The Orange Islands, also known as the "Oranges Islands," were a tropical archipelago in the Pokémon world, located in the southern seas of the Kanto region.
Some Pokémon trainers usually came here to challenge the Orange League. Of course, many tourists were also drawn by the tropical climate and came here for a vacation. Over time, the islands had become a famous resort destination.
And that was why a certain former traveling companion, who had abandoned his friends for a pretty face, namely Brock, had been so eager to come here and ogle the bikini girls.
But Brock probably wouldn't have much time for those so-called bikini girls for now. He had a mature, sexy bikini-clad professor and three young, bespectacled triplets to keep him company. Life was treating him very well indeed.
Aside from the bikini girls, the Pokémon here in the Orange Islands were also different from those in other places, owing to the tropical climate and certain other factors. They had their own unique southern-island flavor (﹃).
Likewise, it was said that the Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys here were different from those elsewhere. Some of them were so tanned by the sun that they were easy to tell apart?
Of course, none of that mattered!
What mattered was this: any trainer who wanted to enter the Orange League tournament first had to collect four badges before challenging the Orange League's head trainer. At present, both Ash and a certain troublesome little girl had only collected one badge each.
Also, unlike the large international Pokémon Leagues of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, or Sinnoh, the Orange League wasn't international. It was limited to its own region. Even so, Ash was determined to enter the Orange League tournament and win its honors.
And the prize money, naturally?
Annie was the