Mandarin Island South

Mandarin Island South マンダリン島 Mandarin Island
Region	Orange Islands
Series debut	The Mandarin Island Miss Match
Location of Mandarin Island South in the Orange Islands

Mandarin Island South (Japanese: マンダリン島 Mandarin Island) is located in the southern end of the Orange Archipelago. It is the largest island in the chain. It was featured from The Mandarin Island Miss Match to The Mystery Menace.

In the anime

Most of Mandarin Island South is desert

Mandarin Island South is home to many big cities and a large stadium, though much of the island is desert.

In The Mandarin Island Miss Match, Ash and his friends met Prima of the Elite Four. She trains here during the off-season and has a home just outside a large city. Once a week, she gives lectures and demonstrates Pokémon battling techniques. Prima gave Ash a lesson in humility after noticing that he was becoming over confident and not listening to his Pokémon.

In Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?, the group helped Yambera quarrelling neighbors Ralph and Emily for the sake of their Nidoran, who had fallen in love.

The group met electricity supplier Ethan in Get Along, Little Pokémon, who agreed to give them a lift in exchange for their help. He carts throughout the deserts of Mandarin Island South to deliver electricity to isolated town and cities. The harsh landscape is prone to lightning storms, though Ethan uses the electricity to charge up his team of Magnemite.

In The Mystery Menace arrived in the large port city of Trovitopolis. A mystery creature, which was later discovered to be a giant Bulbasaur discarded by the Mayor of Trovitopolis was accused of endangering the public. Ash and his friends traversed the city's extensive sewers and saved the Bulbasaur from the Mayor’s plans to destroy it.

Locations

Cities and towns

• Trovitopolis
• Yambera

Gallery

Prima's house	Yambera	Trovitopolis

Pokémon seen on Mandarin Island South

Bulbasaur	Caterpie	Butterfree	Pidgey
Raticate	Nidoran♀ → Nidorina ♀	Nidoran♂ → Nidorino ♂	Vulpix
Oddish	Persian	Kadabra	Machamp
Slowbro	Magnemite	Magnemite → Magneton	Dewgong
Shellder	Cloyster	Marowak	Jynx ♀
Tauros ♂	Jolteon

Trivia

• The island doesn't appear to have much in common with Mandarin Island North. It is believed that naming both islands the same name was a dubbing error, as the Japanese names are different for both.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	マンダリン島 Mandarin Tō	From mandarin orange
English, German	Mandarin Island South	From its Japanese name
French	Île Mandarine	From its English name
Italian	Isola dei Mandarini Sud	From its English name
Spanish	Isla Mandarina*	From its English name
	Isla Mandarín*	From its English name
Korean	만다린섬 Mandarin Seom	From its Japanese name
Chinese	小橘子島 / 小橘子岛 Xiǎojúzǐ Dǎo / Síugwātjí Dóu*	From 小橘子 xiǎojúzǐ / síugwātjí' (small mandarin)
	小柑橘岛 Xiǎogānjú Dǎo*	From 小柑橘 xiǎoiǎogānjú' (small citrus)
Czech	Mandarinkový ostrov	From English name
Dutch	Mandarin Island	Same as English name
Hebrew	באי מנדרינה Ba'ee Mandarina	From English name
Hungarian	Mandarin szigeten	From English name
Norwegian	Mandarinøya	From English name
Polish	Wyspa Mandarynek	From English name
Portuguese	Ilha Mandarin	From English name
Romanian	Insulă Mandarin	From English name
Russian	Мандаринов остров Mandarinov ostrov	From English name
Swedish	Mandarinön	From English name

Orange Islands
Inhabited islands Ascorbia • Butwal • Golden • Hamlin • Kinnow • Kumquat • Mandarin N. Mandarin S. • Mikan • Moro • Murcott • Navel • Pummelo • Shamouti Sunburst • Tangelo • Tarroco • Trovita • Valencia Deserted islands Cleopatra • Fairchild • Fire • Fukuhara No. 4 Grapefruit • Ice • Lightning • Pinkan • Rind Unnamed islands Unnamed island (EP092) • Unnamed island (EP098) Unnamed island (EP110) • Unnamed island (PK04) Settlements Trovitopolis • Yambera Landmarks Ghost ship • Palace of Victory • Pokémon Showboat • Pummelo Stadium

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