All episodes Season 23 S23E06 2019-12-22 30 min 1990s Kids' WB/Syndication

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Working My Way Back to Mew!

TV Flash files “Working My Way Back to Mew!” as hour 1090 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 23, episode 6, aired 2019-12-22, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S23E06: listed hour 1090 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 6 of 48 in season 23. It aired 2019-12-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Mind-Boggling Dynamax!” (S23E05). Next is “Serving Up the Flute Cup!” (S23E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Pokémon — Working My Way Back to Mew! (S23E06)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

After catching Scorbunny in Galar, Go noticed that his Pokédex got filled in when he caught it, which has caused him interest in getting every Pokémon. With Ash, he travels to the forests in the Kanto region and notices a lot of Bug-type Pokémon, so he sets himself a task: Catch every Bug Pokémon from Kanto. Which Pokémon will become his partners?

Viewer FAQ

Where does Working My Way Back to Mew! sit in the Pokémon guide?

S23E06 is listed hour 1090 of 1220 — hour 6 of 48 in season 23, season 23 episode 6.

When did Pokémon S23E06 air?

Working My Way Back to Mew! aired 2019-12-22 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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