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Pokémon: Indigo League (simply as Pokémon, when it first aired, Pocket Monsters in Japan) is the first season of Pokémon the Series (under the name Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, first series of the Pokémon: The Original Series). It originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 1, 1997, to January 21, 1999. It later aired in the United States in first-run syndication from September 8 to November 20, 1998, and on Kids' WB from February 13 to November 27, 1999, concluding with the airing of the previously unreleased Beauty and the Beach on June 24, 2000.
It features 82 (80 outside Japan since The Legend of Dratini and Electric Soldier Porygon were unaired outside Japan, later 78 since Beauty and the Beach and Holiday Hi-Jynx are banned in recent DVD releases) episodes of Ash Ketchum and his friends, Misty and Brock adventuring through Kanto.
The episodes were produced by OLM, Inc., with Takeshi Shudo as head writer and Kunihiko Yuyama as chief director. Masamitsu Hidaka served as the supervising director for the series until the beginning of Pokémon Battle Frontier.
Episodes[]
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1 | 1 | 1 | "Pokémon, I Choose You!" |  April 1, 1997 September 8, 1998
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2 | 2 | 2 | "Pokémon Emergency!" | April 8, 1997 September 9, 1998
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3 | 3 | 3 | "Ash Catches a Pokémon" | April 15, 1997 September 10, 1998
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4 | 4 | 4 | "Challenge of the Samurai" | April 22, 1997 September 11, 1998
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5 | 5 | 5 | "Showdown in Pewter City" | April 29, 1997 September 14, 1998
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6 | 6 | 6 | "Clefairy and the Moon Stone" | May 6, 1997 September 15, 1998
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7 | 7 | 7 | "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City" | May 13, 1997 September 16, 1998
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8 | 8 | 8 | "The Path to the Pokémon League" | May 20, 1997 September 17, 1998
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9 | 9 | 9 | "The School of Hard Knocks" | May 27, 1997 September 18, 1998
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10 | 10 | 10 | "Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village" | June 3, 1997 September 21, 1998
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11 | 11 | 11 | "Charmander – The Stray Pokémon" | June 10, 1997 September 22, 1998
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12 | 12 | 12 | "Here Comes the Squirtle Squad" | June 17, 1997 September 23, 1998
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13 | 13 | 13 | "Mystery at the Lighthouse" | June 24, 1997 September 24, 1998
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14 | 14 | 14 | "Electric Shock Showdown" | July 1, 1997 September 25, 1998
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15 | 15 | 15 | "Battle Aboard the St. Anne" | July 8, 1997 September 7, 1998
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16 | 16 | 16 | "Pokémon Shipwreck" | July 15, 1997 September 29, 1998
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17 | 17 | 17 | "Island of the Giant Pokémon" | July 22, 1997 September 30, 1998
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18 | 18 | 18 | "Beauty and the Beach" | July 29, 1997 June 24, 2000
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19 | 19 | 19 | "Tentacool and Tentacruel" | August 5, 1997 October 1, 1998
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20 | 20 | 20 | "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak" | August 12, 1997 October 2, 1998
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21 | 21 | 21 | "Bye Bye Butterfree" | August 19, 1997 October 5, 1998
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22 | 22 | 22 | "Abra and the Psychic Showdown" | August 26, 1997 October 6, 1998
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23 | 23 | 23 | "The Tower of Terror" | September 2, 1997 October 7, 1998
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24 | 24 | 24 | "Haunter versus Kadabra" | September 9, 1997 October 8, 1998
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25 | 25 | 25 | "Primeape Goes Bananas" | September 16, 1997 October 9, 1998
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26 | 26 | 26 | "Pokémon Scent-sation!" | September 23, 1997 October 12, 1998
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27 | 27 | 27 | "Hypno's Naptime" | September 30, 1997 October 13, 1998
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28 | 28 | 28 | "Pokémon Fashion Flash" | October 7, 1997 October 14, 1998
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29 | 29 | 29 | "The Punchy Pokémon" | October 14, 1997 October 15, 1998
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30 | 30 | 30 | "Sparks Fly for Magnemite" | October 21, 1997 October 16, 1998
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31 | 31 | 31 | "Dig Those Diglett!" | October 28, 1997 October 19, 1998
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32 | 32 | 32 | "The Ninja Poké-Showdown" | November 4, 1997 October 20, 1998
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33 | 33 | 33 | "The Flame Pokémon-athon!" | November 11, 1997 October 21, 1998
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34 | 34 | 34 | "The Kangaskhan Kid" | November 18, 1997 October 22, 1998
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35 | ‐ | 35 | "The Legend of Dratini" | November 25, 1997
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36 | 35 | 36 | "The Bridge Bike Gang" | December 2, 1997 October 23, 1998
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37 | 36 | 37 | "Ditto's Mysterious Mansion" | December 9, 1997 October 26, 1998
