RS172: Pokémon Ranger—Deoxys' Crisis! Part 1

is the 26th episode of Pokémon: Battle Frontier.
==Synopsis==
Our heroes spot a confused flock of Pokémon and realize something isn't right, especially once an unusual aurora appears in the sky and their Poké Balls and PokéNav stop working! That's when they spot Solana, the Pokémon Ranger, who helps get the Pokémon going in the right direction. She explains that the Rangers have detected strange geomagnetic activity, and just then, the group sees a Deoxys in the sky! Could it be the source of the disturbance?
With Nurse Joy's help, Solana reasons that Deoxys may be connected to an old meteorite that crashed nearby. Solana goes to investigate alone—at least, that's what she thinks. Team Rocket wants Deoxys for the boss, and they secretly follow her to the meteorite cave. So does Max and the rest of the crew! Solana reluctantly lets Ash and company tag along. Inside the cave, she finds a Miltank and captures it because it may help them with Deoxys.
Once they find the meteorite, Deoxys emerges. It's in pain and is clearly hostile to them, but Solana can't capture it to calm it down unless it's in Normal Forme. She has Miltank use Heal Bell to soothe Deoxys' pain, but it still won't be captured. Team Rocket reveal themselves, but Max and Meowth are getting strange impressions from Deoxys so both of them try to talk to it. Deoxys possesses Meowth and uses it to communicate with Max, but this backfires when Deoxys vanishes into a strange dimension and decides to take both Max and Meowth with it!
==Episode plot==
May is excited she only needs one ribbon for the Grand Festival, while Brock is excited because the group is heading to Pewter City and Ash for his last Frontier Symbol. They arrived at a cliff, viewing a beautiful landscape. Max spots a flock of Altaria and Swablu, so Ash greets them, but they all see some strange lights in the sky - aurora. Pikachu acts strange, and so does the flock. If the flock continues to fly like that, they will get hurt, so Ash sends Swellow to lead them to their destination. However, his Poké Ball does not to open. The same happens to Brock's and May's Poké Balls, even Max's PokéNav does not work. The heroes spot Solana on a cliff, who tells them they need to help the Pokémon.
Solana uses her device to capture an Altaria. She succeeds and orders the Altaria to lead the flock, to which it does. Solana says the Rangers detected some unusual geomagnetic force and she was sent to investigate. She captured the Altaria and ordered it to lead the flock because they use the geomagnetic force, otherwise they'd be hurt. This force also affects the devices and Electric-type Pokémon. Still, Solana's device worked because the devices are sealed so they are not affected by such forces. Pikachu senses something - from a portal in the sky, a Deoxys appears. The Deoxys looks upon Max and Max had a sudden vision, then the Deoxys disappeared back into the portal. Solana tells them to go to the Pokémon Center.
At the Center, Max pulls Brock's ear for flirting. Solana asks Joy if the computers are working, with Joy replying that because of the geomagnetic force, the computers do not work. Since Deoxys came, Solana believes that the troubles were caused by it - the geomagnetic force problem started a week ago. Deoxys, however, appeared long before - Deoxys was spotted in a town and one professor told it came from a meteorite that fell on a mountain, though that event happened 10 years ago. Now, Solana needs to find the meteorite, so Joy goes to get the map. Max wants to come, but May and Solana think it would be best for anyone to stay while Solana goes to investigate. Joy gives Solana the map and Team Rocket hears these things. Meowth agrees it would be best to give the Deoxys to the boss, who would ride it in space. So, Team Rocket follows Solana.
Solana came to a cave and demands Max (who was hiding in a bush) to come out. The heroes come as well, bickering why they didn't stay in the Center. Since they are all here, Solana gives them a chance and a device to measure the geomagnetic force. The heroes and Solana go into the cave and Team Rocket follows as well, even if James feels something is wrong. Brock suddenly spots that the geomagnetic force became normal - Ash's Pikachu and Solana's Plusle feel better. Solana thinks this is a temporary. Max tells them to speed up and sees a lone Miltank. Solana captures Miltank - she thinks Miltank will help them in the investigation. They arrive to the meteorite spot. Max calls Deoxys, but Brock tells him Deoxys does not know his name. Max asks if Solana is sure that Deoxys is causing the geomagnetic disturbance, as he feels something else is happening.
thumb|The gang, Solana and their Pokémon, encountering Deoxys!
The cave begins to shake and Pikachu and Plusle are affected by the geomagnetic disturbance. Team Rocket feels the cave shaking and run deeper, even if James is against the idea. The cave stops to shake, as the Deoxys comes through the portal at the meteorite site. Plusle and Pikachu feel the disturbance and, for some reason, Deoxys changes to Attack form, uses Psycho Boost and attacks. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, but Deoxys changes to Defense form and defends itself. Solana thinks she should capture Deoxys and tells that Deoxys have four forms, depending on the situation it is in. Deoxys changes to its normal state, so Solana attempts to capture it. Deoxys changes to Speed form and evades capture. Max hears that Deoxys talks. Deoxys changes to its normal form, so Solana attempts to capture it again. However, Deoxys changes to Defense form to evade the capture.
Deoxys changes to Attack form and uses Psycho Boost, attacking them. Team Rocket sees them and are pleased, but Meowth senses Deoxys is in pain. Deoxys changes to Speed form and flies, but feels pain. Solana recognizes its pain, but cannot find the source of it. Max says they need to do something, so Solana orders the Miltank she captured to use Heal Bell. Deoxys is healed and changes to normal, so Solana tries to capture it again, but Deoxys changes to Defense form. Deoxys changes to Attack form and uses Psycho Boost, attacking them. Miltank runs away and Team Rocket appear.
Deoxys appears again, so Meowth talks to it. Max comes up to the meteorite. Meowth does not understand what Deoxys is trying to say. Deoxys uses Safeguard around the meteorite, preventing everyone to enter. Max and Meowth try to reason with Deoxys, but Meowth begins to act crazy. Deoxys uses Meowth to communicate - it says it is scared. Max tells it he wants to know what happened, so Max is given a vision - a vision of a meteorite going in space. Max felt cold and knows Deoxys felt the same. Deoxys makes Max levitate, and along with itself and Meowth, go inside a portal...
==Debut==
===Pokémon===
*Deoxys (Attack, Defense, and Speed formes)
===Moves===
*Psycho Boost
==Trivia==
*In some areas of Japan, this episode and the following were broadcast separately, instead of together as a one-hour special; the opening changes in "RS174: All That Glitters Is Not Golden!" debut instead of "RS173: Pokémon Ranger—Deoxys' Crisis! Part 2". 
**The English dub also originally broadcasted it as a special, but it is considered as two separate episodes.
*It is revealed that the gadgets used by the Pokémon Rangers are made so that they are immune from even geomagnetic interruptions caused by Deoxys itself.
*Deoxys is the first and only Pokémon Meowth claims to not be able to understand, as per his words, Deoxys speaks in "space lingo".
==References==
Category:Episodes focusing on Max
Category:Episodes focusing on Meowth
Category:Episodes featuring Mythical Pokémon