1. Pokemon! Kimi ni kimeta!
Aired: Apr 1, 1997 Ash starts his Pokémon journey off to a rough start when he receives his firs...
2. Tai ketsu! Pokemon senta!
Aired: Apr 8, 1997 Ash and Pikachu make it to Viridian City. As Pikachu rests in the Pokemon Cen...
3. Pokemon getto da ze!
Aired: Apr 15, 1997 Ash catches his very first Pokemon, a Caterpie. However, Misty has a problem ...
4. Samurai shonen no chouse nichi!
Aired: Apr 22, 1997 While still traveling through the Viridian Forest, Ash and Misty find a Pokem...
5. Nibi Gym Battle!
Aired: Apr 29, 1997 Ash challenges Brock, the Pewter City gym leader.
6. Clefairy and the Moon Stone
Aired: May 6, 1997 With Brock as their new traveling companion, Ash, Misty, and Pikachu head for...
7. The Water Flowers of Cerulean City
Aired: May 13, 1997 The gang head for Cerulean City. But Misty mysteriously disapproves. When the...
8. The Path to the Pokémon League
Aired: May 20, 1997 With two badges, Ash begins to get cocky. He challenges A.J., a trainer that ...
9. The School of Hard Knocks
Aired: May 27, 1997 The gang come across a Pokemon school, where the kids learn how to become tra...
10. Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village
Aired: Jun 3, 1997 While lost in the woods on their way to Vermillion City, Ash and friends come...
11. Lost Pokemon Hitokage
Aired: Jun 10, 1997 Ash and friends find a lone Charmander that's waiting for it's trainer to ret...
12. Zenigane Group's Appearance
Aired: Jun 17, 1997 The gang arrives in a town that's disturbed by a gang of Squirtles who have b...
13. Masaki's Lighthouse
Aired: Jun 24, 1997 The gang find the lighthouse of the Pokemon researcher, Bill, who is trying t...
14. Electric Showdown! Kuchiba Gym
Aired: Jul 1, 1997 The gang finally make it to Vermillion City!! But the gym leader, Lieutenant ...
15. Battle on the St. Annu!
Aired: Jul 8, 1997 With three badges down, Ash and the gang's next stop is the gym in Saffron Ci...
16. Pokemon Adrift
Aired: Jul 15, 1997 The Saint Anne has capsized and sunk with Ash, the gang, and Team Rocket trap...
17. Giant Pokemon's Island!?
Aired: Jul 22, 1997 The trainers, the Pokemon, and Team Rocket find themselves stranded on a myst...
18. Aopuruko no kyujitsu (Holiday at Aopulco/Beauty and the Beach)
Aired: Jul 29, 1997 After accidentally wrecking the boat of a local restaurant owner, Ash and the...
19. Menokurage dokukurage
Aired: Aug 5, 1997 When a town is terrorized by a school of Tentacool and one giant Tentacruel, ...
20. Ghostly Pokémon and the Summer Festival
Aired: Aug 12, 1997 The ghost of a beautiful maiden bewitches both Brock and James. Will our hero...
21. Bye Bye Butterfree
Aired: Aug 19, 1997 It's the Butterfree Mating Season. Ash decides to let his Butterfree have a c...
22. Casey! Psychic Confrontation!
Aired: Aug 26, 1997 The gang make it to Saffron City and challenge the psychic gym leader, Sabrin...
23. Capture at the Pokémon Tower!
Aired: Sep 2, 1997 The gang find out that in order to defeat Sabrina's psychic Pokemon, they nee...
24. Ghost vs Esper!
Aired: Sep 9, 1997 Haunter willingly travels back to Saffron City with Ash and the gang to help ...
25. Don't Get Angry, Okorizaru!
Aired: Sep 16, 1997 Ash finds out that he's falling behind his rival, Gary, once again. When a Ma...
26. Erika and Kusaihana (Pokémon Scent-sation!)
Aired: Sep 23, 1997 Ash challenges Erika, the Celadon City gym leader.
27. Sleeper and Pokémon Hypnotism!?
Aired: Sep 30, 1997 All the children are missing and the pokemon are all weak. Ash and friends ne...
