.
* Ash earns his sixth Gym Badge, the {{Badge|Mine}}.
* {{Ash}} leaves {{AP|Gliscor}} with [[McCann]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP114|Another One Gabites the Dust!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP155|Double-Time Battle Training!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} meets [[Ursula]], a fellow {{pkmn|Coordinator}} and her newest [[rival]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* Dawn's {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} learns {{m|Super Fang}}.
** [[Paul]] earns his eighth Badge: the {{Badge|Mine}}, thus qualifying for the [[Sinnoh League]].
* {{an|Dawn}} wins her fourth [[Ribbon]] in the [[Chocovine Town]] {{pkmn|Contest}}.
** [[Zoey]] obtains a {{p|Kirlia}} and a {{p|Leafeon}}.
* Zoey obtains her fifth [[Ribbon]], thereby completing her requirement for the [[Sinnoh Grand Festival|Grand Festival]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP118|Pursuing a Lofty Goal!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP157|Gotta Get a Gible!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Staravia}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Staraptor}} and learns {{m|Close Combat}}.
* {{Ash}} captures a {{AP|Gible}} which he befriended in ''[[DP156|A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!]]''.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP119|Trials and Adulations!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP159|Short and To the Punch!]]''
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* Dawn's {{p|Mamoswine}} finally starts to obey her.
* {{Ash}}'s {{AP|Buizel}} learns {{m|Ice Punch}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP121|The Lonely Snover!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP161|Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!]]''
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* [[Ash's Grotle]] learns {{m|Rock Climb}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Daybreak Town]] and meet up with [[Ursula]] again.
* Ursula is revealed to have obtained a {{p|Plusle}}, a {{p|Minun}}, and a {{p|Jigglypuff}}.
* Ash and {{an|Brock}} learn that {{an|Dawn}} has a fear of Plusle and Minun.
* Ash and Brock learn why Dawn's friends {{si|Kenny}} and [[Leona]] call her '''Dee Dee''' (Japanese: '''ピカリ''' ''Pikari'').
* Dawn, Ursula, and [[Jessilina]] all enter the Daybreak {{pkmn|Contest}} and advance to the [[Contest Battle|Battle Stage]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP162|Playing the Performance Encore!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} competes in a [[Pokémon Contest]] in [[Sandalstraw Town]].
* [[Jessilina]] is knocked out of the {{to|Daybreak}} {{pkmn|Contest}} by [[Ursula]].
* {{si|Kenny}} defeats Dawn and wins his fourth [[Ribbon]].
* [[Dawn's Cyndaquil]] is entered for the first time in a Pokémon Contest.
* Dawn's Cyndaquil and {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}} perfect the Flame Ice [[Contest combination|combo]].
* {{an|Dawn}} defeats Ursula in the final round and wins the Daybreak Contest.
* Dawn earns her fifth [[Ribbon]], the Daybreak Ribbon, completing her requirement for entry into the [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]].
* Dawn overcomes her fear of {{p|Plusle}} and {{p|Minun}}.
* Dawn is no longer annoyed with being called '''Dee Dee''' (Japanese: '''ピカリ''' ''Pikari'').
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP124|To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP163|Fighting Ire with Fire!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} gives {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} to [[O]] for training.
* {{an|Barry}} and [[Paul]] meet for the first time.
* Barry has earned the 8 Sinnoh Badges, qualifying him for the Sinnoh League.
* {{Ash}} battles Barry briefly.
* Ash's Monferno activates {{a|Blaze}} again and gets out of control.
* {{p|Monferno}} evolves into {{AP|Infernape}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP126|Classroom Training!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP164|Piplup, Up and Away!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Dawn's Piplup]] learns {{m|Hydro Pump}}.
** [[Zoey]] wins her fourth [[Ribbon]]
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Snowpoint City]] and meet [[Candice]], the Snowpoint City [[Gym Leader]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP127|Sliding Into Seventh!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP165|Flint Sparks the Fire!]]''
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* {{Ash}} battles [[Candice]] of the [[Snowpoint Gym]] for his seventh Sinnoh Badge.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet {{EF|Flint}}.
* Ash earns the {{Badge|Icicle}} from Candice.
* [[Volkner]] refuses to battle Ash.
* Ash battles Flint, losing.
* Volkner decides to battle Ash.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP128|A Pyramiding Rage!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP166|The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!]]''
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* Brandon arrives in Snowpoint City.
* Ash's Grotle evolves into {{AP|Torterra}} and learns {{m|Leaf Storm}}.
** Paul challenges Brandon, with Paul losing easily.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP129|Pillars of Friendship!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP167|Teaching the Student Teacher]]''
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* J returns and awakens Regigigas.
* Jessie wins her fourth Ribbon in the [[Neighborly Town]] Contest.
** Ash and {{ashfr}}, along with Brandon, stop J.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP130|Frozen on Their Tracks!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP168|Keeping in Top Forme!]]''
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* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet Looker, of the Internation Police Force.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Marley]].
* Brock's Sudowoodo learned {{m|Hammer Arm}}
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP131|Pedal to the Mettle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP170|An Elite Coverup!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet [[Bertha]].
** [[Paul]]'s {{p|Magmar}} evolves into {{TP|Paul|Magmortar}}.
* {{Ash}} and Paul begin to battle.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP132|Evolving Strategies!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP171|Dawn of a Royal Day!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and [[Paul]] continue their battle.
* Princess Salvia wins the Arrowroot Town Contest, and gives the Ribbon to Jessie.
* Ash's {{p|Chimchar}} evolves into {{AP|Monferno}}.
* Jessie obtains her 5th Ribbon, thus qualifing for the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
* Ash loses the battle.
* Princess Salvia gives her Togekiss to Dawn.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP173|Dealing with a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!]]''
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* Brock sees {{p|Uxie}} at [[Lake Acuity]].
* The gang arrive at Valor Lakefront for the Grand Festival.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP136|Gateway to Ruin!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP174|Last Call, First Round!]]''
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* Ash and {{ashfr}} once again run into Team Galactic at [[Mt. Coronet]].
* ''Pre-episode''
** Nando has earned seven Gym Badges.
** Nando acquires a {{p|Kricketot}} and an {{p|Altaria}}.
** Zoey's Shellos and Finneon evolve into a Gastrodon and Lumineon, respectively.
** Kenny's Prinplup evolves into an {{TP|Kenny|Empoleon}}; he also obtains a Floatzel.
** Ursula obtains two Eevee.
* {{an|Dawn}} enters the Grand Festival alongside [[Zoey]] and [[Jessie|Jessilina]].
* [[Nando]], {{si|Kenny}}, and [[Ursula]] earned their fifth Ribbons and enter the Grand Festival as well.
* Ursula evolves her two Eevee into a Vaporeon and a Flareon during her appeal.
* Dawn, Nando, Ursula, Zoey, and Jessilina successfully clear the appeals round; however, Kenny fails to make it through and is eliminated from the Grand Festival.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP138|Strategy Begins at Home!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP175|Opposites Interact!]]''
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* Ash and Brock meet Johanna. Dawn battles Johanna and loses.
* {{an|Dawn}} beats [[Ursula]] and advances to the Top 16 round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
* [[Zoey]], [[Nando]], and [[Jessie|Jessilina]] also advance to the Top 16 round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP140|Historical Mystery Tour!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP176|Coming Full Festival Circle!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Dawn}} meet {{FB|Tower Tycoon|Palmer}}, head of [[Sinnoh]]'s {{Gdis|Battle Tower|IV}} and Barry's father.
* ''Pre-episode''
** Zoey's Misdreavus evolves into a Mismagius.
** Nando's Roselia evolves into a Roserade, and he also captures a Lopunny.
* Zoey and Dawn defeat Nando and Jessilina, respectively, and advance to the finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP141|Challenging a Towering Figure!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP177|A Grand Fight for Winning!]]''
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* Ash wins the [[Twinleaf Festival]] and battles {{FB|Tower Tycoon|Palmer}} of the Sinnoh Battle Tower, but loses.
* ''Pre-episode''
** Zoey's Kirlia evolves into a Gallade.
* Zoey defeats Dawn in the final round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival, winning the Ribbon Cup as well as the title of Top Coordinator.
* Jessie decides to give up on [[Pokémon Contest]]s after seeing Dawn lose.
* {{Ash}} learns that [[Sunyshore Gym]] is fully repaired and Volkner is ready for their Gym battle.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP143|An Egg Scramble!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP179|The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!]]''
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* Dawn defeats {{an|Lyra}} in a battle and receives an {{pkmn|Egg}}, which later hatches into {{TP|Dawn|Cyndaquil|Quilava}}.
* {{Ash}} arrives back at [[Sunyshore Gym]] for his Gym battle against [[Volkner]].
** [[Ash's Infernape]]'s {{a|Blaze}} is activated again, and it gains control of the Ability for the first time.
** Ash defeats Volkner and earns the Beacon Badge, allowing him to participate in the Sinnoh League.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP146|Dressed for Jess Success!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP180|Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!]]''
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* [[James]] enters a Contest passing by [[Jessilina]] and wins, so [[Jessie]] gets her third Ribbon. Dawn loses to James in the semi-finals.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Jasmine]].
* {{an|Dawn}} meets Jasmine.
* {{EF|Flint}} and {{si|Kenny}} battle and defeat Jasmine and Ash, respectively.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP150|Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP181|Bucking the Treasure Trend!]]''
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* Cyrus hires [[J|Pokémon Hunter J]] to capture {{p|Mesprit}}, {{p|Azelf}} and {{p|Uxie}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Buck]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP151|The Needs of the Three!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP182|An Old Family Blend!]]''
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* [[J|Pokémon Hunter J]] catches {{p|Mesprit}}, {{p|Azelf}}, and {{p|Uxie}} for [[Team Galactic]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Lily of the Valley Island]] for the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]].
* [[Paul]], {{an|Barry}}, [[Nando]], and [[Conway]] also enter the Lily of the Valley Conference, the latter two having earned the eight Gym Badges required.
* Ash decides to use the Pokémon he has stored at {{an|Professor Oak}}'s [[Professor Oak's Laboratory|Laboratory]] alongside the Pokémon he has acquired in [[Sinnoh]] during the tournament, and spends time with several of them.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Cyndaquil}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Flame Wheel}}.
* Ash's Cyndaquil evolves into {{AP|Quilava}} and learns {{m|Eruption}}.
* Ash learns he will be battling [[Nando]] in the first round of the tournament.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP152|The Battle Finale of Legend!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP183|League Unleashed!]]''
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* [[Cyrus]] summons {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} and disappears through the portal created by them.
* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Saturn]], [[Mars]], and [[Jupiter]] are arrested, bringing down [[Team Galactic]].
** [[Nando]] obtains an {{p|Armaldo}}.
* The [[Sinnoh League]] tournament on [[Lily of the Valley Island]] begins.
* {{Ash}}'s {{AP|Quilava}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Aerial Ace}} while his {{AP|Heracross}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Sleep Talk}} and {{m|Focus Punch}}.
* The gang learn that a mysterious Trainer has entered the tournament with a {{p|Darkrai}}.
* Ash wins his first battle against Nando, knocking him out of the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]].
* {{an|Barry}}, [[Conway]], and [[Paul]] also make it through the preliminaries.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP154|Mastering Current Events!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP184|Casting a Paul on Barry!]]''
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* Gliscor learns {{m|Giga Impact}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} leaves {{AP|Gliscor}} with [[McCann]].
** Paul's Electabuzz evolves into an Electivire and learns Giga Impact upon its evolution to its final form.
** Barry captures a Skarmory and a Hitmonlee.
* Ash, Paul, Barry, Conway, and {{si|Tobias}} make it through the second round of the Lily of the Valley Conference.
* Paul and Barry are selected to battle each other in the third round of the Lily of the Valley Conference while Ash is selected to battle Conway.
* Paul defeats Barry and advances to the quarter-finals of the tournament.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP155|Double-Time Battle Training!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP185|Working on a Right Move!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** [[Paul]] earns his eighth Badge: the {{Badge|Mine}}, thus qualifying for the [[Sinnoh League]].
** Conway obtains a Shuckle, a Lickilicky, and a Dusknoir.
** [[Zoey]] obtains a {{p|Kirlia}} and a {{p|Leafeon}}.
* Ash's Infernape learns Flare Blitz.
* Zoey obtains her fifth [[Ribbon]], thereby completing her requirement for the [[Sinnoh Grand Festival|Grand Festival]].
* Ash's Noctowl is revealed to have learned Extrasensory, Air Slash, and Sky Attack.
* Ash's Gible masters Draco Meteor.
* Ash defeats Conway and advances to the next round.
* Ash learns that he will face Paul in the quarter-final of the Lily of the Valley Conference.
* Ash's Gliscor returns to Ash for the battle against Paul.
* Tobias advances to the quarter-final.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP157|Gotta Get a Gible!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP186|Familiarity Breeds Strategy!]]''
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* {{Ash}} captures a {{AP|Gible}} which he befriended in ''[[DP156|A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!]]''.
* ''Pre-episode''
** Paul obtains a Drapion and a Gastrodon.
** Paul's Lairon evolves into an Aggron.
* In the Lily of the Valley Conference quarter-final, Ash and Paul begin their second full battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP159|Short and To the Punch!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP187|A Real Rival Rouser!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{AP|Buizel}} learns {{m|Ice Punch}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** Paul obtains a Froslass.
* Ash and Paul continue their full battle.
* Ash's Gliscor is revealed to have learned Stone Edge.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP161|Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP188|Battling a Thaw in Relations!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Daybreak Town]] and meet up with [[Ursula]] again.
* Ash and Paul continue their full battle.
* Ursula is revealed to have obtained a {{p|Plusle}}, a {{p|Minun}}, and a {{p|Jigglypuff}}.
* Infernape's Blaze Ability activates. Infernape gets control of the Ability.
* Ash and {{an|Brock}} learn that {{an|Dawn}} has a fear of Plusle and Minun.
* Ash wins the battle and goes to the semi-finals.
* Ash and Brock learn why Dawn's friends {{si|Kenny}} and [[Leona]] call her '''Dee Dee''' (Japanese: '''ピカリ''' ''Pikari'').
* Dawn, Ursula, and [[Jessilina]] all enter the Daybreak {{pkmn|Contest}} and advance to the [[Contest Battle|Battle Stage]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP162|Playing the Performance Encore!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]''
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* [[Jessilina]] is knocked out of the {{to|Daybreak}} {{pkmn|Contest}} by [[Ursula]].
* In the Lily of the Valley Conference semi-final, Ash battles Tobias.
* [[Dawn's Cyndaquil]] is entered for the first time in a Pokémon Contest.
* Tobias is revealed to have a {{p|Latios}}.
* Dawn's Cyndaquil and {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}} perfect the Flame Ice [[Contest combination|combo]].
* Tobias defeats Ash, eliminating him from the Lily of the Valley Confence.
* {{an|Dawn}} defeats Ursula in the final round and wins the Daybreak Contest.
* Tobias ends up winning the Sinnoh League.
* Dawn earns her fifth [[Ribbon]], the Daybreak Ribbon, completing her requirement for entry into the [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]].
* Dawn overcomes her fear of {{p|Plusle}} and {{p|Minun}}.
* Dawn is no longer annoyed with being called '''Dee Dee''' (Japanese: '''ピカリ''' ''Pikari'').
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP163|Fighting Ire with Fire!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP190|The Brockster Is In!]]''
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* {{an|Barry}} and [[Paul]] meet for the first time.
* Brock's {{p|Happiny}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Chansey}} and learns {{m|Softboiled}}.
* Barry has earned the 8 Sinnoh Badges, qualifying him for the Sinnoh League.
* [[Nurse Joy]] suggests to {{an|Brock}} that he trains to become a Pokémon Doctor.
* {{Ash}} battles Barry briefly.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} reach [[Twinleaf Town]].
* Ash's Monferno activates {{a|Blaze}} again and gets out of control.
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* {{p|Monferno}} evolves into {{AP|Infernape}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP164|Piplup, Up and Away!]]''
* {{an|Dawn}} decides to remain in Sinnoh, {{an|Brock}} decides to train to become a Pokémon Doctor while {{Ash}} renews his vow to become a Pokémon Master.
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* Ash and Brock return to [[Kanto]] and go their separate ways.
* [[Dawn's Piplup]] learns {{m|Hydro Pump}}.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} reach [[Pallet Town]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP165|Flint Sparks the Fire!]]''
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |[[SS024]]
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet {{EF|Flint}}.
* Dawn's Cyndaquil evolves into {{TP|Dawn|Quilava}} and learns {{m|Eruption}}.
* [[Volkner]] refuses to battle Ash.
* Dawn decides to leave Sinnoh with all of her Pokémon and compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s in the [[Hoenn]] region.
* Ash battles Flint, losing.
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* Volkner decides to battle Ash.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP166|The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!]]''
* ''Pre-episode''
** [[Forrest]] obtains a {{p|Rhyperior}}.
* Forrest is officially made the [[Pewter City]] Gym Leader.
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==={{series|Best Wishes}}===
====[[Unova]]====
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW001|In The Shadow of Zekrom!]]''
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* Ash's Grotle evolves into {{AP|Torterra}} and learns {{m|Leaf Storm}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{Ash}} changes into his fourth outfit.
* [[Trip]] turns 10.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} travel with {{Delia}} and {{an|Professor Oak}} to the [[Unova]] region where Professor Oak is attending a conference.
* {{p|Deerling}}'s {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Deerling and Sawsbuck|Spring coat}} indicates it is {{DL|Seasons|Spring}} in Unova.
* Ash learns that all of the Pokémon that live in the Unova region cannot be found in [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]] or [[Sinnoh]].
* Ash and the group meet [[Professor Juniper]].
* {{TRT}} also arrive in the Unova region, having been assigned there by {{an|Giovanni}}.
* Pikachu becomes temporarily unable to use {{type|Electric}} attacks after being hit by lightning caused by {{p|Zekrom}}.
* Ash meets a photographer and beginning {{pkmn|Trainer}} by the name of [[Trip]].
* Trip obtains a {{TP|Trip|Snivy}} from Professor Juniper then battles [[Ash's Pikachu]] and wins.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP167|Teaching the Student Teacher]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW002|Enter Iris and Axew!]]''
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* Jessie wins her fourth Ribbon in the [[Neighborly Town]] Contest.
* ''Pre-episode''
** [[Jessie]] and [[James]] leave all their Pokémon at Team Rocket's Headquarters.
* {{p|Zekrom}} appears again and Pikachu is given back his Electric powers.
* Ash decides to remain in [[Unova]] and challenge [[Unova League|its]] [[Pokémon League]].
* Ash learns the first [[Unova League]] [[Gym]] is in [[Striaton City]].
* The {{AP|Oshawott}} from [[Professor Juniper]]'s lab starts to follow Ash.
* Ash meets a mysterious girl named {{an|Iris}} and her {{TP|Iris|Axew}}.
* Ash captures a {{AP|Pidove}}.
* Jessie captures a {{TP|Jessie|Woobat}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP168|Keeping in Top Forme!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW003|A Sandile Gusher of Change!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Marley]].
* The {{AP|Oshawott}} from [[Professor Juniper]]'s laboratory that has been following {{Ash}} since ''[[BW001|In The Shadow of Zekrom!]]'' joins his team.
* A wild [[Ash's Krookodile|Sandile]] begins [[Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|following]] Ash.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP170|An Elite Coverup!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW004|The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!]]''
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* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet [[Bertha]].
* Ash and Iris arrive in [[Accumula Town]].
* Ash captures a {{AP|Tepig}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP171|Dawn of a Royal Day!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW005|Triple Leaders, Team Threats!]]''
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* Princess Salvia wins the Arrowroot Town Contest, and gives the Ribbon to Jessie.
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Iris}} arrive at [[Striaton City]], and meet {{an|Cilan}}.
* Jessie obtains her 5th Ribbon, thus qualifing for the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
* Rather than challenging just one of the Leaders, Ash challenges all of the Gym Leader trio of Cilan, [[Chili]] and [[Cress]] to a Gym battle.
* Princess Salvia gives her Togekiss to Dawn.
* Ash loses to Cress, defeats Chili, and starts his battle with Cilan.
* The [[Team Rocket trio]] receives a mission from {{an|Giovanni}} to capture the "Future Energy" in the [[Dreamyard]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP173|Dealing with a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW006|Dreams by the Yard Full!]]''
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* The gang arrive at Valor Lakefront for the Grand Festival.
* {{Ash}} defeats {{an|Cilan}} and earns the {{Badge|Trio}}.
* Ash, Cilan, and {{an|Iris}} agree to travel together through [[Unova]].
* Ash learns that the next Unova Gym is at [[Nacrene City]].
* {{p|Axew|Axew's}} dream reveals that he wants to reach his {{p|Haxorus|final evolutionary stage}}.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}} successfully complete their mission of obtaining and transmitting data from the [[Dreamyard]].
* Cilan meets {{TRT}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP174|Last Call, First Round!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW007|Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash catches a {{AP|Snivy}}.
** Nando has earned seven Gym Badges.
* {{an|Giovanni}} informs Team Rocket of the presence of another villainous team.
** Nando acquires a {{p|Kricketot}} and an {{p|Altaria}}.
** Zoey's Shellos and Finneon evolve into a Gastrodon and Lumineon, respectively.
** Kenny's Prinplup evolves into an {{TP|Kenny|Empoleon}}; he also obtains a Floatzel.
** Ursula obtains two Eevee.
* {{an|Dawn}} enters the Grand Festival alongside [[Zoey]] and [[Jessie|Jessilina]].
* [[Nando]], {{si|Kenny}}, and [[Ursula]] earned their fifth Ribbons and enter the Grand Festival as well.
* Ursula evolves her two Eevee into a Vaporeon and a Flareon during her appeal.
* Dawn, Nando, Ursula, Zoey, and Jessilina successfully clear the appeals round; however, Kenny fails to make it through and is eliminated from the Grand Festival.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP175|Opposites Interact!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW008|Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} beats [[Ursula]] and advances to the Top 16 round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
* Team Rocket meets a stranger who gives them a mysterious item and tells them to head for Nacrene City.
* [[Zoey]], [[Nando]], and [[Jessie|Jessilina]] also advance to the Top 16 round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP176|Coming Full Festival Circle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW009|The Bloom Is on Axew!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Iris is revealed to have an {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}}.
** Zoey's Misdreavus evolves into a Mismagius.
* Team Rocket is told to go to the [[Desert Resort]].
** Nando's Roselia evolves into a Roserade, and he also captures a Lopunny.
* Zoey and Dawn defeat Nando and Jessilina, respectively, and advance to the finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP177|A Grand Fight for Winning!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW010|A Rival Battle for Club Champ!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Zoey's Kirlia evolves into a Gallade.
** Trip obtains the {{Badge|Trio}}, as well as another Badge.
* Zoey defeats Dawn in the final round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival, winning the Ribbon Cup as well as the title of Top Coordinator.
** Trip's {{p|Snivy}} evolves into {{TP|Trip|Servine}}.
* Jessie decides to give up on [[Pokémon Contest]]s after seeing Dawn lose.
** Trip obtains a {{p|Tranquill}} and a {{p|Frillish}}.
* {{Ash}} learns that [[Sunyshore Gym]] is fully repaired and Volkner is ready for their Gym battle.
* {{Ash}} encounters [[Trip]] again whom {{an|Iris}} meets for the first time.
* It is revealed that, like [[Nurse Joy]] and [[Officer Jenny]], there is a [[Don George]] that runs a [[Battle Club]] in multiple cities in the [[Unova]] region.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}} meet [[Pierce]] for the first time.
* Ash and Trip decide to have their second battle.
* Trip defeats Ash in their battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP179|The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW011|A Home for Dwebble!]]''
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* {{Ash}} arrives back at [[Sunyshore Gym]] for his Gym battle against [[Volkner]].
* {{an|Cilan}} catches a {{TP|Cilan|Dwebble}}.
** [[Ash's Infernape]]'s {{a|Blaze}} is activated again, and it gains control of the Ability for the first time.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} steal data on the Meteonite from the Antamony Research Center.
** Ash defeats Volkner and earns the Beacon Badge, allowing him to participate in the Sinnoh League.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP180|Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW012|Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Jasmine]].
* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} receive a dummy meteorite from a Team Rocket agent.
* {{an|Dawn}} meets Jasmine.
* Ash receives a [[Pokémon Egg]].
* {{EF|Flint}} and {{si|Kenny}} battle and defeat Jasmine and Ash, respectively.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP181|Bucking the Treasure Trend!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW013|Minccino-Neat and Tidy!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Buck]].
* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} arrive in [[Nacrene City]].
* {{Ash}} gets a new Badge case from {{an|Bianca}}, given to her by [[Professor Juniper]].
* Ash battles Bianca and wins.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP182|An Old Family Blend!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW014|A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Lily of the Valley Island]] for the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, and {{an|Cilan}} arrive in [[Nacrene City]].
* [[Paul]], {{an|Barry}}, [[Nando]], and [[Conway]] also enter the Lily of the Valley Conference, the latter two having earned the eight Gym Badges required.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet [[Hawes]] and [[Lenora]].
* Ash decides to use the Pokémon he has stored at {{an|Professor Oak}}'s [[Professor Oak's Laboratory|Laboratory]] alongside the Pokémon he has acquired in [[Sinnoh]] during the tournament, and spends time with several of them.
* Ash challenges Lenora to a Gym battle.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Cyndaquil}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Flame Wheel}}.
* Team Rocket meets with [[Pierce]] again.
* Ash's Cyndaquil evolves into {{AP|Quilava}} and learns {{m|Eruption}}.
* Ash learns he will be battling [[Nando]] in the first round of the tournament.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP183|League Unleashed!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW015|The Battle According to Lenora!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} battles [[Lenora]] and loses.
** [[Nando]] obtains an {{p|Armaldo}}.
* Team Rocket steals the meteorite from Nacrene Museum.
* The [[Sinnoh League]] tournament on [[Lily of the Valley Island]] begins.
* {{Ash}}'s {{AP|Quilava}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Aerial Ace}} while his {{AP|Heracross}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Sleep Talk}} and {{m|Focus Punch}}.
* The gang learn that a mysterious Trainer has entered the tournament with a {{p|Darkrai}}.
* Ash wins his first battle against Nando, knocking him out of the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]].
* {{an|Barry}}, [[Conway]], and [[Paul]] also make it through the preliminaries.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP184|Casting a Paul on Barry!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW016|Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{AP|Tepig}} learns {{m|Flame Charge}}.
** Paul's Electabuzz evolves into an Electivire and learns Giga Impact upon its evolution to its final form.
* {{AP|Oshawott}} learns {{m|Aqua Jet}}.
** Barry captures a Skarmory and a Hitmonlee.
* Ash obtains the {{Badge|Basic}}.
* Ash, Paul, Barry, Conway, and {{si|Tobias}} make it through the second round of the Lily of the Valley Conference.
* Paul and Barry are selected to battle each other in the third round of the Lily of the Valley Conference while Ash is selected to battle Conway.
* Paul defeats Barry and advances to the quarter-finals of the tournament.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP185|Working on a Right Move!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW017|Scraggy-Hatched to be Wild!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash's Egg hatches into a {{AP|Scraggy}}.
** Conway obtains a Shuckle, a Lickilicky, and a Dusknoir.
* Jessie, James, and Meowth deliver the meteorite they stole from Nacrene Museum to [[Dr. Zager]] for analysis.
* Ash's Infernape learns Flare Blitz.
* Ash and Iris have their first battle using Scraggy and Axew, respectively. The battle results in a draw.
* Ash's Noctowl is revealed to have learned Extrasensory, Air Slash, and Sky Attack.
* Ash's Gible masters Draco Meteor.
* Ash defeats Conway and advances to the next round.
* Ash learns that he will face Paul in the quarter-final of the Lily of the Valley Conference.
* Ash's Gliscor returns to Ash for the battle against Paul.
* Tobias advances to the quarter-final.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP186|Familiarity Breeds Strategy!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW018|Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
*{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Pinwheel Forest]] and meet the [[Castelia City]] [[Gym Leader]], [[Burgh]].
** Paul obtains a Drapion and a Gastrodon.
* Ash captures a {{AP|Sewaddle}}.
** Paul's Lairon evolves into an Aggron.
* Ash sends one of his Pokémon to [[Professor Juniper]] and adds Sewaddle to his team.
* In the Lily of the Valley Conference quarter-final, Ash and Paul begin their second full battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP187|A Real Rival Rouser!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW019|A Connoisseur's Revenge!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Cilan}} is revealed to be an A-class [[Pokémon Connoisseur]].
** Paul obtains a Froslass.
* The {{ashfr|gang}} meet a C-class Connaisseuse named [[Burgundy]], an old challenger of Cilan's.
* Ash and Paul continue their full battle.
* [[Ash's Sewaddle]] is revealed to have {{a|Swarm}} as his [[Ability]].
* Ash's Gliscor is revealed to have learned Stone Edge.
* [[Cilan's Dwebble]] is revealed to have {{a|Sturdy}} as its Ability.
* Cilan has a rematch against his new [[rival]] Burgundy and wins.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP188|Battling a Thaw in Relations!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW020|Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!]]''
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* Ash and Paul continue their full battle.
* {{AP|Pikachu}} learns {{m|Electro Ball}}.
* Infernape's Blaze Ability activates. Infernape gets control of the Ability.
* The [[Ash's Krookodile|Sunglasses Sandile]] evolves into {{p|Krokorok}}.
* Ash wins the battle and goes to the semi-finals.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW021|The Lost World of Gothitelle!]]''
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* In the Lily of the Valley Conference semi-final, Ash battles Tobias.
* {{Ash}} sends {{AP|Sewaddle}} to [[Professor Juniper]] and switches {{AP|Pidove}} back into his party.
* Tobias is revealed to have a {{p|Latios}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} cross the [[Skyarrow Bridge]] en route to [[Castelia City]].
* Tobias defeats Ash, eliminating him from the Lily of the Valley Confence.
* Tobias ends up winning the Sinnoh League.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[DP190|The Brockster Is In!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW022|A Venipede Stampede!]]''
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* Brock's {{p|Happiny}} evolves into {{TP|Brock|Chansey}} and learns {{m|Softboiled}}.
* [[Nurse Joy]] suggests to {{an|Brock}} that he trains to become a Pokémon Doctor.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} reach [[Twinleaf Town]].
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[DP191|Memories are Made of Bliss!]]''
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* {{an|Dawn}} decides to remain in Sinnoh, {{an|Brock}} decides to train to become a Pokémon Doctor while {{Ash}} renews his vow to become a Pokémon Master.
* Ash and Brock return to [[Kanto]] and go their separate ways.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} reach [[Pallet Town]].
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* Dawn's Cyndaquil evolves into {{TP|Dawn|Quilava}} and learns {{m|Eruption}}.
* Dawn decides to leave Sinnoh with all of her Pokémon and compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s in the [[Hoenn]] region.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |[[SS025]]
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** [[Forrest]] obtains a {{p|Rhyperior}}.
** Trip obtains a {{p|Lampent}}.
* Forrest is officially made the [[Pewter City]] Gym Leader.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Castelia City]] and meet up with [[Burgh]] again.
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* Ash encounters [[Trip]] again.
 
