Recaps

Roy earned his Top-level Breeder status, faced Lance in a Dynamax exhibition, and won Vermilion Gym’s highest-difficulty challenge. He boarded the S.S. Anne for Johto, where he uncovered a mysterious disturbance and lured Dhelmise onto the deck.

• Roy left the dojo for the Joy family, where Joy Lando recognized that he had surpassed her as a Breeder and graduated him to Top-level status.
• Roy watched Lance and Lorelei’s exhibition match, then battled Lance with Gigantamax Gengar and lost after Gyarados knocked out Ancient Gengar.
• Roy returned to Lavender Town, asked Agatha to postpone her Battle Frontier test, and left her Ghost-type Pokéblocks while she guarded the Spirit World entrance.
• In Vermilion City, Roy earned the Orange Badge by defeating Lt. Surge’s Raichu with Dragapult, then suspected Surge was connected to Giovanni’s Team Rocket.
• Giovanni warned Lt. Surge not to investigate Roy and canceled Team Rocket operations in Vermilion City for a week, while Lance confronted Giovanni at the Celadon Game Corner.
• Roy boarded the S.S. Anne with Professor Sakuragi and learned from Captain Witte that the ship had been jolting and echoing with strange noises at night.
• Roy set Ghost-type Pokéblocks on the darkened deck, and after a Wailord surfaced, an anchor struck the deck and hauled up Dhelmise, which began feeding on the Pokéblocks.

Roy resolved the S.S. Anne's ghostly attacks, gained Dhelmise and Dragalge, and evolved Lampent into Mega Chandelure while helping Marshadow with Ho-Oh's flame. After the Safari Zone egg hatched into a mutated Little Absol, Roy reunited Annihilape with his forest tribe and prepared to take Phoebe to Sootopolis City.

• Roy befriended Dhelmise, learned it had hunted with Dragalge, and captured both after Flutter Mane defeated Dragalge, and he arranged for Dragalge to go to Agatha.
• Roy discovered a Starmie Mega Stone in Captain Witte's meteorite, then met Officer Jenny Liya after arriving in Lilycove City.
• Roy visited Mt. Pyre, reunited with his grandparents, and used two Dusk Stones to begin Lampent's evolution at the Spirit World entrance.
• Marshadow brought Ho-Oh's flame to Roy, and the flame merged with Lampent's evolution, creating Chandelure with Sacred Fire, and Roy helped Marshadow preserve the flame for Ecruteak City.
• Roy Mega Evolved Chandelure and evolved Snorunt into Froslass before leaving Mt. Pyre with Phoebe to investigate an unusual Pokémon Egg.
• Roy helped Professor Birch, then touched Absol's unhatched egg with Ghost Power, causing it to hatch into a mutated Little Absol with wing-like appendages.
• Roy left Little Absol with Phoebe in the Safari Zone and reunited Annihilape with his tribe, whose members had allied with Beedrill and Vespiquen and claimed forests around Lilycove City.
• Roy helped the Beedrill and Combee leaders with Pokéblocks, returned to the Safari Zone, and two days later Little Absol entered a Luxury Ball as Roy decided to take Phoebe to Sootopolis City.

Roy reunited with Wallace and Steven in Sootopolis, battled Lysandre, and fought off Team Aqua’s attack on his journey to Mt. Pyre. After returning Phoebe to her grandparents, Roy received the Red Orb back and left with a mysterious shadow in his own.

• Roy gave Wallace a Starmie Mega Stone, and Wallace Mega Evolved Starmie before testing its new Huge Power Ability against Roy’s Chandelure.
• Roy battled Steven’s Mega Metagross with Shiny Mega Gengar, received Wallace’s Rain Badge, and met Zinnia and the old woman who had once helped him in Sootopolis.
• Rayquaza returned to the Sky Pillar and watched Roy, while Zinnia vowed to earn the dragon’s recognition.
• Roy challenged Lysandre in Wallace’s Gym and defeated his Pyroar with Mega Chandelure.
• Team Aqua ambushed Roy and Phoebe near Lilycove, and Roy, Malva, and Lysandre fought back before Archie’s fleet retreated.
• Lysandre invited Roy to join Team Flare, but Roy pretended to share his destructive beliefs before Lysandre departed without accepting him.
• Roy brought Phoebe back to Mt. Pyre, where the elders called the prophecy fulfilled and returned the Red Orb after he showed them the Golurk Mega Stone.
• Roy left Mt. Pyre as a black shadow slipped from Phoebe’s shadow into his, while the old woman’s Gengar sensed a strange energy fluctuation.

Roy registered for the Egg Cup, won the Goldenrod Gym badge, and met Whitney’s timid ghost, Mimikyu, at her family’s ranch. After discovering two Primeape tribes had been taken, Roy followed the clues to a group of impostor rangers connected to the Wazik Family.

• Roy registered for the Egg Cup, passed his Trainer assessment, and won the competition with Little Absol’s help.
• Roy defeated Whitney and her grandfather in Gym battles, earning a Regular Badge after Annihilape overcame their Miltank and Ursaring.
• At Whitney’s ranch, Roy befriended Mimikyu, learned she feared the Spirit World, and agreed to take her along.
• Roy gave Whitney a formula to improve her Miltank’s appetite, then left the ranch with Mimikyu and promised to investigate the missing Primeape tribes.
• Roy found a Chesto Berry Pokéblock and learned from Mankey that humans had captured his sleeping tribe.
• Mankey gave Roy a badge linked to a family that once served Ho-Oh, and Roy prepared to take him to Ecruteak City.
• Roy confronted three suspicious rangers, whose burly leader retreated after seeing Roy’s ID Card.
• One ranger admitted they needed another Mankey for a task for the Wazik Family, while Ancient Gengar overheard them.