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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced Battle (Season 8) · Toward Mossdeep: Spoink, Relicanth & a blast-off arc (AG093–AG096) |
| Episode | Season 8, episode 2 · English episode 367 · Japanese episode 370 · Bulbapedia code AG094 |
| English title | The Relicanth Really Can |
| Japanese title | ジーランスと深海の秘宝！ Jīransu to Shinkai no Hihō! — “Glanth and the Deep Sea Treasure!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 16 September 2004 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 24 September 2005 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Challenger!! – Rica Matsumoto · Smile – Toshiko Ezaki |
| English opening | Unbeatable – David Rolfe |
| Pokémon Trainer’s Choice | What does Remoraid evolve into? (Octillery / Carvanha / Mantine) → Octillery |
| Previous episode | Clamperl of Wisdom (AG093) |
| Next episode | The Evolutionary War (AG095) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeRelicanth & the King NeptuneEmerald launch day in Japan
The Relicanth Really Can is the 2nd episode of Pokémon: Advanced Battle, the eighth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 367th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 370, Bulbapedia code AG094). It first aired in Japan on 16 September 2004 and in the United States on 24 September 2005. It falls within the season’s Toward Mossdeep: Spoink, Relicanth & a blast-off stretch (EP93–EP96).
Synopsis
On the way to Mossdeep City the group stop at the Grand Wazoo Resort, where a seaweed-draped diver named Adam bursts out of the surf clutching a necklace he is sure is made of emeralds. His wife Evelyn gently points out that the stones are only Green Shards, but Adam has not given up on his lifelong dream: the treasure of the King Neptune, a ship that sank a century ago. He found the necklace on a Relicanth and is convinced the ancient fish know where the wreck lies, so Ash and his friends volunteer to help. Hiding nearby, Team Rocket overhear every word and decide that the King Neptune’s riches would make a fine present for Giovanni, imagining him lounging in jewels.
Adam takes the group down in his submarine while Evelyn mans the boat on the surface. Team Rocket give chase in their Magikarp submarine and fire torpedoes that damage Adam’s craft, then dart after a Relicanth into a tunnel where a powerful current sweeps them out of control. Adam follows the same Relicanth through a narrow passage, and after a violent ride everyone tumbles into a hidden underwater cavern containing the wreck of the King Neptune and a whole colony of Relicanth. Adam finds a treasure chest, but Team Rocket burst in, grab it with a plunger line and fire torpedoes that shake the wreck and endanger the Relicanth. Corphish’s Bubble Beam destroys the torpedoes, yet the trio escape and collapse the exit behind them with rockets, trapping the heroes inside.
The Relicanth come to the rescue, leading the submarine up through another tunnel to the surface, where Team Rocket are already gloating over their prize. May’s Bulbasaur snatches the chest back with Vine Whip until Jessie’s Seviper breaks its grip with Poison Tail, so Brock’s Mudkip fires Water Gun, the Relicanth join in with Hydro Pump, and Pikachu’s Thunder blasts Team Rocket away. Bulbasaur returns the chest to Adam, but when it is opened it holds nothing but more Green Shards. Adam is disappointed for only a moment: Evelyn offers to turn the shards into jewellery for May, and Adam realises the real treasure was the adventure with the Relicanth. He thanks the ancient Pokémon, and the travellers sail on toward Mossdeep City in the sunset.
Major Events
- The Grand Wazoo Resort and the wreck of the King Neptune
- The Relicanth lead the way to the treasure, which turns out to be Green Shards
- Aired in Japan on the day Pokémon Emerald launched
- First announced in English as Really, Really Relicanth!
Trivia
- The English title plays on a play on Relicanth’s name; the episode was first announced as Really, Really Relicanth!.
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Hoenn story.
Changes in the English Dub
- Radio static removed from Adam’s voice
- Adam talks of chasing the Relicanth “to China” (Japanese: to the ends of the earth)
- Ash mentions “millions of dollars”
- Japanese version reuses music from The Power of One, including Lugia’s theme
Part of our Pokémon: Advanced Battle guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.