Pokémon
Survival of the Striaton Gym!
TV Flash files “Survival of the Striaton Gym!” as hour 796 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 16, episode 43, aired 2013-11-23, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S16E43: listed hour 796 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 43 of 45 in season 16. It aired 2013-11-23 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!” (S16E42). Next is “Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!” (S16E44). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When on the next island on their journey, Ash & co. meet up with Cilan's brothers, Chili and Cress and learn about a dojo breaker who has decided to set her sights on the Striaton City Gym. Having already defeated Chili and Cress, the "dojo breaker" has decided that she needs to beat Cilan which is why they are all on the island and challenges him, to which he accepts. Will Cilan be able to defend his brothers and his gym?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Survival of the Striaton Gym! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S16E43 is listed hour 796 of 1220 — hour 43 of 45 in season 16, season 16 episode 43.
When did Pokémon S16E43 air?
Survival of the Striaton Gym! aired 2013-11-23 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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- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
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- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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