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Pokémon: Original series was an anime series that ran from 1997 to 2002. In total 274 episodes of Pokémon: Original series were aired. With a total of 77 reported filler episodes, Pokémon: Original series has a moderate filler percentage of 28%. Follow Ash Ketchum as he journeys to become a Pokemon Master. (Please read the comments).
| # | Title | Type | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pokémon - I Choose You! | Anime Canon | 1997-04-01 |
| 2 | Pokémon Emergency! | Anime Canon | 1997-04-08 |
| 3 | Ash Catches a Pokémon | Anime Canon | 1997-04-15 |
| 4 | Challenge of the Samurai | Anime Canon | 1997-04-22 |
| 5 | Showdown in Pewter City | Anime Canon | 1997-04-29 |
| 6 | Clefairy and the Moon Stone | Anime Canon | 1997-05-06 |
| 7 | The Water Flowers of Cerulean City | Anime Canon | 1997-05-13 |
| 8 | The Path to the Pokémon League | Filler | 1997-05-20 |
| 9 | The School of Hard Knocks | Anime Canon | 1997-05-27 |
| 10 | Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village | Anime Canon | 1997-06-03 |
| 11 | Charmander – The Stray Pokémon | Anime Canon | 1997-06-10 |
| 12 | Here Comes the Squirtle Squad | Anime Canon | 1997-06-17 |
| 13 | Mystery at the Lighthouse | Anime Canon | 1997-06-24 |
| 14 | Electric Shock Showdown | Anime Canon | 1997-07-01 |
| 15 | Battle Aboard the St. Anne | Anime Canon | 1997-07-08 |
| 16 | Pokémon Shipwreck | Anime Canon | 1997-07-15 |
| 17 | Island of the Giant Pokémon | Anime Canon | 1997-07-22 |
| 18 | Beauty and The Beach | Anime Canon | 1997-07-29 |
| 19 | Tentacool & Tentacruel | Anime Canon | 1997-08-05 |
| 20 | The Ghost of Maiden's Peak | Filler | 1997-08-12 |
| 21 | Bye Bye Butterfree | Anime Canon | 1997-08-19 |
| 22 | Abra and the Psychic Showdown | Anime Canon | 1997-08-26 |
| 23 | The Tower of Terror | Anime Canon | 1997-09-02 |
| 24 | Haunter versus Kadabra | Anime Canon | 1997-09-09 |
| 25 | Primeape Goes Bananas | Anime Canon | 1997-09-16 |
| 26 | Pokémon Scent-sation! | Anime Canon | 1997-09-23 |
| 27 | Hypno's Naptime | Anime Canon | 1997-09-30 |
| 28 | Pokémon Fashion Flash | Anime Canon | 1997-10-07 |
| 29 | The Punchy Pokémon | Anime Canon | 1997-10-14 |
| 30 | Sparks Fly for Magnemite | Anime Canon | 1997-10-21 |
| 31 | Dig Those Diglett! | Anime Canon | 1997-10-28 |
| 32 | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | Anime Canon | 1997-11-04 |
| 33 | The Flame Pokémon-athon! | Mixed Canon/Filler | 1997-11-11 |
| 34 | The Kangaskhan Kid | Filler | 1997-11-18 |
| 35 | The Legend of Dratini (JP Only) | Anime Canon | 1997-11-25 |
| 36 | The Bridge Bike Gang | Anime Canon | 1997-12-02 |
| 37 | Ditto's Mysterious Mansion | Filler | 1997-12-09 |
| 38 | Holiday Hi-Jynx! | Filler | 1997-12-16 |
| 39 | Pikachu's Goodbye | Anime Canon | 1998-04-16 |
| 40 | The Battling Eevee Brothers | Mixed Canon/Filler | 1998-04-16 |
| 41 | Wake Up Snorlax! | Filler | 1998-04-23 |
| 42 | Showdown at Dark City | Filler | 1998-04-30 |
| 43 | The March of the Exeggutor Squad | Anime Canon | 1998-05-07 |
| 44 | The Problem with Paras | Anime Canon | 1998-05-14 |
| 45 | The Song of Jigglypuff | Anime Canon | 1998-05-21 |
