Pokémon
Princess vs. Princess
TV Flash files “Princess vs. Princess” as hour 52 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 52, aired 1998-07-09, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E52: listed hour 52 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 52 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1998-07-09 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden” (S01E51). Next is “The Purr-Fect Hero” (S01E53). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
It is Princess Day, the day when there are incredible discounts in the malls, and all sorts of events and activities, but only for girls. Just after having gone shopping and buying a present to get on the boss' good side, Jessie encounters a Lickitung. The Lickitung eats everything Jessie had bought, and so she captures it. When Jessie and Misty hear about a competition where girls can enter to win a set of Pokemon dolls they both decide to compete for the ultimate prize.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Princess vs. Princess sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E52 is listed hour 52 of 1220 — hour 52 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 52.
When did Pokémon S01E52 air?
Princess vs. Princess aired 1998-07-09 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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