Recaps

Gary traveled with Rosa and Hilda through the Wallace Cup, Pastoria’s Toxicroak Festival, and a visit with Bertha before setting out for the Gracidea Flower Field. After meeting an exhausted Shaymin, Gary agreed to help it reach the flowers, while signs of Giratina and Team Rocket emerged nearby.

• May reunited with Ash and the others, and Dawn and Zoey declared their plans to compete for the Wallace Cup championship.
• Gary battled Wallace in an Exhibition Match, and Ash watched the close contest before resolving to surpass Gary.
• Dawn won the Wallace Cup and its Aqua Ribbon, while Gary’s group left Valor Lakefront and traveled to Pastoria City.
• Gary defeated Clay in a Gym Challenge, and Rosa caught a powerful Toxicroak that later won Pastoria’s annual festival.
• Gary gave Ash a Razor Fang before leaving for Hearthome City, where he met Bertha and battled her Nidoking with Blastoise.
• Bertha invited Gary, Rosa, and Hilda to visit the Gracidea Flower Field, and Ash’s group joined them on the journey toward Celestic Town.
• Giratina dragged Dialga into the Distortion World, but Dialga escaped through a passage while the little creature was swept away by a stream.
• Gary and his companions found an exhausted Shaymin, took it to a Pokémon Center, and agreed to help it reach a Gracidea Flower Field as Gary sensed Giratina and Team Rocket nearby.

Gary helped Giratina escape Zero’s Sky Fortress, then attended Professor Rowan’s Summer Seminar, where he gained Riolu and was pulled into the Spirit World before Giratina brought him back. After battling Fantina and traveling to Celestic Town, Gary reunited with Cynthia and recognized Cyrus as Team Galactic’s leader as the group moved against the Lustrous Orb.

• Gary helped Giratina escape the Distortion World, destroyed Zero’s Sky Fortress with Rayquaza and Giratina, and watched Shaymin depart for the Gracidea fields.
• Gary and his friends attended Professor Rowan’s Summer Seminar, where Gary bonded with Riolu, won the triathlon, and received Riolu and a Lucario Mega Stone.
• The Mysterious Girl lured students toward a passage to the Spirit World, and Gary was dragged inside after using his powers to protect the others.
• Gary befriended and captured Gengar, then called Giratina with its lingering power and returned safely to the Real World.
• Gary battled Fantina and defeated her Mismagius with Staravia, which evolved into Staraptor, while Fantina admitted she had neglected her Gym duties.
• Gary, Rosa, and Hilda delivered Professor Rowan’s materials to Professor Carolina in Celestic Town, where Dawn won a Contest Ribbon and the group learned Team Galactic had stolen the Adamant Orb.
• Gary sensed Team Galactic around the Historical Research Institute as Saturn ordered a contingency plan and Cyrus arrived, whom Gary recognized as Team Galactic’s leader.

Gary and his companions foiled Cyrus’s attempt to take the Lustrous Orb, then won Gym battles in Hearthome and Canalave. After the Canalave nightmares led Gary to catch Darkrai and Cresselia, the group set out for Snowpoint City and encountered a Pokémon in danger in a canyon.

• Gary exposed Cyrus at the institute, helped defeat Team Galactic, and kept the Lustrous Orb safe, though Cyrus escaped with Saturn.
• Cynthia rewarded Gary with a Champion-aptitude Charmander, and Gary left Celestic Town with Rosa and Hilda for Hearthome City.
• Gary defeated Fantina to earn the Relic Badge, then beat Barry in a one-on-one battle at the Pokémon Center.
• Gary defeated Byron’s team at the Canalave Gym, and he, Rosa, and Hilda later received Mine Badges after Hilda also won her battle.
• After nightmares spread through Canalave City, Gary exposed Team Rocket’s fake Lunar Feathers and destroyed their nightmare-making machine.
• Gary battled Darkrai on Fullmoon Island, defeated it, and persuaded both Darkrai and the arriving Cresselia to join him.
• Gary enhanced his Pokémon and Aura Power, then traveled with Rosa and Hilda toward Snowpoint City, stopping in the canyon where he had caught Shiny Metagross.
• As Gary led Rosa and Hilda back toward town at sunset, a Pokémon tumbled down a hillside and was buried under rocks, and Rosa confronted the Geodude that seemed to have attacked it.

Gary and his companions earned the Icicle and Beacon Badges, while Gary caught Shinx and Regigigas and helped Volkner regain his passion for battling. After Gary defeated Flint in a three-Pokémon match, Rosa and Hilda began their own battle against him.

• Rosa rescued an injured Shinx, and Gary healed it before Shinx chose to join Rosa.
• Gary defeated Candice at Snowpoint Gym, and Rosa and Hilda later won Icicle Badges of their own.
• At Snowpoint Temple, Regigigas awakened after Rayquaza touched its Light Stone, but Gary defeated it and caught it after it chose to follow him.
• Gary, Rosa, and Hilda exposed a poachers’ trap, defeated the gang, freed the captured Pokémon, and helped Officer Jenny arrest them.
• Gary provoked Volkner into battling at Sunyshore Gym, defeated his Luxray, Raichu, and Electivire, and earned the Beacon Badge as Volkner regained his enthusiasm.
• Rosa and Hilda also defeated Volkner, then Gary beat Flint’s Houndoom, Magmortar, and Infernape in a three-Pokémon match.
• After Gary reassured Flint that Infernape would recover, Rosa and Hilda began their battle against Flint.