* Ash's {{p|Pidove}} evolves into a {{AP|Tranquill}}.
===[[Best Wishes series]]===
* {{an|Giovanni}} heads to [[Unova]] as Team Rocket's plan for the meteorite enters its final stages.
====[[Unova]]====
* Ash, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet up with [[Professor Juniper]] and leave to investigate the unusual activity caused by Team Rocket.{{tt|*|This event was not shown in the dub and was later retconned out of canon.}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW001|In The Shadow of Zekrom!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Giovanni}} claims the Meteonite from [[Relic Castle]] and takes it back to [[Castelia City]].
** {{Ash}} changes into his fourth outfit.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet with [[Looker]] in the [[Desert Resort]] and discover Team Rocket's plans.
* [[Trip]] turns 10.
* [[Team Plasma]] appears to steal the Meteonite from Team Rocket.{{tt|*|These events were not shown in the dub and were later retconned out of canon.}}.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} travel with {{Delia}} and {{an|Professor Oak}} to the [[Unova]] region where Professor Oak is attending a conference.
* {{p|Deerling}}'s {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Deerling and Sawsbuck|Spring coat}} indicates it is {{DL|Seasons|Spring}} in Unova.
* Ash learns that all of the Pokémon that live in the Unova region cannot be found in [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]] or [[Sinnoh]].
* Ash and the group meet [[Professor Juniper]].
* {{TRT}} also arrive in the Unova region, having been assigned there by {{an|Giovanni}}.
* Pikachu becomes temporarily unable to use {{type|Electric}} attacks after being hit by lightning caused by {{p|Zekrom}}.
* Ash meets a photographer and beginning {{pkmn|Trainer}} by the name of [[Trip]].
* Trip obtains a {{TP|Trip|Snivy}} from Professor Juniper then battles [[Ash's Pikachu]] and wins.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW002|Enter Iris and Axew!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW024 (unaired)|Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma! (Part 2)]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Team Rocket and [[Team Plasma]] fight over the Meteonite, threatening to destroy [[Castelia City]] in the process.
** [[Jessie]] and [[James]] leave all their Pokémon at Team Rocket's Headquarters.
* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} destroy the Meteonite.{{tt|*|These events were not shown in the dub and were later retconned out of canon.}}.-->
* {{p|Zekrom}} appears again and Pikachu is given back his Electric powers.
* Ash decides to remain in [[Unova]] and challenge [[Unova League|its]] [[Pokémon League]].
* Ash learns the first [[Unova League]] [[Gym]] is in [[Striaton City]].
* The {{AP|Oshawott}} from [[Professor Juniper]]'s lab starts to follow Ash.
* Ash meets a mysterious girl named {{an|Iris}} and her {{TP|Iris|Axew}}.
* Ash captures a {{AP|Pidove}}.
* Jessie captures a {{TP|Jessie|Woobat}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW003|A Sandile Gusher of Change!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]''
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* The {{AP|Oshawott}} from [[Professor Juniper]]'s laboratory that has been following {{Ash}} since ''[[BW001|In The Shadow of Zekrom!]]'' joins his team.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Sewaddle}} evolves into a {{AP|Swadloon}} and learns {{m|Energy Ball}}.
* A wild [[Ash's Krookodile|Sandile]] begins [[Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|following]] Ash.
* Ash battles [[Burgh]] in his third Unova Gym match and wins, earning him the {{Badge|Insect}}.
* [[James]] captures a {{TP|James|Yamask}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW004|The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW024|Emolga the Irresistible!]]''
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* Ash and Iris arrive in [[Accumula Town]].
* {{an|Iris}} captures an {{TP|Iris|Emolga}}.
* Ash captures a {{AP|Tepig}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW005|Triple Leaders, Team Threats!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW025|Emolga and the New Volt Switch!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Iris}} arrive at [[Striaton City]], and meet {{an|Cilan}}.
* {{an|Bianca}} battles both {{an|Iris}} and {{Ash}} with no official winner.
* Rather than challenging just one of the Leaders, Ash challenges all of the Gym Leader trio of Cilan, [[Chili]] and [[Cress]] to a Gym battle.
* Bianca leaves the group.
* Ash loses to Cress, defeats Chili, and starts his battle with Cilan.
* The [[Team Rocket trio]] receives a mission from {{an|Giovanni}} to capture the "Future Energy" in the [[Dreamyard]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW006|Dreams by the Yard Full!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW027|The Dragon Master's Path!]]''
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* {{Ash}} defeats {{an|Cilan}} and earns the {{Badge|Trio}}.
* {{an|Iris}} reveals that her goal is to become a {{t|Dragon}} master.
* Ash, Cilan, and {{an|Iris}} agree to travel together through [[Unova]].
* [[Iris's Axew]] masters {{m|Dragon Rage}}.
* Ash learns that the next Unova Gym is at [[Nacrene City]].
* {{p|Axew|Axew's}} dream reveals that he wants to reach his {{p|Haxorus|final evolutionary stage}}.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}} successfully complete their mission of obtaining and transmitting data from the [[Dreamyard]].
* Cilan meets {{TRT}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW007|Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW031|Ash and Trip's Third Battle!]]''
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* Ash catches a {{AP|Snivy}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Giovanni}} informs Team Rocket of the presence of another villainous team.
** Trip obtains a {{p|Vanillite}} and {{p|Timburr}}.
* {{Ash}} encounters Trip again and challenges him in a 3-on-3 battle which ends up in a tie.
* Ash learns about [[Alder]], the Unova region's {{pkmn|Champion}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW008|Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW032|Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!]]''
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* Team Rocket meets a stranger who gives them a mysterious item and tells them to head for Nacrene City.
* [[Ash's Oshawott]] overcomes his fear of opening eyes underwater and perfects {{m|Aqua Jet}}.
* {{Ash}} captures a {{AP|Palpitoad}}.
* {{an|Cilan}} captures a {{TP|Cilan|Stunfisk}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW009|The Bloom Is on Axew!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW033|Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!]]''
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* Iris is revealed to have an {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}}.
* The gang meet a Trainer called [[Georgia]], who begins a rivalry with {{an|Iris}}.
* Team Rocket is told to go to the [[Desert Resort]].
* {{an|Iris}} is revealed to have captured her {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}} as a {{p|Drilbur}}.
* Excadrill regains his loyalty to Iris and learns {{m|Focus Blast}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW010|A Rival Battle for Club Champ!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW034|Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} captures a {{AP|Roggenrola}}.
** Trip obtains the {{Badge|Trio}}, as well as another Badge.
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** Trip's {{p|Snivy}} evolves into {{TP|Trip|Servine}}.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW037|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!]]''
** Trip obtains a {{p|Tranquill}} and a {{p|Frillish}}.
* {{Ash}} encounters [[Trip]] again whom {{an|Iris}} meets for the first time.
* It is revealed that, like [[Nurse Joy]] and [[Officer Jenny]], there is a [[Don George]] that runs a [[Battle Club]] in multiple cities in the [[Unova]] region.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}} meet [[Pierce]] for the first time.
* Ash and Trip decide to have their second battle.
* Trip defeats Ash in their battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW011|A Home for Dwebble!]]''
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* {{an|Cilan}} catches a {{TP|Cilan|Dwebble}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Bianca}} again.
* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} steal data on the Meteonite from the Antamony Research Center.
* {{an|Cilan}} captures a {{p|Basculin}}. However, it is later released.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW012|Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!]]''
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* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} receive a dummy meteorite from a Team Rocket agent.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Luke]].
* Ash receives a [[Pokémon Egg]].
* The group learns about an [[Club Battle|upcoming battle tournament]] being held at the local [[Battle Club]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW013|Minccino-Neat and Tidy!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW039|Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!]]''
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* [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} arrive in [[Nacrene City]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} gets a new Badge case from {{an|Bianca}}, given to her by [[Professor Juniper]].
** Stephan's {{p|Blitzle}} evolves into a {{p|Zebstrika}}.
* Ash battles Bianca and wins.
** Burgundy obtains a {{p|Stoutland}}.
* {{TRT}} arrives in [[Nimbasa City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} enter the [[Club Battle]], along with [[Luke]], {{an|Bianca}}, [[Burgundy]], [[Georgia]], [[Stephan]], and [[Trip]].
* Ash defeats Burgundy and makes it to the second round of the Club Battle along with [[Georgia]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW014|A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW040|Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, and {{an|Cilan}} arrive in [[Nacrene City]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet [[Hawes]] and [[Lenora]].
** [[Trip]]'s {{p|Timburr}} evolves into a {{TP|Trip|Gurdurr}}.
* Ash challenges Lenora to a Gym battle.
** [[Georgia]] obtains a {{p|Pawniard}}.
* Team Rocket meets with [[Pierce]] again.
* {{an|Cilan}}'s {{TP|Cilan|Dwebble}} learns {{m|Rock Slide}}.
* Cilan defeats [[Trip]] and advances to the second round.
* [[Stephan]] defeats {{an|Bianca}} and advances to the second round.
* [[Luke]] defeats [[Scooter]] and advances to the second round.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats [[Jimmy Ray]] and advances to the second round.
* {{Ash}} begins his battle with Georgia.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW015|The Battle According to Lenora!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW041|The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!]]''
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* {{Ash}} battles [[Lenora]] and loses.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Georgia]] and advances to the semi-finals.
* Team Rocket steals the meteorite from Nacrene Museum.
* [[Luke]] defeats {{an|Cilan}} and advances to the semi-finals.
* [[Stephan]] is revealed to have a {{p|Sawk}}, while [[Luke]] is revealed to have a {{p|Larvesta}}.
* [[Iris's Emolga]]'s Ability is revealed to be {{a|Static}}.
* Emolga begins to obey {{an|Iris}}.
* Iris defeats [[Stephan]] and advances to the semi-finals.
* Iris learns she will battle Luke in the semi-finals.
* Ash starts his battle with [[Dino]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW016|Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW042|The Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome!]]''
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* {{AP|Tepig}} learns {{m|Flame Charge}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Dino]] and advances to the finals.
* {{AP|Oshawott}} learns {{m|Aqua Jet}}.
* [[Iris's Axew]] learns {{m|Outrage}}.
* Ash obtains the {{Badge|Basic}}.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats [[Luke]] and advances to the finals.
* Iris defeats Ash and wins the [[Club Battle]] Tournament and a set of [[Wing]]s.
* Luke leaves the group.
* Team Rocket prepare to begin their latest plan.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW017|Scraggy-Hatched to be Wild!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW043|Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!]]''
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* Ash's Egg hatches into a {{AP|Scraggy}}.
* [[Ash's Scraggy]] learns {{m|Hi Jump Kick}}.
* Jessie, James, and Meowth deliver the meteorite they stole from Nacrene Museum to [[Dr. Zager]] for analysis.
* {{MTR}} begins to travel with {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} under the pretense that he was fired from [[Team Rocket]].
* Ash and Iris have their first battle using Scraggy and Axew, respectively. The battle results in a draw.
* {{an|Iris}} attempts to capture Meowth but is unsuccessful.
* Team Rocket arrives in [[Anville Town]] and begin their plans to sabotage the [[Battle Subway|Nimbasa Subway system]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW018|Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW045|Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!]]''
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*{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Pinwheel Forest]] and meet the [[Castelia City]] [[Gym Leader]], [[Burgh]].
* The heads of the [[Battle Subway|Nimbasa Subway system]], {{FB|Subway Boss|Ingo}} and {{FB|Subway Boss|Emmet}}, notice Team Rocket's sabotage and begin investigating.
* Ash captures a {{AP|Sewaddle}}.
* Ash sends one of his Pokémon to [[Professor Juniper]] and adds Sewaddle to his team.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW019|A Connoisseur's Revenge!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW047|Crisis from the Underground Up!]]''
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* {{an|Cilan}} is revealed to be an A-class [[Pokémon Connoisseur]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Nimbasa City]].
* The {{ashfr|gang}} meet a C-class Connaisseuse named [[Burgundy]], an old challenger of Cilan's.
* Ash and {{an|Iris}} meet {{FB|Subway Boss|Ingo}} and {{FB|Subway Boss|Emmet}} for the first time while it's revealed {{an|Cilan}} had met them previously.
* [[Ash's Sewaddle]] is revealed to have {{a|Swarm}} as his [[Ability]].
* It is revealed that {{MTR}} was in fact never fired from [[Team Rocket]] and that his joining the group was part of a plan to steal the gang's Pokémon.
* [[Cilan's Dwebble]] is revealed to have {{a|Sturdy}} as its Ability.
* Meowth rejoins [[Jessie]] and [[James]].
* Cilan has a rematch against his new [[rival]] Burgundy and wins.
* Team Rocket successfully steal all the Pokémon from the [[Nimbasa City]] [[Pokémon Center]] (including those belonging to Ash, Iris, and Cilan) and make a getaway using the [[Battle Subway|Nimbasa Subway Network]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW020|Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW048|Battle for the Underground!]]''
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* {{AP|Pikachu}} learns {{m|Electro Ball}}.
* [[Ash's Tepig]] learns {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* The [[Ash's Krookodile|Sunglasses Sandile]] evolves into {{p|Krokorok}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, with the help of {{FB|Subway Boss|Ingo}} and {{FB|Subway Boss|Emmet}}, retrieve all the Pokémon from Team Rocket and force them to withdraw from [[Nimbasa City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW021|The Lost World of Gothitelle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW049|Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!]]''
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* {{Ash}} sends {{AP|Sewaddle}} to [[Professor Juniper]] and switches {{AP|Pidove}} back into his party.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash and {{ashfr}} cross the [[Skyarrow Bridge]] en route to [[Castelia City]].
** Bianca obtains a {{p|Shelmet}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Bianca}} and meet [[Elesa]], [[Nimbasa Gym]]'s [[Gym Leader]].
* [[Bianca's father]] appears to take his daughter home with him.
* Bianca has a Gym battle with Elesa but loses.
* Ash has a battle with Bianca's father and loses.
* Bianca's father decides to allow Bianca to keep traveling.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW022|A Venipede Stampede!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW050|Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} has a Gym battle with [[Elesa]] and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Bolt}}.
** Trip obtains a {{p|Lampent}}.
* Ash learns from Elesa that the next [[Gym]] is in [[Driftveil City]] but has to wait to travel there because the [[Driftveil Drawbridge]] is closed for repairs.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Castelia City]] and meet up with [[Burgh]] again.
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* Ash encounters [[Trip]] again.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW051|Lost at the Stamp Rally!]]''
* Ash's {{p|Pidove}} evolves into a {{AP|Tranquill}}.
* {{an|Giovanni}} heads to [[Unova]] as Team Rocket's plan for the meteorite enters its final stages.
* Ash, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet up with [[Professor Juniper]] and leave to investigate the unusual activity caused by Team Rocket.{{tt|*|This event was not shown in the dub and was later retconned out of canon.}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW023 (unaired)|Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma! (Part 1)]]''
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* {{an|Giovanni}} claims the Meteonite from [[Relic Castle]] and takes it back to [[Castelia City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Cilan}} challenge the {{tc|Subway Boss}}es {{FB|Subway Boss|Ingo}} and {{FB|Subway Boss|Emmet}} to a tag battle but lose.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet with [[Looker]] in the [[Desert Resort]] and discover Team Rocket's plans.
* [[Team Plasma]] appears to steal the Meteonite from Team Rocket.{{tt|*|These events were not shown in the dub and were later retconned out of canon.}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW024 (unaired)|Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma! (Part 2)]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW052|Ash Versus the Champion!]]''
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* Team Rocket and [[Team Plasma]] fight over the Meteonite, threatening to destroy [[Castelia City]] in the process.
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} destroy the Meteonite.{{tt|*|These events were not shown in the dub and were later retconned out of canon.}}.-->
** Trip obtains his fifth [[Unova]] Gym Badge.
* The gang meet up with [[Trip]] again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Alder]] for the first time.
* Alder challenges Ash to a battle but then falls asleep during said battle thus resulting in no official winner.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW056|The Lonely Deino!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Sewaddle}} evolves into a {{AP|Swadloon}} and learns {{m|Energy Ball}}.
* {{TRT}} prepares to begin their plan to capture the [[Forces of Nature]].
* Ash battles [[Burgh]] in his third Unova Gym match and wins, earning him the {{Badge|Insect}}.
* [[James]] captures a {{TP|James|Yamask}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW024|Emolga the Irresistible!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW057|The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!]]''
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* {{an|Iris}} captures an {{TP|Iris|Emolga}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Driftveil City]] and meet [[Clay]].
* Ash tries to challenge Clay to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but Clay refuses.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW025|Emolga and the New Volt Switch!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW058|A Call for Brotherly Love!]]''
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* {{an|Bianca}} battles both {{an|Iris}} and {{Ash}} with no official winner.
* [[Chili]] meets up with {{an|Cilan}} in [[Driftveil City]].
* Bianca leaves the group.
* Cilan and {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}} battle Chili and {{p|Pansear}} and are victorious.
* {{TRT}} prepares for the final stage of their plan to capture the [[Forces of Nature]].
* Chili's Pansear learns {{m|SolarBeam}}.
* Chili and Pansear battle {{Ash}} and {{AP|Oshawott}} and are victorious.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW027|The Dragon Master's Path!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW059|Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1]]''
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* {{an|Iris}} reveals that her goal is to become a {{t|Dragon}} master.
* {{Ash}} tries again to challenge [[Clay]] for a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but Clay refuses again.
* [[Iris's Axew]] masters {{m|Dragon Rage}}.
* {{p|Tornadus}} and {{p|Thundurus}} go on a rampage while the gang summons {{p|Landorus}} to stop the destruction.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW031|Ash and Trip's Third Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW060|Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{TRT}} captures the [[Forces of Nature]] but their plans are foiled and they are forced to release them thanks to {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}.
** Trip obtains a {{p|Vanillite}} and {{p|Timburr}}.
* {{p|Landorus}} stops the rampage of {{p|Thundurus}} and {{p|Tornadus}}, and all three Pokémon return to rest.
* {{Ash}} encounters Trip again and challenges him in a 3-on-3 battle which ends up in a tie.
* Ash learns about [[Alder]], the Unova region's {{pkmn|Champion}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW032|Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW061|Battling the King of Mines!]]''
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* [[Ash's Oshawott]] overcomes his fear of opening eyes underwater and perfects {{m|Aqua Jet}}.
* {{Ash}}'s Roggenrola evolves into {{AP|Boldore}}.
* {{Ash}} captures a {{AP|Palpitoad}}.
* Ash's Boldore learns {{m|Rock Blast}} and {{m|Rock Smash}}.
* {{an|Cilan}} captures a {{TP|Cilan|Stunfisk}}.
* Ash battles [[Clay]] in his fifth [[Unova]] [[Gym]] match and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Quake}}.
* Ash learns that the next Gym is located in [[Mistralton City]] and decides to head there.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW033|Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW062|Crisis at Chargestone Cave!]]''
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* The gang meet a Trainer called [[Georgia]], who begins a rivalry with {{an|Iris}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Bianca}} and [[Professor Juniper]] again.
* {{an|Iris}} is revealed to have captured her {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}} as a {{p|Drilbur}}.
* {{an|Cilan}}'s {{p|Dwebble}} evolves into {{TP|Cilan|Crustle}} and learns {{m|Rock Wrecker}}.
* Excadrill regains his loyalty to Iris and learns {{m|Focus Blast}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW034|Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW063|Evolution Exchange Excitement!]]''
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* {{Ash}} captures a {{AP|Roggenrola}}.
* Bianca trades her {{p|Shelmet}} for [[Professor Juniper]]'s {{p|Karrablast}}.
* Bianca's new Karrablast evolves into {{p|Escavalier}} while Juniper's new Shelmet evolves into {{p|Accelgor}}.
* {{an|Cilan}} and {{Ash}} battle against Professor Juniper and Bianca and win.
* Bianca leaves the group.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW037|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW064|Explorers of the Hero's Ruins]]''
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* Ash and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Bianca}} again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are officially introduced to [[Cedric Juniper]], the father of [[Professor Juniper]].
* {{an|Cilan}} captures a {{p|Basculin}}. However, it is later released.
* The [[Ash's Krookodile|Sunglasses Krokorok]] returns to confront Pikachu.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW065|Battling the Bully!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Luke]].
* {{Ash}} captures the Sunglasses Krokorok.
* The group learns about an [[Club Battle|upcoming battle tournament]] being held at the local [[Battle Club]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW039|Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW067|Cilan Takes Flight!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mistralton City]] and meet [[Skyla]].
** Stephan's {{p|Blitzle}} evolves into a {{p|Zebstrika}}.
* {{an|Cilan}} battles Skyla and loses.
** Burgundy obtains a {{p|Stoutland}}.
* {{TRT}} arrives in [[Nimbasa City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} enter the [[Club Battle]], along with [[Luke]], {{an|Bianca}}, [[Burgundy]], [[Georgia]], [[Stephan]], and [[Trip]].
* Ash defeats Burgundy and makes it to the second round of the Club Battle along with [[Georgia]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW040|Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW068|An Amazing Aerial Battle!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash's Tranquill evolves into {{AP|Unfezant}} and learns {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
** [[Trip]]'s {{p|Timburr}} evolves into a {{TP|Trip|Gurdurr}}.
* Ash battles [[Skyla]] in his sixth [[Unova]] [[Gym]] match and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Jet}}.
** [[Georgia]] obtains a {{p|Pawniard}}.
* Ash learns that the next Unova Gym is at [[Icirrus City]].
* {{an|Cilan}}'s {{TP|Cilan|Dwebble}} learns {{m|Rock Slide}}.
* Cilan defeats [[Trip]] and advances to the second round.
* [[Stephan]] defeats {{an|Bianca}} and advances to the second round.
* [[Luke]] defeats [[Scooter]] and advances to the second round.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats [[Jimmy Ray]] and advances to the second round.
* {{Ash}} begins his battle with Georgia.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW041|The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW069|Climbing the Tower of Success!]]''
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* {{Ash}} defeats [[Georgia]] and advances to the semi-finals.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Stephan]] again and everyone enters the Bell of Wishes Festival Contest.
* [[Luke]] defeats {{an|Cilan}} and advances to the semi-finals.
* Stephan wins the Contest and then accompanies the group to Ambiga Town where the Clubsplosion tournament will be held.
* [[Stephan]] is revealed to have a {{p|Sawk}}, while [[Luke]] is revealed to have a {{p|Larvesta}}.
* [[Iris's Emolga]]'s Ability is revealed to be {{a|Static}}.
* Emolga begins to obey {{an|Iris}}.
* Iris defeats [[Stephan]] and advances to the semi-finals.
* Iris learns she will battle Luke in the semi-finals.
* Ash starts his battle with [[Dino]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW042|The Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW070|The Clubsplosion Begins!]]''
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* {{Ash}} defeats [[Dino]] and advances to the finals.
* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Iris's Axew]] learns {{m|Outrage}}.
** Trip's {{p|Gurdurr}} evolves into {{p|Conkeldurr}}.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats [[Luke]] and advances to the finals.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and [[Stephan]] arrive in [[Ambiga Town]] and reunite {{an|Bianca}}, [[Burgundy]], [[Georgia]], and [[Trip]], all entering the [[Clubsplosion]] tournament.
* Iris defeats Ash and wins the [[Club Battle]] Tournament and a set of [[Wing]]s.
* [[Stephan]] defeats [[Edmund]] and advances to the second round.
* Luke leaves the group.
* {{an|Cilan}} defeats [[Flora]] and advances to the second round.
* Team Rocket prepare to begin their latest plan.
* [[Ash's Scraggy]] learns {{m|Focus Blast}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Angus]] and advances to the second round.
* {{an|Iris}} and [[Burgundy]] begin their battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW043|Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW071|Search for the Clubultimate!]]''
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* [[Ash's Scraggy]] learns {{m|Hi Jump Kick}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{MTR}} begins to travel with {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} under the pretense that he was fired from [[Team Rocket]].
** [[Georgia]]'s {{p|Pawniard}} evolves into {{p|Bisharp}}.
* {{an|Iris}} attempts to capture Meowth but is unsuccessful.
** {{an|Bianca}}'s {{p|Pignite}} evolves into {{TP|Bianca|Emboar}}.
* Team Rocket arrives in [[Anville Town]] and begin their plans to sabotage the [[Battle Subway|Nimbasa Subway system]].
* {{an|Iris}} defeats [[Burgundy]] and advances to the second round.
* Georgia defeats [[Gail]] and advances to the second round.
* [[Montgomery]] defeats [[Delbert]] and advances to the second round.
* Bianca and [[Trip]] begin their battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW045|Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW072|A Clubsplosion of Excitement!]]''
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* The heads of the [[Battle Subway|Nimbasa Subway system]], {{FB|Subway Boss|Ingo}} and {{FB|Subway Boss|Emmet}}, notice Team Rocket's sabotage and begin investigating.
* Bianca defeats Trip and advances to the second round.
* Ash defeats [[Betty]] and advances to the semi-finals.
* Montgomery defeats Iris and advances to the semi-finals.
* Stephan defeats Cilan and advances to the semi-finals.
* Bianca defeats Georgia and advances to the semi-finals.
* Ash learns he will face Montgomery in the semi-finals, while Bianca will face Stephan.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW047|Crisis from the Underground Up!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW073|Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Nimbasa City]].
* [[Stephan]] defeats {{an|Bianca}} and advances to the final round.
* Ash and {{an|Iris}} meet {{FB|Subway Boss|Ingo}} and {{FB|Subway Boss|Emmet}} for the first time while it's revealed {{an|Cilan}} had met them previously.
* [[Montgomery]] defeats {{Ash}} and advances to the final round.
* It is revealed that {{MTR}} was in fact never fired from [[Team Rocket]] and that his joining the group was part of a plan to steal the gang's Pokémon.
* Stephan defeats Montgomery in the final round, winning the Clubsplosion and a year's supply of Vitamins.
* Meowth rejoins [[Jessie]] and [[James]].
* Team Rocket successfully steal all the Pokémon from the [[Nimbasa City]] [[Pokémon Center]] (including those belonging to Ash, Iris, and Cilan) and make a getaway using the [[Battle Subway|Nimbasa Subway Network]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW048|Battle for the Underground!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW074|Battling the Leaf Thieves!]]''
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* [[Ash's Tepig]] learns {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Swadloon}} evolves into {{AP|Leavanny}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, with the help of {{FB|Subway Boss|Ingo}} and {{FB|Subway Boss|Emmet}}, retrieve all the Pokémon from Team Rocket and force them to withdraw from [[Nimbasa City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW049|Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW075|A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{TRT}} returns to try and open a time gate in [[Twist Mountain]].
** Bianca obtains a {{p|Shelmet}}.
* {{Ash}} encounters [[Dr. Zager]] for the first time.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Bianca}} and meet [[Elesa]], [[Nimbasa Gym]]'s [[Gym Leader]].
* [[Bianca's father]] appears to take his daughter home with him.
* Bianca has a Gym battle with Elesa but loses.
* Ash has a battle with Bianca's father and loses.
* Bianca's father decides to allow Bianca to keep traveling.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW050|Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW076|A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2]]''
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* {{Ash}} has a Gym battle with [[Elesa]] and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Bolt}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} stop {{TRT}}'s attempts to travel through a time hole, forcing them to retreat.
* Ash learns from Elesa that the next [[Gym]] is in [[Driftveil City]] but has to wait to travel there because the [[Driftveil Drawbridge]] is closed for repairs.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW051|Lost at the Stamp Rally!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW077|Evolution by Fire!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Cilan}} challenge the {{tc|Subway Boss}}es {{FB|Subway Boss|Ingo}} and {{FB|Subway Boss|Emmet}} to a tag battle but lose.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Shamus|Tepig's former Trainer]]
* Ash's Tepig evolves into {{AP|Pignite}} and learns {{m|Fire Pledge}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW052|Ash Versus the Champion!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW078|Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* The gang meets [[Brycen]], the Gym Leader of [[Icirrus City]].
** Trip obtains his fifth [[Unova]] Gym Badge.
* The gang meet up with [[Trip]] again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Alder]] for the first time.
* Alder challenges Ash to a battle but then falls asleep during said battle thus resulting in no official winner.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW056|The Lonely Deino!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW079|Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!]]''
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* {{TRT}} prepares to begin their plan to capture the [[Forces of Nature]].
* {{Ash}} battles [[Brycen]] and wins, earning the {{Badge|Freeze}}.
* Ash learns that the next Gym is located in [[Opelucid City]] and decides to head there.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW057|The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW080|Clash of the Connoisseurs!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Driftveil City]] and meet [[Clay]].
* {{Ash}} learns that [[Opelucid Gym|the Gym]] in [[Opelucid City]] is closed.
* Ash tries to challenge Clay to a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but Clay refuses.
* The group meets with [[Burgundy]] again.
* Ash learns that there is a [[Gym]] located in Virbank City.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW058|A Call for Brotherly Love!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW081|Crisis at Ferroseed Research!]]''
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* [[Chili]] meets up with {{an|Cilan}} in [[Driftveil City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Georgia]] again.
* Cilan and {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}} battle Chili and {{p|Pansear}} and are victorious.
* [[Georgia]] is revealed to own a {{p|Vanilluxe}}.
* {{TRT}} prepares for the final stage of their plan to capture the [[Forces of Nature]].
* Chili's Pansear learns {{m|SolarBeam}}.
* Chili and Pansear battle {{Ash}} and {{AP|Oshawott}} and are victorious.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW059|Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW082|An Epic Defense Force!]]''
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* {{Ash}} tries again to challenge [[Clay]] for a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but Clay refuses again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Luke]] again.
* {{p|Tornadus}} and {{p|Thundurus}} go on a rampage while the gang summons {{p|Landorus}} to stop the destruction.
* {{TRT}} prepare to begin their latest operation.
* A wild {{an|Meloetta}} starts to follow Ash.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW060|Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW083|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1]]''
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* {{TRT}} captures the [[Forces of Nature]] but their plans are foiled and they are forced to release them thanks to {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Roxie]], the Virbank Gym's [[Gym Leader]].
* {{p|Landorus}} stops the rampage of {{p|Thundurus}} and {{p|Tornadus}}, and all three Pokémon return to rest.
* Ash begins his battle with Roxie.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW061|Battling the King of Mines!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW084|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s Roggenrola evolves into {{AP|Boldore}}.
* {{Ash}} continues his [[Gym]] battle with [[Roxie]] and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Toxic}}.
* Ash's Boldore learns {{m|Rock Blast}} and {{m|Rock Smash}}.
* Ash battles [[Clay]] in his fifth [[Unova]] [[Gym]] match and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Quake}}.
* Ash learns that the next Gym is located in [[Mistralton City]] and decides to head there.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW062|Crisis at Chargestone Cave!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW085|All for the Love of Meloetta!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Bianca}} and [[Professor Juniper]] again.
* {{Ash}} learns that the Unova League Conference will be held in three months.
* {{an|Cilan}}'s {{p|Dwebble}} evolves into {{TP|Cilan|Crustle}} and learns {{m|Rock Wrecker}}.
* Ash meets up with [[Cynthia]] again while {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet her for the first time. She also tells them about the Pokémon World Tournament.
* {{TRT}} attempts to capture {{an|Meloetta}} but fails.
* Cynthia is revealed to own a {{p|Glaceon}}.
* Iris battles Cynthia and her {{TP|Iris|Axew}} learns {{m|Giga Impact}} in the process. The battle is then called off by Cynthia.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} accompany Cynthia to her villa in [[Undella Town]].
* Team Rocket discovers that Meloetta is following Ash's group.
* {{an|Dawn}} is revealed to be staying at Cynthia's villa.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW063|Evolution Exchange Excitement!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW086|Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!]]''
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* Bianca trades her {{p|Shelmet}} for [[Professor Juniper]]'s {{p|Karrablast}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Undella Town]].
* Bianca's new Karrablast evolves into {{p|Escavalier}} while Juniper's new Shelmet evolves into {{p|Accelgor}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} returns, with {{an|Cilan}} and {{an|Iris}} meeting her for the first time.
* {{an|Cilan}} and {{Ash}} battle against Professor Juniper and Bianca and win.
* Dawn reveals that she will be participating in the World Championship Junior Cup.
* Bianca leaves the group.
* [[Dawn's Piplup]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Drill Peck}} and {{m|Ice Beam}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW064|Explorers of the Hero's Ruins]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW087|Expedition to Onix Island!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are officially introduced to [[Cedric Juniper]], the father of [[Professor Juniper]].
* {{an|Meloetta}} changes into its Pirouette Forme for the first time.
* The [[Ash's Krookodile|Sunglasses Krokorok]] returns to confront Pikachu.
* [[Dawn's Piplup]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Headbutt}}.
* [[Ash's Oshawott]] learns {{m|Hydro Pump}}.
* The reason why {{TRT}} required {{an|Meloetta}} is revealed.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW065|Battling the Bully!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW089|Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!]]''
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* {{Ash}} captures the Sunglasses Krokorok.
* {{an|Iris}} captures a {{TP|Iris|Dragonite}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW067|Cilan Takes Flight!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW090|Jostling for the Junior Cup!]]''
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* Ash and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Mistralton City]] and meet [[Skyla]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Cilan}} battles Skyla and loses.
** Trip's {{p|Servine}} evolves into {{TP|Trip|Serperior}}.
** Burgundy obtains a {{p|Darmanitan}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Lacunosa Town]].
* {{an|Dawn}} meets [[Trip]], [[Burgundy]], and [[Georgia]].
* [[Trip]] defeats [[Burgundy]] and advances to the next round.
* {{an|Cilan}}, Ash and Dawn defeat their opponents and advance to the next round.
* [[Iris's Dragonite]] starts disobeying her.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats Georgia and advances to the next round.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW068|An Amazing Aerial Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW091|Battling Authority Once Again!]]''
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* Ash's Tranquill evolves into {{AP|Unfezant}} and learns {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* [[Trip]] defeats [[Manning]] and advances to the semi-final round.
* Ash battles [[Skyla]] in his sixth [[Unova]] [[Gym]] match and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Jet}}.
* [[Cilan's Stunfisk]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Sludge Bomb}}.
* Ash learns that the next Unova Gym is at [[Icirrus City]].
* {{an|Cilan}} defeats [[Horatio]] and advances to the semi-final round.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Geraldo]] and advances to the semi-final round.
* [[Dawn's Mamoswine]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Ice Fang}}.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats {{an|Dawn}} and advances to the semi-final round.
* Trip defeats Cilan and advances to the final round.
* Ash and Iris begin their battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW069|Climbing the Tower of Success!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW092|Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Stephan]] again and everyone enters the Bell of Wishes Festival Contest.
* [[Ash's Krokorok]] evolves into {{AP|Krookodile}}.
* Stephan wins the Contest and then accompanies the group to Ambiga Town where the Clubsplosion tournament will be held.
* {{Ash}} defeats {{an|Iris}} and advances to the final round.
* [[Ash's Krookodile]] learns {{m|Dragon Claw}}.
* {{Ash}} battles [[Trip]] in the final round but loses.
* [[Trip]] wins the [[Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup]].
* [[Trip]] begins his battle with [[Alder]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW070|The Clubsplosion Begins!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW093|Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Trip]] continues his battle with [[Alder]] and loses.
** Trip's {{p|Gurdurr}} evolves into {{p|Conkeldurr}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet {{un|Cameron}}, who joins {{ashfr|the group}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and [[Stephan]] arrive in [[Ambiga Town]] and reunite {{an|Bianca}}, [[Burgundy]], [[Georgia]], and [[Trip]], all entering the [[Clubsplosion]] tournament.
* {{TRT}} discovers an entrance to the Undersea Temple.
* [[Stephan]] defeats [[Edmund]] and advances to the second round.
* [[Dawn's Quilava]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* {{an|Cilan}} defeats [[Flora]] and advances to the second round.
* {{an|Dawn}} leaves the group to head to the [[Johto]] region to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
* [[Ash's Scraggy]] learns {{m|Focus Blast}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Angus]] and advances to the second round.
* {{an|Iris}} and [[Burgundy]] begin their battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW071|Search for the Clubultimate!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW094|The Road to Humilau!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Marlon]].
** [[Georgia]]'s {{p|Pawniard}} evolves into {{p|Bisharp}}.
* {{un|Cameron}} battles Marlon and wins, earning the {{Badge|Wave}}.
** {{an|Bianca}}'s {{p|Pignite}} evolves into {{TP|Bianca|Emboar}}.
* {{un|Cameron}} leaves the group.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats [[Burgundy]] and advances to the second round.
* Georgia defeats [[Gail]] and advances to the second round.
* [[Montgomery]] defeats [[Delbert]] and advances to the second round.
* Bianca and [[Trip]] begin their battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW072|A Clubsplosion of Excitement!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]''
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* Bianca defeats Trip and advances to the second round.
* [[Team Rocket]]'s [[Operation Tempest]] enters its final stage.
* Ash defeats [[Betty]] and advances to the semi-finals.
* {{Ash}} meets {{an|Giovanni}} for the first time since ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''.
* Montgomery defeats Iris and advances to the semi-finals.
* [[Giovanni's Persian]] is seen battling for the first time.
* Stephan defeats Cilan and advances to the semi-finals.
* Ash battles Giovanni with his {{AP|Pikachu}}, but is defeated.
* Bianca defeats Georgia and advances to the semi-finals.
* Team Rocket successfully captures Meloetta, and takes it, along with the imprisoned Ash and Pikachu, to the [[Abyssal Ruins]].
* Ash learns he will face Montgomery in the semi-finals, while Bianca will face Stephan.
* Giovanni uses Meloetta's {{m|Relic Song|song}} to unseal the {{key|V|Reveal Glass}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW073|Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]''
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* [[Stephan]] defeats {{an|Bianca}} and advances to the final round.
* {{an|Giovanni}} successfully summons the [[Forces of Nature]] and uses the {{key|V|Reveal Glass}} to turn them in their [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Forces of Nature|Therian Forme]].
* [[Montgomery]] defeats {{Ash}} and advances to the final round.
* Dragonite begins to obey Iris.
* Stephan defeats Montgomery in the final round, winning the Clubsplosion and a year's supply of Vitamins.
* {{an|Meloetta}} manages to calm down the members of the Forces of Nature.
* Giovanni withdraws [[Team Rocket]] (including [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}}) from [[Unova]] and returns to [[Kanto]].
* Meloetta leaves with [[Ridley]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW074|Battling the Leaf Thieves!]]''
 
