Pokémon
Charmander - The Stray Pokémon
TV Flash files “Charmander - The Stray Pokémon” as hour 11 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 11, aired 1997-06-10, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 11 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1997-06-10 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village” (S01E10). Next is “Here Comes the Squirtle Squad” (S01E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Pokemon: On the way to Vermilion City, Ash, Misty, and Brock come across a Charmander sitting on a rock. Ash tries to catch it, but it turns out it has a trainer and can't be captured, so they head to the Pokemon Center. At the center, a hotshot trainer named Damien is bragging about how he left it, promising to come back for it. After hearing this, they head back out to get the poor pokemon as the rainstorm threatens its very life.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Charmander - The Stray Pokémon sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 1220 — hour 11 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.
When did Pokémon S01E11 air?
Charmander - The Stray Pokémon aired 1997-06-10 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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