"Pokémon" (1998) TV series 1998-????

Seasons:

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

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 | Grass

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Dec. 31	7:30 AM	TOON	Throwing the Track Switch	#11.3
Fri. Jan. 1	7:30 AM	TOON	The Keystone Pops	#11.4

Cast

Ikue Ootani	...	Pikachu / ... (492 episodes, 1998-2009)
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)

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)
Pokémon (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Pokémon (Greece) [el]
Pokémon - De reis van Johto (Netherlands) (video title) [nl]
Pokémon: Advanced (Brazil) (sixth season title) [pt]
Pokémon: Campeões da Liga Johto (Brazil) (fourth season title) [pt]
Pokémon: Jornada Johto (Brazil) (third season title) [pt]
Pokémon: Master Quest (Brazil) (fifth season title) [pt]

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:U | Netherlands:MG6 | UK:(Banned) (one episode) | Netherlands:6 (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | USA:TV-Y

Company:

Pokémon USA

Trivia:

Ash's last name, Ketchum, is a play on the words "catch 'em," as in "Gotta catch 'em all!"

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the School of Hard Knocks episode, the leaflet for the Pokemon training school consists of what is clearly "greeked" or made-up, nonsensical text.

Quotes:

Ash: I thought you said, "pacing", not "passing"!
Pikachu: Pikachu!
[holds up a ping-pong paddle]
Ash: I said, "padding"... I mean, I said "pacing"!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Junk in the Trunk (#1.1)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

We Will Be Heroes

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.