Pokémon
The Heartbreak of Brock
TV Flash files “The Heartbreak of Brock” as hour 200 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 41, aired 2001-05-17, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E41: listed hour 200 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 41 of 52 in season 4. It aired 2001-05-17 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Art of Pokémon” (S04E40). Next is “Current Events” (S04E42). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
At the end of a long day, our heroes search for a Pokémon Center in a small town near Olivine City. Unable to locate one they ask a local lady for directions. She explains the nearest Pokémon Center is ten miles away! Too exhausted to extend today's journey, the gang decides to set up camp in a local park. As he gets water from a nearby fountain, Brock notices a Nidorina approaching to take a drink. Running after Nidorina is her trainer, who trips and almost falls into the fountain. She is narrowly saved by Brock and immediately falls head over heals in love with him. Introducing herself as Temacu, she insists Brock and his friends stay with her at her father's house. They agree, but what will happy when a girl actually loves Brock and will do anything for him?
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Heartbreak of Brock sit in the Pokémon guide?
S04E41 is listed hour 200 of 1220 — hour 41 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 41.
When did Pokémon S04E41 air?
The Heartbreak of Brock aired 2001-05-17 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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