Pokémon Season 3 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Thursday, October 14, 1999
Ended: Thursday, July 27, 2000
When does Pokémon Season 3 come out?
Pokémon Season 3 premiered Thursday, October 14, 1999 on TV Tokyo and ended Thursday, July 27, 2000. The season has 41 episodes.
Upon returning to Pallet Town, Ash and Misty reunite with Brock and set out on the next stage of their Pokémon journey—the Johto region! Though he still has an errand to run for Professor Oak, Ash jumps with both feet into the Johto League, taking on a couple of Gym Leaders and adding Pokémon like Totodile and Chikorita to his team.
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Pokémon Season 3 release schedule
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1. Don't Touch That 'dile Ash begins his journey in Johto, a largely unexplored region said to be thickly populated with Pokémon entirely new to him and his friends. |
Thursday · 27 years ago |
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2. The Double Trouble Header In a Pokémon battle, Ash soundly defeats an ambitious young Trainer, who runs away dejectedly. |
Thursday · 27 years ago |
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3. A Sappy Ending Ash and friends discover a forest where invading Pinsir are causing heavy deforestation. |
Thursday · 27 years ago |
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4. Roll On, Pokémon! Ash and friends stumble into a small valley where Donphan are used to harvest precious stones. |
Thursday · 27 years ago |
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5. Illusion Confusion! Who would be foolish enough to brave a thick forest in the dead of night without a Hoothoot guide? Certainly not Ash Ketchum... |
Thursday · 27 years ago |
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6. Flower Power Our heroes must help prepare an insecure Bellossom dance troupe for their upcoming exhibition. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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7. Spinarak Attack Ash and friends reach a new town and hear of three mysterious robbers apparently mimicking the crimes of a legendary master thief. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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8. Snubbull Snobbery 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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9. The Little Big Horn Brock saves a lost and frightened Stantler fawn and carefully nurses it back to health before releasing it. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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10. The Chikorita Rescue Ash encounters a wild Chikorita and engages it in battle, thinking to add it to his team. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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11. Once in a Blue Moon 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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12. The Whistle Stop When Team Rocket attacks Ash and his friends, a brave young Trainer and her flock of Ledyba come to the rescue. |
Saturday · 26 years ago |
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13. Ignorance Is Blissey Team Rocket can't believe their luck when the Blissey employed in a Pokémon Center willingly gives them the cente's entire food supply. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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14. A Bout With Sprout Our heroes are recruited as guest instructors at a youth Pokémon Academy. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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15. Fighting Flyer With Fire With Pikachu's help, Ash is confident that winning the Zephyr badge will be a breeze. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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16. For Crying Out Loud Cute and cuddly is one thing, but a bawling Marill is too much even for Misty. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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17. Tanks a Lot! Team Rocket's most recent super vehicle, the Arbotank, is their ticket to world domination. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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18. Charizard's Burning Ambitions 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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19. Grin to Win! 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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20. Chikorita's Big Upset A severe case of rivalry between Pikachu and Chikorita calls for therapy sessions with Nurse Joy. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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21. Foul Weather Friends Our heroes chance upon a Hoppip—the fluffy "Cottonweed" Pokémon that is able to drift for miles on a passing wind. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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22. The Superhero Secret When Ash and friends wander into town, they bring with them a challenge that threatens to be Gligarman's last—Team Rocket. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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23. Mild 'n Wooly Team Rocket comes in sheep's clothing to relieve a kind Poké-shepherd of her Mareep flock. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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24. Wired for Battle! 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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25. Good 'Quil Hunting With Charizard gone and no fire Pokémon to call his own, Ash is overjoyed to come across a Cyndaquil in the wild. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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26. A Shadow of a Drought Ash carelessly makes enemies of the Slowpoke-worshipping residents of a town. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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27. Going Apricorn! 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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28. Gettin' the Bugs Out When Ash reaches the Hive Gym, he has just the Pokémon to challenge the Gym Leader's Bug Pokémon. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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29. A Farfetch'd Tale An inexperienced young Trainer mistakenly scares off his own Farfetch'd. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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30. Tricks of the Trade 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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31. The Fire-ing Squad! Rocket attempts to steal all the water Pokémon from the annual Fire and Rescue Grand Prix. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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32. No Big Woop! Ash and friends enthusiastically volunteer to watch over a troubled trainer's school of Wooper. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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33. Tunnel Vision While Ash and friends deliberate on how to pass through a tunnel replete with Onix, two wandering Pokémon arrive on the scene together. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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34. Hour of the Houndour Investigating a string of mysterious thefts, our heroes discover a pack of Houndour, struggling to survive in the wild. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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35. The Totodile Duel 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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36. Hot Matches! When Ash and friends hear of a virtually undefeatable trainer operating nearby, they seek her out. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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37. Love, Totodile Style 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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38. Fowl Play! Ash has his sights set on a rare and brightly-colored Noctowl. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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39. Forest Grumps 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. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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40. The Psychic Sidekicks! Our heroes come to a town whose residents all raise Psychic Pokémon to repel the Ghost Pokémon that lurk nearby |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
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41. The Fortune Hunters Finale A Pokémon Fortune Telling boom turns out to be a Team Rocket plot to steal Pokémon from local trainers. |
Thursday · 26 years ago |
Pokémon Season 3 FAQ
When does Pokémon Season 3 come out?
Pokémon Season 3 premiered Thursday, October 14, 1999 on TV Tokyo.
How many episodes are in Pokémon Season 3?
Pokémon Season 3 has 41 episodes.
Are new episodes of Pokémon Season 3 released weekly?
New episodes are released weekly.
When is the Pokémon Season 3 finale?
The Pokémon Season 3 finale (Episode 41) aired Thursday, July 27, 2000.
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