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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · The Stone Badge, Devon & Mr. Briney arc (AG016–AG018) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 18 · English episode 291 · Japanese episode 294 · Bulbapedia code AG018 |
| English title | On a Wingull and a Prayer! |
| Japanese title | ハギ老人とキャモメのピーコちゃん！ Hagi-rōjin to Kyamome no Pīko-chan! — “Old Man Hagi and the Camome Peeko-chan!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 27 March 2003 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 24 January 2004 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Advance Adventure – GARDEN · Soko ni Sora ga Aru Kara (Because the Sky Is There) – Toshiko Ezaki |
| English opening | I Wanna Be a Hero – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Sentret (US) |
| Previous episode | Stairway to Devon (AG017) |
| Next episode | Sharpedo Attack! (AG019) |
Plot episodeMr. Briney & Peeko
On a Wingull and a Prayer! is the 18th episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 291st episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 294, Bulbapedia code AG018). It first aired in Japan on 27 March 2003 and in the United States on 24 January 2004. It falls within the season’s The Stone Badge, Devon & Mr. Briney stretch (EP16–EP18).
Synopsis
Due to an old map May is using, Ash and company wind up having to miss the ferry to Dewford Island. Wanting to make up for the trouble she caused, May finds an old sailor willing to help. But the Team Aqua spy that escaped the day before finds Mr Briney before May can return with the others. When they arrive Mr Briney sends them away to protect them from being harmed. They figure out what is going on and help Mr Briney get his pet wingull back. With Mr Briney’s ship they will finally be on their way to Dewford Island.
Major Events
- Mr. Briney and his Wingull Peeko debut
- A Team Aqua grunt takes Briney’s boat
- The S.S. Wingull
- The group sails for Dewford
Trivia
- The English title plays on "on a wing and a prayer".
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.
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