Pokémon: The Original Series · Indigo League (Kanto) arc

EP063 · The Battle of the Badge

Name: The Battle of the Badge
Released: 1999-09-25

トキワジム! さいごのバッジ!

US air. 1999-09-25 JP air. 1998-09-17 Season. Indigo League (S1) Position. Episode 63 of 276 in Original

Why this episode matters

Signature episode for Misty

Otoshidama. Catches Politoed indirectly via King's Rock evolution.

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash and his friends are walking through Viridian City and realize that the Pokémon Center, destroyed during Ash and Misty's first meeting, has since been rebuilt after nearly a year.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP063 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · EP001-EP082

Indigo League (Kanto).

Ash collects eight Kanto badges, faces rival Gary Oak, and competes at the Indigo Plateau Conference. Misty and Brock complete the original trio. Team Rocket's Jessie / James / Meowth introduced in EP002.

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Pokémon featured · 19

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

Other episodes in Indigo League (Kanto).

Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.