Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Battle Frontier arc
AG176 · The Ole' Berate and Switch!
ロケット団解散！？それぞれの道！
Synopsis
What happens.
After capturing Pikachu and fleeing, TRT reaches a fork, and while James frantically chooses the correct path, Jessie and MTR failed to notice Pikachu jimmying the lock open, freeing himself.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG176 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.