Dawn's Togekiss

Dawn's Togekiss ヒカリのトゲキッス Hikari's Togekiss

Dawn's Togekiss

Debuts in DP171 Caught at Katakuri Town Gender Female Ability Unknown Current location With Dawn

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Togekiss Kikuko Inoue N/A

Dawn's Togekiss (Japanese: ヒカリのトゲキッス Hikari's Togekiss) is the eighth Pokémon obtained by Dawn. She is voiced by 井上喜久子 Kikuko Inoue in Japanese.

History

Togekiss originally belonged to Princess Salvia, a doppelgänger of Dawn, who wished to compete in a Pokémon Contest to see what it was like. As the two had a near-identical appearance, they switched lives for a time, with Dawn secretly becoming Salvia, and Salvia, dressed as Dawn, using Togekiss in the Katakuri Town contest. Doing very well for her first contest, Salvia managed to win the ribbon from the contest, but gave it to her opponent, Jessilina, instead, as Dawn already had the required ribbons for entry into the Grand Festival. To allow it to continue competing in contests, Salvia gave Togekiss to Dawn.

In DP172, Dawn began training Togekiss for the Grand Festival, during which she became fast friends with Piplup. Ash volunteered to used Gible against Togekiss for a training match, and while the two were evenly-matched, Togekiss's motherly instincts came to the fore when she shielded Piplup from Gible's still unreliable Draco Meteor. Togekiss then talked with Gible, warning him to be more careful with his moves which made Gible regret his past carelessness.

Dawn initially had difficulties battling with Togekiss, as she only would use graceful moves in battle. However Dawn soon realized that instead of Togekiss changing to suit Dawn, Dawn should instead change her strategy to suit Togekiss's strengths. This new strategy was later used to win against Jessie and Yanmega, who were looking for revenge on Dawn and Togekiss for their defeat in the contest.

Moves used

Trivia

• Togekiss was first revealed in the Japanese opening The Greatest - Everyday!.
• Togekiss is the second Pokémon obtained by Dawn from another Trainer specifically for competition in Contests. The first was Ambipom.
  • Interestingly, both are female Template:Type2 Generation IV Pokémon that are part of a Generation II evolutionary family. Both were also used by their original Trainers in a Contest before becoming Dawn's Pokémon.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Togekiss.

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Dawn's Pokémon
On hand:	Piplup	Buneary	Pachirisu	Mamoswine	Quilava	Togekiss
In training:	Ambipom
Traded away:	Buizel
Released:	Oshawott
Temporary:	Pikachu	Croagunk	Chimchar	Staravia	Grimer	Dodrio
	Sharpedo