Pokémon
Climbing the Tower of Success!
TV Flash files “Climbing the Tower of Success!” as hour 725 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 15, episode 21, aired 2012-07-07, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E21: listed hour 725 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 21 of 49 in season 15. It aired 2012-07-07 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “An Amazing Aerial Battle!” (S15E20). Next is “The Clubsplosion Begins!” (S15E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Heading towards Icirrus City, Ash & Co. meet up with their old friend Stephan and learn about a special contest. This contest features a variety of rounds including dressing up as famous characters, obstacle courses and having to collect various items including a Thunderstone. Whoever wins gets to ring the bell at the Celestial Tower that grants any wish. Who will win this contest?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Climbing the Tower of Success! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S15E21 is listed hour 725 of 1220 — hour 21 of 49 in season 15, season 15 episode 21.
When did Pokémon S15E21 air?
Climbing the Tower of Success! aired 2012-07-07 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…