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SS007   EP1092 激闘のホウエン地方！挑戦バトルフロンティア！！ The Hoenn Region, Site of Fierce Fights! The Battle Frontier Challenge!!

First broadcast Japan December 29, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ピカチュウ→ミュウVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 赤尾でこ Deko Akao Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 村田尚樹 Naoki Murata Animation director 加藤祐子 Yūko Katō No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 激闘のホウエン地方！挑戦バトルフロンティア！！ The Hoenn Region, Site of Fierce Fights! The Battle Frontier Challenge!!) is the seventh episode of the new series, and the 1,092nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 29, 2019.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash and Go visit Hoenn, with Go visiting the region for the first time.
• Go catches a Taillow and three Wurmple.
• Go's Scyther is revealed to know Swords Dance.
• Go has his first Pokémon battle and loses.
• Mimey is revealed to have learned Focus Punch.
• Ash and Go participate in the Battle Frontier's Vedro Cup Tournament, with Ash finishing as the winner.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Go
• Koharu
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Sakuragi
• Houji
• Chairperson
• Referee
• Hibana
• Crowd

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Mr. Mime (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Scorbunny (Go's)
• Caterpie (Go's)
• Metapod (Go's)
• Butterfree (Go's)
• Weedle (Go's)
• Kakuna (Go's)
• Beedrill (Go's)
• Pinsir (Go's)
• Venonat (Go's)
• Venomoth (Go's)
• Scyther (Go's)
• Paras (Go's)
• Parasect (Go's)
• Taillow (Go's; new)
• Wurmple (Go's; ×3; new)
• Yamper (Koharu's)
• Rotom (Professor Sakuragi's; Rotom Phone)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's; Mimey)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Mightyena (Houji's)
• Hariyama (Houji's)
• {{p|Seviper} (Trainer's)
• Linoone (Trainer's)
• Altaria (Trainer's)
• Metagross (Trainer's)

Trivia

• This is the first time Mimey's Poké Ball has been seen.
• This is the first time since EP035 when a main character has caught more than one Pokémon of the same species.
• Ash repeats his Electroweb-Iron Tail combo from Final Rivals! in this episode.
• This is the last Japanese episode of the 2010s.
• Ash, Go, Misaki, Scorbunny, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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