| 46 | Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon | Anime Canon | 1998-05-28 |
| 47 | A Chansey Operation | Filler | 1998-06-04 |
| 48 | So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd | Mixed Canon/Filler | 1998-06-18 |
| 48 | Holy Matrimony! | Anime Canon | 1998-06-11 |
| 50 | Who Gets to Keep Togepi? | Anime Canon | 1998-06-25 |
| 51 | Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden | Anime Canon | 1998-07-02 |
| 52 | Princess vs. Princess | Anime Canon | 1998-07-10 |
| 53 | The Purr-fect Hero | Mixed Canon/Filler | 1998-07-09 |
| 54 | The Case of the K-9 Caper! | Filler | 1998-07-16 |
| 55 | Pokémon Paparazzi | Anime Canon | 1998-07-23 |
| 56 | The Ultimate Test | Anime Canon | 1998-07-31 |
| 57 | The Breeding Center Secret | Anime Canon | 1998-08-06 |
| 58 | Riddle Me This | Anime Canon | 1998-08-13 |
| 59 | Volcanic Panic | Anime Canon | 1998-08-20 |
| 60 | Beach Blank-Out Blastoise | Filler | 1998-08-27 |
| 61 | The Misty Mermaid | Anime Canon | 1998-09-03 |
| 62 | Snow Way Out! | Anime Canon | 1998-10-05 |
| 63 | Clefairy Tales | Anime Canon | 1998-09-10 |
| 64 | The Battle Of The Badge | Anime Canon | 1998-09-17 |
| 65 | It's Mr. Mime Time | Anime Canon | 1998-09-24 |
| 66 | The Evolution Solution | Anime Canon | 1998-10-15 |
| 67 | Showdown at the Po-ké Corral | Anime Canon | 1998-10-01 |
| 68 | The Pi-Kahuna | Filler | 1998-10-22 |
| 69 | Make Room for Gloom | Filler | 1998-10-29 |
| 70 | Lights, Camera, Quack-tion | Anime Canon | 1998-11-05 |
| 71 | Go West Young Meowth | Anime Canon | 1998-11-12 |
| 72 | To Master the Onixpected! | Anime Canon | 1998-11-19 |
| 73 | The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis | Filler | 1998-11-26 |
| 74 | Bad To The Bone | Anime Canon | 1998-12-03 |
| 75 | All Fired Up! | Anime Canon | 1998-12-10 |
| 76 | Round One - Begin! | Anime Canon | 1998-12-17 |
| 77 | Fire and Ice | Anime Canon | 1998-12-24 |
| 78 | The Fourth Round Rumble | Anime Canon | 1999-01-01 |
| 79 | A Friend In Deed | Anime Canon | 1999-01-07 |
| 80 | Friend and Foe Alike | Anime Canon | 1999-01-14 |
| 81 | Friends to the End | Anime Canon | 1999-01-21 |
| 82 | Pallet Party Panic | Anime Canon | 1999-01-28 |
| 83 | A Scare in the Air | Anime Canon | 1999-02-04 |
| 84 | Poké Ball Peril | Anime Canon | 1999-02-11 |
| 85 | The Lost Lapras | Anime Canon | 1999-02-18 |
| 86 | Fit To Be Tide | Anime Canon | 1999-02-25 |
| 87 | Pikachu Re-Volts | Anime Canon | 1999-03-04 |
| 88 | The Crystal Onix | Mixed Canon/Filler | 1999-03-11 |
| 89 | In The Pink | Filler | 1999-03-18 |
| 90 | Shell Shock! | Filler | 1999-03-25 |
| 91 | Stage Fight! | Filler | 1999-04-01 |
| 92 | Bye Bye Psyduck | Filler | 1999-04-08 |
| 93 | The Joy of Pokémon | Filler | 1999-04-15 |
| 94 | Navel Maneuvers | Anime Canon | 1999-04-22 |
| 95 | Snack Attack | Anime Canon | 1999-04-29 |
| 96 | A Shipful of Shivers | Anime Canon | 1999-05-06 |
| 97 | Tracey Gets Bugged | Anime Canon | 1999-05-20 |
| 98 | Meowth Rules! | Mixed Canon/Filler | 1999-05-13 |
| 99 | A Way Off Day Off | Filler | 1999-05-27 |
| 100 | The Mandarin Island Miss Match | Anime Canon | 1999-06-03 |
| 101 | Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon? | Filler | 1999-06-10 |
