EP061

The Misty Mermaid File:TheMistyMermaid.gif.png

EP061   ハナダジム！すいちゅうのたたかい！ Hanada Gym! Underwater Battle!

First broadcast Japan September 3, 1998 United States September 23, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケモン音頭

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 岡崎幸男 Yukio Okazaki Animation director 林広道 Hiromichi Hayashi No additional credits are available at this time.

The Misty Mermaid (Japanese: ハナダジム！すいちゅうのたたかい！ Hanada Gym! Underwater Battle!) is episode 61 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 3, 1998 and in the United States on September 23, 1999.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

• Misty leaves her Horsea and Starmie at the Cerulean gym.
• Misty's sister's Seel evolves into Dewgong.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Daisy
• Violet
• Lily

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Clefairy

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Starmie (Misty's; leaves)
• Horsea (Misty's; leaves)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Seel (Cerulean Gym's; evolves)
• Dewgong (Cerulean Gym's; newly evolved, debut)
• Shellder (Cerulean Gym}
• Goldeen (Cerulean Gym's; multiple)
• Seaking (Cerulean Gym's; debut)

Trivia

• Since Ash registered Dewgong underwater, the PokéDex is waterproof
• The First Episode in the Japanese version to feature Oak's Pokemon lecture which would last until mid-Advanced Generation
• It is shown that Arbok can swim without air but Weezing can't.

In other languages

• French: La sirène magique

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.