Recaps

Heath cooked Giovanni’s rare Clawitzer and watched Farfetch'd advance in a cooking competition before traveling with Cynthia to Petalburg Woods. They found a sunken house and its keepsakes, met Totem Gengar and Mr. Fujiyama, and encountered a Pokémon in danger.

• Heath cooked Giovanni’s rare Clawitzer in a Cloyster shell, earning a special reward and a clue to an Ancient Mansion beneath a lake in Petalburg Woods.
• Farfetch'd made a lifelike vegetarian roast duck, advanced to the top thirty-two, then reached the semifinals before Heath left for Hoenn with Cynthia.
• Heath and Cynthia entered Petalburg Woods with permission and met Totem Gengar, who asked Heath to make him a dish.
• Heath served Gengar macaroni with meat sauce, and Gengar’s painful memories of a little girl overwhelmed him as he recalled the pasta she once made.
• Heath sent Mew and Gastrodon to investigate a lake, and Gastrodon retrieved a chest from a ruined underwater house containing photographs, badges, and a Ranger Medal.
• Heath and Cynthia met Mr. Fujiyama, who said he was working and training in the woods while traveling, and Heath offered to cook for him.
• Mew alerted Heath to a starving Pokémon in danger, while Mr. Fujiyama explained that he had defeated and begun training a Bewear that once ambushed him.

Heath explored Petalburg Woods, gave Cynthia a Viridian Fruit, and agreed to meet her family before settling beside Norman’s Gym to run his food truck. After meeting Norman, serving customers, and discovering that Huoying was tied to Team Magma, Heath encouraged Charizard to consider challenging Norman.

• Mr. Fujiyama fought Garchomp, admitted defeat, and left for the hospital after Heath treated his hand.
• Heath and Cynthia followed Mew to a wounded Spheal, learned how it had fallen from the sky, and decided to report it to Officer Jenny.
• Gastrodon found a Pikachu plush bearing a smartphone-like symbol, then spotted a submerged Mansion where Heath and Cynthia recovered a chest containing a Viridian Fruit.
• Heath gave Cynthia the Viridian Fruit, which granted her the ability to connect with, heal, and strengthen her Pokémon, and he secretly gained the Life Flame reward.
• Heath and Cynthia visited Gengar’s Mansion, where Gengar asked Heath to write down a recipe, before Cynthia returned to Sinnoh and asked Heath to meet her grandmother.
• Heath opened a food stall beside Petalburg Gym, defeated an Ace Gym Trainer with Charizard, and earned the Normal-type Gym Badge without challenging Norman.
• Norman visited Heath’s food truck, enjoyed spicy beef offal soup, and asked Heath to make hot pot for May, and Heath later met Xing, one of Norman’s adopted apprentices.
• Heath watched Norman’s Slaking defeat Huoying’s Hariyama, then served Huoying and discovered he was a powerful Team Magma member whom Maxie might train as an admin.
• Heath kept Huoying’s meteorite fragment for Rayquaza, while Charizard admitted he doubted himself against Slaking and grew excited when Heath suggested challenging Norman.

Heath took May on as his apprentice after she chose to become a chef, then began teaching her cooking fundamentals as they prepared to leave Hoenn. On arriving at Cinnabar Island, Heath found a crowd gathered to see Dr. Fuji leave.

• Heath urged Cynthia to investigate Cyrus amid Sinnoh’s rising crime, then hosted Norman and May for lunch, where May realized she wanted to become a chef.
• Norman supported May’s choice, and Heath agreed to mentor her despite the uncertainty over where she would train, and May ultimately chose to travel with him.
• Heath explored Meteor Falls, escaped Darkrai’s illusion, and obtained a Mega Stone that Mew gave to Zoroark.
• Heath formally took May as his disciple, introduced her to Farfetch'd, and helped her furnish a room in the Food Truck.
• Heath started May on daily pan-tossing practice, then asked Mr. Fujiyama to prepare a broader training plan for her.
• Heath taught May about fruit in cooking and helped her make Baumkuchen, while Mr. Fujiyama recovered and enjoyed Heath’s lychee Dongpo pork.
• Heath gave May a fortune cookie before she visited her parents, then took May and Kirlia through the Anywhere Door to Cinnabar Island.
• Heath found the road blocked by a crowd and learned that people had gathered because Dr. Fuji was leaving Cinnabar Island.

Heath served customers and explored Dr. Fuji’s abandoned Pokémon Mansion, discovering that Team Rocket was creating Mewtwo. As Cinnabar Island’s residents faced evacuation, Heath met Naoki, who continued trying to protect the island despite Heath knowing it could not be saved.

• Heath learned about Dr. Fuji’s Pokémon research and connected his work, Team Rocket, and Mew to a possible Mewtwo project.
• Heath arrived on Cinnabar Island as residents prepared to leave, then drove to Dr. Fuji’s mansion, where Mew sensed a familiar presence and Jessie said her company was removing the equipment.
• Heath served Jessie, Blaine, and others while May learned to cook, and Blaine explained that the island’s volcano could no longer be safely suppressed.
• Heath helped May settle in and shop for food, then prepared Corphish dishes to comfort her when she missed home.
• Yaping introduced himself as Ash’s father, thanked Heath, and gave him a rare Galar energy crystal, and Heath later learned that Team Rocket had welcomed Dr. Fuji and was growing Mewtwo.
• Heath prepared spicy hot pot as a gift for Mewtwo and received its Mega Stones, then searched the mansion and found a note confirming that a new Pokémon had been born.
• Heath made Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish and signed Naoki’s petition to protect Cinnabar Island, while warning that evacuation would still be necessary.
• Heath cooked Naoki’s requested seasoned stones, and Naoki ate them with Nightmare Wine.