Dick and Philip

Dick and Philip

Dick and Philip (Japanese: ディックとフィリップ Dick and Philip) are nuclear power plants workers and are two characters of the day who appeared in Sparks Fly for Magnemite of the anime.

Dick and Philip bump into Ash and his friends when they were running away from a group of Grimer and their leader. They head into the control room to avoid the Grimer. When the Magnemite and Magneton were attacking the Grimer and Muk, they mention that Magnemite can evolve into Magneton. With all of the Grimer defeated, Muk gets weakened by Pikachu and the Magnemite Ash encountered earlier. Ash catches the Muk. After the Grimer fled, the power goes back on. With everything back to normal, Dick and Philip explain to Ash, Misty and Brock that the horde of Grimer was due to the fact that the city became dirty and it was a sign for the residence to clean up the air and water. If they do so, then the city can be restored to its former glory. Also, it turns out that the Magnemite that was interested in Pikachu was actually magnetized as it absorbed too much electricity. Since Pikachu is well, it loses the ability of magnetism. Ash and the others follow the workers's advice and say their farewells to them.

Trivia

• Dick's and Philip's names were not stated in the anime but were revealed in Kids Pocket Books Pocket Monsters.
  • Their names came from the writer, Philip K. Dick who wrote the book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which is coincidentally, the Japanese episode was named after it.

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