Gotta Watch'em All - A Pokémon Anime Podcast

Pickaxe
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Gotta Watch'em All is a weekly podcast that watches along with every episode of Pokémon: The Series, starting all the way back at Episode 1! Join Ken and Lane as they add commentary over each episode, break down the plot, call out the lore, and enjoy a nostalgic journey back through over 2 decades of anime!

  1. 1d ago

    The Totodile Duel

    Gotta Watch’em All Podcast 147 Recording Date: 8/17/2026 Publish Date: 8/21/2026 Watch the video version of this podcast at: http://patreon.com/pokemonprofessor  Last week we had a side quest of an episode with the party having to deal with a squad of Houndour. We had some expectation of making it to Goldenrod City in this episode but those hopes went out the window early into this episode. We start off with the party fishing in a pond in hopes of watching some water type Pokémon. Misty even busted out her Special Lure which is a recurring item that hilariously is just a miniature version of herself with hooks on it. It doesn’t take long for Totodile to reveal himself and it makes it clear that this episode will be all about him. Ash and Misty immediately but heads about who should catch the Totodile, with Ash even sending out Pikachu with attacks in a very aggressive move. We see some serious competition between the two, even having a formal battle. Togepi makes its battle debut and it is just as awesome as you would think. In the end, Ash ends up catching Totodile, leaving just one more open spot on his team. The battle did have some excitement as Misty’s Poliwag evolved into Poliwhirl. Team Rocket pulls a classic move and gets dressed up in disguises, leading to a battle and Totodile’s first battle under Ash’s guidance. He is fast on its feet, and it takes care of Team Rocket pretty easily. Perhaps we only need to wait one more episode to get to Goldenrod City, but at least we have had some awesome battles to hold us over! Pokémon the Series original air date - Japan: 6/8/2000 USA: 5/5/2001 GottaWatchemAll@PokemonProfessor.com  Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork  Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Malie City Grimecraft and Wishlyst GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/Grimecraft http://soundcloud.com/wishlyst Outro Music Elite Four CG5 Trap Remix ft. The Great Dolvondo GameChops - Alola http://smarturl.it/cg5alola http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzwNL0eoWrZONZr1W4ozKw Hosts Ken Pescatore Lane Johnson Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026Gotta Watch’em All and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated withThe Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #anipoke #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Totodile Duel

  2. Aug 15

    Hour Of The Houndour

    Gotta Watch’em All Podcast Recording Date: 8/10/2026 Publish Date: 8/15/2026 Watch the video version of this podcast at: http://patreon.com/pokemonprofessor  Last week we made it through a tunnel full of Onix! Will we finally reach Goldenrod City to challenge the Gym Leader? As predicted, we have a fun sidewinder episode that continues the trend of focusing on a single Pokemon species. The party stumbles upon some Pokémon footprints and start to track them down. In a nearby town (not Goldenrod City), we see Nurse Joy and Chansey, who play an important role in this episode. There are a series of thefts happening, including the mystery of Nurse Joy’s stolen ham. Brock sets up a hilarious trap involving wooden sausages and we finally get introduced to Houndour, who happens to be the first Dark-Type Pokémon to be shown in the anime. It leads to an epic battle with a group of Houndour and a bunch of the team’s Pokémon like Pikachu, Cyndaquil, Chikorita, Onix, and Psyduck. We also have the debut of Pikachu using the attack, Leer! If the Houndour weren’t enough, Team Rocket shows up and has a plan to capture the Houndour, which in the end results in the Houndour leader trusting Ash. While we didn’t get to Goldenrod City, this episode had some great battles, Pokemon and attack debuts, and a great story about gratitude. Pokémon the Series original air date - Japan: 6/1/2000 USA: 4/14/2001 GottaWatchemAll@PokemonProfessor.com  Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork  Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Malie City Grimecraft and Wishlyst GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/Grimecraft http://soundcloud.com/wishlyst Outro Music Elite Four CG5 Trap Remix ft. The Great Dolvondo GameChops - Alola http://smarturl.it/cg5alola http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzwNL0eoWrZONZr1W4ozKw Hosts Ken Pescatore Lane Johnson Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026Gotta Watch’em All and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated withThe Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #anipoke #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Hour Of The Houndour

