DP142

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DP142

DP142   EP608 史上最悪のトゲピー！ The Worst Togepy Ever!

First broadcast Japan September 10, 2009 United States

English themes Opening

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ 2009 Ending もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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(Japanese: 史上最悪のトゲピー！ The Worst Togepy Ever!) is the 142nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 608th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 10, 2009.

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Synopsis

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It's just another day in the life of Ash and his friends when while on their way to Lilypad Town for Dawn's next contest they fall into into yet another Team Rocket trap, unfortunately this time it appears that Jessie, James and Meowth will succeed in their plan to steal everyone's Pokémon. However the two groups find themselves at the mercy of a malevolent and sadistic Togepi that delights in making people suffer. Soon everyone is forced to join forces to escape, but will it be enough to outwit the Spike Ball Pokémon?

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Grotle (Ash's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Togepi
• Rayquaza

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Luvdisc
• This is the first episode in which Togepi appears as a species that does not feature Misty's.
• This is the last episode to air before the release of HeartGold and SoulSilver in Japan.
• This episode has a similar theme to UnBEARable in that it stars a cute Pokémon who manipulates everyone.
• Jessie's Yanmega's gender is confirmed as female in this episode being the only one who was not affected by Togepi's Attract while Pikachu, Piplup, Meowth, and Croagunk were. In addition to this, Pikachu's gender is also officially confirmed in the Japanese version.
• This episode marks the first time a real Rayquaza appears in the anime series.

Errors

Dub edits

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