Pokémon
Dig Those Diglett!
TV Flash files “Dig Those Diglett!” as hour 31 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 31, aired 1997-10-28, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E31: listed hour 31 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 31 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1997-10-28 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Sparks Fly for Magnemite” (S01E30). Next is “The Ninja Poké-Showdown” (S01E32). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On their way to Fuchsia City, Ash and the others notice a big explosion up ahead. They head to the site where a giant dam is being built. The explosion was caused by a bunch of Diglett, who are trying to prevent the construction. The project manager is more then willing to give a reward to any trainer who can get rid of the Diglett. Gary even shows up and he, along with Ash and many other trainers try to send out their pokemon. When they try to release their pokemon, none of them will come out, so all the trainers leave. Later that night Ash, Misty, and Brock find the home of the Diglett and Dugtrio, and find out that if the dam is built, there home will be washed away, so they decide to help prevent the construction. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are depressed over their losses, and complain that they need stronger pokemon, and Ekans and Koffing just might "grant" their wish.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dig Those Diglett! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E31 is listed hour 31 of 1220 — hour 31 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 31.
When did Pokémon S01E31 air?
Dig Those Diglett! aired 1997-10-28 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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