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Diamond and Pearl – Pokémon the Series

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"Indigo League" is where it all began as the first season of the long-running "Pokémon" animated series. Young Ash Ketchum is just beginning his Pokémon training as he reaches his 10th birthday. Things don't go as expected for the youngster, who gets a Pikachu instead of a standard first Pokémon. Winning gym badges is also tougher than Ash thought it would be. He's not alone in his quest for the badges, though, as former gym leaders Brock and Misty are by his side, along with some new friends.

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Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media 03/10/2020
3/5
This fun series, which is based on the fourth generation of Pokémon video games, stays true to its roots by combining action-packed moments with life lessons. Go to Full Review
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Abdulmohsen A @RT47416480 05/07/2025 Best show ever must see See more Abdulmohsen s @RT33368967 05/05/2025 best show ever must see See more Nick S @NickSpecter 11/27/2023 It was solid. Better than some other season with a few less "same formula always" episodes and some multi-episode story arc type plots. Some interesting pokemon and a good finale. Almost 3.5 for me, but still only watched it in BG and it didn't take much of my attention. See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Sep 28, 2006 Following a Maiden's Voyage! Dawn turns 10 and begins her Pokémon journey, but ends up getting lost on the way to the lab to pick up her first Pokémon; Ash takes a ship to the Sinnoh region, where a surprise attack from Team Rocket endangers Pikachu. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 28, 2006 Two Degrees of Separation! Dawn and Piplup begin their journey and enter their first Pokémon battle; they run into Pikachu and Team Rocket, while Ash catches up with Dawn. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 28, 2006 When Pokémon Worlds Collide! Ash and Brock run into a new rival named Paul, who challenges Ash to a battle, but Ash can't compete without Pikachu; Dawn and Piplup meet Ash and Brock, and together they try to rescue Pikachu from Team Rocket. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 5, 2006 Dawn of a New Era! Dawn and Ash argue over the best technique for catching a Pokémon; Dawn and Ash fight battles with a bard named Nando, who must make a decision about his future. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 19, 2006 Gettin' Twiggy With It! A Turtwig thwarts Team Rocket's latest attempt to capture Pikachu, but then takes Pikachu away on its own; Ash and friends must find the protective Turtwig and convince it to return Pikachu. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 26, 2006 Different Strokes for Different Blokes! After battles with each other and with Team Rocket, Ash and his rival Paul get lost in a forest full of hypnotic Stantler who trap Ash in an illusion. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 2, 2006 Like It or Lup It! Hoping to enter her first Pokémon Contest, a frustrated Dawn and her Piplup struggle with perfecting their moves; Team Rocket fans the flames of a bitter feud between wild Pokémon in hopes of capturing them all. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 9, 2006 Gymbaliar! Team Rocket opens an unlicensed gym to fool trainers into leaving Pokémon in their care; Jessie, disguised as Princess Powerzone, battles Ash and another trainer named Minnie and tries to make off with their Pokémon. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 16, 2006 Setting the World on Its Buneary! Ash and Dawn try to catch a wild Buneary after it displays astounding speed and power, but Team Rocket shows up to abduct both Buneary and Pikachu. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 23, 2006 Not on My Watch Ya Don't! Arriving in Jubelife City, the site of Dawn's premiere Pokémon Contest, Dawn wants to buy a Poketch, a trendy new gadget, but no one has them in stock; a disguised Team Rocket gives Ash, Dawn and Brock Poketches that turn out to be troublesome fakes. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 7, 2006 Mounting a Coordinator Assault! Dawn talks Ash into competing in the Pokémon Contest and meets a new friend and rival named Zoey; Jessie enters the contest disguised as the coordinator Jessilini. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 14, 2006 Arrival of a Rival! The Jubelife City Pokémon Contest moves into the second round with a match pitting Ash and Aipom against Zoey and her Glameow, but Ash forgets to focus on appearance over brute force; Dawn and Jessilina get their own chances against Zoey. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 21, 2006 A Staravia Is Born! Ash, Dawn and Brock run into a bird Pokémon expert named Rosebay, who explains her concern about what appears to be a dwindling Pokémon population in the forest, and the gang discovers Team Rocket capturing as many bird Pokémon as their net can hold. