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'''The Song of Jigglypuff''' (Japanese: '''うたって！プリン！''' ''Sing! {{tt|Purin|Jigglypuff}}!'') is the 45th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 21, 1998, and in the United States on February 20, 1999.  
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'''The Song of Jigglypuff''' (Japanese: '''うたって！プリン！''' ''Sing! {{tt|Purin|Jigglypuff}}!'') is the 45th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 21, 1998, and in the United States on February 20, 1999.
{{spoilers}}
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== Synopsis ==
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{{Ash}}, [[Misty]], and [[Brock]] are walking through a desert, looking for a town. They eventually arrive at [[Neon Town]] and it's already dark. In the city, a mean looking guy bumps into Ash and gets mad at the boy. Ash retorts but Brock immediately asks Ash to apologize. Ash refuses to do so and bumps into the guy. Before things get more heated, [[Officer Jenny]] stops them. Misty notices that this Jenny is a bit cranky.


[[Team Rocket]] shows up in town. [[James]] bumps into the same guy Ash encountered earlier. He gets mad at the guy, but he ends up getting beaten up. On the other hand, [[Jessie]] gets beaten up by a big woman for bumping into her.  
==Blurb==
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<i>Our heroes trudge along, resigning themselves to the idea of camping out in the desert as the sun slowly sets. Suddenly they see bright lights in front of them: a glamorous city appears before them, covered in neon lights. They have found Neon Town, a city that is loud and boisterous 24 hours a day, famous for having no nights. The residents of Neon City sleep as little as possible and use all of their time to play. Behind the other side of the town's glorious facade, however, people are always angry and irritated. Fights being an everyday occurrence, Jenny, the policewoman, is terribly busy. Having had enough of a town so noisy one can't even sleep at night, our heroes head out into the peaceful forest. There they chance across Jigglypuff, the singing Pokémon.</i>


The next morning, as Ash, Misty and Brock come out of a hotel, they notice several people arguing with one another. They head out to a forest outside the city and spots a {{p|Jigglypuff}}. Misty expresses her desire to capture one. She calls out for {{TP|Misty|Staryu}}, but {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} pops out instead. Misty scolds it and puts it back into the [[Poké Ball]], much to her dismay. After that, she sends out Staryu and let it attack the Jigglypuff. The little pink round Pokémon gets upset and cries. Brock finds this Jigglypuff strange. The gang then finds out that the {{an|Jigglypuff}} had problems with {{m|sing}}ing. Misty apologizes for attacking it earlier and hugs it. Ash decides that they should teach it to sing.  
==Plot==
{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Neon Town]], when a man bumps into Ash and becomes infuriated. Ash insults him, and when {{an|Brock}} tells Ash to apologize, he refuses. Before the situation escalates any further, [[Officer Jenny]] steps in and sends the man on his way, and suggests that Ash and his friends find a hotel to sleep in. {{an|Misty}} notices that this Jenny is a bit edgier than the others. Later, {{TRT}} shows up in town and [[James]] bumps into the man from before, who punches him repeatedly over the head. Meanwhile, [[Jessie]] is spanked by a large woman for bumping into her.


Hiding and spying on the gang, Team Rocket wants to use the Jigglypuff to put the people of Neon Town to sleep. They reveal themselves to the gang wearing costumes and Team Rocket do their motto while singing.  
The next morning, as Ash and his friends come out of a hotel, they notice several people arguing with one another. Deciding to leave right away, they head to a forest outside the city and spot a {{p|Jigglypuff}}. Misty expresses her desire to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} one and calls out {{TP|Misty|Staryu}}, but {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} pops out instead. Misty scolds it and puts it back into its {{i|Poké Ball}}. This time, she successfully sends out Staryu, who uses {{m|Double-Edge}} on Jigglypuff. The {{pkmn|category|Balloon Pokémon}} then gets upset and cries. The group then finds out that {{an|Jigglypuff|this Jigglypuff}} is having a hard time with its {{m|sing}}ing. Misty apologizes for attacking it earlier and hugs the Pokémon, deciding that they should help it with its singing.


