Pokémon
Turning Over a New Bayleef
TV Flash files “Turning Over a New Bayleef” as hour 202 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 43, aired 2001-05-31, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E43: listed hour 202 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 43 of 52 in season 4. It aired 2001-05-31 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Current Events” (S04E42). Next is “Doin' What Comes Natu-rally” (S04E44). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Now that Chikorita has evolved into Bayleef, it is bigger then it once was. However, it has yet to realize how much stronger it has gotten. After tackling Ash a few times, he yells at Bayleef, and it runs away. Everyone goes off in search of her. Meanwhile, Bayleef slips and falls into the river. Our heroes follow the scent, which leads them to an old woman's house. Ash is relieved to see Bayleef, but Bayleef wants nothing to do with Ash. Now Ash must prove to Bayleef that he still cares about her, and fend off Team Rocket.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Turning Over a New Bayleef sit in the Pokémon guide?
S04E43 is listed hour 202 of 1220 — hour 43 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 43.
When did Pokémon S04E43 air?
Turning Over a New Bayleef aired 2001-05-31 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…