Pokémon
A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!
TV Flash files “A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!” as hour 802 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 17, episode 4, aired 2014-02-08, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E04: listed hour 802 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 4 of 48 in season 17. It aired 2014-02-08 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “A Battle of Aerial Mobility!” (S17E03). Next is “A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!” (S17E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While heading to Santalune City, Ash & Co. stop to feed their Pokémon when they find the Dedenne they previously encountered has been following them. Bonnie is happy to see it and tries to get it, when it suddenly attacks. Meanwhile, Serena has arrived in Lumiose City and is offered a Starter Pokémon by Professor Sycamore. However, once she decides, she decides she needs to go find Ash. Will Bonnie get the Dedenne and will Serena be able to find Ash?
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S17E04 is listed hour 802 of 1220 — hour 4 of 48 in season 17, season 17 episode 4.
When did Pokémon S17E04 air?
A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship! aired 2014-02-08 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…