Pokémon
The Legend of Dratini
TV Flash files “The Legend of Dratini” as hour 35 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 35, aired 1997-11-25, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E35: listed hour 35 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 35 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1997-11-25 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Kangaskhan Kid” (S01E34). Next is “The Bridge Bike Gang” (S01E36). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash and friends arrive at the Safari Zone, where they are ready to participate in the Safari Game and captured some new Pokemon. However, the Warden is extremely cranky and is not beyond pointing a gun to them. They talk with Professor Oak and tells them about the Warden and the rare Pokemon Dratini. They then take their Safari Balls and head out into the field. However Team Rocket is also at the Safari Zone and they have captured the warden and attempt to force him to tell them where the Legendary Dratini is.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Legend of Dratini sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E35 is listed hour 35 of 1220 — hour 35 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 35.
When did Pokémon S01E35 air?
The Legend of Dratini aired 1997-11-25 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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