Recaps

Phoebe successfully Mega Evolved Banette on Mt. Pyre, then learned from Roy that Ghost Power could help offset the trainer’s stamina drain. Roy told her he had sent her a Poké Ball containing the “little” Lord Giratina, and she set out for Lilycove City to collect it.

• Phoebe Mega Evolved Banette, but the transformation drained her stamina and ended in under thirty seconds.
• Roy told Phoebe that Ghost Power could supply the energy Mega Evolution consumed, and she used it to reduce her own stamina drain.
• Phoebe learned Roy had relied on Ghost Power during his battles with Mr. Steven and Gym Leader Wallace, though Banette still reverted when its stamina ran out.
• Phoebe asked the old woman for permission to visit the Lilycove City Pokémon Center and collect Roy’s gift, and the old woman agreed to send her Gengar along for protection.
• The old woman’s Gengar stole a Pokéblock from Phoebe’s Gengar and made him massage his shoulders.

Phoebe left Mt. Pyre with Sui Meijia to travel to Lilycove City and pick up Roy’s gift. A Team Magma member who had been tracking her was killed by Gengar, and the chapter ended with Phoebe spotting Roy’s poster in the city.

• Phoebe invited Sui Meijia to accompany her to Lilycove City, and Sui Meijia reluctantly agreed.
• A Team Magma member emerged from a hollow tree and prepared to report Phoebe’s location, but the old woman’s Gengar killed him and hid his body.
• Phoebe and Sui Meijia rode a bus from Mt. Pyre to Lilycove City, where Gengar’s face frightened away people staring at them.
• Sui Meijia pointed out Roy’s poster announcing that he had won the sixth [Egg Cup], and seeing him eased Phoebe’s nervousness.

Phoebe collected Roy’s package in Lilycove City and discovered it contained a Shiny Dreepy, who became her new Pokémon. She returned to Mt. Pyre with Dreepy and Roy’s birthday gifts, determined to grow stronger together.

• Phoebe picked up Roy’s package at the Lilycove City Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny Liya fussed over her and Chansey cared for Sui Meijia.
• After walking away, Phoebe realized she had forgotten Sui Meijia and hurried back to bring her along.
• On the bus near Mt. Pyre, Phoebe opened the Poké Ball and excitedly met the Shiny Dreepy Roy had sent her.
• Phoebe introduced herself to Dreepy, then opened Roy’s birthday box and found Ghost-type Pokéblocks, spider silk for the old woman, and tobacco leaves for the old man.
• Phoebe fed Dreepy and her other Pokémon, gave Sui Meijia a box of Pokéblocks as payment, and returned to Mt. Pyre saying she and Dreepy would grow stronger together.

Roy accepted Falkner’s challenge to race again, and Dragapult repeatedly outran Falkner and Staraptor on the mountain course. Falkner joined Roy for breakfast afterward, still wondering how someone his age had become so strong, while Dragapult continued training.

• Falkner woke Roy and invited him to race to Sprout Tower, and Roy accepted after Dragapult eagerly encouraged him.
• Su Tian tried to sneak away from Violet Gym to train, but Referee Allen stopped him and sent him back to the Gym.
• Dragapult raced ahead of Falkner’s Staraptor, mastered the turbulent mountain pass, and lapped Falkner during repeated races.
• Roy let Dragapult keep practicing the course while he prepared breakfast with his Pokémon.
• Falkner arrived at Roy’s breakfast, accepted some skewers, and watched Dragapult continue flying through the mountains.

After Roy helped Falkner rediscover his enjoyment of racing, Falkner decided to travel to Kanto, and Roy chose Olivine City as his next destination. He arrived and visited the Olivine Cafeteria, where he spotted the young Jasmine.

• Falkner thanked Roy, then raced Staraptor again after realizing he had been too focused on winning.
• Falkner told Su Tian he wanted to travel to Kanto, and Su Tian agreed to manage the Gym while he was away.
• Roy used Little Absol's spinning iron skewer to choose Olivine City over Azalea Town.
• Roy traveled to Olivine City with Dragapult, Golurk, and Little Absol, then headed to the Olivine Cafeteria instead of the Gym.
• Roy sampled food at the cafeteria and recognized Jasmine, the future Olivine Gym Leader, among the diners.

