Pokémon
The Pokémon Water War
TV Flash files “The Pokémon Water War” as hour 108 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 2, episode 26, aired 1999-07-29, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E26: listed hour 108 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 26 of 36 in season 2. It aired 1999-07-29 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Charizard Chills” (S02E25). Next is “Pokémon Food Fight!” (S02E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash and friends arrive on an island to get something to eat, but those plans are interrupted by a warehouse fire. They try to help, but it's not enough. All of a sudden a group of Wartortle appear and put the fire out. Their trainer, Captain Aidan uses Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise for fighting fires. Wanting to prove itself as strong as its evolution, Squirtle begins to train with Captain Aidan. Meanwhile, Team Rocket wants to capture all the firefighter teams for themselves.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Pokémon Water War sit in the Pokémon guide?
S02E26 is listed hour 108 of 1220 — hour 26 of 36 in season 2, season 2 episode 26.
When did Pokémon S02E26 air?
The Pokémon Water War aired 1999-07-29 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…