Pokémon
Showdown at Linoone
TV Flash files “Showdown at Linoone” as hour 388 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 8, episode 20, aired 2006-02-04, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E20: listed hour 388 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 20 of 52 in season 8. It aired 2006-02-04 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Eight Ain't Enough” (S08E19). Next is “Who, What, Where, When, Wynaut?” (S08E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While waiting to eat lunch in the woods, a Linoone comes by and steals two of May's Poké Balls. They find out that the Linoone belongs to a boy named Kimmy. Kimmy helps the heroes get the Poké Balls back before Team Rocket gets a hold of them and Linoone.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Showdown at Linoone sit in the Pokémon guide?
S08E20 is listed hour 388 of 1220 — hour 20 of 52 in season 8, season 8 episode 20.
When did Pokémon S08E20 air?
Showdown at Linoone aired 2006-02-04 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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