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Overview

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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | unknown full episode list

Release Date:

8 September 1998 (USA) more

Tagline:

Gotta catch 'em all!

Plot:

Ten-year-old Ash aspires to be the greatest Pokemon (pocket monster) trainer in the world. To do this... more

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Awards:

1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
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User Comments:

Lost interest, but it was still a cute show. more (127 total)


Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 7 of 70)
Ikue Ootani ... Pikachu / ... (492 episodes, 1997-2009)
Rachael Lillis ... Misty / ... (339 episodes, 1998-2008)
Veronica Taylor ... Ash Ketchum / ... (336 episodes, 1998-2006)
Eric Stuart ... James / ... (330 episodes, 1998-2006)
Ken Gates ... Narrator / ... (328 episodes, 1998-2009)
Madeleine Blaustein ... Meowth / ... (303 episodes, 1998-2006)
Satomi Koorogi ... Togepi / ... (227 episodes, 1999-2006)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Pocket Monsters (USA)
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (USA) (tenth season title)
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension (USA) (eleventh season title)
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles (USA) (twelfth season title)
Pokémon: Advanced (USA) (sixth season title)
Pokémon: Advanced Battle (USA) (eighth season title)
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge (USA) (seventh season title)
Pokémon: Battle Frontier (USA) (ninth season title)
Pokémon: Master Quest (USA) (fifth season title)
Pokémon: The Johto Journeys (USA) (third season title)
Pokemon: Johto League Champions (USA) (fourth season title)
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Runtime:

30 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Pokémon USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

In December 1997, more than 700 Japanese children suffered seizures, vomiting, irritated eyes and other symptoms after viewing a flashing red background in the episode "Electric Soldier Porygon" from the Japanese version of the show. The show was pulled for retooling until April of 1998. "Electric Soldier Porygon" was only shown once (in Japan), and has never been shown again. The episode was dubbed for the American version with the offending animation slowed down and strobe effects deleted, but was never aired. more

Goofs:

Continuity: Despite what the show frequently implies with Pikachu's attacks, electrical attacks can NEVER harm ground types. more

Quotes:

Ash: If anybody's out there, you can come out. And if you're a monster or a ghost, you can stay where you are. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Going Shopping (2005) more

Soundtrack:

Born to Be A Winner more


FAQ

Did this come before the video games?
What happened to Misty?
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19 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Lost interest, but it was still a cute show., 22 August 2006
8/10
Author: joestank15 from United States

A 4. something on IMDb? It was better than that. If everyone's going to diss their childhood, w/e. But I'm not going to act like I didn't like I didn't watch the show and play the games every Saturday. The early episodes were best. Best episodes where the ones involving Charmander (and his forms to come), Primeape, The Cinnabar Island gym match, and the Indigo Plateau finals. Also that one where Ash fights the gym owner that has the Dragonite. The Johto episodes were just too drawn out. I mean, there are like 20 cities inbetweeen EACH gym battle, when they're all so close together in the games. It's ridiculous. And yes, those damn Pokemon were damn cute. By the end Team Rocket was just really annoying. But I just stopped caring near the end of it. They just kept adding to the list of Pokemon. First it was 150, than 250, and the list just kept growing higher and higher.......The games where better by the end of it. But it was still a fine fad, and still good for little kids.

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