Pokémon
Going for a Spinda
TV Flash files “Going for a Spinda” as hour 333 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 7, episode 17, aired 2004-11-27, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E17: listed hour 333 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 17 of 52 in season 7. It aired 2004-11-27 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Going, Going, Yawn” (S07E16). Next is “All Torkoal, No Play” (S07E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Deciding to go back to Petalburg City, the heroes encounter a woman named Claire, who had lost her heart-marked Spinda. The heroes decide to help Claire and her butler, Royce, in finding Spinda. Team Rocket tries to intervene and both sides chase Spinda to a mountain top, a place which Claire recognizes.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Going for a Spinda sit in the Pokémon guide?
S07E17 is listed hour 333 of 1220 — hour 17 of 52 in season 7, season 7 episode 17.
When did Pokémon S07E17 air?
Going for a Spinda aired 2004-11-27 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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- Rica Matsumoto as Ash Ketchum (JP)
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- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
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- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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