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The Pokémon franchise first reached '''{{wp|Portugal}}''' around 1999, when the {{pkmn|anime}} started to be broadcast on SIC.

All Pokémon video games were released in Portugal in English, with the box and the instruction booklet translated. Up until April 2009, games were not launched in Portugal in time. On April 3, 2009 Nintendo opened a branch in Portugal, and now almost all the games are launched in time. The first game events were also held in 2010. Like in the rest of Europe, the [[Pokémon Black and White Versions|Black and White]] games were released on March 4, 2011.

[[File:SIC Portugal.png|thumb|200px|left|SIC's most recent logo, used since 1997]]

[[File:Panda Biggs logo.png|thumb|200px|left|Panda Biggs logo]]

The television station that started broadcasting the Pokémon anime in Portugal is '''SIC''', ''{{tt|Sociedade Independente de Comunicação|Independent Communication Company}}'', a station based in {{wp|Lisbon}} that was owned by a consortium led by Francisco Pinto Balsemão, and backed by Controljornal (now Impresa Jornais, a holding that contains Impresa's newspapers and magazines), Impala Editores, BPI and {{wp|Rede Globo|Rede Globo}}. It is the third terrestrial television station in Portugal, launched on October 6, 1992. It aired the seasons 1-10, including ''[[Pokémon Chronicles]]'', having several breaks in the process. The show aired in an irregular pattern, shifting from 6 A.M. to 10 A.M., but always in the same programing block, named '''LOL@SIC'''. The seasons 1-9 were dubbed in the '''Nacional Filmes''' studio, in Lisbon.  

The ''[[S10|Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl]]'' season was dubbed in the '''Dialectus''' studio, in Lisbon too. It premiered on SIC on January 31, 2009, airing more or less consistently one new episode each Saturday, around 7 A.M. After [[DP037]] aired on October 4, 2009, the show went on a hiatus. The 14 last episodes of the season aired from February 6, 2010 to March 13, 2010. These last episodes were sponsored by the {{pmin|Italy|Italian}} toy company Giochi Preziozi.

In Fall 2010, the rights to the series were purchased by another Portuguese channel, '''Panda Biggs'''. Production of the dub was moved into the '''Cinemágica''' studio in Porto, which meant replacement of the entire voice cast. TPCi took over the control of the series, adding a Portuguese subtitle below most of the season titles' English names', retaining the episode titles written in European Portuguese introduced in the ''Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl'' season, editing the ending credits with information from the local dub staff and replacing the "To be continued..." message with a translated one. It became known that the series' translator would be '''Sérgio Figueiredo'''.

The channel aired the 10th season from September 20, 2010 to October 25, 2010, showing 2 episodes each day of the week and repeating the 10 episodes shown on workweek in the weekend. Notably, this version had fixed some audio errors in the dub, along with replacing select lines from the original dub with ones of the new actors, which were presumed by the fans to be tests for the new voice cast. Midway through the airing of the 10th season, the channel started a promotion campaign of their new ownership of the series, conducting a contest in which 70 winners would win two tickets to a first-hand premiere of [[DP053]] and [[DP054]] in cinemas. There were two premieres: one in Lisbon (40 winners) and one in Porto (30 winners). Both premieres were held on October 23, 2010, with the winners notified two days earlier.

The ''[[S11|Pokémon Dimensão Combate]]'' dub premiered officially on October 26, 2010. Unlike the previous season, Panda Biggs broadcast 1 new episode each day of the workweek. The airing of the season ended on January 5, 2011 and the channel aired reruns twice until the end of May.

The ''[[S12|Pokémon DP: Combates Galácticos]]'' season premiered on June 1, 2011 and finished its airing on August 4, 2011. Reruns were aired twice until December 23, 2011, though the [[DP155|last]] [[DP156|three]] [[DP157|episodes]] were skipped in the second rerun.

The ''[[S13|Pokémon DP: Vencedores da Liga Sinnoh]]'' season premiered on December 25, 2011 and finished on February 9, 2012. The season filled Pokémon's time slot on the channel during the workweek (including a rerun of all the 5 episodes aired from Monday to Friday, on Saturday) up to the time when new episodes of the following season only aired during the weekends.

Like ''Dimensão Combate'', the ''[[S14|Pokémon: Preto & Branco]]'' season's first two episodes got a promotion campaign for a first-hand premiere on cinema on May 19, 2012. Those competing for the special tickets had to send their participation notifications until two days earlier. 55 winners saw the episodes' premiere in Lisbon, and an additional 47 saw it in Porto. The series' TV premiere was on May 26, 2012. Only two episodes premiered each week during weekend, until the [[BW028|28th episode]]. However, starting from the [[BW029|29th]] (which aired at the start of September, when the channel usually changes the schedules of its series) and until [[BW048|the end of the season]], the channel aired one new episode every day, until it finished on September 20, 2012. Reruns of the episodes were aired as before, for nearly one year.

