Pokémon
Wings 'N Things
TV Flash files “Wings 'N Things” as hour 179 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 20, aired 2000-12-14, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E20: listed hour 179 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 20 of 52 in season 4. It aired 2000-12-14 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Ariados Amigos!” (S04E19). Next is “The Grass Route” (S04E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Continuing the journey to Ecruteak City, Ash and friends arrive in a town where a happy little Yanma is constantly going around and accidentally breaking every window in town with its Sonicboom attack. Yanma's trainer, Zachary, loves his Yanma and wishes that his Yanma would stop. However, Zachary's father tells him that he needs to release Yanma back into the wild. Zachary is confused on what to do, and Ash and friends are there to help him decide what to do.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wings 'N Things sit in the Pokémon guide?
S04E20 is listed hour 179 of 1220 — hour 20 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 20.
When did Pokémon S04E20 air?
Wings 'N Things aired 2000-12-14 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…