Pokémon
Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?
TV Flash files “Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?” as hour 102 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 2, episode 20, aired 1999-06-10, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E20: listed hour 102 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 20 of 36 in season 2. It aired 1999-06-10 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Mandarin Island Miss Match” (S02E19). Next is “Get Along, Little Pokémon” (S02E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Our heroes are on their way to Trovita Island when they come across two Pokemon trainers who seemingly hate each other, even though their two Pokemon are in love. Tony has a male Nidoran and Emily has a female Nidoran and all that the two Pokemon want is to be together. Misty then takes it upon herself to get these two Pokemon together
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon? sit in the Pokémon guide?
S02E20 is listed hour 102 of 1220 — hour 20 of 36 in season 2, season 2 episode 20.
When did Pokémon S02E20 air?
Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon? aired 1999-06-10 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…