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{{samename|series of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]|Pokémon Trading Card Game#Original Series|Pokémon Trading Card Game → Original Series}}
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[[File:Original series.png|thumb|A poster for the [[series]], featuring {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}} and some of their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}]]
[[File:Original series.png|thumb|A poster for the [[series]], featuring {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}} and some of their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}]]
The '''original series''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター''' ''Pocket Monsters'') is the first series of the [[Pokémon anime]] and is based on the events of the [[core series]] [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}} [[Pokémon games]]. Unlike later series, the original series' name is entirely conjectural, used only to differentiate it from later series. It was succeeded by the {{series|Advanced Generation}}. It ran from April 1, 1997 to November 14, 2002 in Japan and from September 7, 1998 to October 25, 2003 in {{pmin|the United States}}.
'''''Pokémon the Series: The Beginning''''' and '''''Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver''''', collectively referred to as '''''Pokémon''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター''' ''Pocket Monsters'') and referred to by fans as the '''original series''', are the first [[series]] of the [[Pokémon anime]] and are based on the events of the [[core series]] [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}} [[Pokémon games]], respectively. They were succeeded by the {{series|Advanced Generation}}. They ran from April 1, 1997 to November 14, 2002 in Japan and from September 7, 1998 to October 25, 2003 in {{pmin|the United States}}. They were not given English names until after the release of ''[[XY series|Pokémon the Series: XY]]''.


During the original series, rookie {{pkmn|Trainer}} [[Ash Ketchum]] begins his {{pkmn|journey}} in the [[Kanto]] [[region]], leaving his [[hometown|home]] of [[Pallet Town]] with the only [[starter Pokémon]] that {{an|Professor Oak}} had left to give: a reluctant and moody {{AP|Pikachu}}. Ash's quest begins in earnest to defeat all of the [[Gym Leader]]s and get to the [[Pokémon League]] as soon as he has gained Pikachu's trust, and he is joined by two mentors, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}.
During the original series, rookie {{pkmn|Trainer}} [[Ash Ketchum]] begins his {{pkmn|journey}} in the [[Kanto]] [[region]], leaving his [[hometown|home]] of [[Pallet Town]] with the only [[starter Pokémon]] that {{an|Professor Oak}} had left to give: a reluctant and moody {{AP|Pikachu}}. Ash's quest begins in earnest to defeat all of the [[Gym Leader]]s and get to the [[Pokémon League]] as soon as he has gained Pikachu's trust, and he is joined by two mentors, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}.


After competing in the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]] and not performing as well as he had hoped, Ash journeys to the [[Orange Archipelago]] to receive the [[GS Ball]] from [[Professor Ivy]], as it cannot be transported to Professor Oak by [[PC]]. During his time there, Ash competes in another Pokémon League, the [[Orange League]] and meets a new {{ashfr|friend}} named [[Tracey Sketchit]]. When Oak cannot figure out how to open the GS Ball on Ash's return to Pallet, the Professor sends Ash to [[Johto]] to give the special [[Poké Ball]] to [[Kurt]]. While there, Ash again competes in a Pokémon League, the [[Silver Conference]].
After competing in the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]] and not performing as well as he had hoped, Ash journeys to the [[Orange Archipelago]] to receive the [[GS Ball]] from [[Professor Ivy]], as it cannot be transported to Professor Oak by [[PC]]. During his time there, Ash competes in another Pokémon League, the [[Orange League]] and meets a new {{ashfr|friend}} named [[Tracey Sketchit]]. When Oak cannot figure out how to open the GS Ball on Ash's return to Pallet, the Professor sends Ash to [[Johto]] to give the special [[Poké Ball]] to [[Kurt]]. While there, Ash again competes in a Pokémon League, the [[Silver Conference]].
Episodes in the original series are numbered with {{bp|Epicode|the prefix}} '''EP''' on [[Bulbapedia]]. For a complete episode listing, see the [[list of original series episodes]].


==Chapters==
==Chapters==
The original [[series]] is officially divided into three chapters:
The original [[series]] is officially divided into three chapters:
* ''Pocket Monsters'' (ポケットモンスター) ([[EP001]]–[[EP080]])
* ''Pocket Monsters'' (ポケットモンスター) ([[EP001]] - [[EP080]])
* ''Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Archipelago'' (ポケットモンスター オレンジ{{tt|諸島編|しょとうへん}}) ([[EP081]]–[[EP116]])
* ''Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Islands'' (ポケットモンスター オレンジ{{tt|諸島編|しょとうへん}}) ([[EP081]] - [[EP116]])
* ''Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver'' (ポケットモンスター {{tt|金銀編|きんぎんへん}}) ([[EP117]]–[[EP274]])
* ''Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver'' (ポケットモンスター {{tt|金銀編|きんぎんへん}}) ([[EP117]] - [[EP274]])


