Pokémon
Fire and Ice
TV Flash files “Fire and Ice” as hour 78 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 1, episode 78, aired 1998-12-24, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E78: listed hour 78 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 78 of 82 in season 1. It aired 1998-12-24 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Round One -- Begin!” (S01E77). Next is “The Fourth Round Rumble” (S01E79). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As the Pokemon League continues, Ash pulls off a win on the Rock Field. After the battle Ash leaves his Pokemon with Misty and Brock, while he and Pikachu go to find something to eat. Misty is upset by this and her and Brock take him Pokemon and go to find him. They catch up with him, and tell him to take his Pokemon to the Pokemon Center. However, everyone is filled up. Luckily a strange looking Nurse Joy appears to guide them to a vacant center. It turns out to be a trap by Team Rocket who try to steal his Pokemon. They stop them and finally get them to a real center and they go out to eat. The next say Ash has his third battle on the Ice Field, and so far the match it tied, but his opponent's Arcanine may change that.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Fire and Ice sit in the Pokémon guide?
S01E78 is listed hour 78 of 1220 — hour 78 of 82 in season 1, season 1 episode 78.
When did Pokémon S01E78 air?
Fire and Ice aired 1998-12-24 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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- Rica Matsumoto as Ash Ketchum (JP)
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- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
Veronica Taylor was early U.S. Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Anime landed in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards:…
- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
Ikue Otani voiced Pikachu as a childhood operating system — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, anime landing in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards. Catch, train, argue about types. TV Flash files her as 1990s kids-TV…