Pokemon Anime Fan's Guide to Non-Fillers

[CliveKoopa]

This is a list I compiled of every signficant episode in the anime I believe to be significant from the first episode to the end of the D/P season. I have still yet to do a list of episodes where Ash reaches an important city and episodes focusing on the mythology of the pokemon world (e.g, Legendary pokemon, etc). The character development list was quite difficult to compile and may still be incomplete. I have added spoiler tags as they are quite long and seperated in different categories

This is what I have come up with so far:

Episodes where Ash wins a gym badge

Spoiler

Showdown In Pewter City (Boulder Badge)
The Water Flowers Of Cerulean City (Cascade Badge)
Electric Shock Showdown (Thunder Badge)
Haunter vs. Kadabra (Marsh Badge)
Pokemon Scent-Sation (Rainbow Badge)
The Ninja Poke-Showdown (Soul Badge)
Volcanic Panic (Volcano Badge)
The Battle Of The Badge (Earth Badge)
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Fit To Be Tide (Coral Eye Badge)
Navel Manuevers (Sea Ruby Badge)
Misty Meets Her Match (Spike Shell Badge)
Pokemon Double Trouble (Jade Star Badge)
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Fighting Flyer With Fire (Zephyr Badge)
Gettin’ The Bugs Out (Hive Badge)
A Dairy Tale Ending (Plain badge)
From Ghost to Ghost (Fog Badge)
Machoke Machoke Man (Storm Badge)
Nerves of Steelix (Mineral Badge)
Nice Pryce Baby (Glacier Badge)
Better Eight Than Never (Rising Badge)
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The Winner By a Nose pass (Stone Badge)
Just One Of The Geysers (Knuckle Badge)
Watt’s With Wattson (Dynamo Badge)
Going, Going Yawn (Heat Badge)
Balance Of Power (Balance Badge)
Sky High Gym Battle (Feather Badge)
Solid as a Sol rock (Mind Badge)
Eight Ain’t Enough (Rain Badge)
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O’er The Rampardos We Watched (Coal Badge)
The Green Menagarie (Forest Badge)
A Triple Fighting Chance (Cobble Badge)
A Crasher Course Of Power (Fen Badge)
Shield With a Twist (Relic Badge)
Dealing With Defensive Types (Mine Badge)
Sliding Into Seventh (Glacier Badge)
The Eighth Wonder Of the Sinnoh World (Beacon Badge)

Episodes where Ash wins a Battle Frontier symbol

Spoiler

The Symbol Life (Knowledge Symbol)
Wheel of Frontier (Guts Symbol)
Tactics Theatrics (Tactics Symbol)
Queen of the Serpentine (Luck Symbol)
Ka Boom with a View (Spirit Symbol)
Second Time’s the Charm (Ability Symbol)
Pace - The Final Frontier! (Hall of Fame)

Pokemon League episodes

Spoiler

All Fired Up
Round One - Begin
Fire and Ice
The Fourth Round Rumble
A Friend In Deed
Friend and Foe Alike
Friends to the End
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Hello Pummelo
Enter the Dragonite
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A Claim to Fame
Love, Pokemon Style
Tie One On
The Ties that Bind
Can’t Beat the Heat
Playing with Fire
Johto Photo Finish
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Like a Meowth to a Flame
Saved By the Beldum
From Brags to Riches
Shocks and Bonds
A Judgment Brawl
Choose It or Lose It
At the End Of the Fray
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Leaugue Unleashed
Casting a Paul on Barry
Working On a Right Move
Familiarity Breeds Strategy
A Real Rival Rouser
Battling a Thaw in Relations
The Semi-Final Frontier

