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Mandarin Island South (Japanese: マンダリン島 Mandarin Island) is located in the southern end of the Orange Archipelago. It is the largest island in the chain. It was featured from The Mandarin Island Miss Match to The Mystery Menace.

In the anime

Most of Mandarin Island South is desert

Mandarin Island South is home to many big cities and a large stadium, though much of the island is desert.

In The Mandarin Island Miss Match, Ash and his friends met Prima of the Elite Four. She trains here during the off-season and has a home just outside a large city. Once a week, she gives lectures and demonstrates Pokémon battling techniques. Prima gave Ash a lesson in humility after noticing that he was becoming overconfident and not listening to his Pokémon.

In Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?, the group helped Yambera quarrelling neighbors Ralph and Emily for the sake of their Nidoran, who had fallen in love.

The group met electricity supplier Ethan in Get Along, Little Pokémon, who agreed to give them a lift in exchange for their help. He carts throughout the deserts of Mandarin Island South to deliver electricity to isolated towns and cities. The harsh landscape is prone to lightning storms, though Ethan uses the electricity to charge up his team of Magnemite.

In The Mystery Menace, Ash and his friends arrived in the large port city of Trovitopolis. A mystery creature, which was later discovered to be a giant Bulbasaur discarded by the Mayor of Trovitopolis was accused of endangering the public. Ash and his friends traversed the city's extensive sewers and saved the Bulbasaur from the Mayor’s plans to destroy it.

Locations

Cities and towns

Gallery

Pokémon seen on Mandarin Island South

Trivia

  • The island doesn't appear to have much in common with Mandarin Island North. It is believed that naming both islands the same name was a dubbing error, as the Japanese names are different for both.

Name origin

LanguageNameOrigin
Japaneseマンダリン島 Mandarin TōFrom mandarin orange
English, GermanMandarin Island SouthFrom its Japanese name
FrenchÎle MandarineFrom its English name
ItalianIsola dei Mandarini SudFrom its English name
SpanishIsla Mandarina*From its English name
Isla Mandarín*From its English name
Korean만다린섬 Mandarin SeomFrom its Japanese name
Chinese小橘子島 / 小橘子岛 Xiǎojúzǐ Dǎo / Síugwātjí Dóu*From 小橘子 xiǎojúzǐ / síugwātjí' (small mandarin)
小柑橘岛 Xiǎogānjú Dǎo*From 小柑橘 xiǎoiǎogānjú' (small citrus)
CzechMandarinkový ostrovFrom English name
DutchMandarin IslandSame as English name
Hebrewבאי מנדרינה Ba'ee MandarinaFrom English name
HungarianMandarin szigetenFrom English name
NorwegianMandarinøyaFrom English name
PolishWyspa MandarynekFrom English name
PortugueseIlha MandarinFrom English name
RomanianInsulă MandarinFrom English name
RussianМандаринов остров Mandarinov ostrovFrom English name
SwedishMandarinönFrom English name

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