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW098|Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Swadloon}} evolves into {{AP|Leavanny}}.
* {{Ash}} learns that the Unova League will be held in Vertress City.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Cynthia]]'s villa.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW075|A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW100|A Village Homecoming!]]''
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* {{TRT}} returns to try and open a time gate in [[Twist Mountain]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at {{an|Iris}}'s hometown, the [[Village of Dragons]].
* {{Ash}} encounters [[Dr. Zager]] for the first time.
* Ash and {{an|Cilan}} meet the {{OBP|Elder|Village of Dragons}} and [[Drayden]] for the first time.
* Drayden challenges Iris to a {{pkmn|battle}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW076|A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW101|Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} stop {{TRT}}'s attempts to travel through a time hole, forcing them to retreat.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Opelucid City]].
* {{an|Iris}} has a rematch with [[Drayden]] and loses again.
* Iris finds out that Drayden is considering her for [[Opelucid Gym]]'s future [[Gym Leader]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW077|Evolution by Fire!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW102|Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Shamus|Tepig's former Trainer]]
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Virgil]], a rescue worker entering the [[Unova League]] who owns an {{p|Eevee}} and all of [[Eeveelution|its evolutions]].
* Ash's Tepig evolves into {{AP|Pignite}} and learns {{m|Fire Pledge}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW078|Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW103|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]''
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* The gang meets [[Brycen]], the Gym Leader of [[Icirrus City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Vertress City]], where the [[Vertress Conference]] begins.
* Ash, [[Trip]], {{an|Bianca}}, {{un|Cameron}}, [[Stephan]], and [[Virgil]] enter the Vertress Conference.
* Stephan wins his first round battle, qualifying him for the next round.
* Bianca, Virgil, and Cameron begin their first round battles.
* Ash and Trip begin their battle.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW079|Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW104|Mission: Defeat Your Rival!]]''
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* {{Ash}} battles [[Brycen]] and wins, earning the {{Badge|Freeze}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Trip]], eliminating the latter from the [[Vertress Conference|tournament]].
* Ash learns that the next Gym is located in [[Opelucid City]] and decides to head there.
* Ash and Trip end their rivalry and become friends.
* [[Virgil]] defeats [[Ultimo]], advancing to the next round.
* {{an|Bianca}} defeats [[Mikael]], advancing to the next round.
* {{un|Cameron}} defeats [[Kendrick]], advancing to the next round.
* Cameron defeats Bianca, eliminating the latter from the tournament.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW080|Clash of the Connoisseurs!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW105|Lost at the League!]]''
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* {{Ash}} learns that [[Opelucid Gym|the Gym]] in [[Opelucid City]] is closed.
* ''Pre-episode''
* The group meets with [[Burgundy]] again.
** {{Ash}}, [[Stephan]], and [[Virgil]] make it through the second round.
* Ash learns that there is a [[Gym]] located in Virbank City.
** Stephan obtains a {{p|Liepard}}.
* Ash, Stephan, {{un|Cameron}}, and Virgil make it through the third round of the [[Vertress Conference]].
* Ash begins his match against Stephan.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW081|Crisis at Ferroseed Research!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW106|Strong Strategy Steals the Show!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Georgia]] again.
* [[Ash's Palpitoad]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Sludge Wave}}.
* [[Georgia]] is revealed to own a {{p|Vanilluxe}}.
* [[Ash's Leavanny]] is revealed to have learned {{m|X-Scissor}} and to have {{a|Swarm}} as his Ability.
* [[Ash's Krookodile]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Stephan]], eliminating the latter from the [[Vertress Conference|tournament]].
* {{un|Cameron}} defeats [[Kenton]], advancing to the next round.
* [[Virgil]] defeats [[Flora]], advancing to the next round.
* Ash and Cameron begin their battle.
* Cameron is revealed to own a {{p|Hydreigon}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW082|An Epic Defense Force!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW107|Cameron's Secret Weapon!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Luke]] again.
* {{Ash}} continues his battle with {{un|Cameron}}.
* {{TRT}} prepare to begin their latest operation.
* [[Ash's Pignite]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Brick Break}}.
* A wild {{an|Meloetta}} starts to follow Ash.
* Cameron is revealed to own a {{p|Swanna}}.
* Cameron's {{p|Riolu}} evolves into {{TP|Cameron|Lucario}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW083|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW108|A Unova League Evolution!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Roxie]], the Virbank Gym's [[Gym Leader]].
* {{un|Cameron}} defeats {{Ash}}, eliminating the latter from the tournament.
* Ash begins his battle with Roxie.
* [[Virgil]] defeats Cameron, advancing to the final round.
* Virgil defeats [[Dino]] in the final round, winning the [[Vertress Conference]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW084|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW109|New Places... Familiar Faces!]]''
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* {{Ash}} continues his [[Gym]] battle with [[Roxie]] and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Toxic}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** [[Jessie]] and [[James]] obtain a {{TP|Jessie|Frillish}} and an {{TP|James|Amoonguss}}, respectively.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Nuvema Town]].
* {{TRT}} returns to [[Unova]] now focusing on their original goal: capturing {{AP|Pikachu}} and any other Pokémon they can.
* Team Rocket goes back to using their {{DL|Team Rocket mottos|original motto}} again.
* Ash, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} decide to explore the White Ruins in the hopes of meeting {{p|Reshiram}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW085|All for the Love of Meloetta!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW110|The Name's N!]]''
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* {{Ash}} learns that the Unova League Conference will be held in three months.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet {{an|N}}.
* Ash meets up with [[Cynthia]] again while {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet her for the first time. She also tells them about the Pokémon World Tournament.
* {{TRT}} attempts to capture {{an|Meloetta}} but fails.
* Cynthia is revealed to own a {{p|Glaceon}}.
* Iris battles Cynthia and her {{TP|Iris|Axew}} learns {{m|Giga Impact}} in the process. The battle is then called off by Cynthia.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} accompany Cynthia to her villa in [[Undella Town]].
* Team Rocket discovers that Meloetta is following Ash's group.
* {{an|Dawn}} is revealed to be staying at Cynthia's villa.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW086|Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW111|There's a New Gym Leader in Town!]]''
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* Ash and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Undella Town]].
* {{Ash}} and {{Ashfr}} meet [[Cheren]], the {{ci|Aspertia}} [[Gym Leader]].
* {{an|Dawn}} returns, with {{an|Cilan}} and {{an|Iris}} meeting her for the first time.
* Ash battles Cheren, but loses.
* Dawn reveals that she will be participating in the World Championship Junior Cup.
* [[Dawn's Piplup]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Drill Peck}} and {{m|Ice Beam}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW087|Expedition to Onix Island!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW112|Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!]]''
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* {{an|Meloetta}} changes into its Pirouette Forme for the first time.
* [[Looker]] returns, with {{an|Cilan}} and {{an|Iris}} meeting him for the first time.
* [[Dawn's Piplup]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Headbutt}}.
* {{Ash}}, Iris and Cilan encounter the villainous [[Team Plasma]], as well as the Plasma Scientist [[Colress]], for the first time.
* [[Ash's Oshawott]] learns {{m|Hydro Pump}}.
* The reason why {{TRT}} required {{an|Meloetta}} is revealed.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW089|Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW113|The Light of Floccesy Ranch!]]''
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* {{an|Iris}} captures a {{TP|Iris|Dragonite}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} visit the [[Floccesy Ranch]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW090|Jostling for the Junior Cup!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW114|Saving Braviary!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|N}} again.
** Trip's {{p|Servine}} evolves into {{TP|Trip|Serperior}}.
* N joins the group.
** Burgundy obtains a {{p|Darmanitan}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Lacunosa Town]].
* {{an|Dawn}} meets [[Trip]], [[Burgundy]], and [[Georgia]].
* [[Trip]] defeats [[Burgundy]] and advances to the next round.
* {{an|Cilan}}, Ash and Dawn defeat their opponents and advance to the next round.
* [[Iris's Dragonite]] starts disobeying her.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats Georgia and advances to the next round.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW091|Battling Authority Once Again!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW115|The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!]]''
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* [[Trip]] defeats [[Manning]] and advances to the semi-final round.
* [[Jessie's Woobat]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Hidden Power}}.
* [[Cilan's Stunfisk]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Sludge Bomb}}.
* {{an|Cilan}} defeats [[Horatio]] and advances to the semi-final round.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Geraldo]] and advances to the semi-final round.
* [[Dawn's Mamoswine]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Ice Fang}}.
* {{an|Iris}} defeats {{an|Dawn}} and advances to the semi-final round.
* Trip defeats Cilan and advances to the final round.
* Ash and Iris begin their battle.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW092|Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]''
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* [[Ash's Krokorok]] evolves into {{AP|Krookodile}}.
* [[Ash's Charizard]] returns and is revealed to have learned {{m|Wing Attack}}, {{m|Slash}}, and {{m|Dragon Tail}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats {{an|Iris}} and advances to the final round.
* Charizard battles [[Iris's Dragonite]]. The battle is called off by {{an|N}}.
* [[Ash's Krookodile]] learns {{m|Dragon Claw}}.
* {{Ash}} battles [[Trip]] in the final round but loses.
* [[Trip]] wins the [[Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup]].
* [[Trip]] begins his battle with [[Alder]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW093|Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW117|Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!]]''
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* [[Trip]] continues his battle with [[Alder]] and loses.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Team Plasma]] and [[Looker]] again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet {{un|Cameron}}, who joins {{ashfr|the group}}.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Anthea and Concordia]] for the first time.
* {{TRT}} discovers an entrance to the Undersea Temple.
* [[Dawn's Quilava]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* {{an|Dawn}} leaves the group to head to the [[Johto]] region to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW094|The Road to Humilau!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW118|Secrets From Out of the Fog!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Marlon]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} find out that {{an|N}} used to be a member of [[Team Plasma]].
* {{un|Cameron}} battles Marlon and wins, earning the {{Badge|Wave}}.
* N leaves the group.
* {{un|Cameron}} leaves the group.
* Ash and his friends approach the [[Dragonspiral Tower]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW120|Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!]]''
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* [[Team Rocket]]'s [[Operation Tempest]] enters its final stage.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, and {{an|Cilan}} are escorted to the {{an|White Ruins}} by [[Cedric Juniper]]'s assistant, who later is revealed to be [[Looker]] undercover.
* {{Ash}} meets {{an|Giovanni}} for the first time since ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''.
* Ash and his friends meet up with Cedric Juniper and {{an|N}} again.
* [[Giovanni's Persian]] is seen battling for the first time.
* Cedric Juniper finds the {{DL|Dragon Stones|Light Stone}}, but it is taken away by N.
* Ash battles Giovanni with his {{AP|Pikachu}}, but is defeated.
* [[Team Plasma]] begins their operation by attacking the White Ruins.
* Team Rocket successfully captures Meloetta, and takes it, along with the imprisoned Ash and Pikachu, to the [[Abyssal Ruins]].
* Giovanni uses Meloetta's {{m|Relic Song|song}} to unseal the {{key|V|Reveal Glass}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW121|Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony!]]''
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* {{an|Giovanni}} successfully summons the [[Forces of Nature]] and uses the {{key|V|Reveal Glass}} to turn them in their [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Forces of Nature|Therian Forme]].
* [[Team Plasma]] continues their attack on the {{an|White Ruins}}.
* Dragonite begins to obey Iris.
* {{an|N}} surrenders the {{DL|Dragon Stones|Light Stone}} to Team Plasma.
* {{an|Meloetta}} manages to calm down the members of the Forces of Nature.
* [[Ghetsis]] arrives and starts the ritual of awakening {{p|Reshiram}}.
* Giovanni withdraws [[Team Rocket]] (including [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}}) from [[Unova]] and returns to [[Kanto]].
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* Meloetta leaves with [[Ridley]].
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[BW122|What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!]]''
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| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* [[Ghetsis]] summons and takes control of {{p|Reshiram}}.
* [[Anthea and Concordia]] arrive at the {{an|White Ruins}} to aid in the battle against [[Team Plasma]].
* [[Colress]]'s machine is destroyed, freeing all the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.
* [[Looker]] arrests Ghetsis, Colress and the other Team Plasma members, thereby bringing down the [[villainous teams|team]].
|}


| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW098|Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!]]''
====[[Decolore Islands]]====
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{| class="roundy" style="background:#E3CED0; border:3px solid #424B50"
* {{Ash}} learns that the Unova League will be held in Vertress City.
! style="background:#FFF; {{roundytl|5px}}"| Episode
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} leave [[Cynthia]]'s villa.
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|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW100|A Village Homecoming!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW123|Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at {{an|Iris}}'s hometown, the [[Village of Dragons]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} leave [[Unova]] for [[Kanto]], via the [[Decolore Islands]].
* Ash and {{an|Cilan}} meet the {{OBP|Elder|Village of Dragons}} and [[Drayden]] for the first time.
* [[Professor Juniper]] prepares to send the Pokémon she has been keeping for {{Ash}} to [[Professor Oak]].
* Drayden challenges Iris to a {{pkmn|battle}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW101|Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW125|Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Opelucid City]].
* It is revealed that, like [[Nurse Joy]], [[Officer Jenny]], and [[Don George]], there are many [[Porter]]s that serve as guides on cruises through the [[Decolore Islands]].
* {{an|Iris}} has a rematch with [[Drayden]] and loses again.
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* Iris finds out that Drayden is considering her for [[Opelucid Gym]]'s future [[Gym Leader]].
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |[[BW126|Crowning the Scalchop King!]]
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* Ash Tries to release Oshawott, but fails.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW102|Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW128|To Catch a Rotom!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Virgil]], a rescue worker entering the [[Unova League]] who owns an {{p|Eevee}} and all of [[Eeveelution|its evolutions]].
* {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet {{an|Professor Oak}} in person for the first time.
* Professor Oak captures a {{p|Rotom}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW103|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW131|The Path That Leads to Goodbye!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Vertress City]], where the [[Vertress Conference]] begins.
* {{Ash}} tries and fails to capture a {{p|Dunsparce}}.
* Ash, [[Trip]], {{an|Bianca}}, {{un|Cameron}}, [[Stephan]], and [[Virgil]] enter the Vertress Conference.
* Stephan wins his first round battle, qualifying him for the next round.
* Bianca, Virgil, and Cameron begin their first round battles.
* Ash and Trip begin their battle.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW104|Mission: Defeat Your Rival!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW134|The Journalist from Another Region!]]''
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* {{Ash}} defeats [[Trip]], eliminating the latter from the [[Vertress Conference|tournament]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet [[Alexa]], a reporter from the [[Kalos]] region, for the first time.
* Ash and Trip end their rivalry and become friends.
* Alexa joins Ash, Iris, and Cilan during their travels to [[Kanto]].
* [[Virgil]] defeats [[Ultimo]], advancing to the next round.
|- style="background:#fff"
* {{an|Bianca}} defeats [[Mikael]], advancing to the next round.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW136|A Pokémon of a Different Color!]]''
* {{un|Cameron}} defeats [[Kendrick]], advancing to the next round.
* Cameron defeats Bianca, eliminating the latter from the tournament.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW105|Lost at the League!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{Ash}}, [[Stephan]], and [[Virgil]] make it through the second round.
** [[Clair]] catches the {{p|Dragonite}} from the [[Dragon Holy Land]].
** Stephan obtains a {{p|Liepard}}.
* {{Ash}} encounters [[Clair]] again.
* Ash, Stephan, {{un|Cameron}}, and Virgil make it through the third round of the [[Vertress Conference]].
* {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Cilan}}, and [[Alexa]] meet Clair.
* Ash begins his match against Stephan.
* Clair catches a {{Shiny}} {{p|Druddigon}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW106|Strong Strategy Steals the Show!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW137|Celebrating the Hero's Comet!]]''
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* [[Ash's Palpitoad]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Sludge Wave}}.
* [[Alexa]] is revealed to own a {{p|Noivern}}.
* [[Ash's Leavanny]] is revealed to have learned {{m|X-Scissor}} and to have {{a|Swarm}} as his Ability.
* [[Ash's Krookodile]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Stephan]], eliminating the latter from the [[Vertress Conference|tournament]].
* {{un|Cameron}} defeats [[Kenton]], advancing to the next round.
* [[Virgil]] defeats [[Flora]], advancing to the next round.
* Ash and Cameron begin their battle.
* Cameron is revealed to own a {{p|Hydreigon}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW107|Cameron's Secret Weapon!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW140|Survival of the Striaton Gym!]]''
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* {{Ash}} continues his battle with {{un|Cameron}}.
*[[Chili]] and [[Cress]] arrive on [[Paladin Island]] and meet up with Cilan.
* [[Ash's Pignite]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Brick Break}}.
* Cameron is revealed to own a {{p|Swanna}}.
* Cameron's {{p|Riolu}} evolves into {{TP|Cameron|Lucario}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW108|A Unova League Evolution!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW141|Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!]]''
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* {{un|Cameron}} defeats {{Ash}}, eliminating the latter from the tournament.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Cilan}} and [[Alexa]] arrive in [[Kanto]].
* [[Virgil]] defeats Cameron, advancing to the final round.
* Iris and Cilan decide to head to [[Johto]] and separate from Ash and Alexa, who continue on to [[Pallet Town]].
* Virgil defeats [[Dino]] in the final round, winning the [[Vertress Conference]].
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[BW142|The Dream Continues!]]''
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{Ash}} and [[Alexa]] arrive in [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash learns that Alexa's [[Viola|sister]] is a [[Gym Leader]] in the [[Kalos]] region.
* Ash decides to head to Kalos in order to challenge its [[Pokémon League]].
* Ash leaves [[Party|all of the Pokémon he traveled with]] in [[Unova]] and the [[Decolore Islands]] (except {{AP|Pikachu}}) with {{an|Professor Oak}}.
* Ash changes into his fifth outfit.
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] give their Unova Pokémon to {{an|Giovanni}} at the {{an|Team Rocket HQ|Team Rocket Headquarters}}, while Jessie retrieves her {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}.
* {{TRT}} decide to pursue Ash to Kalos.
* Ash and Alexa leave [[Kanto]] for the Kalos region.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |[[SS027]]
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{an|Cilan}} meets {{an|Brock}} for the first time, but neither are introduced to each other.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |[[SS028]]
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{an|Iris}} catches a {{TP|Iris|Gible}}.
|}
 