Pokemon Contest episodes

Spoiler

All Things Bright and Beautifly
Win, Lose or Drew
Pros and Con Artists
Come What May
Disaster of Disguise
Disguise Da Limit
Crusin’ For a Losin’
Pokeblock, Stock and Berry
Lessons in Lilycove
A Cacturne For The Worst
Mean With Envy
Pacifidlog Jam
Hi Ho Silver Wind (Grand Festival)
Deceit and Assist (Grand Festival)
Rhapsody in Drew (Grand Festival)
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The Saffron Con
A Hurdle for Squirtle
Weekend Warrior
Harley Rides Again
Spontaneous Combusken
What I Did For Love
New Plot, Odd Lot!
Going for Choke!
May, We Harley Drew’d Ya (Grand Festival)
Thinning the Hoard! (Grand Festival)
Channeling the Battle Zone (Grand Festival)
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Mounting a Cooridinator Assualt
Arrival Of a Rival!
Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!
Settling a Not-So-Old Score!
Dawn’s Early Night
Team Shocker!
Staging a Heroes Welcome (Wallace Cup)
Pruning a Passel of Pals (Wallace Cup)
Strategy With a Smile (Wallace Cup)
Arriving In Style!
Battling the Generation Gap
Shield With a Twist
Another One Gabites the Dust
Old Rivals, New Tricks
Dressed for Jess Success
Yes in Dee Dee, it’s Dawn!
Playing the Perfermance Encore
Dawn of a Royal Day!
Last Call - First Round! (Grand Festival)
Opposites Interact (Grand Festival)
Coming Full-Fesrival Circle (Grand Festival)
A Grand Fight for Winning! (Grand Festival)

Episodes where a main character catches a Pokemon

Spoiler

Pokemon I Choose You (Ash’s Pikachu)
Ash Catches A Pokemon (Ash’s Caterpie and Pidgeotto)
Clefairy and the Moon Stone (Brock’s Zubat)
Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village (Ash’s Bulbasaur)
Charmander the Stray Pokemon (Ash’s Charmander)
Here Comes the Squirtle Squad (Ash’s Krabby)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne (James’ Magikarp) - Temporary
Battle Aboard the St. Anne (Ash’s Raticate) - Temporary
Tentacool and Tentactruel (Misty’s Horsea)
The Tower Of Terror (Ash’s Haunter) - Temporary
Primeape Goes Bananas (Ash’s Primeape)
Hypno’s Naptime (Misty’s Psyduck)
Pokemon Fashion Flash (Brock’s Vulpix)
Sparks Fly For Magnetite (Ash’s Muk)
The Legend Of Dratini (Ash’s Tauros x30)
The Legend Of Dratini (Brock’s Tauros) - Fate unknown
Attack Of The Prehistoric Pokemon (Togepi egg)
Who Gets To Keep Togepi (Misty’s Togepi)
Princess vs. Princess (Jessie’s Lickitung)
It’s Mr. Mime Time (Delia’s Mr. Mime)
The Evolution Solution (Jessie’s Shellder) - Temporary
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The Lost Lapras (Ash’s Lapras)
Snack Attack (Ash’s Snorlax)
Tracey Gets Bugged (Tracey’s Scyther)
The Stun Spore Detour (Misty’s Poliwag)
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A Sappy Ending (Ash’s Heracross)
The Chikorita Rescue (Ash’s Chikorita)
Good ‘Quil Hunting (Ash’s Cyndaquil)
Going Apricorn! (Brock’s Pineco)
Tricks Of The Trade (Jessie’s Wobbuffet) - Traded for Lickitung
The Totodile Duel (Ash’s Totodile)
Fowl Play (Ash’s Noctowl)
The Bug Stops Here (Ash’s Beedrill) - Given to Casey
A Corsola Caper (Misty’s Corsola)
Extreme Pokemon (Phanpy egg)
Hatching a Plan (Ash’s Phanpy)
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Get the Show on the Road (May’s Torchic)
You Never Can Taillow (Ash’s Taillow)
A Poached Ego (James’ Cacnea)
Tree’s a Crowd (Ash’s Treecko)
A Tail With a Twist (Jessie’s Seviper)
The Lotad Lowdown (Brock’s Lotad)
All In a Day’s Wurmple (May’s Wurmple)
All In a Day’s Wurmple (Jessie’s Wurmple)
Gone Corphisin’ (Ash’s Corphish)
A Mudkip Mission (Brock’s Mudkip)
I Feel Skitty (May’s Skitty)
All Torkoal, No Play (Ash’s Torkoal)
Grass Hysteria (May’s Bulbasaur)
Pearls are a Spoink’s Best Friend (Jessie’s Magikarp) - Temporary
Who’s Flying Now (James’ Hoppip) - Temporary
Who’s Flying Now (James’ Chimecho)
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let is Snorunt (Ash’s Snorunt)
Berry, Berry Interesting (May’s Munchlax)
The Right Place at the Right Mime (May’s Squirtle)
Sweet Baby James (James’ Mime. Jr)
May’s Egg-Cellent Adventure (Eevee egg)
From Cradle to Save (Brock’s Bonsly)
Time Warp Heals All Wounds (May’s Eevee)
Channeling the Battle Zone! (Ash’s Aipom) - First appeared in Slaking Kong
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Following a Maiden’s Voyage! (Dawn’s Piplup)
Two Degrees of Seperation! (Ash’s Starly)
Two Degrees of Seperation! (James’ Carnivine) - Prior to this episode
Getting’ Twiggy With It (Ash’s Turtwig)
Gymbaliar! (Brock’s Croagunk)
Setting the World on it’s Buneary (Dawn’s Buneary)
Twice Smitten, Once Shy (Dawn’s Pachirisu) - Released then recaptured
All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go (Happiny Egg)
Buizel Your Way Out Of This! (Dawn’s Buizel)
One Big Happiny Family (Brock’s Happiny)
Smell’s Like Team Spirit! (Ash’s Chimchar)
Throwing the Track Switch (Ash’s Buizel/Dawn’s Aipom) - Traded for each other
Riding the Winds of Change! (Ash’s Gligar)
The Thief That Keeps On Thieving (Jessie’s Yanma)
Hungry For the Good Life! (Dawn’s Swinub)
An Egg Scramble (Dawn’s Cyndaquil) - Hatches from Egg in same episode
Gotta Get a Gible (Ash’s Gible) - First appeared in A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!
Dawn of a Royal Day! (Dawn’s Togekiss)

