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The Pokémon Snapshot
by The Pokémon Snapshot
The Pokémon anime has been going strong for 25 years. Every week, Jeff and Josh review an episode of the anime and go through a deep dive on new Pokémon. No part of the anime is off limits. Episodes will include typical anime episodes, Pikachu shorts, and the movies.
Episodes
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Snapshot Rewind: Pokemon Shipwreck
This week on The Pokémon Snapshot, we’re opening up the vault for a Snapshot Rewind! Travel back to the early Kanto days with Jeff and Tyler as they break down one of the most chaotic, high-seas disaster episodes in anime history: "Pokémon Shipwreck." After the luxury cruise liner St. Anne…
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Episode 126: Don't Touch That 'Dile
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! In Episode 126, a brand-new journey officially kicks off as Team Ash arrives in Johto with "Don't Touch That 'Dile" (or "New Bark Town, the Town Where Winds Tell of a Beginning Blow" in Japan). Naturally, our heroes start their fresh adventure by immediately...
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Snapshot Rewind: Battle Aboard the St. Anne
This week on The Pokémon Snapshot, we’re opening up the vault for a Snapshot Rewind! Travel back to the early Kanto days with Jeff and Tyler as they break down one of the most chaotic, high-seas capers in anime history: "Battle Aboard the St. Anne." After scoring free tickets from a very…
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Episode 125: The Rivalry Revival
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! In Episode 125, the long-awaited showdown is finally here with "A Rivalry Revival" as Ash and Gary face off in their first-ever official Pokémon battle. After being built up since the very first episode, the climactic rivalry clash is over in under five…
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Episode: 124: A Tent Situation
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! In Episode 124, Team Ash finally touches down in Pallet Town, but coming home brings way more weirdness than comfort. Between Brock unexpectedly running Delia Ketchum’s kitchen, Tracey desperately begging Professor Oak to critique a mountain of sketchbooks…
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Episode 123: The Underground Round Up
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! 📸 This week, we’re heading underground with Episode 123, "The Underground Roundup", an episode where Team Ash deals with explosive living landmines, an unsung Diglett rancher, and the terrifying realization that you should never let Misty answer your phone!…
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Snapshot Rewind: Electric Shock Showdown
This week on The Pokémon Snapshot, we’re opening up the vault for a Snapshot Rewind! Travel back to the early Kanto days with Jeff and Tyler as they break down one of the most iconic, high-stakes gym battles in anime history: "Electric Shock Showdown." After wandering lost through the Kanto...
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Episode 122: Viva Las Lapras
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! This week, we’re setting sail with Episode 122, "Viva Los Lapras"—an episode where Team Ash deals with sea poachers, an emotional reunion, and the harsh realization that water conducts electricity! With the Orange League Championship trophy in hand, Ash and…
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Episode 121: Enter the Dragonite
The Orange Islands arc reaches its ultimate, lightning-fueled conclusion as Team Ash stands on the precipice of championship glory on Pummelo Island. After an agonizing off-screen cliffhanger, the smoke clears to reveal a brutal double knockout, forcing the stadium to alter its geometry into a...
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Episode 120: Hello Pumello!
The Orange Islands arc finally hits its absolute high-stakes peak as Team Ash pulls up to Pummelo Island—a place named after a common citrus fruit that completely broke Josh's brain. But before the historic Orange League showdown can even kick off, Ash falls face-first into the ocean, raising...
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Episode 119: The Stun Spore Detour
The Orange Islands arc continues its relentless citrus-themed odyssey as Team Ash pulls up to a tiny piece of land Josh would assume is called Filler Island. But the plot thickens and the boys weaken when a routine detour headfirst into a wild Vileplume turns into a very long, very uncut,...
