Pokémon
A PokéVision of Things to Come!
TV Flash files “A PokéVision of Things to Come!” as hour 819 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 17, episode 21, aired 2014-06-14, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E21: listed hour 819 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 21 of 48 in season 17. It aired 2014-06-14 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Breaking Titles at the Chateau!” (S17E20). Next is “Going for the Gold!” (S17E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Heading towards Cyllage City, Ash & Co. learn of the PokéVision videos, that promote the attractiveness of trainers and their Pokémon. After watching a special video from one of Kalos' idols and her Fennekin, Serena decides that it's time for her to begin one herself. With the help of Ash, Clemont and Bonnie, she starts to film her video, but things start to go wrong...
Viewer FAQ
Where does A PokéVision of Things to Come! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S17E21 is listed hour 819 of 1220 — hour 21 of 48 in season 17, season 17 episode 21.
When did Pokémon S17E21 air?
A PokéVision of Things to Come! aired 2014-06-14 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…