Episodes where a main character's Pokemon evolved

Spoiler

Ash Catches a Pokemon (Ash’s Caterpie > Metapod)
Challenge Of the Samurai (Ash’s Metapod > Butterfree)
Pokemon Shipwreck (James’ Magikarp > Gyarados)
Dig Those Diglett (Jessie’s Ekans > Arbok)
Dig Those Diglett (James’ Koffing > Weezing)
The March Of the Exeguttor Squad (Ash’s Charmander > Charmeleon)
Attack Of The Prehistoric Pokemon (Ash’s Charmeleon > Charizard)
Round One - Begin (Ash’s Krabby > Kingler)
Pallet Party Panic (Ash’s Pidgeotto > Pidgeot)
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The Totodile Duel (Misty’s Poliwag > Poliwhirl)
Hassle In The Castle (Brock’s Zubat > Golbat)
Control Freak (Brock’s Golbat > Crobat)
Current Events (Ash’s Chikorita > Bayleef)
Outrageous Fortunes (Misty’s Poliwhirl > Politoed) - See Ring Masters
Entei at Your Own Risk (Brock’s Pineco > Forretress)
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A Corphish Out of Water (May’s Wurmple > Silcoon)
A Corphish Out of Water (Jessie’s Wurmple > Cascoon)
Seeing Is Believing (May’s Silcoon > Beautifly)
Seeing Is Believing (Jessie’s Cascoon > Dustox)
A Togepi Mirage (Misty’s Togepi > Togetic)
Take the Lombre Home (Brock’s Lotad > Lombre)
Exploud and Clear (Ash’s Treecko > Grovyle)
That’s Just Swellow (Ash’s Taillow > Swellow)
A Shroomish Skirmish (May’s Torchic > Combusken)
Once In a Mawile (Brock’s Lombre > Ludicolo)
Rhapsody In Drew (Ash’s Snorunt > Glalie)
A Chip Off the Old Brock (Brock’s Mudkip > Marshtomp)
Reversing the Charges (Ash’s Phanpy > Donphan)
Odd Pokemon Out (Ash’s Grovyle > Sceptile)
Grating Spaces! (Brock’s Onix > Steelix) - Prior to this episode
Once More With Reeling (May’s Combusken > Blaziken)
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A Staravia Is Born (Ash’s Starly > Staravia)
Leave It To Brocko (Brock’s Bonsly > Sudowoodo)
Journey to the Unown (Dawn’s Aipom > Ambipom)
A Full Course Tag Battle (May’s Eevee > Glaceon) - Prior to this episode
Staging a Heroe’s Welcome (May’s Squirtle > Wartortle) - Prior to this episode
Pruning a Passel of Pals (May’s Bulbasaur > Ivysaur > Venusaur) - Prior to this episode
The Thief That Keeps On Thieving (Jessie’s Yanma > Yanmega)
Fighting Fear with Fear! (Ash’s Gligar > Gliscor)
Aiding the Enemy (Ash’s Turtwig > Grotle)
Sleepless In Pre-Battle (Dawn’s Swinub > Piloswine)
A Breed Stampede (Dawn’s Piloswine > Mamoswine)
Pursuing a Lofty Goal! (Ash’s Staravia > Staraptor)
Evolving Strategies (Ash’s Chimchar > Monferno)
Fighting Ire with Fire (Ash’s Montero > Infernape)
The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore! (Ash’s Grotle > Torterra)
An Old Family Blend! (Ash’s Cyndaquil > Quilava)
The Brockster Is In (Brock’s Happiny > Chansey)

