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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.

Synopsis

Major events

• The Togepi egg hatches into a Togepi.
• Togepi chooses to go with Misty.

Debuts

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 EP001 and EP002, respectively, in which Ho-Oh appeared.
• When Jessie's Arbok slaps Brock in the back of the head his eyes open
• The tournament:
  • Meowth VS Brock's Onix - Meowth wins
  • Ash's Bulbasaur VS Misty's Psyduck - Ash wins
  • Meowth VS Ash's Pikachu - Ash wins

Errors

Ash's Bulbasaur was able to use Tickle, which wasn't a real attack at the time, on Misty's Psyduck eventhough Bulbasaur cannot learn Tickle.

Dub edits

The Japanese release states "Dr. Okido" on the video card that Ash gets from Nurse Joy, not Ookido. The dub painted it out.

In other languages

• French: Oeuf surprise

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