Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Battle Frontier arc
AG181 · Thinning the Hoard!
ハルカVSハーリー！ダブルバトルでステージ・オン！！
Synopsis
What happens.
The first round of the Kanto Grand Festival has begun as Drew's newly obtained Absol enlightens the stadium with Flash, casting a bright light shimmering from different angles.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG181 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.