Season 1: Episode 2, "Pokémon Emergency!" Misty is the orange-haired, fiercely independent companion to Ash on his journey to the Indigo League. It’s a strong foundation that ends with a legendary sighting and shows why Ash has the making of a uniquely powerful trainer-even if he oversleeps, steals bikes, and has trouble containing his ambition. But it also might be one of the more heartstring-tugging episodes, since it involves Ash earning Pikachu’s loyalty and doing whatever it takes to protect his new Pokémon from danger. Season 1: Episode 1, "Pokemon, I Choose You!" Meeting Ash, Professor Oak, and Pikachu makes the pilot essential to the series. That way you see how Ash’s stable of Pokémon develops and how he makes progress toward the Indigo League tournament at the end of this first installment of the anime. The best way to hit the highlights is to focus on three types of episodes: major Pokémon captures, major Pokémon evolutions, and gym battles. Once you get through the first episode, the narrative path of Indigo League takes many detours to develop Ash’s companions Misty and Brock, as well as build out the world of Pokémon Trainers. It would be hard for anyone to defend the non-caricature status of Jynx, and thus this Christmas-themed episode-which features Team Rocket trying to get revenge on Santa for stealing Jesse’s childhood doll-is no longer on regular broadcast schedules. That controversy took "Holiday Hi-Jynx" out of the regular rotation for Pokémon episodes. Weatherford noted that Jynx, a psychic and ice-type Pokémon, could be seen as a racist stereotype. Season 1: Episode 63, "Holiday Hi-Jynx" In 2000, cultural critic Carole B. It’s a shame, since the episode reveals the Porygon, a prototype digital Pokémon, as the latest creation from the Professor who created the system by which Pokeballs are transferred between Pokemon Centers. Viewers in Japan complained of blurred vision, headaches, nausea, and some even had temporary blindness or seizures. Season 1: Episode 38, "Cyber Soldier Porygon" Better known colloquially as "the Seizure Episode," at one point in this episode Pikachu uses a Thunderbolt attack, causing a huge explosion represented by flashing red and blue lights. It's a big continuity gap, since in later episodes Ash's herd of Tauros show up with the audience having no idea when he caught them, but it’s for the best. But this episode never made it to the United States because of the extensive use of firearms, as the Safari Zone warden aims a gun at Ash’s head and fires it at Team Rocket. Season 1: Episode 35, "The Legend of Dratini" Ash, Misty, and Brock visit the Safari Zone, where Ash catches an entire herd of Tauros. There’s a bunch of overly sexual material, but it’s the first episode where Misty and Brock meet Gary and Delia, so it does remove one important bit of continuity, along with being incredibly prudish. That’s basically the reason this episode is heavily edited or excised from home video collections of the series. Season 1: Episode 18, "Beauty and the Beach" James of Team Rocket dresses up for a beauty contest in a bikini, including inflated breasts. They’re not essential, and they’re easy to track down for those with completist tendencies, but we’ll detail them here so you can get the gist of them without missing out. A couple episodes were deemed controversial in Japan and were never dubbed into English, and another couple aired once before being removed from the rotation. There are four episodes produced for Indigo League that aren’t in regular rotation when the series airs. Together, the three journey throughout the fictional Kanto Region, catching Pokémon, earning badges to compete in the Indigo League tournament, and evading the humorously incompetent Team Rocket-Jesse, James, and Meowth, a talking cat Pokémon-who yearn to steal Pikachu for their gang leader. ![]() Shortly after departing, Ash meets Misty, a young girl who dreams of eclipsing the training acumen of her talented older sisters, and Brock, a gym leader caring for his many younger siblings who dreams of leaving his hometown. Instead, Ash receives an unruly electric mouse Pokémon named Pikachu-but the two form a bond that is the central relationship of the series. He departs Pallet Town after oversleeping the first morning of his journey, causing him to miss out on the traditional starting Pokémon given out by resident expert Professor Oak. The series centers on perpetual 10-year-old Ash Ketchum, a bumbling aspiring Pokémon Master who has big dreams but little follow-through on the hard work required to become a top trainer. ![]() WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Silicon Valley Arrow
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