My brothers practically lived and breathed pokemon, we had so much of it on VHS it wasn't even funny. xD And we had a ridiculous amount of pokemon figures and pokeballs and cards. xD We had all the games, including the ones for the 64. We had Ash's hat, we were hardcore fans. xD The only thing we didn't have was the manga.
I had no idea what was going on, who anyone was. All I knew was it had briiiiight colors. xD
I really wasn't either, but my brothers watched it/played with the cards, so without a clue as to who anyone was or what was going on I watched it, and watched them play with the cards. xD