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The '''Magikarp salesman''' (Japanese: '''コイキング売り''' ''Koiking-uri'') is a tricky man who is always getting [[James]] to buy one of his [[Pokémon]]. He is voiced by 石塚運昇 ''[[Unshō Ishizuka]]'' in Japanese and by [[Eric Stuart]] in English. (Ironically, the Magikarp salesman has a pseudo-Mexican accent.) He seems to be a reference to the infamous man in the Mt. Moon Pokémon Center in [[Pokémon Red and Blue|Red, Blue]], [[Pokémon Yellow|Yellow]], [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen|FireRed, and LeafGreen]], who would sell the player a Magikarp for [[Image:Pokébuck sign.gif]]500 (but of course, Magikarp is ''the'' most common Pokémon while fishing).
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His first appearance was on the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]] in ''[[EP015|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]'' selling {{p|Magikarp}} to anyone foolish enough to buy one. He would tell them that they would reproduce and make the buyer rich. [[James]] was foolish enough to buy one which later [[evolution|evolved]] into a [[James's Gyarados|Gyarados]]. Later he would trade his {{p|Weepinbell}} for [[James's Victreebel]]. He has also appeared in [[Hoenn]], selling [[James's Hoppip|Hoppip]] disguised as {{p|Chimecho}} and also selling Magikarp disguised as [[Jessie's Magikarp|Feebas]], both of which [[Team Rocket]] bought.
The '''Magikarp salesman''' (Japanese: '''コイキング売り''' ''Koiking salesman'') is a character who sells various Pokémon, usually {{p|Magikarp}}, at outrageous prices.


He tried his golden Magikarp scam on [[Tracey Sketchit|Tracey]] in ''[[H004|Showdown at the Oak Corral]]''. However, unlike Team Rocket, Tracey was too smart to fall for this trick.
==In the core series games==
[[File:Magikarp Salesman RBY.png|thumb|left|200px|The Magikarp salesman in {{3v2|Red|Blue|Yellow}}]]
[[File:Magikarp salesman FRLG.png|thumb|200px|The Magikarp salesman in {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}]]
In {{game2|Red|Blue|Yellow}}, as well as the [[remake]]s {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}} and {{LGPE|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}, the Magikarp salesman appears in {{rt|4|Kanto}}'s [[Pokémon Center]] and sells the {{player}} a Magikarp for {{PDollar}}500.


He made a cameo when [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] [[captured Pokémon|captured]] [[Ash's Aipom|Aipom]] in ''[[AG181|Channeling the Battle Zone]]''.
Though he does not make an appearance, the Magikarp salesman is briefly alluded to in {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, as well as the remakes {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}. In the [[Poké Mart]] in [[Pewter City]], a boy will offer to show his {{p|Gyarados}} to anyone who speaks to him. Speaking to the other boy nearby causes him to remark how the boy had purchased a Magikarp from a "weird old man" three years prior, and trained it until it evolved into a Gyarados.


His latest appearance was in [[DP021]].
In {{game4|Black|White|Black|White}}, the Magikarp salesman appears again on [[Marvelous Bridge]] to sell a Magikarp for {{PDollar}}500. However, unlike in Kanto, Magikarp are not native to [[Unova]] and can only be found in the [[Nature Preserve]]{{sup/5|B2W2}}. It always has a {{stat|Speed}} [[Individual values|IV]] of 31 in these games.
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===Pokémon===
====Sold====
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!{{game2|Red|Blue|Yellow}}
!{{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}
!{{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black, White}},<br>{{B2W2|Black 2, and White 2}}
!{{LGPE|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!<br>and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Yellow
|ndex=129
|pokemon=Magikarp
|level=5
|type1=Water
|move1=Splash
|move1type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/3
|game=FireRed
|ndex=129
|pokemon=Magikarp
|gender=both
|level=5
|type1=Water
|ability=Swift Swim
|move1=Splash
|move1type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/5
|game=Black
|ndex=129
|pokemon=Magikarp
|gender=both
|level=5
|type1=Water
|ability=Swift Swim
|move1=Splash
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status}}
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|game=PE
|ndex=129
|pokemon=Magikarp
|gender=both
|level=5
|type1=Water
|move1=Splash
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status}}
|}


=External links=
===Quotes===
*[http://pokeani.com/chara/s-koikinguri.html Koiking-uri's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)
===={{game2|Red|Blue|Yellow}}====
:''"Hello, there! Have I got a deal just for you! I'll let you have a swell <sc>Magikarp</sc> for just {{PDollar}}500! What do you say?"''
::'''No''': ''"No? I'm only doing this as a favor to you!"''
::'''Yes''': (''<player> got <sc>Magikarp</sc>!'')


