Pokémon
The Tiny Caretaker!
TV Flash files “The Tiny Caretaker!” as hour 884 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 18, episode 38, aired 2015-10-31, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S18E38: listed hour 884 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 38 of 45 in season 18. It aired 2015-10-31 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “A Legendary Photo Op!” (S18E37). Next is “A Trip Down Memory Train!” (S18E39). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On their way to Anistar City, at night Bonnie comes to the rescue of a wild Tyrunt. She decides to take care of it, despite how big it is, but learns that it is pampered so it'll be very tough. However, Team Rocket soon appear, wanting to take the Tyrunt. As Bonnie tries to protect the Tyrunt from them, she soon finds herself in deep trouble and the Tyrunt soon starts to glow. Will they be able to save eachother?
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Tiny Caretaker! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S18E38 is listed hour 884 of 1220 — hour 38 of 45 in season 18, season 18 episode 38.
When did Pokémon S18E38 air?
The Tiny Caretaker! aired 2015-10-31 and is listed at 30 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…