Gotta Watch'em All

Gotta Watch’em All Podcast 127 Recording Date - 12/01/25 Publish Date - 12/05/25 The Gotta Watch’em All Podcast is BACK! After a seriously long hiatus, we are back to watch along with the anime! Adam has decided to step back from the podcast to focus on Lured Up and Special Conditions, so Lane from Good Morning Johto is taking his chair! This week we are watching “Fighting Fire with Flyer!”. This episode originally aired in Japan on January, 20th, 2000 and December, 16, 2000 in the States. We get to see Ash do what he does best (sorta) and that is battle Gym Leaders for Badges! Ash and the party reach the Violet Gym in hopes of earning his first Johto Badge! An encounter with the Gym Leader, Falkner, leads to some serious Flying-Type battles. This episode is packed with action and we get to see some great battling in a Gym setting. A great takeaway from this episode is about the bond that a Trainer makes with his Pokémon, and how important it is to know their limits. Ash finds balance between pushing his