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50 free Pokemon Anime trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The Pokemon anime has been running since April 1997, which is long enough for a ten-year-old from Pallet Town to travel eight regions, lose a lot of League finals, and finally become World Champion. This Pokemon anime trivia quiz is about the show, not the games: Ash and Pikachu, Misty, Brock, May, Dawn, Serena and Goh, Jessie, James and Meowth, the Meowth balloon, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny, and the new Horizons era with Liko and Roy. It also covers the stories around the series: the Porygon episode that put hundreds of children in hospital, why Brock briefly disappeared, the reason Pikachu was chosen over Clefairy as mascot, the English theme song recorded in four hours, Mewtwo Strikes Back and the 4Kids-to-TPCi voice cast change. Forty-nine questions run from easy for anyone who watched Indigo League to expert for people who know their Japanese voice actors. Every answer is checked against documented production sources rather than fan wikis, so it works for a Pokemon party round or a family quiz.
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Q 01On which Japanese network did the Pokemon anime premiere in April 1997?
TV Tokyo
It first aired on Thursday evenings and has run almost continuously ever since.
Q 02How many seasons did Ash Ketchum lead before Horizons introduced a new cast?
25
Ash fronted the first 25 international seasons; Liko and Roy took over from season 26.
Q 03Ash's hometown is which small Kanto settlement?
Pallet Town
His mother Delia and Professor Oak's lab are both there.
Q 04Why does Ash end up with Pikachu instead of a normal starter in the first episode?
He wakes up late on his tenth birthday
The rebellious Pikachu refuses to obey him until it saves him from a flock of angry Spearow.
Q 05Which flock of Pokemon attacks Ash and Pikachu, sealing their friendship in episode one?
Spearow
Pikachu's thunderbolt in the rainstorm ends the attack, and Ash also glimpses a mysterious rainbow bird afterwards.
Q 06Ash's English surname is a pun on which franchise slogan?
Gotta catch 'em all
His first name came from one of the default player names in Pokemon Red and Blue.
Q 07Ash's Japanese name honors which real person?
Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri
His rival Shigeru (Gary) is named after Tajiri's mentor Shigeru Miyamoto.
Q 08Ash's rival Gary Oak has a Japanese name honoring which Nintendo figure, Tajiri's idol and mentor?
Shigeru Miyamoto
Tajiri considered Miyamoto his idol and mentor, and said Satoshi would never surpass Shigeru.
Q 09Who voiced Ash in the English dub for the first eight seasons?
Veronica Taylor
She said the character was temporarily called Casey at her audition, and recording took six to eight hours per episode.
Q 10Which actress has voiced Ash in Japanese since the very first episode?
Rica Matsumoto
Ikue Ōtani, by contrast, voices Pikachu in every language the show is dubbed into.
Q 11Ash's first League title came in which region?
Alola
He won it in Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends after decades of falling short.
Q 12Whom did Ash defeat to become 'Monarch' of the World Coronation Series?
Leon
The Masters Eight final in Ultimate Journeys crowned him the strongest trainer in the world.
Q 13Misty is a Gym Leader from where?
Cerulean City
She shares the gym with her three older sisters Daisy, Violet and Lily before eventually running it alone.
Q 14Game Freak said Misty's English name came from adding a feminine ending to which word?
Q 21Iris, from the Black and White series, travels with which Dragon-type that later evolves into Haxorus?
Axew
She later turns up as Unova Regional Champion in Master Journeys.
Q 22Cilan shares Unova Gym Leader duties with which two brothers?
Chili and Cress
The Pokemon Connoisseur leaves his post to travel with Ash and Iris, and has a thing for subway trains.
Q 23Serena, Ash's Kalos companion, first met him where?
At Professor Oak's summer camp
Ash helped her after she hurt her leg; years later she saw him on TV and set off to join him.
Mist
Her Japanese name Kasumi literally means mist or haze.
Q 15Brock's original dream in the anime was to become what?
A Pokemon Breeder
In later series he switches his ambition to becoming a Pokemon Doctor.
Q 16Which Pokemon repeatedly Poison Jabs Brock when he flirts with a girl?
Croagunk
Before Croagunk, it was Misty or Max dragging him off by the ear.
Q 17Brock was temporarily written out early on because producers worried about what?
His thin eyes being read as a racial stereotype
Tracey Sketchit was brought in as a 'tall, Anglo-Saxon looking person'; when nobody complained, Brock returned.
Q 18Tracey Sketchit, Ash's Orange Islands companion, describes himself as a Pokemon what?
Watcher
He later achieves his dream of becoming Professor Oak's assistant.
Q 19May, Ash's Hoenn companion, is the daughter of which Gym Leader?
Norman
Her younger brother Max tags along too, despite being too young for a Pokemon of his own.
Q 20Dawn, from Twinleaf Town, chooses which starter Pokemon?
Piplup
She follows her mother into Pokemon Contests, aiming to be Top Coordinator.
Q 24What title do Pokemon Performers like Serena compete for in Showcases?
Kalos Queen
Serena's Showcases are the Kalos equivalent of the Contests May and Dawn entered.
Q 25Bonnie nicknames one of Zygarde's cores what?
Squishy
Her Dedenne, caught for her by big brother Clemont, is her official partner Pokemon.
Q 26Lillie's fear of touching Pokemon stems from a childhood incident involving which Ultra Beast?
Nihilego
She overcomes the fear by the end of Sun & Moon and sets off to find her missing father Mohn.
Q 27Goh, Ash's Journeys partner, ultimately wants to catch which Mythical Pokemon?
Mew
He joins Project Mew, a research group devoted to finding it, then parts ways with Ash to travel Kanto alone.
Q 28In Pokemon Horizons, Liko and Roy join which group of adventurers?
The Rising Volt Tacklers
Liko's pendant turns out to be the Legendary Terapagos in a dormant state.
Q 29Roy, the Horizons co-lead, joins the crew after encountering which unusual Legendary?
A Shiny Rayquaza
His ancient Poke Ball and Liko's pendant are both linked to the adventurer Lucius.
Q 30Which recurring Pokemon pops out of Jessie's Poke Ball at the worst possible moments?
Wobbuffet
Jessie and James originally carried an Ekans and a Koffing as their signature Pokemon.