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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.

Synopsis

Major events

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

Debuts

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.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: La sirène magique

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