Episodes where a main character's Pokemon released/traded

Spoiler

Battle Aboard the St. Anne (Ash’s Butterfree) - Traded for Raticate then traded back
Pokemon Shipwreck (James’ Magikarp)
Bye Bye Butterfree (Ash’s Butterfree)
Haunter vs. Kadabra (Ash’s Haunter)
The Punchy Pokemon (Ash’s Primeape)
The Misty Mermaid (Misty’s Horsea and Starmie) - left at Cerulean Gym
Pallet Party Panic (Ash’s Pidgeot)
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Viva Las Lapras (Ash’s Lapras)
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Charizard’s Burning Ambitions (Ash’s Charizard)
Tricks of the Trade (Ash’s Heracross) - Oaked
Tricks Of The Trade (Jessie’s Lickitung) - Traded for Wobbuffet
The Fire-ring Squad (Ash’s Squirtle)
Beauty and the Breeder (Brock’s Vulpix) - Returned to Suzy
Bulbasaur the Ambassador (Ash’s Bulbasaur) - Oaked
Johto Photo Finish (All Ash’s Pokemon except Pikachu) - Oaked
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You Never Can Taillow (All Brock’s pokemon except for Forretress) - Left at Pewter Gym
A Poached Ego (Jessie’s Arbok)
A Poached Ego (James’ Weezing)
A Togepi Mirage (Misty’s Togetic)
Pearls Are a Spoink’s Best Friend (Jessie’s Magikarp)
The Right Place at the Right Mime (Ash’s Torkoal and Glalie) - Oaked
The Right Place at the Right Mime (May’s Skitty and Beautifly) - Left in Petalburg City
A Real Cleffa-Hanger (Brock’s Ludicolo) - Left in Pewter City prior to this episode
Sweet Baby James (James’ Chimecho) - Left in one of James’ summer cottages
Home Is Where the Start Is (All Ash’s Pokemon except Pikachu and Aipom) - Oaked
Dawn Of a New Era (All Brock’s Pokemon except Bonsly) - Left at Pewter Gym prior to this episode
Twice Smitten, Once Shy (Dawn’s Pachirisu) - Released then recaptured
Throwing the Track Switch (Ash’s Buizel/Dawn’s Aipom) - Traded for each other
Crossing Paths (Jessie’s Dustox)
To Thine Own Pokemon Be True! (Dawn’s Ambipom)
Mastering Current Events (Ash’s Gliscor)