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 21, 2006 Leave It to Brocko! When the gang tries to help return an injured, displaced Nuzleaf to its home, Team Rocket captures Brock and the Nuzleaf, but Brock's quick thinking and culinary skills thwart their plans. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 11, 2007 Shapes of Things to Come! Arriving at the Oreburgh Gym and raring to go at his first Sinnoh Region Gym battle, Ash discovers that Paul has gotten there ahead of him for his battle with Roark the gym leader. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 18, 2007 A Gruff Act to Follow! After some coaxing, Paul decides to watch Ash battle Roark, the Oreburgh gym leader, for his first Sinnoh badge; Ash fights an uphill battle all the way as Roark's powerful Pokémon dominate. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 25, 2007 Wild in the Streets! After Team Rocket steals a machine that restores ancient Pokémon back to life, several ancient Pokémon cause havoc in Oreburgh City and need to be recaptured. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 1, 2007 O'er the Rampardos We Watched! After his initial defeat, Ash has a rematch with Roark from the Oreburgh Gym, hoping for his first Sinnoh region win and badge; he faces Roark's awe-inspiring Rampardos in the process. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 8, 2007 Twice Smitten, Once Shy! Dawn catches a Pachirisu but quickly discovers the cute Pokémon may be too feisty to control; as Dawn questions her competence as a trainer, Team Rocket tries to lure the Pachirisu with food to capture it. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 22, 2007 Mutiny in the Bounty! Ash, Dawn and Brock come across an evil Pokémon hunter named J, who makes her living stealing Pokémon to sell to clients; when J steals Pikachu and Meowth, Jessie and James join forces with Ash to rescue their captured friends. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 1, 2007 Ya See We Want an Evolution! Ash, Dawn and Brock meet the B-Button League, a group dedicated to helping their favorite Pokémon grow strong and beautiful without evolving; Team Rocket tries to use a new gadget to force the group's prized Magikarp and Feebas to evolve. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 8, 2007 Borrowing on Bad Faith! Apalm takes Ash's hat and playfully runs away, but then finds itself in trouble, only to be saved by Jessie; she convinces Ash to let her use his Apalm in an upcoming contest; Ash worries that he may lose his Apalm to Team Rocket. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 15, 2007 Faced With Steelix Determination! Team Rocket's attempt to dig a trap sends an underground Steelix into an angry rage; Ash, Dawn and Brock look for a way to stop the Steelix's rampage before it destroys a peaceful Bidoof village. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 29, 2007 Cooking Up a Sweet Story! When a girl named Theresa asks Ash to let Pikachu stand in for her aunt Abigail's lost Pikachu, Sugar, to help her win a baking competition, the ruse seems to work -- until Abigail challenges Ash to a Pokémon battle against Pikachu. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 29, 2007 Oh Do You Know the Poffin Plan! Arriving in Floaroma Town, Dawn drags Ash and Brock to a cooking class to learn how to make a special Pokémon snack food called poffins; Team Rocket hatches a scheme to get rich selling their own poffins, but a shy Roserade upends their plans. Details Episode 26 Aired Apr 5, 2007 Getting the Pre-Contest Titters! While practicing for the Floaroma Town Pokémon Contest, Dawn reunites with her childhood friend, Kenny, who plans to compete against her; Jessie sends James and Meowth on a mission to steal a strong Pokémon for her contest appearance. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 5, 2007 Settling a Not-So-Old Score! As the Floaroma Pokémon Contest gets underway, Dawn, her childhood friend Kenny and a disguised Jessie compete with the other coordinators for the prestigious Floaroma ribbon. Details Episode 28 Aired Apr 12, 2007 Drifloon on the Wind! Ash, Dawn and Brock stop at a Pokémon Center run by a Nurse Joy with two young daughters; when the younger girl takes off on a Drifloon to find her sister, Ash sets out to save them before a brewing storm causes tragedy. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 12, 2007 The Champ Twins! Ash and Dawn suffer defeat in a tag battle against two gifted Pokémon trainers dubbed "The Champ Twins," but Team Rocket steals the twins' Croconaw and Quilava before they can get a rematch. Details Episode 30 Aired Apr 19, 2007 Some Enchanted Sweetening! Traveling through the Eterna Forest, Ash, Dawn and Brock come across a treasure hunter named Cheryl, who hopes to find the Amber Castle, which contains the treasure known as Enchanted Honey. Details Episode 31 Aired Apr 26, 2007 The Grass-Type Is Always Greener! Ash and his friends continue their search for the Enchanted Honey with Cheryl and run into a sassy Pokémon trainer named Gardenia, who loves grass-type Pokémon and challenges Ash to a battle. Details Episode 32 Aired May 3, 2007 An Angry Combeenation! The quest for the Enchanted Honey concludes as the gang arrives at Amber Castle, home to a hive of Combee and their