S06

Pokémon: Advanced is the sixth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon animated series. It follows the fifth and final dubbed season of the original series, and as such is the first dubbed season of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. It follows the adventures of , , , and Max in the Hoenn region, from Littleroot Town up to Mauville City.
It originally aired as part of the 2003-2004 Saturday morning lineup. The season began with Address Unown!, which originally aired on September 13, 2003 and ended with Watt's with Wattson, which originally aired on September 4, 2004; it was later shortened to exclude all of the episodes until the start of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire with Get the Show On the Road!.
It is preceded by Pokémon: Master Quest and succeeded by Pokémon: Advanced Challenge.
==Blurb==
Polishing off the Silver Conference, Ash heads toward his next challenge—the far-off Hoenn region! While he must say goodbye to old friends, he makes the acquaintance of May, a Trainer just starting out on her Pokémon journey. Along with her little brother Max and the ever-reliable Brock, this pack of Pokémon Trainers begin pursuing their dreams—with Ash racking up three Gym Badges, while May changes tack to follow the Contest path of a Pokémon Coordinator.
==Important events==
* Ash and Pikachu arrive in the Hoenn region and meet up with . (AG001)
* May gets her first partner Pokémon, a , from Professor Birch. Ash and May agree to travel together. (AG001)
* Ash registers for the Hoenn League. (AG002)
* Team Magma makes their appearance trying to enter ruins outside Oldale Town. (AG002)
* Ash meets May's family in Petalburg City. May's brother Max joins the duo, equipped with the PokéNav. (AG003)
* Brock rejoins on the way to Rustboro City. (AG004)
* The group learns about Pokémon Contests. (AG013)
* May decides she wants to be a and earn Ribbons instead of trying to earn Gym Badges. (AG016)
* Ash and company help the Devon Corporation President track down a Team Aqua spy. (AG017)
* While training on Dewford Island, the group runs into Professor Birch. (AG027, AG028)
* The group finds Team Magma and Team Aqua digging through some ruins under a boy's Secret Base. (AG027)
* May meets up with her first rival, Drew, just before the Slateport City Contest. (AG033)
* Ash and friends try to stop a Team Magma theft of molten rock from Captain Stern at the Oceanic Museum. (AG036)
* appears at the Trick House. (AG039)
===Party changes===
====Additions====
The following Pokémon are obtained:
* May's Torchic (AG001)
* Ash's Taillow (AG004)
* James's Cacnea (AG006)
* Ash's Treecko (AG007)
* Jessie's Seviper (AG008)
* Brock's Lotad (AG012)
* May's Wurmple (AG014)
* Jessie's Wurmple (AG014)
* Ash's Corphish (AG023)
* Brock's Mudkip (AG025)
====Evolutions====
The following Pokémon evolve:
* May's → (AG024)
* Jessie's Wurmple → (AG024)
* May's → (AG028)
* Jessie's → (AG028)
====Releases====
The following Pokémon are released:
* James's Weezing (AG006)
* Jessie's Arbok (AG006)
===Gym battles===
Ash battles the following Gym Leaders:
Badge	Opponent	Epicode	Result
 	Roxanne 	AG016 	Victory
 	Brawly 	AG020 	Defeat
 	Brawly 	AG031 	Victory
 	Wattson 	AG040 	Victory
===Pokémon Contests===
May participates in the following Pokémon Contests:
Location 	Epicode	Result
Slateport City	AG035 	Defeat
==Episodes==
The television definition is used by Region 4 home video releases and formerly on Pokémon TV. It includes the last 12 episodes of the Johto League arc and the first 40 episodes of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.
The home video definition is the definition currently used by Region 1 home video releases by VIZ Media, Pokémon TV, DisneyNOW, and digital home video releases. It includes only the first 40 episodes of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.
Epicode	Episode Title 	Television	Home videoDigital release
EP263 	Address Unown! 	1 	Part of S05
EP264 	Mother of All Battles 	2 	Part of S05
EP265 	Pop Goes the Sneasel 	3 	Part of S05
EP266 	A Claim to Flame! 	4 	Part of S05
EP267 	Love, Pokémon Style 	5 	Part of S05
EP268 	Tie One On! 	6 	Part of S05
EP269 	The Ties That Bind 	7 	Part of S05
EP270 	Can't Beat the Heat 	8 	Part of S05
EP271 	Playing with Fire! 	9 	Part of S05
EP272 	Johto Photo Finish 	10 	Part of S05
EP273 	Gotta Catch Ya Later! 	11 	Part of S05
EP274 	Hoenn Alone! 	12 	Part of S05
AG001 	Get the Show On the Road! 	13 	1
AG002 	A Ruin With a View 	14 	2
AG003 	There's No Place Like Hoenn 	15 	3
AG004 	You Never Can Taillow 	16 	4
AG005 	In the Knicker of Time! 	17 	5
AG006 	A Poached Ego! 	18 	6
AG007 	Tree's a Crowd 	19 	7
AG008 	A Tail With a Twist 	20 	8
AG009 	Taming of the Shroomish 	21 	9
AG010 	You Said a Mouthful 	22 	10
AG011 	A Bite to Remember 	23 	11
AG012 	The Lotad Lowdown 	24 	12
AG013 	All Things Bright and Beautifly!	25 	13
AG014 	All in a Day's Wurmple 	26 	14
AG015 	Gonna Rule the School! 	27 	15
AG016 	The Winner By a Nosepass! 	28 	16
AG017 	Stairway to Devon 	29 	17
AG018 	On a Wingull and a Prayer! 	30 	18
AG019 	Sharpedo Attack! 	31 	19
AG020 	Brave the Wave 	32 	20
AG021 	Which Wurmple's Which? 	33 	21
AG022 	A Hole Lotta Trouble 	34 	22
AG023 	Gone Corphishin' 	35 	23
AG024 	A Corphish Out of Water 	36 	24
AG025 	A Mudkip Mission 	37 	25
AG026 	Turning Over a Nuzleaf 	38 	26
AG027 	A Three Team Scheme! 	39 	27
AG028 	Seeing is Believing! 	40 	28
AG029 	Ready, Willing, and Sableye 	41 	29
AG030 	A Meditite Fight! 	42 	30
AG031 	Just One of the Geysers 	43 	31
AG032 	Abandon Ship! 	44 	32
AG033 	Now That's Flower Power! 	45 	33
AG034 	Having a Wailord of a Time 	46 	34
AG035 	Win, Lose or Drew! 	47 	35
AG036 	The Spheal of Approval 	48 	36
AG037 	Jump for Joy! 	49 	37
AG038 	A Different Kind of Misty! 	50 	38
AG039 	A Poké-BLOCK Party! 	51 	39
AG040 	Watt's With Wattson? 	52 	40
 	 	 	
==Home video releases==
===North American DVD releases===
===Australian DVD releases===
==Trivia==
* This is the last season in the dub until Pokémon: Black & White that features the Who's That Pokémon? eyecatch.
* In , only the first 38 episodes (12 under the Master Quest subtitle and 26 under the Advanced subtitle) were aired. This was the last season to skip multiple episodes in the Finnish dub.
* This is the only season of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire to be aired in , , and .
* The episodes of this season, Pokémon: Advanced Challenge, and Pokémon: Advanced Battle for sale on iTunes and Amazon 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. They are all retained on the Amazon Prime Video prints.
* The special preview version of Get the Show on the Road! used a different Pokémon: Advanced logo, resembling that of Pokémon: Master Quest.
==In other languages==
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