Recaps

Xia You earned his eighth Badge, helped stage Cerulean Gym’s underwater ballet, and joined Ash’s group at New Island, where he confronted Mewtwo and revealed his origins. After returning to Kanto and battling Ash, Xia You prepared to travel to the Indigo Conference with Chloe and Yamper.

• Xia You defeated the Eevee brothers’ Vaporeon and Flareon, then chose a Leaf Stone and an Everstone as his reward.
• Xia You visited Sabrina in Saffron City, received a Silph Scope fitted into a new mask, and defeated Agatha’s Misdreavus with Venusaur to earn the Green Badge.
• Xia You helped Misty and her sisters rewrite and perform an underwater ballet, which Team Rocket disrupted before Ayame took Misty’s place onstage.
• Xia You trained for the Indigo League, then accepted an invitation to New Island and braved Mewtwo’s storm with Ash, Misty, and Brock.
• Xia You and Gardevoir wrecked Mewtwo’s cloning laboratory and freed the captured Pokémon, then returned to the hall as Mew and Mewtwo’s conflict escalated.
• Ash was restored after turning to stone, and Xia You urged Mewtwo to end the conflict, and Mewtwo erased the others’ memories but spared Xia You and later accepted his account of coming from another world.
• Xia You battled Ash’s Pikachu with Gardevoir, then trained at Cerise Park and prepared to leave for the Indigo Conference.
• Xia You left Cerise Laboratory with Chloe and Yamper, traveling north to Saffron City before setting out for Celadon City.

Xia You reached the Indigo Conference and won his preliminary matches against Daiyu, Saizo, and Giselle while Ash also advanced. The arc ended as Xia You and Gary began their long-awaited battle for a place in the Top 16, with Gary’s Fearow facing Xia You’s Jolteon.

• Xia You and Chloe met Erika outside Celadon City, shared her tea and snacks, and continued toward Viridian Forest after Xia You gave her a Leaf Stone.
• In Viridian Forest, Samurai and Aya challenged Xia You, who defeated their Butterfree and Venomoth with Charizard and Blastoise before Jigglypuff put everyone to sleep and doodled on their faces.
• Xia You registered for the Indigo Conference, settled into the Athlete Village with Chloe, and watched the opening ceremony as the torch lit the Sacred Fire.
• Xia You beat Daiyu three to zero on the Grass Field, then celebrated with Chloe, Ash, and the Biker Gang while Ash defeated Duowu with his newly evolved Kingler.
• Xia You defeated Saizo three to zero on the Water Field with Gyarados, Charizard, and Haunter, then learned that Ash had also advanced after winning his match.
• Xia You defeated Giselle three to zero on the Rock Field with Blastoise, Gardevoir, and Jolteon, advancing to the Top 32 as tournament staff increased attention on his matches.
• Xia You agreed to help Looker deal with Team Rocket in Johto after the Indigo League and his Orange Islands trip, while Chloe studied Gary’s previous battles.
• Xia You and Gary began their Ice Field match for a place in the Top 16, with Gary sending out Fearow and Xia You answering with Jolteon.

Xia You won the Indigo Conference undefeated and chose to travel with Sabrina to the Orange Islands. On the Sevii Islands, they joined Lorelei in investigating Team Rocket, tracked the group to a concealed warehouse, and found its guards defeated but Lambda missing.

• Xia You defeated Gary and advanced through the Indigo Conference, reaching the final after Ash lost to Ritchie and Xia You beat his other opponents.
• Xia You defeated Yusheng in the final, claimed the championship, and celebrated with his friends before choosing the Orange Islands as his next destination with Sabrina.
• Xia You and Sabrina set out by sea, stopped on Knot Island, and met Lorelei, who told them about Moltres and suspected Team Rocket activity across the Sevii Islands.
• Xia You, Sabrina, and Lorelei searched the islands and entered Icefall Cave, where they caught Team Rocket members capturing unconscious Pokémon.
• Xia You pressured a captured Rocket into revealing that Lambda ran the operation from a concealed warehouse on Five Island, and Lorelei arranged for police and backup.
• Xia You used Haunter to put the warehouse perimeter guards to sleep, but an infrared camera trapped Xia You and Lorelei behind steel barriers as Lambda taunted them.
• Haunter disrupted Team Rocket inside the warehouse, and Sabrina and Gardevoir opened the door, and Xia You and Lorelei found unconscious Rockets and caged Pokémon, then discovered Lambda had vanished from the office.

Xia You caught Moltres and traveled with Sabrina through the Orange Islands, winning Gym challenges and capturing a Crystal Onix. After earning the Sakura Badge from Dun, he defeated Danny in three contests on Navel Volcano and received the White Wave Badge.

• Xia You caught Moltres on Mt. Ember, then left One Island with Sabrina and headed for the Orange Islands.
• At Cinnabar Gym, Xia You beat Dun in a Water Gun accuracy contest and a sea race, earning the Sakura Badge after Haunter exposed Ada’s sabotage.
• Xia You and Sabrina found the Crystal Onix near Mandarin Island, and Xia You caught it after discovering that Grass-type attacks could hurt it.
• Xia You arranged for Agun to craft a Never-Melt Ice accessory for Articuno, and Agun gained inspiration from seeing Crystal Onix battle Charmeleon.
• On Navel Island, Xia You climbed the volcano with Danny, who revealed himself as the Gym Leader and set three contests.
• Articuno froze a geyser faster than Nidoqueen, and Danny’s Pokémon carved an ice boat first, tying the score at one win each.
• Xia You used Haunter’s Ominous Wind to carry his ice boat over a forest and beat Danny to the finish, earning the White Wave Badge.