Pokémon the Series: Ruby & Sapphire

1998 • Cartoon Network
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Season 9: Battle Frontier, Vol. 3 episodes (12)

1 Second Time’s the Charm!
11/27/06
After losing to Frontier Brain Anabel, Ash buckles down for some unusual special training—and Anabel joins him! Can he defeat her in the rematch?
2 Pokémon Ranger–Deoxys’ Crisis! (Part 1)
10/28/06
After witnessing strange behavior from several kinds of Pokémon on their way to Pewter City, our heroes and Pokémon Ranger Solana encounter an electromagnetic disturbance, which leads them to the discovery of a troubled Deoxys!
3 Pokémon Ranger–Deoxys’ Crisis! (Part 2)
10/28/06
After Deoxys flies away with Max and Meowth, our heroes set out to rescue them and discover what’s wrong with the Mythical Pokémon!
4 All that Glitters Is not Golden!
11/28/06
On their way to Ash’s final Frontier Battle and Brock’s hometown of Pewter City, our heroes discover a wandering golden Sudowoodo and the estranged Trainer who caused its unusual coloring.
5 New Plot, Odd Lot!
11/29/06
May is going after her fifth Contest Ribbon to qualify for the Grand Festival, but when her shady rival Harley teams up with Team Rocket, things don’t look good!
6 Going for Choke!
11/30/06
After a shaky start in the Mulberry Pokémon Contest, May makes it through to the finals, where she goes up against “Jessebella”—Team Rocket’s Jessie in disguise!
7 The Ole’ Berate and Switch!
12/4/06
After a squabble causes Jessie and James to part ways, they team up with fellow Team Rocket agents Butch and Cassidy for a Poké Ball-swiping scheme!
8 Grating Spaces!
12/5/06
Upon arriving in Pewter City, our heroes learn that Brock’s old Gym is being remodeled by none other than Team Rocket in disguise, and Brock and Ash must battle them to put a stop to it!
9 Battling the Enemy Within!
12/6/06
In the ancient ruins beneath the Battle Pyramid, Ash is mysteriously possessed by the spirit of an ancient and evil king, who challenges Frontier Brain Brandon to a battle for all of his Pokémon.
10 Slaking Kong!
12/7/06
On their way to the Grand Festival, our heroes help a berry farmer reclaim his stolen crop.
11 May, We Harley Drew’d Ya!
12/11/06
As the Grand Festival gets under way at the Indigo Plateau, May has her hands full trying to compete with the best Coordinators in the world, including Harley, Drew, and new friend Solidad!
12 Thinning the Hoard!
12/12/06
The Grand Festival is going strong as May faces down one impressive competitor after another!

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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