Recaps

Roy captured Ancient Gengar, settled into Professor Oak’s summer camp, and helped Oak investigate the ruins. When Professor Kukui arrived to discuss Alola’s first Pokémon League, Roy proposed a plan for building its institutions and choosing a Champion.

• Roy met Agatha’s Mega Gengar, then found a Wishing Star in the System Shop and discovered that his Ghost Slate had absorbed Giovanni’s shard.
• Giratina took Roy to the Distortion World, helped him capture Ancient Gengar, and sent them back to Pallet Town.
• Roy befriended Ancient Gengar, explored the ruins with him, and gave Professor Oak the relics for research.
• Roy joined Professor Oak’s summer camp, encouraged Ash and Gary to pursue their own goals, and watched Snorunt make peace with Pichu.
• Roy streamed Professor Oak’s lesson on Ghost-type Pokémon and earned popularity when Ancient Gengar startled viewers by appearing on camera.
• Professor Kukui arrived with Oak Chengye and explained his plan to establish Alola’s first Pokémon League, supported by the Aether Foundation.
• Kukui demonstrated Incineroar’s Z-Move against Dragonite, then explained Z-Move limitations and his difficulty attracting allies to Alola.
• Roy advised Kukui to promote Z-Moves, build League institutions, recruit allies, establish an Island Challenge, and keep the Aether Foundation under control.

Roy tested Ancient Gengar’s Dynamax power, met Marshadow, and gained the messenger as a teammate after refusing Ho-Oh’s offer to become the Rainbow Hero. After summer camp ended, Roy’s Drakloak evolved into Dragapult, and Roy and Agatha arrived in Saffron City, where Roy began a battle against Bado’s Mega Lopunny.

• Professor Kukui explained Z-Moves to Professor Oak, then accepted Oak’s funding and advice as he prepared to establish Alola’s first Trainer School and Pokémon League.
• Agatha returned to Oak Research Lab with Gengar, where they found Roy training Snorunt and met his Ancient Gengar, who failed to Mega Evolve despite receiving a Gengarite.
• Roy used the Wishing Star to Dynamax Ancient Gengar, tested its Max Moves, and found that the Pokémon’s Luxury Ball broke when the transformation ended.
• Marshadow tested Annihilape in a dream, but Annihilape turned enraged after seeing Roy die and attacked Marshadow until it ended the dream.
• Marshadow revealed that the Rainbow Wing had chosen Annihilape, then offered Roy the role of Rainbow Hero, which Roy refused in favor of his connection to Giratina.
• Roy persuaded Marshadow to enter his Luxury Ball voluntarily and receive his Ghost Power, and Marshadow agreed to delay reporting back to Ho-Oh while it spent time with Roy.
• After summer camp ended, Professor Oak rewarded Roy with an ID Card holding 5 million Kanto Trainer Contribution Points, and Drakloak evolved into Dragapult before Roy left Pallet Town.
• Agatha took Roy to Saffron City, where she arranged a challenge against the Ring Arena defender Bado, and Roy sent out Dragapult against Bado’s Mega Lopunny.

Roy advanced his Breeder and martial arts training while Rose’s effort to harness Galar’s hidden energy freed Eternatus. Giratina took Roy to Galar to confront a newly awakening threat, as Eternatus overpowered the trainers’ Dynamax Pokémon.

• Roy defeated Bado in the Saffron City Arena, then earned an Advanced Breeder certificate by making exceptional Pokéblocks at the Joy family headquarters.
• Agatha brought Roy to Bruno’s dojo, where Roy beat Bado in an unrestricted martial arts match and was assigned Fighting training in the mornings and Breeding lessons in the afternoons.
• Rose showed Leon the Dynamax Band and Charizard demonstrated its Gigantamax form, convincing Leon to support Rose’s plan to control Eternatus.
• Rose ordered the seal beneath Hammerlocke Stadium drilled through, while Roy defended his Ring Arena title repeatedly and continued his training.
• Marshadow returned to Roy after searching for Ho-Oh, and Giratina took Roy, Marshadow, and Ancient Gengar into the Distortion World before revealing an awakening Pokémon inside a meteorite in Galar.
• Giratina brought Roy to Hammerlocke, where Peony joined Rose, Leon, and the Gym Leaders as they prepared to enter the Energy Plant.
• Rose showed the group Eternatus sealed inside an iron sphere, but Oleana’s Wishing Star experiment freed it.
• Eternatus nullified the trainers’ Dynamax forms and prepared to drain the planet before challenging Arceus.

Roy helped Giratina defeat Eternatus, then used an Eternatus fragment to create Max Soup and test Gigantamax. After defeating Reiji and graduating from Bruno’s dojo, Roy left to continue his journey and help his Pokémon evolve.

• Rose’s preparations failed as Eternatus broke through Hammerlocke Stadium’s barrier, absorbed its energy, and transformed into its enormous Eternamax form.
• Dialga and Giratina battled across Hammerlocke, while Roy empowered Giratina to break Dialga’s control of time and alerted it that Eternatus was escaping.
• Giratina caught and defeated Eternatus, restoring Galar’s depleted energy and ending the wild Pokémon’s Dynamax rampages, then Roy’s Wishing Star absorbed Dynamax Factor from an Eternatus fragment.
• Roy made Max Soup and used the infused Wishing Star to Gigantamax Ancient Gengar, then tested Dynamax with his other Pokémon.
• Roy battled Reiji at the Ring Arena, where Annihilape defeated Drapion and Staraptor, Flutter Mane defeated Electivire, and Lampent finished Drapion to secure Roy the win.
• Roy invited Reiji to Bruno’s dojo, where Reiji met Bruno, Roy, Wuchen, and Maylene before departing for Johto to pursue his challenge against Brandon.
• Roy passed Bruno’s final assessments, graduated from the dojo, and left with his Pokémon planning to visit Joy Lando and return to Mt. Pyre.