Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Advanced arc
AG016 · The Winner by a Nosepass
カナズミジム! ノズパスの秘密兵器!!
Synopsis
What happens.
A day after their adventure at the Pokémon Trainers' School, Ash and Pikachu have some last-minute training with Iron Tail. Over breakfast, Ash confides that Iron Tail is still hit-or-miss, but what is more surprising is that May wants to pass up on the Gym battle.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG016 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.