Ash develops a strategy to counter Grant's Onix's Rock Tomb.
This episode is unique among skipped and banned episodes as it had a known English dub title during the period in which it was banned. The title was posted on the Turner Broadcasting press site, but was then pulled off the next day and replaced with Shoyo Gym Battle! Pikachu VS Chigoras!! (2014).
Coincidentally, the original 24th episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White was also skipped, but unlike this episode, it ultimately never aired anywhere in the world.
Unlike the delayed episode The Fishing Sommelier - Dent Appears! (2011) (but like other delayed episodes such as Rougela's Christmas (1998) and Fierce Fighting! Pokémon Girls' Festival! (1998)), this episode was not re-edited to fit into continuity: Ash's Fletchinder appears as a Fletchling and the episode contains references to Ash's upcoming battle with Grant. The narrator's dialogue acknowledges that the story takes place in the past.
The story of the S.S. Cussler sinking after hitting an iceberg greatly resembles the story of RMS Titanic, a luxury liner that suffered the same fate in 1912. The outlook of the S.S. Cussler also greatly resembles Titanic's design. In addition, Eddy and Lindsey's submarine greatly resembles Alvin, a famous real-life submarine that has explored the wreck of Titanic and also has room for a pilot and two passengers.