Pokémon
The Cave of Trials!
TV Flash files “The Cave of Trials!” as hour 828 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 17, episode 30, aired 2014-08-16, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E30: listed hour 828 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 30 of 48 in season 17. It aired 2014-08-16 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Mega Revelations!” (S17E29). Next is “The Aura Storm!” (S17E31). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Having teamed up with Korrina, Ash & co. arrive in Geosenge Town in search of the Lucarionite, the Mega Stone Korrina needs to Mega Evolve her Lucario. Having learned that the Mega Stone is found within a nearby cave, they go to investigate. However, while there, they find Team Rocket beat them to it and got blasted off by a mysterious force in the cave. Upon investigation, they discover that a Blaziken is in the cave and must be defeated to get the Lucarionite. Can Lucario defeat it?
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Cave of Trials! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S17E30 is listed hour 828 of 1220 — hour 30 of 48 in season 17, season 17 episode 30.
When did Pokémon S17E30 air?
The Cave of Trials! aired 2014-08-16 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…