==={{series|XY}}===
====[[Kalos]]====
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW109|New Places... Familiar Faces!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY001|Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Serena}} is introduced.
** [[Jessie]] and [[James]] obtain a {{TP|Jessie|Frillish}} and an {{TP|James|Amoonguss}}, respectively.
* {{Ash}} and [[Alexa]] arrive in [[Lumiose City]], the central part of the [[Kalos]] region.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Nuvema Town]].
* Ash learns that [[Viola|Alexa's sister]] is away from [[Santalune Gym|her Gym]], but there is another in Lumiose City itself.
* {{TRT}} returns to [[Unova]] now focusing on their original goal: capturing {{AP|Pikachu}} and any other Pokémon they can.
* Ash and Alexa go their separate ways.
* Team Rocket goes back to using their {{DL|Team Rocket mottos|original motto}} again.
* Ash is unable to have an official Gym Battle as he needs four [[Badge]]s in order to challenge the [[Lumiose Gym]].
* Ash, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} decide to explore the White Ruins in the hopes of meeting {{p|Reshiram}}.
* {{Ash}} meets an inventor named {{an|Clemont}} and his sister {{an|Bonnie}} for the first time.
* Ash has a battle with Clemont, but it gets interrupted by Team Rocket.
* Clemont and Bonnie encounter {{TRT}} for the first time.
* A {{AP|Froakie}} saves {{AP|Pikachu}} from Team Rocket, but is injured in the process.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW110|The Name's N!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY002|Lumiose City Pursuit!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet {{an|N}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Professor Sycamore]].
* Ash, {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{TRT}} learn about [[Mega Evolution]].
* {{an|Serena}} sees Ash on TV and recognizes him from when they were younger.
* Ash meets a {{p|Blaziken|Mega Blaziken}}.
* Ash receives a new [[Pokédex]] from Professor Sycamore.
* Ash captures the {{AP|Froakie}} he befriended.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW111|There's a New Gym Leader in Town!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY003|A Battle of Aerial Mobility!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{Ashfr}} meet [[Cheren]], the {{ci|Aspertia}} [[Gym Leader]].
* {{an|Serena}} leaves on her [[Pokémon journey]].
* Ash battles Cheren, but loses.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} agree to travel together.
* Ash registers for the [[Kalos League]] and receives a new [[Badge]] case.
* The gang decide to head to [[Santalune Gym]] for Ash's first Gym Battle.
* Bonnie befriends a {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}}, which begins to follow the group.
* [[James]] catches an {{TP|James|Inkay}}.
* Ash catches a {{AP|Fletchling}}.
* Serena reaches [[Lumiose City]] and meets [[Professor Sycamore]] as she prepares to choose her [[starter Pokémon]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW112|Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY004|A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!]]''
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* [[Looker]] returns, with {{an|Cilan}} and {{an|Iris}} meeting him for the first time.
* {{an|Serena}} chooses {{TP|Serena|Fennekin}} as her starter Pokémon.
* {{Ash}}, Iris and Cilan encounter the villainous [[Team Plasma]], as well as the Plasma Scientist [[Colress]], for the first time.
* {{an|Clemont}} captures a {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}} which he allows {{an|Bonnie}} to care for.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW113|The Light of Floccesy Ranch!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY005|A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} visit the [[Floccesy Ranch]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} reach [[Santalune City]], with {{an|Serena}} arriving soon after.
* {{Ash}} battles [[Viola]] in his first [[Kalos]] [[Gym]] match and loses.
* Serena reunites with Ash, although he fails to recognize her from their childhood.
* Serena meets Clemont and Bonnie for the first time.
* {{Ash}} meets up with [[Alexa]] again.
* Clemont, Bonnie and Serena meet Alexa for the first time.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW114|Saving Braviary!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY006|Battling on Thin Ice!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|N}} again.
* {{an|Serena}} reveals that she knew Ash from summer camp in [[Pallet Town]], but he does not remember her.
* N joins the group.
* {{Ash}} has a rematch against [[Viola]] and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Bug}}.
* Ash learns that the next Gym is located in [[Cyllage City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW115|The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY007|Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!]]''
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* [[Jessie's Woobat]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Hidden Power}}.
* {{an|Serena}} officially joins the {{ashfr|the gang}} in their travels.
* Serena tells {{Ash}} about the first time they met and Ash finally remembers her.
* The gang decide to head back through [[Lumiose City]] on their way to [[Cyllage City]].
* Serena encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY009|Clemont's Got a Secret!]]''
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* [[Ash's Charizard]] returns and is revealed to have learned {{m|Wing Attack}}, {{m|Slash}}, and {{m|Dragon Tail}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Lumiose City]].
* Charizard battles [[Iris's Dragonite]]. The battle is called off by {{an|N}}.
* Ash and {{an|Serena}} meet [[Meyer]], {{an|Clemont}} and [[Bonnie]]'s father.
* Ash and Serena learn that Clemont is the ejected [[Gym Leader]] of [[Lumiose Gym]], having been forced to abandon it with Bonnie when [[Clembot]], one of his inventions, ran amok and took over.
* Clemont is revealed to own a {{p|Magnemite}}, a {{TP|Clemont|Magneton}}, and a {{TP|Clemont|Heliolisk}}, which he keeps at the Gym.
* Clemont challenges Clembot to a battle and wins, reclaiming the Gym.
* Clemont modifies the program of Clembot and leaves it in charge of the Gym, and he and Bonnie continue traveling with Ash and Serena.
* Despite the badge restriction no longer being an issue, Ash decides to wait until he's acquired three more Gym badges before challenging the Lumiose Gym, and Clemont agrees to meet the challenge himself when the time comes.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW117|Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY010|Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Team Plasma]] and [[Looker]] again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} learn about [[Blaziken Mask]], the Trainer of the [[Mega Evolution|Mega]] {{p|Blaziken}} that [[XY002|previously]] saved Ash.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Anthea and Concordia]] for the first time.
* Blaziken Mask is revealed to be [[Meyer]], Clemont and Bonnie's father.
* {{an|Clemont}} receives a {{TP|Clemont|Chespin}} from [[Professor Sycamore]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW118|Secrets From Out of the Fog!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY011|The Bamboozling Forest!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} find out that {{an|N}} used to be a member of [[Team Plasma]].
* [[Jessie]] catches a {{TP|Jessie|Pumpkaboo}}.
* N leaves the group.
* Ash and his friends approach the [[Dragonspiral Tower]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW120|Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY012|To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, and {{an|Cilan}} are escorted to the {{an|White Ruins}} by [[Cedric Juniper]]'s assistant, who later is revealed to be [[Looker]] undercover.
* {{an|Bonnie}} learns about [[evolution]].
* Ash and his friends meet up with Cedric Juniper and {{an|N}} again.
* Cedric Juniper finds the {{DL|Dragon Stones|Light Stone}}, but it is taken away by N.
* [[Team Plasma]] begins their operation by attacking the White Ruins.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW121|Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY013|Kindergarten Chaos!]]''
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* [[Team Plasma]] continues their attack on the {{an|White Ruins}}.
* {{Ash}} learns of the {{type|Fairy}}.
* {{an|N}} surrenders the {{DL|Dragon Stones|Light Stone}} to Team Plasma.
* [[Ghetsis]] arrives and starts the ritual of awakening {{p|Reshiram}}.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[BW122|What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!]]''
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* [[Ghetsis]] summons and takes control of {{p|Reshiram}}.
* [[Anthea and Concordia]] arrive at the {{an|White Ruins}} to aid in the battle against [[Team Plasma]].
* [[Colress]]'s machine is destroyed, freeing all the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.
* [[Looker]] arrests Ghetsis, Colress and the other Team Plasma members, thereby bringing down the [[villainous teams|team]].
|}
 
====[[Decolore Islands]]====
{| class="roundy" style="background:#E3CED0; border:3px solid #424B50"
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW123|Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY015|An Appetite for Battle!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} leave [[Unova]] for [[Kanto]], via the [[Decolore Islands]].
* [[Clemont's Chespin]] is revealed to have {{a|Overgrow}} as its [[Ability]].
* [[Professor Juniper]] prepares to send the Pokémon she has been keeping for {{Ash}} to [[Professor Oak]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW125|Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY017|A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!]]''
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* It is revealed that, like [[Nurse Joy]], [[Officer Jenny]], and [[Don George]], there are many [[Porter]]s that serve as guides on cruises through the [[Decolore Islands]].
* [[Ash's Froakie]] tries to learn {{m|Quick Attack}} but learns {{m|Double Team}} as a result.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |[[BW126|Crowning the Scalchop King!]]
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* Ash Tries to release Oshawott, but fails.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW128|To Catch a Rotom!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY019|A Conspiracy to Conquer!]]''
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* {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet {{an|Professor Oak}} in person for the first time.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} encounter an evil, psychopathic {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Malamar}}.
* Professor Oak captures a {{p|Rotom}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW131|The Path That Leads to Goodbye!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY020|Breaking Titles at the Chateau!]]''
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* {{Ash}} tries and fails to capture a {{p|Dunsparce}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} visit the [[Battle Chateau]].
|- style="background:#fff"
* Ash and his friends encounter [[Viola]] again.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW134|The Journalist from Another Region!]]''
* Ash and friends meet [[Grant]], and learn that he is the [[Cyllage Gym|Cyllage]] [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash wins his first Battle Chateau challenge and becomes a {{tc|Baron}}.
* Grant challenges Viola to a battle for the {{tc|Grand Duke}} rank and wins.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY021|A PokéVision of Things to Come!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} learns about [[Pokévision]] and makes her first video.
* [[Serena's Fennekin]] learns {{m|Flamethrower}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY022|Going for the Gold!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet [[Alexa]], a reporter from the [[Kalos]] region, for the first time.
* {{an|Serena}} tries and fails to capture a {{p|Corsola}}.
* Alexa joins Ash, Iris, and Cilan during their travels to [[Kanto]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW136|A Pokémon of a Different Color!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY023|Coming Back into the Cold!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Alexa]] again.
** [[Clair]] catches the {{p|Dragonite}} from the [[Dragon Holy Land]].
* {{Ash}} encounters [[Clair]] again.
* {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Cilan}}, and [[Alexa]] meet Clair.
* Clair catches a {{Shiny}} {{p|Druddigon}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW137|Celebrating the Hero's Comet!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY024|An Undersea Place to Call Home!]]''
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* [[Alexa]] is revealed to own a {{p|Noivern}}.
* {{Ash}} develops a strategy to counter [[Grant]]'s {{p|Onix}}'s {{m|Rock Tomb}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW140|Survival of the Striaton Gym!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY025|Climbing the Walls!]]''
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*[[Chili]] and [[Cress]] arrive on [[Paladin Island]] and meet up with Cilan.
* {{Ash}} has a Gym Battle with [[Grant]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Cliff}}.
* Ash learns the next Gym is in [[Shalour City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[BW141|Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY027|To Find a Fairy Flower!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Cilan}} and [[Alexa]] arrive in [[Kanto]].
* {{an|Clemont}} tries to catch a {{p|Flabébé}} for {{an|Bonnie}} to take care of, but fails since it belongs to another Trainer.
* Iris and Cilan decide to head to [[Johto]] and separate from Ash and Alexa, who continue on to [[Pallet Town]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|-
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY028|The Bonds of Evolution]]''
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |''[[BW142|The Dream Continues!]]''
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{Ash}} and [[Alexa]] arrive in [[Pallet Town]].
* Ash learns that Alexa's [[Viola|sister]] is a [[Gym Leader]] in the [[Kalos]] region.
* Ash decides to head to Kalos in order to challenge its [[Pokémon League]].
* Ash leaves [[Party|all of the Pokémon he traveled with]] in [[Unova]] and the [[Decolore Islands]] (except {{AP|Pikachu}}) with {{an|Professor Oak}}.
* Ash changes into his fifth outfit.
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] give their Unova Pokémon to {{an|Giovanni}} at the {{an|Team Rocket HQ|Team Rocket Headquarters}}, while Jessie retrieves her {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}.
* {{TRT}} decide to pursue Ash to Kalos.
* Ash and Alexa leave [[Kanto]] for the Kalos region.
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |[[SS027]]
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{an|Cilan}} meets {{an|Brock}} for the first time, but neither are introduced to each other.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" |[[SS028]]
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" |
* {{an|Iris}} catches a {{TP|Iris|Gible}}.
|}
 
===[[XY series]]===
====[[Kalos]]====
{| class="roundy" style="background:#{{y color light}}; border:3px solid #{{x color light}}"
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY001|Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} is introduced.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Professor Sycamore]] again.
* {{Ash}} and [[Alexa]] arrive in [[Lumiose City]], the central part of the [[Kalos]] region.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Diantha]], the [[Kalos League]] {{pkmn|Champion}}.
* Ash learns that [[Viola|Alexa's sister]] is away from [[Santalune Gym|her Gym]], but there is another in Lumiose City itself.
* Ash and his friends learn about [[Mega Stone]]s and witness a [[Mega Evolution]] for the first time.
* Ash and Alexa go their separate ways.
* Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Diantha, but it gets interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* Ash is unable to have an official Gym Battle as he needs four [[Badge]]s in order to challenge the [[Lumiose Gym]].
* {{Ash}} meets an inventor named {{an|Clemont}} and his sister {{an|Bonnie}} for the first time.
* Ash has a battle with Clemont, but it gets interrupted by Team Rocket.
* Clemont and Bonnie encounter {{TRT}} for the first time.
* A {{AP|Froakie}} saves {{AP|Pikachu}} from Team Rocket, but is injured in the process.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY002|Lumiose City Pursuit!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY030|Mega Revelations!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Professor Sycamore]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Korrina]].
* Ash, {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{TRT}} learn about [[Mega Evolution]].
* Ash accepts a {{pkmn|battle}} challenge from Korrina and loses.
* {{an|Serena}} sees Ash on TV and recognizes him from when they were younger.
* Ash and friends learn that Korrina is the [[Shalour City]] [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash meets a {{p|Blaziken|Mega Blaziken}}.
* Korrina starts traveling with the group to hunt for a {{DL|Mega Stone|Lucarionite}}.
* Ash receives a new [[Pokédex]] from Professor Sycamore.
* Ash captures the {{AP|Froakie}} he befriended.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY003|A Battle of Aerial Mobility!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY031|The Cave of Trials!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} leaves on her [[Pokémon journey]].
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and [[Korrina]] arrive in [[Geosenge Town]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} agree to travel together.
* {{an|Clemont}} is revealed to have obtained his {{TP|Clemont|Heliolisk}} as a {{p|Helioptile}}.
* Ash registers for the [[Kalos League]] and receives a new [[Badge]] case.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Gurkinn]], Korrina's grandfather, for the first time.
* The gang decide to head to [[Santalune Gym]] for Ash's first Gym Battle.
* Korrina obtains a {{DL|Mega Stone|Lucarionite}}.
* Bonnie befriends a {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}}, which begins to follow the group.
* Korrina begins [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolving]] her {{TP|Korrina|Lucario}} for the first time.
* [[James]] catches an {{TP|James|Inkay}}.
* Ash catches a {{AP|Fletchling}}.
* Serena reaches [[Lumiose City]] and meets [[Professor Sycamore]] as she prepares to choose her [[starter Pokémon]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY004|A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY032|The Aura Storm!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} chooses {{TP|Serena|Fennekin}} as her starter Pokémon.
* [[Korrina's Lucario]] [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolves]] into Mega Lucario for the first time.
* {{an|Clemont}} captures a {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}} which he allows {{an|Bonnie}} to care for.
* {{Ash}} has another {{pkmn|battle}} with Korrina, but it is interrupted when Lucario goes out of control.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY005|A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY033|Calling from Beyond the Aura!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} reach [[Santalune City]], with {{an|Serena}} arriving soon after.
* [[Mega Evolution|Mega Lucario]] begins to control itself, but soon starts going out of control again.
* {{Ash}} battles [[Viola]] in his first [[Kalos]] [[Gym]] match and loses.
* Serena reunites with Ash, although he fails to recognize her from their childhood.
* Serena meets Clemont and Bonnie for the first time.
* {{Ash}} meets up with [[Alexa]] again.
* Clemont, Bonnie and Serena meet Alexa for the first time.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY006|Battling on Thin Ice!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY034|The Bonds of Mega Evolution!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} reveals that she knew Ash from summer camp in [[Pallet Town]], but he does not remember her.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and [[Korrina]] arrive at [[Pomace Mountain]].
* {{Ash}} has a rematch against [[Viola]] and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Bug}}.
* [[Korrina's Lucario]] learns how to control itself while [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolved]] and learns {{m|Aura Sphere}}.
* Ash learns that the next Gym is located in [[Cyllage City]].
* Korrina leaves the group.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY007|Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY035|The Forest Champion!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} officially joins the {{ashfr|the gang}} in their travels.
* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Hawlucha}}.
* Serena tells {{Ash}} about the first time they met and Ash finally remembers her.
* The gang decide to head back through [[Lumiose City]] on their way to [[Cyllage City]].
* Serena encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY009|Clemont's Got a Secret!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY036|Battles in the Sky!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} return to [[Lumiose City]].
*{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} learn about [[Sky Battles]], and Ash participates in his first one.
* Ash and {{an|Serena}} meet [[Meyer]], {{an|Clemont}} and [[Bonnie]]'s father.
*[[Ash's Fletchling]] [[Evolution|evolves into]] {{p|Fletchinder}} and [[Move|learns]] {{m|Flame Charge}}.
* Ash and Serena learn that Clemont is the ejected [[Gym Leader]] of [[Lumiose Gym]], having been forced to abandon it with Bonnie when [[Clembot]], one of his inventions, ran amok and took over.
* Clemont is revealed to own a {{p|Magnemite}}, a {{TP|Clemont|Magneton}}, and a {{TP|Clemont|Heliolisk}}, which he keeps at the Gym.
* Clemont challenges Clembot to a battle and wins, reclaiming the Gym.
* Clemont modifies the program of Clembot and leaves it in charge of the Gym, and he and Bonnie continue traveling with Ash and Serena.
* Despite the badge restriction no longer being an issue, Ash decides to wait until he's acquired three more Gym badges before challenging the Lumiose Gym, and Clemont agrees to meet the challenge himself when the time comes.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY010|Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY038|Forging Forest Friendships!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} learn about [[Blaziken Mask]], the Trainer of the [[Mega Evolution|Mega]] {{p|Blaziken}} that [[XY002|previously]] saved Ash.
* [[Ash's Froakie]] learns {{m|Cut}}.
* Blaziken Mask is revealed to be [[Meyer]], Clemont and Bonnie's father.
* [[Serena's Fennekin]] uses {{m|Scratch}} for the first time.
* {{an|Clemont}} receives a {{TP|Clemont|Chespin}} from [[Professor Sycamore]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY011|The Bamboozling Forest!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY039|Summer of Discovery!]]''
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* [[Jessie]] catches a {{TP|Jessie|Pumpkaboo}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{an|Serena}} enroll in the [[Pokémon Summer Camp]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet {{an|Shauna}}, {{an|Tierno}}, and {{an|Trevor}}.
* Serena has her first official Pokémon battle.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY012|To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY040|Day Three Blockbusters!]]''
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* {{an|Bonnie}} learns about [[evolution]].
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{an|Aria}}'s {{p|Fennekin}} evolves into a {{TP|Aria|Braixen}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} continue their week at the [[Pokémon Summer Camp]].
* Serena learns of [[Pokémon Showcase]]s and sets her goal to become a [[Pokémon Performer]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY013|Kindergarten Chaos!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY041|Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!]]''
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* {{Ash}} learns of the {{type|Fairy}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} continue their week at the [[Pokémon Summer Camp]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter a {{p|Xerneas|mysterious Pokémon with an X mark}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY015|An Appetite for Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY042|Battling Into the Hall of Fame!]]''
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* [[Clemont's Chespin]] is revealed to have {{a|Overgrow}} as its [[Ability]].
* The [[Pokémon Summer Camp]] ends.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY017|A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY043|Origins of Mega Evolution!]]''
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* [[Ash's Froakie]] tries to learn {{m|Quick Attack}} but learns {{m|Double Team}} as a result.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Shalour City]] and meet up with [[Korrina]] again.
* Ash prepares to start his [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Korrina.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY019|A Conspiracy to Conquer!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY044|Showdown at the Shalour Gym!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} encounter an evil, psychopathic {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Malamar}}.
* {{Ash}} has a [[Gym]] battle against [[Korrina]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Rumble}}.
* Ash learns that [[Coumarine Gym|the next Gym]] is located in [[Coumarine City]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY020|Breaking Titles at the Chateau!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY047|Dreaming a Performer's Dream!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} visit the [[Battle Chateau]].
* {{Ash}} and his friends meet up with {{an|Shauna}} again.
* Ash and his friends encounter [[Viola]] again.
* {{an|Serena}} makes her first capture, a {{TP|Serena|Pancham}}.
* Ash and friends meet [[Grant]], and learn that he is the [[Cyllage Gym|Cyllage]] [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash wins his first Battle Chateau challenge and becomes a {{tc|Baron}}.
* Grant challenges Viola to a battle for the {{tc|Grand Duke}} rank and wins.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY021|A PokéVision of Things to Come!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY048|A Campus Reunion!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} learns about [[Pokévision]] and makes her first video.
* {{an|Clemont}} catches a {{TP|Clemont|Luxio}} which he met as a {{p|Shinx}} in his childhood.
* [[Serena's Fennekin]] learns {{m|Flamethrower}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY022|Going for the Gold!]]''
 