After dealing with Team Rocket, Misty gives Jigglypuff some lessons on controlling your breathing when singing. Ash compliments her for having a good singing voice. {{AP|Pikachu}} sings as well. When Ash compliments it, Jigglypuff gets annoyed and secretly kicks Pikachu. Misty inflates a balloon and puts it in Jigglypuff's mouth. The air inside inflates inside and Jigglypuff goes flying. Brock helps Jigglypuff by giving it a fruit that can help make its throat feel better. Jigglypuff takes a bite out of the fruit and starts singing. Pikachu starts celebrating, but Jigglypuff kicks it again.  
Nearby, Team Rocket decides that they want to use the Jigglypuff to put the people of Neon Town to sleep in order to steal their Pokémon. They reveal themselves while wearing costumes and proceed to sing a tune radically different from their {{motto}}. After they finish, Team Rocket announces their latest scheme. Ash sends out his {{AP|Bulbasaur}} to {{pkmn|battle}}, and James sends out his {{TP|James|Weezing}}. Bulbasaur's {{m|Vine Whip}} puts Weezing into a spin, resulting in Weezing's {{m|Poison Gas}} hitting Team Rocket instead. Misty calls her Staryu and orders it to blast Team Rocket away using {{m|Water Gun}}.


Misty requests for Jigglypuff to sing. Jigglypuff obliges and starts singing beautifully. Team Rocket, hiding behind some bushes, sets up the recorder to capture Jigglypuff's voice. As Jigglypuff's sings, everyone started feeling sleepy. When Jigglypuff notices everyone sleeping, it gets upset. It goes through Ash's bag and pulls out a black marker. It then proceed to scribble markings all over their faces. It also finds Team Rocket sleeping and tries waking them up with {{m|DoubleSlap}}. Unable to wake them up, Jigglypuff scribbles on their faces as well.  
Afterwards, Misty gives Jigglypuff some lessons on breath control when singing. {{AP|Pikachu}} sings as well, and when Ash compliments him, Jigglypuff gets annoyed and secretly kicks Pikachu. Before anyone can notice it, Jigglypuff hides behind Misty, who then inflates a balloon and puts it in Jigglypuff's mouth. The air inflates Jigglypuff and it goes flying. Brock also helps it by giving it a fruit that can help make its throat feel better. Jigglypuff takes a bite and instantly starts singing. Pikachu starts celebrating, but Jigglypuff kicks him again, and before the Mouse Pokémon can notice, Jigglypuff is already in Misty's arms.


Ash, Misty, and Brock wake up only to see their faces with markings. They rub it off and saw that Jigglypuff is mad at them. Misty realizes that they must have fallen asleep during the performance and apologizes to it.  
Misty requests Jigglypuff to sing; it obliges and starts singing beautifully. Meanwhile, Team Rocket, hiding amongst some grass, sets up a tape reel recorder and a connected boom microphone to capture Jigglypuff's voice. As Jigglypuff sings, everyone falls asleep. When Jigglypuff notices everyone sleeping, it inflates itself in anger, goes through Ash's [[Bag|backpack]], pulls out a black marker, and scribbles markings all over their faces. It also finds Team Rocket sleeping and tries waking them up with {{m|Double Slap}}. Unable to wake them up, Jigglypuff scribbles on their faces as well.


Everyone tries to cheer it up by letting their Pokémon listen to its singing. However, all of their Pokémon also falls asleep, including {{p|Psyduck}}.  
Ash and his friends wake up, only to find their faces covered with the markings. They rub it off and see that Jigglypuff is mad at them. Misty realizes that they must have fallen asleep during the performance and apologizes to Jigglypuff. Everyone tries to cheer it up by letting their Pokémon listen to its singing. However, all of their Pokémon also fall asleep. Then, Misty decides to let Psyduck listen to Jigglypuff's singing, since Psyduck is apparently so dumb it wouldn't know if it was awake or asleep. After Jigglypuff sings for Psyduck, it still becomes angry, and Misty realizes that Psyduck fell asleep with its eyes still open. Meanwhile, Team Rocket finally wakes up and see their faces are covered with markings. They rub it off and proceed to check the recording. Unfortunately, the recorder did not capture Jigglypuff's singing and recorded their loud snoring instead.


