Ash decides to head for Snowpoint City for his next Gym battle.
Team Galactic excavates a mysterious temple and, using the Spear Key, causes it to send out a strange beam that impacts Mt. Coronet.
This is one of the few times where Carnivine does not show affection for James after being called out of its Poké Ball.
This is the only episode featuring Team Galactic in which Saturn does not appear. He does, however, appear in the following episode.
Ash and his friends meet Riley.