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY052|A Stealthy Challenge!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} tries and fails to capture a {{p|Corsola}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Sanpei]] again.
* Ash's {{p|Froakie}} evolves into {{AP|Frogadier}} and learns {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY023|Coming Back into the Cold!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY053|A Race for Home!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Alexa]] again.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} meet {{an|Serena}}'s mother, {{kal|Grace}}, for the first time in person.
* Grace learns of Serena's dream to become a [[Pokémon Performer]].
* Serena wins in a {{p|Skiddo}} race against her mother, and receives her blessing.
* Serena learns that a [[Pokémon Showcase]] will be held in [[Coumarine City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY024|An Undersea Place to Call Home!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY054|Facing a Grand Design!]]''
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* {{Ash}} develops a strategy to counter [[Grant]]'s {{p|Onix}}'s {{m|Rock Tomb}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} encounter the evil {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Malamar}} from [[XY019|before]].
* [[James]] attempts to {{pkmn2|released|release}} [[James's Inkay|Inkay]], but Inkay decides to stay with him.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY025|Climbing the Walls!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY055|A Slippery Encounter!]]''
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* {{Ash}} has a Gym Battle with [[Grant]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Cliff}}.
* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Goomy}}.
* Ash learns the next Gym is in [[Shalour City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY027|To Find a Fairy Flower!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY057|Thawing an Icy Panic!]]''
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* {{an|Clemont}} tries to catch a {{p|Flabébé}} for {{an|Bonnie}} to take care of, but fails since it belongs to another Trainer.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Coumarine City]] and meet [[Ramos]], the {{FB|Gym|Leader}} of the [[Coumarine Gym]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY028|The Bonds of Evolution]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY058|The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Professor Sycamore]] again.
* {{Ash}} challenges [[Ramos]] to a gym battle and wins, earning himself the [[Plant Badge]].
* Ash and his friends meet [[Diantha]], the [[Kalos League]] {{pkmn|Champion}}.
* Ash and his friends learn about [[Mega Stone]]s and witness a [[Mega Evolution]] for the first time.
* Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Diantha, but it gets interrupted by {{TRT}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY030|Mega Revelations!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY059|Under the Pledging Tree!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet [[Korrina]].
* {{Ash}} tries to catch a {{p|Dunsparce}} [[BW131|again]], but fails when he realizes he has no [[Poké Ball]]s.
* Ash accepts a {{pkmn|battle}} challenge from Korrina and loses.
* {{an|Serena}} receives the blue ribbon she will wear as part as her new outfit starting in [[XY060|the following episode]].
* Ash and friends learn that Korrina is the [[Shalour City]] [[Gym Leader]].
* Korrina starts traveling with the group to hunt for a {{DL|Mega Stone|Lucarionite}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY031|The Cave of Trials!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY060|A Showcase Debut!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and [[Korrina]] arrive in [[Geosenge Town]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Shauna}} again.
* {{an|Clemont}} is revealed to have obtained his {{TP|Clemont|Heliolisk}} as a {{p|Helioptile}}.
* {{an|Serena}} and [[Jessie]] participate in their first {{pkmn|Showcase}}.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Gurkinn]], Korrina's grandfather, for the first time.
* Shauna wins the [[Coumarine City]] Pokémon Showcase and her first Princess Key.
* Korrina obtains a {{DL|Mega Stone|Lucarionite}}.
* Serena cuts her hair short and starts wearing new clothes.
* Korrina begins [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolving]] her {{TP|Korrina|Lucario}} for the first time.
* Ash and his friends head back to [[Lumiose City]] for Ash's [[Gym]] battle with {{an|Clemont}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY032|The Aura Storm!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY061|An Oasis of Hope!]]''
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* [[Korrina's Lucario]] [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolves]] into Mega Lucario for the first time.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Goomy}} evolves into {{AP|Sliggoo}} and learns {{m|Dragon Breath}}.
* {{Ash}} has another {{pkmn|battle}} with Korrina, but it is interrupted when Lucario goes out of control.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY033|Calling from Beyond the Aura!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY062|The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!]]''
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* [[Mega Evolution|Mega Lucario]] begins to control itself, but soon starts going out of control again.
* {{an|Clemont}}'s {{p|Luxio}} evolves into {{TP|Clemont|Luxray}} and learns {{m|Electric Terrain}}.
* Clemont leaves {{ashfr|the group}} and heads to [[Lumiose City]] with the [[Kalos Power Plant]] workers to train before his [[Gym]] battle with Ash.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY034|The Bonds of Mega Evolution!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY063|A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and [[Korrina]] arrive at [[Pomace Mountain]].
* {{an|Clemont}} begins his training to battle {{Ash}}, adding his [[Gym]] Pokémon back to his active party.
* [[Korrina's Lucario]] learns how to control itself while [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolved]] and learns {{m|Aura Sphere}}.
* [[Clemont's Bunnelby]] learns a new move, which is [[XY067|later]] revealed to be {{m|Wild Charge}}.
* Korrina leaves the group.
* [[Jessie]] attempts to {{pkmn2|released|release}} {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, but Wobbuffet decides to stay with her.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY035|The Forest Champion!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY064|Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Hawlucha}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** Aria's {{p|Braixen}} evolves into a {{p|Delphox}}.
* {{an|Serena}} meets {{an|Aria}} in person.
* Aria is revealed to own an {{p|Aromatisse}}.
* Serena's {{p|Fennekin}} evolves into {{TP|Serena|Braixen}}.
* Serena has a [[Double Battle]] against Aria, but the battle gets interrupted when Aria gets called.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY036|Battles in the Sky!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY065|Good Friends, Great Training!]]''
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*{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} learn about [[Sky Battles]], and Ash participates in his first one.
* ''Pre-episode''
*[[Ash's Fletchling]] [[Evolution|evolves into]] {{p|Fletchinder}} and [[Move|learns]] {{m|Flame Charge}}.
** Tierno earns the {{badge|Voltage}} from [[Clembot]].
** Tierno's {{p|Squirtle}} evolves into a {{TP|Tierno|Wartortle}}.
** Tierno obtains a {{p|Politoed}}, a {{p|Hitmontop}}, a {{p|Ludicolo}}, and a {{p|Raichu}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Serena}}, and {{an|Bonnie}} meet up with {{an|Tierno}} again.
* Ash's {{p|Sliggoo}} evolves into {{AP|Goodra}} and learns {{m|Dragon Pulse}}.
* Ash has a [[Double Battle]] with Tierno and wins.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Lumiose City]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY038|Forging Forest Friendships!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY066|Confronting the Darkess!]]''
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* [[Ash's Froakie]] learns {{m|Cut}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Serena}}, and {{an|Bonnie}} reunite with {{an|Clemont}}, who rejoins the group.
* [[Serena's Fennekin]] uses {{m|Scratch}} for the first time.
* Clemont learns that [[Serena's Braixen|Serena's Fennekin]] and [[Ash's Goodra|Ash's Sliggoo]] have [[evolution|evolved]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Meyer]] and [[Alexa]] again.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY039|Summer of Discovery!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY067|The Moment of Lumiose Truth!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{an|Serena}} enroll in the [[Pokémon Summer Camp]].
* [[Clemont's Bunnelby]] is revealed to have [[XY063|learned]] {{m|Wild Charge}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet {{an|Shauna}}, {{an|Tierno}}, and {{an|Trevor}}.
* [[Ash's Goodra]] is revealed to have {{a|Hydration}} as its [[Ability]].
* Serena has her first official Pokémon battle.
* {{Ash}} has a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with {{an|Clemont}} and wins, earning the {{badge|Voltage}}.
* Ash learns that [[Laverre Gym|the next Gym]] is located in [[Laverre City]].
* {{an|Clemont}} returns control of [[Lumiose Gym]] and his Gym Pokémon to [[Clembot]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY040|Day Three Blockbusters!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY068|Garchomp's Mega Bond!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** {{an|Aria}}'s {{p|Fennekin}} evolves into a {{TP|Aria|Braixen}}.
** Professor Sycamore obtains a [[Key Stone]] and a {{DL|Mega Stone|Garchompite}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} continue their week at the [[Pokémon Summer Camp]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Professor Sycamore]] again.
* Serena learns of [[Pokémon Showcase]]s and sets her goal to become a [[Pokémon Performer]].
* Professor Sycamore's {{p|Garchomp}} achieves [[Mega Evolution]] for the first time.
* Ash and his friends head for [[Laverre City]] for Ash's next [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.
* Professor Sycamore discovers the identity of [[Meyer|Blaziken Mask]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY041|Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY069|Defending the Homeland!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} continue their week at the [[Pokémon Summer Camp]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at {{AP|Goodra}}'s [[Kalos Route 14|homeland]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter a {{p|Xerneas|mysterious Pokémon with an X mark}}.
* Ash and his friends learn the full story behind the invasion of Goodra's homeland.
* Ash's Goodra learns {{m|Ice Beam}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY042|Battling Into the Hall of Fame!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY070|Beyond the Rainbow!]]''
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* The [[Pokémon Summer Camp]] ends.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} learn the truth to why Florges invaded Goodra's homeland.
* Ash leaves his {{AP|Goodra}} at the wetlands so that it can stay with its friends.  
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY043|Origins of Mega Evolution!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY073|A Fashionable Battle!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Shalour City]] and meet up with [[Korrina]] again.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash prepares to start his [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Korrina.
** Sawyer obtains a {{p|Bagon}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Laverre City]] and meet the {{FB|Gym|Leader}} of the [[Laverre Gym]], [[Valerie]].
* {{an|Clemont}} meets up with [[Sawyer]] again, while Ash, {{an|Serena}} and {{an|Bonnie}} meet him for the first time.
* Ash and Sawyer have a [[Double Battle]], which is interrupted.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY044|Showdown at the Shalour Gym!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY074|Fairy-Type Trickery!]]''
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* {{Ash}} has a [[Gym]] battle against [[Korrina]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Rumble}}.
* {{Ash}} has a Gym {{pkmn|battle}} with [[Valerie]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Fairy}}.
* Ash learns that [[Coumarine Gym|the next Gym]] is located in [[Coumarine City]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY047|Dreaming a Performer's Dream!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY075|Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and his friends meet up with {{an|Shauna}} again.
* [[Sawyer]] is revealed to own a {{p|Slurpuff}}.
* {{an|Serena}} makes her first capture, a {{TP|Serena|Pancham}}.
* Sawyer encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
* {{an|Serena}} learns that a [[Pokémon Showcase]] will be held in [[Dendemille Town]].
* {{Ash}} learns that [[Anistar Gym|the next gym]] is located in [[Anistar City]].
* Sawyer's {{p|Treecko}} evolves into {{TP|Sawyer|Grovyle}}.
* Ash has a 3-on-3 battle against Sawyer and wins.
* Sawyer leaves the group and heads to [[Coumarine City]], to face the Coumarine City [[Gym Leader]], [[Ramos]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY048|A Campus Reunion!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY076|A Not-So-Flying-Start!]]''
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* {{an|Clemont}} catches a {{TP|Clemont|Luxio}} which he met as a {{p|Shinx}} in his childhood.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} come across a [[Pokémon Egg]], which hatches into a {{p|Noibat}}.
* [[Ash's Fletchinder]] is revealed to have {{a|Flame Body}} as its [[Ability]].
* Ash catches {{AP|Noibat}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY077|A Relay in the Sky!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY052|A Stealthy Challenge!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Sanpei]] again.
* {{Ash}} competes in the [[Pokémon Sky Relay]] with his {{type|Flying}} Pokémon {{TP|Ash|Fletchinder}}, {{TP|Ash|Hawlucha}}, and {{TP|Ash|Noibat}}, and places second.
* Ash's {{p|Froakie}} evolves into {{AP|Frogadier}} and learns {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* {{TP|Ash|Noibat}} learns how to fly.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY053|A Race for Home!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY080|Performing with Fiery Charm!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} meet {{an|Serena}}'s mother, {{kal|Grace}}, for the first time in person.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Grace learns of Serena's dream to become a [[Pokémon Performer]].
** Miette obtains a {{p|Meowstic}}.
* Serena wins in a {{p|Skiddo}} race against her mother, and receives her blessing.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Dendemille Town]] and meet up with [[Miette]] again.
* Serena learns that a [[Pokémon Showcase]] will be held in [[Coumarine City]].
* {{an|Serena}}, [[Jessie]], and Miette compete in the Dendemille Rookie Class {{pkmn|Showcase}}.
* Serena wins the Showcase, earning her first {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY054|Facing a Grand Design!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY082|A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}}, and {{TRT}} encounter the evil {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Malamar}} from [[XY019|before]].
* [[Jessie]] trades her {{p|Pumpkaboo}} with [[Count Pumpka]]'s {{p|Mawile}}, but later trades it back.
* [[James]] attempts to {{pkmn2|released|release}} [[James's Inkay|Inkay]], but Inkay decides to stay with him.
* After Jessie and Count [[trade]]d their Pokémon, Pumpkaboo evolves into {{TP|Jessie|Gourgeist}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY055|A Slippery Encounter!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY085|Mending a Broken Spirit!]]''
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* {{Ash}} catches a {{AP|Goomy}}.
* [[Serena's Braixen]] learns {{m|Fire Blast}}.
* Serena's Braixen receives a new stick wand, decorated with a ribbon.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY057|Thawing an Icy Panic!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY086|A Legendary Photo Op!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Coumarine City]] and meet [[Ramos]], the {{FB|Gym|Leader}} of the [[Coumarine Gym]].
* ''Pre-episode''
** Trevor's {{p|Charmander}} evolves into {{TP|Trevor|Charmeleon}}.
** Trevor earns the {{badge|Bug}} from [[Viola]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Trevor}} again.
* Ash has a battle against Trevor and wins.
* Ash's {{p|Fletchinder}} evolves into {{AP|Talonflame}} and learns {{m|Brave Bird}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY058|The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY087|The Tiny Caretaker!]]''
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* {{Ash}} challenges [[Ramos]] to a gym battle and wins, earning himself the [[Plant Badge]].
* {{an|Clemont}} tries and fails to capture a {{p|Tyrantrum}} for {{an|Bonnie}} to take care of, due to it already belonging to someone else.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY059|Under the Pledging Tree!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY088|A Trip Down Memory Train!]]''
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* {{Ash}} tries to catch a {{p|Dunsparce}} [[BW131|again]], but fails when he realizes he has no [[Poké Ball]]s.
* {{an|Clemont}} reveals how he got his {{TP|Clemont|Bunnelby}}.
* {{an|Serena}} receives the blue ribbon she will wear as part as her new outfit starting in [[XY060|the following episode]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY060|A Showcase Debut!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY089|A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{an|Shauna}} again.
* Serena learns that a [[Pokémon Showcase]] will be held in [[Anistar City]].
* {{an|Serena}} and [[Jessie]] participate in their first {{pkmn|Showcase}}.
* {{an|Serena}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} an {{TP|Serena|Eevee}}.
* Shauna wins the [[Coumarine City]] Pokémon Showcase and her first Princess Key.
* Serena cuts her hair short and starts wearing new clothes.
* Ash and his friends head back to [[Lumiose City]] for Ash's [[Gym]] battle with {{an|Clemont}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY061|An Oasis of Hope!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY090|Tag Team Battle Inspiration!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Goomy}} evolves into {{AP|Sliggoo}} and learns {{m|Dragon Breath}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** Tierno's {{p|Wartortle}} and Shauna's {{p|Bulbasaur}} evolve into {{p|Blastoise}} and {{TP|Shauna|Ivysaur}} respectively.
** Tierno challenges the [[Anistar Gym]] and loses.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Tierno}} and {{an|Shauna}} again.
* Ash and Tierno have a [[Multi Battle|Tag Battle]] against {{an|Serena}} and Shauna, which is called off.
* Ash has a battle against Tierno, but the result is unknown.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY062|The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY091|A Performance Pop Quiz!]]''
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* {{an|Clemont}}'s {{p|Luxio}} evolves into {{TP|Clemont|Luxray}} and learns {{m|Electric Terrain}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Clemont leaves {{ashfr|the group}} and heads to [[Lumiose City]] with the [[Kalos Power Plant]] workers to train before his [[Gym]] battle with Ash.
** Shauna earns her second Princess Key.
* {{an|Serena}} meets up with [[Nini]] again.
* {{an|Serena}}, [[Jessie]], {{an|Shauna}}, and Nini compete in the Anistar {{pkmn|Showcase}} and Serena wins, earning her second {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}}.
* Shauna and {{an|Tierno}} part ways with Ash and his friends, and return to {{an|Trevor}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY063|A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY092|Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!]]''
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* {{an|Clemont}} begins his training to battle {{Ash}}, adding his [[Gym]] Pokémon back to his active party.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Professor Sycamore]] again.
* [[Clemont's Bunnelby]] learns a new move, which is [[XY067|later]] revealed to be {{m|Wild Charge}}.
* Ash and his friends learn about Anistar City's giant sundial.
* [[Jessie]] attempts to {{pkmn2|released|release}} {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, but Wobbuffet decides to stay with her.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Olympia]], the [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Anistar Gym]].
* Olympia predicts Ash and his friends, along with {{TRT}} will have an important role in a future crisis.
** She also predicts [[Ash's Frogadier]] will have a unique power when it [[Evolution|evolves]].
* Ash, his friends, and Professor Sycamore learn [[XY002|more]] about Ash's Frogadier's past.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY064|Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY093|All Eyes on the Future!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} has a [[Gym]] battle against [[Olympia]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Psychic}}.
** Aria's {{p|Braixen}} evolves into a {{p|Delphox}}.
* [[Professor Sycamore]] gives Ash and {{an|Serena}} both a new [[Pokédex]].
* {{an|Serena}} meets {{an|Aria}} in person.
* Ash learns that [[Snowbelle Gym|the final Gym]] is located in [[Snowbelle City]].
* Aria is revealed to own an {{p|Aromatisse}}.
* Serena's {{p|Fennekin}} evolves into {{TP|Serena|Braixen}}.
* Serena has a [[Double Battle]] against Aria, but the battle gets interrupted when Aria gets called.
|- style="background:#fff"
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY065|Good Friends, Great Training!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY094|From A to Z!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Tierno earns the {{badge|Voltage}} from [[Clembot]].
** Sawyer earns four new [[Badge]]s.
** Tierno's {{p|Squirtle}} evolves into a {{TP|Tierno|Wartortle}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} find a {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|Zygarde Core}}, which {{an|Bonnie}} nicknames "Squishy".
** Tierno obtains a {{p|Politoed}}, a {{p|Hitmontop}}, a {{p|Ludicolo}}, and a {{p|Raichu}}.
* Ash and his friends meet up with [[Sawyer]] again.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Serena}}, and {{an|Bonnie}} meet up with {{an|Tierno}} again.
* Ash and his friends encounter [[Team Flare]] for the first time.
* Ash's {{p|Sliggoo}} evolves into {{AP|Goodra}} and learns {{m|Dragon Pulse}}.
* Sawyer tells Ash and his friends about [[Terminus Cave]], which the group decides to visit on their way to Snowbelle City.
* Ash has a [[Double Battle]] with Tierno and wins.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Lumiose City]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY066|Confronting the Darkess!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY095|Love Strikes! Eevee, Yikes!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Serena}}, and {{an|Bonnie}} reunite with {{an|Clemont}}, who rejoins the group.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} tell [[Professor Sycamore]] about Squishy.
* Clemont learns that [[Serena's Braixen|Serena's Fennekin]] and [[Ash's Goodra|Ash's Sliggoo]] have [[evolution|evolved]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Meyer]] and [[Alexa]] again.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY067|The Moment of Lumiose Truth!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY096|A Giga Battle with Mega Results!]]''
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* [[Clemont's Bunnelby]] is revealed to have [[XY063|learned]] {{m|Wild Charge}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Professor Sycamore]] again.
* [[Ash's Goodra]] is revealed to have {{a|Hydration}} as its [[Ability]].
* Professor Sycamore starts to research on [[Squishy]].
* {{Ash}} has a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with {{an|Clemont}} and wins, earning the {{badge|Voltage}}.
* Ash learns that [[Laverre Gym|the next Gym]] is located in [[Laverre City]].
* {{an|Clemont}} returns control of [[Lumiose Gym]] and his Gym Pokémon to [[Clembot]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY068|Garchomp's Mega Bond!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY099|The Legend of the Ninja Hero!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Sanpei]] again.
** Professor Sycamore obtains a [[Key Stone]] and a {{DL|Mega Stone|Garchompite}}.
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Professor Sycamore]] again.
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY100|A Festival of Decisions!]]''
* Professor Sycamore's {{p|Garchomp}} achieves [[Mega Evolution]] for the first time.
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* Ash and his friends head for [[Laverre City]] for Ash's next [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Frogadier}} evolves into {{AP|Greninja}} and learns {{m|Water Shuriken}}.
* Professor Sycamore discovers the identity of [[Meyer|Blaziken Mask]].
* Ash's Greninja transforms into Ash-Greninja for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY069|Defending the Homeland!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY101|A Dancing Debut!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at {{AP|Goodra}}'s [[Kalos Route 14|homeland]].
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash and his friends learn the full story behind the invasion of Goodra's homeland.
** Nini obtains a {{p|Gothita}}.
* Ash's Goodra learns {{m|Ice Beam}}.
** Nini earns two Princess Keys.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Couriway Town]].
* Ash and his friends meet up with [[Nini]] again.
* {{an|Serena}}, [[Jessie]], and Nini enter the Couriway {{pkmn|Showcase}} and Jessie wins, earning her first {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY070|Beyond the Rainbow!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY102|Meeting at Terminus Cave!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} learn the truth to why Florges invaded Goodra's homeland.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Terminus Cave]] and encounter [[Team Flare]] again.
* Ash leaves his {{AP|Goodra}} at the wetlands so that it can stay with its friends.  
* Ash and his friends see [[Squishy]] [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Zygarde|change form]] (to Zygarde 10%) for the first time.
* Squishy gets separated from Ash and his friends.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY073|A Fashionable Battle!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY103|A Cellular Connection!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Squishy]] returns to travel with {{an|Bonnie}}.
** Sawyer obtains a {{p|Bagon}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Laverre City]] and meet the {{FB|Gym|Leader}} of the [[Laverre Gym]], [[Valerie]].
* {{an|Clemont}} meets up with [[Sawyer]] again, while Ash, {{an|Serena}} and {{an|Bonnie}} meet him for the first time.
* Ash and Sawyer have a [[Double Battle]], which is interrupted.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY074|Fairy-Type Trickery!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY104|A Windswept Encounter!]]''
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* {{Ash}} has a Gym {{pkmn|battle}} with [[Valerie]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Fairy}}.
* [[Ash's Noibat]] learns {{m|Acrobatics}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[XY075|Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY105|Party Dancecapades!]]''
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* [[Sawyer]] is revealed to own a {{p|Slurpuff}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Miette]] again.
* Sawyer encounters {{TRT}} for the first time.
* Ash and Serena have a [[Multi Battle|Tag Battle]] against Miette and [[James]] and win.
* {{an|Serena}} learns that a [[Pokémon Showcase]] will be held in [[Dendemille Town]].
* {{an|Serena}}'s {{p|Eevee}} evolves into {{TP|Serena|Sylveon}} and learns {{m|Fairy Wind}}.
* {{Ash}} learns that [[Anistar Gym|the next gym]] is located in [[Anistar City]].
* Serena hears about an upcoming [[Pokémon Showcase]] in [[Fleurrh City]].
* Sawyer's {{p|Treecko}} evolves into {{TP|Sawyer|Grovyle}}.
* Ash has a 3-on-3 battle against Sawyer and wins.
* Sawyer leaves the group and heads to [[Coumarine City]], to face the Coumarine City [[Gym Leader]], [[Ramos]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY076|A Not-So-Flying-Start!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY106|A Meeting of Two Journeys!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} come across a [[Pokémon Egg]], which hatches into a {{p|Noibat}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Ash's Fletchinder]] is revealed to have {{a|Flame Body}} as its [[Ability]].
** Sawyer catches a {{p|Honedge}}.
* Ash catches {{AP|Noibat}}.
** Sawyer's {{p|Grovyle}} and {{p|Bagon}} evolve into a {{TP|Sawyer|Sceptile}} and {{p|Shelgon}}, respectively.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Sawyer]] again.
* Ash and Sawyer have a 3-on-3 battle and Ash wins.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Alain]] for the first time.
* Ash battles Alain and loses.
* {{an|Clemont}} vows to help Ash control his {{AP|Greninja}}'s form.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY077|A Relay in the Sky!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY107|An Explosive Operation!]]''
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* {{Ash}} competes in the [[Pokémon Sky Relay]] with his {{type|Flying}} Pokémon {{TP|Ash|Fletchinder}}, {{TP|Ash|Hawlucha}}, and {{TP|Ash|Noibat}}, and places second.
* {{an|Giovanni}} assigns [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} to capture {{p|Zygarde}}.
* {{TP|Ash|Noibat}} learns how to fly.
* {{TRT}} attempt to capture [[Z2]], but are stopped by [[Team Flare]] and [[Alain]].
* Z2 is captured by Team Flare.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY080|Performing with Fiery Charm!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY109|Master Class Choices!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Fleurrh City]].
** Miette obtains a {{p|Meowstic}}.
* {{an|Serena}} enters the Fleurrh {{pkmn|Showcase}} and wins, earning her third {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}} and qualifying for the Master Class.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Dendemille Town]] and meet up with [[Miette]] again.
* Serena meets [[Palermo]] for the first time.
* {{an|Serena}}, [[Jessie]], and Miette compete in the Dendemille Rookie Class {{pkmn|Showcase}}.
* Serena learns of a Master Class Showcase that will take place in [[Gloire City]].
* Serena wins the Showcase, earning her first {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY082|A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY110|An Electrifying Rage!]]''
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* [[Jessie]] trades her {{p|Pumpkaboo}} with [[Count Pumpka]]'s {{p|Mawile}}, but later trades it back.
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Noibat}} evolves into {{AP|Noivern}} and learns {{m|Boomburst}}.
* After Jessie and Count [[trade]]d their Pokémon, Pumpkaboo evolves into {{TP|Jessie|Gourgeist}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY085|Mending a Broken Spirit!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY111|Unlocking Some Respect!]]''
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* [[Serena's Braixen]] learns {{m|Fire Blast}}.
* [[Xerosic]] begins experimenting on [[Z2]].
* Serena's Braixen receives a new stick wand, decorated with a ribbon.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY086|A Legendary Photo Op!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY112|Master Class is in Session!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Trevor's {{p|Charmander}} evolves into {{TP|Trevor|Charmeleon}}.
** Nini, Miette, Shauna, and [[Jessie]] obtain three {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}}s each and qualify for the Master Class.
** Trevor earns the {{badge|Bug}} from [[Viola]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Gloire City]] and meet up with [[Nini]], [[Miette]], and {{an|Shauna}} again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Trevor}} again.
* {{an|Serena}}, Nini, Miette, Shauna, and Jessie enter the Master Class [[Pokémon Showcase]].
* Ash has a battle against Trevor and wins.
* Serena, Shauna, and Jessie advance to the semi-finals.
* Ash's {{p|Fletchinder}} evolves into {{AP|Talonflame}} and learns {{m|Brave Bird}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY087|The Tiny Caretaker!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY113|Performing a Pathway to the Future!]]''
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* {{an|Clemont}} tries and fails to capture a {{p|Tyrantrum}} for {{an|Bonnie}} to take care of, due to it already belonging to someone else.
* {{an|Serena}} defeats {{an|Shauna}} and [[Jessie]] in the semi-finals and moves on to the finals of the {{ci|Gloire}} Master Class {{pkmn|Showcase}}.
* {{an|Aria}} is revealed to own a {{p|Vivillon}}.
* Aria beats Serena in the final round and keeps the title of {{DL|Pokémon Performer|Kalos Queen}}.
* [[Palermo]] offers to tutor Serena.
* Serena turns down Palermo's offer in order to continue traveling.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY088|A Trip Down Memory Train!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY116|The Synchronicity Test!]]''
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* {{an|Clemont}} reveals how he got his {{TP|Clemont|Bunnelby}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
** Alain catches a {{p|Metang}}.
* {{an|Clemont}} invents a wristband-like mechanic to enhance and analyze Ash and Greninja when using the Ash-Greninja form.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Alain]] again.
* Ash has a battle against Alain and loses.
* Ash has a rematch with Alain; however, it is abandoned when Ash collapses due to the strain of using the Ash-Greninja form.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY089|A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY118|Championing a Research Battle!]]''
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* Serena learns that a [[Pokémon Showcase]] will be held in [[Anistar City]].
* [[Olympia]] tells [[Diantha]] about the upcoming threat to [[Kalos]].
* {{an|Serena}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} an {{TP|Serena|Eevee}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with Diantha again.
* Diantha informs Ash and his friends about the island that [[Team Flare]] used to experiment on in an [[XY106|earlier episode]] and about {{p|Zygarde}}.
* [[Ash's Greninja]] reaches its final Ash-Greninja form.
* Ash has a rematch against Diantha, which is interrupted when Ash overexerts himself during the battle and collapses with Greninja.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY090|Tag Team Battle Inspiration!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY119|A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Tierno's {{p|Wartortle}} and Shauna's {{p|Bulbasaur}} evolve into {{p|Blastoise}} and {{TP|Shauna|Ivysaur}} respectively.
** Sawyer earns three more [[Badge]]s, thus bringing his total to eight and qualifying him for the [[Kalos League]].
** Tierno challenges the [[Anistar Gym]] and loses.
** Sawyer's {{p|Honedge}} evolves into {{p|Doublade}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Tierno}} and {{an|Shauna}} again.
** Sawyer is catches a {{p|Clawitzer}}.
* Ash and Tierno have a [[Multi Battle|Tag Battle]] against {{an|Serena}} and Shauna, which is called off.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Sawyer]] again.
* Ash has a battle against Tierno, but the result is unknown.
* Ash has another battle against Sawyer and loses, suffering his first defeat to him.
* [[Ash's Noivern]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Dragon Claw}}.
* During the battle, Ash attempts to activate {{AP|Greninja}}'s Ash-Greninja form. However, it fails for the first time.
* Sawyer travels with Ash and his friends as they head towards [[Snowbelle City]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY091|A Performance Pop Quiz!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY120|All Hail the Ice Battlefield!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Snowbelle City]].
** Shauna earns her second Princess Key.
* {{an|Bonnie}} coins the term "{{AP|Ash-Greninja|Greninja#Ash-Greninja}}".
* {{an|Serena}} meets up with [[Nini]] again.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Wulfric]], the [[Gym Leader|Leader]] of the [[Snowbelle Gym]].
* {{an|Serena}}, [[Jessie]], {{an|Shauna}}, and Nini compete in the Anistar {{pkmn|Showcase}} and Serena wins, earning her second {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}}.
* Ash has a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Wulfric and loses.
* Shauna and {{an|Tierno}} part ways with Ash and his friends, and return to {{an|Trevor}}.
* [[Sawyer]] leaves the group.
* Ash goes off by himself into the [[Kalos Route 20|Winding Woods]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY092|Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY121|Seeing the Forest for the Trees!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Professor Sycamore]] again.
* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Greninja}} perfect the Ash-Greninja form.
* Ash and his friends learn about Anistar City's giant sundial.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} learn that the [[Kalos League]] will be held in [[Lumiose City]].
* Ash and his friends meet [[Olympia]], the [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Anistar Gym]].
* Olympia predicts Ash and his friends, along with {{TRT}} will have an important role in a future crisis.
** She also predicts [[Ash's Frogadier]] will have a unique power when it [[Evolution|evolves]].
* Ash, his friends, and Professor Sycamore learn [[XY002|more]] about Ash's Frogadier's past.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY093|All Eyes on the Future!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY122|A Real Icebreaker!]]''
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* {{Ash}} has a [[Gym]] battle against [[Olympia]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Psychic}}.
* {{Ash}} has a [[rematch]] against [[Wulfric]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Iceberg}} and thus qualifying for the [[Kalos League]].
* [[Professor Sycamore]] gives Ash and {{an|Serena}} both a new [[Pokédex]].
* Ash and {{ashfr}} prepare to head back to [[Lumiose City]] in order to participate in the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* Ash learns that [[Snowbelle Gym|the final Gym]] is located in [[Snowbelle City]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY094|From A to Z!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY123|A Diamond in the Rough!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Sawyer earns four new [[Badge]]s.
** [[Alain]] begins collecting [[Badges]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} find a {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|Zygarde Core}}, which {{an|Bonnie}} nicknames "Squishy".
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} visit the [[Kalos Route 14|wetlands]] again and meet up with {{AP|Goodra}} and [[Keanan]].
* Ash and his friends meet up with [[Sawyer]] again.
* Alain defeats [[Korrina]] at the [[Shalour Gym]] and earns the {{badge|Rumble}}, fulfilling his requirements for entering the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* Ash and his friends encounter [[Team Flare]] for the first time.
* Sawyer tells Ash and his friends about [[Terminus Cave]], which the group decides to visit on their way to Snowbelle City.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY095|Love Strikes! Eevee, Yikes!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY125|A League of His Own!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} tell [[Professor Sycamore]] about Squishy.
* ''Pre-episode''
** Trevor's {{p|Charmeleon}} evolves into {{p|Charizard}}.
** Trevor obtains a [[Key Stone]], a {{DL|Mega Stone|Charizardite Y}}, an {{p|Aerodactyl}}, and a {{p|Florges}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive back in [[Lumiose City]] and meet up with {{an|Tierno}}, {{an|Trevor}}, [[Sawyer]], and [[Alain]] again.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Malva]] for the first time.
* Ash, Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer, Alain, [[Astrid]], and [[Remo]] all enter the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* Alain briefly reunites with [[Professor Sycamore]].
* Trevor and Alain battle each other in the first round and Alain wins, advancing to the next round.
* Ash battles [[Titus]] in the first round and wins, advancing to the next round.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY096|A Giga Battle with Mega Results!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY126|Valuable Experience for All!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Professor Sycamore]] again.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Professor Sycamore starts to research on [[Squishy]].
** [[Sawyer]] catches a {{p|Slaking}}.
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** Sawyer's {{p|Doublade}} evolves into {{p|Aegislash}}.
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY099|The Legend of the Ninja Hero!]]''
** Sawyer obtains a [[Key Stone]] and a {{DL|Mega Stone|Sceptilite}}.
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** {{Ash}}, [[Astrid]], Sawyer, [[Remo]], and {{an|Tierno}} all make it to the quarter-finals.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Sanpei]] again.
** [[Alain]] makes it all the way to the semi-finals.
** Alain and Remo are facing each other in the semi-finals.
* Ash encounters Astrid for the first time in the main series.
* Ash battles Astrid in the quarter-finals and wins, advancing to the semi-finals.
* Remo defeats his opponent and advances to the semi-finals.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Shauna}} again.
* Tierno and Sawyer battle each other and Sawyer wins, advancing to the semi-finals.
* Ash learns he will be battling Sawyer in the semi-finals of the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* {{AP|Goodra}} returns to Ash's [[party]] as his sixth Pokémon for his [[Full Battle]] against Sawyer.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY100|A Festival of Decisions!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY127|Analysis Versus Passion!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Frogadier}} evolves into {{AP|Greninja}} and learns {{m|Water Shuriken}}.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash's Greninja transforms into Ash-Greninja for the first time.
** Alain's {{p|Metang}} evolves into {{p|Metagross}}.
* [[Alain]] and [[Remo]] have a [[Full Battle]] against each other and Alain wins, advancing to the finals.
* {{Ash}} begins his Full Battle against [[Sawyer]] in the semi-finals of the [[Lumiose Conference]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY101|A Dancing Debut!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY128|A Riveting Rivalry!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Nini obtains a {{p|Gothita}}.
** [[Sawyer]]'s {{p|Shelgon}} evolves into {{p|Salamence}}.
** Nini earns two Princess Keys.
* The [[Full Battle]] between {{Ash}} and Sawyer ends in Ash's victory, advancing him to the finals to face [[Alain]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Couriway Town]].
* Ash and his friends meet up with [[Nini]] again.
* {{an|Serena}}, [[Jessie]], and Nini enter the Couriway {{pkmn|Showcase}} and Jessie wins, earning her first {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY102|Meeting at Terminus Cave!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY129|Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Terminus Cave]] and encounter [[Team Flare]] again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Meyer]] and [[Clembot]] again.
* Ash and his friends see [[Squishy]] [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Zygarde|change form]] (to Zygarde 10%) for the first time.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Mairin]] for the first time.
* Squishy gets separated from Ash and his friends.
* Ash and his friends learn about [[Bond Phenomenon]] from [[Professor Sycamore]].
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* [[Team Flare]] continue their plans for [[Z2]] by secretly taking over the [[Lumiose Gym]].
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY103|A Cellular Connection!]]''
* Ash meets [[Lysandre]] for the first time.
* Ash and [[Alain]] prepare to start their [[Full Battle]] in the final round of the [[Lumiose Conference]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY130|Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!]]''
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* [[Squishy]] returns to travel with {{an|Bonnie}}.
* {{Ash}} and [[Alain]] begin their [[Full Battle]] against each other in the [[Lumiose Conference]] finals.
* Alain is revealed to own a {{p|Tyranitar}}, {{p|Weavile}}, {{p|Bisharp}}, and {{p|Unfezant}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY104|A Windswept Encounter!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY131|Down to the Fiery Finish!]]''
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* [[Ash's Noibat]] learns {{m|Acrobatics}}.
* {{Ash}} and [[Alain]] continue their [[Full Battle]].
* Alain defeats Ash, making him the winner of the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* The Lumiose Conference ends.
* [[Team Flare]] places [[Z2]] under their control.
* Z2 transforms into its {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|50% Forme}} and attacks [[Lumiose City]].
* [[Squishy]] goes off by itself to encounter Z2.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY105|Party Dancecapades!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY132|A Towering Takeover!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Miette]] again.
* {{Ash}} learns that [[Lysandre]] is the leader of [[Team Flare]].
* Ash and Serena have a [[Multi Battle|Tag Battle]] against Miette and [[James]] and win.
* Ash learns that [[Alain]] has been working for Lysandre.
* {{an|Serena}}'s {{p|Eevee}} evolves into {{TP|Serena|Sylveon}} and learns {{m|Fairy Wind}}.
* Meyer and his Blaziken return.
* Serena hears about an upcoming [[Pokémon Showcase]] in [[Fleurrh City]].
* Ash and {{cat|Ash's Pokémon|his Pokémon}} are captured by Team Flare.
* Ash's friends encounter Lysandre for the first time (only on TV though).
* Lysandre made a broadcast announcement to all people in Lumiose City that he and his team will create a new, beautiful world by destroying Kalos using Z2.
* Alain learns of Lysandre's true motivation for gathering Mega Evolution energies.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} see [[Squishy]] change into its {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|50% Forme}} for the first time and learn that Squishy is actually a {{p|Zygarde}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY106|A Meeting of Two Journeys!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY133|Coming Apart at the Dreams!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Squishy]] battles against [[Z2]], but ends up getting subdued by it.
** Sawyer catches a {{p|Honedge}}.
* [[Lysandre]] reveals to [[Alain]] his true purpose of having him collect [[Mega Evolution]] energy.
** Sawyer's {{p|Grovyle}} and {{p|Bagon}} evolve into a {{TP|Sawyer|Sceptile}} and {{p|Shelgon}}, respectively.
* {{an|Serena}}, [[Mairin]], and [[Professor Sycamore]] head to [[Lysandre Labs]] to rescue [[Chespie]], with the help of {{TRT}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Sawyer]] again.
* Lysandre attempts to take control of {{Ash}} and {{AP|Greninja}}, but fails.
* Ash and Sawyer have a 3-on-3 battle and Ash wins.
* Ash frees himself from Lysandre's binds using [[Bond Phenomenon]], with Alain helping to free {{cat|Ash's Pokémon|his Pokémon}}.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Alain]] for the first time.
* Alain turns against Lysandre.
* Ash battles Alain and loses.
* {{an|Clemont}} and [[Clembot]] defeat [[Bryony]] and [[Aliana]], with Clembot subduing them afterwards, allowing them to infiltrate the [[Lumiose Gym]] in order to reclaim it.
* {{an|Clemont}} vows to help Ash control his {{AP|Greninja}}'s form.
* [[Team Flare]] places Squishy under their control.
* Ash and Alain begin their battle against Lysandre.
* {{an|Bonnie}} begins to run after Squishy.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY107|An Explosive Operation!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY134|The Right Hero for the Right Job!]]''
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* {{an|Giovanni}} assigns [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} to capture {{p|Zygarde}}.
* [[Clembot]] manages to open the doors to the [[Lumiose Gym]], allowing it and {{an|Clemont}} to head inside it.
* {{TRT}} attempt to capture [[Z2]], but are stopped by [[Team Flare]] and [[Alain]].
* Clemont battles [[Xerosic]] and wins, reclaiming his Gym.
* Z2 is captured by Team Flare.
* {{an|Serena}} meets Steven for the first time.
* {{TRT}} begin their battle against [[Celosia]].
* [[Malva]] turns against and battles [[Lysandre]].
* Serena, [[Professor Sycamore]], and [[Mairin]] escape from [[Lysandre Labs]] with [[Chespie]].
* {{an|Bonnie}} sings [[Puni-chan's Song]] to [[Squishy]] to calm it down, which frees it from [[Team Flare]]'s mind control.
* Clembot sends Xerosic falling through a trap door in the Lumiose Gym.
* Clemont makes the machine controlling [[Z2]] self-destruct, destroying Clembot in the process, at its own request.
* Z2 is also released from Team Flare's control.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY109|Master Class Choices!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY135|Rocking Kalos Defenses!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Fleurrh City]].
* {{Ash}} and [[Alain]] defeat [[Lysandre]].
* {{an|Serena}} enters the Fleurrh {{pkmn|Showcase}} and wins, earning her third {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}} and qualifying for the Master Class.
* {{TRT}} defeats and subdues [[Celosia]] and [[Mable]].
* Serena meets [[Palermo]] for the first time.
* The [[Giant Rock]] inside [[Lysandre Labs]] absorbs [[Chespie]] and takes the form of a {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|Zygarde 50% Forme}}.
* Serena learns of a Master Class Showcase that will take place in [[Gloire City]].
* The Giant Rock destroys Lysandre Labs and heads towards the [[Anistar City]] {{DL|Anistar City|Sundial}}, threatening to cause an explosion that would destroy the {{pkmn|world}}.
* {{an|Bonnie}} persuades [[Z2]] to trust her.
* Ash meets up with {{Steven}} again.
* Ash and {{ashfr}}, along with Alain, [[Mairin]], [[Professor Sycamore]], [[Meyer|Blaziken Mask]], Steven, [[Malva]], and Team Rocket, follow the Giant Rock.
* [[Diantha]] and all the [[Gym Leader]]s of [[Kalos]] arrive to join the battle against the Giant Rock.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY110|An Electrifying Rage!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY136|Forming a More Perfect Union!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Noibat}} evolves into {{AP|Noivern}} and learns {{m|Boomburst}}.
* {{Ash}} and [[Alain]] rescue [[Chespie]] from the [[Giant Rock]], temporarily stopping it.
* [[Lysandre]] returns and gains control of the Giant Rock.
* {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} discover that Blaziken Mask is [[Meyer]], their father.
* [[Squishy]] and [[Z2]] combine into {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|Zygarde Complete Forme}} in order to battle and destroy the Giant Rock.
* The Giant Rock is destroyed, with Lysandre disappearing in the process, leaving his fate unknown and resulting in [[Team Flare]]'s defeat.
* [[Malva]] decides to disband Team Flare and turn herself in.
* Chespie wakes up from its coma.
* Squishy leaves with Z2.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY111|Unlocking Some Respect!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY137|Battling With a Clean Slate!]]''
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* [[Xerosic]] begins experimenting on [[Z2]].
* The [[Lumiose Gym]] reopens.
* {{an|Clemont}} rebuilds [[Clembot]].
* {{Ash}} reveals that he's planning to head back to [[Pallet Town]] once Lumiose Airport has reopened.
* [[Professor Sycamore]] gives medals to Ash, {{ashfr}}, [[Alain]], [[Mairin]], and their Pokémon for their heroic efforts against [[Team Flare]].
* {{an|Serena}} considers accepting the offer that [[Palermo]] made her [[XY113|earlier]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY112|Master Class is in Session!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY138|The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{an|Serena}} have a battle, which Ash eventually calls off.
** Nini, Miette, Shauna, and [[Jessie]] obtain three {{DL|Pokémon Showcase|Princess Key}}s each and qualify for the Master Class.
* Serena declines [[Palermo]]'s [[XY113|earlier offer]] outright, having decided to continue traveling in order to increase her skills.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Gloire City]] and meet up with [[Nini]], [[Miette]], and {{an|Shauna}} again.
* On Palermo's advice, Serena decides to head to [[Hoenn]] to compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s.
* {{an|Serena}}, Nini, Miette, Shauna, and Jessie enter the Master Class [[Pokémon Showcase]].
* Serena, Shauna, and Jessie advance to the semi-finals.
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|- style="background:#fff"
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY113|Performing a Pathway to the Future!]]''
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY139|Facing the Needs of the Many!]]''
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* {{an|Serena}} defeats {{an|Shauna}} and [[Jessie]] in the semi-finals and moves on to the finals of the {{ci|Gloire}} Master Class {{pkmn|Showcase}}.
* {{an|Aria}} is revealed to own a {{p|Vivillon}}.
* Aria beats Serena in the final round and keeps the title of {{DL|Pokémon Performer|Kalos Queen}}.
* [[Palermo]] offers to tutor Serena.
* Serena turns down Palermo's offer in order to continue traveling.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY116|The Synchronicity Test!]]''
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* [[Ash's Goodra]] returns to its home in {{rt|14|Kalos|the wetlands}}.
* {{Ash}} learns that Lumiose Airport has reopened.
* [[Xerosic]] returns, intending to create Neo-[[Team Flare]], but is defeated and arrested.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Squishy]] and [[Z2]] again.
* Ash {{pkmn2|released|releases}} {{AP|Greninja}} so that it can protect [[Kalos]] with Squishy and Z2.
* {{an|Bonnie}} promises to Squishy that she will go on another adventure with it once she becomes a {{pkmn|Trainer}}.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF;" | ''[[XY140|Till We Compete Again!]]''
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* {{TRT}} returns to [[Kanto]].
* {{an|Serena}} leaves {{ashfr|the group}} and heads to [[Hoenn]].
* Ash and {{an|Clemont}} have a battle, with the end result left unknown.
* Ash separates from Clemont and {{an|Bonnie}}, leaving the [[Kalos]] region and returning to [[Pallet Town]].
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" | [[SS037]]
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Alain catches a {{p|Metang}}.
** {{an|Cilan}} travels to Kalos for a fishing competition held in [[Lumiose City]].
* {{an|Clemont}} invents a wristband-like mechanic to enhance and analyze Ash and Greninja when using the Ash-Greninja form.
* {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} meet Cilan for the first time.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter [[Alain]] again.
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* Ash has a battle against Alain and loses.
 
