Pokémon
Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!
TV Flash files “Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!” as hour 752 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 15, episode 48, aired 2013-01-19, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E48: listed hour 752 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 48 of 49 in season 15. It aired 2013-01-19 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Unrest at the Nursery!” (S15E47). Next is “Unova's Survival Crisis!” (S15E49). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While training for the Unova League, Meloetta decides that it wants to practice against Ash. However, during training, another character comes in and attacks Ash thinking he was attacking Meloetta. Learning that the character is Meloetta's protector, Ash & Co. soon learn of a monitoring device watching Meloetta. In haste, they leave only to find that the Team Rocket boss, Giovanni, has returned to Unova and intends to capture Meloetta. Will Ash be able to protect Meloetta?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S15E48 is listed hour 752 of 1220 — hour 48 of 49 in season 15, season 15 episode 48.
When did Pokémon S15E48 air?
Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! aired 2013-01-19 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)
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- 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…