第 1 季 共 82 集
播出时间：1997年4月2日
第 1 集 Pokémon - I Choose You!
播出时间：1997年4月2日
Meet Ash Ketchum, a 10-year-old boy full of imagination, confidence, and dreams that are almost too big for his village of Pallet Town—plus the desire to become a Pokémon Master!
第 2 集 Pokémon Emergency!
播出时间：1997年4月9日
The city's on high alert for Pokémon thieves—thieves like Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket, a group of bad guys dedicated to stealing valuable Pokémon.
第 3 集 Ash Catches a Pokémon
播出时间：1997年4月16日
Team Rocket shows up to steal Pikachu—they realize that there's really something special about this Pokémon—and Ash vows to defend himself.
第 4 集 Challenge of the Samurai
播出时间：1997年4月23日
Samurai challenges Ash to a battle, and Ash gets the advantage when his Metapod defends itself against Samurai's Pinsir.
第 5 集 Showdown in Pewter City
播出时间：1997年4月30日
Jessie, James, and Meowth dig a trap for our heroes, but they end up falling into it themselves!
第 6 集 Clefairy and the Moon Stone
播出时间：1997年5月7日
Will Team Rocket steal the Moon Stone? Are there other Clefairy lurking about, and do they carry Moon Stones, too? And is the legend of the Moon Stone true?
第 7 集 The Water Flowers of Cerulean City
播出时间：1997年5月14日
Ash seeks the Cascade badge in Cerulean City—but for some reason, Misty doesn't want to join them. When Ash and Brock show up, the city is buzzing about a break-in that just took place—and are initially accused of the crime!
第 8 集 The Path to the Pokémon League
播出时间：1997年5月21日
On the way to Vermillion City, Ash meets AJ, a Gym Leader at an unsanctioned Gym who has 98 wins and zero losses. They battle, and Ash is surprised that AJ's Ground-type Sandshrew can easily beat his Flying-type Pokémon.
第 9 集 The School of Hard Knocks
播出时间：1997年5月28日
While searching for firewood in the foggy woods, Ash and Pikachu discover a bunch of prep-school kids bullying a classmate named Joe.
第 10 集 Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village
播出时间：1997年6月4日
Ash and Misty, while arguing, discover an Oddish. As Misty's Starmie weakens the Oddish, a Bulbasaur appears and fights Starmie while the Oddish runs off into the woods.
第 11 集 Charmander - The Stray Pokémon
播出时间：1997年6月11日
Our friends, lost, discover an injured Charmander. Pikachu talks to it and learns that it's been waiting a long time for its trainer to return.
第 12 集 Here Comes the Squirtle Squad
播出时间：1997年6月18日
Ash and his friends walk along a path and fall into a hole dug by a batch of mischievous Squirtle. Ash climbs out and tries to battle them, but they scatter when Officer Jenny arrives.
第 13 集 Mystery at the Lighthouse
播出时间：1997年6月25日
A tremendously large shadow begins to take form in the sea mists, but this possible discovery could be hindered due to the infamous Team Rocket lurking in the background cooking up another one of their schemes.
第 14 集 Electric Shock Showdown
播出时间：1997年7月2日
Our heroes finally reach Vermillion City, and they discover that the Pokémon Center is filled with Pokémon hurt during battles with Lt. Surge, the Vermillion City Gym Leader.
第 15 集 Battle Aboard the St. Anne
播出时间：1997年7月9日
Ash and his friends board a fancy cruise ship called the St. Anne, thanks to tickets provided by two friendly but familiar-looking people. We soon learn that they're actually Jessie and James in disguise!
第 16 集 Pokémon Shipwreck
播出时间：1997年7月16日
Our heroes are revealed in the middle of a trap concocted by Team Rocket.
第 17 集 Island of the Giant Pokémon
播出时间：1997年7月23日
As our heroes and Team Rocket beat the odds by surviving the sinking ship, they are dragged into another potentially deadly situation when they are attacked by the ferocious Pokémon, Gyarados.
第 18 集 Beauty and the Beach
播出时间：1997年7月30日
Ash and his friends have finally arrived in Porta Vista, a beach-side tourist town. After destroying an old man's ship, they must help in the old man's business. To attempt to pay the man back faster, Misty enters a beauty contest, only to discover she is competing against Jessie and James.
