EP129

Ignorance is Blissey File:IgnoranceisBlissey.jpg.png

EP129   ハピナスのハッピーナース！ Happinas's Happy Nurse!

First broadcast Japan January 6, 2000 United States December 9, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue Animation director 梶浦紳一郎 Shin'ichirō Kajiura No additional credits are available at this time.

Ignorance is Blissey (Japanese: ハピナスのハッピーナース！ Happinas's Happy Nurse!|) is episode 129 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 6, 2000 and in the United States on December 9, 2000.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

• We learn more about Jessie's past.

Debuts

• Blissey

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Togepi

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Blissey (Joy's; debut)
• Chansey (Nursing School's; flashback, multiple)
• Oddish (Nursing School's; flashback)
• Bellsprout (Nursing School's; flashback)
• Cubone (Nursing School's; flashback)
• Ditto (Nursing School's; flashback)

Trivia

• This episode is based on Megumi Hayashibara's experiences in nursing school.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the popular saying, "ignorance is bliss."

In other languages

• French: Une amitié indestructible
• Italian: Vecchie conoscenze
• Polish: To Blissey
• Brazilian Português: Ignorância é uma Blissey!

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