Pokémon
Claydol Big and Tall
TV Flash files “Claydol Big and Tall” as hour 380 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 8, episode 12, aired 2005-12-03, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E12: listed hour 380 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 12 of 52 in season 8. It aired 2005-12-03 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “A Cacturne for the Worse” (S08E11). Next is “Once in a Mawile” (S08E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Continuing their journey across Izabe Island, Ash and friends run into an old man who tells them the legend of the giant Claydol. When Team Rocket hears the legend, they unleash the Claydol that's going on a rampage.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Claydol Big and Tall sit in the Pokémon guide?
S08E12 is listed hour 380 of 1220 — hour 12 of 52 in season 8, season 8 episode 12.
When did Pokémon S08E12 air?
Claydol Big and Tall aired 2005-12-03 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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- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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