[[Category:Anime characters]]
* After giving the player a Magikarp
:''"Well, I don't give refunds!"''
 
===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====
:''"Hello there, {{tt|laddie|If the player is a boy}}/{{tt|sweetie pie|If the player is a girl}}! Have I got a deal just for you! I'll let you have a secret {{ScPkmn}} – a <sc>Magikarp</sc> – for just {{PDollar}}500! So, you'll buy it, am I right?"''
::'''No''': ''"No? You say no? I'm only doing this as a favor to you!"''
::'''Yes''': (''<player> paid an outrageous {{PDollar}}500 and bought the <sc>Magikarp</sc>...'')
 
* After giving the player a Magikarp
:''"Well, I don't give refunds. You knew what you were getting!"''
 
===={{game4|Black|White|Black|White}}====
:''"{{tt|Son|If the player is a boy}}/{{tt|Miss|If the player is a girl}}! I have a deal for YOU! And for you alone. Here's your chance. I will sell you the secret Pokémon Magikarp... For an unbelievable {{PDollar}}500! How about it? Interested?"''
::'''No''': ''"Oh, that's too bad..."''
::'''Yes''': (''<player> bought the Magikarp for {{PDollar}}500.'')
 
* After giving the player a Magikarp
:''"Oh, yeah... Returns not accepted, got that?"''
 
* If the player doesn't have enough money
:''"Looks like you don't have enough money."''
 
* If the player's party is full
:''"You have no room in your party!"''
 
===={{LGPE}}====
:''"Hello there, {{tt|laddie|If the player is a boy}}/{{tt|sweetie pie|If the player is a girl}}! Have I got a deal just for you! I'll let you have a secret Pokémon–a Magikarp–for just {{PDollar}}500! So, you'll buy it, am I right?"''
::'''No''': ''"No? You say no? I'm only doing this as a favor to you!"''
::'''Yes''': (''<player> paid an outrageous {{PDollar}}500 and bought the Magikarp.'')
 
* After giving the player a Magikarp
:''"Well, I don't give refunds. You knew what you were getting!"''
 
===Sprites and models===
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| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation V}}
|}
 
==In the anime==
===Main series===
====History====
=====[[Original series]]=====
The Magikarp salesman is a recurring character who appeared in the [[Pokémon anime]]. He usually appears as a traveling con man who is always getting people, usually [[James]], to buy one of his worthless {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.
 
He debuted in ''[[EP015|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]'', where he was selling {{p|Magikarp}} to anyone on the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]] foolish enough to buy one. He would tell them that they would reproduce at a rapid rate and make the buyer rich. James was foolish enough to buy one, which later [[evolution|evolved]] into a {{TP|James|Gyarados}}.
 
In ''[[EP146|Tricks of the Trade]]'', he was partially responsible for [[Jessie]] obtaining her {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}. The Magikarp salesman was again trying to sell Magikarp to James, but he recognized him from the St. Anne and chased after him. During the pursuit, the Magikarp salesman bumped into [[Jessie]], which sent her flying over to a nearby [[trade machine]]. When she bumped into it, the {{i|Poké Ball}} containing her {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}} fell into the machine, trading it for {{OBP|Benny|EP146}}'s Wobbuffet, which he had been trying to [[trade]] off throughout the episode.
 
Some time after, he reappeared with the same selling strategy in ''[[EP201|Doin' What Comes Natu-rally]]''. Later, in ''[[EP261|Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid]]'', he traded his {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Victreebel|Weepinbell}} for [[James's Victreebel]].
 
