Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 1 Times Watched: 12,101 | Comments: 7

Ash Ketchum is finally 10 years old, old enough to become a Pokmon Trainer. He wakes up late, and arrives to Professor Oaks lab late, and all the Pokmon are gone! Ash has no choice but to take a naughty Pikachu. Pikachu wont listen or go inside its PokBall, so Ash must drag it along (literally). After many failed attempts at capturing some Pokmon, Ash throws a rock and it hits a Spearow. The Spearow gets angry and starts attacking them! Soon, the entire flock start chasing Ash and Pikachu! Ash,...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 2 Times Watched: 8,517 | Comments: 0

Finally arriving in Viridian City, Ash is cornered by Officer Jenny who asks why he is carrying Pikachu instead of having it in a Pokball. He explains that Pikachu doesn't like Pokballs and shows her his Pokdex proving that he is one of the Pallet Town Trainers. Jenny takes Ash to the Pokmon Center where Nurse Joy begins treatment on the injured Pikachu. Before Pikachu's treatment finishes, however, the Center is attacked by two members of Team Rocket.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 3 Times Watched: 7,078 | Comments: 2

Ash, Pikachu and Misty have entered the Viridian Forest. Ash has spotted a Caterpie and thrown a Pokball at it. Capturing it, Ash is overjoyed at his first catch. Misty, however, hates bugs and screams every time it comes near her. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is following them, ready for a fresh attempt at capturing Pikachu. Ash decides to capture another Pokemon, and manages to get a Pidgeotto. Can he, Misty, and his Pokemon, fend off Team Rocket again?

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 4 Times Watched: 962 | Comments: 0

Ash and Misty are now wandering through Viridian Forest. A Samurai challenges Ash to a battle, and it turns out to be Metapod Versus Metapod. After a short time, a swarm of Beedrill attacks, and Ash's Metapod is taken by them. Can Ash get his Pokmon back from them or will it be doomed to live its life without Ash?

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 5 Times Watched: 692 | Comments: 0

Ash meets a strange old man named Flint, who instructs him in the etiquette of Pokmon training and the rules of the Pokmon League. To enter the League, trainers must collect badges from gym leaders, like the gym in Pewter City run by Brock. Ash quickly challenges Brock to a match and loses. After intense and strange training from Flint, Pikachu battles again and wins, earning Ash a Boulder Badge and a new friend - Brock.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 6 Times Watched: 608 | Comments: 0

Brock has joined Ash and Misty, as they continue on their path to Pokmon greatness. First, they must find a short cut to Cerulean City, through the caves of Mt. Moon.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 7 Times Watched: 587 | Comments: 0

In his search to collect Trainer Badges, Ash heads for Cerulean City, intending to confront the Cerulean Gym Leader. For some reason, Misty expresses a desire to avoid Cerulean City and disappears somewhere along the way. Without concern for Misty, Ash and Pikachu continue toward the Cerulean City Gym.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 8 Times Watched: 545 | Comments: 0

After receiving his second badge, Ash sets off triumphantly for Vermilion City. Along the way, they hear of a trainer named A.J.-a fierce-Pokmon-trainer who has never lost a match. Full of self-confidence from his own record of ten victories in a row, Ash heads directly for the gym to find his new opponent.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 9 Times Watched: 516 | Comments: 0

Our three heroes have lost their way in the depths of a dense wood, shrouded in thick, white mist. Momentarily giving up, they decide to break for a brief rest. As Ash wanders deeper into the wood, searching for firewood, he happens across a young boy being bullied by five classmates gathered around him. Eavesdropping on their conversation, Ash learns that the boys are attending the Pokmon Seminar (or 'Pokmon Zem' for short) - a preparatory school for Pokmon trainers.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 10 Times Watched: 500 | Comments: 0

Still lost, the party continues to wander. Falling from a rope bridge, stumbling into pitfalls, being caught in various traps, they struggle on until reaching a village, not shown on their map, inhabited by Pokemon that have been injured in battle or abandoned by their masters. In this village, a kind-hearted young woman named Melanie cares for these Pokemon.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 11 Times Watched: 1,045 | Comments: 0

As our heroes press on toward Vermilion City, they encounter a lone, weak Charmander at a mountain pass. Standing atop a stone, it appears to be waiting for someone. Ash immediately attempts to capture it, but fails. Giving up, Ash and friends head for a nearby Pokemon Center. There they run into Damienthe very boy who had abandoned the Charmander.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 12 Times Watched: 517 | Comments: 1

A company of Squirtles stand in the path of our heroes' enthusiastic march. To make matters worse, joining forces with Team Rocket, the Squirtles capture Ash and friends. When the Squirtles lock Pikachu, who has been critically injured, in a cage, Ash runs to retrieve a healing Potion. Upon Ash's return, a battle ensues between Team Rocket and our heroes. When it becomes apparent that Team Rocket has deserted the Squirtles, and even endangered them, Ash and his love of Pokmon prevails, and saves...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 13 Times Watched: 421 | Comments: 0

The party emerges from the forest onto a beach, where in the distance they see a lighthouse, shining at the tops of a cliff. The lighthouse belongs to Bill, a Pokmon researcher who is awaiting the coming of a one-of-a-kind Pokmon, never before seen by humans. Before long, a tremendously large shadow begins to take form in the sea mists, but this possible discovery could be hindered due to the infamous Team Rocket lurking in the background cooking up another one of their schemes. Could such a...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 14 Times Watched: 427 | Comments: 0