Roy stunned the Olivine Cafeteria with an enormous meal, earning the chef's respect and prompting Jasmine to ask how he ignored people’s judgment. Jasmine then offered to guide Roy to the Olivine Gym, and they headed there together.

• Jasmine noticed Roy watching her eat, then watched with curiosity as he ordered huge quantities of noodles and skewers.
• Roy and the chef, aided by Machamp, turned lunch into a contest as Roy ate faster than the kitchen could keep up.
• Roy finished dozens of bowls and skewers while the cafeteria crowd applauded, and he praised the chef's noodles before leaving.
• Jasmine caught up with Roy, apologized, and asked why he did not care about other people's looks; Roy explained that people admired an appetite once it became extraordinary.
• Jasmine offered to show Roy the way to the Olivine Gym, and they walked there together.

While traveling through Olivine City, Roy introduced Jasmine to human-edible Pokéblocks, which helped with her appetite and led her to order a large supply and fund new flavors. Jasmine revealed that she was the Acting Gym Leader, and she and Roy arrived at the Olivine Gym.

• Jasmine asked Roy about his appetite, learned he was from Hoenn, and asked whether he knew Steven Stone.
• Jasmine confided that she struggled to control her appetite, so Roy offered her human-edible Pokéblocks.
• Jasmine tried a Pokéblock, found that a small bite filled her, and asked Roy to sell her more.
• Roy offered Jasmine Pokéblocks in several flavors, and she ordered one hundred and provided a million Poké Dollars to fund new flavors.
• Jasmine asked Roy to make more dessert-flavored Pokéblocks and revealed that she was the Acting Gym Leader of the Olivine Gym.
• Roy and Jasmine arrived at the Olivine Gym.

Jasmine showed Roy around the Olivine Gym and introduced him to her Duraludon, which her grandfather had bought from Galar. She also revealed her Mega-capable Steelix, leaving Roy with a glimpse of her two powerful Steel-type Pokémon.

• Jasmine led Roy into the Olivine Gym, where the apprentices gaped at her arriving with an unfamiliar man.
• Jasmine showed Roy a huge pile of metal ore and explained that her family's steelworks supplied Devon Corporation and customers in Kanto and Johto.
• Roy spotted Jasmine's level 52 Duraludon eating iron ore and learned that her grandfather had bought it for her as a birthday present.
• Jasmine called Steelix out from the ore pile after it shook, and Roy saw that she had a Mega-capable Steelix.
• Jasmine scolded Steelix for startling their guest, but Steelix rubbed against her for affection and got her to pat her head.

Roy challenged Jasmine at the Olivine Gym, where she battled him with Mega Steelix against his Dhelmise. Dhelmise landed an early counter to Steelix’s Dig, but the battle continued as Mega Steelix attacked with Iron Tail.

• Jasmine took Roy to the Gym’s inner Arena and prepared to battle him with Steelix.
• Roy sent out Dhelmise, and Jasmine used Mega Evolution to transform Steelix into Mega Steelix.
• Mega Steelix burrowed underground with Dig while Dhelmise used Growth to raise its strength.
• Roy spotted a slight tremor in the ground and directed Dhelmise to strike Mega Steelix with Brick Break as it emerged.
• Jasmine commanded Mega Steelix to use Iron Tail, and Roy responded by ordering Dhelmise to use Grass Knot.

Roy's Dhelmise used Grass Knot and Earthquake to counter Jasmine's Mega Steelix, then endured her Sandstorm and underground assault. The battle continued with Dhelmise and Mega Steelix wrapped tightly around each other, neither yet defeated.

• Dhelmise's hidden Grass Knot seed sprouted around Mega Steelix's body, tripping her and forcing Jasmine to abandon a quick victory.
• Jasmine ordered Mega Steelix to summon a Sandstorm, while Dhelmise endured its damage and finished powering up with Growth.
• Roy ordered Dhelmise to use Earthquake, which struck Mega Steelix underground and forced her back onto the arena floor.
• Dhelmise hooked Mega Steelix with its anchor and drained her energy with Giga Drain, but Mega Steelix countered and coiled around Dhelmise.
• Dhelmise wrapped its long chain around Mega Steelix as Mega Steelix squeezed around Dhelmise, leaving both Pokémon bound together.