=====''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]''=====
In ''[[HS04|Showdown at the Oak Corral]]'', the Magikarp salesman tried his golden Magikarp scam on {{Tracey}}, claiming that the Magikarp could lay golden {{pkmn|Egg}}s. However, unlike Team Rocket, Tracey was too smart to fall for this trick. The Magikarp salesman ran off when he discovered that he had knocked on the door of [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
 
In the [[Hoenn]] [[region]], the Magikarp salesman had changed his operation; now, he was attempting to sell Pokémon disguised as rare Pokémon. In ''[[AG079|Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend]]'', he sold a Magikarp disguised as {{p|Feebas}} to {{TRT}} for a stolen {{OBP|Spoink|recurring}}'s pearl. After placing her new Pokémon into some water, Jessie realized she had been conned as the paint washed away, revealing Feebas to be a Magikarp. Ash and {{ashfr}} were able to reunite Spoink with its pearl, but the Magikarp salesman was able to escape.
 
In ''[[AG084|Who's Flying Now?]]'', he was selling a {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Hoppip}} disguised as a {{p|Chimecho}} at [[Fortree City]]'s [[Feather Carnival]]. James came across him while searching for a Chimecho and attempted to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} it. However, its real identity was revealed and a gust of wind blew it away.
 
He made a cameo appearance when Ash caught {{AP|Aipom}} in ''[[AG182|Channeling the Battle Zone]]''.
 
=====''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]''=====
In ''[[DP021|Ya See We Want An Evolution!]]'', he sold a dual evolution machine/mecha-bot to Team Rocket. While he did inform Team Rocket that the machine must warm up for at least a week before use, Team Rocket forgot to follow his instructions, which resulted in its failure to [[Evolution|evolve]] Pokémon and sustain its mecha-bot form. Therefore, it is unknown if this was another one of his scams, or if the machine would truly have worked. However, considering the fact that he ran off after telling them this information, it may have been another lie to keep them from following him.
 
=====''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]''=====
In ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]'', he had his own table at the [[Kanto Fair]]. There, he was once again trying to sell Magikarp to people.
 
=====''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''=====
The Magikarp Salesman reappeared in ''[[JNS01|The Arceus Chronicles (Part 1)]]'', trying to sell a Magikarp to a visitor at the [[Sinnoh Festival]] in [[Canalave City]].
 
====Character====
The Magikarp salesman is a con man; as such, he isn't afraid to lie to or mislead his customers in order to sell his goods. He prefers to travel the world, likely to remain undetected by the authorities and any disgruntled clientele like [[James]].
 
====Pokémon====
{{MissingInfo|1|java}}
=====On hand=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Magikarp salesman
|pkmn=Magikarp
|main=yes
|type1=Water
|img=Magikarp salesman Magikarp.png
|epnum=EP015
|epname=Battle Aboard the St. Anne
|vaen=Maddie Blaustein
|desc=The Magikarp salesman, as his title implies, has a large amount of these {{p|Magikarp}} to sell to customers for ridiculously high prices. He usually manages to sell them by telling the customer that they could sell the Magikarp hatched from this Magikarp's {{pkmn|Egg}}s, as well as Magikarp hatched from those Magikarp's eggs and so forth, resulting in the potential customer getting rich. In reality, however, Magikarp is a completely useless Pokémon which cannot provide riches to anyone except for the Magikarp salesman himself, due to the ridiculous prices at which he sells his Magikarp.
 
Sometimes, the Magikarp salesman has also tried to sell his Magikarp by disguising them as {{p|Feebas}} and telling to the customer that it would evolve into {{p|Milotic}}, the most beautiful Pokémon in the world. Oddly, he has never tried any sort of similar tactic with selling Magikarp as is, by informing the customer that it would evolve into the powerful {{p|Gyarados}}. In ''[[DP021|Ya See We Want an Evolution!]]'', he also tried to offer some special gifts for the customer if they bought a Magikarp.}}
 
=====Sold=====
{{TrainerPoké
|main=yes
|trainer=James
|pkmn=Magikarp
|type1=Water
|img=James Magikarp.png
|epnum=EP015
|epname=Battle Aboard the St. Anne
|vajp=Unshō Ishizuka
|vaen=Maddie Blaustein
|desc=The Magikarp salesman managed to fool James into buying this Magikarp aboard the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]]. Later James got angry about Magikarp's uselessness and kicked it away. This resulted in it evolving into {{p|Gyarados}}. It attacked {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}} and Team Rocket with {{m|Dragon Rage}} and has never been seen since.}}
 
