Pokémon
A Togepi Mirage!
TV Flash files “A Togepi Mirage!” as hour 321 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 7, episode 5, aired 2004-10-02, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E05: listed hour 321 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 5 of 52 in season 7. It aired 2004-10-02 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Princess and the Togepi” (S07E04). Next is “Candid Camerupt!” (S07E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
During the reunion with their old friend Misty, Ash and co. discover Hansen wants to rule the Togepi Kingdom and the Mirage Kingdom. Can they be able to stop him, and will Misty say good-bye to the Pokémon she cared for so long?
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Togepi Mirage! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S07E05 is listed hour 321 of 1220 — hour 5 of 52 in season 7, season 7 episode 5.
When did Pokémon S07E05 air?
A Togepi Mirage! aired 2004-10-02 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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