Pokémon
Saving Darmanitan from the Bell!
TV Flash files “Saving Darmanitan from the Bell!” as hour 664 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 14, episode 8, aired 2011-03-26, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E08: listed hour 664 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 8 of 48 in season 14. It aired 2011-03-26 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!” (S14E07). Next is “The Bloom is on Axew!” (S14E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While stopping for lunch by a river, Pikachu and Axew's food suddenly goes missing. Everyone begins to search around and they find a Darumaka eating the food. They give chase but lose it and get lost.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Saving Darmanitan from the Bell! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S14E08 is listed hour 664 of 1220 — hour 8 of 48 in season 14, season 14 episode 8.
When did Pokémon S14E08 air?
Saving Darmanitan from the Bell! aired 2011-03-26 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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