Pokémon
Pokémon Ranger: Heatran Rescue!
TV Flash files “Pokémon Ranger: Heatran Rescue!” as hour 642 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 13, episode 20, aired 2010-10-16, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E20: listed hour 642 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 20 of 34 in season 13. It aired 2010-10-16 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “A Grand Fight for Winning!” (S13E19). Next is “For the Love of Meowth!” (S13E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash and friends encounter a Pokémon Ranger named Ben. They find out that the legendary Heatran has been disturbed and is now going on a rampage, and Ben is on a mission to calm it down. Meanwhile, Team Rocket decide to catch Heatran, eager for the legendary Pokémon's power.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pokémon Ranger: Heatran Rescue! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S13E20 is listed hour 642 of 1220 — hour 20 of 34 in season 13, season 13 episode 20.
When did Pokémon S13E20 air?
Pokémon Ranger: Heatran Rescue! aired 2010-10-16 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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