Pokémon
Octillery, the Outcast
TV Flash files “Octillery, the Outcast” as hour 217 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 5, episode 6, aired 2001-09-13, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E06: listed hour 217 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 6 of 65 in season 5. It aired 2001-09-13 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Mantine Overboard” (S05E05). Next is “Dueling Heroes” (S05E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After reaching the town where the preliminary round of the Whirlpool Cup is held, Ash and Misty must help cheer up a young trainer's Octillery after its evolution has left it feeling lonely and isolated from its Remoraid companions.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Octillery, the Outcast sit in the Pokémon guide?
S05E06 is listed hour 217 of 1220 — hour 6 of 65 in season 5, season 5 episode 6.
When did Pokémon S05E06 air?
Octillery, the Outcast aired 2001-09-13 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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