Pokémon
Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village
TV Flash files “Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village” as hour 10 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 10, aired 1997-06-03, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E10: listed hour 10 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 10 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1997-06-03 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The School of Hard Knocks” (S01E09). Next is “Charmander - The Stray Pokémon” (S01E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Pokemon: Ash and friends are still on their way to Vermilion City and still lost. They stop by a pond for a break when they see an Oddish taking a drink. Ash wants to catch it but Misty already has Starmie out. She weakens it and throws a PokeBall but a Bulbasaur pops out of the bushes and deflects the ball. Ash sends out Butterfree to catch the Bulbasaur, but Bulbasaur deflects its sleep powder and escapes. The continue on their journey and keep getting caught in traps, until Bulbasaur's owner, Melanie, finds them and saves them and brings them back to her cabin. It turns out that she helps injured, sick, and abandoned pokemon, and they decide to help. Meanwhile, Team Rocket decides to steal all the pokemon, while Brock could make a startling decision.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E10 is listed hour 10 of 1220 — hour 10 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 10.
When did Pokémon S01E10 air?
Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village aired 1997-06-03 and is listed at 22 minutes.
Do I need the games first?
The TV series is one engine with the games and cards, not a homework prerequisite. U.S. breakthrough is 1998 anime syndication as childhood OS.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, and a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Anime lands in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards — catch, train, argue about types. Kids’ TV as collection ritual, gym-badge serialization, and the rare cartoon that still prints money because the adventure never quite finishes.
The work, first: a young trainer, a yellow mouse, a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Based on Game Freak/Nintendo games, the anime's U.S. TV breakthrough in 1998 (Kids' WB and syndication) detonated a multi-platform kids' empire: games, cards, films, toys, one engine. Satoshi Tajiri and Kunihiko Yuyama's world turned anime into mainstream American children's programming. Rica Matsumoto and Veronica Taylor as Ash across languages; Ikue Otani's Pikachu. Catch, train, argue about…
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- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
Veronica Taylor was early U.S. Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Anime landed in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards:…
- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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