Pokémon the Series: Ruby & Sapphire

1998 • Cartoon Network
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918 reviews
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Season 8: Advanced Battle, Vol. 3 episodes (13)

1 The Ribbon Cup Caper!
2/18/06
Aboard a luxury liner bound for Slateport City and the Grand Festival, our heroes must help Officer Jenny catch a master thief!
2 Hi Ho Silver Wind!
2/18/06
On the first day of the Grand Festival, May runs into her deceitful rival Harley once more!
3 Deceit And Assist
2/25/06
Ash meets a Coordinator whose ribbons have been stolen, and May listens to some bad advice before her first performance in the Grand Festival!
4 Rhapsody In Drew
2/25/06
May is up against Harley in the second round of the Grand Festival! Can she triumph over his treacherous tactics?
5 Island Time
3/4/06
When our heroes win free tickets to Ever Grande City for the Hoenn League Championships, they're delighted—until it becomes clear this is another of Team Rocket's schemes!
6 Like A Meowth To A Flame
3/11/06
While training for the Hoenn League, Ash meets fellow Trainer Tyson and his Meowth in boots, and they discover that the ceremonial torch has been stolen!
7 Saved By The Beldum
3/11/06
Ash, Morrison, and Tyson register for the Hoenn League, and it appears that Tyson's Meowth has an unfortunate past…
8 From Brags To Riches
3/11/06
In the qualifying rounds, Ash faces a serious challenge: he has to win three matches in a row, and each match is a Double Battle!
9 Shocks and Bonds
3/18/06
Ash has made it through the qualifying rounds, but now he faces an impressive Trainer named Katie in a full battle, where both of them will use all six of their Pokémon!
10 A Judgment Brawl
3/18/06
Ash has fallen behind in his full battle against Katie! Can he recover and make it to the second round?
11 Choose It Or Lose It!
3/25/06
Ash faces his friend and rival Morrison in the second round of the Hoenn League!
12 At The End Of The Fray
3/25/06
Ash goes up against his rival Tyson in the quarterfinals of the Hoenn League!
13 The Scheme Team
4/8/06
The Hoenn League is over, and it's time for Ash to bid farewell to his traveling companions and head home—but he can't resist one more challenge from a Gym Leader along 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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