Pokémon the Series: Ruby & Sapphire

1998 • Cartoon Network
4.5
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Season 8: Advanced Battle, Vol. 1 episodes (13)

1 Clamperl of Wisdom
9/17/05
Our heroes reconnect with an unlucky Spoink, and it's still having trouble holding onto its pearl!
2 The Relicanth Really Can
9/24/05
Ash and friends join a treasure hunter to explore the deep sea, but Team Rocket is right behind them!
3 The Evolutionary War
10/1/05
When a Gorebyss-versus-Huntail rivalry develops between two islands, our heroes must get to the bottom of it!
4 Training Wrecks
10/8/05
The residents of Muscle Island are dedicated to physical fitness—but can they keep up with Ash in a Pokémon battle?
5 Gaining Groudon
10/15/05
After a rescue at sea, our heroes find themselves aboard Team Magma's submarine and learn more about the group's plan for world domination!
6 The Scuffle of Legends
10/22/05
Team Aqua and Team Magma have awakened the ancient Legendary Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre! Can Ash and friends escape?
7 It's Still Rocket Roll To Me
10/29/05
A Team Rocket strike on Mossdeep City drags our heroes—plus the city's twin Gym Leaders—into a space-shuttle scheme!
8 Solid As A Solrock
11/5/05
Ash takes on the Mossdeep Gym, going up against two Gym Leaders at once!
9 Vanity Affair
11/12/05
After winning his seventh Gym badge, Ash can't stop bragging about his battle skills…until he runs into a member of the Elite Four!
10 Where's Armaldo?
11/19/05
In an island nature preserve, Ash and friends come face to face with several Pokémon thought to be extinct!
11 A Cacturne For The Worse
11/26/05
May competes in a Pokémon Contest, where another Coordinator tries to sabotage her performance!
12 Claydol Big And Tall
12/3/05
When our heroes discover an enormous Poké Ball on an island, Team Rocket's meddling unleashes an ancient destructive force!
13 Once In A Mawile
12/10/05
Ash and friends meet a talented Trainer who performs a ribbon dance with her Mawile…until Team Rocket gets in the way!

About this show

Ash heads toward his next challenge: the far-off Hoenn region. While he must say goodbye to old friends, he makes new ones like May, a Trainer just starting out on her Pokémon journey. As they venture through the region, a shadow looms over them, and it’s not just that of Mt. Chimney—both Team Magma and Team Aqua put their nebulous plans into action, with our heroes caught in the middle! When they’re not foiling evil schemes, Ash and May chase their personal goals, with Ash battling for Gym badges and May for Contest Ribbons. Will Ash earn eight Gym badges to gain entry into the Hoenn League, and will May win enough Ribbons to take part in the Grand Festival?

Ratings and reviews

4.5
918 reviews
Daniel Mejia
May 14, 2017
The Hoenn region is actually the worst one. This is the season of Pokémon that actually completely alienated me as a child. Max is absolutely annoying, May does not even compare with Misty, the humor becomes dry, and the whole series just gives you the hint that it will never change its boring formula: Ash and gang discovers new Pokémon, there is some conflict around it, Team Rocket interfere but they always end up blasting off again, Ash saves the day.
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JacobB17
June 21, 2016
I see no other people have wanted to come out and point this out but you just taking advantage of how many people like Pokemon and how much people will pay it actually watch it and all because they probably missed it when they were a kid because they didn't know about it that's sure true about me I never even heard the Pokemon till I was 9 years old and it's been on for 20 years that's ten more years than I've been born once again you're just taking advantage of the fact that people will pay any amount to watch Pokemon unless there a Pokemon hater if you think Disney Company someone told me to do this on a dare or somebody made me do this or paid me to do it but this is actually what I feel like so if you don't make this free I can guarantee that you're taking advantage of your fans
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Sean Criswell
September 15, 2015
It's nice to see more of the series appearing on Google Play, but unfortunately this is also the arc where arguably the anime started going downhill (doesn't help that most of the characters' voice actors changed).
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