Episodes where a main/recurring character debuts

Spoiler

Pokemon I Choose You (Ash, Gary, Delia, Misty, Professor Oak)
Pokemon Emergency (Team Rocket, Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny)
Showdown In Pewter City (Brock)
Battle Aboard The St. Anne (Giovanni, Magikarp Salesman)
The Song Of Jigglypuff (Jigglypuff)
Pokemon Paparazzi (Todd)
The Breeding Center Secret (Butch and Cassidy)
A Friend In Deed (Ritchie)
The Lost Lapras (Tracey)
Don’t Touch That Dile (Professor Elm)
The Double Trouble Header (Casey)
Snubull Snobbery (Snubbull)
Trouble's Brewing (Sakura)
Get the Show On the Road (May, Professor Birch)
A Ruin With a View (Team Magma)
There’s No Place Like Hoenn (Max)
Stairway to Devon (Team Aqua)
Now That’s Flower Power (Drew)
A Cacturne For The Worst (Harley)
Less Is Morrison (Morrison)
Like a Meowth to a Flame (Tyson)
May, We Harley Drew’d Ya (Solidad)
Following a Maiden’s Voyage! (Dawn, Johanna, Professor Rowan)
Two Degrees of Seperation! (Paul)
Dawn Of a New Era (Nando)
Mounting a Cooridinator Assualt (Zoey)
Mutiny in the Bounty (Hunter J)
Getting the Pre-Contest Titters! (Kenny)
A Secret Sphere of Influence! (Team Galactic)
Top-Down Training! (Cynthia)
Tag! We’re It…! (Conway)
Barry’s Busting All Over (Barry)
Another One Gabites the Dust (Ursula)

