Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Battle Frontier arc
AG170 · Second Time's the Charm!
バトルタワー！以心伝心バトル！！
Synopsis
What happens.
At the Pokémon Center, the day after Ash's defeat at the hands of Salon Maiden Anabel, Ash decides that he wants to challenge Anabel again, this time without using just brute strength and power.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG170 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · AG146-AG192
Battle Frontier.
Cast returns to Kanto. Ash faces seven Frontier Brains (Spencer, Tucker, Lucy, Greta, Noland, Brandon, Anabel). Defeats all of them, including legendary Brandon (Regice + Registeel + Regirock). Turns down a Frontier Brain offer.
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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 Battle Frontier.
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.