EP030

Sparks Fly for Magnemite File:SparksFlyforMagnemite.gif.png

EP030   コイルはでんきネズミのユメをみるか!? Does Coil See Dreams of Electric Mice!?

First broadcast Japan October 21, 1997 United States October 16, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ニャースのうた

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 小川浩司 Kōji Ogawa Animation director 山本郷 Gō Yamamoto Additional credits

Sparks Fly for Magnemite (Japanese: コイルはでんきネズミのユメをみるか!? Does Coil See Dreams of Electric Mice!?) is the 30th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 21, 1997 and in the United States on October 16, 1998.

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

Major events

• Ash captures a Muk.

Debuts

• Magnemite
• Magneton
• Muk
• Team Rocket's Gyarados submarine (US version)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Oak
• Power Plant workers

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Magnemite

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Muk (Ash's; new, sent to Oak's lab; debut)
• Magnemite (debut)
• Magneton (debut)
• Grimer

Various Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Center:

• Pidgey
• Rattata
• Raticate
• Spearow
• Fearow (debut)
• Sandshrew
• Nidoran♀ (debut)
• Oddish
• Growlithe (debut)
• Bellsprout

Trivia

• The Japanese title is a reference to a book by Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which also serves as the basis for the 1982 futuristic sci-fi thriller Blade Runner. The next time the franchise would refer to the book is the creation of Mareep and its evolution family.
• When Magnemite is told by Ash to stop bothering Pikachu, it makes two sounds. The first is a couple of beeps. These beeps are commonly heard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The second sound is a "whine" or "cry" like sound that would later be used as Magnemite's signature sound in Pokémon Snap. Later on, when Magnemite is helping Pikachu attack Muk, it is making a high pitched screeching noise. This sound is also used in Pokémon Snap when the Magnemite evolve and when the player zooms in on a Magnemite, they don't want their picture taken.
• This episode reveals Pikachu has a fear that Ash would abandon it.
• This is the first episode to reveal the problem that an Template:Type2 Pokémon that has too much stored electricity has. It would later be expanded upon in Hoenn Alone! and subsequent episodes.

Errors

• After the numerous Magnemite and Magneton clear the station of Grimer, Misty notices there is still a Muk left in the control room. Ash then says, "An adult Muk, and its child!" But, there is no child sludge Pokémon in the room.
• Near the end of the episode, (just after 19 mins in) Ash, Misty, and Brock are talking to Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny at the Pokémon Center. Behind them are all of the Pokémon that were sick. Among them, there are both a Raticate and Rattata, but the Raticate is much smaller than normal, it is actually smaller than the Rattata. All the other Pokémon are normal sized. After that scene, Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy wave goodbye to the three trainers, behind them are the same Pokémon, and Raticate is still very small. Also, a Nidoran♀ which was normal sized before has now shrunk considerably. Though this could be due to perspective.

In other languages

• French: Coup de foudre magnétique
• Dutch: Hiep Hiep Hoera voor Magnemite!
• Italian: Un'amica magnetica
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Hurra por Magnemite!
• Portuguese: Faíscas voam pelo magnemite
• Spanish: Saltan chispas por Magnemite

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