Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Advanced Challenge arc

AG081 · Take This House and Shuppet

Name: Take This House and Shuppet
Released: 2005-06-04

カゲボウズの館！

US air. 2005-06-04 JP air. 2004-06-17 Season. Advanced Challenge (S7) Position. Episode 81 of 192 in Advanced Generation

Why this episode matters

Signature episode for Max

Family dynamic episode with Norman, May, and Caroline.

Synopsis

What happens.

TRT is sent blasting off into space after another one of their attempts to capture Pikachu is thwarted. The trio crash land in front of a mansion and get into a punch on as they try to blame each other.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG081 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.

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.