Pokémon
Here Comes the Squirtle Squad
TV Flash files “Here Comes the Squirtle Squad” as hour 12 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 12, aired 1997-06-17, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E12: listed hour 12 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 12 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1997-06-17 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Charmander - The Stray Pokémon” (S01E11). Next is “Mystery at the Lighthouse” (S01E13). 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 become the "victims" of the Squirtle Squad's pranks. The end up falling down a hole, and are even eventually captured by them. It turns out that they are working together with Team Rocket. When Pikachu is severely injured, the Squirtle let him out to go get medicine from town, but will the Squirtle keep there promise and leave Pikachu, Misty, and Brock alone while he is gone, and what is Team Rocket really up too?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Here Comes the Squirtle Squad sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E12 is listed hour 12 of 1220 — hour 12 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 12.
When did Pokémon S01E12 air?
Here Comes the Squirtle Squad aired 1997-06-17 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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- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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