Pokémon
Enter Iris and Axew!
TV Flash files “Enter Iris and Axew!” as hour 658 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 14, episode 2, aired 2011-02-12, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E02: listed hour 658 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 2 of 48 in season 14. It aired 2011-02-12 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “In the Shadow of Zekrom!” (S14E01). Next is “A Sandile Gusher of Change!” (S14E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With Pikachu healed up, Ash decides to not return with his mom and Professor Oak to Kanto and to travel around the Unova region instead. As he begins his travels he meets a girl named Iris and together they decide to travel with each other, but when Pikachu and Axew are stolen by Team Rocket, will they be able to save their only Pokémon?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Enter Iris and Axew! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S14E02 is listed hour 658 of 1220 — hour 2 of 48 in season 14, season 14 episode 2.
When did Pokémon S14E02 air?
Enter Iris and Axew! aired 2011-02-12 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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