| 102 | Get Along, Little Pokémon | Filler | 1999-06-17 |
| 103 | The Mystery Menace | Anime Canon | 1999-06-24 |
| 104 | Misty Meets Her Match | Anime Canon | 1999-07-01 |
| 105 | Bound For Trouble | Filler | 1999-07-15 |
| 106 | Charizard Chills | Anime Canon | 1999-07-22 |
| 107 | The Pokémon Water War | Anime Canon | 1999-07-29 |
| 108 | Pokémon Food Fight! | Anime Canon | 1999-08-05 |
| 109 | Pokémon Double Trouble | Anime Canon | 1999-08-12 |
| 110 | The Wacky Watcher! | Filler | 1999-08-19 |
| 111 | The Stun Spore Detour | Anime Canon | 1999-08-26 |
| 112 | Hello, Pummelo! | Anime Canon | 1999-09-02 |
| 113 | Enter The Dragonite | Anime Canon | 1999-09-09 |
| 114 | Viva Las Lapras | Anime Canon | 1999-09-16 |
| 115 | The Underground Round Up | Anime Canon | 1999-09-23 |
| 116 | A Tent Situation | Anime Canon | 1999-09-30 |
| 117 | The Rivalry Revival | Anime Canon | 1999-10-07 |
| 118 | Don't Touch That 'dile | Anime Canon | 1999-10-14 |
| 119 | The Double Trouble Header | Anime Canon | 1999-10-21 |
| 120 | A Sappy Ending | Anime Canon | 1999-08-26 |
| 121 | Roll On, Pokémon! | Mixed Canon/Filler | 1999-11-04 |
| 122 | Illusion Confusion! | Anime Canon | 1999-11-11 |
| 123 | Flower Power | Filler | 1999-11-18 |
| 124 | Spinarak Attack | Filler | 1999-11-25 |
| 125 | Snubbull Snobbery | Anime Canon | 1999-12-02 |
| 126 | The Little Big Horn | Filler | 1999-12-09 |
| 127 | The Chikorita Rescue | Anime Canon | 1999-12-16 |
| 128 | Once in a Blue Moon | Anime Canon | 1999-12-23 |
| 129 | The Whistle Stop | Filler | 2000-01-01 |
| 130 | Ignorance is Blissey | Anime Canon | 2000-01-06 |
| 131 | A Bout With Sprout | Mixed Canon/Filler | 2000-01-13 |
| 131 | Fighting Flyer with Fire | Anime Canon | 2000-01-13 |
| 133 | For Crying Out Loud | Mixed Canon/Filler | 2000-01-20 |
| 134 | Tanks a Lot! | Filler | 2000-02-03 |
| 135 | Charizard's Burning Ambitions | Anime Canon | 2000-02-10 |
| 136 | Grin to Win! | Filler | 2000-02-17 |
| 137 | Chikorita's Big Upset | Anime Canon | 2000-02-24 |
| 138 | Foul Weather Friends | Filler | 2000-03-02 |
| 139 | The Superhero Secret | Filler | 2000-03-09 |
| 140 | Mild 'n Wooly | Filler | 2000-03-16 |
| 141 | Wired for Battle! | Anime Canon | 2000-03-23 |
| 142 | Good 'Quil Hunting | Anime Canon | 2000-03-30 |
| 143 | A Shadow of a Drought | Anime Canon | 2000-04-06 |
| 144 | Going Apricorn! | Anime Canon | 2000-04-13 |
| 145 | Gettin' The Bugs Out | Anime Canon | 2000-04-20 |
| 146 | A Farfetch'd Tale | Anime Canon | 2000-04-27 |
| 147 | Tricks of the Trade | Anime Canon | 2000-05-04 |
| 148 | The Fire-ing Squad! | Anime Canon | 2000-05-11 |
| 149 | No Big Woop! | Filler | 2000-05-18 |
| 150 | Tunnel Vision | Filler | 2000-05-25 |
| 151 | Hour of the Houndour | Filler | 2000-06-01 |
| 152 | The Totodile Duel | Anime Canon | 2000-06-08 |
| 153 | Hot Matches! | Anime Canon | 2000-06-15 |
| 154 | Love, Totodile Style | Filler | 2000-06-22 |
| 155 | Fowl Play! | Anime Canon | 2000-06-29 |
| 156 | Forest Grumps | Filler | 2000-07-06 |
| 157 | The Psychic Sidekicks! | Filler | 2000-07-13 |
| 158 | The Fortune Hunters | Anime Canon | 2000-07-27 |
| 159 | A Goldenrod Opportunity | Anime Canon | 2000-08-03 |
| 160 | A Dairy Tale Ending | Anime Canon | 2000-08-10 |