<gallery perrow=3>
<gallery perrow=3>
File:Original series logo.png|''Pocket Monsters'' logo
Original series logo.png|''Pocket Monsters'' logo
File:Original series Orange Islands logo.png|''Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Archipelago'' logo
Original series Orange Islands logo.png|''Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Islands'' logo
File:Original series GS logo.png|''Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver'' logo
Original series GS logo.png|''Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver'' logo
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Dub seasons==
==Dub seasons==
When the {{pkmn|anime}} was [[dub]]bed into English and other languages, the [[series]] was divided into five [[season]]s:
When the {{pkmn|anime}} was [[dub]]bed into English and other languages, the [[series]] was divided between six [[season]]s:
* [[S01|Pokémon: Indigo League]] ([[EP001]] - [[EP080]])
* [[S01|Pokémon: Indigo League]] ([[EP001]] - [[EP017]], [[EP019]] - [[EP034]], [[EP036]] - [[EP037]], [[EP039]] - [[EP051]], [[EP054]] - [[EP057]])
* [[S02|Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands]] ([[EP081]] - [[EP116]])
* [[S02|Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands]] ([[EP052]] - [[EP053]], [[EP058]] - [[EP105]], ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'', ''[[Snow Way Out!]]'')
* [[S03|Pokémon: The Johto Journeys]] ([[EP117]] - [[EP157]])
* [[S03|Pokémon: The Johto Journeys]] ([[EP106]] - [[EP157]])
* [[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]] ([[EP158]] - [[EP209]])
* [[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]] ([[EP158]] - [[EP209]])
* [[S05|Pokémon: Master Quest]] ([[EP210]] - [[EP274]])
* [[S05|Pokémon: Master Quest]] ([[EP210]] - [[EP249]], [[EP251]] - [[EP262]])
* [[S06|Pokémon: Advanced]] ([[EP263]] - [[EP274]])
 
[[Pokémon TV]] and the [[Pokémon.com]] [[Pokémon Trainer Club]] stamps divide it instead into ''Pokémon the Series: The Beginning'', consisting of the Kanto and Orange Archipelago episodes, and ''Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver'', consisting of the Johto episodes.
 
<gallery>
Pokémon logo English.png|''Pokémon the Series: The Beginning'' logo
Pokémon the Series Gold and Silver logo.png|''Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver'' logo
</gallery>


Episodes in the original series are numbered with {{bp|Epicode|the prefix}} '''EP''' on [[Bulbapedia]]. For a complete episode listing, see the [[list of original series episodes]].
==Movies==
* ''[[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
* ''[[M02|Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One]]''
* ''[[M03|Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei]]''
* ''[[M04|Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]''
* ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
:''For more images, please see [[a:Category:Art from the original anime series|artwork from the original anime series]] on the [[Bulbagarden Archives]].''
===Characters===
===Characters===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Ash OS 1.png|[[Ash Ketchum]]
Ash OS 1.png|[[Ash Ketchum]]
File:Misty OS 2.png|{{an|Misty}}
Misty OS 2.png|{{an|Misty}}
File:Brock OS anime.png|{{an|Brock}}
Brock OS anime.png|{{an|Brock}}
File:TraceyEP.png|[[Tracey Sketchit]]
Pikacheeks.png|[[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]]
File:Team Rocket trio OS.png|{{TRT}}
TraceyEP.png|[[Tracey Sketchit]]
File:Professor Oak OS anime.png|{{an|Professor Oak}}
Team Rocket trio OS 4.png|{{TRT}}
File:Nurse Joy OS.png|[[Nurse Joy]]
Professor Oak OS anime.png|{{an|Professor Oak}}
File:Officer Jenny OS.png|[[Officer Jenny]]
Gary OS anime.png|[[Gary Oak]]
Nurse Joy OS.png|[[Nurse Joy]]
Officer Jenny OS.png|[[Officer Jenny]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Originally, this [[series]] of the {{pkmn|anime}} was only to have lasted a year and a half, approximately as long as the [[Kanto]] saga lasted.
* Originally, this [[series]] of the {{pkmn|anime}} was only to have lasted a year and a half, approximately as long as the [[Kanto]] saga would have lasted, had the [[EP038]] incident not happened.
* This is the only series based on two different generations of the [[core series]] [[Pokémon games]], being based on both [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}}.
* This is the only series based on two different generations of the [[core series]] [[Pokémon games]], being based on both [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}} and {{gen|II}}.
* At 274 episodes, this is the anime's longest series.
* At 274 episodes, this is the anime's longest series.
** This series also has the most dub seasons, with five.
** This series also has the most dub seasons, with five.
* This series contains the most {{pkmn|movie}}s of any series, with five.
** This series also contains the most {{pkmn|movie}}s of any series, with five.
* The first 40 episodes were originally aired in Syndication in the United States in 1998 before moving to {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} in 1999 for the remaining 39 episodes.
* The first 40 episodes were originally aired in {{wp|Broadcast syndication|syndication}} in the United States in 1998 before moving to {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} in 1999 for the remaining 12 episodes.
* This is the only series in which Ash doesn't have the same group of regular traveling companions for the entire series, with {{an|Brock}} briefly being swapped out for [[Tracey Sketchit]] during the Orange League.
* This is the only series in which Ash doesn't have the same group of regular traveling companions for the entire series, with {{an|Brock}} briefly being swapped out for [[Tracey Sketchit]] during the Orange League.
* Throughout the English dub versions of the Johto saga, the narrator refers to the group as being "On the road to Johto". Though it would be more correct to say "On the road '''through''' Johto", he could have just been referring to the Johto League.
* Throughout the English dub versions of the Johto saga, the narrator refers to the group as being "On the road to Johto". Though it would be more correct to say "On the road '''through''' Johto", he could have just been referring to the Johto League.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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''Pokémon the Series: The Beginning''
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|zh_cmn=神奇寶貝 / 神奇宝贝 ''Shénqí Bǎobèi''{{tt|*|Indigo League arc}}<br>神奇寶貝橘子群島篇 ''Shénqí Bǎobèi Júzǐ Qúndǎo Piān''{{tt|*|Orange League arc; Taiwan}}<br>神奇宝贝柑橘群岛编 ''Shénqí Bǎobèi Gānjú Qúndǎo Biān''{{tt|*|Orange League arc; Mainland China (21st Century Publishing House)}}
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|ko=포켓몬스터 ''Pocket Monsters''{{tt|*|Indigo League arc}}<br>포켓몬스터 오렌지제도 ''Pocket Monsters Orange Jedo''{{tt|*|Orange League arc}}
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''Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver''
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Revision as of 20:57, 5 February 2017

