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Battle Frontier – Pokémon the Series

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"Indigo League" is where it all began as the first season of the long-running "Pokémon" animated series. Young Ash Ketchum is just beginning his Pokémon training as he reaches his 10th birthday. Things don't go as expected for the youngster, who gets a Pikachu instead of a standard first Pokémon. Winning gym badges is also tougher than Ash thought it would be. He's not alone in his quest for the badges, though, as former gym leaders Brock and Misty are by his side, along with some new friends.

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Stephen C @bob25009 May 14 47 failed episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Fajer A @RT99369293 May 9 Best show ever must see See more Abdulmohsen A @RT47416480 May 7 Best show ever must see See more Abdulmohsen s @RT33368967 May 5 best show ever must see See more Trafalgar L @TDWaterLaw93 10/13/2024 "Pokémon Battle Frontier" is the ninth season of the animé series. In this arc Ash Ketchum has returned to the Kanto region and is joined once more by Brock, May and Max. Ash is now competing in the battle frontier and May is aiming to compete in the Kanto grand festival. Along the way they encounter obstacles and meet new friends just like they did in the Hoenn region. The story arc is very good, but I don't like how it is set in Kanto. Kanto is the OG Pokémon generation, but it's always overused and I think it would have been better if they used the Johto region. Then after the final frontier brain Ash and his friends would have returned to Oak's laboratory where they'd part ways. Second, this is the first arc that is NOT dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment. 4Kids' license to the franchise expired on December 31, 2005, so this is the first season that was handled entirely by The Pokémon Company International. As a result it is a bit clumsy in terms of the dub's production. But, if you can get past that it's a great send off to Advanced Generation. See more Nick S @NickSpecter 11/20/2023 Good to play in the background. This season raises the watch-ability a bit by introducing some high-end battles and some different storylines. Definitely improving as a series. Downside is the voice-actor change which feels very off, especially for Ash's voice. See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Oct 6, 2005 Fear Factor Phony! Bad weather forces Ash and friends to spend the night in a haunted house; the town is a battleground between ghost Pokémon and psychic Pokémon; Brock's quick thinking brings peace to the town. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 13, 2005 Sweet Baby James! When May's Munchlax and James' Chimecho both fall ill, they seek the Pokémon healing skills of the Nanny and Pop-Pop; Team Rocket and the gang call a temporary truce; James tries to impress Nanny and Pop-Pop, pretending to be a business owner. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 20, 2005 A Chip Off the Old Brock! Brock's Mudkip evolves into a Marshtomp injuring a Flaaffy, who is owned by the granddaughter of Katie; Team Rocket wants to steal everything from Katie, a wise old Pokémon druggist; Katie's employees stand up to Team Rocket. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 27, 2005 Wheel... of... Frontier! Enrolled as students of Greta, Team Rocket plans to steal Pikachu; Ash and his Snorlax battle Greta and her Medicham for the Guts Symbol. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 3, 2005 May's Egg-Cellent Adventure! Nicolette, the Pokémon egg rancher's daughter, invites the gang to the ranch; Nicolette's parents, Christopher and Jeannie, explain their daughter's love of Pokémon contests; May convinces Nicolette she can realize her own dream. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 10, 2005 Weekend Warrior! May enters the Silver Town Pokémon Contest and battles Jeremy, an unusual contestant; Jeremy shocks May when he appears playing electric guitar and wearing leather. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 17, 2005 On Olden Pond! Ash stops to fish and meets the owner, Tiffany, who explains she is being terrorized by a developer; Ash and his Corphish beat Saridakis and his Crawdaunt, letting Tiffany retain ownership of the lake. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 24, 2005 Tactics Theatrics! Ash admits to the press that he does not know who Tucker is, but quickly learns; Tucker uses Arcanine and Swampert to put Ash through a grueling battle with Corphish and Swellow. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 1, 2005 Reversing the Charges! Elekid tries to keep the gang from reaching the Pike Battle by using his Thunderbolt; Ash and Pikachu battle a powerful Elekid; May's egg gets caught on Elekid's head and he disappears with it. