Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Battle Frontier arc
AG188 · Pinch Healing!
ポケモンセンターはおおいそがし！
Synopsis
What happens.
Outside the Pokémon Center, Ash is busy training for his rematch and trying to develop his unique battle style. Pikachu, Corphish, Sceptile, and Aipom practice attacking bowling pins.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG188 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.