Pokémon
Fit to Be Tide
TV Flash files “Fit to Be Tide” as hour 87 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 2, episode 5, aired 1999-02-25, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 87 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 5 of 36 in season 2. It aired 1999-02-25 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Lost Lapras” (S02E04). Next is “Pikachu Re-Volts” (S02E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash, Misty, and their new friend Tracey begin their journey through the Orange Islands so Ash cam compete in the Orange League. Their first stop is Mikan Island where the first Orange League Gym is located. Ash meets the gym leader Cissy and challenges her to a battle. However, Ash soon learns that in the Orange League, Gym Battles are not what he is used to, such as accuracy tests and water races. Will Ash conquer this type of gym and win his first badge?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Fit to Be Tide sit in the Pokémon guide?
S02E05 is listed hour 87 of 1220 — hour 5 of 36 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.
When did Pokémon S02E05 air?
Fit to Be Tide aired 1999-02-25 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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- 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…