Pokémon
Getting the Band Back Together!
TV Flash files “Getting the Band Back Together!” as hour 961 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 20, episode 23, aired 2017-04-20, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E23: listed hour 961 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 23 of 43 in season 20. It aired 2017-04-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “A Shivering Shovel Search!” (S20E22). Next is “Alolan Open House!” (S20E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash and co. are attending a concert being held on Melemele Island and see a performance by DJ Leo and his Dugtrio. Going backstage, Ash starts getting to know the Dugtrio, but the Dugtrio starts fighting with itself putting in the possibility of splitting up. Soon after that, Team Rocket appear with their eyes set on Dugtrio. Will Dugtrio be saved and able to reconcile its differences?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Getting the Band Back Together! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S20E23 is listed hour 961 of 1220 — hour 23 of 43 in season 20, season 20 episode 23.
When did Pokémon S20E23 air?
Getting the Band Back Together! aired 2017-04-20 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…