At the end, James gets himself a new Pokémon Cacnea.
When Team Rocket learn that the captured Pokémon include Koffing and Ekans, they decide to free them from the poacher's grasp and they release Arbok and Weezing to protect Ekans and Koffing. Team Rocket encounters a poacher who hunts for poison-type Pokémon. "A Poached Ego!" (Team Rocket! Goodbye to a Disturbed Scratch!!) But when Nicholai insults May's father, Max wants revenge. May has her first match against him after he hears she's a Gym Leader's daughter. Transcription: " Jigujaguma to Tanpan-kozō! Haruka Hajimete no Batoru!!" ( Japanese: ジグザグマと短パン小僧! ハルカはじめてのバトル!!)Ī kid named Nicholai attempts to catch a Zigzagoon. "In the Knicker of Time!" (Jiguzaguma and Short-Pantsed Boy! Haruka's First Battle!!) In all the excitement, an old friend returns, Brock and his Forretress. Transcription: " Subame ga Ippai, Kiken ga Ippai! Tōka no Mori de Getto da ze!!" ( Japanese: スバメがいっぱい 危険がいっぱい! トウカの森でゲットだぜ!!)Īsh catches his first Hoenn Pokémon, a Taillow.
"You Never Can Taillow" (Full of Subame, Full of Danger! Got It in Tōka Woods!) May's father, Norman, is the Petalburg Gym Leader and Ash challenges him to a Gym battle, but since Ash does not have three Pokémon with him they only have a informal trainer battle which is interrupted by Team Rocket. Transcription: " Tōka Jimu! Tai Yarukimono!" ( Japanese: トウカジム! VSヤルキモノ!)Īsh arrives in Petalburg City, where he hopes to battle in his first Hoenn Gym match. "There's No Place Like Hoenn" (Tōka Gym! Vs. Transcription: " Kodai Pokémon to Nazo no Gundan!" ( Japanese: 古代ポケモンと謎の軍団!)Īsh and May encounter a set of ruins, where they help Professor Aldon rediscover a nearly-extinct Pokémon, during which they learn about Team Magma. "A Ruin with a View" (Ancient Pokémon and Mysterious Teams!) Ash and Professor Birch give chase, but they are soon attacked by a pack of Poochyena, who chase Professor Birch, interfering with the beginning of a new journey for a 10-year-old young trainer named May, who after all the trouble chooses a Torchic for her first Pokémon. The excess electricity causes Pikachu to run off in pain. Transcription: " Aratanaru Daichi! Aratanaru Bōken!!" ( Japanese: 新たなる大地! 新たなる冒険!!)įinally in Littleroot Town, Ash and Professor Birch discover that Pikachu has an electrical overload. "Get the Show on the Road!" (A New Land! A New Adventure!!) The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM. Along the way, they are joined by Brock, the leader of the Pewter City Gym, and the Pokémon coordinator May and her brother, Max, as May competes in Pokémon Contests with the aim of earning Ribbons so she can enter the Hoenn Grand Festival. Set in the fictional Hoenn region, the season follows the adventures of the ten-year-old Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum, and his electric mouse partner Pikachu as they collect Gym Badges so they can compete in the Hoenn League competition.
It aired in India from on Cartoon Network.But for Treehouse TV it's the first season of their network. It originally aired in Japan from November 21, 2002, to August 28, 2003, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from November 1, 2003, to September 4, 2004, on Kids' WB/ The WB. Pokémon: Advanced is the sixth season of Pokémon and the first season of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation ( ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション, Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon).