Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Advanced Challenge arc
AG086 · Lights, Camerupt, Action!
映画はバクーダに乗って！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Having just earned the Feather, and with only two more to go before he could enter the Hoenn League, Ash triumphantly declares that they're heading to his seventh Gym battle, before Max points out that Ash has no idea what or where that Gym is.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG086 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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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.