Pokémon
The Trouble with Snubbull
TV Flash files “The Trouble with Snubbull” as hour 177 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 18, aired 2000-11-30, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E18: listed hour 177 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 18 of 52 in season 4. It aired 2000-11-30 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Imitation Confrontation” (S04E17). Next is “Ariados Amigos!” (S04E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Madame Muchmoney's Snubbull has once again caught up with Team Rocket. Meanwhile Ash and friends run into Madame Muchmoney who is desperately searching for Snubbull. Things take an unexpected turn when Snubbull evolves into a Granbull. With a new powerful pokemon that loves Meowth, Team Rocket decide to use Granbull to capture Pikachu, and to demand a giant ransom from Madame Muchmoney.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Trouble with Snubbull sit in the Pokémon guide?
S04E18 is listed hour 177 of 1220 — hour 18 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 18.
When did Pokémon S04E18 air?
The Trouble with Snubbull aired 2000-11-30 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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- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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