All episodes Season 4 S04E29 2001-02-22 22 min 1990s Kids' WB/Syndication

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UnBEARable

TV Flash files “UnBEARable” as hour 188 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 29, aired 2001-02-22, 22 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S04E29: listed hour 188 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 29 of 52 in season 4. It aired 2001-02-22 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Light Fantastic” (S04E28). Next is “Moving Pictures!” (S04E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Pokémon — UnBEARable (S04E29)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

Hearing a rustling sound, Misty awakens to find an adorable Teddiursa that had wandered into the abandoned cabin where she, Ash, and Brock are staying for the night. She is overjoyed to gain such a cuddly companion, but beginning the following day, Misty and friends face a string of troubles. In all cases, the Teddiursa is quick to point out the culprits, blaming other Pokemon belonging to Ash, Misty and Brock. When both Teddiursa and Brock's backpack go missing, they finally figure something is strange about this Teddiursa, and must now find it and get Brock's backpack back.

Viewer FAQ

Where does UnBEARable sit in the Pokémon guide?

S04E29 is listed hour 188 of 1220 — hour 29 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 29.

When did Pokémon S04E29 air?

UnBEARable aired 2001-02-22 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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