"Pokémon" (1998) TV series 1998-????

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Seasons:

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

Release Date:

8 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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...

Plot Keywords:

Team | Pikachu | Trainer | Pocket Monsters | Water

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 14	8:00 AM	TOON	One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team	#11.39
Wed. July 15	8:00 AM	TOON	A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine	#11.40

Cast

Ikue Ootani	...	Pikachu / ... (480 episodes, 1997-2009)
Veronica Taylor	...	Ash Ketchum / ... (334 episodes, 1998-2006)
Rachael Lillis	...	Misty / ... (333 episodes, 1998-2006)
Eric Stuart	...	James / ... (328 episodes, 1998-2006)
Ken Gates	...	Narrator / ... (318 episodes, 1998-2009)
Madeleine Blaustein	...	Meowth / ... (301 episodes, 1998-2006)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Togepi / ... (227 episodes, 1999-2006)

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 Battle" (USA) (eighth season title)
"Pokémon: Advanced Challenge" (USA) (seventh season title)
"Pokémon: Advanced" (USA) (sixth 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)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:U | Netherlands:MG6 | UK:(Banned) (one episode) | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | USA:TV-Y

Company:

Pokémon USA

Trivia:

Following the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001, the episode 'A Scare in the Air' had its title changed to 'Spirits in the Sky'. The episode 'Tentacool and Tentacruel' was pulled from the rotation due to its storyline which featured a creature that destroyed skyscrapers. In total, there were three episodes that were pulled because of 9/11, which have since been put back since Cartoon Network started showing reruns.

Goofs:

Continuity: In an early episode, Flint (Brock's father) says that Brock's mother passed away. In a later episode, Brock's mother is actually in the episode alive.

Quotes:

[Brock growls at Charmandar]
Brock Harrison: Light the lamp not me.
[Pikachu laughs]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade (#14.3)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Pokémon World

Lost interest, but it was still a cute show.

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.