Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Advanced arc
AG012 · The Lotad Lowdown
ハスボーとフラワーショップの三姉妹!
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and his friends go swimming in a Route 104, but they soon find themselves surrounded by some mysterious lily pads. Ash urges everyone to swim to shore, but before they can reach the bank, they are all pulled underwater only to find themselves surrounded by a horde of Lotad.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG012 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · AG001-AG040
Advanced.
Ash arrives in Hoenn, meets May and Max in Littleroot, picks up Treecko, and starts the Hoenn badge run. Team Magma and Team Aqua replace Team Rocket as primary threats.
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Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in Advanced.
Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.