Episode Listing

Pokémon League | Orange Islands | Johto League | Hoenn Region

Note: The Pokémon League is also known as the Seikei League, the Kanto League, and the Indigo League.

Ash Ketchum, a 10-year-old boy from Pallet Town, is starting his Pokémon journey. However, on the day he's due to start, he accidentally sleeps in and has to start off with the worst Pokémon of the bunch, Pikachu.

It's not long, however, before Ash and Pikachu become good friends and start working together. Team Rocket, a trio of villians, start attacking injured Pokémon, and Misty, a girl not much older than Ash, helps him defeat them. She then joins him on his quest, mainly because she wants Ash to replace a bike of hers which he destroyed in an attempt to save Pikachu. Soon after, Ash catches his first Pokémon, Caterpie, which quickly evolves into Metapod, followed by its most advanced form, Butterfree.

In only a couple of weeks, Ash, using Pikachu, manages to defeat Brock, the first gym leader. He receives his badge, and Brock also decides to join Ash's group.

Ash later battles Misty, of all people, for his second badge. But, since Misty was a part of Ash's group, Pikachu refused to battle her Pokémon and the battle was declared a tie. Ash saved the gym from Team Rocket, however, and because of that received the badge.

Ash, Pikachu, and his other Pokémon continued battling for badges, and Ash eventually won all 8 of the badges he needed to compete in the ultimate Pokémon contest, the Pokémon League.

Below is a list of all the episodes in the Pokémon League plot arc. If the title of an episode is a link, it leads to a synopsis of that episode.