Pokémon
Battling the King of the Mines!
TV Flash files “Battling the King of the Mines!” as hour 717 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 15, episode 13, aired 2012-05-12, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E13: listed hour 717 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 13 of 49 in season 15. It aired 2012-05-12 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Stopping the Rage of Legends! (Part 2)” (S15E12). Next is “Crisis at Chargestone Cave!” (S15E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After the incident on Milos Island, Ash finally arrives at the Drifveil City Gym and Clay finally accepts his challenge. With Clay being a trainer since he was a child, Ash faces a massive challenge against Clay's Ground-type Pokémon. With Krokorok, Palpitoad and Excadrill being used by Clay, Ash soon learns that the battle is not as simple as using type advantages...
Viewer FAQ
Where does Battling the King of the Mines! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S15E13 is listed hour 717 of 1220 — hour 13 of 49 in season 15, season 15 episode 13.
When did Pokémon S15E13 air?
Battling the King of the Mines! aired 2012-05-12 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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- Rica Matsumoto as Ash Ketchum (JP)
Rica Matsumoto voices Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — the ten-year-old whose globetrotting checklist became a childhood operating system in Japanese, then a syndication engine abroad. Catch, train, argue about types. TV Flash files her as 1990s…
- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
Veronica Taylor was early U.S. Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Anime landed in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards:…
- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
Ikue Otani voiced Pikachu as a childhood operating system — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, anime landing in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards. Catch, train, argue about types. TV Flash files her as 1990s kids-TV…