Pokémon
Battling on the Wing!
TV Flash files “Battling on the Wing!” as hour 1071 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 22, episode 41, aired 2019-08-04, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E41: listed hour 1071 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 41 of 54 in season 22. It aired 2019-08-04 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Strategy!” (S22E40). Next is “The Road to the Semifinals!” (S22E42). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With Ash's Z-Move having not had any effect on Hau's Decidueye, Decidueye has come back with its Sinister Arrow Raid Z-Move, which Rowlet luckily managed to dodge. However, the battle continues on and, with Rowlet not having fully mastered Feather Dance, the battle gets even more tense. Will Rowlet be able to pull through and bring Ash to the semi finals? In addition to that, the Top 8 match between Sophocles and Kiawe begins...
Viewer FAQ
Where does Battling on the Wing! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S22E41 is listed hour 1071 of 1220 — hour 41 of 54 in season 22, season 22 episode 41.
When did Pokémon S22E41 air?
Battling on the Wing! aired 2019-08-04 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…