Team Rocket finally wakes up and see their faces covered with markings. They rub it off and proceeded to check the recording. Unfortunately, the recorder did not capture Jigglypuff's singing. It recorded their loud snoring.  
Brock suggests they take Jigglypuff to perform for the sleepless people of Neon Town, which Team Rocket is delighted to hear. When they get into town, Ash and his friends look for a place for Jigglypuff to sing, to no avail. A stage truck then pulls over, driven by Jessie and James, [[List of Team Rocket's disguises|disguised]] as rock stars, who offer them their stage. Once the stage is set, Jigglypuff starts singing into a microphone and begins to pull a crowd. However, its voice echoes throughout Neon Town's restaurants and gambling dens, causing everyone in the town to fall asleep. Team Rocket, whose ears were not plugged in properly, fall asleep as well. Once Jigglypuff is finished, it gets upset with its dormant audience and goes on to scribble markings on everyone's faces. The next morning, Ash and his friends wake up, and quickly find out what happened. Jigglypuff is nowhere to be seen, and they assume it must have left out of anger. When the townspeople wake up, they seem friendlier to one another; the man who bumped into Ash earlier even apologizes to him. Misty call outs for Jigglypuff, though there is no response. Team Rocket awakens and leaves the city looking very happy despite their latest failure.


Brock suggests an idea of letting Jigglypuff perform for the people in Neon Town. Team Rocket is happy to hear. When they get into town, the gang looks for a place for Jigglypuff to sing. A truck then pulls over. James, disguised as a rock star, offers them their stage.  
As Ash and his friends leave the city, unbeknownst to them, Jigglypuff is following close behind.


With the stage set, Jigglypuff starts singing. The voice is so strong that everyone in the town starts falling to sleep. Jigglypuff gets really upset with all of them and goes to scribble markings on everyone's faces. When the people in town wakes up, they seem friendlier to one another. The guy who bumped into Ash earlier even apologizes to him. Misty looks for Jigglypuff and realizes it was gone. On the other hand, Team Rocket leaves the city looking very happy.  
==Major events==
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* {{an|Misty}} tries to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{an|Jigglypuff}}, but decides against it upon finding out that it can't {{m|Sing}}.
* [[Misty's Staryu]] is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.
* The Jigglypuff that {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} help out in this episode begins to [[Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|follow them around]].
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As Ash, Misty, and Brock leave the city, Jigglypuff comes along and follows them.
===Debuts===
 
== Major events ==
* The {{an|Jigglypuff}} that {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} help out in this episode begins to follow them around.
 
=== Debuts ===
====Pokémon debuts====
====Pokémon debuts====
* {{p|Jigglypuff}}
* {{p|Jigglypuff}} ({{an|Jigglypuff|anime}})


== Characters ==
==Characters==
=== Humans ===
[[File:Dare da EP045.png|200px|thumb|right|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{Ash}}
* [[Misty]]
* {{an|Misty}}
* [[Brock]]
* {{an|Brock}}
* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* [[Neon Town]] residents


=== Pokémon ===
===Pokémon===
[[File:WTP EP045.png|200px|thumb|right|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Jigglypuff}}
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Jigglypuff}}


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* {{p|Jigglypuff}} ([[Jigglypuff (anime)|anime]]; debut)
* {{p|Jigglypuff}} ([[Jigglypuff (anime)|anime]]; debut)


== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
*James makes a possible reference to {{wp|This is Spinal Tap}} when he says "crank the speakers up to eleven."
* Although it was never aired in syndicated form in {{wp|Cartoon Network}} in 2003, it was finally aired on September 5, 2007 at 6:30 AM ET.
*Although it was never aired in syndicated form in [[Cartoon Network]] in 2003, it was finally aired on September 5, 2007 at 6:30 AM ET.
* [[James]] makes a reference to the 1984 mockumentary film ''{{wp|This Is Spinal Tap}}'' when he says "crank the speakers up to eleven".
*The guitar on the music store sign is a {{wp|Gibson Les Paul}}.
* In the English dub, the guitar on the music store sign is a {{wp|Gibson Les Paul}}.
*When the person who bumped into Ash apologized for knocking into him the previous night, his face hasn't been scribbled on like everyone else's.
* When the person who bumped into {{Ash}} apologizes for knocking into him the previous night, his face has not been scribbled on like everyone else's.
*This episode is featured on the ''Volume 2: Jigglypuff'' copy of [[Pokémon All Stars]].
* Between the two episodes in which it evolved, this episode is the only one in which [[Ash's Charmeleon]] does not appear.
* {{TRT}} [[Breaking the fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] during [[Team Rocket Forever|their song]], in which they say, "We will be the new stars in this cartoon!"
* In the English [[dub]]'s version of the [[Who's That Pokémon?]] segment, the {{p|Jigglypuff}} has green eyes, like it had been in one scene in the episode. Usually, only {{Shiny}} Jigglypuff have green eyes; at this point in time, Shiny Pokémon had not yet been implemented.
* This is the second of only two times in which {{an|Misty}} attempts to catch a non-{{type|Water}} Pokémon (in this case, {{an|Jigglypuff}}), the first attempt having occurred in ''[[EP010|Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village]]''.
* This is one of the few episodes in which Team Rocket does not blast off prior to ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]''.
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 2: Jigglypuff'' from [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series.
* The original 2000 {{pmin|Italy|Italian}} name of this episode may be a reference to ''Auf Flügeln des Gesanges'' (On the wings of song) by {{wp|Felix Mendelssohn}}.
* This episode was [[Banned episodes|banned]] in {{pmin|Turkey}}, but no reason was ever stated.
* Some of the businesses in Neon Town are puns on the names of chain businesses found in many Japanese cities, such as "''Royal {{tt|Poppo|Pidgey}}''" (Royal Host) and "''Seven {{tt|Erebū|Electabuzz}}''" (Seven Eleven).
* This episode features the only appearance of [[slot machine]]s in the anime, not counting the one seen during [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture]]s.


=== Errors ===
===Errors===
* In one scene, Jigglypuff's eyes turn green.
[[File:EP045 Error.png|thumb|200px|Pikachu without his cheek pouches]]
* Misty's shoes are completely red in one scene.
* In one scene, {{an|Jigglypuff}}'s eyes turn green.
* The person who bumped into Ash apologized for knocking into him the previous night when it was actually two nights before.
* {{an|Misty}}'s shoes are completely red in one scene.
* In one scene, {{AP|Pikachu}}'s cheek pouches are missing.
* In one scene in the {{pmin|the Netherlands|Dutch}} dub, Misty's mouth moves, but she doesn't talk.
* In one scene, Ash's shoes are completely white.
* {{an|Brock}} twitches as he says [[Neon Town]] will be able to hear Jigglypuff's song.
* The man that bumped into Ash apologizes for bumping into him ''last'' night. However, he actually bumped into him ''two'' nights ago.
* In one scene in the English dub, a paint edit on a sign is accidentally painted over Brock's head.
* [[James's Weezing]] uses {{m|Poison Gas}} in this episode, even though Weezing [[Anime move errors|could not legally learn it]] until [[Generation II]].