Our heroes finally reach Vermilion City. They make their way to the Pokmon Center to refill their empty stomachs, but once there, they witness dozens of injured Pokmon being treated. Pikachu and Ash are alarmed to learn that all of these Pokmon were injured in battles with the Vermilion Gym Leader, Lt. Surge. Nonetheless, eager to earn a badge, Ash challenges Lt. Surge. Pikachu reluctantly enters the battle only to discover its opponent to be a Raichu, a fierce Pokmon with tremendous electric...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 15 Times Watched: 402 | Comments: 0

Ash and his party arrive at a port where the SS Anne, an international cruise liner, is docked. Receiving free tickets, from a mysterious duo, for a Pokmon Trainer party aboard the Santa Anne, they board the ship filled with anticipation of good food and lots of Pokmon excitement. Aboard the ship, bustling with Pokmon Trainers, Ash meets a distinguished gentleman who suggests they make a Pokmon trade. Ash exchanges his Butterfree for the gentleman's Raticate. Just then, the SS Anne is taken over...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 16 Times Watched: 375 | Comments: 0

With the St. Anne deep underwater, the group recovers and discover their predicament. Jessie and James wake up as well. When they meet up they initially start a battle, but the weight of their Pokmon rocks the boat. They agree to work together to get out. They find their way to a weak point in the boat where Charmander welds through it. Water gushes in and the three escape on water Pokmon. Team Rocket try to escape, but their Magikarp is too weak. They eventually float to the surface and are...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 17 Times Watched: 544 | Comments: 0

As our heroes and Team Rocket beat the odds by surviving the sinking ship, they are dragged into another potentially deadly situation when they are attacked by the ferocious Pokemon, Gyarados. One Gyarados becomes many and Ash, friends and foe are swept up in a tornado landing them in various locations on an island. Ash loses Pikachu and the Poke Balls containing Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur. Jessie and James from Team Rocket, who land in another remote part of the island, also lose their...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 19 Times Watched: 403 | Comments: 0

Our heroes arrive at Hutber Port, where a ferryboat line runs to the mainland. There they meet a cousin of the old mans competitor from Acapulco who, having recently acquired a great deal of money, is trying to construct a huge luxury hotel, turning a coral reef area into a tremendous resort. This section of coral reef, however, is very important to the Tentacool and Horsea that live there. When a huge school of Tentacool interferes with the construction of the hotel, the cousin and a group of...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 20 Times Watched: 367 | Comments: 0

After leaving Acapulco in search of Saffron City, our heroes finally arrive at a small port town in the middle of celebrating a summer festival. In order to recover from their hard journey, Ash and his party decide to participate in the festival. Team Rockets interest in the festivities, on the other hand, is purely monetary. Brock and James are both bewitched by a picture scroll shown in a shrine open only on the day of the summer festival. The picture depicts a beautiful young maiden in a...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 21 Times Watched: 307 | Comments: 0

As they journey toward Saffron City, our heroes come to a path that continues along the side of a sheer cliff. When the party sees a flock of Butterfree flying above the ocean, Brock, as a Pokemon breeder, explains that it is the Butterfrees egg-laying season. In order to continue their posterity, Butterfree find mates during this season and cross the sea together. Ash releases his Butterfree, sending it off toward the flock. His Butterfree performs a dance to attract a pink Butterfree, but is...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 22 Times Watched: 303 | Comments: 0

The party finally arrives in Saffron City where a young girl manages a gym of Pokemon using her psychic powers. If Ash defeats this particular Gym Leader, Ash can earn a gold badge. Gathering all their strength, Ash and Pikachu challenge her. She happily accepts, but adds the strange condition that if Ash loses, they must become her friend. The official gym battle begins, but Pikachu is helpless against the young girls Pokemon, Abra. To make matters worse, Abra evolves in the middle of the...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 23 Times Watched: 356 | Comments: 0

Ash realizes that he must battle and collect a ghost Pokemon in order to defeat the young girls psychic Pokemon. In search of a ghost Pokemon, he heads immediately for a tower in Lavender Town where they are said to live. Jessie, James and Meowth from Team Rocket are already at the tower, but as they lay in wait for our heroes, they are attacked by Gastly, Haunter and Gangar. In the process of trying to defeat the ghost Pokemon, Ash learns a lesson or two about the mystical spirit world. Can Ash...

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 24 Times Watched: 375 | Comments: 0

Unbenownst to Ash, one of the ghost Pokemon decides to join Ash and friends on their journey and more importantly help Ash battle the powerful Saffron City Gym Leader. Ash returns to Saffron City with one goal, to win a gold badge. The scene is set and Ash and the young girl are once again face to face when suddenly, Ashs ghost Pokemon is nowhere to be found. Feeling completely humiliated, Ash leaves the gym.

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 25 Times Watched: 408 | Comments: 0

On their way to Celadon City, our heroes encounter Mankey, a wild Pokemon that if rubbed the wrong way can go into uncontrollable fits. Not realizing its unpredictability, the party accidentally upsets Mankey. To make matters worse, Team Rocket arrives and an all out war is waged by Mankey, who evolves into a ferocious Primeape, against anyone in its path. Will Ash be able to add Mankey/Primeape to his ever growing collection of Pokemon without having to withstand Primeapes unrelenting wrath?

Anime, Pokemon, Season 1 | Episode 26 Times Watched: 244 | Comments: 0

The party arrives in Celadon City, a perfectly pleasant town full of large department stores, condominiums, and fancy arcades. Brock and Misty are mesmerized, listening to a pretty young girl in a miniskirt, selling perfume. Appalled by the price of the perfume, Ash is kicked out of the department store, and heads for the Pokemon gym alone, but he is denied entrance to the Celadon Gym. The perfume that Ash criticized in the department store is produced in this gym. Brock and Misty enter the gym...