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Who Gets to Keep Togepi? (Japanese: トゲピーはだれのもの !? Who Gets to Keep Togepi!?) is the 50th episode 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

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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 (Brock claims that he cheated when he did that, though considering how he was still able to compete in it, Brock could have been acting like a sore loser.)
  • 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.
• The dub title is the same as the Japanese title. This also happened with Pokémon - I Choose You!.

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

• Brazilian Portuguese: Quem vai ficar com o Togepi?
• Finnish: Kenelle Togepi kuuluu?
• 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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