Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Advanced arc

AG017 · Stairway to Devon

デボンコーポレーション! アクア団の影!!

US air. 2004-01-17 JP air. 2003-03-20 Season. Advanced (S6) Position. Episode 17 of 192 in Advanced Generation

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash admires his Stone before asking Max where the next Gym is. Max checks the PokéNav and announces that the next Gym is on Dewford Island.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG017 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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Pokémon featured · 5

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.