If you were looking for the series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, see Pokémon Trading Card Game → Original Series.
A poster for the series, featuring Ash, Misty, Brock and some of their Pokémon

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver, collectively referred to as Pokémon (Japanese: ポケットモンスター Pocket Monsters) and referred to by fans as the original series, are the first series of the Pokémon anime and are based on the events of the core series Generation I and II Pokémon games, respectively. They were succeeded by the Advanced Generation series. They ran from April 1, 1997 to November 14, 2002 in Japan and from September 7, 1998 to October 25, 2003 in the United States. They were not given English names until after the release of Pokémon the Series: XY.

During the original series, rookie Trainer Ash Ketchum begins his journey in the Kanto region, leaving his home of Pallet Town with the only starter Pokémon that Professor Oak had left to give: a reluctant and moody Pikachu. Ash's quest begins in earnest to defeat all of the Gym Leaders and get to the Pokémon League as soon as he has gained Pikachu's trust, and he is joined by two mentors, Misty and Brock.

After competing in the Indigo Plateau Conference and not performing as well as he had hoped, Ash journeys to the Orange Archipelago to receive the GS Ball from Professor Ivy, as it cannot be transported to Professor Oak by PC. During his time there, Ash competes in another Pokémon League, the Orange League and meets a new friend named Tracey Sketchit. When Oak cannot figure out how to open the GS Ball on Ash's return to Pallet, the Professor sends Ash to Johto to give the special Poké Ball to Kurt. While there, Ash again competes in a Pokémon League, the Silver Conference.

Episodes in the original series are numbered with the prefix EP on Bulbapedia. For a complete episode listing, see the list of original series episodes.

Chapters

The original series is officially divided into three chapters:

  • Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター) (EP001 - EP080)
  • Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Islands (ポケットモンスター オレンジ諸島編) (EP081 - EP116)
  • Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver (ポケットモンスター 金銀編) (EP117 - EP274)

Dub seasons

When the anime was dubbed into English and other languages, the series was divided between six seasons:

Pokémon TV and the Pokémon.com Pokémon Trainer Club stamps divide it instead into Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, consisting of the Kanto and Orange Archipelago episodes, and Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver, consisting of the Johto episodes.

Movies

Gallery

For more images, please see artwork from the original anime series on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Characters

Trivia

  • Originally, this series of the anime was only to have lasted a year and a half, approximately as long as the Kanto saga would have lasted, had the EP038 incident not happened.
  • This is the only series based on two different generations of the core series Pokémon games, being based on both Generations I and II.
  • At 274 episodes, this is the anime's longest series.
    • This series also has the most dub seasons, with five.
    • This series also contains the most movies of any series, with five.
  • The first 40 episodes were originally aired in syndication in the United States in 1998 before moving to Kids' WB! in 1999 for the remaining 12 episodes.
  • This is the only series in which Ash doesn't have the same group of regular traveling companions for the entire series, with Brock briefly being swapped out for Tracey Sketchit during the Orange League.
  • Throughout the English dub versions of the Johto saga, the narrator refers to the group as being "On the road to Johto". Though it would be more correct to say "On the road through Johto", he could have just been referring to the Johto League.

In other languages

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning


Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver


Original series (list) Indigo LeagueAdventures in the Orange Islands
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