| 161 | Air Time! | Anime Canon | 2000-08-17 |
| 162 | The Bug Stops Here | Anime Canon | 2000-08-24 |
| 163 | Fossil Fools | Filler | 2000-09-07 |
| 163 | Type Casting | Filler | 2000-08-31 |
| 165 | Carrying On! | Filler | 2000-09-14 |
| 166 | Hassle in the Castle | Anime Canon | 2000-09-21 |
| 167 | Two Hits and a Miss | Filler | 2000-09-28 |
| 168 | A Hot Water Battle | Filler | 2000-10-05 |
| 169 | Hook, Line, and Stinker | Anime Canon | 2000-10-12 |
| 170 | Beauty and the Breeder | Anime Canon | 2000-10-19 |
| 171 | A Better Pill to Swallow | Filler | 2000-10-26 |
| 172 | Power Play! | Anime Canon | 2000-11-02 |
| 173 | Mountain Time | Filler | 2000-11-09 |
| 174 | Wobbu-Palooza! | Filler | 2000-11-16 |
| 175 | Imitation Confrontation | Filler | 2000-11-23 |
| 176 | The Trouble With Snubbull | Anime Canon | 2000-11-30 |
| 177 | Ariados, Amigos | Anime Canon | 2000-12-07 |
| 178 | Wings 'N' Things | Filler | 2000-12-14 |
| 179 | The Grass Route | Anime Canon | 2000-12-21 |
| 180 | The Apple Corp! | Filler | 2001-01-04 |
| 181 | Houndoom's Special Delivery | Filler | 2001-01-11 |
| 182 | A Ghost of a Chance | Anime Canon | 2001-01-18 |
| 183 | From Ghost to Ghost | Anime Canon | 2001-01-25 |
| 184 | Trouble's Brewing | Anime Canon | 2001-02-01 |
| 185 | All That Glitters! | Filler | 2001-02-08 |
| 186 | The Light Fantastic | Filler | 2001-02-15 |
| 187 | UnBEARable | Filler | 2001-02-22 |
| 188 | Moving Pictures | Anime Canon | 2001-03-01 |
| 189 | Spring Fever | Anime Canon | 2001-03-08 |
| 190 | Freeze Frame | Anime Canon | 2001-03-15 |
| 191 | The Stolen Stones! | Filler | 2001-03-22 |
| 192 | The Dunsparce Deception | Filler | 2001-03-29 |
| 193 | The Wayward Wobbuffet | Filler | 2001-04-05 |
| 194 | Sick Daze | Anime Canon | 2001-04-12 |
| 195 | Ring Masters | Anime Canon | 2001-04-19 |
| 196 | The Poké Spokesman | Filler | 2001-04-26 |
| 197 | Control Freak! | Anime Canon | 2001-05-03 |
| 198 | The Art of Pokémon | Filler | 2001-05-10 |
| 199 | The Heartbreak of Brock | Filler | 2001-05-17 |
| 200 | Current Events | Anime Canon | 2001-05-24 |
| 201 | Turning Over A New Bayleef | Anime Canon | 2001-05-31 |
| 202 | Doin' What Comes Natu-rally | Mixed Canon/Filler | 2001-06-07 |
| 203 | The Big Balloon Blow-Up | Filler | 2001-06-14 |
| 204 | The Screen Actor's Guilt | Filler | 2001-06-21 |
| 205 | Right On, Rhydon! | Mixed Canon/Filler | 2001-06-28 |
| 206 | The Joy of Water Pokémon | Filler | 2001-07-12 |
| 206 | The Kecleon Caper | Filler | 2001-07-05 |
| 208 | Got Miltank? | Filler | 2001-07-19 |
| 209 | Fight for the Light! | Anime Canon | 2001-07-26 |
| 210 | Machoke, Machoke Man! | Anime Canon | 2001-08-02 |
| 211 | Around the Whirlpool | Anime Canon | 2001-08-09 |
| 212 | Fly Me to the Moon | Filler | 2001-08-16 |
| 213 | Takin' It on the Chinchou | Filler | 2001-08-23 |
| 214 | A Corsola Caper! | Anime Canon | 2001-08-30 |
| 215 | Mantine Overboard! | Anime Canon | 2001-09-06 |
| 216 | Octillery The Outcast | Anime Canon | 2001-09-13 |
| 217 | Dueling Heroes | Anime Canon | 2001-09-20 |
| 218 | The Perfect Match! | Anime Canon | 2001-09-27 |
| 219 | Plant It Now... Diglett Later | Filler | 2001-10-04 |
