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Regionals

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First broadcast Japan N/A United States August 16, 2023

English themes Opening N/A Ending

Japanese themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

Credits Animation {{{olmteam}}} Screenplay Benjamin Townsend Benjamin Townsend Storyboard Ian Mutchler Ian Mutchler Assistant director Shaofu Zhang Shaofu Zhang Animation director {{{art1}}} {{Romanizations/{{{art1}}}}} No additional credits are available at this time.

Regionals on The Pokémon Company International's official English YouTube channel.

Regionals is the second episode of Pokémon: Path to the Peak. It was first released on The Pokémon Company International's official English YouTube channel on August 16, 2023.

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

Blurb

With a battle against Celestine looming, Ava rises to the challenge and enters to compete at the Regional Championships.

Plot

Ava falls asleep while building a deck to defeat Celestine, and has a nightmare about her Oddish being attacked by Ghost-type Pokémon. When she wakes, Joshua and other members of the school's Pokémon club offer her encouragement outside her house, as the Regional Championships are later that day. Ava's mother tries to tell her something before she goes, but drops the topic, and Ava's father drives Ava and Joshua to the championship venue.

At the venue, Celestine attempts to intimidate Ava on multiple occasions, even defeating Ava's father in a TCG match in front of her. Regardless, Ava maintains her determination.

For her first TCG match at the venue, Ava faces a player named Tonio, who uses a Bidoof. She defeats him and several other players, and eventually reaches Celestine, the reigning regional champion, in the final match.

Celestine wins the first game and Ava wins the second, leaving the third game to decide the match. Ava and Celestine play a close game, with both players eventually having one prize card left, and Celestine's Mismagius ready to finish off Ava's Gloom. Ava uses the card effect of her Spoink to draw a Vileplume card, uses that to evolve her Gloom, and uses Vileplume's attack, which only succeeds if a coin lands on heads. The coin flip is successful, and Ava wins the game and the match, earning the title of regional champion.

Celestine thanks Ava for the thrilling match, and Ava, Celestine, Joshua, and Tonio take a group picture together.

Major events

• Ava defeats Celestine, and takes the title of regional champion.

Characters

Humans

• Ava
• Ava's father
• Ava's mother
• Joshua
• Celestine
• Tonio

Pokémon

• Oddish
• Gloom
• Vileplume
• Tropius
• Spoink
• Phantump
• Trevenant
• Duskull
• Misdreavus
• Mismagius
• Starly
• Buzzwole (mentioned)
• Pumpkaboo (mentioned)

Appearing on merchandise

• Arbok
• Pikachu
• Ninetales
• Victreebel
• Galarian Rapidash
• Farfetch'd
• Lapras
• Eevee
• Omastar
• Snorlax
• Mewtwo
• Sentret
• Azumarill
• Slowking
• Kingdra
• Jirachi
• Bidoof
• Cherrim (Overcast Form)
• Toxicroak
• Gliscor
• Pangoro
• Pyroar (Male)
• Flabébé (Blue Flower)
• Passimian
• Alcremie (Lemon Cream + Star Sweet)

Cards featured

Ava's cards:

• Oddish (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Gloom (Lost Origin 2)
• Vileplume (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Spoink (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Tropius (unclear which one)
• Roselia (Sword & Shield 3)
• Bounsweet (Chilling Reign 13)
• Steenee (Chilling Reign 14)
• Tsareena (Chilling Reign 15)
• Absol (Team Up 88)
• Grass Energy

Joshua's cards:

• Falinks EX (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Mismagius EX (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Darkrai EX (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Bidoof (Brilliant Stars 120)

Tonio's cards:

• Bidoof (Brilliant Stars 120)
• Fire Energy

Ava's father's cards:

• Snorlax (Lost Origin 143)
• Lightning Energy

Celestine's cards:

• Duskull (Brilliant Stars 60)
• Misdreavus (Paldea Evolved 87)
• Mismagius EX (currently has no real-TCG equivalent)
• Phantump (Fusion Strike 16)
• Trevenant (Fusion Strike 17)
• Panic Mask (Lost Origin 165)
• Grass Energy
• Psychic Energy

Other players' cards:

• Lugia (Vivid Voltage 132)
• Double Colorless Energy (new print)

Trivia

• The sequence of effects that Ava uses to win against Celestine did not exist in the TCG at the time of this episode's release.
• The banners at the Regional Championships venue have at least one Pokémon representing each generation, with the exception of generations III and IX.