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Jessie
|pkmn=Magikarp
|type1=Water
|img=Jessie Magikarp 2.png
|epnum=AG079
|epname=Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend
|vajp=Unshō Ishizuka
|vaen=Maddie Blaustein
|main=List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio
|main_section=Magikarp
|desc=The Magikarp salesman sold this Magikarp to Jessie disguised as a Feebas. Later, its disguise paint dissolved away and its true identity was revealed. It hasn't been seen ever since and it is likely that Jessie has released it.}}
 
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Magikarp salesman
|pkmn=Hoppip
|type1=Grass
|type2=Flying
|img=James Hoppip.png
|epnum=AG084
|epname=Who's Flying Now?
|vaen=Kayzie Rogers
|main=List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio
|main_section=Hoppip
|desc=In ''[[AG084|Who's Flying Now?]]'', the Magikarp salesman was selling what appeared to be {{p|Chimecho}}, a Pokémon [[James]] had wanted since his youth. James purchased [[List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio#Hoppip|one of these]], unaware that the salesman was in fact selling {{p|Hoppip}}, all of them disguised as Chimecho. The disguise on James's Hoppip fell apart.}}
 
=====Traded away=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=James
|pkmn=Weepinbell
|type1=Grass
|type2=Poison
|img=James Weepinbell EP261.png
|epnum=EP261
|epname=Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid
|vajp=Kōichi Sakaguchi
|vaen=Eric Stuart
|main=List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio
|main_section=Victreebel
|desc=The Magikarp salesman offered Team Rocket to trade his {{p|Weepinbell}} for them so they could use its {{m|Sweet Scent}} to lure other Pokémon. After a short conversation, it was decided that James would trade his {{TP|James|Victreebel}} for Weepinbell. Later, the new Weepinbell evolved into a new {{p|Victreebel}} (without Leaf Stone). But after it bit Jessie's hair, Jessie used her {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} to send it away. Later, James's new Victreebel met his old Victreebel, fell in love with it and disappeared to a forest along with it.}}
 
=====Released=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=James
|pkmn=Victreebel
|main=yes
|type1=Grass
|type2=Poison
|img=James Victreebel.png
|epnum=EP057
|epname=The Breeding Center Secret
|vajp=Rikako Aikawa
|vaen=Rikako Aikawa
|desc=James was forced to trade his dear Victreebel for the new Weepinbell. Later, the Magikarp salesman found out that his new Victreebel wasn't obeying him, so he kicked it away. After their airflights, James's old and new Victreebel met and fell in love. Then they jumped away to a forest and have never been seen since.}}
 
====Voice actors====
{{vatable|color={{water color}}|bordercolor={{water color light}}
|ja=石塚運昇 ''[[Unshō Ishizuka]]''
|en=[[Eric Stuart]] ([[EP015]]-[[AG084]], [[HS04]])<br>[[David Lapkin]] ([[DP021]])<br>[[Tom Wayland]] ([[BW116]])
|ar=عادل أبو حسون ''Adel Abo Hassoon'' ([[EP015]])<br>إسماعيل نعنوع ''Ismail Nanoua'' ([[EP146]])
|fi=Pauli Virta ([[EP015]])<br>Veeti Kallio ([[AG079]], [[AG084]])<br>Antti Jaakola ([[DP021]])<br>Jari Salo ([[BW116]])
|fr_eu=Daniel Dury ([[EP015]])<br>Daniel Nicodème ([[EP146]], [[EP261]]-[[AG084]])<br>Jean-Marc Delhausse ([[EP201]], [[DP021]])
|cs=Radovan Vaculík ([[EP015]]-[[EP201]])<br>Michal Holán ([[DP021]])<br>Libor Terš ([[BW116]])
|he=דודיק סמדר ''Dudik Smadar''<br>עדי וייס ''Adi Weiss''
|hu=Péter Pálfai
|it=Luca Bottale ([[EP015]], Mediaset)<br>Luigi Rosa ([[EP015]], {{TPCi}})<br>Diego Sabre ([[EP146]], Mediaset)<br>Marco Pagani ([[EP146]], TPCi)<br>Mario Zucca ([[EP201]])<br>Stefano Albertini ([[EP261]])<br>Federico Danti ([[AG079]]-[[AG084]])<br>Mario Scarabelli ([[DP021]])
|es_la=Carlos Enrique Bonilla ([[EP015]])<br>Carlos Íñigo ([[EP146]])<br>Hugo Navarrete ([[EP201]])<br>Luis Alfonso Padilla ([[EP261]])<br>Alejandro Mayén ([[AG079]])<br>César Arias ([[AG084]], [[HS04]])<br>Unknown voice actor ([[DP021]])<br>Enrique Cervantes ([[BW116]])
|es_eu=Manuel Bellido ([[EP015]])<br>José Escobosa ([[EP146]]-[[EP261]])<br>Eduardo del Hoyo ([[AG079]]-[[DP021]], [[HS04]])<br>César Martín ([[BW116]])
|pl=Mirosław Wieprzewski ([[EP015]])<br/>Grzegorz Pawlak ([[EP146]])<br>Krzysztof Zakrzewski ([[EP201]])<br/>Jacek Kałucki ([[EP261]])<br/>Cezary Kwieciński ([[DP021]])<br/>Artur Kaczmarski ([[BW116]])
}}
 
