Pokémon
Thinning the Hoard!
TV Flash files “Thinning the Hoard!” as hour 456 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 9, episode 36, aired 2006-12-12, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E36: listed hour 456 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 36 of 47 in season 9. It aired 2006-12-12 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!” (S09E35). Next is “Channeling the Battle Zone!” (S09E37). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After getting through the preliminaries of the Grand Festival and the first round of the finals, May ends up having to battle her old rival Harley in a double battle. Munchlax & Eevee VS Cacturne & Wigglytuff. Will May be able to defeat her rival and will Drew & Saori manage to get through to the finals aswell?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Thinning the Hoard! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S09E36 is listed hour 456 of 1220 — hour 36 of 47 in season 9, season 9 episode 36.
When did Pokémon S09E36 air?
Thinning the Hoard! aired 2006-12-12 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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