Pokémon
The Path That Leads to Goodbye!
TV Flash files “The Path That Leads to Goodbye!” as hour 787 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 16, episode 34, aired 2013-09-21, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S16E34: listed hour 787 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 34 of 45 in season 16. It aired 2013-09-21 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Butterfree and Me!” (S16E33). Next is “Searching for a Wish!” (S16E35). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Arriving on Big Island, the biggest island in the Decolora Archipelago, Ash & Co. encounter the rare Pokémon, Dunsparce. Ash is eager to capture it and challenges it to a battle. During which, it uses its Screech attack which disorientates Ash, causing him to fall onto Iris' floral headdress, and while Pikachu tries to attack the Dunsparce, Axew inadvertently crashes into it causing Dunsparce to escape. Ash is angered and blames Axew for this, causing Iris to get angered at Ash. Ash tries to mend fences with Iris, but Iris angrily says she's leaving and heads off with Axew. Will Ash & Iris manage to make up?
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Path That Leads to Goodbye! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S16E34 is listed hour 787 of 1220 — hour 34 of 45 in season 16, season 16 episode 34.
When did Pokémon S16E34 air?
The Path That Leads to Goodbye! aired 2013-09-21 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…