===Pokémon Origins===
The Magikarp salesman appeared briefly in ''[[PO02|File 2: Cubone]]'', selling {{OBP|Red|Origins}} a {{p|Magikarp}} for {{PDollar}}500.
 
====Pokémon====
=====Sold=====
{{TrainerPoké
|main=yes
|trainer=Magikarp salesman
|pkmn=Magikarp
|type1=Water
|img=Red Magikarp PO.png
|epnum=PO02
|epname=File 2: Cubone
|desc=Magikarp salesman sold this Magikarp to {{OBP|Red|Origins}} on {{rt|4|Kanto}} before Red entered [[Mt. Moon]].}}
 
==Trivia==
* The Magikarp salesman was given a Hispanic accent in all of the dubbed episodes except for ''[[HS04|Showdown at the Oak Corral]]'' and ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]'', where he speaks without an accent. This may have been an oversight of both the [[Pokémon Chronicles]] and [[The Pokémon Company International]] production teams, since after TPCi took over the dub, his Hispanic accent returned only in ''[[DP021|Ya See We Want an Evolution!]]''.
* In most of the Magikarp salesman's appearances, the Team Rocket Trio ends up losing and gaining a Pokémon:
** In ''[[EP015|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]'', James gains a Magikarp and loses it soon after.
** In ''[[EP146|Tricks of the Trade]]'', Jessie loses her {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}} and gains a {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}.
** In ''[[EP261|Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid!]]'', James loses his {{TP|James|Victreebel}} but gains a {{p|Weepinbell}} that evolves into another {{p|Victreebel}} (and loses that one soon after).
** In ''[[AG079|Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend]]'', Jessie gains and loses a {{p|Magikarp}} after thinking it was a {{p|Feebas}}.
** In ''[[AG084|Who's Flying Now?]]'', James gains a {{p|Hoppip}} and loses it soon after (he also gains a {{TP|James|Chimecho}} in the same episode).
* [[Trade]]s often occur in episodes that the Magikarp salesman appears in.
* Every episode he appeared in as a major appearance was written by Yukiyoshi Ohashi. The two episodes in which he made a cameo appearance were written by [[Atsuhiro Tomioka]].
* The Magikarp's salesman's appearance is similar to that of the main character from the series ''{{wp|Tensai Bakabon}}'', Bakabon's Papa.
 
==Related articles==
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[[Category:Red, Blue and Yellow characters]]
[[Category:FireRed and LeafGreen characters]]
[[Category:Black and White characters]]
[[Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters]]
[[Category:Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! characters]]
[[Category:Pokémon Origins characters]]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:00, 15 September 2024

Salesman redirects here. For the TCG card, see Traveling Salesman (Aquapolis 137).
Get it? Because the name is unknown. The subject of this article has no official name.
The name currently in use is a fan designator; see below for more information.
Magikarp salesman
コイキング売り Koiking salesman
Magikarp Salesman.png
The Magikarp salesman in the anime
Gender Male
Eye color Black
Hair color Brown
Hometown Unknown
Region Unknown
Relatives Wife and children (allegedly)
Generation I, III, V, VII
Games Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen, Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!
Anime debut Battle Aboard the St. Anne
English voice actor Eric Stuart (EP015-HS04)
David Lapkin (DP021)
Tom Wayland (BW116)
Japanese voice actor Unshō Ishizuka

The Magikarp salesman (Japanese: コイキング売り Koiking salesman) is a character who sells various Pokémon, usually Magikarp, at outrageous prices.

