EP045

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Original series

EP046 : Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon →

The Song of Jigglypuff

EP045   うたって！プリン！ Sing! Purin!

First broadcast Japan May 21, 1998 United States February 20, 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 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa Additional credits

The Song of Jigglypuff (Japanese: うたって！プリン！ Sing! Purin!) is the 45th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 21, 1998, and in the United States on February 20, 1999.

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

Major events

• The Jigglypuff that Ash and his friends help out in this episode begins to follow them around. It will continue doing this until A Poké-Block Party.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Jigglypuff

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Jigglypuff

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Jigglypuff (anime; debut)

Trivia

• James makes a possible reference to This is Spinal Tap when he says "crank the speakers up to eleven."
• Although it was never aired in syndicated form in Cartoon Network in 2003, it was finally aired on September 5, 2007 at 6:30 AM ET.
• The guitar on the music store sign is a Gibson Les Paul.

Errors

• In one scene, Jigglypuff's eyes turn green.
• Misty's shoes are completely red in one scene.
• When the person who bumped into Ash apologized for knocking into him the previous night, this is wrong. It was actually two nights before.

Dub edits

• The scene of Jessie getting spanked by the huge woman and James getting beat up was cut out of the Kids' WB! airing of the episode. However, it does appear in the Cartoon Network and the DVD/VHS version.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: A Canção do Jigglypuff
• Finnish: Jigglypuff laulaa
• French: Une jolie berceuse
• German: Pummeluff´s Song
• Italian: Sulle ali di una canzone
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La canción de Jigglypuff!
• Iberian Spanish: La canción de Jigglypuff
• Swedish: Jigglypuffs sång

← EP044 : The Problem with Paras

Original series

EP046 : Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon →

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.