Roy defeated Jasmine after Mega Evolution exhausted her, but a misunderstanding arose when she assumed he wanted a Mineral Badge. He wanted to challenge Gym Leader Hassel at the Olivine Gym’s highest difficulty, but Hassel was away, and referee Uncle Wang refused to bend the rules.

• Jasmine weakened from Mega Evolution, causing Mega Steelix to revert, and Roy ordered Dhelmise to stop attacking.
• Jasmine recovered some stamina by eating Roy’s chocolate-flavored Pokéblock, recalled Steelix for treatment, and conceded the battle.
• Jasmine offered Roy a Mineral Badge, but Roy clarified that he wanted to challenge the Gym at its highest difficulty and asked where Hassel was.
• Jasmine explained that Hassel was in Hoenn and offered to ask Uncle Wang whether Roy could challenge Hassel’s ace Pokémon.
• After a Gym apprentice’s Magneton defeated a Trainer’s Venomoth, Uncle Wang refused Jasmine’s request, saying Hassel’s three-on-three challenge rules could not be waived.

After missing Jasmine at the Olivine Gym, Roy accepted her invitation to test his strength against her grandfather's Steelix. Jasmine led him to the mine, where she finally coaxed the sleeping Pokémon out of its cave.

• Jasmine apologized to Roy for his wasted trip, then invited him to battle her grandfather's Steelix.
• Roy accepted and showed Jasmine his three S-rank Badges, revealing that he had defeated three Gym Leaders at their highest difficulty.
• Jasmine led Roy through her family's mines, where he saw a powerful Rhydon hauling ore and learned that Steelix was asleep in a cave.
• Jasmine called for Steelix, but he ignored her until she threatened to send her own Steelix and Duraludon into his cave.
• Steelix emerged from the cave, his enormous head rising above Roy as the ground shook.

Jasmine brought Ba Su’s powerful Steelix out of his mine and arranged a battle against Roy at the Olivine Gym. Steelix appeared before the watching apprentices, whose Pokémon were intimidated by his pressure, as the match was about to begin.

• Jasmine persuaded the reluctant Steelix to battle Roy, and Roy noticed the scar from Steelix’s famous fight against a Tyranitar.
• Jasmine recalled Steelix into a Heavy Ball and returned with Roy to the Gym, where the apprentices gathered to watch and some planned to challenge Roy afterward.
• Uncle Wang agreed to referee after learning the match was a personal battle, not a highest-difficulty Gym Badge challenge.
• Jasmine sent out Ba Su’s nearly twenty-meter-long Steelix, whose Elite Four-level pressure frightened some apprentices’ Pokémon back into their Poké Balls.

Roy sent Golurk to battle Jasmine’s Steelix, but Steelix ignored Jasmine’s command and waited for his opponent to act. Roy then Mega Evolved Golurk, shocking the spectators as Golurk’s aura rose enough to challenge Steelix’s.

• Roy sent Golurk into the Arena to face Steelix, whose powerful aura made Golurk take the match seriously.
• Jasmine ordered Steelix to use Dig, but Steelix ignored her and focused on Golurk, prompting Jasmine to leave the command station for the stands.
• Roy activated the Key Stone in his pocket watch and Mega Evolved Golurk.
• Jasmine’s Pokédex failed to identify Mega Golurk, while Uncle Wang recognized Roy as a trainer capable of challenging the Gym at its highest difficulty.
• Mega Golurk’s aura surged and seemed capable of suppressing Steelix’s, leaving the spectators astonished.

Roy's Mega Golurk battled Steelix, using powerful ground attacks and a surprise flying maneuver to stop Steelix from escaping underground. The chapter ended with Mega Golurk summoning a surge of energy and dragging Steelix back out of the ground by his tail.

• Steelix tested Mega Golurk with Stone Edge, but Mega Golurk countered with Rock Slide and canceled the attack.
• Steelix began using Iron Defense, but Roy ordered Mega Golurk to strike the Arena floor with Earthquake.
• Magma and a huge pointed rock erupted from cracks beneath Steelix, interrupting Iron Defense and smashing him into the Arena wall.
• Roy sent Mega Golurk after Steelix with Fire Punch, but Steelix tried to burrow underground to escape.
• Mega Golurk transformed his legs into thrusters, flew after Steelix, and grabbed his tail before he could disappear underground.
• Mega Golurk's rune-like eyes and shoulder symbol glowed as he hauled Steelix back out of the ground.