* Ash has a rematch with Alain; however, it is abandoned when Ash collapses due to the strain of using the Ash-Greninja form.
==={{series|Sun & Moon}}===
====[[Alola]]====
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY118|Championing a Research Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]''
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* [[Olympia]] tells [[Diantha]] about the upcoming threat to [[Kalos]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with Diantha again.
* Diantha informs Ash and his friends about the island that [[Team Flare]] used to experiment on in an [[XY106|earlier episode]] and about {{p|Zygarde}}.
* [[Ash's Greninja]] reaches its final Ash-Greninja form.
* Ash has a rematch against Diantha, which is interrupted when Ash overexerts himself during the battle and collapses with Greninja.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY119|A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* ''Pre-episode''
** Sawyer earns three more [[Badge]]s, thus bringing his total to eight and qualifying him for the [[Kalos League]].
** {{Ash}} and {{Delia|his mother}} travel to the [[Alola]] [[region]].
** Sawyer's {{p|Honedge}} evolves into {{p|Doublade}}.
** Ash changes into his sixth outfit.
** Sawyer is catches a {{p|Clawitzer}}.
** {{an|Professor Oak}} tasks Ash with delivering an {{pkmn|Egg}} to his Alolan cousin, [[Samson Oak]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Sawyer]] again.
** Ash leaves all of his [[party]] Pokémon (except {{AP|Pikachu}}) at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash has another battle against Sawyer and loses, suffering his first defeat to him.
* Ash encounters a roaming {{AP|Litten}} for the first time.
* [[Ash's Noivern]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Dragon Claw}}.
* Ash meets {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} for the first time.
* During the battle, Ash attempts to activate {{AP|Greninja}}'s Ash-Greninja form. However, it fails for the first time.
* Ash meets Samson Oak and [[Professor Kukui]] for the first time.
* Sawyer travels with Ash and his friends as they head towards [[Snowbelle City]].
* Ash delivers the Egg to Samson Oak.
* Ash encounters [[Team Skull]] for the first time.
* Ash learns about [[Z-Move]]s and the [[island challenge]].
* Ash encounters the [[Guardian deities|guardian deity]] of [[Melemele Island]], {{p|Tapu Koko}}, for the first time.
* Ash receives a [[Z-Ring]] equipped with an [[Electrium Z]] from Tapu Koko.
* Delia returns to [[Pallet Town]] while Ash stays in Alola to study at the [[Pokémon School]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY120|All Hail the Ice Battlefield!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM002|The Guardian's Challenge!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Snowbelle City]].
* [[Sophocles's Togedemaru]] is revealed to have {{a|Lightning Rod}} as her [[Ability]].
* {{an|Bonnie}} coins the term "{{AP|Ash-Greninja|Greninja#Ash-Greninja}}".
* {{Ash}} encounters {{p|Tapu Koko}} again, with {{ashfr|his classmates}} encountering it for the first time.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Wulfric]], the [[Gym Leader|Leader]] of the [[Snowbelle Gym]].
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} have a battle against Tapu Koko, which gets called off when Tapu Koko [[Escape|flees]].
* Ash has a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with Wulfric and loses.
* Ash and Pikachu perform {{m|Gigavolt Havoc}} for the first time.
* [[Sawyer]] leaves the group.
* Ash's [[Electrium Z]] shatters.
* Ash goes off by himself into the [[Kalos Route 20|Winding Woods]].
* Ash decides to take on the [[island challenge]] in order to get new Z-Crystals and qualify as a [[Z-Move]] user.
* Ash receives a [[Rotom Pokédex|Pokédex]] from [[Professor Kukui]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY121|Seeing the Forest for the Trees!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM003|Loading the Dex!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Greninja}} perfect the Ash-Greninja form.
* ''Pre-episode''
* Ash and {{ashfr}} learn that the [[Kalos League]] will be held in [[Lumiose City]].
** [[Jessie]] and [[James]] leave their {{TP|Jessie|Gourgeist}} and {{TP|James|Inkay}} at {{an|Team Rocket HQ}}.
* {{TRT}} arrives in the [[Alola]] region, having been assigned by {{an|Giovanni}} to capture the region's unique Pokémon.
* A {{p|Rotom}} inhabits Ash's new [[Pokédex]], turning it into a [[Rotom Pokédex]].
* Ash tries to catch a {{p|Mimikyu}}, but it decides to side with Team Rocket instead.
* {{ashfr|Ash's classmates}} encounter Team Rocket for the first time.
* Team Rocket changes to a new {{motto}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY122|A Real Icebreaker!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM004|First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!]]''
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* {{Ash}} has a [[rematch]] against [[Wulfric]] and wins, earning the {{badge|Iceberg}} and thus qualifying for the [[Kalos League]].
* {{Ash}} tries and fails to catch a {{p|Grubbin}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} prepare to head back to [[Lumiose City]] in order to participate in the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* [[James]] is revealed to own a {{ball|Luxury}}.
* [[Jessie]] uses James's Luxury Ball to catch the {{TP|Jessie|Mimikyu}} {{TRT}} encountered [[SM003|earlier]].
* Ash catches a {{AP|Rowlet}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY123|A Diamond in the Rough!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM005|Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{an|Lana}}'s {{p|Lapras}} is revealed to know {{m|Ice Beam}}.
** [[Alain]] begins collecting [[Badges]].
* {{Ash}} meets Lana's sisters, [[Harper and Sarah]], for the first time.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} visit the [[Kalos Route 14|wetlands]] again and meet up with {{AP|Goodra}} and [[Keanan]].
* Alain defeats [[Korrina]] at the [[Shalour Gym]] and earns the {{badge|Rumble}}, fulfilling his requirements for entering the [[Lumiose Conference]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY125|A League of His Own!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM007|That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* The wild {{AP|Litten}} is revealed to know {{m|Scratch}}.
** Trevor's {{p|Charmeleon}} evolves into {{p|Charizard}}.
* {{Ash}} tries to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} the recurring Litten, but eventually decides to let it go.
** Trevor obtains a [[Key Stone]], a {{DL|Mega Stone|Charizardite Y}}, an {{p|Aerodactyl}}, and a {{p|Florges}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive back in [[Lumiose City]] and meet up with {{an|Tierno}}, {{an|Trevor}}, [[Sawyer]], and [[Alain]] again.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Malva]] for the first time.
* Ash, Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer, Alain, [[Astrid]], and [[Remo]] all enter the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* Alain briefly reunites with [[Professor Sycamore]].
* Trevor and Alain battle each other in the first round and Alain wins, advancing to the next round.
* Ash battles [[Titus]] in the first round and wins, advancing to the next round.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY126|Valuable Experience for All!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM008|Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Samson Oak]] gives {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his classmates}} an {{pkmn|Egg}}, which {{an|Lillie}} agrees to take care of.
** [[Sawyer]] catches a {{p|Slaking}}.
** Meanwhile, Samson Oak takes responsibility of the Egg that Ash [[SM001|brought]] from [[Kanto]].
** Sawyer's {{p|Doublade}} evolves into {{p|Aegislash}}.
* [[Ash's Rowlet]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}} and {{m|Peck}}.
** Sawyer obtains a [[Key Stone]] and a {{DL|Mega Stone|Sceptilite}}.
* Lillie's phobia of Pokémon is slightly explained as she gained the trauma from an experience with her [[Lusamine|mother]] that she doesn't remember.
** {{Ash}}, [[Astrid]], Sawyer, [[Remo]], and {{an|Tierno}} all make it to the quarter-finals.
* [[Ash's Rowlet]] competes in first proper Pokémon battle.
** [[Alain]] makes it all the way to the semi-finals.
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** Alain and Remo are facing each other in the semi-finals.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM009|To Top a Totem!]]''
* Ash encounters Astrid for the first time in the main series.
* Ash battles Astrid in the quarter-finals and wins, advancing to the semi-finals.
* Remo defeats his opponent and advances to the semi-finals.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet up with {{an|Shauna}} again.
* Tierno and Sawyer battle each other and Sawyer wins, advancing to the semi-finals.
* Ash learns he will be battling Sawyer in the semi-finals of the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* {{AP|Goodra}} returns to Ash's [[party]] as his sixth Pokémon for his [[Full Battle]] against Sawyer.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY127|Analysis Versus Passion!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} meets the [[Island Kahuna|Kahuna]] of [[Melemele Island]], [[Hala]], for the first time.
** Alain's {{p|Metang}} evolves into {{p|Metagross}}.
* Hala reveals that he makes [[Z-Ring]]s and that {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Tapu Koko}} stole the Z-Ring equipped with [[Electrium Z]] that it gave to Ash [[SM001|earlier]].
* [[Alain]] and [[Remo]] have a [[Full Battle]] against each other and Alain wins, advancing to the finals.
* Ash clears his first [[island challenge]] trial in the [[Verdant Cavern]], earning a [[Normalium Z]] from the {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{p|Gumshoos}} as a reward.
* {{Ash}} begins his Full Battle against [[Sawyer]] in the semi-finals of the [[Lumiose Conference]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY128|A Riveting Rivalry!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM010|Trial and Tribulation!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} perform {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
** [[Sawyer]]'s {{p|Shelgon}} evolves into {{p|Salamence}}.
* Ash battles [[Hala]] and wins, clearing the [[Melemele Island]] [[Island challenge|grand trial]].
* The [[Full Battle]] between {{Ash}} and Sawyer ends in Ash's victory, advancing him to the finals to face [[Alain]].
* Hala goes to give Ash a [[Fightinium Z]] as a reward for defeating him, but {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Tapu Koko}} switches it with an [[Electrium Z]], which Ash receives instead.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY129|Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM011|Young Kiawe Had a Farm!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Meyer]] and [[Clembot]] again.
* [[Ash's Rowlet]] performs {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* Ash and his friends meet [[Mairin]] for the first time.
* {{Ash}} visits [[Akala Island]] for the first time.
* Ash and his friends learn about [[Bond Phenomenon]] from [[Professor Sycamore]].
* Ash meets {{an|Kiawe}}'s family for the first time.
* [[Team Flare]] continue their plans for [[Z2]] by secretly taking over the [[Lumiose Gym]].
* [[Kiawe's Turtonator]] is revealed to know {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* Ash meets [[Lysandre]] for the first time.
* Ash battles Kiawe, with the end result left unknown.
* Ash and [[Alain]] prepare to start their [[Full Battle]] in the final round of the [[Lumiose Conference]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY130|Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM012|The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and [[Alain]] begin their [[Full Battle]] against each other in the [[Lumiose Conference]] finals.
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] try and fail to catch a {{p|Cloyster}} and {{p|Carvanha}}, respectively.
* Alain is revealed to own a {{p|Tyranitar}}, {{p|Weavile}}, {{p|Bisharp}}, and {{p|Unfezant}}.
* {{TRT}} decide to make {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Bewear}}'s den their base of operations in [[Alola]].
* James catches a {{TP|James|Mareanie}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY131|Down to the Fiery Finish!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM013|Racing to a Big Event!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and [[Alain]] continue their [[Full Battle]].
* {{an|Lillie}} is revealed to have named the {{pkmn|Egg}} she and {{ashfr|her classmates}} have been taking care of [[Snowy]].
* Alain defeats Ash, making him the winner of the [[Lumiose Conference]].
* Lillie's Egg hatches into an {{alo|Vulpix}}.
* The Lumiose Conference ends.
* [[Team Flare]] places [[Z2]] under their control.
* Z2 transforms into its {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|50% Forme}} and attacks [[Lumiose City]].
* [[Squishy]] goes off by itself to encounter Z2.
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|- style="background:#fff"
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY132|A Towering Takeover!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM014|Getting to Know You!]]''
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* {{Ash}} learns that [[Lysandre]] is the leader of [[Team Flare]].
* The {{pkmn|Egg}} that {{Ash}} [[SM001|delivered]] to [[Samson Oak]] hatches into a {{p|Vulpix}}.
* Ash learns that [[Alain]] has been working for Lysandre.
* {{an|Lillie}} catches the [[Snowy|Alolan Vulpix]] that hatched in the [[SM013|last episode]].
* Meyer and his Blaziken return.
* Lillie becomes able to touch her own Pokémon.
* Ash and {{cat|Ash's Pokémon|his Pokémon}} are captured by Team Flare.
* Ash's friends encounter Lysandre for the first time (only on TV though).
* Lysandre made a broadcast announcement to all people in Lumiose City that he and his team will create a new, beautiful world by destroying Kalos using Z2.
* Alain learns of Lysandre's true motivation for gathering Mega Evolution energies.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} see [[Squishy]] change into its {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|50% Forme}} for the first time and learn that Squishy is actually a {{p|Zygarde}}.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY133|Coming Apart at the Dreams!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM015|Rocking Clawmark Hill!]]''
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* [[Squishy]] battles against [[Z2]], but ends up getting subdued by it.
* {{p|Rockruff}} is revealed to know <!--{{m|Tackle}} and--> {{m|Bite}} and learns {{m|Rock Throw}}.
* [[Lysandre]] reveals to [[Alain]] his true purpose of having him collect [[Mega Evolution]] energy.
* Rockruff is revealed to not be [[Professor Kukui]]'s Pokémon, but a wild Pokémon that he takes care of.
* {{an|Serena}}, [[Mairin]], and [[Professor Sycamore]] head to [[Lysandre Labs]] to rescue [[Chespie]], with the help of {{TRT}}.
* {{Ash}} catches the {{AP|Rockruff}} that Professor Kukui was taking care of.
* Lysandre attempts to take control of {{Ash}} and {{AP|Greninja}}, but fails.
* Ash frees himself from Lysandre's binds using [[Bond Phenomenon]], with Alain helping to free {{cat|Ash's Pokémon|his Pokémon}}.
* Alain turns against Lysandre.
* {{an|Clemont}} and [[Clembot]] defeat [[Bryony]] and [[Aliana]], with Clembot subduing them afterwards, allowing them to infiltrate the [[Lumiose Gym]] in order to reclaim it.
* [[Team Flare]] places Squishy under their control.
* Ash and Alain begin their battle against Lysandre.
* {{an|Bonnie}} begins to run after Squishy.
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|- style="background:#fff"
|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY134|The Right Hero for the Right Job!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM016|They Might Not Be Giants!]]''
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* [[Clembot]] manages to open the doors to the [[Lumiose Gym]], allowing it and {{an|Clemont}} to head inside it.
* [[Lana's Popplio]] is revealed to know {{m|Bubble Beam}}.
* Clemont battles [[Xerosic]] and wins, reclaiming his Gym.
* The recurring {{AP|Litten}} is revealed to know {{m|Slash}}.
* {{an|Serena}} meets Steven for the first time.
* {{TRT}} begin their battle against [[Celosia]].
* [[Malva]] turns against and battles [[Lysandre]].
* Serena, [[Professor Sycamore]], and [[Mairin]] escape from [[Lysandre Labs]] with [[Chespie]].
* {{an|Bonnie}} sings [[Puni-chan's Song]] to [[Squishy]] to calm it down, which frees it from [[Team Flare]]'s mind control.
* Clembot sends Xerosic falling through a trap door in the Lumiose Gym.
* Clemont makes the machine controlling [[Z2]] self-destruct, destroying Clembot in the process, at its own request.
* Z2 is also released from Team Flare's control.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY135|Rocking Kalos Defenses!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM017|Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and [[Alain]] defeat [[Lysandre]].
* The [[Rotom Pokédex]] updates itself with a video camera function.
* {{TRT}} defeats and subdues [[Celosia]] and [[Mable]].
* The [[Giant Rock]] inside [[Lysandre Labs]] absorbs [[Chespie]] and takes the form of a {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|Zygarde 50% Forme}}.
* The Giant Rock destroys Lysandre Labs and heads towards the [[Anistar City]] {{DL|Anistar City|Sundial}}, threatening to cause an explosion that would destroy the {{pkmn|world}}.
* {{an|Bonnie}} persuades [[Z2]] to trust her.
* Ash meets up with {{Steven}} again.
* Ash and {{ashfr}}, along with Alain, [[Mairin]], [[Professor Sycamore]], [[Meyer|Blaziken Mask]], Steven, [[Malva]], and Team Rocket, follow the Giant Rock.
* [[Diantha]] and all the [[Gym Leader]]s of [[Kalos]] arrive to join the battle against the Giant Rock.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY136|Forming a More Perfect Union!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM018|A Seasoned Search!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and [[Alain]] rescue [[Chespie]] from the [[Giant Rock]], temporarily stopping it.
* {{TRT}} completes the construction of their base in {{an|Bewear}}'s den.
* [[Lysandre]] returns and gains control of the Giant Rock.
* {{an|Mallow}}'s {{p|Bounsweet}} evolves into {{TP|Mallow|Steenee}} and learns {{m|Double Slap}} and {{m|Magical Leaf}}.
* {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} discover that Blaziken Mask is [[Meyer]], their father.
* [[Squishy]] and [[Z2]] combine into {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|Zygarde Complete Forme}} in order to battle and destroy the Giant Rock.
* The Giant Rock is destroyed, with Lysandre disappearing in the process, leaving his fate unknown and resulting in [[Team Flare]]'s defeat.
* [[Malva]] decides to disband Team Flare and turn herself in.
* Chespie wakes up from its coma.
* Squishy leaves with Z2.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY137|Battling With a Clean Slate!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM019|A Guardian Rematch!]]''
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* The [[Lumiose Gym]] reopens.
* [[Ash's Rockruff]] performs {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* {{an|Clemont}} rebuilds [[Clembot]].
* Ash meets {{an|Sophocles}}'s family for the first time.
* {{Ash}} reveals that he's planning to head back to [[Pallet Town]] once Lumiose Airport has reopened.
* {{Ash}} has a [[rematch]] with {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Tapu Koko}}, with no clear winner.
* [[Professor Sycamore]] gives medals to Ash, {{ashfr}}, [[Alain]], [[Mairin]], and their Pokémon for their heroic efforts against [[Team Flare]].
* {{an|Serena}} considers accepting the offer that [[Palermo]] made her [[XY113|earlier]].
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY138|The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM020|Partner Promises!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Serena}} have a battle, which Ash eventually calls off.
* {{Ash}} encounters the [[guardian deity]] of [[Akala Island]], {{p|Tapu Lele}}, for the first time.
* Serena declines [[Palermo]]'s [[XY113|earlier offer]] outright, having decided to continue traveling in order to increase her skills.
* On Palermo's advice, Serena decides to head to [[Hoenn]] to compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s.
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|style="text-align:center" |''[[XY139|Facing the Needs of the Many!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM021|One Journey Ends, Another Begins...]]''
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* [[Ash's Goodra]] returns to its home in {{rt|14|Kalos|the wetlands}}.
* The wild {{AP|Litten}} is revealed to know {{m|Fire Fang}}, although it hasn't mastered it yet.
* {{Ash}} learns that Lumiose Airport has reopened.
* The wild {{p|Stoutland}} that Litten was living with vanishes, with the heavy implication that it has died.
* [[Xerosic]] returns, intending to create Neo-[[Team Flare]], but is defeated and arrested.
* Ash catches the {{p|Litten}}.
* Ash and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Squishy]] and [[Z2]] again.
* Ash {{pkmn2|released|releases}} {{AP|Greninja}} so that it can protect [[Kalos]] with Squishy and Z2.
* {{an|Bonnie}} promises to Squishy that she will go on another adventure with it once she becomes a {{pkmn|Trainer}}.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF;" | ''[[XY140|Till We Compete Again!]]''
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* {{TRT}} returns to [[Kanto]].
* {{an|Serena}} leaves {{ashfr|the group}} and heads to [[Hoenn]].
* Ash and {{an|Clemont}} have a battle, with the end result left unknown.
* Ash separates from Clemont and {{an|Bonnie}}, leaving the [[Kalos]] region and returning to [[Pallet Town]].
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* ''Pre-episode''
** {{an|Cilan}} travels to Kalos for a fishing competition held in [[Lumiose City]].
* {{an|Clemont}} and {{an|Bonnie}} meet Cilan for the first time.
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===[[Sun & Moon series]]===
====[[Alola]]====
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM022|A Shivering Shovel Search!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* [[Kiawe's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Flamethrower}}.
** {{Ash}} and {{Delia|his mother}} travel to the [[Alola]] [[region]].
* [[Ash's Litten]] masters {{m|Fire Fang}}.
** Ash changes into his sixth outfit.
** {{an|Professor Oak}} tasks Ash with delivering an {{pkmn|Egg}} to his Alolan cousin, [[Samson Oak]].
** Ash leaves all of his [[party]] Pokémon (except {{AP|Pikachu}}) at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* Ash encounters a roaming {{AP|Litten}} for the first time.
* Ash meets {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} for the first time.
* Ash meets Samson Oak and [[Professor Kukui]] for the first time.
* Ash delivers the Egg to Samson Oak.
* Ash encounters [[Team Skull]] for the first time.
* Ash learns about [[Z-Move]]s and the [[island challenge]].
* Ash encounters the [[Guardian deities|guardian deity]] of [[Melemele Island]], {{p|Tapu Koko}}, for the first time.
* Ash receives a [[Z-Ring]] equipped with an {{DL|Z-Crystal|Electrium Z}} from Tapu Koko.
* Delia returns to [[Pallet Town]] while Ash stays in Alola to study at the [[Pokémon School]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM002|The Guardian's Challenge!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM023|Getting the Band Back Together!]]''
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* [[Sophocles's Togedemaru]] is revealed to have {{a|Lightning Rod}} as her [[Ability]].
* The [[Rotom Pokédex]] updates itself with a voice duplicating function.
* {{Ash}} encounters {{p|Tapu Koko}} again, with {{ashfr|his classmates}} encountering it for the first time.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} have a battle against Tapu Koko, which gets called off when Tapu Koko [[Escape|flees]].
* Ash and Pikachu perform {{m|Gigavolt Havoc}} for the first time.
* Ash's {{DL|Z-Crystal|Electrium Z}} shatters.
* Ash decides to take on the [[island challenge]] in order to get new Z-Crystals and qualify as a [[Z-Move]] user.
* Ash receives a [[Rotom Pokédex|Pokédex]] from [[Professor Kukui]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM003|Loading the Dex!]]''
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM025|A Team-on-Team Tussle!]]''
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* ''Pre-episode''
* {{TRT}} learns about [[Z-Move]]s and [[Z-Crystal]]s.
** [[Jessie]] and [[James]] leave their {{TP|Jessie|Gourgeist}} and {{TP|James|Inkay}} at {{an|Team Rocket HQ}}.
* Team Rocket encounters [[Team Skull]] for the first time.
* {{TRT}} arrives in the [[Alola]] region, having been assigned by {{an|Giovanni}} to capture the region's unique Pokémon.
* Team Rocket and Team Skull fight for a [[Darkinium Z]], which Team Rocket take for themselves.
* A {{p|Rotom}} inhabits Ash's new [[Pokédex]], turning it into a [[Rotom Pokédex]].
* Ash tries to catch a {{p|Mimikyu}}, but it decides to side with Team Rocket instead.
* {{ashfr|Ash's classmates}} encounter Team Rocket for the first time.
* Team Rocket changes to a new {{motto}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM004|First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM026|So Long, Sophocles!]]''
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* {{Ash}} tries and fails to catch a {{p|Grubbin}}.
* {{Ash}} brings Sophocles a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Charjabug}} as a farewell present.
* [[James]] is revealed to own a {{ball|Luxury}}.
* Sophocles catches the {{TP|Sophocles|Charjabug}}.
* [[Jessie]] uses James's Luxury Ball to catch the {{TP|Jessie|Mimikyu}} {{TRT}} encountered [[SM003|earlier]].
* Ash catches a {{AP|Rowlet}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM005|Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM027|A Glaring Rivalry!]]''
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* {{an|Lana}}'s {{p|Lapras}} is revealed to know {{m|Ice Beam}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Gladion]], {{an|Lillie}}'s older brother, for the first time.
* {{Ash}} meets Lana's sisters, [[Harper and Sarah]], for the first time.
* Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Gladion, but it gets interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* Ash learns he can get a [[Rockium Z]] from the [[Island Kahuna]] of [[Akala Island]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM007|That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM030|The Ol' Raise and Switch!]]''
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* The wild {{AP|Litten}} is revealed to know {{m|Scratch}}.
* {{an|Lillie}} becomes able to touch {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* {{Ash}} tries to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} the recurring Litten, but eventually decides to let it go.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM008|Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM031|The Island Whisperer!]]''
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* [[Samson Oak]] gives {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his classmates}} an {{pkmn|Egg}}, which {{an|Lillie}} agrees to take care of.
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} meet [[Olivia]], the {{isl|Akala}} [[Island Kahuna]], for the first time.
** Meanwhile, Samson Oak takes responsibility of the Egg that Ash [[SM001|brought]] from [[Kanto]].
* Ash and {{ashfr|his classmates}} travel to Akala Island along with Olivia and [[Professor Kukui]].
* [[Ash's Rowlet]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}} and {{m|Peck}}.
* Lillie's phobia of Pokémon is slightly explained as she gained the trauma from an experience with her [[Lusamine|mother]] that she doesn't remember.
* [[Ash's Rowlet]] competes in first proper Pokémon battle.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM009|To Top a Totem!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM032|Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets the [[Island Kahuna|Kahuna]] of [[Melemele Island]], [[Hala]], for the first time.
* {{Ash}} attempts to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} an {{alo|Geodude}}, but fails.
* Hala reveals that he makes [[Z-Ring]]s and that {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Tapu Koko}} stole the Z-Ring equipped with {{DL|Z-Crystal|Electrium Z}} that it gave to Ash [[SM001|earlier]].
* {{an|Lana}} finds a {{key|VII|Sparkling Stone}}, which [[Olivia]] takes to be modified into a [[Z-Ring]] for her.
* Ash clears his first [[island challenge]] trial in the [[Verdant Cavern]], earning a {{DL|Z-Crystal|Normalium Z}} from the {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{p|Gumshoos}} as a reward.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM010|Trial and Tribulation!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM033|Big Sky, Small Fry!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} perform {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* [[Lana's Popplio]] learns {{m|Aqua Jet}}.
* Ash battles [[Hala]] and wins, clearing the [[Melemele Island]] [[Island challenge|grand trial]].
* {{an|Lana}} clears the [[island challenge|trial]] at [[Brooklet Hill]], earning a [[Waterium Z]] from a {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Wishiwashi|Solo Form}} {{p|Wishiwashi}} as a reward.
* Hala goes to give Ash a {{DL|Z-Crystal|Fightinium Z}} as a reward for defeating him, but {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Tapu Koko}} switches it with an {{DL|Z-Crystal|Electrium Z}}, which Ash receives instead.
* [[Olivia]] converts Lana's {{key|VII|Sparkling Stone}} into a [[Z-Ring]] and gives it back to her.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM011|Young Kiawe Had a Farm!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM034|A Crowning Moment of Truth!]]''
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* [[Ash's Rowlet]] performs {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* [[Kiawe's Turtonator]] is revealed to know {{m|Dragon Tail}} and learns {{m|Shell Smash}}.
* {{Ash}} visits [[Akala Island]] for the first time.
* {{an|Kiawe}} catches an {{TP|Kiawe|Alolan Marowak|Marowak}}.
* Ash meets {{an|Kiawe}}'s family for the first time.
* [[Kiawe's Turtonator]] is revealed to know {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* Ash battles Kiawe, with the end result left unknown.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM012|The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM035|Currying Favor and Flavor!]]''
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* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] try and fail to catch a {{p|Cloyster}} and {{p|Carvanha}}, respectively.
* [[Ash's Litten]] performs [[Breakneck Blitz]] for the first time.
* {{TRT}} decide to make {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Bewear}}'s den their base of operations in [[Alola]].
* {{Ash}} clears the trial in [[Lush Jungle]], earning a [[Grassium Z]] from the {{pkmn2|Totem}} [[Lurantis]] as a reward.
* James catches a {{TP|James|Mareanie}}.
* Ash becomes qualified to challenge [[Olivia]]'s grand trial.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM013|Racing to a Big Event!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM036|Trials and Determinations!]]''
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* {{an|Lillie}} is revealed to have named the {{pkmn|Egg}} she and {{ashfr|her classmates}} have been taking care of [[Snowy]].
* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Rowlet}} perform {{m|Bloom Doom}} for the first time.
* Lillie's Egg hatches into an {{alo|Vulpix}}.
* Ash defeats [[Olivia]] in the [[Akala Island]] [[Island challenge|grand trial]], earning a [[Rockium Z]] as a reward.
* Olivia informs Ash that his {{AP|Rockruff}} will [[Evolution|evolve]] soon.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM014|Getting to Know You!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM037|Rising from the Ruins!]]''
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* The {{pkmn|Egg}} that {{Ash}} [[SM001|delivered]] to [[Samson Oak]] hatches into a {{p|Vulpix}}.
* [[Gladion]] is revealed to own a {{p|Type: Null}}.
* {{an|Lillie}} catches the [[Snowy|Alolan Vulpix]] that hatched in the [[SM013|last episode]].
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Rockruff}} evolves into a {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Lycanroc|Dusk Form}} {{AP|Lycanroc}}.
* Lillie becomes able to touch her own Pokémon.
* Ash, {{ashcl}}, and [[Professor Kukui]] leave [[Akala Island]] and return to [[Melemele Island]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM015|Rocking Clawmark Hill!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM038|Mimikyu Unmasked!]]''
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* {{p|Rockruff}} is revealed to know <!--{{m|Tackle}} and--> {{m|Bite}} and learns {{m|Rock Throw}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Lycanroc}} perform {{m|Continental Crush}} for the first time.
* Rockruff is revealed to not be [[Professor Kukui]]'s Pokémon, but a wild Pokémon that he takes care of.
* {{Ash}} catches the {{AP|Rockruff}} that Professor Kukui was taking care of.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM016|They Might Not Be Giants!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM040|Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!]]''
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* [[Lana's Popplio]] is revealed to know {{m|Bubble Beam}}.
* [[Lana]] and {{TP|Lana|Popplio}} perform {{m|Hydro Vortex}} for the first time.
* The recurring {{AP|Litten}} is revealed to know {{m|Slash}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM017|Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM041|Mounting an Electrifying Charge!]]''
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* The [[Rotom Pokédex]] updates itself with a video camera function.
* [[Sophocles's Charjabug]] is revealed to know {{m|String Shot}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM018|A Seasoned Search!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM042|Alola, Kanto!]]''
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* {{TRT}} completes the construction of their base in {{an|Bewear}}'s den.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} travel to [[Kanto]] for an extracurricular activity and arrive in [[Pallet Town]].
* {{an|Mallow}}'s {{p|Bounsweet}} evolves into {{TP|Mallow|Steenee}} and learns {{m|Double Slap}} and {{m|Magical Leaf}}.
* {{TRT}} also travels to Kanto, but are later taken back to [[Alola]] by {{an|Bewear}}.
* Ash reunites with {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}.
* {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} meet Misty, Brock, {{an|Professor Oak}}, and {{an|Jigglypuff}} for the first time.
** In addition, Misty and Brock meet [[Professor Kukui]], [[Samson Oak]], and Bewear for the first time.
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] and the [[Squirtle Squad]] are revealed to be residing at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* [[Ash's Lycanroc]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Accelerock}}.
* Ash and his classmates travel to [[Cerulean City]] to visit the [[Cerulean Gym]].
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM019|A Guardian Rematch!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM043|When Regions Collide!]]''
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* [[Ash's Rockruff]] performs {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* {{an|Lana}} and {{an|Mallow}} have a [[Multi Battle]] against {{an|Misty}}, but the battle is called off.
* Ash meets {{an|Sophocles}}'s family for the first time.
* [[Misty's Psyduck]] is revealed to have mastered {{m|Water Gun}}.
* {{Ash}} has a [[rematch]] with {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Tapu Koko}}, with no clear winner.
* {{an|Sophocles}} and {{an|Lillie}} have a Multi Battle against {{an|Brock}}, but the battle is called off.
* [[Brock's Geodude]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Gyro Ball}}.
* Brock and Misty are revealed to have obtained a [[Key Stone]] each, while Brock is revealed to have obtained a {{DL|Mega Stone|Steelixite}} and Misty is revealed to have obtained a {{DL|Mega Stone|Gyaradosite}}.
* {{ashcl|Ash's classmates}} learn about [[Mega Evolution]].
* {{an|Kiawe}} has a battle against Brock and loses.
* [[Brock's Steelix]] is revealed to have learned Gyro Ball and {{m|Stone Edge}}.
* {{Ash}} has a battle against Misty and wins.
* [[Misty's Gyarados]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Rain Dance}}, {{m|Hurricane}}, and {{m|Crunch}}.
* [[Professor Kukui]] reveals that he intends to establish a [[Pokémon League]] in [[Alola]].
* Ash, his classmates, Professor Kukui, [[Samson Oak]], and {{TRT}} return to Alola.
* {{an|Jigglypuff}} follows Ash and his classmates to Alola on top of their plane.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM020|Partner Promises!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | [[SM044]]
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* {{Ash}} encounters the [[guardian deity]] of [[Akala Island]], {{p|Tapu Lele}}, for the first time.
* {{Ash}} finds and befriends a {{p|Cosmog}}, which {{an|Lillie}} [[nickname]]s "[[Nebby]]".
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* Ash meets Lillie's mother [[Lusamine]], [[Professor Burnet]], [[Faba]], and [[Wicke]] for the first time.
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM021|One Journey Ends, Another Begins...]]''
* Lillie reunites with her mother.
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* Ash and [[Professor Kukui]] learns about the [[Aether Foundation]] and the existence of [[Ultra Beast]]s.
* The wild {{AP|Litten}} is revealed to know {{m|Fire Fang}}, although it hasn't mastered it yet.
* The wild {{p|Stoutland}} that Litten was living with vanishes, with the heavy implication that it has died.
* Ash catches the {{p|Litten}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM022|A Shivering Shovel Search!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | [[SM045]]
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* [[Kiawe's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* [[Nebby]] is revealed to know {{m|Teleport}}.
* [[Ash's Litten]] masters {{m|Fire Fang}}.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM023|Getting the Band Back Together!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | [[SM046]]
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* The [[Rotom Pokédex]] updates itself with a voice duplicating function.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} visit [[Aether Paradise]], with Ash, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Sophocles}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Lana}} visiting it for the first time.
* Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, and Lana meet [[Lusamine]], [[Faba]], [[Wicke]], and [[Professor Burnet]] for the first time.
* {{TRT}} learns about {{p|Type: Null}} and the [[Ultra Beast]]s.
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|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM025|A Team-on-Team Tussle!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | [[SM047]]
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* {{TRT}} learns about [[Z-Move]]s and [[Z-Crystal]]s.
* Team Rocket encounters [[Team Skull]] for the first time.
* Team Rocket and Team Skull fight for a {{DL|Z-Crystal|Darkinium Z}}, which Team Rocket take for themselves.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM026|So Long, Sophocles!]]''
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* {{Ash}} brings Sophocles a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Charjabug}} as a farewell present.
* Sophocles catches the {{TP|Sophocles|Charjabug}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM027|A Glaring Rivalry!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Gladion]], {{an|Lillie}}'s older brother, for the first time.
* Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Gladion, but it gets interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* Ash learns he can get a {{DL|Z-Crystal|Rockium Z}} from the [[Island Kahuna]] of [[Akala Island]].
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* {{an|Lillie}} becomes able to touch {{AP|Pikachu}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM031|The Island Whisperer!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} meet [[Olivia]], the {{isl|Akala}} [[Island Kahuna]], for the first time.
* Ash and {{ashfr|his classmates}} travel to Akala Island along with Olivia and [[Professor Kukui]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM032|Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!]]''
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* {{Ash}} attempts to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} an {{alo|Geodude}}, but fails.
* {{an|Lana}} finds a {{key|VII|Sparkling Stone}}, which [[Olivia]] takes to be modified into a [[Z-Ring]] for her.
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* [[Lana's Popplio]] learns {{m|Aqua Jet}}.
* {{an|Lana}} clears the [[island challenge|trial]] at [[Brooklet Hill]], earning a {{DL|Z-Crystal|Waterium Z}} from a {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Wishiwashi|Solo Form}} {{p|Wishiwashi}} as a reward.
* [[Olivia]] converts Lana's {{key|VII|Sparkling Stone}} into a [[Z-Ring]] and gives it back to her.
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* [[Kiawe's Turtonator]] is revealed to know {{m|Dragon Tail}} and learns {{m|Shell Smash}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Gladion]] again.
* {{an|Kiawe}} catches an {{TP|Kiawe|Alolan Marowak|Marowak}}.
* Ash learns that {{an|Lillie}}'s fear of touching Pokémon is related to {{p|Nihilego}}.
* Ash has another {{pkmn|battle}} with Gladion and loses.
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* [[Ash's Litten]] performs [[Breakneck Blitz]] for the first time.
* {{an|Lillie}} becomes unable to touch any Pokémon again after encountering [[Gladion#Type: Null|Gladion's Silvally]].
* {{Ash}} clears the trial in [[Lush Jungle]], earning a {{DL|Z-Crystal|Grassium Z}} from the {{pkmn2|Totem}} [[Lurantis]] as a reward.
* Ash becomes qualified to challenge [[Olivia]]'s grand trial.
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| style="text-align:center" | [[SM049]]
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Rowlet}} perform {{m|Bloom Doom}} for the first time.
* [[Gladion]]'s {{p|Type: Null|Silvally}} [[Evolution|breaks free]] of its mask, revealing its {{p|Silvally|true form}}.
* Ash defeats [[Olivia]] in the [[Akala Island]] [[Island challenge|grand trial]], earning a {{DL|Z-Crystal|Rockium Z}} as a reward.
* {{an|Lillie}} remembers the incident that made her afraid of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} and overcomes it.
* Olivia informs Ash that his {{AP|Rockruff}} will [[Evolution|evolve]] soon.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM037|Rising from the Ruins!]]''
| style="text-align:center" | [[SM050]]
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* [[Gladion]] is revealed to own a {{p|Type: Null}}.
* [[Faba]] manages to kidnap [[Nebby]].
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Rockruff}} evolves into a {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Lycanroc|Dusk Form}} {{AP|Lycanroc}}.
* Nebby evolves from a {{p|Cosmog}} into a {{p|Cosmoem}}.
* Ash, {{ashcl}}, and [[Professor Kukui]] leave [[Akala Island]] and return to [[Melemele Island]].
* Faba summons a {{p|Nihilego}} from an Ultra Wormhole.
* Nihilego takes [[Lusamine]] into the Ultra Wormhole.
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| style="text-align:center" | [[SM051]]
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Lycanroc}} perform {{m|Continental Crush}} for the first time.
* {{an|Lillie}} changes her outfit into her "Z-Powered form".
* Lillie and [[Gladion]] leave for [[Poni Island]] together to look for a way to save [[Lusamine]].
* {{Ash}}, {{ashcl}}, and [[Professor Kukui]] decide to follow Lillie and Gladion to Poni Island.
* Ash visits Poni Island for the first time.
* Ash encounters the [[guardian deities]] of [[Ula'ula Island]] and Poni Island, {{p|Tapu Bulu}} and {{p|Tapu Fini}}, for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | [[SM052]]
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* [[Lana]] and {{TP|Lana|Popplio}} perform {{m|Hydro Vortex}} for the first time.
* [[Nebby]] [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Solgaleo}}.
* [[Professor Kukui]] is revealed to own a {{p|Braviary}}.
* {{Ash}} obtains a [[Solganium Z]].
* The [[guardian deities]] upgrade Ash's [[Z-Ring]] into a Z-Power Ring.
* Ash, {{ashcl}}, and [[Gladion]] enter an [[Ultra Wormhole]] with Solgaleo in search of [[Lusamine]].
** In the process, Ash and Nebby perform {{m|Searing Sunraze Smash}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | [[SM041]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[SM053]]
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* [[Sophocles's Charjabug]] is revealed to know {{m|String Shot}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashcl}}, and [[Gladion]] find [[Lusamine]] in [[Ultra Deep Sea]], only to discover she has fused with {{p|Nihilego}}.
* {{an|Kiawe}}'s {{TP|Kiawe|Marowak}} is revealed to know {{m|Bonemerang}}.
* Ash and his friends battle Lusamine.
** Kiawe splits from the group to battle Lusamine's {{p|Salazzle}} and wins.
** {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}}, along with {{AP|Rowlet}} and {{AP|Litten}}, split from the group to battle Lusamine's {{p|Milotic}}, {{p|Lilligant}}, and {{p|Mismagius}}.
** Gladion splits from the group to battle Lusamine's {{p|Absol}}.
** {{an|Lillie}}, along with {{AP|Lycanroc}}, split from the group to battle Lusamine's {{p|Clefable}} and free it from Nihilego's control.
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| style="text-align:center" | [[SM054]]
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} travel to [[Kanto]] for an extracurricular activity and arrive in [[Pallet Town]].
* {{Ash}}'s [[Electrium Z]] temporarily changes into a [[Pikashunium Z]].
* {{TRT}} also travels to Kanto, but are later taken back to [[Alola]] by {{an|Bewear}}.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} perform {{m|10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt}} for the first time.
* Ash reunites with {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}.
* Ash and Pikachu defeat [[Lusamine]] and free her from {{p|Nihilego}}'s control.
* {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} meet Misty, Brock, {{an|Professor Oak}}, and {{an|Jigglypuff}} for the first time.
* Ash, {{ashcl}}, [[Gladion]], Lusamine and [[Nebby]] return to their own world.
** In addition, Misty and Brock meet [[Professor Kukui]], [[Samson Oak]], and Bewear for the first time.
* [[Ash's Squirtle]] and the [[Squirtle Squad]] are revealed to be residing at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* [[Ash's Lycanroc]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Accelerock}}.
* Ash and his classmates travel to [[Cerulean City]] to visit the [[Cerulean Gym]].
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* {{an|Lana}} and {{an|Mallow}} have a [[Multi Battle]] against {{an|Misty}}, but the battle is called off.
* [[Nebby]] is revealed to have returned to the wild.
* [[Misty's Psyduck]] is revealed to have mastered {{m|Water Gun}}.
* [[Professor Kukui]] proposes to [[Professor Burnet]].
* {{an|Sophocles}} and {{an|Lillie}} have a Multi Battle against {{an|Brock}}, but the battle is called off.
* Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet get married.
* [[Brock's Geodude]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Gyro Ball}}.
* Brock and Misty are revealed to have obtained a [[Key Stone]] each, while Brock is revealed to have obtained a {{DL|Mega Stone|Steelixite}} and Misty is revealed to have obtained a {{DL|Mega Stone|Gyaradosite}}.
* {{ashcl|Ash's classmates}} learn about [[Mega Evolution]].
* {{an|Kiawe}} has a battle against Brock and loses.
* [[Brock's Steelix]] is revealed to have learned Gyro Ball and {{m|Stone Edge}}.
* {{Ash}} has a battle against Misty and wins.
* [[Misty's Gyarados]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Rain Dance}}, {{m|Hurricane}}, and {{m|Crunch}}.
* [[Professor Kukui]] reveals that he intends to establish a [[Pokémon League]] in [[Alola]].
* Ash, his classmates, Professor Kukui, [[Samson Oak]], and {{TRT}} return to Alola.
* {{an|Jigglypuff}} follows Ash and his classmates to Alola on top of their plane.
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* {{Ash}} finds and befriends a {{p|Cosmog}}, which {{an|Lillie}} [[nickname]]s "[[Nebby]]".
* [[James]] tries and fails to catch a female {{p|Frillish}}.
* Ash meets Lillie's mother [[Lusamine]], [[Professor Burnet]], [[Faba]], and [[Wicke]] for the first time.
* Lillie reunites with her mother.
* Ash and [[Professor Kukui]] learns about the [[Aether Foundation]] and the existence of [[Ultra Beast]]s.
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Revision as of 11:11, 18 January 2018

