Pokémon
Machoke, Machoke Man!
TV Flash files “Machoke, Machoke Man!” as the last listed hour of season 4 — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 4, episode 52, aired 2001-08-02, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E52: listed hour 211 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, last listed hour of season 4. It aired 2001-08-02 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Fight for the Light!” (S04E51). Next is “Around the Whirlpool” (S05E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash, Misty, Brock and Janina sail toward Cianwood City. They go to the store to get Ampharos' medicine. After say goodbye to Janina, they walk towards the Cianwood Gym. They stop when they see a man battling a Machoke on the beach. It turns out that he is Chuck, the Cianwood Gym Leader. He accepts Ash's request for a battle and they head to the gym. Will Ash be able to win his fifth Johto Badge?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Machoke, Machoke Man! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S04E52 is listed hour 211 of 1220 — last listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 52.
When did Pokémon S04E52 air?
Machoke, Machoke Man! aired 2001-08-02 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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