Q 01/05

On which Japanese network did the Pokemon anime premiere in April 1997?

A) TV Tokyo

B) Fuji TV

C) TBS Japan

D) Nippon TV

Answer · why

A) TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo first ran it on Tuesday evenings. After a December 1997 episode's flashing lights sent hundreds of viewers to hospital, the show took a four-...

Q 02/05

Which of Ash's Pokemon does he release in a tearful early episode so it can leave with a pink mate?

A) Pidgeotto

B) Butterfree

C) Primeape

D) Lapras

Answer · why

B) Butterfree

Butterfree was the first Pokémon Ash ever caught, as a Caterpie, and became the first he let go: in 'Bye Bye Butterfree' he sends it off across the se...

Q 03/05

Ash sets out on his journey from which Kanto hometown?

A) Lavender Town

B) Viridian City

C) Pallet Town

D) Pewter City

Answer · why

C) Pallet Town

Pallet Town. His mother Delia stays behind there, and soon has company: a wild Mr. Mime she took for Ash in a costume came in for lunch, was named Mim...

Q 04/05

Why does Ash get Pikachu instead of a normal starter in the Pokemon anime's first episode?

A) Professor Oak's lab is robbed

B) He can afford nothing else

C) He loses a coin toss

D) He oversleeps and arrives late

Answer · why

D) He oversleeps and arrives late

He oversleeps and arrives late: he had smashed his alarm clock in his sleep, so by the time he ran to the lab in his pajamas the three usual starters ...

Q 05/05

Which flock of Pokemon attacks Ash and Pikachu, sealing their friendship in episode one?

A) Beedrill

B) Spearow

C) Pidgey

D) Zubat

Answer · why

B) Spearow

Spearow: Ash had thrown a rock at one, taking it for a Pidgey, and it called in the whole flock. Pikachu's final blast of lightning drove them off and...