1. A New Land! A New Adventure!!
Aired: Nov 21, 2002 Ash and Pikachu make it to the Hoenn Region. They instantly try to find a Pok...
2. A Ruin with a View
Aired: Nov 28, 2002 Ash, Pikachu, and new companion, May, a rookie trainer, arrive at a ruined te...
3. There's No Place Like Hoenn
Aired: Dec 5, 2002 Ash and May make it to Petalberg City, where Ash plans to battle the gym lead...
4. You Never Can Taillow
Aired: Dec 12, 2002 Ash, May, and Max travel through a forest and encounter a flock of aggressive...
5. In the Knicker of Time!
Aired: Dec 19, 2002 Once again traveling with Brock, the gang meet Nikolai the Knickerbocker, who...
6. A Poached Ego!
Aired: Dec 26, 2002 Our heroes are on the trail of a Pokémon poacher, and Team Rocket is close be...
7. Tree's a Crowd
Aired: Jan 9, 2003 Ash finds a Treecko trying to save a dying tree.
8. A Tail with a Twist
Aired: Jan 16, 2003 Treecko may have joined Ash's team, but it's still standoffish to his other P...
9. Taming of the Shroomish
Aired: Jan 23, 2003 When Ash and friends stop in Rinshin Town for food and supplies, May drags Br...
10. The Greatest Pelipper in History!
Aired: Jan 30, 2003 When Ash discovers a sign announcing "The World's Most Powerful Pokémon," he ...
11. A Bite to Remember
Aired: Feb 6, 2003 After meeting a group of Mightyena, Max befriends a Poochyena who hasn't evol...
12. The Lotad Lowdown
Aired: Feb 13, 2003 Ash and friends are relaxing in a lake when they come across a group of Lotad...
13. All Things Bright and Beautifly!
Aired: Feb 20, 2003 Ash and friends come across their first Pokémon Contest! These competitions, ...
14. Double Battle & Double Kemusso!?
Aired: Feb 27, 2003 May is newly determined to win the next Pokémon Contest. She sets out to catc...
15. Try to Study! Pokémon Trainer's School!
Aired: Mar 6, 2003 Ash and friends finally reach Rustboro City, and Ash puts his Gym battle plan...
16. Winner by a Nosepass
Aired: Mar 13, 2003 Time for Ash and May to battle the Rustboro Gym Leader, Roxanne. May decides ...
17. Stairway to Devon
Aired: Mar 20, 2003 Our heroes split up to do some shopping in Rustboro City before catching the ...
18. On a Wingull and a Prayer
Aired: Mar 27, 2003 May is using an outdated map of Rustboro City, and the group gets lost trying...
19. Sharpedo Attack!
Aired: Apr 3, 2003 On their way to Dewford Island on Briney's boat, Ash and friends make a stop ...
20. Brave the Wave
Aired: Apr 10, 2003 Ash and friends reach the Dewford Gym at last, but the Gym Leader, Brawly, wo...
21. Which Wurmple's Which?
Aired: Apr 17, 2003 Team Rocket tries another ill-advised scheme to steal our heroes' Pokémon. Ev...
22. A Hole Lotta Trouble
Aired: Apr 24, 2003 Ash and friends go to Granite Cave, where Steven Stone, the son of the Devon ...
23. Gone Corphishin
Aired: May 1, 2003 Ash and crew have landed on a beach where they set up camp and to start train...
24. A Corphish Out of Water
Aired: May 8, 2003 Corphish is a welcome new member of Ash's team, but it's so boisterous that i...
25. A Mudkip Mission
Aired: May 15, 2003 Ash and the gang encounter a swamp of baby Mudkip. This episode later became ...
26. Attack of the Konohana Family!
Aired: May 22, 2003 Ash and friends get separated from their Pokémon in a deep, dark cave. As the...
27. A Three Team Scheme!
Aired: May 29, 2003 Ash and friends meet up with Professor Birch and accompany him as he investig...
28. Agehunt & Dokucale! The Final Evolution!
Aired: Jun 5, 2003 Jessie of Team Rocket is sure her Pokémon will evolve into a lovely Beautifly...
29. The Startling Yamirami!
Aired: Jun 12, 2003 Corphish's bad attitude shows no signs of improving, and Ash plans to humble ...
30. Asanan and the Battle Girl! In a Storm!
Aired: Jun 19, 2003 As Ash's training draws to a close, a young Trainer named Shauna, who claims ...
31. Muro Gym Rematch! Surfing Battlefield!
Aired: Jun 26, 2003 Ash and friends cross the sea to a secret island arena for Ash's rematch with...
32. The Abandoned Ship! The Creeping Shadow!!
Aired: Jul 3, 2003 Ash and friends foil a Team Rocket kidnapping scheme on the high seas, but ar...
33. A Rival for Haruka! Intensive Pokémon Contest Training!!
Aired: Jul 10, 2003 Two weeks before the Slateport Pokémon Contest, May is training hard, trying ...
34. The Great First Pokémon Panic!!
Aired: Jul 17, 2003 While May trains with Beautifly, Nurse Joy enlists Ash and Max to babysit a T...
35. Haruka! The First Pokémon Contest Challenge!!
Aired: Jul 24, 2003 It's finally time for May's first Pokémon Contest, where she learns that Poké...
36. The Spheal of Approval
Aired: Jul 31, 2003 Having at long last completed her Pokémon Contest, May suggests a day of recr...
37. Beauty and the Beast!? Dirteng and Joi-san
Aired: Aug 7, 2003 While cutting through a mountain pass, Ash and friends decide to stop into th...
38. Plusle and Minun! The Mountain Lighthouse!!
Aired: Aug 14, 2003 When Ash and friends get lost in a dark and foggy mountain pass, the first fo...
39. Sing! Pokémon Trick House!!
Aired: Aug 21, 2003 Ash and friends join the Trick House Contest, which sends them through a maze...
40. Kinsetsu Gym! Tessen's Electric Shock Battle!!
Aired: Aug 28, 2003 At the Mauville Gym, Ash and friends are whisked away on a roller-coaster rid...
