So... I never watched the anime. Back when it started, we didn't get the channel it was shown on (WB Kids?).
My knowledge of the show extends to "Who's that Pokemon? It's Pikachu! Goddamnit!"
In fact, on two different occasions, on vacation with the wife, while flipping through channels, I re-created that with whatever episode of Pokemon happened to be on at the time.
Anywhoo, thought I'd give the show a chance. Watching the first episode, I wasn't looking at the TV and "Who's that Pokemon!" came on. Of course, I shouted "It's Pikachu!"... and looked up... That's about the time it came back and said "It's Pikachu!" I didn't know how to respond to that.