Pokémon
From Ghost to Ghost
TV Flash files “From Ghost to Ghost” as hour 184 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 25, aired 2001-01-25, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E25: listed hour 184 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 25 of 52 in season 4. It aired 2001-01-25 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “A Ghost of a Chance” (S04E24). Next is “Trouble's Brewing” (S04E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The time finally comes for Ash's fourth Gym Battle in the Johto League. In the Ecruteak Gym, he must face Morty and his team of powerful ghost Pokemon. But Ash has already been witness to Morty's Gengar and been stunned by the Pokemon's power. Does he have a chance against a whole team of such powerful Pokemon phantoms? As Ash thinks over battle strategies, Nurse Joy overhears and suggests he uses his Noctowl, but will that be enough to win the battle?
Viewer FAQ
Where does From Ghost to Ghost sit in the Pokémon guide?
S04E25 is listed hour 184 of 1220 — hour 25 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 25.
When did Pokémon S04E25 air?
From Ghost to Ghost aired 2001-01-25 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…