=== Dub edits ===
===Dub edits===
*The scene of Jessie getting spanked by the huge woman and James getting beat up was cut out of the [[Kids' WB!]] airing of the episode. However, it does appear in the [[Cartoon Network]] and the DVD/VHS version.
* [[Kanto Pokérap]]: Day 5 (Version 2)
* The scene of [[Jessie]] getting spanked by the huge woman and James getting beaten up was cut out of the [[Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!]] and [[Pokémon in the United Kingdom|CITV]] airing of the episode. However, it does appear in the {{wp|Cartoon Network}}, streaming versions, and the DVD/VHS version.
** As a result of the removed scene, the following close-up shot of {{MTR}} being stunned is extended until the title card appears.
* The scene of Misty yelling at Psyduck for sleeping with its eyes wide open is cut out during CITV reruns, presumably due to time constraints.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
* Finnish: '''{{tt|Jigglypuff laulaa|Jigglypuff sings}}'''
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* French: '''{{tt|Une jolie berceuse|A lovely lullaby}}'''
|ar={{tt|غناء الجيغليباف|The song of Jigglypuff}}
* Dutch: '''{{tt|Het lied van Jigglypuff|The song of Jigglypuff}}'''
|zh_cmn={{tt|胖丁會唱歌 / 胖丁，唱歌吧！|Jigglypuff can sing / Jigglypuff, sing}}
* German: '''{{tt|Pummeluff´s Song|Jigglypuff´s song}}'''
|cs={{tt|Jigglypuffova písnička|Jigglypuff's song}}
* Hebrew: '''שירו של ג'יגליפאף''' ''{{tt|shiro shel Jigglypuff|Jigglypuff's song}}''
|da={{tt|Jigglypuffs Sang|Jigglypuff's Song}}
* Italian: '''{{tt|Sulle ali di una canzone|On the wings of a song}}'''
|nl={{tt|Het lied van Jigglypuff|The song of Jigglypuff}}
* Mandarin: '''{{tt|胖丁，唱歌吧！|Jigglypuff, sing}}
|fi={{tt|Jigglypuff laulaa|Jigglypuff sings}}
* Portuguese Brazilian and European: '''{{tt|A Canção do Jigglypuff|The Jigglypuff's Song}}'''
|fr_eu={{tt|Une jolie berceuse|A lovely lullaby}}
* Spanish:
|de={{tt|Pummeluffs Song|Jigglypuff's song}}
** Latin American Spanish: '''{{tt|¡La canción de Jigglypuff!|Jigglypuff's Song!}}'''
|he=שירו של ג'יגליפאף {{tt|''Shiro shel Jigglypuff''|Jigglypuff's song}}
** Iberian Spanish: '''{{tt|La canción de Jigglypuff|Jigglypuff's Song}}'''
|hi=Jigglypuff का गाना {{tt|''Jigglypuff ka Gana!''|Jigglypuff's Song}} {{tt|*|Hungama dub}}
* Swedish: '''{{tt|Jigglypuffs sång|Jigglypuff's song}}'''
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|ko=푸린, 노래를 불러라!
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This article is about the episode. For the song of the same name, see Song of Jigglypuff.
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  EP045  
うたって！プリン！
Sing! Purin!
First broadcast
Japan May 21, 1998
United States February 20, 1999
English themes
Opening Pokémon Theme
Ending
Japanese themes
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 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation director 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa
Additional credits

The Song of Jigglypuff (Japanese: うたって！プリン！ Sing! Purin!) is the 45th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 21, 1998, and in the United States on February 20, 1999.

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Blurb

Our heroes trudge along, resigning themselves to the idea of camping out in the desert as the sun slowly sets. Suddenly they see bright lights in front of them: a glamorous city appears before them, covered in neon lights. They have found Neon Town, a city that is loud and boisterous 24 hours a day, famous for having no nights. The residents of Neon City sleep as little as possible and use all of their time to play. Behind the other side of the town's glorious facade, however, people are always angry and irritated. Fights being an everyday occurrence, Jenny, the policewoman, is terribly busy. Having had enough of a town so noisy one can't even sleep at night, our heroes head out into the peaceful forest. There they chance across Jigglypuff, the singing Pokémon.

Plot

Ash and his friends arrive in Neon Town, when a man bumps into Ash and becomes infuriated. Ash insults him, and when Brock tells Ash to apologize, he refuses. Before the situation escalates any further, Officer Jenny steps in and sends the man on his way, and suggests that Ash and his friends find a hotel to sleep in. Misty notices that this Jenny is a bit edgier than the others. Later, Team Rocket shows up in town and James bumps into the man from before, who punches him repeatedly over the head. Meanwhile, Jessie is spanked by a large woman for bumping into her.

