Pokémon
Rescuing the Unwilling!
TV Flash files “Rescuing the Unwilling!” as hour 991 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 21, episode 10, aired 2017-12-07, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S21E10: listed hour 991 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 10 of 49 in season 21. It aired 2017-12-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Revealing the Stuff of Legend!” (S21E09). Next is “10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!” (S21E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ash & co. have gone to Ultra Space on Solgaleo in order to find Lusamine, however to their surprise they find Lusamine has been enveloped by Nihilego and have to face off against her and the other Ultra Beasts, but with Lusamine's Pokémon strengthened by the Ultra Energy, they face a tougher battle than they had initially thought.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rescuing the Unwilling! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S21E10 is listed hour 991 of 1220 — hour 10 of 49 in season 21, season 21 episode 10.
When did Pokémon S21E10 air?
Rescuing the Unwilling! aired 2017-12-07 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…