Fair rating?Pokémon - I Choose You!
Pokemon: Ash Ketchum is finally 10 years old, old enough to become a Pokemon Trainer. He wakes up late, and arrives to Professor Oak's lab late, and all the Pokemon are gone! Ash has no choice but to take a naughty Pikachu. Pikachu won't listen or go inside it's PokeBall, so Ash must drag it along (literally). After many failed attempts at capturing some Pokemon, Ash throws a rock and it hits a Spearow. The Spearow gets angry and starts attacking them! Soon, the entire flock start chasing Ash and Pikachu! Ash, with no Pokemon that will listen to him, he must escape from the raging Spearow. Can they escape and will Ash ever earn Pikachu's trust?
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#8In Season 1of 82 rated episodes
#23All-timeof 344 rated episodes
+0.9vs season avgSeason 1 averages 8.1
1997First airedApril 1, 1997
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Hiroshi SakaiDirector
Sayuri IchiishiDirector
Takeshi ShudoWriter
Satoshi TajariStory
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