Pokémon
Enter the Dragonite
TV Flash files “Enter the Dragonite” as hour 114 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 2, episode 32, aired 1999-09-09, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E32: listed hour 114 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 32 of 36 in season 2. It aired 1999-09-09 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Hello, Pummelo!” (S02E31). Next is “Viva Las Lapras” (S02E33). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When the smoke clears, both Lapras and Gengar are unable to battle. With three of Drake's pokemon unable to battle, it is time for a field switch. After the brief intermission the battle resumes. With three pokemon left to defeat, Ash is in for one of the toughest battles yet, and waiting in the wings is Drake's powerful Dragonite, which has never lost a battle.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Enter the Dragonite sit in the Pokémon guide?
S02E32 is listed hour 114 of 1220 — hour 32 of 36 in season 2, season 2 episode 32.
When did Pokémon S02E32 air?
Enter the Dragonite aired 1999-09-09 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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