| EP# | English title Japanese title | Air Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 536 | 531 | "A Triple Fighting Chance!" (Tobari Gym! Lucario VS Buoysel!!) "Tobari Jimu! Rukario tai Buizeru!!" (トバリジム！ルカリオ対ブイゼル!!) | February 28, 2008 | August 2, 2008 | September 20, 2008 |
| Maylene finally accepts Ash's challenge. Ash uses Staravia, Chimchar, and Buizel against Machoke, Meditite, and Lucario. The battle between Buizel and Lucario ends up in a tie but Maylene still gives Ash the Cobble Badge. | |||||