Mega Golurk and Jasmine’s Steelix traded devastating blows across the ruined battlefield, while Steelix struggled to counter Golurk’s strength and Ghost-type abilities. The battle remained fierce as Uncle Wang began recording the spectacle.

• Mega Golurk spun Steelix into a crater, then bypassed Steelix’s Protect with Unseen Fist and punched him into the metal wall.
• Steelix struck Mega Golurk with Iron Tail, then used dust to obscure his position before wrapping around him with Bind.
• Jasmine reminded Steelix that Bind could not damage the Ghost-type Mega Golurk, and Mega Golurk forced Steelix to release him with a Fire Punch.
• Steelix rammed Mega Golurk from the edge of the Arena to its center, then knocked him down with a Dragon-infused Iron Tail.
• Mega Golurk dodged Steelix’s next Iron Tail and resumed fighting at close range as Uncle Wang filmed the battle with his Communicator.

Roy's Mega Golurk and Ba Su's Steelix fought a brutal battle that devastated the arena. Golurk fell first, but Steelix fainted almost immediately afterward, leaving both Pokémon down and the Gym apprentices stunned.

• Steelix pinned Mega Golurk, broke through Protect with Head Smash, and took heavy damage from the attack himself.
• Mega Golurk and Steelix traded savage blows, and Golurk struck the ground with a real Earthquake that Uncle Wang contained with the arena's energy barrier.
• Jasmine noticed Roy had endured the nearly thirty-minute battle without seeming physically drained.
• After both Pokémon wore each other down, Mega Golurk fainted and reverted to Golurk, then Steelix collapsed and fainted moments later.
• The apprentices gaped at the ruined arena, and Jasmine prompted Uncle Wang to announce that the battle had ended.

Roy narrowly lost his Gym battle to Jasmine’s Steelix and received a standard Mineral Badge instead of the highest-difficulty Badge. Before leaving the Olivine Gym, he accepted a large supply of metal ore from Jasmine in exchange for his homemade Pokéblocks.

• Uncle Wang declared Steelix the winner because it fell one second after Golurk, and Jasmine gave Roy a standard Mineral Badge.
• Roy praised Golurk after the battle, and Jasmine recalled Steelix; both Pokémon were taken to the Pokémon Center for treatment.
• Jasmine examined Little Absol’s unusual black-and-red wings and felt an eerie chill when she touched them.
• Roy inspected the damage Golurk had caused to the Arena, and Uncle Wang asked whether Golurk’s first Earthquake had really been Earthquake.
• Jasmine gave Roy several tons of metal ore, which Roy accepted in exchange for his homemade Pokéblocks.
• Roy said goodbye to Jasmine and left the Olivine Gym as she asked him to visit again and make more flavors of Pokéblocks.

After losing to Jasmine, Roy reassured Golurk and learned that Crystal Onix had been common 1,500 years ago. At the Olivine City Pokémon Center, he unexpectedly reunited with the Nurse Joy he had once encouraged to become a Trainer, who had since joined the League Prosecutors.

• After Roy left, Jasmine declined Uncle Wang's offer of dessert and went to train her Pokémon.
• Mimikyu defended Golurk, but Roy reassured Golurk that his close loss to Jasmine's Steelix was impressive.
• Golurk told Roy that Crystal Onix had been common 1,500 years ago and that people had ridden them to mine.
• Roy went to the Olivine City Pokémon Center to rest before traveling to Cianwood City.
• Prosecutor Nurse Joy recognized Roy and reminded him that his encouragement had led her to become a Trainer and later a League Prosecutor.

Roy accepted Prosecutor Nurse Joy’s challenge and learned that her Latias had joined her after she nursed it back to health. They began their battle at the training ground, where Roy sent out Annihilape against Latias.

• Nurse Joy challenged Roy to a battle, and her sister Xiaolin let them use the Pokémon Center’s training ground.
• Nurse Joy revealed her Latias, which had followed her after she treated its injuries and later helped her fight off a Honchkrow and Murkrow.
• Chansey and Latias nearly fought over Nurse Joy’s attention, but Nurse Joy calmed them down so the battle could begin.
• Nurse Joy asked Roy not to go easy on her, and Roy chose Annihilape instead of Dhelmise.
• Annihilape recognized Latias as the Legendary Pokémon he had knocked out with one punch at the Edge Cup.

