Pokémon
Got Meltan?
TV Flash files “Got Meltan?” as hour 1050 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 22, episode 20, aired 2019-03-10, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E20: listed hour 1050 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 20 of 54 in season 22. It aired 2019-03-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Show Me the Metal!” (S22E19). Next is “This Magik Moment!” (S22E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Professor Oak has finished his research on the mysterious Pokémon Ash reported on and discovered it's the Mythical Pokémon, Meltan. One of the Meltan has grown attached to Ash's Rowlet and joins them all at the Pokémon School, but after an incident, its nut gets stolen. The group tries to replace it but it doesn't fit so Meltan and Rowlet head out to find its old nut. However, while hunting, they bump into Team Rocket who are still after all the Meltan. Will they be able to protect Meltan?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Got Meltan? sit in the Pokémon guide?
S22E20 is listed hour 1050 of 1220 — hour 20 of 54 in season 22, season 22 episode 20.
When did Pokémon S22E20 air?
Got Meltan? aired 2019-03-10 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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- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
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- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
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