XY024

An Undersea Place to Call Home!

XY024   EP823 海底の城！クズモーとドラミドロ！！ Undersea Castle! Kuzumo and Dramidoro!!

First broadcast Japan November 20, 2014 United States February 7, 2015

English themes Opening Be a Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening メガＶ（メガボルト） Ending ドリドリ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Assistant director 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Animation directors 斉藤圭太 Keita Saitō 郷津春奈 Haruna Gōzu No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

An Undersea Place to Call Home! (Japanese: 海底の城！クズモーとドラミドロ！！ The Undersea Castle! Kuzumo and Dramidoro!!) is the 24th episode of the XY series, and the 823rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 20, 2014 and in the United States on February 7, 2015.

This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on April 24, 2014^[1], but was postponed due to the sinking of the MV Sewol ferry in South Korea on April 16, 2014^[2]; due to this, it was also subsequently skipped in the English-language broadcasts. It may have made its world debut in South Korea on August 8, 2014, but it has not been officially confirmed; it did air in Japan on November 20, 2014^[3], between Pathways to Performance Partnering! and When Light and Dark Collide!. The English dub version, however, aired after When Light and Dark Collide!, during a four-hour marathon on February 7, 2015.

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

Blurb

Our heroes take an excursion to the Muraille Coast before Ash's Cyllage City Gym battle. They spend some time fishing until Ash pulls up a Skrelp, which attacks Pikachu with its poison! Fortunately, they meet a couple along the beach road who heal Pikachu with a handy Antidote. Eddy and Lindsey are underwater archeologists in search of the Cussler, a luxury liner that sank many years ago. Our heroes decide to help them with their quest!

While Clemont and Bonnie stay above with Eddy, Ash and Serena join Lindsey in her submarine, and they dive toward the ocean floor. Sure enough, the wreck of the Cussler is there, and thanks to some crafty Dragalge who have fused it together with Acid, it's become a home for many different kinds of Water-type Pokémon!

A mysterious light lures them deeper into the wreckage, where they spot Team Rocket's submarine. The villains have come to claim the Cussler's sunken treasure, and their meddling has endangered the structure of the ship. With a little help from our heroes, the wild Pokémon manage to fix up their underwater refuge. But at the same time, Team Rocket escapes with the Cussler's safe—only to get caught in a whirlpool! Skrelp is caught too, but Froakie comes to the rescue, showing off its spectacular jumping skills…and giving Ash some ideas he would put to use in his upcoming Gym battle against Grant!

Plot

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Skrelp
• Dragalge

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Eddy
• Lindsey
• Rodman (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Skrelp (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Skrelp (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Froakie (Ash's)
• Fletchling (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Fennekin (Serena's)
• Skrelp (×3; debut)
• Dragalge (×2; debut)
• Chinchou (multiple)
• Luvdisc (multiple)
• Remoraid (multiple)
• Octillery (multiple)
• Kingdra (multiple)
• Qwilfish (multiple)
• Alomomola (multiple)
• Magikarp (×2)
• Starmie (×2)
• Huntail (multiple)

Trivia

• Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal: Mega Gallade
• This episode is unique among skipped and banned episodes as it had a known English dub title during the period in which it was banned. The title was posted on the Turner Broadcasting press site, but was then pulled off the next day and replaced with Climbing the Walls!.
• If the Korean rumor is true, this episode is the first non-special episode to make its world debut airing outside of Japan, as well as the only episode overall to make its world debut outside Japan or the United States.
• Coincidentally, the original 24th episode of the BW series was also skipped, but was not aired anywhere in the world.
• Unlike A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!, another delayed episode, this episode was not re-edited to fit into continuity, with Ash's Fletchinder's appearance as a Fletchling and references to Ash's upcoming battle with Grant. The Narrator's dialogue acknowledged that the story took place in the past.
  • Despite this, Mega V (Volt) and DreamDream replace V (Volt) and X Strait Y Scenery as the episode's opening and ending themes, respectively. In the dub, Be a Hero is used instead of Pokémon Theme (Version XY) as the episode's opening theme, despite the episode originally being a season 17 episode.
• This was the last episode to air before the release of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
• The story of the S.S. Cussler sinking after hitting an iceberg greatly resembles the story of RMS Titanic, a luxury liner that suffered the same fate in 1912. The outlook of the S.S. Cussler also greatly resembles Titanic's design.
  • In addition, Eddy and Lindsey's submarine greatly resembles Alvin, a famous real-life submarine that has explored the wreck of Titanic and also has room for a pilot and two passengers.

Errors

• During the fishing scene, Bonnie's hair on her hairpin is missing.
• When Serena is watching Qwilfish on the submarine, Qwilfish's bellies are completely dark blue.
• In one scene, Lindsey's lower body is missing.

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  Bonnie's hair is missing

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  Qwilfish's bellies error

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  Lindsey's lower body is missing

Dub edits

• Unlike other episodes, the narrator speaks entirely in a past tense in the dub, likely as a way to indicate this episode aired out of continuity.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	海底城！垃垃藻與毒拉蜜妮！！
	Mandarin	海底城的垃垃藻與毒拉蜜妮！！
European French		Une maison sous-marine !
German		Ein Zuhause auf dem Meeresgrund!
Italian		Una casa in fondo al mare!
Korean		해저의 성을 지켜라! 수레기와 드래캄!!
Thai		ปราสาทใต้ทะเล! คุสึโม่กับดรามิโดโร่!!

References

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