Pokémon
The Wayward Wobbuffet
TV Flash files “The Wayward Wobbuffet” as hour 194 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 35, aired 2001-04-05, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E35: listed hour 194 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 35 of 52 in season 4. It aired 2001-04-05 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Dunsparce Deception” (S04E34). Next is “Sick Daze” (S04E36). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Knowing our heroes are still en-route to Olivine, Team Rocket lie in wait. Dressed as scientists, they explain they've just repaired the amazing "PokePod." To test it out, Pikachu is placed in the pod and locked in tight. When Team Rocket reveals their true identity and runs, Ash and Co. are chase in hot pursuit. When they catch up to Team Rocket, there isn't a PokePod or Pikachu in site! Realizing Wobbuffet was hiding for the hand off, Ash chases after it. In Wobbuffet's quick retreat, it trips dropping the Pikachu containing PokePod and falls into the rapids of a nearby river. Since the only way to release Pikachu from the PokePod is the key around Wobbuffet's neck, Ash, Misty, Brock and Team Rocket begin an all out race to find Wobbuffet first.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Wayward Wobbuffet sit in the Pokémon guide?
S04E35 is listed hour 194 of 1220 — hour 35 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 35.
When did Pokémon S04E35 air?
The Wayward Wobbuffet aired 2001-04-05 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…