Pokémon
Casting a Paul on Barry!
TV Flash files “Casting a Paul on Barry!” as hour 649 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 13, episode 27, aired 2010-12-04, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E27: listed hour 649 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 27 of 34 in season 13. It aired 2010-12-04 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “League Unleashed!” (S13E26). Next is “Working on a Right Move!” (S13E28). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The third round of the Lily of the Valley Conference is about to start. Much to his happiness, Barry's next match will be against Paul, a trainer he looks up too. As the battle begins Paul believes it will be an easy win, but Barry soon proves that he is no pushover. Which trainer will advance to the next round?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Casting a Paul on Barry! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S13E27 is listed hour 649 of 1220 — hour 27 of 34 in season 13, season 13 episode 27.
When did Pokémon S13E27 air?
Casting a Paul on Barry! aired 2010-12-04 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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- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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