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38 | ‐ | 38 | "Electric Soldier Porygon" | December 16, 1997
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39 | 37 | 39 | "Pikachu's Goodbye" | April 16, 1998 November 20, 1998
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40 | 38 | 40 | "The Battling Eevee Brothers" | April 16, 1998 October 27, 1998
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41 | 39 | 41 | "Wake Up Snorlax!" | April 23, 1998 October 28, 1998
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42 | 40 | 42 | "Showdown at Dark City" | April 30, 1998 October 29, 1998
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43 | 41 | 43 | "The March of the Exeggutor Squad" | May 7, 1998 October 30, 1998
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44 | 42 | 44 | "The Problem with Paras" | May 14, 1998 February 13, 1999
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45 | 43 | 45 | "The Song of Jigglypuff" | May 21, 1998 February 20, 1999
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46 | 44 | 46 | "Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon" | May 28, 1998 February 27, 1999
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47 | 45 | 47 | "A Chansey Operation" | June 4, 1998 March 6, 1999
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48 | 46 | 48 | "Holy Matrimony!" | June 11, 1998 March 13, 1999
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49 | 47 | 49 | "So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd" | June 18, 1998 March 20, 1999
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50 | 48 | 50 | "Who Gets to Keep Togepi?" | June 25, 1998 March 27, 1999
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51 | 49 | 51 | "Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden" | July 2, 1998 April 3, 1999
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52 | 50 | 52 | "Princess vs. Princess" | July 9, 1998 September 4, 1999
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53 | 51 | 53 | "The Purr-fect Hero" | July 9, 1998 September 11, 1999
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54 | 52 | 54 | "The Case of the K-9 Caper!" | July 16, 1998 April 10, 1999
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55 | 53 | 55 | "Pokémon Paparazzi" | July 23, 1998 April 17, 1999
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56 | 54 | 56 | "The Ultimate Test" | July 30, 1998 April 24, 1999
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57 | 55 | 57 | "The Breeding Center Secret" | August 6, 1998 May 1, 1999
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58 | 56 | 58 | "Riddle Me This" | August 13, 1998 September 18, 1999
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59 | 57 | 59 | "Volcanic Panic" | August 20, 1998 September 18, 1999
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60 | 58 | 60 | "Beach Blank-Out Blastoise" | August 27, 1998 September 20, 1999
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61 | 59 | 61 | "The Misty Mermaid" | September 3, 1998 September 23, 1999
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62 | 60 | 62 | "Clefairy Tales" | September 10, 1998 September 25, 1999
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63 | 61 | 63 | "The Battle of the Badge" | September 17, 1998 September 25, 1999
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64 | 62 | 64 | "It's Mr. Mime Time" | September 24, 1998 September 27, 1999
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65 | 63 | 65 | "Holiday Hi-Jynx" | October 5, 1998 December 11, 1999
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66 | 64 | 66 | "Snow Way Out!" | October 5, 1998 December 18, 1999
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67 | 65 | 67 | "Showdown at the Po-ké Corral" | October 8, 1998 September 30, 1999
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68 | 66 | 68 | "The Evolution Solution" | October 15, 1998 October 2, 1999
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69 | 67 | 69 | "The Pi-Kahuna" | October 22, 1998 October 2, 1999
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70 | 68 | 70 | "Make Room for Gloom" | October 29, 1998 October 4, 1999
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71 | 69 | 71 | "Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!" | November 5, 1998 October 8, 1999
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72 | 70 | 72 | "Go West Young Meowth" | November 12, 1998 October 9, 1999
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73 | 71 | 73 | "To Master the Onixpected!" | November 19, 1998 October 11, 1999
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74 | 72 | 74 | "The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis" | November 26, 1998 October 14, 1999
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75 | 73 | 75 | "Bad to the Bone" | December 3, 1998 October 16, 1999
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76 | 74 | 76 | "All Fired Up!" | December 10, 1998 October 23, 1999
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77 | 75 | 77 | "Round One — Begin!" | December 17, 1998 October 30, 1999
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78 | 76 | 78 | "Fire and Ice" | December 24, 1998 November 6, 1999
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79 | 77 | 79 | "The Fourth Round Rumble" | January 1, 1999 November 13, 1999
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80 | 78 | 80 | "A Friend In Deed" | January 7, 1999 November 20, 1999
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81 | 79 | 81 | "Friend and Foe Alike" | January 14, 1999 November 27, 1999
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82 | 80 | 82 | "Friends to the End" | January 21, 1999 November 27, 1999
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Streaming[]
The first 52 episodes (excluding Beauty and the Beach, The Legend of Dratini and Electric Soldier Porygon) of Indigo League are currently available on Netflix. Indigo League on Netflix is exclusive worldwide except Asia.