Pokémon: Advanced Challenge facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pokémon: Advanced Challenge |
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English front cover of the Pokémon: Advanced Challenge DVD collection box
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | September 4, 2003 – September 2, 2004 |
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge is the seventh exciting season of the Pokémon TV show! It's also the second part of the Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire adventure. In Japan, this season is called Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation.
This season first aired in Japan from September 4, 2003, to September 2, 2004, on TV Tokyo. In the United States, it aired from September 11, 2004, to September 10, 2005, on Kids' WB.
The story takes place in the amazing Hoenn region. Our hero, ten-year-old Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum, continues his journey. He travels with his loyal electric mouse partner, Pikachu. Their main goal is to collect Gym Badges. With these badges, Ash can enter the big Hoenn League competition!
Along the way, they meet up with their good friend Brock. Brock is the leader of the Pewter City Gym. They also join forces with May, a Pokémon coordinator, and her younger brother, Max. May is busy competing in Pokémon Contests. She wants to earn special Ribbons so she can enter the Hoenn Grand Festival.
What Happens in This Season
This season is packed with adventures! Ash, May, Brock, and Max explore the Hoenn region. They meet many new Pokémon and face exciting challenges.
Ash works hard to earn more Gym Badges. He battles powerful Gym Leaders. May tries her best in Pokémon Contests. She shows off her Pokémon's beauty and skills. Both Ash and May learn new things. They help their Pokémon grow stronger.
Some cool things happen in this season:
- Ash's Treecko evolves into a Grovyle!
- May's Torchic evolves into a Combusken!
- Brock's Lotad evolves into a Lombre.
- May catches a cute Skitty and a Bulbasaur.
- Ash catches a tough Torkoal.
- Misty, an old friend of Ash and Brock, makes a special visit!
They also run into the sneaky Team Rocket. Jessie, James, and Meowth are always trying to steal Pikachu. But our heroes always stop them!
The Music of the Season
The music in Pokémon: Advanced Challenge helps make the adventures even more exciting!
In Japan, the opening songs were "Advance Adventure" by GARDEN and "Challenger!!" by Rika Matsumoto. The ending songs included "Polka O Dolka" by Inuko Inuyama and "Smile" by Toshiko Ezaki.
For the English version, the opening song is "This Dream" by David Rolfe. A shorter version of this song is also used at the end of each episode.
Episodes
This season has 52 episodes! Each one is a new adventure. Here are a few examples of the fun they have:
- What You Seed is What You Get: Ash tries to teach his Treecko a new move, Bullet Seed.
- Love at First Flight: May helps a trainer named Romeo confess his feelings to another trainer.
- The Princess and the Togepi: Misty returns! But her Togepi gets kidnapped by a bad guy.
- A Togepi Mirage!: Misty's Togepi shows amazing power and evolves to save other Togepi.
- I Feel Skitty!: May finds a sick Skitty. After it's healed, it joins her team!
- Fight for the Meteorite: Team Aqua and Team Magma fight over a special meteorite.
- Going, Going, Yawn!: Ash battles Flannery at the Lavaridge Gym for the Heat Badge.
- Exploud and Clear: Ash's Treecko evolves into Grovyle during a big battle!
- Balance of Power: Ash has a big rematch against Norman, May and Max's dad, for a Gym Badge.
- A Six Pack Attack!: Professor Oak visits Hoenn! He brings some of Ash's old Pokémon friends.
- Grass Hysteria!: May finds a special Bulbasaur in a forbidden forest and catches it.
- Whiscash and Ash: Ash loses his Gym Badges to a giant Whiscash!
- A Fan with a Plan!: May meets an adult Pokémon Coordinator who is also a mom!
- That's Just Swellow: Ash's Taillow evolves into a powerful Swellow during an aerial competition.
- A Shroomish Skirmish: May's Torchic evolves into Combusken after a tough fight.
- Sky High Gym Battle!: Ash battles Winona at the Fortree City Gym for the Feather Badge.
- A Scare to Remember: Pikachu gets amnesia and thinks he's part of Team Rocket!
