Pokémon
Battling the Leaf Thieves!
TV Flash files “Battling the Leaf Thieves!” as hour 730 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 15, episode 26, aired 2012-08-11, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E26: listed hour 730 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 26 of 49 in season 15. It aired 2012-08-11 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!” (S15E25). Next is “A Restoration Confrontation! (Part 1)” (S15E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
During a training battle, Ash gets a massive surprise when his Swadloon evolves into Leavanny who brings fun to the group in the creation of masks and headpieces. However, shortly afterwards, a group of Durant arrive and kidnap Axew after mistaking it for food. Ash & co. have to go and find Durant and rescue Axew before it gets eaten. Will they succeed?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Battling the Leaf Thieves! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S15E26 is listed hour 730 of 1220 — hour 26 of 49 in season 15, season 15 episode 26.
When did Pokémon S15E26 air?
Battling the Leaf Thieves! aired 2012-08-11 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…