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The Mandarin Island Miss Match is the 101st episode of Pokémon the Series. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 3, 1999, and in the United States on April 15, 2000. In this episode, Ash Ketchum and his friends meet Elite Four member Lorelei (known as Prima in the English dub). Just like Stage Fight!, this episode was banned due to Jynx with blackface making an appearance.
Plot[]
The group arrives on Mandarin Island where Ash Ketchum's arrogance emerges because he's won every single battle he's had since arriving on the island. But upon meeting Lorelei (Prima in the English dub), a member of the Elite Four, and challenging her to a battle, Ash starts to realize that he may have made a grave mistake.
Home video releases[]
- DVD
- Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands II (first release only)
Gallery[]
Blackface Jynx scene in the episode
Jynx in its recolored design via Prime Video and Amazon, but still banned in English releases
Trivia[]
- Who's That Pokémon?: Cloyster (Japan), Machop (US)
- Pikachu's Jukebox: Viridian City
- Despite the fact that both the preceding and succeeding episodes are included, this episode was missing from Netflix when Pokémon Adventures in the Orange Islands was still available on Netflix, likely because of its depiction of Jynx.
- This episode is not played on Pokémon TV, and the Pokémon.com synopsis lacks pictures of Jynx, likely due to this past controversy.
- As of May 2014, it is removed from Pokémon.com entirely.
- It is also removed from the re-release of the Orange Islands DVD box set.
- In addition, it was skipped by Hungama TV and Disney XD in India and was replaced by Charizard Chills.
- In 2017, when the series was added to Prime Video in Japan, the version featured updated the color of Lorelei's Jynx to its current violet design to resolve the controversy. This version has not been dubbed into English, and as a result is still banned from being shown in the dub whenever the second season is rerun or rereleased on home video and digital formats outside of Asia.
- This episode marks the first time Ash has battled an Elite Four member.
- This is the last English dubbed episode to feature Jynx in its original design. Until the debut of its redesign in Mean With Envy, all shots featuring Jynx are edited out in the English dubs of episodes following this one.
- James calls Prima "Miss Elite", likely a reference to her status as Lorelei, the first member of the Elite Four, in the games.
See also[]
- Beauty and the Beach
- The Legend of Dratini
- Electric Soldier Porygon
- Holiday Hi-Jynx
- Stage Fight!
- The Ice Cave!
- Ash and Passimian! A Touchdown of Friendship!
External links[]
- The Mandarin Island Miss Match at the Internet Movie Database
- The Mandarin Island Miss Match at Bulbapedia, the Pokémon wiki.