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Episode 118: The Wacky Watcher
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! This week, we’re heading out to sea with Episode 118, "The Wacky Watcher." We’re arriving at Rind Island, where the team tracks a massive school of migrating Magikarp alongside an eccentric Pokémon Watcher who seems suspiciously familiar. ⚡ In This Episode…
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Episode 117: Pokemon Double Trouble
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! This week, we’re heading to the ultimate tourist trap with Episode 117, "Pokémon Double Trouble." We’re arriving at Kumquat Island, where Ash is immediately tackled on the beach by a woman who is absolutely convinced he is her son, Travis. ⚡ In This Episode:...
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Episode 116: Pokemon Food Fight
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! This week, we’re tackling Episode 116, "Pokémon Food Fight" (or as it’s known in Japan, "Enter the Snorlax"). Team Ash is stranded on an island, starving, and forced to deal with a broken Pokéball, an incredibly annoying kid, and a very hungry Snorlax. ⚡ In...
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Snapshot Rewind: The Mystery at the Lighthouse
Welcome back to The Pokemon Snapshot! This week, because real-life adult responsibilities and general life chaos got in the way of a new recording, we are opening up the vault for a special "Snapshot Rewind" of The Mystery at the Lighthouse. We are throwing it back to an absolute Kanto classic…
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Episode 115: The Pokemon Water War
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot! This week, we’re cooling off with Episode 115, "The Pokémon Water War," an episode so full of filler it could join the cast of Vanderpump Rules. We’re taking a detour to Ascorbia Island—named after ascorbic acid, aka Vitamin C—where Ash and the gang run into…
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Episode 114: Pokemon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Welcome back to The Pokémon Snapshot for a supersized Episode 114! This week, we are tackling the massive theatrical release of Pokémon The Movie 2000: The Power of One (or as it’s much more awesomely known in Japan, Revelation Lugia). We break down Ash's wild Orange Islands adventure to save the...
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Episode 113: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure
Ash, Misty, and Not Brock may be asleep at camp, but their Pokémon are about to have a full-blown forest meltdown in “Pikachu’s Rescue Adventure”. When Togepi rolls away chasing a group of Ledyba, Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Psyduck, Marill, Venonat, and an unexpectedly stranded Meowth get…
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Episode 112: Charizard Chills
Ash and Charizard’s rocky relationship finally hits its breaking point in Charizard Chills. After a battle with the legendary Boat Douche goes horribly wrong, Pikachu gets knocked out, Charizard gets frozen solid, and Ash is forced to confront the fact that having a powerful Pokémon means nothing...
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We Let AI Take Over The Pokemon Snapshot (April Fools!)
It’s April Fools on The Pokémon Snapshot, which means Jeff and Josh made the incredibly wise decision to let AI write the episode for them. What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out: quite a lot. From fake Pokémon news to a completely made-up anime episode, weirdly aggressive slang, and...
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Episode 111: Bound For Trouble
Ash and friends are on their way through the Orange Islands when Team Rocket’s latest Pikachu kidnapping plan goes completely off the rails in “Bound for Trouble.” After Pikachu is snatched away, Meowth ends up chained to him, and the two enemies are carried off to a remote island by a giant...
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Snapshot Rewind: Here Comes the Squirtle Squad
Jeff is under the weather this week, but The Pokémon Snapshot isn’t going anywhere. Instead, we’re diving into the archive for a Snapshot Rewind, taking things back to the Tyler era of the podcast. And if you’re going to revisit a classic, there’s no better place to start than one of the most...
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Episode 110: Misty Meets Her Match
In this episode of The Pokémon Snapshot, we dive into “Misty Meets Her Match,” the Orange Islands episode where Ash and the gang finally make it to the Trovita Gym… only for the show to get immediately sidetracked by a rich pretty boy gym leader trying to steal Misty with flowers, fancy dinners,...
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Episode 109: The Mystery Menace
This week we dive straight into the sewer-soaked weirdness that is “The Mystery Menace” — an Orange Islands episode that asks one very important question: what if your big city monster problem was actually just one very large, very abandoned Bulbasaur with a bell on its collar and a personal...