Episodes focusing on character development

Spoiler

The Water Flowers of Cerulean City (Misty)
Electric Shock Showdown (Ash’s Pikachu)
Bye Bye Butter free (Ash’s Butterfree)
Primeape Goes Bananas (Ash’s Charmander)
Pokemon Fashion Flash (Brock)
Pikachu’s Goodbye (Ash’s Pikachu)
The Problem With Paras (Ash’s Charmeleon)
Holy Matrimony (James)
Bulbasaur’s Mysterious Garden (Ash’s Bulbasaur)
Princess vs. Princess (Misty)
Go West Young Meowth (Meowth)
Pokeball Peril (Brock)
Meowth Rules (Meowth)
The Mandarin Island Miss-Match (Ash)
Misty Meets Her Match (Misty)
Charizard Chills (Ash’s Charizard)
The Pokemon Water War (Ash’s Squirtle)
The Little Big Horn (Brock)
Ignorance Is Blissey (Jessie)
Charizard’s Burning Ambitions (Ash’s Charizard)
Chikorita’s Big Upset (Ash’s Chikorita)
Goin’ Apricot (Brock)
The Fire-ring Squad (Ash’s Squirtle)
Tunnel Vision (Team Rocket)
Hot Matches (Ash’s Cyndaquil)
Love, Totodile Style (Ash’s Totodile)
The Fortune Hunters (James)
Beauty and the Breeder (Brock)
Turning Over a New Bayleef (Ash’s Bayleef)
Dues and Don’ts (Team Rocket)
Some Like It Hot (Misty)
Lapras of Luxury (Ash)
Johto Photo Finish (Ash, Gary)
Gotta Catch Ya Later (Misty)
A Poached Ego (Team Rocket)
A Bite to Remember (Max)
All Things Bright and Beautifly (May)
The Winner By a Nosepass (Ash’s Pikachu)
Sharpedo Attack (Brock)
Brave the Wave (Ash)
A Corphish Out of Water (Ash’s Corphish)
A Mudkip Mission (Brock)
Having a Wailord of a Time (Brock)
Now That’s Flower Power (May, May‘s Beautifly)
What You Seed Is What You Get (Ash’s Treecko)
The Princess and the Togepi (Misty’s Togepi)
A Togepi Mirage (Misty’s Togepi)
Game Winning Assist (May’s Skitty)
Delcatty Got Your Tongue (May’s Skitty)
True Blue Swablu (May)
Go Go Ludicolo (Ash’s Corphish)
Hokey Poke Balls! (May’s Bulbasaur)
Take This House and Shuppet (Max)
Who’s Flying Now (James)
A Scare to Remember (Ash, Ash’s Pikachu)
Pokeblock, Stock and Berry (Ash, Brock, May, Max)
Lessons in Lilycove (Ash’s Swellow)
Vanity Affair (Ash)
Where’s Armaldo? (May’s Bulbasaur)
Do I Hear a Ralts? (Max)
Date Expectations (Ash’s Snorunt)
Mean With Envy (Ash’s Snorunt)
Pacifidlog Jam (Ash’s Snorunt)
Berry, Berry Interesting (Ash’s Snorunt)
The Scheme Team (Ash)
The Saffron Con (May’s Squirtle)
A Hurdle for Squirtle (May’s Squirtle)
Sweet Baby James (James)
Wheel of Frontier (Ash’s Snorlax)
May’s Egg-Cellent Adventure (Ash’s Pikachu)
Green Guardian (Ash’s Pikachu)
Off the Unbeaten Path (James, Mime Jr.)
Spontaneous Combusken (May’s Combusken)
Spontaneous Combusken (Ash’s Sceptile)
Cutting the Ties that Bind (Ash’s Sceptile)
Ka Boom with a View (Ash’s Sceptile)
Pokemon Ranger - Deoxys Crisis (Max)
The Ole’ Berate and Switch (Team Rocket)
Aipom and Circumstance (Ash’s Aipom)
Gathering the Gang of Four (Ash)
Like it or Lup It! (Dawn’s Piplup)
Not on MY Watch Ya Don’t (Dawn)
A Staravia is Born (Brock’s Bonsly)
Borrowing on Bad Faith! (Ash’s Aipom)
Oh Do You Know the Poffin Plan (Dawn)
An Elite Meet and Greet (Dawn’s Buizel)
Dawn’s Early Night (Dawn)
Glory Blaze (Ash’s Chimchar) - Still Paul’s at this point
Smells Like Team Spirit (Ash’s Chimchar)
Tears For Fears! (Ash’s Chimchar)
Once There Were Greenfields (James’ Cacnea)
Team Shocker! (Ash’s Turtwig)
Tanks for the Memories! (Ash’s Turtwig)
Riding the Winds of Change! (Ash’s Turtwig)
Lost Leader Strategy! (Ash’s Staravia)
Crossing the Battle Line! (Ash’s Staravia)
A Triple Fighting Chance (Ash’s Staravia)
Pokemon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu (Ash)
Pika and Goliath (Ash’s Pikachu)
Pruning a Passel of Pals (Ash, Ash‘s Buizel)
Chim-Charred! (Ash’s Chimchar)
Cream of the Croagunk Crop (James’ Carnivine)
Fighting Fear with Fear! (Ash’s Gligar)
A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine (Team Rocket)
Doc Brock (Ash, Dawn, Brock)
Aiding the Enemy (Ash’s Grotle)
A Breed Stampede (Dawn’s Piloswine)
Saving the World From Ruin (James’ Carnivine)
Noodles! Roamin’ Off! (Team Rocket)
Trials and Adulations (Dawn’s Mamoswine)
The Lonely Snover (Ash’s Grotle)
Stopped In the Name of Love! (Dawn’s Piplup)
Old Rivals, New Tricks (Dawn’s Ambipom)
Frozen On Their Tracks (Brock’s Sudowoodo)
Uncrushing Defeat (Brock)
Promoting Healthy Tangrowth (Dawn’s Mamoswine)
Bagged Then Tagged (Brock)
The Needs Of The Three (Ash, Dawn, Brock)
The Battle Finale Of Legend (Ash, Dawn, Brock)
The Treasure Is All Mine (James)
Short and to the Punch (Ash’s Buizel)
Yes in Dee Dee, it’s Dawn! (Dawn)
Piplup, Up and Away! (Dawn’s Piplup)
With the Easiest of Grace! (Dawn’s Togekiss)
The Eighth Wonder Of the Sinnoh World (Ash’s Infernape)
The Brockster Is In (Brock)
Memories Are Made of Bliss (Dawn, Dawn’s Piplup, Team Rocket)

 

[ivantuga2]

Pokemon League episodes

Spoiler

All Fired Up
Round One - Begin
Fire and Ice
The Fourth Round Rumble
A Friend In Deed
Friend and Foe Alike
Friends to the End
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Hello Pummelo
Enter the Dragonite
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A Claim to Flame
Love, Pokemon Style
Tie One On
The Ties that Bind
Can’t Beat the Heat
Playing with Fire
Johto Photo Finish
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Like a Meowth to a Flame
Saved By the Beldum
From Brags to Riches
Shocks and Bonds
A Judgment Brawl
Choose It or Lose It
At the End Of the Fray
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An Old Family Blend
League Unleashed
Casting a Paul on Barry
Working On a Right Move
Familiarity Breeds Strategy
A Real Rival Rouser
Battling a Thaw in Relations
The Semi-Final Frontier

You should add that episode, as that's one that deals with the opening of the league in the same way as All Fired Up, A Claim to Flame and Like a Meowth to a Flame. That's where he registers for the league, the Oaked Pokémon are sent to him and Ash's match-up with Nando is revealed.