28. Rokon! Breeder Confrontation!
Aired: Oct 7, 1997 The Rocket-Dan plans a scheme to steal many Pokémon by opening a grooming sho...
29. Hand-to-Hand Fighting Pokémon! Big Battle!
Aired: Oct 14, 1997 While moving on his journey, Ash feels a need to catch a new Pokémon. But whi...
30. Do Coil See Dreams of Electric Mice!?
Aired: Oct 21, 1997 The group arrives in Gunjo City where everything is dark and gloomy. A Coil f...
31. Full of Digda!
Aired: Oct 28, 1997 Satoshi finds himself among a group of Pokémon Trainers hired to protect a co...
32. Sekichiku Ninja Confrontation!
Aired: Nov 4, 1997 Ash battles Koga, the Fuchsia City gym leader.
33. Fire Pokémon Big Race!
Aired: Nov 11, 1997 The gang enter the Safari Zone and find a Pokemon ranch, run by Lara, who's p...
34. Garura's Lullaby
Aired: Nov 18, 1997 While traveling through the Safari Zone, the gang help a married couple find ...
35. Miniryu no Densetsu (The Legend of Miniryu)
Aired: Nov 25, 1997 Satoshi wants to capture the rare Pocket Monster Miniryu, but the gun happy w...
36. Storm on Cycling Road
Aired: Dec 2, 1997 The gang are asked to deliver medicine to a sick Pokemon in Sunny Town. But t...
37. Metamon and the Mimicry Girl
Aired: Dec 9, 1997 During a storm, Satoshi and his friends arrive at a mysterious Mansion. While...
38. Dennô Senshi Porygon (Cyber Soldier Porygon/Electric Soldier Porygon)
Aired: Dec 16, 1997 In the process of investigating a virus in the Pokémon Transport system, Ash ...
39. Pikachu's Woods
Aired: Apr 16, 1998 The group come into a forest where it is quiet and peaceful. They notice a la...
40. The Four Ivui Brothers
Aired: Apr 16, 1998 The gang come across a tied up Eevee. When they try to return it to it's owne...
41. Wake up! Kabigon!
Aired: Apr 23, 1998 Ash and the gang come to a village where there is no food, because the river ...
42. Showdown! Pokémon Gym!
Aired: Apr 30, 1998 The gang arrive in a place called Dark City to find that two rival gyms have ...
43. Nassy Squad Big March!
Aired: May 7, 1998 When at a carnival, Satoshi and his friends meet a magician who is really los...
44. Paras and Parasect
Aired: May 14, 1998 Having run out of medicine, Satohsi and his friends go to a local shop to get...
45. Sing! Purin!
Aired: May 21, 1998 Entering Neon Town, a bustling Metropolis where everyone is tired and rude, S...
46. Resurrection!? Fossil Pokémon!
Aired: May 28, 1998 Ash and friends get caught up in a Pokémon Fossil rush. During the rush, exti...
47. Lucky's Clinical Records
Aired: Jun 4, 1998 After Pikachu gets an apple stuck in its throat, Satoshi and his friends rush...
48. Gardie and Kojiro
Aired: Jun 11, 1998 After finding a missing person sign featuring Kojiro, Satoshi and his friends...
49. Kamonegi's Easy Mark
Aired: Jun 18, 1998 When Kasumi's Monster Balls are stolen by Kamonegi, Satoshi and the gang inve...
50. Who Gets to Keep Togepy!?
Aired: Jun 25, 1998 The mysterious egg finally hatches to reveal an unknown Pokemon, named Togepi...
51. Fushigidane's Mysterious Flower Garden
Aired: Jul 2, 1998 Bulbasaur is close to evolving and Ash is very excited. But Bulbasaur is begi...
52. Fierce Fighting! Pokémon Girls' Festival!
Aired: Jul 9, 1998 Ash and Brock allow Misty to use their Pokémon when she has to compete agains...
53. It's Children's Day! All Members Gather!
Aired: Jul 9, 1998 Ash and his friends arrive at a small school on Kids Day. One of the children...
54. Police Officer Gardie
Aired: Jul 16, 1998 When Satoshi and his friends see a group of Gardie training against a Policem...
55. Shutter Chance Is Pikachu
Aired: Jul 23, 1998 The gang meet a Pokemon photographer, named Todd, who wants to get a photo of...
