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[[File:Old Man Swamp.png|thumb|250px|Old Man Swamp]]
'''Old Man Swamp''' (Japanese: '''ヌマタ老人''' ''Old Numata''), also known as '''Mr. Swampy''', is a [[character of the day]] who appeared in ''[[AG025|A Mudkip Mission]]''. He also appeared in [[Ash & Pikachu]].

==In the anime==
Old Man Swamp runs a shelter on [[Dewford Town|Dewford Island]] for {{p|Mudkip}}, where he raises Mudkip from {{pkmn|Egg}}s provided to him by the [[Pokémon League]] for starting {{pkmn|Trainer}}s of the [[Hoenn]] [[region]]. 

In ''[[AG025|A Mudkip Mission]]'', he was initially furious to see that {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} had trespassed onto his property. Soon everything was straightened out when [[Max]] explained that {{an|Brock}} saved a baby Mudkip. Brock later explained to him that another, older, {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}} was responsible for rescuing the baby Mudkip. Swampy then informed the group that the older Mudkip was actually a wild Mudkip, who'd befriended the Mudkip he raised and acted as their self-appointed guardian. Afterwards, Swampy invited the group over to his home and allowed them to watch a Mudkip hatch from an Egg.

{{TRT}}, who had accidentally stumbled onto Swampy's property were unaware of the valuable Mudkip the he was caring for. However this all changed when Old Man Swamp, who has a tendency of giving out too much information, revealed that he raised Mudkip and he explained that breaking the dam would flood the area and the Mudkip would have nowhere to live. [[James]] promptly called on {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to destroy the dam wall, and soon the Mudkip were threatened by the raging flood waters. Brock, {{TP|Brock|Lotad}} and the large Mudkip went onto rescue all of the Mudkip hatchlings. Afterwards, Team rocket revealed their [[Team Rocket's mechas|mechanized Mudkip maiden]] and scooped up all of the Mudkip. Brock again intervened, having Lotad and the large Mudkip soak the ground to trap the robot in the muddy soil before {{AP|Pikachu}} sent the Rocket trio blasting off with a {{m|Thunderbolt}}.

When Old Man Swamp saw how Brock and Mudkip worked together to save the baby Mudkip and stop Team Rocket, he asked Brock to take Mudkip with him as it was going to be too lonely once all of the other Mudkip were given to their new {{pkmn|Trainer}}s. Both Brock and Mudkip happily agreed.

Old Man Swamp bears a great resemblance to the Pokémon he takes care of.

===Pokémon===
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Old Man Swamp
|egg=yes
|pkmn=Mudkip (multiple)
|type1=Water
|img=Old Man Swamp Mudkip.png
|epnum=AG025
|epname=A Mudkip Mission
|desc=Old Man Swamp receives many Mudkip {{pkmn|Egg}}s from the [[Pokémon League]] and raises them to be [[first partner Pokémon]] for beginning {{pkmn|Trainer}}s of the [[Hoenn]] [[region]]. He raises them in a protected swamp area on [[Dewford Town|Dewford Island]].

In ''[[AG025|A Mudkip Mission]]'', one of the baby Mudkip fell into the river during a play fight, though {{an|Brock}} used his {{TP|Brock|Lotad}} to save it and a bigger {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}} helped them back to shore.

Later, {{TRT}} appeared on Swampy's property and set about trying to catch the young Mudkip. Their initial attempt failed after Brock {{TP|Brock|Forretress}}, Lotad and Mudkip rescued all of the hatchlings from the flood waters. Afterwards Team Rocket used their [[Team Rocket's mechas|Mudkip maiden robot]] to scoop up all the Mudkip. However their plot was again thwarted, with Brock having Lotad and Mudkip use Water Gun on the ground to trap the mecha in the mud. Mudkip went onto free all the young ones before {{AP|Pikachu}} sent the Rocket trio blasting off with a {{m|Thunderbolt}}.

Some Mudkip's only known move is {{m|Water Gun}}.}}

====Befriended====
{{TrainerPoké
|main=yes
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Mudkip
|type1=Water
|img=Brock Mudkip debut.png
|epnum=AG025
|epname=A Mudkip Mission
|vajp=Megumi Hayashibara
|vaen=Lindsey Warner
|desc=This {{pkmn2|wild}} Mudkip did not leave the swamp as it befriended many of Swampy's hatchlings and acted as a guardian for the younger, smaller Mudkip. It later joined {{an|Brock}} and left the pond after he helped it rescue itself and a younger Mudkip from a {{TRT}} attack.}}

===Voice actors===
{{vatable|color={{water color}}|bordercolor={{water color light}}
|ja=石丸博也 ''Hiroya Ishimaru''
|en=[[Pete Zarustica]]
|fi=Arto Nieminen
|fr_eu=Benoît Van Dorslaer
|it=Pietro Ubaldi
|hi=Rahul Nayer (Cartoon Network)
|no=Trond Teigen
|pt_br=Carlos Silveira
|es_eu=Roberto Cuenca Martínez
|pl=Jacek Kałucki}}

==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
[[File:Old Man Swamp AP.png|thumb|200px|Old Man in Ash & Pikachu]]
Old Man Swamp appeared in ''[[SP20|Brock, A Man Of Resolve!!]]''. Unlike the anime, he has a granddaughter named {{OBP|Susie|SP}}.
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====Pokémon====
{| width="25%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Old Man Swamp|Mudkip|Old Man Swamp Mudkip AP.png|Water|disp=Mudkip (multiple)|link=no}}
|}

==Trivia==
* His hair resembles a {{p|Mudkip}}.

==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{water color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{water color dark}}"
|-
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Polish
| Swampy
| From his English name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Russian
| Свампи ''Svampi''
| From his English name
|}

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