Pokémon
Pokémon Shipwreck
TV Flash files “Pokémon Shipwreck” as hour 16 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 16, aired 1997-07-15, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E16: listed hour 16 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 16 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1997-07-15 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Battle Aboard the St. Anne” (S01E15). Next is “Island of the Giant Pokémon” (S01E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Pokemon: With the St. Anne fully sunk, the police officers mourn the apparent lose of Ash, Misty, Brock, Jessie, and James. However, deep inside the ship the five of them finally awaken and quickly realize the dire situation they are in. They agree to temporarily put there differences aside so that they can work together and hopefully make it out of the ship alive. They finally manage to get to the week point of the ship's hull and break through, but will they be able to make it to the surface in time, and eventually manage to find land?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pokémon Shipwreck sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E16 is listed hour 16 of 1220 — hour 16 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 16.
When did Pokémon S01E16 air?
Pokémon Shipwreck aired 1997-07-15 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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