Pokémon
Bulbasaur...The Ambassador!
TV Flash files “Bulbasaur...The Ambassador!” as hour 227 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 5, episode 16, aired 2002-09-23, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E16: listed hour 227 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 16 of 65 in season 5. It aired 2002-09-23 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Nerves of Steelix” (S05E15). Next is “Espeon, Not Included” (S05E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Professor Oak and Tracey have a problem. The Pokémon in Professor Oak's garden are acting very agressive. Seeing the extremity in this case they call Ash for his Bulbasaur because Bulbasaur took care of and understood wild Pokémon in the past.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bulbasaur...The Ambassador! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S05E16 is listed hour 227 of 1220 — hour 16 of 65 in season 5, season 5 episode 16.
When did Pokémon S05E16 air?
Bulbasaur...The Ambassador! aired 2002-09-23 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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