In the core series games

The Magikarp salesman in Red, Blue, and Yellow
The Magikarp salesman in FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, as well as the remakes FireRed and LeafGreen and Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the Magikarp salesman appears in Route 4's Pokémon Center and sells the player a Magikarp for $500.

Though he does not make an appearance, the Magikarp salesman is briefly alluded to in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, as well as the remakes HeartGold and SoulSilver. In the Poké Mart in Pewter City, a boy will offer to show his Gyarados to anyone who speaks to him. Speaking to the other boy nearby causes him to remark how the boy had purchased a Magikarp from a "weird old man" three years prior, and trained it until it evolved into a Gyarados.

In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, the Magikarp salesman appears again on Marvelous Bridge to sell a Magikarp for $500. However, unlike in Kanto, Magikarp are not native to Unova and can only be found in the Nature PreserveB2W2. It always has a Speed IV of 31 in these games.

Pokémon

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Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Pokémon Black, White,
Black 2, and White 2 		Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!
and Let's Go, Eevee!
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Type:
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Magikarp Lv.5
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Type:
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Ability:
Swift Swim
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Magikarp♂/♀ Lv.5
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Type:
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Ability:
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Held item:
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Magikarp♂/♀ Lv.5
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Quotes

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

"Hello, there! Have I got a deal just for you! I'll let you have a swell Magikarp for just $500! What do you say?"
No: "No? I'm only doing this as a favor to you!"
Yes: (<player> got Magikarp!)
  • After giving the player a Magikarp
"Well, I don't give refunds!"

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

"Hello there, laddie/sweetie pie! Have I got a deal just for you! I'll let you have a secret Pokémon – a Magikarp – for just $500! So, you'll buy it, am I right?"
No: "No? You say no? I'm only doing this as a favor to you!"
Yes: (<player> paid an outrageous $500 and bought the Magikarp...)
  • After giving the player a Magikarp
"Well, I don't give refunds. You knew what you were getting!"

Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2

"Son/Miss! I have a deal for YOU! And for you alone. Here's your chance. I will sell you the secret Pokémon Magikarp... For an unbelievable $500! How about it? Interested?"
No: "Oh, that's too bad..."
Yes: (<player> bought the Magikarp for $500.)
  • After giving the player a Magikarp
"Oh, yeah... Returns not accepted, got that?"
  • If the player doesn't have enough money
"Looks like you don't have enough money."
  • If the player's party is full
"You have no room in your party!"

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

"Hello there, laddie/sweetie pie! Have I got a deal just for you! I'll let you have a secret Pokémon–a Magikarp–for just $500! So, you'll buy it, am I right?"
No: "No? You say no? I'm only doing this as a favor to you!"
Yes: (<player> paid an outrageous $500 and bought the Magikarp.)
  • After giving the player a Magikarp
"Well, I don't give refunds. You knew what you were getting!"

Sprites and models

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In the anime

Main series

History

Original series

The Magikarp salesman is a recurring character who appeared in the Pokémon anime. He usually appears as a traveling con man who is always getting people, usually James, to buy one of his worthless Pokémon.

He debuted in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, where he was selling Magikarp to anyone on the St. Anne foolish enough to buy one. He would tell them that they would reproduce at a rapid rate and make the buyer rich. James was foolish enough to buy one, which later evolved into a Gyarados.

In Tricks of the Trade, he was partially responsible for Jessie obtaining her Wobbuffet. The Magikarp salesman was again trying to sell Magikarp to James, but he recognized him from the St. Anne and chased after him. During the pursuit, the Magikarp salesman bumped into Jessie, which sent her flying over to a nearby trade machine. When she bumped into it, the Poké Ball containing her Lickitung fell into the machine, trading it for Benny's Wobbuffet, which he had been trying to trade off throughout the episode.