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 8, 2005 The Green Guardian! While taking a detour the gang finds Celebi unconscious; Solana helps nurse Celebi back to health; Solana and her partner Plusle stop Team Rocket from capturing Celebi. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 15, 2005 From Cradle to Save! Students from a Pokémon ninja school are looking to find who is stealing their Oran Berries; Bonsly, a baby Pokémon, is asked to join the gang. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 22, 2005 Time-Warp Heals All Wounds! May's Squirtle runs away; while searching for Squirtle, May finds an elderly woman, Edna, waiting for a train; after hearing the sad story of the Edna's past, Meowth and May go back in time and change history. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 5, 2006 Queen of the Serpentine! Jessie masquerades as Queen Lucy; Ash battles the real Queen Lucy for the fourth Frontier Symbol; Brock losses his heart to Queen Lucy. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 12, 2006 Off the Unbeaten Path! Ash and friends stop at Potpourri Island; they learn about the Pokémon Orienteering Contest where a trainer and a Pokémon must go to five different locations. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 19, 2006 Harley Rides Again! May battles past rival Harley for the Modama Ribbon; May looks toward the next contest on Yuzuriha Island. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 26, 2006 Odd Pokemon Out! Grovyle loses a battle to Tropius; an injured Grovyle loses his heart to Meganium, his nurse, who is in love with Tropius; Ash learns the true pain a broken heart can cause. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 2, 2006 Spontaneous Combusken May arrives on Chrysanthemum Island thinking Drew has sent her a note and a rose; Brianna, who is in love with Drew, battles May in the final round; a real friendship emerges between May and Brianna. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 9, 2006 Cutting the Ties That Bind! Sceptile continues having trouble attacking and runs away; Ash and Pikachu are attacked by Beedrill while searching for Scepitle and become separated. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 16, 2006 Ka Boom With a View! Ash and Sceptile challenge Spenser at the Battle Palace; Spencer uses his relationship with Mother Nature in the battle and Sceptile tries his new Solarbeam attack. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 23, 2006 King and Queen for a Day! Team Rocket's attempt to capture Pikachu ends in an explosion that sends the gang into a crowd of fans of a new TV drama series; Bonsly and Mime Jr. are mistaken for famous TV stars. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 2, 2006 Curbing the Crimson Tide! While in Commerce City, the gang encounters a talking Pokémon named Red Lightning terrorizing trainers; Red Lightning is a Scizer in disguise, owned by a lonely child, Luna. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 9, 2006 What I Did for Love! May finally arrives in Gardenia Town; Yuma, a Pokémon breeder, convinces Brock to enter the contest; Brock and May meet in the final round. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 9, 2006 Three Jynx and a Baby! On their way to the Battle Tower, May finds a Smoochum behind a bush and tries to pick it up, only to be attacked by three Jynx; Ash attempts to rescue the Smoochum that has been stolen by Jessie. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 16, 2006 Talking a Good Game! The gang meets Anabel, who seems to be able to talk to Pokémon; Ash and Pikachu battle against Anabel and Metagross. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 23, 2006 Second Time's the Charm! Ash challenges Scott to a rematch; Ash decides to get closer to his Pokémon after meeting Anabel; Anabel joins Ash as he has fun with his Pokémon. Details Episode 26 Aired Apr 13, 2006 Pokémon Ranger-Deoxys' Crisis A flock of Altaria and Swablu are unable to navigate in flight; Solana joins the gang to discover the cause of their strange behavior. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 13, 2006 Pokémon Ranger-Deoxys' Crisis Max and Meowth are taken away by Deoxys; Jessie, James, Solana and Nurse Joy join the gang to find the missing and discover the Deoxys' problem. Details Episode 28 Aired Apr 20, 2006 All That Glitters Is Not Golden! Ash and May try to capture a golden Sudowoodo; Keenan, the golden Sudowoodo's trainer, help the gang escape from a mob of angry townspeople wanting to know more about their encounter with the Sudowoodo. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 27, 2006 New Plot - Odd Lot! In Mulberry Town, May enters the last contest before the Grand Festival; May becomes nervous and begins to doubt herself; Harley, Jessie and James join forces to see May defeated. Details Episode 30 Aired May 4, 2006 Going for Choke! As the battle rounds for the Mulberry Contest begin, James and Meowth lure Ash, Brock and Max into a huge metal box so they cannot cheer May on; Harley becomes more determined than ever to make sure May loses; May faces Jessebella in the final round. Details Episode 31 Aired May 11, 2006 The Ole' Berate and Switch! Ash enters a one-day Pokémon battle that turns out to be a scheme by Butch and Cassidy; Jessie, James and Meowth decide to split up. Details Episode 32 Aired May 18, 2006 Grating Spaces! When Team Rocket tricks Brock's parents into leaving the Pewter Gym, Ash and Brock must defend it; Ash and Brock battle two on two with Ash's Donphan and Brock's newly evolved Steelix. Details Episode 33 Aired May 25, 2006 Battling the Enemy Within Ash and friends arrive at the Battle Pyramid; as they get close, they fall into some ancient ruins, nearly getting crushed in the process; they run into someone called Brandon who owns a Regirock; Ash becomes possessed by an evil king. Details Episode 34 Aired Jun 8, 2006 Slaking Kong! On the way to Indigo Plateau for May's Grand Festival, a group of Aipom come by and steal Ash's hat and May's ribbons; an old man passing by tells them local Aipom, Mankey and Vigoroth have been stealing his fruit to give to a giant Slaking. Details Episode 35 Aired Jun 15, 2006 May, We Harley Drew'd Ya! Aipom returns and steals everybody's hats; May gets to know Samantha better; only 64 contestants make it to the second round. Details Episode 36 Aired Jun 22, 2006 Thinning the Hoard! The Grand Festival continues as Drew shows off his new Absol; May, Harley and Solidad also do well and the four of them make it into the top 16 and the battle rounds; in the first match, May must battle Harley. Details Episode 37 Aired Jun 29, 2006 Channeling the Battle Zone! Drew and May are in a close battle in the second round of the Indigo Plateau Pokémon Contest Grand Festival; May's Combusken has a new attack that is powerful and point worthy. Details Episode 38 Aired Jul 6, 2006 Aipom and Circumstance! The four friends arrive in a town with a tradition that whoever wears a crown until sunset on one particular day gets to be king for a year; the crown gets stuck on Aipom's head. Details Episode 39 Aired Jul 20, 2006 Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight! On his way to the Battle Pyramid, Ash meets a girl called Ada who does comedy with her Chatot for little kids at a hospital. Details Episode 40 Aired Jul 27, 2006 Duels of the Jungle! On their way to the Battle Pyramid, Ash and his friends meet an injured Weavile. Details Episode 41 Aired Aug 3, 2006 Overjoyed! Reaching the Battle Pyramid in time for his rematch against Brandon and his legendary Pokémon, Ash decides to train against Nurse Joy to test his own Pokémon. Details Episode 42 Aired Aug 10, 2006 The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing! Feeling the sting of two recent losses -- Ash at the Battle Pyramid, May at the Grand Festival -- the gang meets a large group of old friends who come together to help them; Drew and Harley help May see her future. Details Episode 43 Aired Aug 17, 2006 Pinch Healing! As the friends continue their stay at the Fennel Valley Pokémon Center with Professor Oak on his surprise visit, Ash continues to train fiercely for his upcoming rematch with Brandon; Nurse Joy falls ill. Details Episode 44 Aired Aug 24, 2006 Gathering the Gang of Four! As Ash continues to prepare for his final match against Brandon at the Battle Pyramid, he decides to gather together the four Pokémon he started his life as a trainer with; Team Rocket attempt to steal Pikachu. Details Episode 45 Aired Aug 31, 2006 Pace - The Final Frontier! Challenging Brandon one last time in a match to become Master of the Battle Frontier, Ash gets off to a less than perfect start as Brandon's Dusclops defeats his Charizard. Details Episode 46 Aired Sep 7, 2006 Once More With Reeling! Following Ash's victory at the Battle Pyramid, he becomes Master of the Battle Frontier; the time comes for the friends to separate and head back to their respective home towns; the gang decides to enter a one-day contest in Terracotta Town. Details Episode 47 Aired Sep 14, 2006 Home Is Where the Start Is! After a blistering battle between May and Ash at the Terracotta Pokémon Contest, the judges declare a tie and the friends relish their shared victory; a surprise awaits Ash when he arrives home in Pallet Town. Details
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Season Info

Director
Norihiko Sutô
Creator
Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori
Network
The WB
Rating
TV-Y7 (FV)
Genre
Kids & Family, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Anime
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date
Oct 6, 2005