Pokémon
Grooming Furfrou!
TV Flash files “Grooming Furfrou!” as hour 806 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 17, episode 8, aired 2014-03-08, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E08: listed hour 806 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 8 of 48 in season 17. It aired 2014-03-08 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!” (S17E07). Next is “Clemont's Got a Secret!” (S17E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When they arrived at the next city, Serena informs Ash & Co. that there is a special Star Groomer in the city. This groomer has got an apprentice who is having some troubles; the Furfrou she has to groom doesn't approve of her, and just refuses to be groomed. However, when some new groomers come in, and offer to groom the group's Pokémon, things are not what they seem. Will Ash & Co. be able to protect their Pokémon and help the groomer to groom Furfrou?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Grooming Furfrou! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S17E08 is listed hour 806 of 1220 — hour 8 of 48 in season 17, season 17 episode 8.
When did Pokémon S17E08 air?
Grooming Furfrou! aired 2014-03-08 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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