Filler list

Pokémon Filler List

Pokémon began in 1997 and ran for 276 episodes, 79 of them filler — 28.6% of the series. The longest unbroken stretch is episodes 90–94 — five consecutive episodes with no manga material in them. The rest is scattered across 47 separate runs, so the episode table below is the reliable way through it.

Episodes276
Canon197
Filler79
Filler share28.6%

The whole series at a glance

Every episode in order, left to right. Each slice is one episode.

Ep 1 Ep 276

Canon · 197
Filler · 79

Episodes to skip

8
20
34
37–38
41–42
47
54
60
65
69–70
74
90–94
98
100
102–103
106
111
124–125
127
130
135
137
139–141
150–152
155
157–158
164–166
168–169
172
174–176
179
181–182
186–188
192–194
197
199–200
204–205
207–209
213–214
234–236
241
245–246
248
250
252
258
262

Full episode list

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

Frequently asked

How many filler episodes does Pokémon have?

Pokémon has 79 filler episodes out of 276 total, or 28.6% of the series.

Which Pokémon episodes can I skip?

Skip episodes 8, 20, 34, 37–38, 41–42, 47, 54, 60, 65, 69–70, 74, 90–94, 98, 100, 102–103, 106, 111, 124–125, 127, 130, 135, 137, 139–141, 150–152, 155, 157–158, 164–166, 168–169, 172, 174–176, 179, 181–182, 186–188, 192–194, 197, 199–200, 204–205, 207–209, 213–214, 234–236, 241, 245–246, 248, 250, 252, 258, 262.

Is Pokémon filler worth watching?

Filler is written by the animation studio to avoid overtaking the manga, so it sits outside the main story and rarely changes anything that matters later. Skipping it costs you nothing on a first watch.

Last refreshed August 11, 2026