Pokémon
Day Three Block Busters!
TV Flash files “Day Three Block Busters!” as hour 837 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 17, episode 39, aired 2014-10-18, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E39: listed hour 837 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 39 of 48 in season 17. It aired 2014-10-18 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Summer of Discovery!” (S17E38). Next is “Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!” (S17E40). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
It's the third day in the Pokémon Summer Camp and the task put forth is the PokéVision Production. Serena, a big fan of PokéVision, is eager to get started and show off her Pokémon, so starts grooming and cooking PokéPuffs. However, when they go out to find a spot to film, Serena doesn't notice a cliff-face and slides down. Ash tries to grab her but falls down as well. Will the pair be alright and will Serena find a place to film her PokéVision video?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Day Three Block Busters! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S17E39 is listed hour 837 of 1220 — hour 39 of 48 in season 17, season 17 episode 39.
When did Pokémon S17E39 air?
Day Three Block Busters! aired 2014-10-18 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…