Pokémon: Advanced Generation · Battle Frontier arc

AG192 · Home is Where the Start Is!

Name: Home is Where the Start Is!
Released: 2007-03-03

旅の終わり、そして旅の始まり！

US air. 2007-03-03 JP air. 2006-09-14 Season. Battle Frontier (S9) Position. Episode 192 of 192 in Advanced Generation

Why this episode matters

Key episode in Advanced Generation

Final Battle Frontier episode. May leaves for Johto Contests; Max returns to Petalburg; Brock stays. Transitions to Diamond & Pearl.

Signature episode for May

Leaves the main cast for Johto Contests.

Signature episode for Max

Returns home; promised journey begins (off-screen).

Synopsis

What happens.

As the smoke clears, both Ash and May are left with the same amount of points, and the match is a tie. They are both happy about this and the crowd gives them a huge cheer, as Ash and May meet in the center of the field and shake hands.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's AG192 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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Pokémon featured · 17

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.

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.