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Episode 108: Get Along, Little Pokemon
This week we dive straight into the desert detour that is “Get Along, Little Pokémon” — an Orange Islands episode that asks one very important question: what if the electric company was just one cowboy, a whistle, and nine floating Magnemite? On their way to the Trovita Gym, Ash and the gang...
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Episode 107: Wherefore Art Thou, Pokemon?
In this episode, Jeff and Josh dive into “Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?”, an Orange Islands detour that turns two Nidoran into the stars of their own Shakespearean melodrama. What starts as a simple search for a lost Pokémon quickly escalates into a full-blown rivalry between two neighboring...
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Episode 106: The Mandarin Island Miss Match
In this episode, Jeff and Josh dive into The Mandarin Island Miss Match, an Orange Islands story built entirely around humbling Ash. After loudly declaring himself “unstoppable and invincible,” Ash immediately runs into Prima—the anime version of Lorelai—who calmly refuses to take his bait and…
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Episode 105: A Way Off Day Off
In this episode, Jeff and Josh take a deep dive into Pokémon Episode 105: “A Way Off Day Off”—an Orange Islands entry that promises rest, relaxation, and island vibes, then delivers one of the most aggressively pointless stretches of anime the series has produced so far. Ash and the gang stumble...
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Snapshot Rewind: Charmander: The Stray Pokemon
Ash, Misty, and Brock spend yet another day hopelessly lost on the road to Vermilion City when they stumble across a lone, exhausted Charmander sitting on a rock, stubbornly waiting for a trainer who isn’t coming back. What starts as a simple encounter quickly turns into one of the anime’s…
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Snapshot Rewind: Bulbasaur and the Mysterious Village
This week on The Pokémon Snapshot, we’re doing a Snapshot Rewind and revisiting our deep dive into Season 1, Episode 10: “Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village.” Ash, Misty, and Brock attempt to navigate the forest with Ash’s “instincts,” which goes exactly as well as you’d expect. After a brief...
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Episode 104: Tracey Gets Bugged
In Tracey Gets Bugged, Ash and friends stumble onto Murcott Island, a place that looks peaceful until it immediately tries to kill them with an overwhelming concentration of Bug Pokémon. Misty’s long-established fear of bugs is pushed to its limit, Ash once again defaults to “battle first, think...
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Episode 103: Meowth Rules!
In this episode, Jeff and Josh dive into Meowth Rules!, an Orange Islands standout that finally puts Team Rocket—and specifically Meowth—where they belong: dead center. While Ash, Misty, and Not Brock float around on Lapras talking about friendship and badges Ash still doesn’t understand, the…
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Episode 102: A Shipful of Shivers
In this episode, Jeff and Josh dive into A Shipful of Shivers, one of the Orange Islands’ most atmospheric outings, complete with foggy seas, a stolen Orange League trophy, and a genuinely unsettling ghost ship. What begins as a straightforward Team Rocket heist quickly spirals into a…
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Episode 101: Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)
In this episode, Jeff and Josh take a deep dive into Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)—a reimagining of Ash and Pikachu’s very first adventure that somehow manages to be nostalgic, emotionally heavier than expected, and still absolutely unhinged. We break down Ash’s worst (and occasionally...
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Episode 100: Detective Pikachu
Join Jeff and Josh on their last episode of The Pokemon Snapshot as they watch the 2019 movie, Detective Pikachu. We would like to thank all of our listeners who have been with us through these 100 episodes. We could not have done it without all of you! Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter:...
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Snapshot Rewind: The Water Flowers of Cerulean City
In this week's episode, Team Ash arrives in Cerulean City where they meet Misty's sister who just give him the Cascade badge. Misty does not agree with this and battles Ash for the badge. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90 Email…
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Snapshot Rewind: Showdown in Pewter City
In this week's episode, Ash arrives in Pewter City and challenges the gym leader, Brock, who specializes in rock type Pokémon. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90 Email: [email protected] Discord: https://discord.gg/PrRCKFjJrc Part of the...
