Pokémon
The Kecleon Caper
TV Flash files “The Kecleon Caper” as hour 207 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 48, aired 2001-07-05, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E48: listed hour 207 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 48 of 52 in season 4. It aired 2001-07-05 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Right On, Rhydon!” (S04E47). Next is “The Joy of Water Pokémon” (S04E49). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On the way to Olivine City, a blimp lands in the town that Ash and friends are in. It turns out that there are two sick Pokemon on board and Brock is allowed to treat them. The two pokemon are Kecleon, and after being healed they go on a hiding spree. Not knowing whether or not if they are on the blimp, Ash, Misty, and Brock decide to help find them.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Kecleon Caper sit in the Pokémon guide?
S04E48 is listed hour 207 of 1220 — hour 48 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 48.
When did Pokémon S04E48 air?
The Kecleon Caper aired 2001-07-05 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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- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
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- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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