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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · Dewford Island II: Mudkip, three teams & the Knuckle Badge arc (AG025–AG031) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 27 · English episode 300 · Japanese episode 303 · Bulbapedia code AG027 |
| English title | A Three Team Scheme! |
| Japanese title | マグマ団VSアクア団！ひみつきちの戦い！ Maguma-dan Tai Akua-dan! Himitsu Kichi no Tatakai! — “Magma-dan VS Aqua-dan! Secret Base Battle!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 29 May 2003 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 17 April 2004 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Advance Adventure – GARDEN · Polka O Dolka – Meowth (Inuko Inuyama) & the Nolsol Chorus Group |
| English opening | I Wanna Be a Hero – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Zigzagoon (US) |
| Previous episode | Turning Over a Nuzleaf (AG026) |
| Next episode | Seeing is Believing! (AG028) |
Plot episodeTeam Aqua vs Team MagmaProfessor Birch returns
A Three Team Scheme! is the 27th episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 300th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 303, Bulbapedia code AG027). It first aired in Japan on 29 May 2003 and in the United States on 17 April 2004. It falls within the season’s Dewford Island II: Mudkip, three teams & the Knuckle Badge stretch (EP25–EP31).
Synopsis
Ash and company are joined by Professor Birch. They help Keanu, a trainer, recover his secret base and his nincada that was stolen by the Team Rocket Trio, who then lost the base and pokémon to Team Magma. Team Magma tunnels to a primitive ruin in hopes of finding an artifact and the Cave of Origin. Team Aqua shows up as well. Professor Birch along with Ash and company overhear the conversation between the commanding officers of both teams. The teams are looking for an indigo orb and a rose orb to be found in the real Cave of Origin. Both teams leave after they fail to find what they are looking for. Team Rocket leave by Keanu’s nincada hitting them with Hidden Power.
Major Events
- Professor Birch rejoins briefly
- Keanu’s Secret Base
- Teams Aqua and Magma are revealed to hold the Red and Blue Orbs
- Team Rocket name Giovanni in an episode for the first time
- Tabitha, Shelly and Nincada debut
Pokémon making their anime debut
Nincada#0290 · AG027
Trivia
- The English title plays on “Teams Magma, Aqua and Rocket, all scheming at once”.
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Two PokéDolls (Zigzagoon and Luvdisc) painted out of Keanu’s Secret Base in every shot — one is still visible behind Mightyena
- 7 seconds of trims
- Tabitha and Shelly called “Field Commander Harlan” and “Tactical Commander Isabel” (later corrected)
- The Red and Blue Orbs become the “Rose” and “Indigo” Orbs
- Nincada’s Secret Power called “Hidden Power”
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