Recaps

Xia You helped Lance stop Vicious from raiding the Dragon’s Sacred Land, then defeated Clair for the Rising Badge and joined Looker’s operation against Team Rocket in Mahogany Town. The raid exposed Project R’s experiments, and Dr. Sebastian transformed Xia You’s Gyarados into a scarlet, uncontrollably furious Pokémon.

• Lance recruited Xia You and Sabrina to help protect the Dragon’s Sacred Land from Vicious, who attacked with Team Rocket members and Dark Ball-controlled Pokémon.
• Xia You sent Gengar to steal and destroy Vicious’s Dark Balls, freeing the controlled Pokémon and driving Vicious to flee, and the Dragon Elder gave Xia You a Mega Stone for Charizard.
• Xia You defeated Clair in their three-on-three Gym battle and received the Rising Badge before heading toward Mahogany Town with Sabrina.
• Xia You caught Larvitar, sent Venusaur back to Cerise Laboratory, and joined Looker’s International Police operation near Mahogany Town.
• Xia You and the officers raided Team Rocket’s research base, and Sabrina destroyed its Signal Tower to stop the radio waves weakening their Pokémon.
• Dr. Sebastian revealed that Project R forced Pokémon to evolve and admitted the Red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage had escaped from his research.
• Dr. Sebastian activated the transmitter against Xia You’s Gyarados, turning it scarlet, enlarging it, and driving it into uncontrollable fury.

Xia You quelled the Lake of Rage crisis, earned Pryce’s Freeze Badge, and investigated the Ruins of Alph before parting from Sabrina as she returned to her Gym. He later revisited Cerulean Cave to meet Mewtwo, then reunited with Erika in Celadon City while preparing to leave Kanto.

• Xia You, Sabrina, and the others stopped the rampaging Gyarados, but Looker learned that Shirano, Tatsumi, and Lance had escaped.
• Xia You defeated Pryce’s Dewgong, Lapras, and Abomasnow to earn the Freeze Badge, then discovered the Ruins of Alph and helped uncover hidden chambers beneath them.
• Xia You and Sabrina left the ruins after failing to open a mural door, and Sabrina returned to her duties at the Saffron Gym while Xia You continued his journey.
• Xia You challenged Ryūji at the Dragon Palace Gym, where Dragonair defeated Qwilfish, Mantine, and Lanturn in an underwater battle.
• Xia You visited Cerise Laboratory, then crossed Golden Ball Bridge and explored Cerulean Cave until he found Mewtwo.
• Xia You let Gardevoir challenge Mewtwo but stopped the battle after Gardevoir was defeated, choosing not to try to capture Mewtwo without first forming a bond.
• Xia You took Gardevoir to the Pokémon Center, then met Erika at the damaged Celadon Gym and discussed her plans to catch Grass-type Pokémon in Johto.

Xia You and Erika traveled to Johto and became involved in a crisis surrounding Xiaomei, the Unown, and a spreading crystal forest. After Xia You’s Legendary Birds defeated the Legendary Beasts, Ho-Oh appeared and destroyed his attempt to catch Suicune.

• Xia You invited Erika to travel with him to Johto, and they flew there together on Charizard.
• Xia You and Erika discovered a crystal field spreading from Dr. Xiuli’s vanished manor, then joined Ash and his friends in learning that the Unown had taken Xiaomei.
• Entei abducted Delia, and Xia You accompanied Ash, Misty, and Brock into the Crystal Forest to rescue her.
• Xia You found the Unown gathering energy and fought Entei, Suicune, and Raikou with Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres as Ash and the others faced Xiaomei in the tower.
• Xia You used Gardevoir’s Telepathy to direct his Legendary Birds in the Three-Bird Combo, and the attack destroyed the Crystal Tower and surrounding forest.
• Gengar rescued Xia You and Erika from the blast, and the exhausted Legendary Birds returned to Xia You after defeating the Legendary Beasts.
• Xia You threw a Great Ball at the weakened Suicune, but Ho-Oh appeared and burned the ball to ash.

Xia You caught Suicune during the Crystal Tower crisis, then continued through Johto with Erika, earning medals and defeating Aya and Morty. The arc left them at the Eevee Sisters’ courtyard, where Erika joined a flower-arranging class and Xia You went to watch Pokémon battles.

• Ho-Oh revived the Legendary Beasts and attacked Xia You, but Xia You caught Suicune before the crystals vanished and Ho-Oh escaped.
• Ash and Misty explained that Ash had persuaded Xiaomei to abandon her obsession, and the group left the Crystal Tower after the danger ended.
• Erika caught a Hoppip as she and Xia You traveled toward Violet City, where Xia You defeated Xing Qiwu and Xing Qisi and earned their medals.
• Xia You and Erika visited the Pokémon Ninja School, where Xia You defeated Aya’s Muk, Ariados, and Venomoth in a three-on-three battle.
• In Ecruteak City, Xia You and Erika watched the Ecruteak Five perform, and Xiaomei invited them to a tea party the next morning.
• Xia You defeated Morty’s Gastly, Banette, and Dusknoir at the Ecruteak Gym, earning the Phantom Badge and his fourth Johto Badge.
• Xia You and Erika arrived late at the Eevee Sisters’ courtyard, where Xiaomei invited Erika to Xiaojuan’s flower-arranging class and directed Xia You toward Pokémon battles.