Pokémon
Cameron's Secret Weapon!
TV Flash files “Cameron's Secret Weapon!” as hour 763 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 16, episode 10, aired 2013-04-06, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S16E10: listed hour 763 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 10 of 45 in season 16. It aired 2013-04-06 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Strong Strategy Steals the Show!” (S16E09). Next is “A Unova League Evolution!” (S16E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
It's time for the quarter finals of the Unova League and Ash is facing up against his friend Kotetsu. Ash gets a shock when Kotetsu sends out the massively powerful Hydreigon. With the battles now being 6 VS 6 battles in this round, Ash faces a bigger challenge than he has had so far in the league. In addition to that, when Riolu starts to be in play, it manages to climb on top of Ash's Pokémon and do severely damage while on them. Will Ash manage to overcome the odds and defeat his friend?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Cameron's Secret Weapon! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S16E10 is listed hour 763 of 1220 — hour 10 of 45 in season 16, season 16 episode 10.
When did Pokémon S16E10 air?
Cameron's Secret Weapon! aired 2013-04-06 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…