Pokémon Chronicles

If you were looking for the Italian opening of Pokémon Chronicles, see Pokémon Chronicles (song).

Pokémon Chronicles Season 0
Logo for Pokémon Chronicles
Opening	Pokérap GS Pokémon Chronicles theme
Episodes	22
Region	Kanto & Johto
Series	Original series Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Preceded by	None
Followed by	Unannounced

Pokémon Chronicles is a series comprising the dubbed versions of a number of Pokémon anime TV specials. The series follows recurring and supporting characters Ash Ketchum met on his journey, like Misty, her sisters, Sakura, Casey, Ritchie, and Tracey. Ash only makes three appearances in the series in brief cameos.

Many of the episodes are side story episodes from the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station show in Japan, but it also contained The Legend of Thunder! and shorts from the Pikachu's Winter Vacations series. The Pikachu's Winter Vacations shorts are presented as two individual episodes both titled Pikachu's Winter Vacation, with each of the Pikachu's Winter Vacation episodes composed of a pair of shorts.

Pokémon Chronicles first aired from May 11, 2005 to October 5, 2005, beginning with The Legend of Thunder! (Part 1) and ending with Pikachu's Winter Vacation (Christmas Night and Kanga Games) on Toonami UK. In Canada, YTV aired the series starting on September 9, 2005. In the United States, Cartoon Network aired the series from June 3, 2006 to November 25, 2006.

Pokémon Chronicles has seen DVD release in the United Kingdom and Australia. However, the series has yet to be available on DVD in the United States.

Blurb

While Ash Ketchum continues on his quest to become the best, many others will experience their own unique journey through the Pokémon world—researchers, professors, Gym Leaders, Team Rocket members, Trainers, and even Pokémon. Some are familiar faces and others are strangers at first, but what they all have in common is a love of adventure—especially when it involves Pokémon!

Important events

• Brock leaves his Onix, Geodude, and Crobat with his eldest brother Forrest and changes his clothes before leaving for Hoenn to reunite with Ash. (HS01)
• Misty returns to Cerulean City and resumes her post as the Cerulean Gym Leader. (HS02)
• Misty manages to overcome her fear of Gyarados and is able to tame one herself. (HS02)
• Misty encounters the Invincible Pokémon Brothers again. (HS02)
• Misty learns how to make Cascade Badges. (HS05)
• Sakura challenges Misty to a Gym battle and wins, earning her fourth Badge. (HS05)
• Professor Oak begins to research Pokérus. (HS08)
• Jessie, James, and Meowth recall how they, Cassidy, and Butch went through training to become Team Rocket members. (HS12)

Party changes

Additions

• Jimmy's Cyndaquil (prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Jimmy's Weedle (prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Marina's Totodile (Wani-Wani; prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Marina's Misdreavus (Little Miss; prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Marina's Jigglypuff (Pink; prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Vincent's Chikorita (prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Misty's Gyarados (HS02)
• Sakura's Beautifly (prior to HS05)
• Butch's Mightyena (prior to HS08)
• Cassidy's Sableye (prior to HS08)
• Ritchie's Taillow (Rose; prior to HS08)
• Misty's Luvdisc (Caserin; prior to HS16)
• Daisy's Luvdisc (Luverin; prior to HS16)
• Butch's Cloyster (prior to HS18)
• Cassidy's Tentacruel (prior to HS18)

Evolutions

• Jimmy's Cyndaquil → Quilava → Typhlosion (prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Jimmy's Weedle → Kakuna → Beedrill (prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Marina's Totodile → Croconaw (Wani-Wani; prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Vincent's Chikorita → Bayleef → Meganium (prior to The Legend of Thunder!)
• Gary's Doduo → Dodrio (prior to HS15)

Other

• Brock's Onix (left at Pewter Gym, HS01)
• Brock's Geodude (left at Pewter Gym, HS01)
• Brock's Crobat (left at Pewter Gym, HS01)

Gym battles

Sakura defeats the following Gym Leader:

• Misty (HS05)

Episodes

Episode	Episode Title	#
*	The Legend of Thunder! (Part 1)	1
*	The Legend of Thunder! (Part 2)	2
*	The Legend of Thunder! (Part 3)	3
PK08 PK09	Pikachu's Winter Vacation (Delibird's Dilemma and Snorlax Snowman)	4
HS01	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!	5
HS02	Cerulean Blues	6
HS03	We're No Angels!	7
HS04	Showdown at the Oak Corral	8
HS05	The Blue Badge of Courage	9
HS08	Oaknapped!	10
HS11	A Date with Delcatty	11
HS13	Celebi and Joy!	12
HS12	Training Daze	13
HS14	Journey to the Starting Line!	14
HS15	Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!	15
HS16	Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!	16
HS17	Those Darn Electabuzz!	17
HS18	The Search for the Legend	18
HS06 HS07	Of Meowth and Pokémon	19
*	Trouble in Big Town	20
HS09 HS10	Big Meowth, Little Dreams	21
PK02 PK03	Pikachu's Winter Vacation (Christmas Night and Kanga Games)	22

Home video releases

European DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Pokémon Chronicles home video releases (Region 2)

Australian DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Pokémon Chronicles home video releases (Region 4)

Trivia

• On the English Pokémon.com episode listing, the titles and summaries for A Date with Delcatty and Celebi and Joy! are swapped, listing Celebi and Joy! as episode 11 and A Date with Delcatty as episode 12. However, the images shown for each episode are in the correct order, with the images from A Date with Delcatty shown with episode 11 and Celebi and Joy! with episode 12.

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Pokémon Chronicles
German		Pokémon Chroniken
Hebrew		פוקימון: דברי הימים Pokémon: Divrei Hayamim
Italian		Pokémon Chronicles
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon Crônicas
	Portugal	Crónicas Pokémon
Spanish		Pokémon Crónicas

External links

• Pokémon Chronicles page at Pokemon.com

Series and seasons of the Pokémon animated series Original series (list) Indigo League • Adventures in the Orange Islands The Johto Journeys • Johto League Champions • Master Quest Ruby and Sapphire (list) Advanced • Advanced Challenge • Advanced Battle • Battle Frontier Diamond and Pearl (list) Diamond and Pearl • Battle Dimension • Galactic Battles • Sinnoh League Victors Black & White (list) Black & White • Rival Destinies • Adventures in Unova and Beyond XY (list) XY • Kalos Quest • XYZ (Mega Evolution Specials) Sun & Moon (list) Sun & Moon • Ultra Adventures‎ • Ultra Legends Journeys (list) Journeys • Master Journeys • Ultimate Journeys (The Arceus Chronicles) Horizons (list) Horizons Specials (list) Pikachu's Winter Vacation • Side Stories • Pokémon Chronicles Planetarium specials • Pikachu shorts Mewtwo Returns • The Legend of Thunder! • Pichu Bros. in Party Panic The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon • A Ripple in Time Complete list • Movies

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