Pokémon
Beyond the Rainbow!
TV Flash files “Beyond the Rainbow!” as hour 868 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 18, episode 22, aired 2015-07-04, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S18E22: listed hour 868 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 22 of 45 in season 18. It aired 2015-07-04 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Defending the Homeland!” (S18E21). Next is “So You're Having a Bad Day!” (S18E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After saving the Pokémon from an attack by Florges, Goodra got hit by an attack from the side, injuring it. While looking after it, Ash & co. are ambushed and Pikachu and the other Pokémon are all taken by Team Rocket. Ash & Co. set off to rescue the Pokémon but learn that the whole thing is a Team Rocket plot, with them forcing Florges to do their bidding at the threat of its Floette offspring. Will Ash & Co. be able to stop Team Rocket?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Beyond the Rainbow! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S18E22 is listed hour 868 of 1220 — hour 22 of 45 in season 18, season 18 episode 22.
When did Pokémon S18E22 air?
Beyond the Rainbow! aired 2015-07-04 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…