*Prof. Birch running in circles, being chased around by pokemon.
*Seeing the Hoenn starters for the first time. I must have stood there gaping for 15 minutes, letting that poor man run for his life indefinitely just because I could not make up my mind. They were all so cuuuute!
*Winning a contest for the first time.
*Finding the mirage tower in the middle of the desert.
*Watching Rayquaza come down from the sky and stop Groudon and Kyogre
*Double battles
*Wally. Such a sweet kid. It was the first time in game that I had somebody of my own to mentor.
*Seeing my patience pay off and encountering a Feebas when it was still rare, and running down the berry blending master, then stuffing my baby with gold pokeblocks until it became my first Milotic, Psyche.
*Steven Stone. He is my favorite champion. I love his sleek design as a character-- the steely grey blues, and I love all of his Pokemon from Skarmory to Metagross. He is champion who carries with him all of the class, wisdom, strength that a champion should have like Cynthia or Lance, but the first champion to be not just be an icon to look up to but become a close friend. The final battle with him in Meteor Falls in Emerald was a great conclusion to my Hoenn adventure.