Air date: 1999-10-14

Runtime: 23 min

Ash begins his journey in Johto, a largely unexplored region said to be thickly populated with Pokémon entirely new to him and his friends.

Air date: 1999-10-21

Runtime: 23 min

In a Pokémon battle, Ash soundly defeats an ambitious young Trainer, who runs away dejectedly.

Air date: 1999-10-28

Runtime: 23 min

Ash and friends discover a forest where invading Pinsir are causing heavy deforestation.

Air date: 1999-11-04

Runtime: 23 min

Ash and friends stumble into a small valley where Donphan are used to harvest precious stones.

Air date: 1999-11-11

Runtime: 23 min

Who would be foolish enough to brave a thick forest in the dead of night without a Hoothoot guide? Certainly not Ash Ketchum...

Air date: 1999-11-18

Runtime: 23 min

Our heroes must help prepare an insecure Bellossom dance troupe for their upcoming exhibition.

Air date: 1999-11-25

Runtime: 23 min

Ash and friends reach a new town and hear of three mysterious robbers apparently mimicking the crimes of a legendary master thief.

Air date: 1999-12-02

Runtime: 23 min

With pet food prepared by a French chef, rooms of WalkMaster exercise equipment and closets stocked with the latest in Pokémon fashion, life couldn't be much better for a Palm Hills Snubbull.

Air date: 1999-12-09

Runtime: 23 min

Brock saves a lost and frightened Stantler fawn and carefully nurses it back to health before releasing it.

Air date: 1999-12-16

Runtime: 23 min

Ash encounters a wild Chikorita and engages it in battle, thinking to add it to his team.

Air date: 1999-12-23

Runtime: 23 min

Professor Oak's errand—to deliver the mysterious GS Ball to a Poké Ball expert—is interrupted when a Quagsire with a penchant for spherical objects steals the GS ball for use in a nocturnal ritual.

Air date: 2000-01-01

Runtime: 23 min

When Team Rocket attacks Ash and his friends, a brave young Trainer and her flock of Ledyba come to the rescue.

Air date: 2000-01-06

Runtime: 23 min

Team Rocket can't believe their luck when the Blissey employed in a Pokémon Center willingly gives them the cente's entire food supply.

Air date: 2000-01-13

Runtime: 23 min

Our heroes are recruited as guest instructors at a youth Pokémon Academy.

Air date: 2000-01-20

Runtime: 23 min

With Pikachu's help, Ash is confident that winning the Zephyr badge will be a breeze.

Air date: 2000-01-27

Runtime: 23 min

Cute and cuddly is one thing, but a bawling Marill is too much even for Misty.

Air date: 2000-02-03

Runtime: 23 min

Team Rocket's most recent super vehicle, the Arbotank, is their ticket to world domination.

Air date: 2000-02-10

Runtime: 23 min

When Ash hears of the nearby Charicific Valley, he is sure a quick trip would be just the thing to reignite his Charizard's flagging spirits.

Air date: 2000-02-17

Runtime: 23 min

The annual Sunflora contest is only a day away and yet our hero's new friend and Sunflora Trainer is unable to convince her star Pokémon to compete.

Air date: 2000-02-24

Runtime: 23 min

A severe case of rivalry between Pikachu and Chikorita calls for therapy sessions with Nurse Joy.

Air date: 2000-03-02

Runtime: 23 min

Our heroes chance upon a Hoppip—the fluffy "Cottonweed" Pokémon that is able to drift for miles on a passing wind.

Air date: 2000-03-09

Runtime: 23 min

When Ash and friends wander into town, they bring with them a challenge that threatens to be Gligarman's last—Team Rocket.

Air date: 2000-03-16

Runtime: 23 min

Team Rocket comes in sheep's clothing to relieve a kind Poké-shepherd of her Mareep flock.

Air date: 2000-03-23

Runtime: 23 min

When the most promising trainee at a Pokémon dojo abandons battle altogether, it's up to Ash and friends to convince him that battling is more than just a matter of probability.

Air date: 2000-03-30

Runtime: 23 min

With Charizard gone and no fire Pokémon to call his own, Ash is overjoyed to come across a Cyndaquil in the wild.

Air date: 2000-04-06

Runtime: 23 min

Ash carelessly makes enemies of the Slowpoke-worshipping residents of a town.

Air date: 2000-04-13

Runtime: 23 min

Ash delivers the mysterious GS Ball to a renowned Pokémon expert, but Team Rocket wreaks trouble when they attempt to harvest the Apricorns essential to local Poké Ball production.

Air date: 2000-04-20

Runtime: 23 min

When Ash reaches the Hive Gym, he has just the Pokémon to challenge the Gym Leader's Bug Pokémon.

Air date: 2000-04-27

Runtime: 23 min

An inexperienced young Trainer mistakenly scares off his own Farfetch'd.

Air date: 2000-05-04

Runtime: 23 min

At the Pokémon Swap Meet, our heroes befriend a young Pokémon trainer who's having difficulties finding a trading partner willing to accept his Wobbuffet. When Jessie inadvertently deposits her Poké Ball across from his in the exchanger, this young trainer gets more than he had bargained for.

Air date: 2000-05-11

Runtime: 23 min

Rocket attempts to steal all the water Pokémon from the annual Fire and Rescue Grand Prix.

Air date: 2000-05-18

Runtime: 23 min

Ash and friends enthusiastically volunteer to watch over a troubled trainer's school of Wooper.

Air date: 2000-05-25

Runtime: 23 min

While Ash and friends deliberate on how to pass through a tunnel replete with Onix, two wandering Pokémon arrive on the scene together.

Air date: 2000-06-01

Runtime: 23 min

Investigating a string of mysterious thefts, our heroes discover a pack of Houndour, struggling to survive in the wild.

Air date: 2000-06-08

Runtime: 23 min

Ash and Misty's friendly rivalry is tested when they both try to capture a Totodile at the same time. Unable to determine whose Poké Ball had captured the wild Pokémon, the two must battle it out to determine the Totodile's new master.

Air date: 2000-06-15

Runtime: 23 min

When Ash and friends hear of a virtually undefeatable trainer operating nearby, they seek her out.

Air date: 2000-06-22

Runtime: 23 min

Ash's Totodile falls head over tail for a passing Azumarill, but is still unsuccessful in having its feelings requited when Team Rocket kidnap the Pokémon before Totodile's eyes.

Air date: 2000-06-29

Runtime: 23 min

Ash has his sights set on a rare and brightly-colored Noctowl.

Air date: 2000-07-06

Runtime: 23 min

When an Ursaring attack leaves Team Rocket and our heroes in compromising positions, compromise they do, members of each team being paired with members of the other.

Air date: 2000-07-13

Runtime: 23 min

Our heroes come to a town whose residents all raise Psychic Pokémon to repel the Ghost Pokémon that lurk nearby

Air date: 2000-07-27

Runtime: 23 min

A Pokémon Fortune Telling boom turns out to be a Team Rocket plot to steal Pokémon from local trainers.