Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Advanced Challenge arc

AG070 · Balance of Power

トウカジム戦!五つ目のバッジ!!

US air. 2005-03-19 JP air. 2004-04-01 Season. Advanced Challenge (S7) Position. Episode 70 of 192 in Advanced Generation

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash enters the Petalburg Gym, ready for his battle against Norman. Norman tells him that he's been waiting for another fight with Ash ever since their last battle, and Ash says he's more than willing to take Norman up on his offer!

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG070 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · AG041-AG092

Advanced Challenge.

May enters Hoenn Contests; Ash continues the gym challenge. Includes the Mirage Island filler and Norman's Petalburg Gym battle (a high point of the era).

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Pokémon featured · 10

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 Challenge.

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.