56. Pokémon Certification Test!?
Aired: Jul 30, 1998 Ash takes the Pokemon League Admissions Exam in order to prove that his skill...
57. The Secret of the Breeding Center!
Aired: Aug 6, 1998 Ash and the gang discover that a new breeding centre is a cover for a diaboli...
58. Burn! Guren Gym!
Aired: Aug 13, 1998 Ash, Misty, and Brock meet Gary on their way to Cinnabar Island.
59. Decisive Battle! Guren Gym!
Aired: Aug 20, 1998 Ash has a rematch against Blaine's Magmar with Charizard.
60. Kamex's Island
Aired: Aug 27, 1998 Ash, Misty, and Brock follow Squirtle and a Wartortle to a turtle island.
61. Hanada Gym! Underwater Battle!
Aired: Sep 3, 1998 Misty's sisters aren't drawing in as many crowds as they used to. They decide...
62. Pippi vs Purin
Aired: Sep 10, 1998 A mysterious space ship full of Clefairy lands near the city and starts takin...
63. Tokiwa Gym! The Last Badge!
Aired: Sep 17, 1998 Ash's eighth badge is at hand. But he'll be surprised at who he has to battle.
64. Barrierd of the Pokémon Circus
Aired: Sep 24, 1998 On their way back to Pallet Town, the gang encounter a Mr. Mime, who escaped ...
65. Rougela's Christmas
Aired: Oct 5, 1998 Ash, Brock and Misty try to get a Jynx back to it's trainer in the North Pole...
66. Iwark as a Bivouac
Aired: Oct 5, 1998 Satoshi and his friends are trapped in a snowstorm. Takeshi suggests that the...
67. Rival Confrontation! Okido Laboratory
Aired: Oct 8, 1998 Back in Masara Town, Satoshi finds Shigeru, already there, waiting to partake...
68. When Yadon Becomes Yadoran
Aired: Oct 15, 1998 Ash mom and friends are going to go to Seafoam Islands. Misty and Brock are g...
69. Legend of Surfing Pikachu
Aired: Oct 22, 1998 Ash spends the day surfing instead of training and is saved from drowning by ...
70. Kusaihana of the Botanical Garden
Aired: Oct 29, 1998 Ash and his friends go to the nearby greenhouse to get some flowers for his m...
71. Lights, Camera, Quack-tion
Aired: Nov 5, 1998 A big time movie director wants to make a movie with just Pokémon and he want...
72. Nyarth's A-I-U-E-O
Aired: Nov 12, 1998 When Ash & Co. heads to Hollywood to attend the premiere of the movie "Pokemo...
73. Siba of the Shitenno Enters!
Aired: Nov 19, 1998 As the Pokemon League draws closer, Ash and the gang seek advice from Bruno, ...
74. Fierce Battle! Ancient Pokémon
Aired: Nov 26, 1998 While training, our heroes discover some ancient ruins. Relics found at the s...
75. Garagara's Bone Club
Aired: Dec 3, 1998 Ash and his friends offer to help a Pokémon League competitor retrieve his st...
76. All Fired Up!
Aired: Dec 10, 1998 On there way to the Pokemon League, the gang volunteer to help carry the Poke...
77. Pokémon League Opens! Water Battlefield!
Aired: Dec 17, 1998 Ash's first Pokemon League battle is on the Water Field. He decides to use Kr...
78. Ice Field! Blazing Battle!
Aired: Dec 24, 1998 For the second round Satoshi battles in the rock arena. Satoshi's last Pokémo...
79. Grass Battlefield! Unexpected Rival!
Aired: Jan 1, 1999 Ash's fourth match is on the Grass Field. But his opponent has a well trained...
80. Rival Enters!
Aired: Jan 7, 1999 Ash makes a new friend, named Richie. After Team Rocket steals the Pokemon fr...
81. Sekiei Stadium! Vs Hiroshi!
Aired: Jan 14, 1999 Ash must battle his new friend, Richie, if he wishes to move to the next step...
82. Pokemon League! The Final Battle!
Aired: Jan 21, 1999 His loss against Richie is leaving Ash depressed. But after Richie loses his ...