EP129

Ignorance is Blissey
ハピナスのハッピーナース！ Happinas's Happy Nurse!
Broadcast dates
Japan	January 6, 2000
USA	December 9, 2000
Theme songs
Opening	Pokémon Johto
Japanese theme songs
Opening	OK!
Ending	ニャースのパーティ
Credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	武上純希 Junki Takegami
Storyboard	井上修 Osamu Inoue
Assistant director	井上修 Osamu Inoue
Animation director	梶浦紳一郎 Shin'ichirō Kajiura

Ignorance is Blissey (Japanese: ハピナスのハッピーナース！ Happinas's Happy Nurse!|) is episode 129 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 6, 2000 and in the United States on December 9, 2000.

Synopsis

Major events

• We learn more about Jessie's past.

Debuts

• Blissey

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Togepi

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Blissey (Joy's; debut)
• Chansey (Nursing School's; flashback, multiple)
• Oddish (Nursing School's; flashback)
• Bellsprout (Nursing School's; flashback)
• Cubone (Nursing School's; flashback)
• Ditto (Nursing School's; flashback)

Trivia

• This episode is based on Megumi Hayashibara's experiences in nursing school.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the popular saying, "ignorance is bliss."
• This episode is later referenced in One Big Happiny Family

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Ignorância é uma Blissey!
• French: Une amitié indestructible
• Italian: Vecchie conoscenze
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Mi amiga Blissey!
• Polish: To Blissey
• Spanish: La ignorancia de Blissey

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