''[[S15|Pokémon Preto e Branco: Destinos Rivais]]'' began on September 16, 2013 (just short of an year after the end of the previous season) and finished on November 21, 2013. The season title was fully translated onscreen for the first time.

''[[S16|Pokémon Preto e Branco: Aventuras em Unova]]'' is scheduled to begin on March 15, 2014 and air two new episodes on both days of the weekend.

''[[S17|Pokémon, A Série: XY]]'' has begun airing on March 2, 2015, airing 5 new episodes on weekdays and a repeat on weekends.

''[[S18|Pokémon, A Série XY - Desafio em Kalos]]'' has begun airing on December 21, 2015, two days after the conclusion of the season in the United States.

Movies 1-4 were dubbed in '''Matinha''', a studio known for dubbing famous Disney and DreamWorks movies, with nearly the same voice actors from the anime.

[[M07|Pokémon 7: Alma Gémea]] was dubbed in '''PSB''', an amateur studio in Lisbon, which was poorly received by the fans, due to it using amateur and unknown voice actors.

The dub of ''[[M10|A Ascensão do Darkrai]]'' aired on 25 December 2010 in the channel, as part of the Christmas campaign. It was produced in the '''Cinemágica''' studio (which, like the series from 11th season onwards, dubbed all the subsequent movies) and the movie was the first to have its ending songs dubbed into European Portuguese.

The ''[[M11|Giratina e o Guerreiro Celeste]]'' and ''[[M12|Arceus e a Jóia da Vida]]'' movies premiered on 13th and 23rd June 2011, respectively.

The movies ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'', ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'' and ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'' have never been dubbed.

All themes used in the Portuguese dub are translated versions of the themes used in the English dub, except for {{so|Pokémon World}}, where the [[Pokémon Theme|previous theme]] was used, and {{so|Diamond and Pearl}} theme, which was aired in English. However, fans can still hear {{so|Pokémon World}} in the opening sequence of Movie 2.  

A Portuguese translation of the ''[[Pokémon 2.B.A. Master]]'' soundtrack was released, entitled ''{{tt|Pokémon: Vamos Apanhá-Los!|Pokémon Let's Catch Them!}}''. This soundtrack included a video of the English version of the [[Kanto Pokérap|Pokérap]] that could be played on a computer. The [[Totally Pokémon]] soundtrack was also released, under the title ''Pokémon Total''.

Many main characters in the Portuguese dub of the Pokémon anime have switched voice actors several times.

[[Ash Ketchum]], for example, had no less than ten different voice actors over the years. The first voice actress to dub Ash was '''Maria João Luís''', who stopped doing it regularly after [[EP031]], but oddly did it one final time in [[EP033]]. In addition, she returned for the [[M01|first]] and the [[M02|second]] movies. In [[EP032]], and from [[EP034]] until [[EP094]] '''Sandra Faleiro''' replaced her. Starting from [[EP095]], '''Sandra de Castro''' voiced the character, until [[EP128]]. She reprised the role from [[EP158]] to [[EP209]], [[AG093]] to [[AG177]], and finally, from [[DP001]] to [[DP052]]. During the breaks between Sandra de Castro's returns to the cast, the role was given to '''Alexandra Sedas''', from [[EP129]] to [[EP157]], '''Bárbara Lourenço''' ([[S05|5th]] and [[S06|6th]] seasons, along with [[Pokémon Chronicles]]), '''Raquel Ferreira''' ([[S07|7th]] season) and '''Ana Madureira''' from [[AG178]] until [[AG192]]. Two other actresses to voice the character were '''Cristina Carvalhal''' ([[M03|3rd]] and [[M04|4th]] movies) and '''Sara Marques''' (in the [[M07|7th]] movie). With the production being moved to Porto in 2010, the VA was replaced again. '''Raquel Rosmaninho''' took over the role starting from the [[S11|11th]] season, being notably the first voice actress since Maria João Luís to give Ash Ketchum the voice in both episodes and movies, all starting from the [[M10|10th]] one.