Some time after, he reappeared with the same selling strategy in Doin' What Comes Natu-rally. Later, in Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid, he traded his Weepinbell for James's Victreebel.

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

In Showdown at the Oak Corral, the Magikarp salesman tried his golden Magikarp scam on Tracey, claiming that the Magikarp could lay golden Eggs. However, unlike Team Rocket, Tracey was too smart to fall for this trick. The Magikarp salesman ran off when he discovered that he had knocked on the door of Professor Oak's Laboratory.

In the Hoenn region, the Magikarp salesman had changed his operation; now, he was attempting to sell Pokémon disguised as rare Pokémon. In Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend, he sold a Magikarp disguised as Feebas to Team Rocket for a stolen Spoink's pearl. After placing her new Pokémon into some water, Jessie realized she had been conned as the paint washed away, revealing Feebas to be a Magikarp. Ash and his friends were able to reunite Spoink with its pearl, but the Magikarp salesman was able to escape.

In Who's Flying Now?, he was selling a Hoppip disguised as a Chimecho at Fortree City's Feather Carnival. James came across him while searching for a Chimecho and attempted to catch it. However, its real identity was revealed and a gust of wind blew it away.

He made a cameo appearance when Ash caught Aipom in Channeling the Battle Zone.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

In Ya See We Want An Evolution!, he sold a dual evolution machine/mecha-bot to Team Rocket. While he did inform Team Rocket that the machine must warm up for at least a week before use, Team Rocket forgot to follow his instructions, which resulted in its failure to evolve Pokémon and sustain its mecha-bot form. Therefore, it is unknown if this was another one of his scams, or if the machine would truly have worked. However, considering the fact that he ran off after telling them this information, it may have been another lie to keep them from following him.

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

In The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, he had his own table at the Kanto Fair. There, he was once again trying to sell Magikarp to people.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

The Magikarp Salesman reappeared in The Arceus Chronicles (Part 1), trying to sell a Magikarp to a visitor at the Sinnoh Festival in Canalave City.

Character

The Magikarp salesman is a con man; as such, he isn't afraid to lie to or mislead his customers in order to sell his goods. He prefers to travel the world, likely to remain undetected by the authorities and any disgruntled clientele like James.

Pokémon

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On hand
Magikarp
Magikarp salesman's Magikarp
Debut Battle Aboard the St. Anne
Voice actors
Japanese
English Maddie Blaustein
Main article: Magikarp salesman's Magikarp

The Magikarp salesman, as his title implies, has a large amount of these Magikarp to sell to customers for ridiculously high prices. He usually manages to sell them by telling the customer that they could sell the Magikarp hatched from this Magikarp's Eggs, as well as Magikarp hatched from those Magikarp's eggs and so forth, resulting in the potential customer getting rich. In reality, however, Magikarp is a completely useless Pokémon which cannot provide riches to anyone except for the Magikarp salesman himself, due to the ridiculous prices at which he sells his Magikarp.

Sometimes, the Magikarp salesman has also tried to sell his Magikarp by disguising them as Feebas and telling to the customer that it would evolve into Milotic, the most beautiful Pokémon in the world. Oddly, he has never tried any sort of similar tactic with selling Magikarp as is, by informing the customer that it would evolve into the powerful Gyarados. In Ya See We Want an Evolution!, he also tried to offer some special gifts for the customer if they bought a Magikarp.

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Magikarp
James's Magikarp
Debut Battle Aboard the St. Anne
Voice actors
Japanese Unshō Ishizuka
English Maddie Blaustein
Main article: James's Magikarp

The Magikarp salesman managed to fool James into buying this Magikarp aboard the St. Anne. Later James got angry about Magikarp's uselessness and kicked it away. This resulted in it evolving into Gyarados. It attacked Ash, his friends and Team Rocket with Dragon Rage and has never been seen since.

Magikarp
Jessie's Magikarp
Main article: List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio → Magikarp

The Magikarp salesman sold this Magikarp to Jessie disguised as a Feebas. Later, its disguise paint dissolved away and its true identity was revealed. It hasn't been seen ever since and it is likely that Jessie has released it.

