Pokémon
The March of the Exeggutor Squad
TV Flash files “The March of the Exeggutor Squad” as hour 43 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 43, aired 1998-05-07, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E43: listed hour 43 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 43 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1998-05-07 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Showdown at Dark City” (S01E42). Next is “The Problem with Paras” (S01E44). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On the way to the next town, Ash, Misty, and Brock arrive at a carnival. Ash and Brock head off to look around while Misty and Pikachu attend a magic show. However, the magician is not good and his act fails horribly. Misty decides to help him, but the act still does not fair well. The magician then gets an idea to use his Exeggcute to hypnotize people into liking his act, he even tries it out on Misty! However, his plan backfires and he ends up hypnotizing a bunch of Exeggutor who begin to go on a rampage that is heading straight for the carnival.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The March of the Exeggutor Squad sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E43 is listed hour 43 of 1220 — hour 43 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 43.
When did Pokémon S01E43 air?
The March of the Exeggutor Squad aired 1998-05-07 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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