Recap
Ash and co. are slowly walking on the road. They are very tired. Misty wonders how Ash is going to train for his next gym battle if all his battles are against Team Rocket. Team Rocket is not too far away from Ash and co. They are using their binoculars to see what Ash and co. are up to. Jessie thinks that they should pick on someone else to battle, and James agrees with her. Because Ash and co. have more Pokémon than they do, it would be pointless to battle each time. James adds in that Ash even has a Charizard that can beat them...
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Episode Notes
Cartoon Network Air Date: August 2, 2004
This is first episode that there are no flashbacks after Ash releases one of his Pokémon.
Charizard leaves Ash's Pokémon lineup to stay at the Charicific Valley and train.
Who's that Pokémon? Sunflora
In other languages
French: La séparation
Italian: La valle dei draghi
Latin American Spanish: ¡La gran ambición de Charizard!
Spanish: La ambición del ardiente Charizard
Episode Goofs
Ash tells Leza that he has never ridden Charizad before. Ash rode Charizard in "Attack of the Pre-Historic Pokemon"(although he was asleep) and in "Charizard Chills".
Charizard's tail was completly submerged in the water, but it was unharmed. This also happened when it was a Charmander in Island of the Giant Pokémon