Pokémon
Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!
TV Flash files “Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!” as hour 720 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 15, episode 16, aired 2012-06-02, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E16: listed hour 720 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 16 of 49 in season 15. It aired 2012-06-02 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Evolution Exchange Excitement!” (S15E15). Next is “Battling the Bully!” (S15E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After he collapsed after exiting Chargestone Cave, Ash & Co. learn from Cedric Juniper about some nearby ruins which once held the legendary Pokémon, Zekrom. Cedric goes to visit the ruins, but Ash, eager to learn about the legendary Pokémon, decides to join him in the exploration. However, when they enter, they're quickly attacked by a Sigilyph and Cofagrigus who are protecting the ruins. Will Cedric find what he's looking for and will Ash & Co. get out safely?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Explorers of the Hero's Ruin! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S15E16 is listed hour 720 of 1220 — hour 16 of 49 in season 15, season 15 episode 16.
When did Pokémon S15E16 air?
Explorers of the Hero's Ruin! aired 2012-06-02 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…