Pokémon
The Fire-ing Squad
TV Flash files “The Fire-ing Squad” as hour 149 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 3, episode 31, aired 2000-05-11, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E31: listed hour 149 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 31 of 41 in season 3. It aired 2000-05-11 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Tricks of the Trade” (S03E30). Next is “No Big Woop” (S03E32). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash and friends arrive in a new town where an event called the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix in going to be held. It is a firefighter competition, mainly for Water Pokemon. They are quickly reunited with two sets of old friends. First they meet Captain Aidan and Team Wartortle from the Orange Islands, and then they meet the Squirtle Squad. Both team are going to be in the competition. However, the Squirtle Squad have become essentially lost without their leader. In order to settle its rivalry with Team Wartortle, Ash's Squirtle rejoins the Squirtle Squad for the competition, and the end result will change everyone.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Fire-ing Squad sit in the Pokémon guide?
S03E31 is listed hour 149 of 1220 — hour 31 of 41 in season 3, season 3 episode 31.
When did Pokémon S03E31 air?
The Fire-ing Squad aired 2000-05-11 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)
Rica Matsumoto voices Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — the ten-year-old whose globetrotting checklist became a childhood operating system in Japanese, then a syndication engine abroad. Catch, train, argue about types. TV Flash files her as 1990s…
- 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…