Pokemon Season 6 Episode 279 Episode Title:There's No Place Like Hoenn.Episode Description:Ash arrives in Petalburg City, where he hopes to battle in his first Hoenn Gym match. Ash meets May's younger brother, Max (Amy Birnbaum in English, Kim Seo-young in Korean, and Fushigi Yamada in Japanese). Norman (Dan Green in the English adaptation), May's father, is the Petalburg Gym Leader and Ash challenges him to a Gym battle, but since Ash does not have three Pokémon with him they only have a informal trainer battle which is interrupted by Team Rocket.