S02

Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands Season 2
Logo for the season
Opening	Pokémon Theme Pokémon World
Episodes	60
Region	Kanto
Series	Original
Preceded by	Pokémon: Indigo League
Followed by	Pokémon: The Johto Journeys

Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands (originally branded on Kids' WB! as Pokémon: Orange Island Adventures) is the second season of the Pokémon anime. This season showcases the adventures of Ash, Misty, and Tracey in the Orange Islands before they return to Pallet Town. The subtitle "Adventures in the Orange Islands" is not used within the broadcast episodes, but was later added by the DVD boxed sets to distinguish it from the later seasons.

It originally aired as part of the 1999-2000 Kids' WB! Saturday morning line-up. The season began with Princess vs. Princess, which originally aired on September 4, 1999, and ended with Charizard Chills, which originally aired on September 2, 2000; it was later extended to include all of the episodes until the end of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning with The Rivalry Revival. It was preceded by Pokémon: Indigo League and succeeded by Pokémon: The Johto Journeys.

Blurb

Ash’s journey to the top of the Indigo League continues—but will his friendship with fellow Pokémon League competitor Richie endanger his chances? With his Kanto journey completed, Ash finds there’s still plenty to see and do when Professor Oak sends him and his friends to the Orange Islands. Brock falls head-over-heels for the attractive Professor Ivy and decides to stay with her, leaving Ash and Misty alone as a dynamic duo—at least until they meet intrepid Pokémon watcher Tracey Sketchit!

Important events

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

Ash journeys to Indigo Plateau to compete in his first Pokémon League Conference.
The Indigo Plateau Conference takes place. (EP074 - EP080)
- Gary loses to Melissa in the fourth round, placing him in the Top 32. (EP077)
- Ash loses to Ritchie in the fifth round, finishing in the Top 16. (EP079)
- Ritchie loses to Assunta in the sixth round and is placed Top 8. (EP080)
Professor Oak tells Ash to journey to the Orange Archipelago to pick up the mysterious GS Ball, which cannot be teleported via PC. (EP081)
Ash meets Professor Ivy and retrieves the GS Ball from her lab. (EP083)
Brock stays behind with Professor Ivy and becomes her assistant. (EP083)
Ash and Misty meet Tracey, a Pokémon watcher who joins the group. (EP084)
Ash decides to challenge the Orange League. (EP084)
Ash's Charizard finally begins to listen to him. (EP105)

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

Ash's Krabby → Kingler (EP075)
Ash's Pidgeotto → Pidgeot (EP081)

Releases

The following Pokémon are released:

Other

Misty's Horsea (left at Cerulean Gym, EP061)
Misty's Starmie (left at Cerulean Gym, EP061)
Tracey's Venonat (obtained prior to EP084)
Tracey's Marill (obtained prior to EP087)
Ash's Snorlax (left at Oak's Laboratory, EP111)

Gym battles

Ash defeats the following Gym Leaders:

Blaine, after one failed attempt (EP059)
Team Rocket (substituting for Giovanni) (EP063)
Cissy (EP085)
Danny (EP093)
Rudy (EP103)
Luana (EP108)
Drake (EP112)

Episodes

The television definition is used by Region 4 home video releases and formerly on Pokémon TV, Toonami Jetstream, and Cartoon Network Video. It includes the last third of the Indigo League arc and the first two-thirds of the Orange League arc of the anime.

The digital release definition is currently used by Pokémon TV, DisneyNOW, and digital home video releases. It includes the last third of the Indigo League arc and all episodes in the Orange League arc of the anime.

The home video definition is the definition used by Region 1 home video releases by VIZ Media. It includes all the episodes in the Orange League arc of the anime.

Due to the removal of Holiday Hi-Jynx, Stage Fight! and The Mandarin Island Miss Match from rotation, releases since 2013 do not include the episodes.