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Snapshot Rewind- Pokémon- I Choose You!
In this week's episode, Ash embarks on his Pokemon journey, but is late so is left with a Pikachu who just will not listen to him. Ash and Pikachu must put aside their differences if they want the show to continue. Spoiler alert- It does! Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s...
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Episode 099: Snack Attack
In this week's episode, Team Ash help Ruby stop a Snorlax from destroying her grapefruit crop and eating up her entire livelihood. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90 Email: [email protected] Discord: https://discord.gg/PrRCKFjJrc Part of the...
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Episode 098: Navel Maneuvers
In this week's episode, Team Ash arrives on Navel Island where Ash climbs a mountain to challenge the Navel Island gym leader to earn his Sea Ruby Badge. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90 Email: [email protected] Discord:...
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Episode 097: The Joy of Pokémon
In this week's episode, Team Ash meet a Nurse Joy who goes around to all of the smaller islands in the Orange Archipelago and cares for the sick Pokémon because they do not have their own Pokémon Centers to care for them. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90...
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Episode 096: Bye Bye, Psyduck
In this week's episode Misty meets a fellow water enthusiast Marina who tells her that her Psyduck is about to evolve. While Misty battles Marina a Golduck emerges from the water. Misty assumes this is her newly evolved Psyduck. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter:...
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Episode 095: Stage Fight!
In this week's episode Team Ash must help Kay, a voice actor on a Pokémon showboat, befriend the Raichu that she is providing the voice for. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90 Email: [email protected] Discord: https://discord.gg/PrRCKFjJrc Part…
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Episode 094: Shell Shock!
In this week's episode, Team Ash help a team of archeologists uncover the mystery of Kabuto while a mysterious man tries to stop them from unleashing the curse of the island. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90 Email: [email protected] Discord:...
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Episode 093: In the Pink
In this week's episode, Team Ash accidentally end up on Pinkan Island where they find that the local vegetation are turning the Pokémon pink. Team Rocket create a plan to steal the pink Pokémon and Team Ash must stop their plans. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter:...
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Episode 092: The Crystal Onix
In this week's episode, Team Ash arrive on Sunburst Island and meet Mateo and his sister Marissa who are looking for the legendary Crystal Onix that their grandfather saw a long time ago. They are hoping that seeing the Onix will inspire Mateo just like it did to his grandfather. Twitter:...
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Episode 091: Pikachu Re-Volts
During this week's episode, Team Ash arrive on Mandarin Island when they discover that all Pokémon are turning against their trainers. They investigate the issue with Officer Jenny and discover that Butch and Cassidy and their Drowzee are behind the weird behaviors of the Pokémon. Twitter:...
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Episode 090: Fit to Be Tide
In this week's episode, Team Ash makes it to Mikan Island where Ash wants to challenge the Mikan gym leader, Cissy. Cissy introduces that the Orange Islands have special challenges at the gyms. Ash challenges Cissy in a water gun challenge and a Pokémon wave race. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's...
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Episode 001: And so it Begins...
In This week's episode we meet a group of children at a summer camp when it starts snowing. After these weird devices fall from the sky, they are sucked into a digital world where they meet their Digimon companions. Twitter: @digimonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90…
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Episode 089: The Lost Lapras
In this week's episode, Team Ash meet a group of punks beating up a Lapras. With the help of their new friend Tracey, they save Lapras and learn about the Orange League. Twitter: @pokemonsnapshot Jeff's Twitter: @ranzrik Josh’s Twitter: @JBall90 Email: [email protected] Discord:...
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The Pokémon anime has been going strong for 25 years. Every week, Jeff and Josh review an episode of the anime and go through a deep dive on new Pokémon. No part of the anime is off limits. Episodes will include typical anime episodes, Pikachu shorts, and the movies.
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