leader, Queen Vespiquen. Details Episode 33 Aired May 10, 2007 All Dressed Up With Somewhere to Go! Ash, Dawn, Brock and Team Rocket enter one of the most popular contest events in the Sinnoh region, the annual Pokémon Dress-Up Contest, a costume competition that boasts a Pokémon egg as the grand prize. Details Episode 34 Aired May 17, 2007 Buizel Your Way Out of This! After hearing about a powerful Buizel thwarting trainers' attempts at capture, Ash, Dawn and Brock join up with Dawn's contest rival, Zoey, for a round of fishing in hopes of finding it. Details Episode 35 Aired May 24, 2007 An Elite Meet and Greet! The gang meets Lucian, a member of the Elite 4, who helps Dawn develop her training relationship with her temperamental Buizel; Team Rocket appears on the scene and steals Buizel. Details Episode 36 Aired May 31, 2007 A Secret Sphere of Influence! Ash, Dawn and Brock arrive at the Sinnoh Historical Museum and learn someone stole the Adamant Orb, an artifact connected to the legendary Pokémon Dialga; after the gang's old friend Nando becomes the prime suspect, they search for the true culprits. Details Episode 37 Aired Jun 7, 2007 The Grass Menagerie! The day of Ash's second Sinnoh Region gym battle at the Eterna City Gym arrives, and he must face Gardenia, the Eterna City gym leader and grass-type Pokémon expert. Details Episode 38 Aired Jun 21, 2007 One Big Happiny Family! When the gang discovers that Brock's Pokémon egg is about to hatch, they seek out the nearest Pokémon Center, but find it severely neglected and meet a joyless Nurse Joy; Team Rocket set their sights on Brock's new hatchling. Details Episode 39 Aired Jul 5, 2007 Steamboat Willies! A runaway steamboat with only Ash, Dawn and Brock's Pokémon on board presents everyone with a real crisis as it heads toward a waterfall. Details Episode 40 Aired Jul 19, 2007 Top-Down Training! Ash, Dawn and Brock cross paths with Ash's rival Paul, who challenges Champion League Master Cynthia to a six-on-six battle; Cynthia tells the gang about her secret wish. Details Episode 41 Aired Jul 26, 2007 A Stand-Up Sit-Down! The gang comes to the aid of Dawn's friend and rival, Zoey, who injured her leg while training; Zoey helps Dawn train for the Hearthome City Pokémon Contest, where the coordinators must perform with two Pokémon at the same time. Details Episode 42 Aired Aug 9, 2007 The Electrike Company! When the gang comes across a breeder having difficulty training a struggling but gifted Electrike, Brock decides to teach him how to handle electric-type Pokémon; Jessie wants to steal Electrike, but faces unusual resistance from James and Meowth. Details Episode 43 Aired Aug 16, 2007 Malice in Wonderland! What appears to be a Pokémon Center turns out to be a mysterious gate to a world where the gang's dreams all come true, and they begin to realize a Pokémon has them in a hypnotic trance. Details Episode 44 Aired Aug 23, 2007 Mass Hip-Po-Sis! Ash, Dawn and Brock discover a lost Hippopotas and set off to return it to its herd, but they have to fend off Team Rocket's attacks and the Hippopotas' sleep-inducing ability to succeed. Details Episode 45 Aired Aug 30, 2007 Ill-Will Hunting! Ash and his old friend and rival Gary Oak reunite to save a rare Shieldon from the evil clutches of the Pokémon Hunter named J. Details Episode 46 Aired Sep 13, 2007 A Maze-ing Race! Continuing on their way to Hearthome City, a side trip to get an upgrade for Dawn's Poketch results in the gang getting trapped in a dangerous maze, courtesy of Team Rocket. Details Episode 47 Aired Sep 27, 2007 Sandshrew's Locker! A girl named Mira offers to use her Abra to teleport Ash, Dawn and Brock to Hearthome City, but after it instead takes them to a lake, Mira explains she needs their help to retrieve her submerged Sandshrew, which an ornery Gyarados fiercely guards. Details Episode 48 Aired Oct 4, 2007 Dawn's Early Night! Arriving in Hearthome City, Ash and Brock enter a tag battle while Dawn competes against Nando, Zoey and Jessilina in the Hearthome City Pokémon Contest and finds herself in a discouraging situation. Details Episode 49 Aired Oct 4, 2007 Tag! We're It ... ! On the opening day of the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition, Ash, Dawn and Brock learn who they will partner with -- and Ash discovers his teammate is his rival Paul. Details Episode 50 Aired Oct 18, 2007 Glory Blaze! Paul's abuse of Chimchar becomes dangerous to its health, but he ignores Nurse Joy's advice and enters it into the second day of the Hearthome City Tag Battle anyway; a harrowing battle leads to a fateful decision for Chimchar. Details Episode 51 Aired Oct 25, 2007 Smells Like Team Spirit! Chimchar accepts Ash's invitation to join the team; Ash battles alongside Paul in the tournament semifinals against Brock and Holly; they make it to the finals, where they are matched against Dawn and Conway. Details
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Season Info

Director
Norihiko Sutô
Creator
Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori
Network
The WB
Rating
TV-Y7 (FV)
Genre
Kids & Family, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Anime
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date
Sep 28, 2006