Otherwise, great work with this!

 

[Jukain]

Grab your torches and pitchforks.

Anyway, a lot of these seem to be okay, except for a few things that may just be how I feel. 1. I wouldn't count the eps where a pokemon is caught and released in the same episode. I know people are nitpicky enough to include the fact that Ash had a Raticate for like a few minutes, or even a Beedrill for like a second or two, but I don't think these should be counted. (however, some of the eps mentioned for this are important for other reasons) 2. You left out which episodes follow a story arc, most notably the Whirl Cup arc. I will admit that most of the other story arcs don't seem to have a bearing on the story as a whole, but since you included character development, I would count it as that. I didn't look this over well enough, but I also don't think you included every episode the recurring characters appear in as well. (for the ones that do occur many times) Not to mention this includes every episode one of the evil teams (or another major antagonist) appears in. 3. Why? Just because it doesn't progress the plot doesn't mean it's not good. The only reason the label "filler" exists is so we know which episodes to skip since there's no point to them. There are a few eps that have neither of the points you or I have mentioned that are still fun to watch because they're just entertaining. This is why I've taken to calling it "bland episodes" rather than filler, since that is truly what the ones that should be skipped are. (although I do realize what people would call bland also varies) I admire your efforts, but we must stop this witch hunt NOW.

 

[winstein]

Your list is really detailed, which is an admirable effort itself. It would have been better to separate them for each of the regions. Some they were done, but not everyone of the sections got the treatment. Also, Symbols can be in the same category as Gym Badges.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Cybersai]

You should include all the villain team episodes. Any ep with the real Team Rocket, Magma/Aqua, Pokehunter J, or Galactic wasn't filler.

 

[CliveKoopa]

Grab your torches and pitchforks.

Anyway, a lot of these seem to be okay, except for a few things that may just be how I feel. 1. I wouldn't count the eps where a pokemon is caught and released in the same episode. I know people are nitpicky enough to include the fact that Ash had a Raticate for like a few minutes, or even a Beedrill for like a second or two, but I don't think these should be counted. (however, some of the eps mentioned for this are important for other reasons) 2. You left out which episodes follow a story arc, most notably the Whirl Cup arc. I will admit that most of the other story arcs don't seem to have a bearing on the story as a whole, but since you included character development, I would count it as that. I didn't look this over well enough, but I also don't think you included every episode the recurring characters appear in as well. (for the ones that do occur many times) Not to mention this includes every episode one of the evil teams (or another major antagonist) appears in. 3. Why? Just because it doesn't progress the plot doesn't mean it's not good. The only reason the label "filler" exists is so we know which episodes to skip since there's no point to them. There are a few eps that have neither of the points you or I have mentioned that are still fun to watch because they're just entertaining. This is why I've taken to calling it "bland episodes" rather than filler, since that is truly what the ones that should be skipped are. (although I do realize what people would call bland also varies) I admire your efforts, but we must stop this witch hunt NOW.

Thanks for your comment. You're right about the Whirl Cup and all the Team whatever episodes. I wasn't really sure what category to put them in but those are also non-fillers and re-curring character appearances too. I have also left out episodes where Ash reaches an important place although they would also be non-filler.

You should include all the villain team episodes. Any ep with the real Team Rocket, Magma/Aqua, Pokehunter J, or Galactic wasn't filler.

I was thinking of doing a list for that but never got round to it. There's a lot of important episodes I left out also, most I didn't know where to put.

 

[Pidgeot]

Why isn't the BW episodes there? There are still some fillers so it wouldn't be pointless.

 

[CliveKoopa]

BW is still in its early stages and I don't know much about it to do anything yet. There's a lot of character development episodes i thibk I left out too. I just watched Turning Over a Nuzleaf earlier and noticed that in this episode, Ash's Corphish and Treecko become friends at the end after hating each other in previous episodes. Would that be considered character development?

