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 A Mudkip Mission. He also appeared in the Ash & Pikachu manga.

In the anime
Old Man Swamp is a man who runs a shelter for and resembles the Pokémon he takes care of. He receives Mudkip s from the Pokémon League and raises them to be starter Pokémon for beginning Trainers of the Hoenn region. When he saw that and company trespassed in his secret shelter grounds, he thought that they were trying to steal the Mudkip. Soon everything was straightened out when Ash explained how saved a baby Mudkip. But Brock explained to him later that another, older, helped rescue the baby Mudkip.

Old Man Swamp has a tendency of giving out too much information. One instance was him telling not to break the dam because it would flood the area and the Mudkip would have nowhere to live.

When Old Man Swamp saw how Brock and Mudkip worked together to save the baby Mudkip and stop Team Rocket, he eventually asked him to take Mudkip with him as it was getting too old to give to a beginning Trainer. Both Brock and Mudkip happily agreed.

In the Ash & Pikachu manga
Old Man Swamp appeared in Brock, A Man Of Resolve!!. Unlike the anime, he was shown to have a granddaughter named.

Names
Alter Moormann Swampie/Pantani Vecchio della palude 沼田