Epicode	Episode Title	Television (prior to 2013)	Television (since 2013)	Digital release	Home video (prior to 2013)	Home video (since 2013)
EP052	Princess vs. Princess	1	1	1	Part of S01	Part of S01
EP053	The Purr-fect Hero	2	2	2
EP058	Riddle Me This	3	3	3
EP059	Volcanic Panic	4	4	4
EP060	Beach Blank-Out Blastoise	5	5	5
EP061	The Misty Mermaid	6	6	6
EP062	Clefairy Tales	7	7	7
EP063	The Battle of the Badge	8	8	8
EP064	It's Mr. Mime Time	9	9	9
*	Holiday Hi-Jynx	10	—	—
*	Snow Way Out!	11	10	10
EP065	Showdown at the Po-ké Corral	12	11	11
EP066	The Evolution Solution	13	12	12
EP067	The Pi-Kahuna	14	13	13
EP068	Make Room for Gloom	15	14	14
EP069	Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!	16	15	15
EP070	Go West Young Meowth	17	16	16
EP071	To Master the Onixpected!	18	17	17
EP072	The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis	19	18	18
EP073	Bad to the Bone	20	19	19
EP074	All Fired Up!	21	20	20
EP075	Round One - Begin!	22	21	21
EP076	Fire and Ice	23	22	22
EP077	The Fourth Round Rumble	24	23	23
EP078	A Friend In Deed	25	24	24
EP079	Friend and Foe Alike	26	25	25
EP080	Friends to the End	27	26	26
EP081	Pallet Party Panic	28	27	27	1	1
EP082	A Scare in the Air	29	28	28	2	2
EP083	Poké Ball Peril	30	29	29	3	3
EP084	The Lost Lapras	31	30	30	4	4
EP085	Fit to be Tide	32	31	31	5	5
EP086	Pikachu Re-Volts	33	32	32	6	6
EP087	The Crystal Onix	34	33	33	7	7
EP088	In the Pink	35	34	34	8	8
EP089	Shell Shock!	36	35	35	9	9
EP090	Stage Fight!	37	—	—	10	—
EP091	Bye Bye Psyduck	38	36	36	11	10
EP092	The Joy of Pokémon	39	37	37	12	11
EP093	Navel Maneuvers	40	38	38	13	12
EP094	Snack Attack	41	39	39	14	13
EP095	A Shipful of Shivers	42	40	40	15	14
EP096	Meowth Rules!	43	41	41	16	15
EP097	Tracey Gets Bugged	44	42	42	17	16
EP098	A Way Off Day Off	45	43	43	18	17
EP099	The Mandarin Island Miss Match	46	—	—	19	—
EP100	Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?	47	44	44	20	18
EP101	Get Along, Little Pokémon	48	45	45	21	19
EP102	The Mystery Menace	49	46	46	22	20
EP103	Misty Meets Her Match	50	47	47	23	21
EP104	Bound For Trouble	51	48	48	24	22
EP105	Charizard Chills	52	49	49	25	23
EP106	The Pokémon Water War	Part of S03	Part of S03	50	26	24
EP107	Pokémon Food Fight!			51	27	25
EP108	Pokémon Double Trouble			52	28	26
EP109	The Wacky Watcher!			53	29	27
EP110	The Stun Spore Detour			54	30	28
EP111	Hello, Pummelo!			55	31	29
EP112	Enter The Dragonite			56	32	30
EP113	Viva Las Lapras			57	33	31
EP114	The Underground Round Up			58	34	32
EP115	A Tent Situation			59	35	33
EP116	The Rivalry Revival			60	36	34

Home video releases

North American DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Adventures in the Orange Islands home video releases (Region 1)

Australian DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Adventures in the Orange Islands home video releases (Region 4)

Trivia

Many clips of Ash's adventures in the Orange Archipelago were first shown in the United States via Pikachu's Jukebox.
This season has the longest name, totaling at 28 letters.
In Finland, the Orange Archipelago arc was completely skipped.
This was the last season of the anime to air in Russia before it went on a hiatus that wouldn't be broken until the Diamond & Pearl series was dubbed and aired seven years later.
This season was originally branded on Kids' WB! as Pokémon: Orange Island Adventures.
Older home video releases refer to the season as "Pokémon: Adventures On The Orange Islands" (in the United States) or "Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands" (in Australia). Newer DVD releases refer to the season as "Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands".
- On Pokémon.com, the logo reads "Pokémon: Adventures In Orange Islands 1". This logo is likely derived from the cover of the US DVD release Pokémon: Adventures On The Orange Islands 1.

Pokémon: Orange Island Adventures logo
Pokémon: Adventures On The Orange Islands logo
Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands logo
Pokémon: Adventures In Orange Islands 1 logo

In other languages

Language		Title
Bulgarian		Покемон
Czech		Pokémon: Pomerančová liga
Danish		Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands
Dutch		Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands
French		Pokémon: Les Îles Oranges Pokémon: Les Îles Orange
German		Pokémon: Orange-Liga Pokémon: Abenteuer im Orange-Archipel *
Italian		Pokémon - Oltre i cieli dell'avventura
Norwegian		Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon - Aventuras nas Ilhas Laranjas Pokémon: Indigo League *
Portuguese	Portugal	Pokémon - Aventuras nas Ilhas Laranjas
Russian		Покемон — Приключения на Оранжевых островах
Spanish	Latin America	Pokémon - Liga Naranja
Spanish	Spain	Pokémon: Aventuras en las Islas Naranja
Swedish		Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands
Turkish		Pokémon: Portakal Adaları'nda Maceralar