Pokémon
A Crowning Moment of Truth!
TV Flash files “A Crowning Moment of Truth!” as hour 972 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 20, episode 34, aired 2017-07-20, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E34: listed hour 972 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 34 of 43 in season 20. It aired 2017-07-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Big Sky, Small Fry!” (S20E33). Next is “Currying Favor and Flavor!” (S20E35). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Satoshi and his friends go to the Wela Volcano Festival, where an Alolan Garagara appears and takes the "Wela Crown", which supposedly has the power to make Pokémon stronger. Satoshi and Kaki chase after it, which leads to a fierce battle between Garagara and Kaki's Bakugames in which, even when using a Z-move, Bakugames is defeated. Kaki is devastated and disheartened by the loss, but Satoshi and Bakugames encourage him. The next day, Kaki and Bakugames face Garagara in a rematch, but this time Bakugames wins. Garagara not only returns the crown but also decides to join Kaki as one of his Pokémon. Garagara develops a rivalry with Bakugames in the process.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Crowning Moment of Truth! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S20E34 is listed hour 972 of 1220 — hour 34 of 43 in season 20, season 20 episode 34.
When did Pokémon S20E34 air?
A Crowning Moment of Truth! aired 2017-07-20 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…