Pokémon the Series: Ruby & Sapphire

When Team Aqua and Team Magma battle to gain a meteor on Mount chimney, Ash and friends must put an end to both of their dastardly plans.

No sooner has Ash begun an official battle with a novice gym leader, Flannery, than Team Rocket interrupts, postponing the battle for an extra day.

Ash earns the Heat Badge, his fourth, largely due to his Corphish.

When rumors arise that a particular Spinda draws happiness to its trainer, Team Rocket quickly hatches a plan to steal this lucky Pokémon.

Ash and friends struggle to pass through a valley guarded by territorial Steel Pokémon.

While Ash uses his Torkoal to battle the powerful Watson, May faces his assistant with her Skitty.

With some skillful training from Max, May's Skitty learns to use Blizzard.

When Ash and friends learn that a masked coordinator is attempting to compete in secret, they help the timid boy hide his identity.

At Vendanturf Town, the masked trainer makes a strong performance, but loses to May's Skitty, as May wins her second ribbon.

The people of a small village blame a local drought on the Pokémon Solrock, but it soon comes to light that the drought is in fact the work of Team Rocket.

May feels a special duty to help a wounded Swablu return to its flock.

Mayhem ensues when Professor Oak inadvertently creates a gigantic Gulpin and Treecko in an effort to stop a Gulpin outbreak.

Even as Ash's Treecko evolves in the course of battle, his opponent's Loudred does the same. Team Rocket couldn't have picked a worse time to attack.