Old Man Swamp

Old Man Swamp

Old Man Swamp (Japanese: ヌマタ老人 Old Numata), also known as Mr. Swampy, is a character of the day who appeared in A Mudkip Mission. He also appeared in Ash & Pikachu.

In the anime

Old Man Swamp runs a shelter on Dewford Island for Mudkip, where he raises Mudkip from Eggs provided to him by the Pokémon League for starting Trainers of the Hoenn region.

In A Mudkip Mission, he was initially furious to see that Ash and his friends had trespassed onto his property. Soon everything was straightened out when Max explained that Brock saved a baby Mudkip. Brock later explained to him that another, older, Mudkip was responsible for rescuing the baby Mudkip. Swampy then informed the group that the older Mudkip was actually a wild Mudkip, who'd befriended the Mudkip he raised and acted as their self-appointed guardian. Afterwards, Swampy invited the group over to his home and allowed them to watch a Mudkip hatch from an Egg.

Team Rocket, who had accidentally stumbled onto Swampy's property were unaware of the valuable Mudkip the he was caring for. However this all changed when Old Man Swamp, who has a tendency of giving out too much information, revealed that he raised Mudkip and he explained that breaking the dam would flood the area and the Mudkip would have nowhere to live. James promptly called on Cacnea to destroy the dam wall, and soon the Mudkip were threatened by the raging flood waters. Brock, Lotad and the large Mudkip went onto rescue all of the Mudkip hatchlings. Afterwards, Team rocket revealed their mechanized Mudkip maiden and scooped up all of the Mudkip. Brock again intervened, having Lotad and the large Mudkip soak the ground to trap the robot in the muddy soil before Pikachu sent the Rocket trio blasting off with a Thunderbolt.

When Old Man Swamp saw how Brock and Mudkip worked together to save the baby Mudkip and stop Team Rocket, he asked Brock to take Mudkip with him as it was going to be too lonely once all of the other Mudkip were given to their new Trainers. Both Brock and Mudkip happily agreed.

Old Man Swamp bears a great resemblance to the Pokémon he takes care of.

Pokémon

Egg → Mudkip (multiple)

Debut	A Mudkip Mission

Old Man Swamp receives many Mudkip Eggs from the Pokémon League and raises them to be first partner Pokémon for beginning Trainers of the Hoenn region. He raises them in a protected swamp area on Dewford Island.

In A Mudkip Mission, one of the baby Mudkip fell into the river during a play fight, though Brock used his Lotad to save it and a bigger Mudkip helped them back to shore.

Later, Team Rocket appeared on Swampy's property and set about trying to catch the young Mudkip. Their initial attempt failed after Brock Forretress, Lotad and Mudkip rescued all of the hatchlings from the flood waters. Afterwards Team Rocket used their Mudkip maiden robot to scoop up all the Mudkip. However their plot was again thwarted, with Brock having Lotad and Mudkip use Water Gun on the ground to trap the mecha in the mud. Mudkip went onto free all the young ones before Pikachu sent the Rocket trio blasting off with a Thunderbolt.

Some Mudkip's only known move is Water Gun.

Befriended

Mudkip

Debut	A Mudkip Mission
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Lindsey Warner

Main article: Brock's Mudkip

This wild Mudkip did not leave the swamp as it befriended many of Swampy's hatchlings and acted as a guardian for the younger, smaller Mudkip. It later joined Brock and left the pond after he helped it rescue itself and a younger Mudkip from a Team Rocket attack.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 石丸博也 Hiroya Ishimaru English Pete Zarustica Finnish Arto Nieminen European French Benoît Van Dorslaer Hindi Rahul Nayer (Cartoon Network) Italian Pietro Ubaldi Norwegian Trond Teigen Polish Jacek Kałucki Brazilian Portuguese Carlos Silveira European Spanish Roberto Cuenca Martínez

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Old Man in Ash & Pikachu

Old Man Swamp appeared in Brock, A Man Of Resolve!!. Unlike the anime, he has a granddaughter named Susie.

Pokémon

Mudkip (multiple)

Trivia

• His hair resembles a Mudkip.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Polish	Swampy	From his English name
Russian	Свампи Svampi	From his English name

Ash & Pikachu characters Main characters Ash Ketchum • Pikachu • Misty • Togepi • Brock • May • Max • Jessie • James • Meowth Rivals Gary Oak • Drew • Morrison Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains Whitney • Clair • Roxanne • Norman • Noland • Greta • Lucy Other Anna • Azusa • Professor Birch • Calista • Caroline • Professor Cozmo • Drake • Eriko Eriko's grandmother • Mrs. Grimm • Hiroto • Jack Pollockson • Kaburagi • Kiyo • Lily • Professor Oak Oliver • Robert • Shelly • Solana • Susie • Tabitha • Team Rocket Scientist • Timmy Whitney's grandmother • Winstrate family

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon animated series.