第 19 集 Tentacool & Tentacruel
播出时间：1997年8月6日
Our heroes arrive at Hutber Port, where a ferryboat line runs to the mainland.
第 20 集 The Ghost of Maiden's Peak
播出时间：1997年8月13日
After leaving Acapulco in search of Saffron City, our heroes finally arrive at a small port town in the middle of celebrating a summer festival.
第 21 集 Bye Bye Butterfree
播出时间：1997年8月20日
When the party sees a flock of Butterfree flying above the ocean, Brock, as a Pokémon breeder, explains that it is the Butterfree's egg-laying season.
第 22 集 Abra and the Psychic Showdown
播出时间：1997年8月27日
The party finally arrives in Saffron City where a young girl manages a gym of Pokémon using her psychic powers. If Ash defeats this particular Gym Leader, Ash can earn a gold badge.
第 23 集 The Tower of Terror
播出时间：1997年9月3日
In search of a ghost Pokémon, Ash heads immediately for a tower in Lavender Town where they are said to dwell.
第 24 集 Haunter Versus Kadabra
播出时间：1997年9月10日
Unbenownst to Ash, one of the ghost Pokémon decides to join Ash and friends on their journey and more importantly help Ash battle the powerful Saffron City Gym Leader.
第 25 集 Primeape Goes Bananas
播出时间：1997年9月17日
On their way to Celadon City, our heroes encounter Mankey, a wild Pokémon that if rubbed the wrong way can go into uncontrollable fits.
第 26 集 Pokémon Scent-sation!
播出时间：1997年9月24日
The party arrives in Celadon City, a perfectly pleasant town full of large department stores, condominiums, and fancy arcades.
第 27 集 Hypno's Naptime
播出时间：1997年10月1日
Our heroes come to a town in which a great deal of children have recently turned up missing.
第 28 集 Pokémon Fashion Flash
播出时间：1997年10月8日
At Brock's persistent request, our heroes stop by Caesar Street, a town of breeders famous for its Pokémon beauty salons.
第 29 集 The Punchy Pokémon
播出时间：1997年10月15日
In the outskirts of Fuchsia City, our heroes come across Hitmonchan, a fighter-Pokémon. With little thought, Ash attempts to capture it, but he and Pikachu are badly defeated.
第 30 集 Sparks Fly for Magnemite
播出时间：1997年10月22日
As our heroes make their way through the industrial town of Gringy City, Pikachu, perhaps weary from travel, is in a strange state; the electric sacks on his cheeks are continually twitching as though overcharged.
第 31 集 Dig Those Diglett!
播出时间：1997年10月29日
Ash, Brock, Misty and Pikachu are lost deep in the mountains. As they press forward on a rough road not even shown on their map, they suddenly hear a large explosion.
第 32 集 The Ninja-Poké Showdown
播出时间：1997年11月5日
Fuchsia Gym, the authorized gym where Ash seeks his next badge, turns out to be a hidden ninja's lair. After finally discovering and entering the gym, he is held up by a complex system of traps.
第 33 集 The Flame Pokémon-athon!
播出时间：1997年11月12日
Our heroes come to a prairie where the Laramies, a family of Pokémon Ranchers live. They learn from a daughter of the Laramie family that a race is held at the ranch once a year to measure the growth of everyone's Pokémon.
第 34 集 The Kangaskhan Kid
播出时间：1997年11月19日
Ash and his friends arrive at the Safari Zone, unaware that the part they have entered is a protected preserve when an Officer Jenny disguised as Chansey nearly arrests them for poaching. They come across a wild boy named Tommy that leads a herd of Kangaskhan and eventually find Tommy's parents, who were searching for him since he was only three. Unfortunately, Tommy thinks that the Kangaskhan are his family. After battling Team Rocket, Tommy's parents also become part of the Kangaskhan family.
第 35 集 The Legend of Dratini
播出时间：1997年11月26日
Ash and his friends get challenged by Team Rocket in seeing who can capture the most Pokémon within the Safari Zone, with Ash catching a whole herd of Tauros. As soon as Ash and his friends head out Pokémon hunting, Team Rocket manages to get the drop on the game warden (Mr. Kaiza) and forces him into giving up the location on where Dratini is (the Dragon Valley). In the end, Ash, his friends, Team Rocket, and Kaiza end up seeing the legendary Dratini and Dragonair, with the heroes saving the day.
