Murdock

Murdock マードック Murdock
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Relatives	Dot (niece) Unnamed younger sister
Anime series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	HZ001
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Kenta Miyake
Member of	Rising Volt Tacklers
Rank	Chef

Murdock (Japanese: マードック Murdock) is a supporting character in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. He is a skilled chef and a member of the Rising Volt Tacklers.

In the anime

History

Pre-series

Murdock during his days as a patisserie chef

As revealed in HZ019, Murdock used to work as a team with Mitchell, selling cakes with the help of his Milcery. Using Milcery's cream, they were able to make abundance of cakes, Murdock preferred strawberry flavor, whilst Mitchell prefers matcha flavor. Though there was a slight rivalry between them, they both took it lightheartedly. One day, Murdock found out that Milcery evolved into Alcremie, after she grabbed a Strawberry Sweet then spun herself around. Murdock was happy for his Alcremie because he can make Strawberry Ruby Swirl decorated cakes, but Mitchell wasn't because he could't make matcha flavor with Alcremie, which led him to resent her. After getting into an argument with Mitchell, Murdock ended his partnership with him and their relationship became strained.

Eventually, Murdock joined the Rising Volt Tacklers when he decided to use his cooking skills to make everyone happy. Murdock also took in his niece Dot when she joined the Rising Volt Tacklers as well.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Murdock debuted in HZ001 alongside the other members of the Rising Volt Tacklers. He and his teammates were searching for Liko at Indigo Academy but to no avail. In the following episode, he met and introduced himself to Liko aboard the Brave Asagi. He later took over the wheel from Friede when the Explorers' infiltrated the airship.

Murdock and Liko

In HZ003, Murdock, his Rockruff, and Friede went to the nearest town to go looking for the Explorers, who had kidnapped Liko's Sprigatito. Due to Rockruff's strong sense of smell, they quickly managed to detect an undercover Onia due to her still having some of Sprigatito's scent in her body. As Liko joined them in the chase, Murdock decided to stay behind to help some townspeople who were knocked over by Onia. At the end of the day, Murdock and the rest of the Rising Volt Tacklers took Liko as one of their own.

In HZ005, Murdock briefly battled alongside Orla against Zirc and Onia. As Roy approached alongside a group of Bug-type wild Pokémon, they ran back to the Brave Asagi to fix its balloon gasbag, leaving Mollie to face off against Zirc.

In HZ008, it was revealed that Murdock and Friede had teamed up in order to get Dot to eat some sweets since she only ate the very essentials for a day. Every night, he left a box of donuts in a cupboard for his niece to take, but she never interacted with this food. A few nights later, after Liko insisted on approaching Dot, Murdock discovered that his niece finally decided to eat the sweets.

Murdock and his rivalry with Mitchell

In HZ013, Murdock helped Liko set up a picnic for Dot and Ludlow at Brave Asagi. When his niece sent Liko a photo dressed as Nidothing, Murdock told Friede that Dot should be the one to tell Liko the truth about Nidothing's identity. Soon after, Murdock and Friede talked about being proud of their growth since they started traveling with them. In the next episode, Murdock took Liko out shopping, thanking her for everything she had done for Dot. Later, when Roy trained a wild Wattrel, he tracked the progress the boy made. The next day, Murdock gave Roy a Poké Ball so that the little Storm Petrel Pokémon could join his team.

In HZ018, Murdock was asked by Dot and her friends as to how Captain Pikachu was able to fly during his battle against Roy in the previous episode, but couldn’t give them an answer because he didn't know himself. However, Murdock did become curious and he decided to help the younger members get an answer from Friede, which they were able to do as he tells them how he met Captain Pikachu and the formation of the Rising Volt Tacklers.

In HZ019, Murdock visited the Battle Café in Motostoke with Liko and Roy where he reunited with Mitchell. Through a suggestion from Liko, Murdock and Mitchell decided to do a Double Battle, but it ended up turning into a bake-off. During the bake-off, Murdock and Mitchell settled their differences and became friends again.

Character

Murdock is a caring person. As seen in HZ003, he likes to shower his Pokémon with affection and praises them. Murdock is also mindful to his teammates, such as when he asked Liko whether or not she have any allergies or food she dislikes right after she decided to join the Rising Volt Tacklers. Not only is he skilled at cooking, but at sewing too, to the point of Orla asking him to fix the patches on the blimp. Although he's good at cooking various things, Murdock preferred making sweets, due to once being a patisserie chef, and usually uses his Alcremie to make them.

Despite trying his best, Murdock has a rather strained relationship with Dot, where he would be worried or nags, almost to the point that she was close to blocking him from communicating with her. However, Murdock did became motivated to try specific approaches to dealing with Dot's withdrawal and indifference to other team members. Murdock also seems to be happy that Dot became friends with Liko and Roy, due to them being around her age. In addition, Murdock seems to be fond of Liko and Roy as he enjoys their company in shopping for supplies.

Pokémon

On hand

		Rockruff
		Rockruff is Murdock's first known Pokémon. It appeared for the first time in HZ002, where it played with Liko's Sprigatito. In HZ003, Rockruff was used to search for Sprigatito, who had been kidnapped by the Explorers. Using its powerful sense of smell, it managed to detect Sprigatito's aroma in Onia and, after alerting the other, chased her back to the Explorers's hideout. Whilst Friede distracted Amethio in a battle, Rockruff continued the search with Liko and found Sprigatito. In HZ005, Murdock used Rockruff to battle the Explorers when they confronted the Rising Volt Tacklers. It battled against Zirc and his Rhydon. In HZ019, Murdock left Rockruff in Mollie's care to get his fur treated. Rockruff's only known move is Rock Tomb.
Debut	HZ002
Voice actors
Japanese	Saki Kotori

		Milcery → Alcremie ♀
		Alcremie is Murdock's second known Pokémon. She helps Murdock prepare the food for members of the Rising Volt Tacklers. In HZ008, Alcremie attacked Liko with cream when she tried to snoop in the cupboard reserved for storing Dot's food. Prior to HZ019, Alcremie was a Milcery. As a Milcery, she helped Murdock and Mitchell, providing them cream for their preferred flavors. Alcremie's known moves are Acid Armor and Decorate.
Debut	HZ004
Voice actors
Japanese	Kei Shindō

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Temporary

		Scyther (x2)
		Scyther were wild Pokémon that lived on Roy's island. They helped Murdock and Orla fix the Brave Asagi. None of Scyther's moves are known.
Debut	HZ004

		Caterpie (x2)
		Caterpie were wild Pokémon that lived on Roy's island. They helped Murdock and Orla fix the Brave Asagi. Caterpie's only known move is String Shot.
Debut	HZ004

		Weedle (x2)
		Weedle were wild Pokémon that lived on Roy's island. They helped Murdock and Orla fix the Brave Asagi. Weedle's only known move is String Shot.
Debut	HZ004

Voice actors

Artwork

Concept art of Murdock for Pokémon Horizons: The Series.[1]

In the manga

Pocket Monsters

Murdock in the Pocket Monsters manga

Murdock appeared in the Pocket Monsters manga, playing the same role as he does in the anime.

Trivia

• The gray highlights in Murdock's hair are shaped like a fork and knife, alluding to his role as a chef.

Names

References

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