Misty becomes a central character in "Pokémon Chronicles", a spin-off to the "Pokémon" anime, and appears in several specials and episodes. She maintains her friendship with Ash and eventually goes to Hoenn to meet up with him, meeting May and Max, and sees him again when he returns to Pallet following a long stint in Hoenn. She also appeared in an arc composed of at least two episodes of the "" series, where she and Brock meet Ash and his friends in Kanto, and later appears in two more episodes of the "Sun & Moon" series when she reunites with Ash in Alola.