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Who Gets to Keep Togepi?
トゲピーはだれのもの!? Who Gets to Keep Togepi?
Broadcast dates
Japan	June 25, 1998
USA	March 27, 1999
Theme songs
Opening	Pokémon Theme
Japanese theme songs
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	園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda
Storyboard	井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani
Assistant director	井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani
Animation director	酒井啓史 Hiroshi Sakai

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.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Major events 2.1 Debuts 3 Characters 3.1 Humans 3.2 Pokémon 4 Trivia 4.1 Errors 4.2 Dub edits 5 In other languages

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. (and the second one with a new generation Pokémon appears for real, since the one in EP002 was only a flashback.)
• When Jessie's 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 Brock's Onix - Meowth wins by hitting Onix with two buckets of water and then using Fury Swipes
  • Ash's Bulbasaur VS Misty's Psyduck - Ash wins by having Bulbasaur Tickle Psyduck (Unable to actually attack Psyduck without giving it a headache
  • Meowth VS Ash's Pikachu - Ash wins with a simple Thunderbolt
• Even though Ash first owned the egg and won it from the tournament, Togepi chose Misty when she pushed Ash and Brock to see it hatch. Since Togepi saw Misty first, Togepi chose Misty.

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.
• Tickle was not an attack until Advance Generation was introduced.

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

• 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?