| 220 | Hi Ho Silver... Away! | Anime Canon | 2001-10-11 |
| 221 | The Mystery is History | Anime Canon | 2001-10-18 |
| 222 | A Parent Trapped! | Anime Canon | 2001-10-25 |
| 223 | A Promise is a Promise | Anime Canon | 2001-11-01 |
| 224 | Throwing in the Noctowl | Anime Canon | 2001-11-08 |
| 225 | Nerves of Steelix! | Anime Canon | 2001-11-15 |
| 226 | Bulbasaur... the Ambassador! | Anime Canon | 2001-11-22 |
| 227 | Espeon, Not Included | Anime Canon | 2001-11-29 |
| 228 | For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! | Anime Canon | 2001-12-06 |
| 229 | Extreme Pokémon! | Anime Canon | 2001-12-13 |
| 230 | An EGG-sighting Adventure! | Anime Canon | 2001-12-20 |
| 231 | Hatching a Plan | Anime Canon | 2001-12-27 |
| 232 | Dues and Don'ts | Anime Canon | 2002-01-10 |
| 233 | Just Waiting On a Friend | Filler | 2002-01-17 |
| 234 | A Tyrogue Full of Trouble | Filler | 2002-01-24 |
| 235 | Xatu the Future | Filler | 2002-01-31 |
| 236 | Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution | Anime Canon | 2002-02-07 |
| 237 | Rage of Innocence | Anime Canon | 2002-02-14 |
| 238 | As Cold as Pryce | Anime Canon | 2002-02-21 |
| 239 | Nice Pryce, Baby! | Anime Canon | 2002-02-28 |
| 240 | Whichever Way the Wind Blows | Filler | 2002-03-07 |
| 241 | Some Like it Hot | Mixed Canon/Filler | 2002-03-14 |
| 242 | Hocus Pokémon | Anime Canon | 2002-03-21 |
| 243 | As Clear as Crystal | Anime Canon | 2002-03-28 |
| 244 | Same Old Song and Dance | Filler | 2002-04-11 |
| 245 | Enlighten Up! | Filler | 2002-04-18 |
| 246 | Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up? | Anime Canon | 2002-04-25 |
| 247 | Wish Upon a Star Shape | Filler | 2002-05-02 |
| 248 | Outrageous Fortunes | Anime Canon | 2002-05-09 |
| 249 | One Trick Phony! | Filler | 2002-05-16 |
| 250 | I Politoed Ya So! | Anime Canon | 2002-05-23 |
| 251 | Beauty is Skin Deep | Anime Canon | 2002-06-06 |
| 252 | Fangs for Nothin' | Anime Canon | 2002-06-13 |
| 253 | Great Bowls of Fire! | Anime Canon | 2002-06-20 |
| 254 | Better Eight Than Never | Anime Canon | 2002-06-27 |
| 255 | Why? Wynaut! | Anime Canon | 2002-07-04 |
| 256 | Just Add Water | Filler | 2002-07-11 |
| 257 | Lapras of Luxury | Anime Canon | 2002-07-18 |
| 258 | Hatch Me If You Can | Anime Canon | 2002-07-25 |
| 259 | Entei at Your Own Risk | Anime Canon | 2002-08-01 |
| 260 | A Crowning Achievement | Filler | 2002-08-08 |
| 261 | Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid | Anime Canon | 2002-08-15 |
| 262 | You're a Star, Larvitar! | Anime Canon | 2002-08-22 |
| 263 | Address Unown! | Anime Canon | 2002-08-29 |
| 264 | Mother of All Battles | Anime Canon | 2002-09-05 |
| 265 | Pop Goes The Sneasel | Anime Canon | 2002-09-12 |
| 266 | A Claim to Flame! | Anime Canon | 2002-09-19 |
| 267 | Love, Pokémon Style | Anime Canon | 2002-09-26 |
| 268 | Tie One On! | Anime Canon | 2002-10-03 |
| 269 | The Ties That Bind | Anime Canon | 2002-10-10 |
| 270 | Can't Beat the Heat! | Anime Canon | 2002-10-17 |
| 271 | Playing with Fire! | Anime Canon | 2002-10-24 |
| 272 | Johto Photo Finish | Anime Canon | 2002-10-31 |
| 273 | Gotta Catch Ya Later! | Anime Canon | 2002-11-07 |
| 274 | Hoenn Alone! | Anime Canon | 2002-11-14 |