  3. Aug 7

    Tunnel Vision

    Gotta Watch’em All Podcast Recording Date: 8/4/2026 Publish Date: 8/7/2026 Watch the video version of this podcast at: http://patreon.com/pokemonprofessor  On their way to Goldenrod City, we saw the party stumble upon a school for Wooper, where they met Olesia. Brock falls in love, Misty kept him in check, and Ash is still hungry to get to Goldenrod City for his next Gym battle.  We begin this episode’s journey with the party arriving at the Onix Tunnel, which you guessed it, is filled with Onix. Ash is confident that the Onix would be no match for his Squirtle, and Misty has a bag full of Water Pokémon as well. They decide to camp out for the night before taking on the tunnel, and we get two all back characters come back to the show… Jigglypuff and Madam Muchmoney’s Snubbull. The next morning we see Team Rocket at the entrance of the tunnel, which turns into some great battles with the Onix.They learn fast that these Onix are not to be taken lightly, as Jesse even resorts to throwing Meowth at one of them! We cut to Ash and crew who are beginning their morning with some warm ups for their journey through the tunnel, when they encounter Snubbull and Jigglypuff. Of course we get to see and hear Jigglypuff put everyone to sleep, including Team Rocket, who surrendered back from the tunnel nearby. This episode’s Team Rocket battle is fantastic. We see Misty’s Poliwag in action, who puts on a show with its Double Slaps. Chikorita and Wobbuffet get into it, but Pikachu was there for the finish to send Team Rocket blasting off. To celebrate, Jigglypuff puts on one more show, putting everyone back to sleep! Maybe next episode we will get to Goldenrod City? Pokémon the Series original air date - Japan: 5/25/2000 USA: 4/7/2001 Learn more about this episode on Bilbapedia! https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP149  GottaWatchemAll@PokemonProfessor.com  Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork  Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Malie City Grimecraft and Wishlyst GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/Grimecraft http://soundcloud.com/wishlyst Outro Music Elite Four CG5 Trap Remix ft. The Great Dolvondo GameChops - Alola http://smarturl.it/cg5alola http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzwNL0eoWrZONZr1W4ozKw Hosts Ken Pescatore Lane Johnson Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026Gotta Watch’em All and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated withThe Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #anipoke #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Tunnel Vision

  4. Aug 3

    No Big Woop!

    Gotta Watch’em All Podcast 144 Recording Date: 7/28/2026 Publish Date: 8/3/2026 Watch the video version of this podcast at: http://patreon.com/pokemonprofessor  Will the party reach Goldenrod City during this episode? We all pretty much know that it will be a bit, but here’s to being hopeful! We start off with Brock leading the way with a map and his gut feeling, only to be surprised by a random Wooper. After taking a tumble and getting back to their feet, the party meets Olesia, who is a Wooper Trainer that has a school specifically for Wooper. This is just one of many instances that we have seen where specific Pokémon have buildings, celebrations, or even entire towns themed after them. While Brock is busy falling in love, we see some interesting Training techniques including a tambourine. Misty is astonished by the cuteness and takes part in the Training. While Team Rocket complains that they are starving, Olesia treats Ash and friends to some biscuits, before rushing out to take care of her Mom while leaving the party behind to take care of… everything. Thanks couldn’t go more wrong when Team Rocket shows up to wreak havoc on everything and allow one of the Wooper to scurry off on its own. We see a few arcs happening at once, with poor Togepi left with the tambourine back at the school. We end up seeing a pretty great battle and even have a Wobbofet appearance.When it’s all said and done and time to leave, Brock asks if he could shake up with Olesia, before Misty drags him away by his ear! Maybe the party will arrive at Goldenrod City next episode, but we will have to wait and see! Learn more about this episode on Bulbapedia! https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP148  Pokémon the Series original air date - Japan:5/18/2000 USA: 3/31/2001 GottaWatchemAll@PokemonProfessor.com  Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork  Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Malie City Grimecraft and Wishlyst GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/Grimecraft http://soundcloud.com/wishlyst Outro Music Elite Four CG5 Trap Remix ft. The Great Dolvondo GameChops - Alola http://smarturl.it/cg5alola http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzwNL0eoWrZONZr1W4ozKw Hosts Ken Pescatore Lane Johnson Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026Gotta Watch’em All and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated withThe Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #anipoke #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    No Big Woop!

