HeartGold & SoulSilver arc (Adventures)

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HeartGold & SoulSilver
Gold and Silver with the Four Executives of Team Rocket in the HeartGold & SoulSiver arc
Chapters 19 (PS442 - PS460)
Region Johto
Preceded by Platinum arc
Followed by Black & White arc

The HeartGold & SoulSilver arc (Japanese: ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー編 HeartGold & SoulSilver arc), also referred to as The Ninth Chapter (Japanese: 第九章 The Ninth Chapter), is the ninth story arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga, consisting of three volumes. It began serialization in March 2010, and ended in November 2010.

The arc follows Gold, who gets in a battle with Arceus, as he searches for the missing Lance. Elsewhere, Team Rocket has resurfaced, which causes Silver to set out and stop them once more. Meanwhile, the four Rocket Executives, Archer, Proton, Petrel, and Ariana, have taken over the newly-revived Team Rocket from Carr in attempt to find their currently-missing leader, Giovanni.

Volumes

• Volume 41
• Volume 42
• Four chapters in Volume 43*

Chapters

Main article: List of chapters in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc of Pokémon Adventures

Important events

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

Main article: Timeline of events in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc of Pokémon Adventures

• Gold participates in Pokéathlon competitions. A Dragonite abruptly appears, after which Gold travels to Ecruteak City.
• Silver finds out about Plates and Arceus.
• Silver meets Crystal again at the Safari Zone.
• Silver discovers the Plates' purpose.
• Crystal chases Arceus, and the trio regroups at the Sinjoh Ruins.
• Archer forces Arceus to create the members of the Pokémon of Myth.
• Giovanni, Lance, and Pryce appear.
• Team Rocket is stopped, and the Spiky-eared Pichu brings Giovanni medicine to heal him.
• In the Sinnoh region, Johanna notices that her son has gone off to partcipate in a comedy competition.

Party changes

Additions

• Silver's Rhydon (prior to PS449)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

• Silver's Rhydon to Rhyperior (prior to PS449)
• Silver's Sneasel into Weavile (PS445)
• Silver's Murkrow into Honchkrow (PS445)
• Gold's Aipom into Ambipom (PS448)
• Gold's Togepi into Togetic (PS459)
• Gold's Togetic into Togekiss (PS459)

Gym Battles

No Gym Leaders are challenged.

Trivia

• All About Arceus IX reveals that the events of this arc take place before the events of the Diamond & Pearl and Platinum arcs, making it the first known arc that takes place earlier than the arcs preceding it.
• This is the shortest finished arc in Pokémon Adventures by both number of chapters and number of pages.

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.