Pokémon
The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
TV Flash files “The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!” as hour 772 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 16, episode 19, aired 2013-06-08, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S16E19: listed hour 772 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 19 of 45 in season 16. It aired 2013-06-08 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!” (S16E18). Next is “Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!” (S16E20). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Heading towards the White Ruins, Ash & Co. come across a special Kanto Fair, a fair celebrating the region of Kanto and the various Pokémon that dwell there. Ash is excited to see all these attractions that remind him of home and ends up seeing a cheerful Charmander. Reminding him of his old friend, Ash calls Profesor Oak and requests that he sends over Charizard. However, once there, Charizard soon meets Iris' Dragonite and a rivalry begins with a battle. Will the battle last? Who will win? Will Charizard & Dragonite learn to be friends?
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S16E19 is listed hour 772 of 1220 — hour 19 of 45 in season 16, season 16 episode 19.
When did Pokémon S16E19 air?
The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! aired 2013-06-08 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…