{{an|Brock}} was originally dubbed by '''Peter Michael''', from [[EP005|his debut]] until [[EP083]]. He also gave him the role in the first and the second movies. '''Rui Quintas''' then dubbed the character from [[EP115]] until AG192 and also in ''Pokémon Chronicles''. The role was given to '''Luís Barros''' in the [[S10|10th]] season. '''Vítor Emanuel''' voiced him in the 3rd and 4th movies, with an '''unknown''' VA filling the role in the infamous 7th movie dub. Starting from the 11th season and until his [[DP191|last main series appearance]], Brock was dubbed by '''Pedro Almendra''', who also provided the voice in the DP movies.

For the first 128 episodes, {{an|Misty}} was voiced by '''Helena Montez''', including the first 4 movies. After she left the cast, the character was dubbed by an '''unknown''' actress from EP129 to EP157. '''Paula Pais''' gave her the voice in the [[S04|4th season]]. She was replaced again by an actress presumably named as '''Carla''', who dubbed her in the ''Master Quest'' season, her cameo appearance in the two-part arc in [[AG044]]-[[AG045]] and in ''Pokémon Chronicles''. The last VA to give her the voice was '''Isabel Ribas''', in [[AG132]]-[[AG134]].

[[Jessie]]'s first VA was '''Teresa Madruga''', from [[EP002]] until [[EP041]]. After that she left, but returned one more time, from [[EP100]] to EP128, including the 2 first movies. In the break between [[EP042]] to [[EP099]] she was voiced by '''Sandra de Castro''', who also did it from [[EP263]] to [[AG065]]. After that, '''Dora Cruz''' took over, from EP129 until [[EP209]]. '''Raquel Ferreira''' then picked the role, dubbing Jessie in the 5th, and from [[S08|8th]] to 10th seasons, except for the last three AG episodes, where '''Rita Fernandes''' took the job. '''Bárbara Lourenço''' voiced her between [[AG066]] and [[AG092]] and in her ''Pokémon Chronicles'' appearances. '''Cármen Santos''' was the VA in the 3rd and 4th movies, with an '''unknown''' VA filling the role in the 7th movie dub. '''Raquel Rosmaninho''' started giving the voice in the 11th season, due to the series' dubbing being moved from Lisbon to Porto. She also dubbed the character in all movies starting from the 10th.

[[James]] was first dubbed by '''Peter Michael''', from EP002 until [[EP093]] and was also his VA in the first 4 movies. '''Rui Quintas''' then took the role, dubbing the character from EP094 until DP052 and in ''Pokémon Chronicles''. Another VA to give the voice to the character was in the 7th movie, but his name (like almost all of the other voice actors from the movie) remains '''unknown'''. He was replaced by '''Pedro Mendonça''' in the 11th season, who also gave the voice to James in all the movies starting from the 10th.

{{an|May}}'s original voice was an actress known as '''Carla'''. In [[AG109]] she was replaced by '''Isabel Ribas'''. She played her main role until the end of AG. '''Sara Marques''' played her voice in the 7th movie, the only VA to be identified from the movie's voices. In her cameo in the ''[[Diamond & Pearl series]]'' her role was performed by '''Marta Mota'''.

 

[[Max]]'s voice was first given to '''Sandra de Castro''', who dubbed the character in the 6th and 7th seasons. '''Raquel Ferreira''' replaced her from AG093 until AG177. An '''unknown''' VA performed the role in the 7th movie. Another '''unknown''' VA provided the voice in the last 15 AG episodes.

{{an|Dawn}}'s voice was first given to '''Raquel Ferreira''' in the 10th season. She was replaced by '''Joana Carvalho''' in the 11th season and provided the voice until her [[BW093|last appearance]], as well as in all DP movies.

{{an|Iris}}' voice was given to '''Isabel Queirós'''.

{{an|Cilan}}'s role was performed by '''Pedro Manana'''.

{{an|Serena}}'s role was done by '''Sissi Martins'''.

{{an|Clemont}}'s voice actor was '''André Lourenco'''.

{{an|Bonnie}}'s voice was given to '''Vânia Blubird'''.

The original [[Narrator]]'s voice was '''Rui de Sá''', in the first four seasons. '''Rui Quintas''' replaced him from the 5th to 10th seasons, along with doing the role in ''Pokémon Chronicles''. '''Paulo B''' was the VA exclusively in the 1st movie, '''Carlos Freixo''' only in the 2nd movie, '''José Jorge Duarte''' in the 3rd and 4th movies, and finally, an '''unknown''' one in the 7th movie. After the switch of the rights of the series in 2010 between SIC and Panda Biggs '''Mário Santos''' took over, beginning from the 11th season and 10th movie, respectively.

In Portugal the anime is available on [[Netflix]].