Seasons & episodes
S1 · E17Island of the Giant Pokémon 1997-07-22 · 23 min
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 Pokémon, Gyarados.
S1 · E18Beauty and the Beach 1997-07-29 · 23 min
Ash and his friends have finally arrived in Porta Vista, a beach-side tourist town. After destroying an old man's ship, they must help in the old man's business. To attempt to pay the man back faster, Misty enters a beauty contest, only to discover she is competing against Jessie and James.
S1 · E19Tentacool & Tentacruel 1997-08-05 · 23 min
Our heroes arrive at Hutber Port, where a ferryboat line runs to the mainland.
S1 · E20The Ghost of Maiden's Peak 1997-08-12 · 23 min
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.
S1 · E21Bye Bye Butterfree 1997-08-19 · 23 min
When the party sees a flock of Butterfree flying above the ocean, Brock, as a Pokémon breeder, explains that it is the Butterfree's egg-laying season.
S1 · E22Abra and the Psychic Showdown 1997-08-26 · 23 min
The party finally arrives in Saffron City where a young girl manages a gym of Pokémon using her psychic powers. If Ash defeats this particular Gym Leader, Ash can earn a gold badge.
S1 · E23The Tower of Terror 1997-09-02 · 23 min
In search of a ghost Pokémon, Ash heads immediately for a tower in Lavender Town where they are said to dwell.
S1 · E24Haunter Versus Kadabra 1997-09-09 · 23 min
Unbeknownst to Ash, one of the ghost Pokémon decides to join Ash and friends on their journey and more importantly help Ash battle the powerful Saffron City Gym Leader.
S1 · E25Primeape Goes Bananas 1997-09-16 · 23 min
On their way to Celadon City, our heroes encounter Mankey, a wild Pokémon that if rubbed the wrong way can go into uncontrollable fits. Not realizing its unpredictability, the party accidentally upsets Mankey.
S1 · E26Pokémon Scent-sation! 1997-09-23 · 23 min
The party arrives in Celadon City, a perfectly pleasant town full of large department stores, condominiums, and fancy arcades.
S1 · E27Hypno's Naptime 1997-09-30 · 23 min
Our heroes come to a town in which a great deal of children have recently turned up missing.
S1 · E28Pokémon Fashion Flash 1997-10-07 · 23 min
At Brock's persistent request, our heroes stop by Caesar Street, a town of breeders famous for its Pokémon beauty salons.
S1 · E29The Punchy Pokémon 1997-10-14 · 23 min
In the outskirts of Fuchsia City, our heroes come across Hitmonchan, a fighter-Pokémon. With little thought, Ash attempts to capture it, but he and Pikachu are badly defeated.
S1 · E30Sparks Fly for Magnemite 1997-10-21 · 23 min
As our heroes make their way through the industrial town of Gringy City, Pikachu, perhaps weary from travel, is in a strange state; the electric sacks on his cheeks are continually twitching as though overcharged.
S1 · E31Dig Those Diglett! 1997-10-28 · 23 min
Ash, Brock, Misty and Pikachu are lost deep in the mountains. As they press forward on a rough road not even shown on their map, they suddenly hear a large explosion.
S1 · E32The Ninja-Poké Showdown 1997-11-04 · 23 min
Fuchsia Gym, the authorized gym where Ash seeks his next badge, turns out to be a hidden ninja's lair. After finally discovering and entering the gym, he is held up by a complex system of traps.
S1 · E33The Flame Pokémon-athon! 1997-11-11 · 23 min
Our heroes come to a prairie where the Laramies, a family of Pokémon Ranchers live. They learn from a daughter of the Laramie family that a race is held at the ranch once a year to measure the growth of everyone's Pokémon.
S1 · E34The Kangaskhan Kid 1997-11-18 · 23 min
Our heroes accompany Officer Jenny into the forest, intent on pursuing the Pokémon poachers in the area.
S1 · E35The Legend of Miniryu 1997-11-25 · 23 min
Ash and his friends get challenged by Team Rocket in seeing who can capture the most Pokémon within the Safari Zone, with Ash catching a whole herd of Tauros. As soon as Ash and his friends head out Pokémon hunting, Team Rocket manages to get the drop on the game warden (Mr. Kaiza) and forces him into giving up the location on where Dratini is (the Dragon Valley). In the end, Ash, his friends, Team Rocket, and Kaiza end up seeing the legendary Dratini and Dragonair, with the heroes saving the day.
S1 · E36The Bridge Bike Gang 1997-12-02 · 23 min
Ash and the others happen upon a town that can only be reached by a long bike bridge, but they don't have enough money to rent bikes for the crossing.
S1 · E37Ditto's Mysterious Mansion 1997-12-09 · 23 min
Our heroes take shelter in a cabin that turns out to be the Copycat House of a trainer who has a Pikachu that is a Ditto, the Transform Pokémon.
S1 · E38Cyber Soldier Porygon 1997-12-16 · 23 min
Ash and his friends arrive at Pokémon Center where the PokéBall transfer machine has been causing problems, as the transferred Pokémon never end up at the other side. Ash and his friends decide to accompany Porygon, a computerized Pokémon, used by Professor Akihabara to investigate the problem, only to discover Team Rocket and another Porygon are to blame.
S1 · E39Pikachu's Goodbye 1998-04-16 · 23 min
Ash and the others discover a group of wild Pikachu in a secluded area of the woods. How will Pikachu feel seeing others of its kind in the wild?
S1 · E40The Battling Eevee Brothers 1998-04-16 · 23 min
Tracing a path through the woods, the party comes across a tree baited with a plate of food and water. An Eevee is bound to the trunk with string.