Pokémon
Throwing in the Noctowl
TV Flash files “Throwing in the Noctowl” as hour 225 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 5, episode 14, aired 2001-11-08, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E14: listed hour 225 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 14 of 65 in season 5. It aired 2001-11-08 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “A Promise is a Promise” (S05E13). Next is “Nerves of Steelix” (S05E15). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash and friends have missed the ferry back to Olivine City. An old fisherman tells them that there is a plane service that can get them to Olivine that day. The fisherman turns out to be the one running the plane and they take off for Olivine. Several problems arise along the course of the trip including Team Rocket, Jigglypuff, and broken plane parts.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Throwing in the Noctowl sit in the Pokémon guide?
S05E14 is listed hour 225 of 1220 — hour 14 of 65 in season 5, season 5 episode 14.
When did Pokémon S05E14 air?
Throwing in the Noctowl aired 2001-11-08 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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