第 36 集 The Bridge Bike Gang
播出时间：1997年12月3日
Continuing their journey, the group came across a bridge which could be used as a shortcut to the next town. They soon discover that the bridge is too long to walk and they would need bicycles to cross. They go to the Pokémon Center where Nurse Joy asks them to take some medicine to a sick Pokémon across the bridge. On their way, a bicycle gang appears to cause trouble and Team Rocket is helping them. When Ash and his friends decide to cross the bridge during a storm, the bicyclists realize that they are acting selflessly, and help them.
第 37 集 Ditto's Mysterious Mansion
播出时间：1997年12月10日
During a storm, Ash and his friends arrive at a mysterious Mansion. While there, Ash meets Duplica, a girl who is an expert at impersonation, and she happens to own Ditto, a Pokémon that can transform into any Pokémon. However, Ditto cannot seem to figure out how to change its face, a fact that stopped Duplica's variety show. As they all try to help Ditto perfect its transformation, Team Rocket tries to steal the Ditto so it can transform into a Dratini which they can give to the boss.
第 38 集 Cyber Soldier Porygon
播出时间：1997年12月17日
Ash and his friends arrive at Pokémon Center where the PokéBall transfer machine has been causing problems, as the transferred Pokémon never end up at the other side. Ash and his friends decide to accompany Porygon, a computerized Pokémon, used by Professor Akihabara to investigate the problem, only to discover Team Rocket and another Porygon are to blame.
第 39 集 Pikachu's Goodbye
播出时间：1998年4月17日
The group come into a forest where it is quiet and peaceful. They notice a large group of Pikachu that Ash's Pikachu tries to make friends with. After saving a young Pikachu from drowning and rescuing the herd from Team Rocket, Ash's Pikachu is welcomed among the other Pikachu as one of their own. Saddened by this sudden distance, Ash tries to leave Pikachu behind (to Misty and Brock's shock and dismay), thinking that in the long run, it is going to be better off with its own kind. As they attempt to leave the forest with Ash still standing his ground on leaving Pikachu, the three friends are surprised when Pikachu returns to them, flanked by the other wild Pikachu including the younger Pikachu it risked its life to save earlier. The episode ends with Ash and Pikachu having an emotional reunion and hugging one another while the rest of the wild Pikachu cheer for the two of them as Brock and Misty look on.
第 40 集 The Battling Eevee Brothers
播出时间：1998年4月17日
Tracing a path through the woods, the party comes across a tree baited with a plate of food and water. An Eevee is bound to the trunk with string.
第 41 集 Wake Up, Snorlax!
播出时间：1998年4月24日
On empty stomachs, our heroes' search for food brings them to a small village, but find there is no food at the bakery nor at the grocery store; even the town restaurant is out of food.
第 42 集 Showdown at Dark City
播出时间：1998年5月1日
In the middle of a terrible desert, our heroes inadvertently wandered into Dark City. With no name but Dark, the city has fallen into ruin.
第 43 集 The March of the Exeggutor Squad
播出时间：1998年5月8日
Our heroes continue their Pokémon training without a break even over spring vacation, when what should appear before them but a carnival.
第 44 集 The Problem with Paras
播出时间：1998年5月15日
Team Rocket never let up with their constant interception, but today something seems strange. The coin on Meowth's forehead is blinking red, indicating overheating.
第 45 集 The Song of Jigglypuff
播出时间：1998年5月22日
Our heroes trudge along, resigning themselves to the idea of camping out in the desert as the sun slowly sets. Suddenly they see bright lights in front of them: a glamorous city appears before them, covered in neon lights.
第 46 集 Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon
播出时间：1998年5月29日
Our heroes approach Grampa Canyon, famous for the beautiful scenery of its valley. As they approach, however, they find wave upon wave of people also heading for Grampa Canyon.
第 47 集 A Chansey Operation
播出时间：1998年6月5日
As our heroes sleep peacefully, Pikachu begins experiencing an unusual sensation. As though it were choking on something, Pikachu's expression grows steadily more and more pained.
第 48 集 Holy Matrimony!
播出时间：1998年6月12日
As our heroes pass the entrance to a small village, they stop in front of a strange sign.
