Pokémon
A High-Speed Awakening!
TV Flash files “A High-Speed Awakening!” as hour 1057 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 22, episode 27, aired 2019-04-28, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E27: listed hour 1057 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 27 of 54 in season 22. It aired 2019-04-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Aiming for the Top Floor!” (S22E26). Next is “The One That Didn't Get Away!” (S22E28). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A special Vikavolt race is being held and so Sophocles starts working on his capabilities with his Vikavolt so they can win. However, when the race begins, he learns that Horacio will also be participating with his Vikavolt which makes the situation even more tense. However, Team Rocket soon appear with a dark scheme to win as well. Who will win the race and get the Buginium Z being offered as a prize?
Viewer FAQ
Where does A High-Speed Awakening! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S22E27 is listed hour 1057 of 1220 — hour 27 of 54 in season 22, season 22 episode 27.
When did Pokémon S22E27 air?
A High-Speed Awakening! aired 2019-04-28 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…