Hoppip
Magikarp salesman's Hoppip
Debut Who's Flying Now?
Voice actors
Japanese
English Kayzie Rogers
Main article: List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio → Hoppip

In Who's Flying Now?, the Magikarp salesman was selling what appeared to be Chimecho, a Pokémon James had wanted since his youth. James purchased one of these, unaware that the salesman was in fact selling Hoppip, all of them disguised as Chimecho. The disguise on James's Hoppip fell apart.

Traded away
Weepinbell
James's Weepinbell
Debut Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid
Voice actors
Japanese Kōichi Sakaguchi
English Eric Stuart
Main article: List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio → Victreebel

The Magikarp salesman offered Team Rocket to trade his Weepinbell for them so they could use its Sweet Scent to lure other Pokémon. After a short conversation, it was decided that James would trade his Victreebel for Weepinbell. Later, the new Weepinbell evolved into a new Victreebel (without Leaf Stone). But after it bit Jessie's hair, Jessie used her Arbok to send it away. Later, James's new Victreebel met his old Victreebel, fell in love with it and disappeared to a forest along with it.

Released
Victreebel
James's Victreebel
Debut The Breeding Center Secret
Voice actors
Japanese Rikako Aikawa
English Rikako Aikawa
Main article: James's Victreebel

James was forced to trade his dear Victreebel for the new Weepinbell. Later, the Magikarp salesman found out that his new Victreebel wasn't obeying him, so he kicked it away. After their airflights, James's old and new Victreebel met and fell in love. Then they jumped away to a forest and have never been seen since.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka
English Eric Stuart (EP015-AG084, HS04)
David Lapkin (DP021)
Tom Wayland (BW116)
Arabic عادل أبو حسون Adel Abo Hassoon (EP015)
إسماعيل نعنوع Ismail Nanoua (EP146)
Czech Radovan Vaculík (EP015-EP201)
Michal Holán (DP021)
Libor Terš (BW116)
Finnish Pauli Virta (EP015)
Veeti Kallio (AG079, AG084)
Antti Jaakola (DP021)
Jari Salo (BW116)
European French Daniel Dury (EP015)
Daniel Nicodème (EP146, EP261-AG084)
Jean-Marc Delhausse (EP201, DP021)
Hebrew דודיק סמדר Dudik Smadar
עדי וייס Adi Weiss
Hungarian Péter Pálfai
Italian Luca Bottale (EP015, Mediaset)
Luigi Rosa (EP015, TPCi)
Diego Sabre (EP146, Mediaset)
Marco Pagani (EP146, TPCi)
Mario Zucca (EP201)
Stefano Albertini (EP261)
Federico Danti (AG079-AG084)
Mario Scarabelli (DP021)
Polish Mirosław Wieprzewski (EP015)
Grzegorz Pawlak (EP146)
Krzysztof Zakrzewski (EP201)
Jacek Kałucki (EP261)
Cezary Kwieciński (DP021)
Artur Kaczmarski (BW116)
Spanish Latin America Carlos Enrique Bonilla (EP015)
Carlos Íñigo (EP146)
Hugo Navarrete (EP201)
Luis Alfonso Padilla (EP261)
Alejandro Mayén (AG079)
César Arias (AG084, HS04)
Unknown voice actor (DP021)
Enrique Cervantes (BW116)
Spain Manuel Bellido (EP015)
José Escobosa (EP146-EP261)
Eduardo del Hoyo (AG079-DP021, HS04)
César Martín (BW116)


Pokémon Origins

The Magikarp salesman appeared briefly in File 2: Cubone, selling Red a Magikarp for $500.

Pokémon

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Magikarp
Magikarp salesman's Magikarp
Main article: Magikarp salesman's Magikarp

Magikarp salesman sold this Magikarp to Red on Route 4 before Red entered Mt. Moon.

Trivia

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Relatives Delia Ketchum • Daisy • Violet • Lily • James's parents • Flint • Lola • Forrest • Brock's siblings • Norman • Caroline • Johanna • Chili • Cress • Grace • Meyer • Lana's father • Lana's mother • Harper and Sarah • Rango • Sima • Mimo • Kiawe's grandfather • Mohn • Lusamine • Gladion • Sophocles's parents • Molayne • Abe • Mallow's mother • Ulu • Walker • Camille • Halta
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