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Charmander the Stray Pokémon (Japanese: はぐれポケモン・ヒトカゲ Stray Pokémon - Hitokage) is episode 11 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 10, 1997 and in the United States on September 22, 1998.

A loyal Charmander is abandoned by its trainer who only wants tough Pokémon. Weakened by sitting in the rain, it is taken to a nearby Pokémon Center by Ash. Can he convince the Charmander to see what its trainer is really like?

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash catches a Charmander.

Debuts

• Ash's Charmander
  
• Damian

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Damian

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Charmander

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charmander (Ash's; new)
• Charmander (Damian's; leaves)
• Spearow

Trivia

This is the second episode of a three-episode arc where Ash gets each of Kanto's starter Pokémon.

Errors

• Misty says that Route 24 leads straight to Vermilion City. In reality, Route 24 is just north of Cerulean City, which the gang left from four episodes (and, according to Misty, ten days) prior. The quickest way to get to Vermilion in the games is through the underground path on Route 5--just south of Cerulean. This probably shouldn't be written off as a character flaw, either, given that the gang meets Bill two episodes later (presumedly on Route 25), and this actually does get them to Vermilion, which they reach the following episode.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Le Pokémon abandonné
• Portuguese (Brazil): Charmander, o Pokémon Perdido
• Spanish: Charmander, el Pokémon abandonado

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