EP050

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EP050   トゲピーはだれのもの!? Who Gets to Keep Togepi?

First broadcast Japan June 25, 1998 United States March 27, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケットにファンタジー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Animation director 酒井啓史 Keishi Sakai Additional credits

Who Gets to Keep Togepi? (Japanese: トゲピーはだれのもの!? Who Gets to Keep Togepy!?) is episode 50 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 25, 1998, and in the United States on March 27, 1999.

After successfully stealing the egg, Meowth cares for it until it hatches into Togepi. On arguing with Ash, Brock and Misty over who is Togepi's rightful owner, they have a tournament to decide who gets to keep Togepi.

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

Major events

• The egg hatches into a Togepi.
• Togepi chooses to go with Misty.
• Ash gets his PokéDex upgraded.

Debuts

• Misty's Togepi

Characters

Humans

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

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Aerodactyl

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's; newly hatched, debut)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmeleon (Ash's; flashback)
• Muk (Ash's; at Oak's lab)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Aerodactyl (flashback)

Trivia

• This is the third episode in which a Pokémon from a new generation appears. The first two were Pokémon - I Choose You! and Pokémon Emergency!, respectively, in which Ho-Oh appeared.
• When Arbok slaps Brock in the back of the head his eyes open.
• This marks one of the few occasions where Meowth is seen in battle.
• The tournament:
  • Meowth VS Onix - Meowth wins by hitting Onix with two buckets of water and then using Fury Swipes
  • Bulbasaur VS Psyduck - Ash wins by having Bulbasaur Tickle Psyduck (unable to actually attack Psyduck without giving it a headache). This may have inspired the move that was introduced in Generation III.
  • Meowth VS Pikachu - Ash wins with a simple Thunderbolt
• Even though Ash first owned the egg and won it from the tournament, Togepi chose Misty because it saw her first.

Errors

• In one scene, Jessie eats toast with her gloves and boots off. The next scene after being attacked, her gloves and boots were back on.

Dub edits

• The Japanese release states "Dr. Okido" on the video card that Ash gets from Nurse Joy, instead of "Ookido". The dub painted it out.

In other languages

• French: Oeuf surprise
• Italian: L'uovo della discordia
• Latin American Spanish: ¿Quién se queda con Togepi?
• Spanish: ¿Quién conseguirá quedarse con Togepi?
• Swedish: Vem vinner Togepi?

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