A map of the Hoenn, Johto, Kanto, and Sinnoh regions in the anime; locations of movies are deliberately marked, and labeled Pokémon are positioned in relation to the locations of certain episodes.

This is a chronological list of significant events in the anime and the episodes which they occurred in, or, for events which happened outside the series, where they happened in relation to the episodes.

Timeline

Pre-series

The order of many of these events is approximated and debatable.

Time Details
The beginning of time
  • Arceus appears in the darkness in the form of an Egg. After hatching, it creates the universe. (M12)
4,600,000,000 years prior
  • Creation of Pokémon world, referenced by Bill. (EP013)
2,000,000 years prior
  • First Pokémon, as dated by archaeology. (EP163)
  • The Meteonite enters Earth's atmosphere and breaks up with the largest fragment impacting into the landmass that would become the Unova region.
2,000 years prior
1,000 years prior
500 years prior
400 years prior
  • Azalea Town experiences a devastating drought that ends when a Slowpoke's yawn brings rain, prompting the town's people to begin a time-honored tradition of respect for all Slowpoke. (EP142)
300 years prior
  • The Orange League takes place for the first time. (EP095)
  • The captain wins the Orange League.
  • The captain's ship gets caught in a storm and sinks.
200 years prior
100 years prior to XY
50 years prior
40 years prior
30 years prior
  • Kaiser reports the existence of a Dratini in the Safari Zone. Thousands of people came to get the rare Pokémon, which literally destroys the Safari Zone in the process. Since then, they only allow Safari Ball there. (EP035)
29 years prior
20 years prior
???
15 years prior
15 years prior to BW
???
11 years prior to DP
10 years prior
10 years prior to AG
10 years prior to DP
10 years prior to BW
10 years prior to XY
???
7 years prior to AG
Less than 10 years prior to XY
5 years prior
4 years prior to SM
  • Lillie is nearly abducted by a Nihilego, but she is rescued by a Silvally. The traumatic experience makes her afraid of touching Pokémon. (SM049)
???
1 year prior to DP
Less than 1 year prior
  • Ash and Gary find an old Poké Ball while fishing, breaking it in half after arguing who will get it. (EP269)
Less than 1 year prior to DP
Less than 1 year prior to XY
Less than 1 year prior to SM

Original series

Kanto

Episode Details
Pokémon, I Choose You!
Pokémon Emergency!
Ash Catches a Pokémon!
Challenge of the Samurai
Showdown in Pewter City
Clefairy and the Moon Stone
Water Flowers of Cerulean City
The Path to the Pokémon League
The School of Hard Knocks
Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village
Charmander the Stray Pokémon
Here Comes the Squirtle Squad
Mystery at the Lighthouse
Electric Shock Showdown
Battle Aboard the St. Anne
Pokémon Shipwreck
Beauty and the Beach
Tentacool and Tentacruel
The Ghost of Maiden's Peak
Bye-Bye Butterfree
Abra and the Psychic Pokémon
The Tower of Terror
Haunter Versus Kadabra
Primeape Goes Bananas
Pokémon Scent-sation
Hypno's Naptime
Pokémon Fashion Flash
The Punchy Pokémon
Sparks Fly for Magnemite
Dig Those Diglett
The Ninja Poké-Showdown
The Flame Pokémon-athon
The Kangaskhan Kid
EP035
The Bridge Bike Gang
Ditto's Mysterious Mansion
EP038
Pikachu's Good-Bye
Holiday Hi-Jynx
  • Ash attempts to capture a Jynx, but fails since she belongs to another Trainer.
The Battling Eevee Brothers
Wake Up Snorlax!
The March of the Exeggutor Squad
The Problem with Paras
The Song of Jigglypuff
Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon
Holy Matrimony!
Who Gets to Keep Togepi?
Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden
Princess Versus Princess
The Purr-fect Hero
Pokémon Paparazzi
The Breeding Center Secret
Riddle Me This
Volcanic Panic
The Misty Mermaid
Clefairy Tales
The Battle of the Badge
It's Mr. Mime Time
Showdown at the Po-ké Corral
The Evolution Solution
Make Room for Gloom
Go West Young Meowth
To Master the Onixpected
The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis
Bad to the Bone
All Fired Up
Round One - Begin!
Fire and Ice
The Fourth Round Rumble
  • Gary loses his fourth round battle, placing him in the Top 32 in the Indigo Plateau Conference.
  • Gary heads back to Pallet Town.
  • Ash uses his Muk in battle for the first time.
  • Ash's Muk is revealed to know Body Slam.
  • Ash wins his fourth and final preliminary round match in the Pokémon League and advances to the fifth round, securing him a place in the Indigo Stadium.
A Friend In Deed
Friend and Foe Alike
Friends to the End

Orange Islands

Episode Details
Pallet Party Panic
A Scare in the Air
Poké Ball Peril
The Lost Lapras
Fit to be Tide
Pikachu Re-Volts
The Crystal Onix
In The Pink
Stage Fight!
Bye Bye Psyduck
Navel Maneuvers
Snack Attack!
A Shipful of Shivers
Tracey Gets Bugged
A Way Off Day Off
The Mandarin Island Miss Match
The Mystery Menace
Misty Meets Her Match!
Bound For Trouble
Charizard Chills
The Pokémon Water War
Pokémon Food Fight
Pokémon Double Trouble
The Stun Spore Detour
Hello Pummelo
Enter The Dragonite
Viva Las Lapras
The Underground Round Up
A Tent Situation
The Rivalry Revival

Johto

Episode Details
Don't Touch That 'Dile
The Double Trouble Header
A Sappy Ending
Roll On, Pokémon!
Illusion Confusion!
Flower Power
Snubbull Snobbery
The Little Big Horn
The Chikorita Rescue
Once in a Blue Moon
  • Misty tries to catch a Quagsire twice, but is stopped both times.
The Whistle Stop
Ignorance is Blissey
A Bout With Sprout
Fighting Flyer with Fire!
For Crying Out Loud
Charizard's Burning Ambitions
Chikorita's Big Upset
Wired for Battle!
Good 'Quil Hunting
A Shadow of a Drought
Goin' Apricorn
Gettin' The Bugs Out
A Farfetch'd Tale
Tricks of the Trade
The Fire-ring Squad
Hour of the Houndour
The Totodile Duel
Hot Matches!
Fowl Play!
Forest Grumps
The Fortune Hunters
A Goldenrod Opportunity
A Dairy Tale Ending
Air Time!
The Bug Stops Here
Carrying On!
Hassle in the Castle
A Hot Water Battle
Hook, Line, and Stinker
Beauty and the Breeder
Power Play
Imitation Confrontation
Trouble With Snubbull
Ariados, Amigos
Wings 'N' Things
The Grass Route
A Ghost of a Chance
From Ghost to Ghost
Trouble's Brewing
Moving Pictures
Freeze Frame
The Ring Masters
Control Freak
Current Events!
Turning Over A New Bayleef
The Kecleon Caper
Fight for the Light
Machoke, Machoke Man
Around the Whirlpool
A Corsola Caper
Octillery The Outcast!
Dueling Heroes
The Perfect Match
  • Misty defeats Ash and advances to the third round of the Whirl Cup.
  • Misty is defeated by Trinity in the third round and is ranked in the "Top 4" of the Whirl Cup.
  • Trinity is defeated by an unknown Trainer in the final round of the Whirl Cup.
The Mystery is History!
A Parent Trapped!
A Promise is a Promise
Throwing in the Noctowl!
Nerves of Steelix
Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!
Espeon Not Included!
For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll
Extreme Pokémon!
Hatching a Plan!
Dues and Don'ts
Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution
Rage of Innocence
As Cold as Pryce!
Nice Pryce Baby
Hocus Pokémon
As Clear As Crystal
Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up?
Outrageous Fortunes
One Trick Phony!
Beauty is Skin Deep
Fangs for Nothin'
Great Bowls of Fire
Better Eight Than Never
Why? Wynaut!
Just Add Water
Lapras of Luxury
Hatch Me If You Can
Entei at Your Own Risk
A Crowning Achievement
Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid!
Address Unown!
Mother Of All Battles!
Pop Goes The Sneasel!
A Claim to Flame!
Love, Pokémon Style!
Tie One On!
  • Macy defeats Jackson in the preliminary round of the Silver Conference.
  • Ash and Jackson have a draw in the preliminary round of the Silver Conference.
  • Ash, Gary, and Harrison qualify for the finals of the Silver Conference.
The Ties That Bind
Can't Beat the Heat!
Playing with Fire!!
Johto Photo Finish
Gotta Catch Ya Later!
Hoenn Alone...!

Advanced Generation series

Hoenn

Episode Details
Get the Show on the Road
A Ruin with a View
A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!
There's no Place Like Hoenn
Cerulean Blues
You Never Can Taillow
A Poached Ego!
Tree's a Crowd
A Tail with a Twist
The Lotad Lowdown
All Things Bright and Beautifly!
All in a Day's Wurmple
Gonna Rule The School!
Winner by a Nosepass
Stairway to Devon
Brave the Wave
A Hole Lotta Trouble
Gone Corphishin'
A Corphish Out of Water
A Mudkip Mission
Seeing is Believing
Just One of the Geysers
Now that's Flower Power!
Win, Lose or Drew!
The Spheal of Approval
Watt's with Wattson
What You Seed is What You Get
The Princess and the Togepi
  • Pre-episode
    • Misty changes into her second outfit.
  • Misty rejoins Ash.
A Togepi Mirage!
I Feel Skitty!
Pros and Con Artists
Come What May!
Poetry Commotion!
Going, Going, Yawn
All Torkoal, No Play
Manectric Charge
Delcatty Got Your Tongue
Disaster of Disguise
Disguise Da Limit
Take the Lombre Home
Exploud and Clear
Love, Petalburg Style!
Balance of Power
A Six Pack Attack!
Grass Hysteria!
Hokey Poké Balls!
A Fan with a Plan!
Cruisin' for a Losin'
That's Just Swellow
A Shroomish Skirmish
Who's Flying Now?
Sky High Gym Battle!
Pokéblock, Stock and Berry
Lessons in Lilycove
Gaining Groudon
The Scuffle of Legends
It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!
Solid as a Solrock
Vanity Affair
Where's Armaldo?
A Cacturne for the Worse
Once in a Mawile
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt
The Great Eight Fate!
Eight Ain't Enough
Mean With Envy
Pacifidlog Jam
Berry, Berry Interesting
Less is Morrison
Hi Ho Silver Wind!
Deceit and Assist
Rhapsody in Drew
  • Harley is defeated by May in the third round of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
  • Ash's Snorunt evolves into Glalie.
  • May is defeated by Drew in the semi finals of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
  • Drew is defeated by Robert in the final round of the Hoenn Grand Festival.
  • Robert wins the Hoenn Grand Festival.
Island Time
Like a Meowth to a Flame
Saved by the Beldum
From Brags to Riches
Shocks and Bonds
A Judgment Brawl
Choose It or Loose It!
At the End of the Fray
  • Ash continues his Full Battle against Tyson in the quarter-finals and loses.
  • Tyson moves on to the semi-finals and wins, advancing to the final round.
  • Tyson defeats his opponent in the finals and wins the Ever Grande Conference.
  • The Ever Grande Conference ends.

