Season 12 Episode 43 – Try for the Family Stone!
A young boy with a Murkrow and a young girl with a Misdreavus compete for a Dusk Stone to evolve their respective Pokémon.
Pokémon is the story of a young boy named Ash Ketchum. Finally having reached the age of 10, he receives his first Pokémon from Professor Oak and sets out on his Pokémon Journey. Along for the ride are his best friends: Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, and Dawn. Together, they journey through the… More Kanto, Orange, Johto, Hoenn, Battle Frontier and Sinnoh Leagues. Ash takes every opportunity to capture a Pokémon, Misty trains Pokémon of the Water type while Brock prefers Rock types.
A young boy with a Murkrow and a young girl with a Misdreavus compete for a Dusk Stone to evolve their respective Pokémon.
Ash and Dawn have a tag battle against Lyra and Corey. Ash sends out Monferno and Dawn sends out Cyndaquil. Lyra sends out Chikorita and Corey sends out Totodile. During the battle, Totodile evolves into Croconaw. Ash's Monferno finishes up with Mach Punch and defeats Croconaw and Monferno teams up with Cyndaquil using Flamethrower and Flame Wheel. Ash and Dawn eventually win the battle. Lyra and Corey leave the group and go back to Johto. Corey's father gives Brock the Pokégear as a thanking present to them by showing Lyra and Corey a little of Sinnoh.
As the Lilypad Town Contest begins, Jessie gets sick and James takes her place in the contest. Dawn uses Piplup in the first round and James use Mewoth. Dawn and James both make it to the Semi-Final Round and compete for the Suiren Ribbon. Dawn uses Mamoswine for the battle round and James uses Carnivine. Dawn's Mamoswine uses a new strategy with Ice Shard, but still she loses to James. In the final round, James win a contest. James gives the ribbon to Jessie.
Ash and Corey compete for a wild Gible. The Gible likes to play tricks on everyone, so Ash with his Buizel and Corey with Totodile, try to compete to capture the wild Gible. At the end, Corey catches the Gible as his first Sinnoh Pokémon.
Corey and Lyra join the group and travel together. However, while Dawn trains for the Lilypad Town Pokémon contest, Lyra loses her Marill, which seems to have gone to the power plant. Ash and co. look for Marill immediately, but Magnemite appears out of nowhere and attacks.