Roy’s Annihilape defeated Nurse Joy’s Latias in two punches, and Roy showed Nurse Joy his strength and Pokémon training. The next morning, Roy left Olivine City for Cianwood City while Nurse Joy set off toward Hoenn.

• Nurse Joy had Latias battle Roy’s Annihilape, which knocked Latias out with two punches after using Bulk Up.
• Nurse Joy took Latias downstairs for treatment, then returned to find Roy lifting a heavily loaded barbell while Misdreavus trained Mimikyu.
• Nurse Joy saw Roy’s pink Joy family card, and Chansey later woke Roy and dragged him downstairs for breakfast.
• Roy told Nurse Joy he was heading to Cianwood City, while Nurse Joy planned to travel through Violet City and Goldenrod City before sailing to Hoenn.
• Nurse Joy left the Pokémon Center on Latias after suggesting that she and Roy battle again, and Roy flew toward Cianwood City on Dragapult.

Roy crossed the bay from Olivine City to Cianwood City with Dragapult and landed on an undeveloped tidal flat. Marshadow left to answer Ho-Oh’s call, and Roy settled in with his Pokémon on the beach.

• Roy learned that Cianwood City was on an island across the bay from Olivine City and flew there on Dragapult.
• Roy challenged a group of Trainers racing on Flying-type Pokémon, and Dragapult sped past them.
• Roy landed on an undeveloped tidal flat away from the crowded beach.
• Marshadow told Roy that Ho-Oh had called him, and Roy gave him a Spatial Bracelet filled with Pokéblocks before he left.
• Roy released his Pokémon, and Golurk contemplated the sand and sea while Ancient Gengar relaxed and Annihilape went fishing.

Roy and his Pokémon found an ancient chest full of gold and silver coins on the seabed. Mimikyu discovered a coin carrying Ghost-type energy, and Roy identified it as a Gimmighoul Coin.

• Mimikyu showed Golurk her sand sculpture, and they built sandcastles while Misdreavus made statues of Palossand and Froslass.
• Roy ate the fish Annihilape caught, then prepared metal-infused Pokéblocks for Dhelmise.
• Dhelmise sensed something underwater and used Golurk’s help to haul an old chest onto the beach.
• Roy opened the chest and found ancient gold and silver coins, which Ancient Gengar said he had never seen before.
• Mimikyu found a larger gold coin containing Ghost-type energy, and Roy’s System Scan identified it as a Gimmighoul Coin.

Roy visited Cianwood City’s Gym and surprised its leader, Chuck, by pretending to challenge the dojo. After they reunited and reminisced about training with Bruno, Chuck asked Roy what he had really come for.

• Roy and Mimikyu found 44 more Gimmighoul coins in the chest, bringing his total to 45, and he stored them separately.
• Roy reached the Cianwood Gym and arrogantly demanded that Chuck come out to face him.
• Chuck appeared with his apprentices, then recognized Roy and dismissed them so the two could talk privately.
• Roy and Chuck recalled meeting at Bruno’s dojo, where Bruno defeated Chuck and let him train in the Extreme Fighting Technique.
• Chuck remembered Roy sneaking him out for skewers, their punishment from Bruno, and Roy’s strength as a Ghost-type Trainer.
• Chuck asked Roy why he had come to visit.

Roy forced Chuck to accept a highest-difficulty Gym challenge and learned about Cianwood City's upcoming Martial Arts Tournament. The three-on-three battle began with Roy's Intermediate King-level Annihilape facing Chuck's Level 78 Conkeldurr.

• Roy showed Chuck three S-engraved Gym Badges, including Blackthorn City's Rising Badge, and proved his strength by describing Misdreavus's victory over an Intermediate King-level Haxorus.
• Roy physically escorted Chuck into the Cianwood City Gym after Chuck tried to refuse his challenge.
• Chuck explained the upcoming Martial Arts Tournament rules, and Roy said he planned to compete for the Gold Belt.
• Roy accepted the rules for Cianwood City's three-on-three highest-difficulty Gym battle and sent out Annihilape.
• Chuck sent out his Level 78 Conkeldurr, which held a Flame Orb.