Advanced Challenge Plot
A shadow hovers over Ash, May, and friends as they continue their journey through the Hoenn region, and it’s not just that of Mt. Chimney—both Team Magma and Team Aqua put plans into action with our heroes caught in the middle! When not foiling evil schemes, Ash and May chase their personal goals, with Ash battling for three more Gym Badges and May winning her first three Contest Ribbons. The group also gains new Pokémon like Torkoal and Bulbasaur, but could they be too much to handle?
Pokémon Advanced Challenge aired on September 4th, 2003.
Advanced Challenge Episodes
1. What You Seed Is What You Get
When Ash's Treecko and Corphish face Grovyle and Slugma in a double battle, Treecko turns the tables, learning to use Bullet Seed.
2. Love at First Flight
Our heroes discover a love story between two Trainers who star with their Pokémon in a local dance festival.
3. Let Bagons Be Bagons
A Trainer learns that Pokémon battling requires more than tactics and technology. Meanwhile, a Bagon dreams the impossible dream of taking flight.
4. The Princess and the Togepi (1)
An invitation to the Togepi Festival brings Misty to the Hoenn region, where she learns that a local kingdom bases its rule on the whims of passing Togepi.
5. A Togepi Mirage! (2)
Our heroes go up against an evil regent who would use Misty's Togepi to steal the throne from its rightful heir!
6. Candid Camerupt!
Ash, Brock, May, and Max must all work together to face the four members of a family of skilled Pokémon Trainers and their powerful Pokémon.
7. I Feel Skitty!
After her Skitty is exhausted by chasing its own tale, May entrusts it to a local aromatherapy house, where it recovers completely.
8. ZigZag Zangoose!
A young trainer gains confidence and strengthens his bond with his Zangoose, when he is forced to face Seviper in a less than fair battle.
9. Maxxed Out!
Max meets another young boy who shares his name, but differs greatly in personality. When this young and inexperienced new acquaintance goes off on his own, Ash and friends must track him down.
10. Pros and Con Artists (1)
As May prepares for her first contest, Ash faces another contestant in a pre-contest battle.
11. Come What May! (2)
May wins her first contest, finally earning a ribbon. Jessie of Team Rocket attempts to win by cheating, but is disqualified.
12. Cheer Pressure
Ash and friends meet an old friend who has since joined a Pokémon cheering squad. When they expose his squad for a fake, the trainer is inspired to start anew.
13. Game Winning Assist
When Team Rocket threatens an innocent family of ranchers, Ash and friends drive them away, with May's Eneko using Assist for the first time.
14. Fight for the Meteorite
When Team Aqua and Team Magma battle to gain a meteor on Mount chimney, Ash and friends must put an end to both of their dastardly plans.
15. Poetry Commotion!
No sooner has Ash begun an official battle with a novice gym leader, Flannery, than Team Rocket interrupts, postponing the battle for an extra day.
16. Going, Going, Yawn
Ash is battling for his fourth Hoenn region Gym badge! Can his Corphish defeat Flannery's team of Fire types?
17. Going for a Spinda
When rumors arise that a particular Spinda draws happiness to its trainer, Team Rocket quickly hatches a plan to steal this lucky Pokémon.
18. All Torkoal, No Play
Ash and friends struggle to pass through a valley guarded by territorial Steel Pokémon.
19. Manectric Charge
While Ash uses his Torkoal to battle the powerful Watson, May faces his assistant with her Skitty.
20. Delcatty Got Your Tongue
When May's Skitty is injured far from a Pokémon Center, a master in the art of Pokémon massage comes to the rescue!
21. Disaster of Disguise
When Ash and friends learn that a masked coordinator is attempting to compete in secret, they help the timid boy hide his identity.
22. Disguise Da Limit
At Vendanturf Town, the masked trainer makes a strong performance, but loses to May's Skitty, as May wins her second ribbon.
23. Take the Lombre Home
The people of a small village blame a local drought on the Pokémon Solrock, but it soon comes to light that the drought is in fact the work of Team Rocket.