Kanto (Battle Frontier)

Episode Details
The Scheme Team
The Right Place and the Right Mime
A Real Cleffa-Hanger
Numero Uno Articuno
The Symbol Life
The Saffron Con
A Hurdle for Squirtle
Pasta La Vista
Sweet Baby James!
A Chip Off the Old Brock
Wheel...of Frontier!
May's Egg-cellent Adventure!
Weekend Warrior
Tactic Theatrics!!
Reversing the Charges
From Cradle to Save
Time Warp Heals All Wounds
Queen of the Serpentine!
Harley Rides Again
Odd Pokémon Out!
Spontaneous Combusken!!
Cutting the Ties that Bind
Ka Boom with a View!
What I Did for Love!
Talking a Good Game
Second Time's the Charm!
New Plot - Odd Lot
Going for Choke!
Grating Spaces!
Battling the Enemy Within
Slaking Kong
  • A wild Aipom begins following Ash.
May, we Harley Drew'd Ya!
Thinning the Hoard!
Channeling the Battle Zone!
Overjoyed!
The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!
Gathering The Gang of Four!
Pace - The Final Frontier!
Once More with Reeling!
Home is Where the Start Is!

Diamond & Pearl series

Sinnoh

Episode Details
Pre-season
Following a Maiden's Voyage!
Two Degrees of Separation!
When Pokémon Worlds Collide!
  • Paul catches 3 Starly, and releases the ones who only know Gust and Sand Attack.
  • Ash meets Paul.
  • Ash finds Pikachu.
  • Ash and Brock meet Dawn.
  • Team Rocket starts using their third motto.
  • Ash changes into his third outfit.
  • Dawn joins Ash and Brock.
  • Ash and Paul have a three-on-three battle, which ends in a tie.
  • Paul releases his third Starly.
Dawn Of A New Era!
Gettin' Twiggy With It!
Gymbaliar
Setting the World on its Buneary!
Not on My Watch Ya Don't!
Mounting a Coordinator Assault!
Arrival of a Rival!
  • Ash, Dawn, Zoey, and Jessie advance to the second round of the Contest.
  • Zoey defeats Ash in the second round, beating Aipom with Glameow.
  • Zoey defeats Dawn in the second round, beating Buneary with Glameow.
  • Zoey defeats Jessie in the second round, beating Carnivine with Glameow.
  • Zoey wins her second Ribbon.
A Staravia is Born!
Leave It To Brocko!
Shapes of Things to Come!
A Gruff Act to Follow!
Wild in the Streets!
O'er the Rampardos we Watched!
Twice Smitten, Once Shy!
Borrowing on Bad Faith!
  • Jessie borrows Aipom.
  • Dawn and Jessie enter an unofficial Contest.
  • Dawn and Jessie advance to the second round.
  • Jessie defeats Dawn in the second round, beating Pachirisu with Aipom.
  • Jessie wins a year's supply of bananas.
Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!
Settling a Not-So-Old Score!
Drifloon on the Wind!
Some Enchanted Sweetening
The Grass-Type is Always Greener!
All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go!
Buizel Your Way Out of This!
An Elite Greet and Meet!
A Secret Sphere of Influence!
A Grass Menagerie!
One Big Happiny Family!
Top-Down Training!
Dawn's Early Night!
Tag! We're It!
Glory Blaze!
Smells Like Team Spirit!
Once There Were Greenfields!
Throwing the Track Switch
  • Zoey reappears.
  • Ash is training for his next Gym battle in Veilstone City.
  • Dawn is training for her next Contest in Solaceon Town.
  • Aipom is having a hard time concentrating on Ash's training.
  • Buizel is having a hard time concentrating on Dawn's training.
  • Zoey suggests Ash and Dawn trade Aipom and Buizel.
  • Ash and Dawn use each other's Buizel and Aipom in battle against Team Rocket.
  • Ash and Dawn officially trade Aipom and Buizel.
Journey to the Unknown!
Team Shocker!
Riding the Winds of Change!
Sleight of Sand!
Lost Leader Strategy!
Crossing the Battle Line!
A Triple Fighting Chance!
Enter Galactic!
Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 1
Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2
  • J steals the Riolu from the prior episode.
  • Ash saves Riolu from J and the man J is working for.
Crossing Paths
Pika and Goliath!
Our Cup Runneth Over!
A Full Course Tag Battle!
Staging A Heroes' Welcome!
Pruning a Passel of Pals!
Strategy With a Smile!
  • Dawn, May, and Zoey continue to compete in the Wallace Cup.
  • May defeats Zoey in the semifinals of the Wallace Cup.
  • May and Dawn face each other in the finals of the Wallace Cup.
  • Dawn and Piplup narrowly defeat May and Glaceon in the finals.
  • Dawn wins the Aqua Ribbon, her second Contest Ribbon overall.
  • May returns to Johto to compete for two more Ribbons.
The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!
Cream of the Croagunk Crop!
A Crasher Course in Power!
Hungry For the Good Life!
Fighting Fear With Fear!
Arriving in Style!
Playing the Leveling Field!
Battling the Generation Gap!
Losing Its Lustrous!
Double Team Turnover!
A Trainer and Child Reunion!
  • Ash, Brock and Dawn meet Aaron of the Elite Four.
Aiding the Enemy!
Barry's Busting Out All Over!
  • Ash, Brock, and Dawn meet Barry.
  • Ash prepares to have an official Gym battle rematch with Fantina.
  • Barry and Ash battle. Ash comes out the victor.
A Shield with a Twist!
Jumping Rocket Ship!
Sleepless in Pre-Battle!
A Breed Stampede!
Ancient Family Matters!
Dealing with Defensive Types!
  • Ash battles for his sixth Sinnoh Badge, against Byron.
  • Ash earns his sixth Gym Badge, the Mine Badge.
Another One Gabites the Dust!
Pursuing a Lofty Goal!
Trials and Adulations!
The Lonely Snover!
Old Rivals, New Tricks!
To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!
Classroom Training!
Sliding Into Seventh!
A Pyramiding Rage!
  • Brandon arrives in Snowpoint City.
    • Paul challenges Brandon, with Paul losing easily.
Pillars of Friendship!
  • J returns and awakens Regigigas.
Frozen on Their Tracks!
Pedal to the Mettle!
Evolving Strategies!
Uncrushing Defeat!
Gateway to Ruin!
Strategy Begins at Home!
  • Ash and Brock meet Johanna. Dawn battles Johanna and loses.
Historical Mystery Tour!
Challenging a Towering Figure!
An Egg Scramble!
  • Dawn defeats Lyra in a battle and receives an Egg, which later hatches into Cyndaquil.
Dressed for Jess Success!
  • James enters a Contest passing by Jessilina and wins, so Jessie gets her third Ribbon. Dawn loses to James in the semi-finals.
Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!
The Needs of the Three!
The Battle Finale of Legend!
Mastering Current Events!
Double-Time Battle Training!
Gotta Get a Gible!
Short and To the Punch!
Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!
Playing the Performance Encore!
Fighting Ire with Fire!
  • Barry and Paul meet for the first time.
  • Barry has earned the 8 Sinnoh Badges, qualifying him for the Sinnoh League.
  • Ash battles Barry briefly.
  • Ash's Monferno activates Blaze again and gets out of control.
  • Monferno evolves into Infernape.
Piplup, Up and Away!
Flint Sparks the Fire!
The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!
Teaching the Student Teacher
Keeping in Top Forme!
An Elite Coverup!
Dawn of a Royal Day!
  • Princess Salvia wins the Arrowroot Town Contest, and gives the Ribbon to Jessie.
  • Jessie obtains her 5th Ribbon, thus qualifing for the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
  • Princess Salvia gives her Togekiss to Dawn.
Dealing with a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!
  • The gang arrive at Valor Lakefront for the Grand Festival.
Last Call, First Round!
  • Pre-episode
    • Nando has earned seven Gym Badges.
    • Nando acquires a Kricketot and an Altaria.
    • Zoey's Shellos and Finneon evolve into a Gastrodon and Lumineon, respectively.
    • Kenny's Prinplup evolves into an Empoleon; he also obtains a Floatzel.
    • Ursula obtains two Eevee.
  • Dawn enters the Grand Festival alongside Zoey and Jessilina.
  • Nando, Kenny, and Ursula earned their fifth Ribbons and enter the Grand Festival as well.
  • Ursula evolves her two Eevee into a Vaporeon and a Flareon during her appeal.
  • Dawn, Nando, Ursula, Zoey, and Jessilina successfully clear the appeals round; however, Kenny fails to make it through and is eliminated from the Grand Festival.
Opposites Interact!
  • Dawn beats Ursula and advances to the Top 16 round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
  • Zoey, Nando, and Jessilina also advance to the Top 16 round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
Coming Full Festival Circle!
  • Pre-episode
    • Zoey's Misdreavus evolves into a Mismagius.
    • Nando's Roselia evolves into a Roserade, and he also captures a Lopunny.
  • Zoey and Dawn defeat Nando and Jessilina, respectively, and advance to the finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
A Grand Fight for Winning!
  • Pre-episode
    • Zoey's Kirlia evolves into a Gallade.
  • Zoey defeats Dawn in the final round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival, winning the Ribbon Cup as well as the title of Top Coordinator.
  • Jessie decides to give up on Pokémon Contests after seeing Dawn lose.
  • Ash learns that Sunyshore Gym is fully repaired and Volkner is ready for their Gym battle.
The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!
  • Ash arrives back at Sunyshore Gym for his Gym battle against Volkner.
    • Ash's Infernape's Blaze is activated again, and it gains control of the Ability for the first time.
    • Ash defeats Volkner and earns the Beacon Badge, allowing him to participate in the Sinnoh League.
Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!
Bucking the Treasure Trend!
An Old Family Blend!
League Unleashed!
Casting a Paul on Barry!
  • Pre-episode
    • Paul's Electabuzz evolves into an Electivire and learns Giga Impact upon its evolution to its final form.
    • Barry captures a Skarmory and a Hitmonlee.
  • Ash, Paul, Barry, Conway, and Tobias make it through the second round of the Lily of the Valley Conference.
  • Paul and Barry are selected to battle each other in the third round of the Lily of the Valley Conference while Ash is selected to battle Conway.
  • Paul defeats Barry and advances to the quarter-finals of the tournament.
Working on a Right Move!
  • Pre-episode
    • Conway obtains a Shuckle, a Lickilicky, and a Dusknoir.
  • Ash's Infernape learns Flare Blitz.
  • Ash's Noctowl is revealed to have learned Extrasensory, Air Slash, and Sky Attack.
  • Ash's Gible masters Draco Meteor.
  • Ash defeats Conway and advances to the next round.
  • Ash learns that he will face Paul in the quarter-final of the Lily of the Valley Conference.
  • Ash's Gliscor returns to Ash for the battle against Paul.
  • Tobias advances to the quarter-final.
Familiarity Breeds Strategy!
  • Pre-episode
    • Paul obtains a Drapion and a Gastrodon.
    • Paul's Lairon evolves into an Aggron.
  • In the Lily of the Valley Conference quarter-final, Ash and Paul begin their second full battle.
A Real Rival Rouser!
  • Pre-episode
    • Paul obtains a Froslass.
  • Ash and Paul continue their full battle.
  • Ash's Gliscor is revealed to have learned Stone Edge.
Battling a Thaw in Relations!
  • Ash and Paul continue their full battle.
  • Infernape's Blaze Ability activates. Infernape gets control of the Ability.
  • Ash wins the battle and goes to the semi-finals.
The Semi-Final Frontier!
  • In the Lily of the Valley Conference semi-final, Ash battles Tobias.
  • Tobias is revealed to have a Latios.
  • Tobias defeats Ash, eliminating him from the Lily of the Valley Confence.
  • Tobias ends up winning the Sinnoh League.
The Brockster Is In!
Memories are Made of Bliss!
  • Dawn decides to remain in Sinnoh, Brock decides to train to become a Pokémon Doctor while Ash renews his vow to become a Pokémon Master.
  • Ash and Brock return to Kanto and go their separate ways.
  • Ash and Pikachu reach Pallet Town.
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Unova

Episode Details
In The Shadow of Zekrom!
Enter Iris and Axew!
A Sandile Gusher of Change!
The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!
Triple Leaders, Team Threats!
  • Ash and Iris arrive at Striaton City, and meet Cilan.
  • Rather than challenging just one of the Leaders, Ash challenges all of the Gym Leader trio of Cilan, Chili and Cress to a Gym battle.
  • Ash loses to Cress, defeats Chili, and starts his battle with Cilan.
  • The Team Rocket trio receives a mission from Giovanni to capture the "Future Energy" in the Dreamyard.
Dreams by the Yard Full!
Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!
  • Ash catches a Snivy.
  • Giovanni informs Team Rocket of the presence of another villainous team.
Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!
  • Team Rocket meets a stranger who gives them a mysterious item and tells them to head for Nacrene City.
The Bloom Is on Axew!
A Rival Battle for Club Champ!
A Home for Dwebble!
Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!
Minccino-Neat and Tidy!
A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!
The Battle According to Lenora!
  • Ash battles Lenora and loses.
  • Team Rocket steals the meteorite from Nacrene Museum.
Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!
Scraggy-Hatched to be Wild!
  • Ash's Egg hatches into a Scraggy.
  • Jessie, James, and Meowth deliver the meteorite they stole from Nacrene Museum to Dr. Zager for analysis.
  • Ash and Iris have their first battle using Scraggy and Axew, respectively. The battle results in a draw.
Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!
A Connoisseur's Revenge!
Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!
The Lost World of Gothitelle!
A Venipede Stampede!
Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!
Emolga the Irresistible!
Emolga and the New Volt Switch!
  • Bianca battles both Iris and Ash with no official winner.
  • Bianca leaves the group.
The Dragon Master's Path!
Ash and Trip's Third Battle!
  • Pre-episode
  • Ash encounters Trip again and challenges him in a 3-on-3 battle which ends up in a tie.
  • Ash learns about Alder, the Unova region's Champion.
Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!
Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!
Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!
A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!
Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!
Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!
Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!
The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!
  • Ash defeats Georgia and advances to the semi-finals.
  • Luke defeats Cilan and advances to the semi-finals.
  • Stephan is revealed to have a Sawk, while Luke is revealed to have a Larvesta.
  • Iris's Emolga's Ability is revealed to be Static.
  • Emolga begins to obey Iris.
  • Iris defeats Stephan and advances to the semi-finals.
  • Iris learns she will battle Luke in the semi-finals.
  • Ash starts his battle with Dino.
The Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome!
  • Ash defeats Dino and advances to the finals.
  • Iris's Axew learns Outrage.
  • Iris defeats Luke and advances to the finals.
  • Iris defeats Ash and wins the Club Battle Tournament and a set of Wings.
  • Luke leaves the group.
  • Team Rocket prepare to begin their latest plan.
Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!
Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!
Crisis from the Underground Up!
Battle for the Underground!
Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!
Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!
Lost at the Stamp Rally!
Ash Versus the Champion!
  • Pre-episode
    • Trip obtains his fifth Unova Gym Badge.
  • The gang meet up with Trip again.
  • Ash and his friends meet Alder for the first time.
  • Alder challenges Ash to a battle but then falls asleep during said battle thus resulting in no official winner.
The Lonely Deino!
The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!
A Call for Brotherly Love!
Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2
Battling the King of Mines!
Crisis at Chargestone Cave!
Evolution Exchange Excitement!
Explorers of the Hero's Ruins
Battling the Bully!
  • Ash captures the Sunglasses Krokorok.
Cilan Takes Flight!
An Amazing Aerial Battle!
Climbing the Tower of Success!
  • Ash and his friends meet up with Stephan again and everyone enters the Bell of Wishes Festival Contest.
  • Stephan wins the Contest and then accompanies the group to Ambiga Town where the Clubsplosion tournament will be held.
The Clubsplosion Begins!
Search for the Clubultimate!
A Clubsplosion of Excitement!
  • Bianca defeats Trip and advances to the second round.
  • Ash defeats Betty and advances to the semi-finals.
  • Montgomery defeats Iris and advances to the semi-finals.
  • Stephan defeats Cilan and advances to the semi-finals.
  • Bianca defeats Georgia and advances to the semi-finals.
  • Ash learns he will face Montgomery in the semi-finals, while Bianca will face Stephan.
Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!
  • Stephan defeats Bianca and advances to the final round.
  • Montgomery defeats Ash and advances to the final round.
  • Stephan defeats Montgomery in the final round, winning the Clubsplosion and a year's supply of Vitamins.
Battling the Leaf Thieves!
A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1
A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2
Evolution by Fire!
Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!
Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!
Clash of the Connoisseurs!
Crisis at Ferroseed Research!
An Epic Defense Force!
Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1
Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2
All for the Love of Meloetta!
  • Ash learns that the Unova League Conference will be held in three months.
  • Ash meets up with Cynthia again while Iris and Cilan meet her for the first time. She also tells them about the Pokémon World Tournament.
  • Team Rocket attempts to capture Meloetta but fails.
  • Cynthia is revealed to own a Glaceon.
  • Iris battles Cynthia and her Axew learns Giga Impact in the process. The battle is then called off by Cynthia.
  • Ash and his friends accompany Cynthia to her villa in Undella Town.
  • Team Rocket discovers that Meloetta is following Ash's group.
  • Dawn is revealed to be staying at Cynthia's villa.
Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!
Expedition to Onix Island!
Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!
Jostling for the Junior Cup!
Battling Authority Once Again!
Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!
Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!
The Road to Humilau!
Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!
Unova's Survival Crisis!
Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!
A Village Homecoming!
Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!
Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!
Curtain Up, Unova League!
Mission: Defeat Your Rival!
  • Ash defeats Trip, eliminating the latter from the tournament.
  • Ash and Trip end their rivalry and become friends.
  • Virgil defeats Ultimo, advancing to the next round.
  • Bianca defeats Mikael, advancing to the next round.
  • Cameron defeats Kendrick, advancing to the next round.
  • Cameron defeats Bianca, eliminating the latter from the tournament.
Lost at the League!
Strong Strategy Steals the Show!
Cameron's Secret Weapon!
A Unova League Evolution!
New Places... Familiar Faces!
The Name's N!
There's a New Gym Leader in Town!
Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!
  • Looker returns, with Cilan and Iris meeting him for the first time.
  • Ash, Iris and Cilan encounter the villainous Team Plasma, as well as the Plasma Scientist Colress, for the first time.
The Light of Floccesy Ranch!
Saving Braviary!
The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!
The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!
Secrets From Out of the Fog!
Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!
Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony!
What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!

Decolore Islands

Episode Details
Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!
Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!
Crowning the Scalchop King!
  • Ash Tries to release Oshawott, but fails.
To Catch a Rotom!
The Path That Leads to Goodbye!
The Journalist from Another Region!
  • Ash, Iris and Cilan meet Alexa, a reporter from the Kalos region, for the first time.
  • Alexa joins Ash, Iris, and Cilan during their travels to Kanto.
A Pokémon of a Different Color!
Celebrating the Hero's Comet!
Survival of the Striaton Gym!
Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!
The Dream Continues!
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  • Cilan meets Brock for the first time, but neither are introduced to each other.
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XY series

Kalos

Episode Details
Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!
  • Serena is introduced.
  • Ash and Alexa arrive in Lumiose City, the central part of the Kalos region.
  • Ash learns that Alexa's sister is away from her Gym, but there is another in Lumiose City itself.
  • Ash and Alexa go their separate ways.
  • Ash is unable to have an official Gym Battle as he needs four Badges in order to challenge the Lumiose Gym.
  • Ash meets an inventor named Clemont and his sister Bonnie for the first time.
  • Ash has a battle with Clemont, but it gets interrupted by Team Rocket.
  • Clemont and Bonnie encounter Team Rocket for the first time.
  • A Froakie saves Pikachu from Team Rocket, but is injured in the process.
Lumiose City Pursuit!
A Battle of Aerial Mobility!
A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!
A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!
  • Ash, Clemont and Bonnie reach Santalune City, with Serena arriving soon after.
  • Ash battles Viola in his first Kalos Gym match and loses.
  • Serena reunites with Ash, although he fails to recognize her from their childhood.
  • Serena meets Clemont and Bonnie for the first time.
  • Ash meets up with Alexa again.
  • Clemont, Bonnie and Serena meet Alexa for the first time.
Battling on Thin Ice!
Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!
  • Serena officially joins the the gang in their travels.
  • Serena tells Ash about the first time they met and Ash finally remembers her.
  • The gang decide to head back through Lumiose City on their way to Cyllage City.
  • Serena encounters Team Rocket for the first time.
Clemont's Got a Secret!
  • Ash and his friends return to Lumiose City.
  • Ash and Serena meet Meyer, Clemont and Bonnie's father.
  • Ash and Serena learn that Clemont is the ejected Gym Leader of Lumiose Gym, having been forced to abandon it with Bonnie when Clembot, one of his inventions, ran amok and took over.
  • Clemont is revealed to own a Magnemite, a Magneton, and a Heliolisk, which he keeps at the Gym.
  • Clemont challenges Clembot to a battle and wins, reclaiming the Gym.
  • Clemont modifies the program of Clembot and leaves it in charge of the Gym, and he and Bonnie continue traveling with Ash and Serena.
  • Despite the badge restriction no longer being an issue, Ash decides to wait until he's acquired three more Gym badges before challenging the Lumiose Gym, and Clemont agrees to meet the challenge himself when the time comes.
Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!
The Bamboozling Forest!
To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!
Kindergarten Chaos!
An Appetite for Battle!
A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!
A Conspiracy to Conquer!
Breaking Titles at the Chateau!
A PokéVision of Things to Come!
Going for the Gold!
Coming Back into the Cold!
An Undersea Place to Call Home!
Climbing the Walls!
To Find a Fairy Flower!
The Bonds of Evolution
Mega Revelations!
The Cave of Trials!
The Aura Storm!
Calling from Beyond the Aura!
  • Mega Lucario begins to control itself, but soon starts going out of control again.
The Bonds of Mega Evolution!
The Forest Champion!
Battles in the Sky!
Forging Forest Friendships!
Summer of Discovery!
Day Three Blockbusters!
Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!
Battling Into the Hall of Fame!
Origins of Mega Evolution!
Showdown at the Shalour Gym!
Dreaming a Performer's Dream!
A Campus Reunion!
A Stealthy Challenge!
A Race for Home!
Facing a Grand Design!
A Slippery Encounter!
Thawing an Icy Panic!
The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!
Under the Pledging Tree!
A Showcase Debut!
An Oasis of Hope!
The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!
A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!
Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!
Good Friends, Great Training!
Confronting the Darkess!
The Moment of Lumiose Truth!
Garchomp's Mega Bond!
Defending the Homeland!
Beyond the Rainbow!
  • Ash and his friends learn the truth to why Florges invaded Goodra's homeland.
  • Ash leaves his Goodra at the wetlands so that it can stay with its friends.
A Fashionable Battle!
Fairy-Type Trickery!
Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!
A Not-So-Flying-Start!
A Relay in the Sky!
Performing with Fiery Charm!
A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?
Mending a Broken Spirit!
A Legendary Photo Op!
The Tiny Caretaker!
  • Clemont tries and fails to capture a Tyrantrum for Bonnie to take care of, due to it already belonging to someone else.
A Trip Down Memory Train!
A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!
Tag Team Battle Inspiration!
A Performance Pop Quiz!
Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!
All Eyes on the Future!
From A to Z!
  • Pre-episode
  • Ash and his friends find a Zygarde Core, which Bonnie nicknames "Squishy".
  • Ash and his friends meet up with Sawyer again.
  • Ash and his friends encounter Team Flare for the first time.
  • Sawyer tells Ash and his friends about Terminus Cave, which the group decides to visit on their way to Snowbelle City.
Love Strikes! Eevee, Yikes!
A Giga Battle with Mega Results!
The Legend of the Ninja Hero!
A Festival of Decisions!
A Dancing Debut!
Meeting at Terminus Cave!
A Cellular Connection!
A Windswept Encounter!
Party Dancecapades!
A Meeting of Two Journeys!
An Explosive Operation!
Master Class Choices!
An Electrifying Rage!
Unlocking Some Respect!
Master Class is in Session!
Performing a Pathway to the Future!
  • Serena defeats Shauna and Jessie in the semi-finals and moves on to the finals of the Gloire Master Class Showcase.
  • Aria is revealed to own a Vivillon.
  • Aria beats Serena in the final round and keeps the title of Kalos Queen.
  • Palermo offers to tutor Serena.
  • Serena turns down Palermo's offer in order to continue traveling.
The Synchronicity Test!
  • Pre-episode
  • Clemont invents a wristband-like mechanic to enhance and analyze Ash and Greninja when using the Ash-Greninja form.
  • Ash and his friends encounter Alain again.
  • Ash has a battle against Alain and loses.
  • Ash has a rematch with Alain; however, it is abandoned when Ash collapses due to the strain of using the Ash-Greninja form.
Championing a Research Battle!
  • Olympia tells Diantha about the upcoming threat to Kalos.
  • Ash and his friends meet up with Diantha again.
  • Diantha informs Ash and his friends about the island that Team Flare used to experiment on in an earlier episode and about Zygarde.
  • Ash's Greninja reaches its final Ash-Greninja form.
  • Ash has a rematch against Diantha, which is interrupted when Ash overexerts himself during the battle and collapses with Greninja.
A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!
  • Pre-episode
  • Ash and his friends meet up with Sawyer again.
  • Ash has another battle against Sawyer and loses, suffering his first defeat to him.
  • Ash's Noivern is revealed to have learned Dragon Claw.
  • During the battle, Ash attempts to activate Greninja's Ash-Greninja form. However, it fails for the first time.
  • Sawyer travels with Ash and his friends as they head towards Snowbelle City.
All Hail the Ice Battlefield!
Seeing the Forest for the Trees!
A Real Icebreaker!
A Diamond in the Rough!
A League of His Own!
Valuable Experience for All!
  • Pre-episode
  • Ash encounters Astrid for the first time in the main series.
  • Ash battles Astrid in the quarter-finals and wins, advancing to the semi-finals.
  • Remo defeats his opponent and advances to the semi-finals.
  • Ash and his friends meet up with Shauna again.
  • Tierno and Sawyer battle each other and Sawyer wins, advancing to the semi-finals.
  • Ash learns he will be battling Sawyer in the semi-finals of the Lumiose Conference.
  • Goodra returns to Ash's party as his sixth Pokémon for his Full Battle against Sawyer.
Analysis Versus Passion!
A Riveting Rivalry!
Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!
Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!
Down to the Fiery Finish!
A Towering Takeover!
  • Ash learns that Lysandre is the leader of Team Flare.
  • Ash learns that Alain has been working for Lysandre.
  • Meyer and his Blaziken return.
  • Ash and his Pokémon are captured by Team Flare.
  • Ash's friends encounter Lysandre for the first time (only on TV though).
  • Lysandre made a broadcast announcement to all people in Lumiose City that he and his team will create a new, beautiful world by destroying Kalos using Z2.
  • Alain learns of Lysandre's true motivation for gathering Mega Evolution energies.
  • Ash and his friends see Squishy change into its 50% Forme for the first time and learn that Squishy is actually a Zygarde.
Coming Apart at the Dreams!
The Right Hero for the Right Job!
Rocking Kalos Defenses!
Forming a More Perfect Union!
  • Ash and Alain rescue Chespie from the Giant Rock, temporarily stopping it.
  • Lysandre returns and gains control of the Giant Rock.
  • Clemont and Bonnie discover that Blaziken Mask is Meyer, their father.
  • Squishy and Z2 combine into Zygarde Complete Forme in order to battle and destroy the Giant Rock.
  • The Giant Rock is destroyed, with Lysandre disappearing in the process, leaving his fate unknown and resulting in Team Flare's defeat.
  • Malva decides to disband Team Flare and turn herself in.
  • Chespie wakes up from its coma.
  • Squishy leaves with Z2.
Battling With a Clean Slate!
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!
  • Ash and Serena have a battle, which Ash eventually calls off.
  • Serena declines Palermo's earlier offer outright, having decided to continue traveling in order to increase her skills.
  • On Palermo's advice, Serena decides to head to Hoenn to compete in Pokémon Contests.
Facing the Needs of the Many!
Till We Compete Again!
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Sun & Moon series

Alola

Episode Details
Alola to New Adventure!
The Guardian's Challenge!
Loading the Dex!
First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!
Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!
That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!‬
  • The wild Litten is revealed to know Scratch.
  • Ash tries to catch the recurring Litten, but eventually decides to let it go.
Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!
To Top a Totem!
Trial and Tribulation!
Young Kiawe Had a Farm!
The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!
Racing to a Big Event!
Getting to Know You!
Rocking Clawmark Hill!
They Might Not Be Giants!
Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!
A Seasoned Search!
A Guardian Rematch!
Partner Promises!
One Journey Ends, Another Begins...
  • The wild Litten is revealed to know Fire Fang, although it hasn't mastered it yet.
  • The wild Stoutland that Litten was living with vanishes, with the heavy implication that it has died.
  • Ash catches the Litten.
A Shivering Shovel Search!
Getting the Band Back Together!
A Team-on-Team Tussle!
So Long, Sophocles!
A Glaring Rivalry!
The Ol' Raise and Switch!
The Island Whisperer!
Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!
Big Sky, Small Fry!
A Crowning Moment of Truth!
Currying Favor and Flavor!
Trials and Determinations!
Rising from the Ruins!
Mimikyu Unmasked!
Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!
Mounting an Electrifying Charge!
Alola, Kanto!
When Regions Collide!
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