Pokémon
Origins of Mega Evolution!
TV Flash files “Origins of Mega Evolution!” as hour 840 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 17, episode 42, aired 2014-11-08, 22 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E42: listed hour 840 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 42 of 48 in season 17. It aired 2014-11-08 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Battling Into the Hall of Fame!” (S17E41). Next is “Showdown at the Shalour Gym!” (S17E43). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Finally arriving in Shalour City, Ash & co. meet up with their old friend, Korrina and her Lucario. While there, they had towards the Tower of Mastery where Ash challenges Korrina to a gym battle, despite not having mastered the techniques Tierno showed him. However, the night before the gym match, Team Rocket appear in the tower and steal a document dedicated to Mega Evolution. Will Ash & Co. be able to retrieve the document in time for the battle?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Origins of Mega Evolution! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S17E42 is listed hour 840 of 1220 — hour 42 of 48 in season 17, season 17 episode 42.
When did Pokémon S17E42 air?
Origins of Mega Evolution! aired 2014-11-08 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…