S07

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Pokémon: Advanced Challenge Season 7
Logo for the season
Opening	This Dream
Episodes	52
Region	Hoenn
Series	Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Preceded by	Pokémon: Advanced
Followed by	Pokémon: Advanced Battle

Pokémon: Advanced Challenge is the seventh season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon animated series. It is the second season of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. It follows the adventures of Ash, May, Brock, and Max in the Hoenn region, from the outskirts of Mauville City up to past Lilycove City.

It originally aired as part of the 2004-2005 Kids' WB! Saturday morning lineup. The season began with What You Seed is What You Get, which originally aired on September 11, 2004, and ended with Judgment Day!, which originally aired on September 10, 2005.

It is preceded by Pokémon: Advanced and succeeded by Pokémon: Advanced Battle.

Blurb

A shadow hovers over Ash, May, and friends as they continue their journey through the Hoenn region, and it’s not just that of Mt. Chimney—both Team Magma and Team Aqua put plans into action with our heroes caught in the middle! When not foiling evil schemes, Ash and May chase their personal goals, with Ash battling for three more Gym Badges and May winning her first three Contest Ribbons. The group also gains new Pokémon like Torkoal and Bulbasaur, but could they be too much to handle?

Important events

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

• Misty makes an appearance for two episodes at the Mirage Kingdom. (AG044, AG045)
• At Mt. Chimney, Team Magma and Team Aqua chase after Professor Cozmo and his meteorite sample. Ash helps Cozmo in destroying the sample. (AG054)
• Professor Oak pays a visit with the Kanto first partner Pokémon. (AG071)
• Ash, May, and James participate at a PokéRinger competition. (AG080)
• Team Aqua holds hostage the scientists at the Weather Institute. Ash and friends try to prevent the theft of data regarding the ancient Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre, only to be tricked by Brodie, a member of Team Magma. (AG083)

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

• May's Skitty (AG047)
• Ash's Torkoal (AG058)
• May's Bulbasaur (AG073)
• James's Chimecho (AG084)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

• Misty's Togepi → Togetic (AG045)
• Brock's Lotad → Lombre (AG063)
• Ash's Treecko → Grovyle (AG066)
• Ash's Taillow → Swellow (AG080)
• May's Torchic → Combusken (AG082)

Releases

The following Pokémon are released:

• Misty's Togetic (AG045)

Gym battles

Ash battles the following Gym Leaders:

Badge	Opponent	Epicode	Result
Heat Badge	Flannery	AG056	Victory
Balance Badge	Norman	AG070	Victory
Feather Badge	Winona	AG085	Victory

Pokémon Contests

May participates in the following Pokémon Contests:

Location	Epicode	Result
Fallarbor Town	AG051	Victory
Verdanturf Town	AG062	Victory
Rubello Town	AG078	Defeat
Lilycove City	AG091	Victory

Episodes

Epicode	Episode Title	#
AG041	What You Seed is What You Get	1
AG043	Let Bagons Be Bagons	2
AG044	The Princess and the Togepi	3
AG045	A Togepi Mirage!	4
AG046	Candid Camerupt!	5
AG042	Love at First Flight	6
AG047	I Feel Skitty!	7
AG048	ZigZag Zangoose!	8
AG049	Maxxed Out!	9
AG050	Pros and Con Artists	10
AG051	Come What May!	11
AG052	Cheer Pressure	12
AG053	Game Winning Assist	13
AG054	Fight for the Meteorite!	14
AG055	Poetry Commotion!	15
AG056	Going, Going, Yawn	16
AG057	Going for a Spinda	17
AG058	All Torkoal, No Play	18
AG059	Manectric Charge	19
AG060	Delcatty Got Your Tongue	20
AG061	Disaster of Disguise	21
AG062	Disguise Da Limit	22
AG063	Take the Lombre Home	23
AG064	True Blue Swablu	24
AG065	Gulpin it Down	25
AG066	Exploud and Clear!	26
AG067	Go Go Ludicolo!	27
AG068	A Double Dilemma	28
AG069	Love, Petalburg Style!	29
AG070	Balance of Power	30
AG071	A Six Pack Attack!	31
AG072	The Bicker the Better	32
AG073	Grass Hysteria!	33
AG074	Hokey Poké Balls!	34
AG075	Whiscash and Ash	35
AG076	Me, Myself and Time	36
AG077	A Fan with a Plan	37
AG078	Cruisin' for a Losin'	38
AG079	Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend	39
AG080	That's Just Swellow	40
AG081	Take This House and Shuppet	41
AG082	A Shroomish Skirmish	42
AG083	Unfair Weather Friends	43
AG084	Who's Flying Now?	44
AG085	Sky High Gym Battle!	45
AG086	Lights, Camerupt, Action!	46
AG087	Crazy as a Lunatone	47
AG088	The Garden of Eatin'	48
AG089	A Scare to Remember!	49
AG090	Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry	50
AG091	Lessons in Lilycove	51
AG092	Judgment Day!	52

Home video releases

North American DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Advanced Challenge home video releases (Region 1)

Australian DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Advanced Challenge home video releases (Region 4)

Trivia

• English voice actresses Megan Hollingshead (Nurse Joy) and Lee Quick (Officer Jenny) both left the show during this season, with Bella Hudson taking over the role of Nurse Joy and Jamie Davyous Owens taking over Officer Jenny from Maxxed Out! and The Ribbon Cup Caper, respectively. They continued in these roles until the end of the 4Kids-produced dub.
• The episodes of this season, Pokémon: Advanced, and Pokémon: Advanced Battle for sale on iTunes are missing the Who's That Pokémon? and Pokémon Trainer's Choice segments, as well as the season-based eyecatches from the final commercial breaks.
• In the Finnish dub, all of the title cards in this season were read by the narrator instead of Ash.
• In Finland, this was the first season to air in its entirety.
• This is the only season of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire to air in Serbia.

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		Pokémon Pokračujem: Výzva*
Danish		Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Dutch		Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Finnish		Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
French		Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
German		Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Hindi		पोकेमोन: एडवांस्ड चैलेंज Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Italian		Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon: Desafio Avançado
	Portugal	Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Russian		Покемон: Новое Испытание Pokémon: Advanced Challenge *
Spanish	Latin America	Pokémon: Reto Máximo
	Spain	Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Swedish		Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Tamil		பொகெமொன்: அட்வான்ஸ்ட் சல்லேங்க
Telugu		పోకీమాన్: అడ్వాన్స్డ్ ఛాలెంజ్

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