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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · Dewford Island II: Mudkip, three teams & the Knuckle Badge arc (AG025–AG031) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 25 · English episode 298 · Japanese episode 301 · Bulbapedia code AG025 |
| English title | A Mudkip Mission |
| Japanese title | 秘密の池！ミズゴロウがいっぱい！？ Himitsu no Ike! Mizugorō ga Ippai!? — “Secret Pond! Full of Mizugorou!?” |
| First aired (Japan) | 15 May 2003 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 13 March 2004 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Junki Takegami |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Advance Adventure – GARDEN · Polka O Dolka – Meowth (Inuko Inuyama) & the Nolsol Chorus Group |
| English opening | I Wanna Be a Hero – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Pelipper (US) |
| Previous episode | A Corphish Out of Water (AG024) |
| Next episode | Turning Over a Nuzleaf (AG026) |
Plot episodeBrock catches Mudkip
A Mudkip Mission is the 25th episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 298th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 301, Bulbapedia code AG025). It first aired in Japan on 15 May 2003 and in the United States on 13 March 2004. It falls within the season’s Dewford Island II: Mudkip, three teams & the Knuckle Badge stretch (EP25–EP31).
Synopsis
Ash and company find out where starter pokémon come from when they stumble upon a secret mudkip breeding farm. Brock makes friends with a wild mudkip and adopts it.
Observation: All that the Team Rocket Trio had to do (and still could) is report to Giovanni the location of the mudkip breeding farm.
Major Events
- Brock gains Old Man Swamp’s Mudkip, the only first partner Pokémon he ever owns
- Cacnea’s Needle Arm
- The Pokédex shot behind the Mudkip internet meme
Captures and evolutions
Mudkip#0258 · Brock · from Old Man Swamp
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Junki Takegami.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.
Part of our Pokémon: Advanced guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.