第 49 集 So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd
播出时间：1998年6月19日
As Ash sits on a rock, staring at his Pokédex, it displays Farfetch'd, an odd-looking Pokémon holding a leek.
第 50 集 Who Gets to Keep Togepi?
播出时间：1998年6月26日
When Ash and friends reach a certain Pokémon E. R., Joy informs Ash that a message has arrived for him, from Professor Oak.
第 51 集 Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden
播出时间：1998年7月3日
In the course of his journey, Ash battles a mountaineer Pokémon trainer he encountered in a small wooded area.
第 52 集 Princess vs. Princess
播出时间：1998年7月10日
Misty and Jessie compete against one another for Queen of the Princess Festival, a day where women rule and the guys have to do whatever the girls tell them.
第 53 集 The Purr-fect Hero
播出时间：1998年7月10日
It's Kids Day, and Ash and friends help the children at a nearby school celebrate the holiday.
第 54 集 The Case of the K-9 Caper!
播出时间：1998年7月17日
Ash enrolls Pikachu in a training school for police Growlithe, but the course is tougher than he imagined, for himself and for Pikachu!
第 55 集 Pokémon Paparazzi
播出时间：1998年7月24日
Ash and friends are being shadowed by Snap, the world's greatest Pokémon photographer.
第 56 集 The Ultimate Test
播出时间：1998年7月31日
Ash signs up to take an exam to be admitted to the Pokémon League.
第 57 集 The Breeding Center Secret
播出时间：1998年8月7日
Our heroes discover a terrible secret about the new breeding center in town.
第 58 集 Riddle Me This (1)
播出时间：1998年8月14日
Ash, Brock and Misty travel to Cinnabar Island where Ash hopes to win his Volcano Badge.
第 59 集 Volcanic Panic (2)
播出时间：1998年8月21日
Ash continues his quest to attain his Volcano Badge once he finally locates the gym that is suspended above a pool of molten lava!
第 60 集 Beach Blank-Out Blastoise
播出时间：1998年8月28日
As Ash and the gang are rushing to catch the last ferry off of Cinnabar Island, they stumble over a rare Pokémon in trouble.
第 61 集 The Misty Mermaid
播出时间：1998年9月4日
One of Misty's water Pokémon is in desperate need of exercise, so the gang decides to take her Horsea to a gym that's run by her sisters in Cerulean City.
第 62 集 Clefairy Tales
播出时间：1998年9月11日
Ash, Brock and Misty get sidetracked on their way to Viridian City when all of their belongings mysteriously disappear.
第 63 集 The Battle of the Badge
播出时间：1998年9月18日
Ash and friends finally make their way to Viridian City where Ash hopes to earn his Earth Badge.
第 64 集 It's Mr. Mime Time!
播出时间：1998年9月25日
On their way back to Pallet Town, Ash, Brock and Misty encounter a runaway Mr. Mime.
第 65 集 Holiday Hi-Jynx
播出时间：1998年10月6日
Ash, Misty, Brock, and their Pokémon must return a lost Jynx to Santa before Christmas, with the help of a Lapras. Meanwhile, Jessie attempts to take revenge on Santa for stealing her favorite doll when she was young.
第 66 集 Snow Way Out!
播出时间：1998年10月6日
Pikachu is lost in a snowy mountain forest! Can Ash and the gang stay warm while tracking down their missing pal?
第 67 集 Showdown at the Po-ké Corral
播出时间：1998年10月9日
Back in Pallet Town, Ash finds Gary, already there, waiting to partake in the Pokémon League. Always having a bitter rivalry with Gary, Professor Oak tells them both the meaning of Pokémon. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is trying to get inside the lab to steal the Pokémon.
第 68 集 The Evolution Solution
播出时间：1998年10月16日
Ash goes to Seafoam Island to help Professor Oak to discover the mystery of how Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro. There, Professor Westwood V is also trying to solve the mystery. Jessie captures Shellder, and tries to rush a Slowpoke's evolution, forcing Psyduck to stall the evolution.
第 69 集 The Pi-Kahuna
播出时间：1998年10月23日
Ash and the gang take some time off to go surfing. While surfing, however, Ash passes out, but is thankfully rescued by a surfer named Victor and his blue-eyed Pikachu, Puka. Victor then reveals his plans to surf a tsunami called Humungadunga and become a surfing legend.