24. True Blue Swablu
May feels a special duty to help a wounded Swablu return to its flock.
25. Gulpin It Down!
Mayhem ensues when Professor Oak inadvertently creates a gigantic Gulpin and Treecko in an effort to stop a Gulpin outbreak.
26. Exploud and Clear
Even as Ash's Treecko evolves in the course of battle, his opponent's Loudred does the same. Team Rocket couldn't have picked a worse time to attack.
27. Go Go Ludicolo!
Ash and friends must rely on Grovyle, Torkoal, and Corphish, as they approach Petalburg City.
28. A Double Dilemma
When May and Max's father, Norman, reaches near celebrity status, Team Rocket pretends to be a part of the family.
29. Love, Petalburg Style!
Rumors are spreading about Nurse Joy spending a little too much time with Norman, Max and May's father! What's going on?
30. Balance of Power
Ash has challenged Max and May's father, Norman, to a battle before—but this time, it's for a Gym badge!
31. A Six Pack Attack!
When Professor Oak makes a surprise appearance in Hoenn, bringing along Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, Ash joins forces with them to battle Team Rocket.
32. The Bicker the Better
When Ash and May face a duo in a double Pokémon battle, a falling out between these two friends causes them to lose--but they soon resolve their differences.
33. Grass Hysteria!
When May accidentally enters a forbidden spot where only grass Pokémon live, she quickly befriends a friendly Bulbasaur.
34. Hokey Pokéballs
May lets her Bulbasaur out of its Pokéball and the curious Pokemon soon gets into trouble.
35. Whiscash and Ash
When a famed Whiscash swallows Ash's Gym badges, he teams up with a fisherman to try to reel it in!
36. Me, Myself and Time
Ash and Pikachu meet up with an aspiring archaeologist who leads them to an ancient and mystical site.
37. A Fan with a Plan
May prepares to enter her first contest open only to ribbon holders, but remains confident despite seeing the contest favorite and his powerful Masquerain.
38. Cruisin' for a Losin?
May decides to use Bulbasaur in the Rubello Town Contest. Will its lack of experience cost her a ribbon?
39. Pearls Are a Spoink's Best Friend
When a Spoink loses the pearl on its head, Ash and friends volunteer to help search for it.
40. That's Just Swellow
Ash, May, and Brock participate in a curious sporting event in which players use rings dangling from balloons to catch balls lying on the ground.
41. Take This House and Shuppet
Fights arise both between May and Max and amongst Team Rocket, as a Shuppet--a Pokémon that feeds on human anger--stirs them to conflict.
42. A Shroomish Skirmish
Team Rocket infuriates a Breloom, forcing not only themselves, but also Ash and friends to flee from its wrath.
43. Unfair Weather Friends
Ash and friends learn of Groudon and Kyogre, when Team Magma is joined by a master of disguise.
44. Who's Flying Now?
Ash and friends meet up with the beautiful gym leader, Winona, at the Feather Carnival.
45. Sky High Gym Battle!
It's Swellow versus Swellow as Ash and Winona battle it out in the Fortree City Gym!
46. Lights, Camerupt, Action!
As the heroes continue onwards, they encounter a man pushing his Camerupt. After helping the man, the heroes are told the man, named Elijah, goes around villages and shows movies. The heroes decide to accompany them, while Team Rocket plans on stealing his equipment.
47. Crazy As a Lunatone
A group of conspiracy theorists known as the Pokemon Mystery Club pursues a Lunatone suspected to be behind a recent series of strange events.
48. The Garden of Eatin'
A troubled Snorlax wanders into a public park, creating no end of trouble.
49. A Scare to Remember
A fierce bout of amnesia causes Pikachu to join forces with Team Rocket!
50. Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry
Before taking part in the Lilycove Coordinator Contest, May has time to study the art of Pokéblock preparation with a local master
51. Lessons in Lilycove
The Lilycove Coordinator Contest is underway but things are not looking good for May--her Combusken's Fire Spin has spiraled out of control!
52. Judgment Day!
Hoping to get to Mossdeep Island, Ash and the gang are forced to take a detour.
