Pocket Monsters (1997 series)

, and in South Korea, PM, is the first series of in Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan. This series ran from April 1, 1997 to November 14, 2002 in Japan, and July 14, 1999 to November 27, 2002 in South Korea. The series covers a rookie trainer from Pallet Town, Ash Ketchum, who begins his journey as a trainer to become the most powerful Pokémon Master all of the time.
==Airing periods==
===South Korea===
In South Korea, the series is split into five airing periods. They are:
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==Characters==
==Gags==
*Brock flirts with beautiful girls, along with Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy. In embarrassment, Misty will drag Brock by his ear.
*Whenever the Team Rocket trio, Jessie, James, and Meowth are defeated, they blast off into the sky that has a twinkle appearing as they fade from view.
*Jigglypuff's song makes everyone sleep, and it draws on their faces in marker out of frustration.
*In this season (and the rest of the seasons) an explanation of Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys is shown by a picture as to why there's so many identical female nurses and female police officers.
==Episodes==
==In other languages and countries==
Name(s) 	Countries	Television Services	Day(s) and Time(s) 	Opening(s) and Ending(s) 	Opening(s) and Ending(s) 	First and Last Airdate(s)	Reruns
ポケットモンスターPoketto Monsutaa 	 	 	Tuesday - 6:30-7:00PMThursday - 7-7:30PM	Aim to Be a Pokémon Master ,The Rivals ,OK! ,Aim to Be a Pokémon Master (Whiteberry) ,Ready Go!	One Hundred Fifty-One ,Meowth's Song ,Fantasy in My Pocket ,Pokémon Ondo ,Type: Wild ,Riding on Lapras ,Meowth's Party ,Exciting Pokémon Relay ,Exciting² Pokémon Relay ,Takeshi's Paradise ,To My Best Friend ,Face Forward Team Rocket! ,Pocket-ering Monster-ing	– 	Tuesday - 7–7:28PM/7:30PM
포켓몬스터Poket Monseuteo 	 	 	Wednesday-Thursday 	Start of an Adventure ,Pokémon Forever ,Victory 	We Are All Friends ,Good Friends ,Pichumichu 	– 	Unknown
Footnotes 	Footnotes	Footnotes 	Footnotes 	Footnotes 	Footnotes 	Footnotes 	Footnotes
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Trivia==
*This is the only series in Japan based on two different generations of the core series Pokémon games, covering material from both the generation one and two games.
*This series also introduces aspects of the most generations, with the entirety of the first two generations being covered, as well as a handful of Pokémon from Generation III being introduced.
*This is the only series in which Ash doesn't have the same group of regular traveling companions for the entire series, with Tracey Sketchit replacing Brock during the Orange League.
*This is the only series where a recurring Pokémon wasn't caught by a main character.
==Gallery==
Original series poster Amazon.jpg|Japanese poster
Pocket monsters Original series japanese poster.png
Pocket Monsters Gold and Silver (Original series) japanese poster.png
==References==
ja:ポケットモンスター (1997-2002年のアニメ)
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