第 70 集 Make Room for Gloom
播出时间：1998年10月30日
Ash goes to a flower garden to get some fertilizer for his mother, but Bulbasaur sniffs the flowers and becomes paralyzed.
第 71 集 Lights, Camera, Quack-tion
播出时间：1998年11月6日
When the gang discovers there is a movie with an all Pokemon cast being made nearby, Ash and his friends put their Pokémon in for an audition. Misty's Psyduck gets the main role while the others get minor roles.
第 72 集 Go West Young Meowth
播出时间：1998年11月13日
Ash and his friends go to Hollywood (although only a small nearby town) to see the premiere of the movie their Pokémon were cast in. Team Rocket follows them to find out that Meowth has history in this town; It is here where he was a member of a gang of street Meowths led by the Persian. He learned to speak and walk upright to win the heart of a female Meowth who was abandoned by her owner. Upon returning, he challenges Persian who was once his mentor for the female Meowth he thought he lost years before.
第 73 集 To Master the Onixpected!
播出时间：1998年11月20日
After watching Elite Four member Bruno on TV, Ash and his friends decide to do training in the mountains to be as strong as Bruno. However, they meet Bruno and he manipulates them to do some menial tasks for him. Meanwhile, a giant Onix is on a rampage.
第 74 集 The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis
播出时间：1998年11月27日
While training, Ash and his friends accidentally uncover the ruins of Pokémopolis, an ancient city. After a bit of research, they find a giant Gengar and a giant Alakazam starting to fight. Then, a giant Jigglypuff appears to put them to sleep.
第 75 集 Bad to the Bone
播出时间：1998年12月4日
Ash and his friends offer to help a trainer that is heading for the Pokémon League to retrieve his stolen gym badges from Team Rocket.
第 76 集 All Fired Up!
播出时间：1998年12月11日
Ash finally reaches the Indigo Plateau, home of the Pokémon League conference. Before the tournament begins, they plan on lighting a ceremonial cauldron with the flame of the legendary Pokémon, Moltres. Ash, as a participant, is free to carry the flame but when Team Rocket steals it, the tournament may be cancelled.
第 77 集 Round One - Begin!
播出时间：1998年12月18日
Ash enters his first match of the tournament on the water field against Mandi the Astounding. During the battle against Mandi's Exeggutor, Ash's Krabby evolves into Kingler, who he then uses against Mandy's remaining Seadra and Golbat, winning the match and moving onto the next preliminary round.
第 78 集 Fire and Ice
播出时间：1998年12月25日
For the second round Ash battles in the rock arena. Ash's last Pokémon, Squirtle, defeats his foe's last Pokémon, Nidorino, and he, victorious, moves on to Round 3. In the third round Ash faces a trainer named Pete in the ice arena. Both trainers are left with 2 Pokémon each. Pete uses Cloyster and Arcanine. In the end, Ash is victorious and he moves on to Round 4.
第 79 集 The Fourth Round Rumble
播出时间：1999年1月2日
In the 4th round, Ash faces a trainer named Jeanette, who uses a Beedrill, a Scyther, and a Bellsprout. The match ends with Ash victorious, and he moves on to the 5th round, becoming one of the final sixteen members of the tournament.
第 80 集 A Friend in Deed
播出时间：1999年1月8日
Ash meets a new trainer named Richie, who is eerily similar to Ash, including owning a Pikachu. However, Team Rocket makes another attempt to steal Ash's and Richie's Pokémon. Ash and Richie prevent Team Rocket from stealing their Pokémon. Ash discovers his next battle is against Richie. Will Ash manage to reach the quarterfinals?
第 81 集 Friend and Foe Alike
播出时间：1999年1月15日
After making a promise with Richie that he will have the best battle of his life, Ash is kidnapped by Team Rocket, who scheme to prevent him from participating in his fifth round match against Richie, let alone steal Pikachu. Ash is not about to let Team Rocket make him break the promise he made with Richie, so he is able to eventually escape. However, he loses due to his Charizard refusing his orders in the final stretch of his battle against Richie. Richie moves on to the quarterfinals.
第 82 集 Friends to the End
播出时间：1999年1月22日
After losing to Richie in the fifth round, Ash is moping around, annoyed that he lost. He is convinced by Misty that he should support Richie who is now in the quarterfinals. However, when Richie loses, they both have to look inside themselves to see if they are good trainers.
