Pokémon
Final Rivals!
TV Flash files “Final Rivals!” as hour 1076 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 22, episode 46, aired 2019-09-08, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E46: listed hour 1076 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 46 of 54 in season 22. It aired 2019-09-08 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Wisdom Not to Run!” (S22E45). Next is “Enter the Champion!” (S22E47). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
It's almost time for the finals of the Alola Pokémon League and, on the day before the finals, Ash's mother and Professor Oak arrive all the way from Kanto to cheer him on. However, soon after a group of Meltan appear and start doing something to Ash's Meltan. Gladion, Ash's opponent, is also preparing for the match being supported by his mother Lusamine and sister Lillie. When the match comes to a head the next day, it starts with Ash with the Mythical Pokémon Melmetal versus Ash with the Legendary Pokémon Silvally. Who will win the match?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Final Rivals! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S22E46 is listed hour 1076 of 1220 — hour 46 of 54 in season 22, season 22 episode 46.
When did Pokémon S22E46 air?
Final Rivals! aired 2019-09-08 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…