  5. Jul 28

    The Fire-ing Squad

    Gotta Watch’em All Podcast 143 Recording Date: 7/20/2026 Publish Date: 7/27/2026 Watch the video version of this podcast at: http://patreon.com/pokemonprofessor  Last episode we watched Tricks of the Trade and we saw a bunch of battles go down! The battle music and animations have been really stepping up as we get deeper into Gold & Silver. We also get our first introduction to Wobbuffet, whose original Trainer Benny was set on trading it away. There was a wild turn of events that ends up with Jesse trading away her Lickitung to Benny and the long running arc of Wobbuffett and Team Rocket has begun. This episode picks up on the crew’s journey to Goldenrod City. We are threatened to a video call with Professor Oak and see Ash swap his Tauros back, and deposit his Heracross as well. We get some call backs this episode, as Captain Aidan and Team Wartortle show up, followed by Officer Jenny and the Squirtle Squad. This drums up all the feels for Ash’s Squirtle, seeing his old fire fighting team without a leader.  The Fire and Rescue Grand Prix is another fun example of the different competitions that Pokémon have in this world. It’s great to think about a world where Pokémon are taken so seriously. Some fun action and commentary takes us to the close of the episode which includes a tough decision and a clear set up for what’s to come! Learn more about this episode on Bulbapedia: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP147 Pokémon: The Series Gold & Silver Johto Journeys   The Fire-ing Squad Original Air Dates: Japan: 5/11/2000 USA: 4/21/2001 GottaWatchemAll@PokemonProfessor.com  Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork  Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Malie City Grimecraft and Wishlyst GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/Grimecraft http://soundcloud.com/wishlyst Outro Music Elite Four CG5 Trap Remix ft. The Great Dolvondo GameChops - Alola http://smarturl.it/cg5alola http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzwNL0eoWrZONZr1W4ozKw Hosts Ken Pescatore Lane Johnson Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026Gotta Watch’em All and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated withThe Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #anipoke #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Fire-ing Squad

  6. Jun 30

    Tricks Of The Trade

    Gotta Watch’em All Podcast 142 Watch the video version of this podcast at: http://patreon.com/pokemonprofessor  This episode is a bit of a wildcard, with an interesting plot direction, right from the start. Ash and the party are walking in Palmpona when they meet Benny and his Wobbuffet. What makes it interesting is that from the get-go, Benny is looking to trade away his Wobuffett, even though he has trained hard with it. This is the first time in the series that we see a Trainer that is actively looking to trade away their Pokémon, and it does strike a moral chord. During their time in Palmpona, they learn about the Running of the Tauros event, which presents Ash with the opportunity to call Professor Oak to request a transfer  of active Pokémon, sending back his Heracross in trade for his Tauros. This leads to an exciting showdown between Ash and Fernando in a Tauros v Tauros mirror match. Ash ends as the victor, which makes Benny want to trade his Wobbuffet for Ash’s Tauros. Benny ends up setting up a trade at a trading machine with a random Trainer for a Stantler, however the other Trainer pulls out at the last minute. A series of unfortunate events leads to Jessie hitting her head on the machine and her Pokéball containing Lickitung hitting the trade machine in just the right spot. This will absolutely cause some confusion later in the episode.  We end up getting quite a few battle scenes, with Chikorita putting in some work against Team Rocket’s new and surprising Wobbuffet.Benny ends up super excited about his new Lickitung, and we’re sure Lickitung is happier now that he doesn’t have to deal with Team Rocket. Not putting the pieces of the puzzle together, Ash never realizes that this Lickitung once belonged to Jessie. As for Wobbuffett, he may actually enjoy the Rocket Life, and even gets to have a taste of being blasted off in his first episode! Pokémon the Series original air date - Japan: 5/4/2000 USA: 3/24/2001 https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP146 GottaWatchemAll@PokemonProfessor.com  Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork  Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Malie City Grimecraft and Wishlyst GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/Grimecraft http://soundcloud.com/wishlyst Outro Music Elite Four CG5 Trap Remix ft. The Great Dolvondo GameChops - Alola http://smarturl.it/cg5alola http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzwNL0eoWrZONZr1W4ozKw Hosts Ken Pescatore Lane Johnson Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026Gotta Watch’em All and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated withThe Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #anipoke #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Tricks Of The Trade

