Pokémon
The Ol' Raise and Switch!
TV Flash files “The Ol' Raise and Switch!” as hour 968 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 20, episode 30, aired 2017-06-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E30: listed hour 968 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 30 of 43 in season 20. It aired 2017-06-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Lulled to La-La Land!” (S20E29). Next is “The Island Whisperer!” (S20E31). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As part of a class assignment, each of the students must take care of each other's Pokémon partner for the weekend. Pikachu gets to stay with Lillie at her mansion and Lillie is determined to try and overcome her fear of getting close to Pokémon, so she uses Satoshi's methods to gain Pikachu's trust. At Suiren's home, Bakugames is having trouble with her twin sisters, while Mao also has problems with Togedemaru while she works at her family restaurant. Māmane's experiments with Amamaiko don't work out well, but he finds that Amamaiko can be a great night-time comfort. At his family's dairy farm, Kaki assigns Ashimari to work with his younger sister Hoshi, but finds the water Pokémon to be a great problem-solver with the farm's Kentauros. Shiron keeps giving Satoshi the cold shoulder but finally warms up to him when Satoshi includes Shiron in his Pokémon's training sessions.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Ol' Raise and Switch! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S20E30 is listed hour 968 of 1220 — hour 30 of 43 in season 20, season 20 episode 30.
When did Pokémon S20E30 air?
The Ol' Raise and Switch! aired 2017-06-15 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…