S07
| Pokémon: Advanced Challenge Season 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:Advanced Challenge logo.png Advanced Challenge title screen. | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
|
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge is the seventh season of the English-dubbed Pokémon TV series. It is comprised of episodes 41-92 of the Advanced Generation series. This season showcases the adventures of Ash, May, Brock, and Max in the Hoenn region, from the outskirts of Mauville City up to past Lilycove City.
It originally aired as part of the 2004-2005 Kids' WB! Saturday morning line-up. The season began with What you Seed is What You Get, which originally aired on September 11, 2004, and ended with Judgment Day, which originally aired on September 10, 2005.
It is preceded by Pokémon: Advanced and followed by Pokémon: Advanced Battle.
See the list of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge episodes for a list of episodes aired this season.
Important events
- Misty makes an appearance for two episodes at the Mirage Kingdom. (AG044, AG045)
- At Mt. Chimney, Team Magma and Team Aqua chase after Professor Cozmo and his meteorite sample. Ash helps Cozmo in destroying the sample. (AG054)
- Professor Oak pays a visit with the Kanto Starter Pokémon. (AG071)
- Ash, May, and James participate at a PokéRinger competition. (AG080)
- Team Aqua holds hostage the scientists at the Weather Institute. Ash and friends try to prevent the theft of data regarding the ancient Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre, only to be tricked by Brodie, a member of Team Magma. (AG083)
Party changes
Additions
The following Pokémon are obtained:
Evolutions
The following Pokémon evolve:
- Misty's Togepi → Togetic
- Brock's Lotad → Lombre
- Ash's Treecko → Grovyle
- Ash's Taillow → Swellow
- May's Torchic → Combusken
Releases
The following Pokémon are released:
Gym Battles
Ash defeats the following Gym Leaders:
Pokémon Contests
May wins a Pokémon Contest in each of the following locations:
North American DVD Releases
The following single releases contain five episodes each, with the exception of the last two volumes which both contain six episodes.
- Volume 1: Love at First Flight (AG041-AG045)
- Volume 2: Maxxed Out (AG046-AG050)
- Volume 3: Cheer Pressure (AG051-AG055)
- Volume 4: Manectric Charge (AG056-AG060)
- Volume 5: Take the Lombre Home (EP061-AG065)
- Volume 6: Go Go Ludicolo (AG066-EP070)
- Volume 7: Six Pack Attack (AG071-AG075)
- Volume 8: That's Just Swellow (AG076-EP080)
- Volume 9: Sky High Gym Battle! (AG081-AG086)
- Volume 10: Pokéblock, Stock and Berry (AG087-EP092)
Australian DVD Releases
Trivia
- English voice actresses Megan Hollingshead (Nurse Joy) and Lee Quick (Officer Jenny) both left the show during this season, with Bella Hudson taking over the role of Nurse Joy and Jamie Davyous Owens taking over Officer Jenny from AG049 and AG119, respectively. They continued in these roles until the end of the 4Kids-produced dub. Additionally, Tara Jayne left the series after providing the voice of Princess Sara.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Portuguese |  Brazil
|
Pokémon: Desafio Avançado |
 Portugal
|
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge | |
 Latin American Spanish
|
Pokémon: Reto Máximo | |
|
This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation. |
