Fukuhara Island No. 4

The subject of this article has no official English name. The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name.

Fukuhara Island No. 4 フクハラ４号島 Fukuhara Island No. 4
Region	Orange Islands
Series debut	Shell Shock
Location of Fukuhara Island No. 4 in the Orange Islands

(Japanese: フクハラ４号島 Fukuhara Island No. 4) is an island in the Orange Islands. It appeared in Shell Shock!. According to the standard map of the Orange Islands, it is located south of Fairchild Island and between Pinkan Island and Kinnow Island (depicted with a picture of Kabuto next to it).

The island is uninhabited by humans, except for an old man named Umberto who watches the island in case anyone visited it. The island is mostly forest.

Name

This island is not named in the anime itself, and is described as a deserted island in maps.

In the English version of the Orange Islands map (which was included in the books Extreme Pokémon: The Guide for the Ultimate Fan and Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium), it is labeled "a deserted island". In The Memorial Book of Orange Islands, it is named 「無人島(むじんとう)」 (Mujin Tō, lit. "deserted island") both on the map and in the section about the island. In Pocket Monsters Film Comic Episode: Orange Islands 3, the island is labelled "Mujin Isl." and 「無人島(むじんとう)」 on the map, but the section about the island next to the map is named 「フクハラ４号島(ごうとう)（無人島(むじんとう)）」 (Fukuhara Island Number 4 (Deserted Island)).

History

In Shell Shock!, Nurse Joy and her team of archaeologists discovered a hidden cave filled with what were believed to be Dome Fossils. The island has a prophecy that tells about the island's fate if the Kabuto Fossils are disturbed:

When the scavengers arrive, the moon will glow an angry red.

The land itself will vanish, and be swallowed by the sea.

Due to the interference of Ash and his friends and Team Rocket, the prophecy was fulfilled and the island sank into the sea. With all the Kabuto Fossils revived, they swam out to sea to look for a new place to sleep.

Pokémon seen on the island

Kabuto (multiple)

Trivia

• In The Memorial Book of Orange Islands, Shinzō Fujita (screenwriter of the episode set on this island) commented that he had originally planned to call this island 「ユズ島」 Yuzu Island. This name was ultimately used for Trovita Island instead.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	フクハラ４号島 Fukuhara 4-gō Tō	From 福原 Fukuhara, a variety of sweet orange
Chinese	富拉四號島 Fùlā Sìhào Dǎo*	Partial transliteration of Japanese name
	福源４号岛 Fúyuán Sìhào Dǎo*	From Japanese 福原 Fukuhara

References

Orange Islands
Inhabited islands Ascorbia • Butwal • Golden • Hamlin • Kinnow • Kumquat • Mandarin N. Mandarin S. • Mikan • Moro • Murcott • Navel • Pummelo • Shamouti Sunburst • Tangelo • Tarroco • Trovita • Valencia Deserted islands Cleopatra • Fairchild • Fire • Fukuhara No. 4 Grapefruit • Ice • Lightning • Pinkan • Rind Unnamed islands Unnamed island (EP092) • Unnamed island (EP098) Unnamed island (EP110) • Unnamed island (PK04) Settlements Trovitopolis • Yambera Landmarks Ghost ship • Palace of Victory • Pokémon Showboat • Pummelo Stadium

This article is part of both Project Anime and Project Locations, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on locations in the anime.