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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The Whirl Islands & the Whirl Cup arc (EP210–EP218) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 5 · English episode 214 · Japanese episode 216 · Bulbapedia code EP214 |
| English title | Mantine Overboard! |
| Japanese title | マンタインとちんぼつせん!! なぞのポケモンのひみつ! Mantain to Chinbotsusen!! Nazo no Pokemon no Himitsu! — “Mantain and the Sunken Ship!! The Secret of the Mysterious Pokémon!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 6 September 2001 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 12 October 2002 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokémon Master (Whiteberry version) – Whiteberry · Maemuki Rocket-dan! (Face Forward Team Rocket!) – Team Rocket |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Alakazam (US) · Mantine (Japan) |
| Previous episode | A Corsola Caper! (EP213) |
| Next episode | Octillery the Outcast (EP215) |
Plot episodeMantine debutSilver Wing found
Mantine Overboard! is the 5th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 214th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 216, Bulbapedia code EP214). It first aired in Japan on 6 September 2001 and in the United States on 12 October 2002. It falls within the season’s The Whirl Islands & the Whirl Cup stretch (EP210–EP218).
Synopsis
Once again Ash and company miss the boat. Along comes a researcher of water pokémon, Luca, who offers them a ride to Red Rock Isle. She explains on the way how she is looking for proof of her grandfather’s discovery of a silver wing, a feather from a mysterious pokémon. This pokémon is possibly the same pokémon Ash and company saw. Ash, Brock and Misty offer to help, and Luca accepts.
Finding the location of the sunken ship, Ash and Luca discover that it is being guarded by a mantine. Coming up with a plan to distract the mantine, they make a second attempt with pikachu, only to be stopped by a pair of remoraids. Deciding to have Misty and Ash use their water pokémon (minus Psyduck), Luca, Ash and Misty make a third attempt. This time Team Rocket make an appearance distracting the mantine and remoraids while the trio enter the hulk. They discover a remoraid nest and finally understand that the mantine helps protect the nest while the remoraid parents protect the mantine.
Team Rocket lose the mantine crashing into the hull of the ship causing the mass of baby remoraids to disperse and expose a chest with the silver wing inside. The villains make off with the chest, then capture the mantine along with the remoraid parents. Ash and Misty send their pokémon to the rescue, and take off in hot pursuit of Team Rocket. Thanks to the mantine Ash and Pikachu are able to catch up to Team Rocket and Recover the chest.
Safely aboard the research ship, the chest is opened and they find the silver wing inside. Luca now has the proof she needs to clear her grandfather’s reputation, and promises to study the wing for clues to prove that the mysterious pokémon that Ash and company saw does exist.
Luca drops Ash and company off at Red Rock Isle in time to prepare for the World Cup.
Major Events
- Mantine debut
Pokémon making their anime debut
Mantine#0226 · EP214
Trivia
- The English title plays on “man overboard”.
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Mantine in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Alakazam in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
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