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The Mystery is History (Japanese: なぞのポケモンX!! Mysterious Pokémon X!!) is the 220th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 18, 2001 and in the United States on November 23, 2002.

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

Synopsis

The scene was left off with the gang discovers that Sparky is right next to them, and if Sparky is here, Ritchie is here. Ritchie comes out to Sparky and finds Ash there as well, both shocked, they haven't seen each other since the Indigo League. They catch up on what's going on, Ash asking what Ritchie's doing here. Ritchie explains that after the League, he heard about a mysterious Pokémon here and spent extensive time researching the location. Ash is only here, well because he first saw it during his trip back from Cianwood and the other reason would be he saw it during his adventure in the Orange League. According to his sources, Ritchie thinks that this Pokémon is on an island nearby, so they take small boat over there.

Meanwhile on the island, a kid is swimming around with a Lanturn, but a shadow seems to be under the water as well. The kid seems to be aware of it, almost like it's his friend. When he sees the gang coming on the boat, he quickly tells the shadow to go hide. They walk to him and ask about this island, since he seems to be here already. First things first, he says he's Oliver, just another kid around the parts. Ash asks if he knows anything about the mysterious Pokémon that's supposedly around here. Oliver seems a little nervous at first, almost as if he was faking his uncertainty. With no answer, the gang goes off to comb the island. When the coast is clear, something pulls Oliver under, a child Lugia! He comes back up along with the child Lugia, but it seems they were being spied upon. Underwater, a Team Rocket lab resides and a Rocket reports to Dr. Namba. (except he messes up the name) Dr. Namba now knowing about the Lugia dispatches a submarine for an attempt to capture it.

With the child Lugia no longer a secret, they ask Oliver why the child Lugia is friends with him. Oliver explains a while ago that he and Lanturn was caught in a storm while swimming. The waves being too rough, sends him under the water with no help. Except it turns out later that he's back on land with the child Lugia by his side, the one who had saved him. After that, the parent Lugia had soon shown itself to him. Ash says he saw the parent before, but not the child. Then they turn to Luka, she explains that the Silver Wing responds with the presence of the parent Lugia, she just wants a glance. Soon however, the parent Lugia swims out of the water next to them, with a angered look on its face. The Silver Wing starts to glow red in sign of that. Everyone starts to convince the parent that they won't do anything to the child, which eventually calms it down. The child goes back to the parent and they go off swimming for a while. Ash, knowing that Luka has diving equipment, asks to see what they're doing. Underwater, the parent Lugia is feeding the child who then goes towards Ash and gives him a playful headbutt. Above the water, Luka catches the parent jumping above the surface along with the child.

Back at the Rocket's lab, Jessie and James look around a bit in their new uniforms. They find their way to where Dr. Namba is seeing that Butch and Cassidy are giving their report. (and yet again mess up his name) Dr. Namba does want something so Cassidy orders Jessie and James (though she doesn't know it's them) to go get it. Jessie starts to go into a tantrum but James politely goes out with her. Jessie is dying to get even with them.

Back on land, Oliver is swimming with the child Lugia once again when they notice another child Lugia... Or so it seems. The original child Lugia goes after it, thinking it's another Lugia, but Ritchie figures out that it's a decoy. By the time this is discovered, it's too late. With the child following it, the decoy turns into a cage. Soon, Butch and Cassidy's sub comes out and they laugh at them, except Jessie, James, and Meowth pop out in their Magikarp submarine to try to grab the catch. Jessie and Cassidy argue for a while and eventually fight each other, Cassidy winning, causing a SmokeScreen to get away with the child Lugia! After the smoke clears out, everyone notices that the child Lugia is gone... and this could lead to some serious trouble...

Major events

• Ritchie returns.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Pupitar
• Lanturn

TV episode debuts

• Lugia

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Ritchie
• Oliver
• Professor Namba
• Butch
• Cassidy
• Luka
• Rocket Grunts

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Spearow

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Pikachu (Ritchie's, nicknamed Sparky)
• Pupitar (Ritchie's, nicknamed Cruise; debut)
• Houndour (Cassidy's)
• Hitmontop (Butch's)
• Lanturn (Oliver's; debut)
• Lugia (Silver's mother; debut)
• Lugia (nicknamed Silver; debut)

Trivia

• Ash and James refer to the events of the second movie when they first see Silver.

Errors

• Consistently in the beginning of this episode, Ash and Ritchie incorrectly refer to Blue Point Isle as Blue Rock Isle, the literal translation of the Japanese name.
• The battle against Butch and Cassidy should be impossible, since they are fighting in the air over water.
• When Luka appeared on the scene to save Ash and his friends from Butch and Cassidy, she addresses Cassidy by name, though the two never met before.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Double jeu
• German. Das Comeback von Butch und Cassidy
• Italian: Il Pokémon misterioso
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El misterio es historia!
• Brazilian Portuguese: O Mistério já era
• Iberian Spanish: El misterio es historia
• Dutch: Het Geheim Ontrafeld

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