  7. May 25

    A Farfetch'd Tale

    Gotta Watch’em All Podcast 141 Recording Date: 5/18/26 Publish Date: 5/24/26 Watch the video version of this podcast at: http://patreon.com/pokemonprofessor  Ash was quick to leave Azalea town after acquiring the Hive Badge, and the party is on their way through Ilex Forest. They stumble on a young Trainer who is having a hard time getting his Farfetch’d to properly use cut. Sylvester introduces himself and explains how he is working on gathering materials to create “purifying charcoal”. Brock is familiar with the material, and Ash encourages the Trainer to keep trying. Once at the Pokémon Center, Ash calls Professor Oak on the video phone and fills him in on his recent adventures like the Lure Ball that Kurt gave him and his new Hive badge. Ash’s Pokémon like Muk, Kingler, Snorlax, and Tauros make a cameo as he learns that Goldenrod City will be their next destination. Just after the call, Sylvester comes running into the Pokémon Center in a panic as he has lost his Farfetch’d again. We learn that Sylvester is under immense pressure from his Father Yosaku who regularly reminds him of his shortcomings. The team decides to put a search party together for Farfetch’d, and we see an incredible amount of Pokémon make appearances. While on the hunt, Farfetch’d encounters Team Rocket, and a massive, multi Pokémon battle ensues, and we get to see some serious moves and battling. The battle ends with Sylvester stepping up to command Farfetch’d to get him to use cut on trees, trapping Team Rocket long enough for Pikachu to blast them off. We get a feel good moment back in town, as Yosaku tells Sylvester that he is proud of him. On that high note, the party sets off for Goldenrod City, but not before receiving some charcoal for the road. Pokémon the Series original air date - Japan: 4/27/2000 USA: 3/17/2001 GottaWatchemAll@PokemonProfessor.com  Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork  Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Malie City Grimecraft and Wishlyst GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/Grimecraft http://soundcloud.com/wishlyst Outro Music Elite Four CG5 Trap Remix ft. The Great Dolvondo GameChops - Alola http://smarturl.it/cg5alola http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzwNL0eoWrZONZr1W4ozKw Hosts Ken Pescatore Lane Johnson Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026Gotta Watch’em All and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated withThe Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #anipoke #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    A Farfetch'd Tale

  8. May 5

    Gettin' The Bugs Out

    Gotta Watch’em All Podcast 140: Gettin’ The Bugs Out Recording Date: 5/4/2026 Publish Date: 5/5/2026 Watch the video version of this podcast at: http://patreon.com/pokemonprofessor  Pokémon the Series original air dates: Japan: 4/20/2000 USA: 3/17/2001 This episode wastes absolutely no time getting right down to it! We closed last week’s episode knowing that we were on the way to the Azalea Town Gym, now that it is functioning again (thanks to the Slowpoke). What we didn’t know was that as soon as Ash steps foot in the Gym, that an almost full episode length battle was about to go down. We meet the Azalea Town Gym Leader, Bugsy, who you guessed it, is a Bug-Type Trainer. Within minutes, the stage is set with Ash and Bugsy taking their positions on the battlefield. Before long we realize that Bugsy has an all Bug team, with Spinarak being his first choice. With Charizard not available, Ash decides on Cyndaquil to start the battle, having a strong type-advantage. Ash realizes quickly that Cyndaquil needs a little time to warm up, as the Spinarak makes pretty quick work of him before being called back to his Pokéball. Something also worth mentioning is that the battle animations in this episode look incredible, with more details, frames, and the speed lines that we all love. We see Ash bring out Chikorita and Pikachu to help bring things home, but it’s Cyndaquil that closes the deal for the team. We see Bugsy bring out a Metapod who has some fancy moves, and a Scyther, that puts on a show with both Double Team and Sword Dance. Ash has to be quick on his feet to figure out how Cyndaquil’s flames can get past Sword Dance, and a daring move let’s the attack land in spectacular fashion. This battle was awesome. We saw very little of Team Rocket in this episode, as they did show up to the battle only to be accidentally shocked by Pikachu, which of course worked out for everyone. Once the Gym Battle is complete and Ash earns his Hive Badge, Maizie catches up with the team to give them some fresh Apricorn Pokéballs that Kurt made. Ash and Misty take Lure Balls, and Brock takes a Heavy Ball. It was really cool seeing the different types of Pokéballs, especially after learning how they are made! GottaWatchemAll@PokemonProfessor.com  Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork  Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Malie City Grimecraft and Wishlyst GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/Grimecraft http://soundcloud.com/wishlyst Outro Music Elite Four CG5 Trap Remix ft. The Great Dolvondo GameChops - Alola http://smarturl.it/cg5alola http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzwNL0eoWrZONZr1W4ozKw Hosts Ken Pescatore Lane Johnson Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026Gotta Watch’em All and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated withThe Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #anipoke #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Gettin' The Bugs Out
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Gotta Watch'em All is a weekly podcast that watches along with every episode of Pokémon: The Series, starting all the way back at Episode 1! Join Ken and Lane as they add commentary over each episode, break down the plot, call out the lore, and enjoy a nostalgic journey back through over 2 decades of anime!

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  • Creator
    Pickaxe
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    169
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Pickaxe

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