 

[pokemon fan 132]

To CliveKoopa:You did pretty much great work though i would like to point out som episodes on which you missed which i wouldnt count as fillers.
Like Whirl Cup arc as Samurott pointed out already since it was story arc focusing on Misty goal of water pokemon master.There are other story arcs like Red Gyarados,Lugia or St Anne(which was from games)which were important to actual story.
There are also some other episodes which gave character development,had recurring characters debut or were in some way important to story like:
-"Song of Jigglypuff"(recurring pokemon Jigglypuff debuted)
-"Princess vs Princess"(it look in Misty backstory and why she views winning doll collection important wanting to prove herself to sisters)
-"Pokeball Perill"(it was episode where Brock left to pursue his dream as breeder while working with prof.Ivy as well introducing GS ball)
-"Misty Meet her match"( Misty got some development in being torn between staying with Rudy or deciding to continue traveling with Ash and co having to make important decision)
-"Going Apricorn"(it expanded on Brocks abilities as breeder learning more about taking care of pokemon and preparing medicines)
"For Crying Out Loud"(while debatable im not sure if this was filler since it showed character growth from Misty side when taking care of wild Marill starting to better understand water types creating deep bond with it which helped her in career as water trainer later on)
-"Snubbull Snobbery"(recurring pokemon Snubull made debut)
-"Trouble Brewing"(recurring character Sakura made its debut)
-"Around the Whirlpool"(recurring character Elm appeared and Ash and Misty subscribed for Whirl Cup).
-"Some like it Hot"(we learned why Misty prefers water types so much)
-"Lapras of Luxury"(Ash picked up Larvitar egg which played important part in story and his Lapras returned"

Im sure i missed out some episodes though,and since i dont have enough time for all sagas i only covered original series.

 

[CliveKoopa]

Thanks for that list pokemon_fan. There's a lot of other episodes I think I left out too.

 

[Likeitornot.]

This is a very good and thorough guide, I admire how anyone could have the patience to write such a thing, but something that is quite useful all the same.
I have a suggestion, but it is a mere suggestion of having a list of all the Protagonist's Rivals' episodes, if that's not too much of a bother...

 

[CliveKoopa]

I might update this sometime but I can't be bothered with it right now.

 

[djulienr]

any episode where a main or recurring leaves the cast

 

[CliveKoopa]

Yeah, I was thinking of that. Gotta Catch You Later/Hoenn Alone was the big turning point of the show as it was the beginning of lots of changes. Misty leaving, Ash leaving all his pokemon at Oak's lab and the start of just Ash and Pikachu again.

 

[Cybersai]

Yeah, I was thinking of that. Gotta Catch You Later/Hoenn Alone was the big turning point of the show as it was the beginning of lots of changes. Misty leaving, Ash leaving all his pokemon at Oak's lab and the start of just Ash and Pikachu again.

Why are you signaling out "Gotta Catch Ya later?"

It was an important episode of course, but acting like it was more episode than the final episodes of the other generations is ridiculous.

"Hoenn Alone" on the other hand is a generic filler. All it is, is Ash on the boat to Hoenn.

 

[CliveKoopa]

Gotta Catch You Later sees a lot of development for Ash as well as Misty.

How is Hoenn Alone filler? You can't have Misty leaving Ash in one episode then in the next, Ash is already in Hoenn with a very sick Pikachu. That wouldn't make sense.

 

[Geodude]

I think most people would agree that episodes that take place in locations from the games are non-filler as well. For example, Cream of the Croagunk Crop! introduced Crasher Wake and took place in the Great Marsh.

 

[Giovanni Sakaki]

The problem with a list like this for the Indigo League episodes is that many of the filler episodes were highly memorable and very entertaining (Island of the Giant Pokemon, Tentacool and Tentacruel, Holiday at Acapulco). Otherwise, great job!

 

[Cybersai]

The problem with a list like this for the Indigo League episodes is that many of the filler episodes were highly memorable and very entertaining (Island of the Giant Pokemon, Tentacool and Tentacruel, Holiday at Acapulco). Otherwise, great job!

Two of the three eps you mentioned are not filler at all.

 

[Almonds]

Anyways, that's a nice thing you did, making a whole list of non-fillers. I had been thinking about watching pokemon from OS episode 1 up to now, but I didn't want to go through all those fillers... Maybe with your guide I might just be able to do that! Thanks XD