The Best Episodes of Pokémon Season 3

Ash begins his journey in Johto, a largely unexplored region said to be thickly populated with Pokémon entirely new to him and his friends.

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In a Pokémon battle, Ash soundly defeats an ambitious young Trainer, who runs away dejectedly.

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Ash and friends discover a forest where invading Pinsir are causing heavy deforestation.

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Ash and friends stumble into a small valley where Donphan are used to harvest precious stones.

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Who would be foolish enough to brave a thick forest in the dead of night without a Hoothoot guide? Certainly not Ash Ketchum...

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Our heroes must help prepare an insecure Bellossom dance troupe for their upcoming exhibition.

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Ash and friends reach a new town and hear of three mysterious robbers apparently mimicking the crimes of a legendary master thief.

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With pet food prepared by a French chef, rooms of WalkMaster exercise equipment and closets stocked with the latest in Pokémon fashion, life couldn't be much better for a Palm Hills Snubbull.

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Brock saves a lost and frightened Stantler fawn and carefully nurses it back to health before releasing it.

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Ash encounters a wild Chikorita and engages it in battle, thinking to add it to his team.

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Professor Oak's errand—to deliver the mysterious GS Ball to a Poké Ball expert—is interrupted when a Quagsire with a penchant for spherical objects steals the GS ball for use in a nocturnal ritual.

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When Team Rocket attacks Ash and his friends, a brave young Trainer and her flock of Ledyba come to the rescue.

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Team Rocket can't believe their luck when the Blissey employed in a Pokémon Center willingly gives them the cente's entire food supply.

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Our heroes are recruited as guest instructors at a youth Pokémon Academy.

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With Pikachu's help, Ash is confident that winning the Zephyr badge will be a breeze.

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Cute and cuddly is one thing, but a bawling Marill is too much even for Misty.

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Team Rocket's most recent super vehicle, the Arbotank, is their ticket to world domination.

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When Ash hears of the nearby Charicific Valley, he is sure a quick trip would be just the thing to reignite his Charizard's flagging spirits.

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The annual Sunflora contest is only a day away and yet our hero's new friend and Sunflora Trainer is unable to convince her star Pokémon to compete.

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A severe case of rivalry between Pikachu and Chikorita calls for therapy sessions with Nurse Joy.

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Our heroes chance upon a Hoppip—the fluffy "Cottonweed" Pokémon that is able to drift for miles on a passing wind.

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When Ash and friends wander into town, they bring with them a challenge that threatens to be Gligarman's last—Team Rocket.

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Team Rocket comes in sheep's clothing to relieve a kind Poké-shepherd of her Mareep flock.

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When the most promising trainee at a Pokémon dojo abandons battle altogether, it's up to Ash and friends to convince him that battling is more than just a matter of probability.

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With Charizard gone and no fire Pokémon to call his own, Ash is overjoyed to come across a Cyndaquil in the wild.

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