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“Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village” is a strong episode and, more importantly, one of the first episodes where I feel

Pokémon S1E9: “The School of Hard Knocks” Review

“The School of Hard Knocks” is one of the weaker episodes of the early Pokémon series for me. The basic

“The Path to the Pokémon League” was an interesting episode, although I found it more annoying than some of the

“The Water Flowers of Cerulean City” is another strong early episode, and after the foreshadowing at the end of the

“Clefairy and the Moon Stone” is an interesting episode that takes Ash, Misty, and Brock through Mt. Moon on their

“Showdown in Pewter City” is a very good episode and a significant step forward for Ash. For the first time,

“Challenge of the Samurai” is a solid early Pokémon episode that continues Ash’s development as a Pokémon Trainer while giving

“Ash Catches a Pokémon” is the first episode where we really start to see Ash becoming the Pokémon Trainer he

“Pokémon Emergency!” does something important for the series that the first episode couldn’t quite do: it begins turning the world