The next morning, as Ash and his friends come out of a hotel, they notice several people arguing with one another. Deciding to leave right away, they head to a forest outside the city and spot a Jigglypuff. Misty expresses her desire to catch one and calls out Staryu, but Psyduck pops out instead. Misty scolds it and puts it back into its Poké Ball. This time, she successfully sends out Staryu, who uses Double-Edge on Jigglypuff. The Balloon Pokémon then gets upset and cries. The group then finds out that this Jigglypuff is having a hard time with its singing. Misty apologizes for attacking it earlier and hugs the Pokémon, deciding that they should help it with its singing.

Nearby, Team Rocket decides that they want to use the Jigglypuff to put the people of Neon Town to sleep in order to steal their Pokémon. They reveal themselves while wearing costumes and proceed to sing a tune radically different from their motto. After they finish, Team Rocket announces their latest scheme. Ash sends out his Bulbasaur to battle, and James sends out his Weezing. Bulbasaur's Vine Whip puts Weezing into a spin, resulting in Weezing's Poison Gas hitting Team Rocket instead. Misty calls her Staryu and orders it to blast Team Rocket away using Water Gun.

Afterwards, Misty gives Jigglypuff some lessons on breath control when singing. Pikachu sings as well, and when Ash compliments him, Jigglypuff gets annoyed and secretly kicks Pikachu. Before anyone can notice it, Jigglypuff hides behind Misty, who then inflates a balloon and puts it in Jigglypuff's mouth. The air inflates Jigglypuff and it goes flying. Brock also helps it by giving it a fruit that can help make its throat feel better. Jigglypuff takes a bite and instantly starts singing. Pikachu starts celebrating, but Jigglypuff kicks him again, and before the Mouse Pokémon can notice, Jigglypuff is already in Misty's arms.

Misty requests Jigglypuff to sing; it obliges and starts singing beautifully. Meanwhile, Team Rocket, hiding amongst some grass, sets up a tape reel recorder and a connected boom microphone to capture Jigglypuff's voice. As Jigglypuff sings, everyone falls asleep. When Jigglypuff notices everyone sleeping, it inflates itself in anger, goes through Ash's backpack, pulls out a black marker, and scribbles markings all over their faces. It also finds Team Rocket sleeping and tries waking them up with Double Slap. Unable to wake them up, Jigglypuff scribbles on their faces as well.

Ash and his friends wake up, only to find their faces covered with the markings. They rub it off and see that Jigglypuff is mad at them. Misty realizes that they must have fallen asleep during the performance and apologizes to Jigglypuff. Everyone tries to cheer it up by letting their Pokémon listen to its singing. However, all of their Pokémon also fall asleep. Then, Misty decides to let Psyduck listen to Jigglypuff's singing, since Psyduck is apparently so dumb it wouldn't know if it was awake or asleep. After Jigglypuff sings for Psyduck, it still becomes angry, and Misty realizes that Psyduck fell asleep with its eyes still open. Meanwhile, Team Rocket finally wakes up and see their faces are covered with markings. They rub it off and proceed to check the recording. Unfortunately, the recorder did not capture Jigglypuff's singing and recorded their loud snoring instead.

Brock suggests they take Jigglypuff to perform for the sleepless people of Neon Town, which Team Rocket is delighted to hear. When they get into town, Ash and his friends look for a place for Jigglypuff to sing, to no avail. A stage truck then pulls over, driven by Jessie and James, disguised as rock stars, who offer them their stage. Once the stage is set, Jigglypuff starts singing into a microphone and begins to pull a crowd. However, its voice echoes throughout Neon Town's restaurants and gambling dens, causing everyone in the town to fall asleep. Team Rocket, whose ears were not plugged in properly, fall asleep as well. Once Jigglypuff is finished, it gets upset with its dormant audience and goes on to scribble markings on everyone's faces. The next morning, Ash and his friends wake up, and quickly find out what happened. Jigglypuff is nowhere to be seen, and they assume it must have left out of anger. When the townspeople wake up, they seem friendlier to one another; the man who bumped into Ash earlier even apologizes to him. Misty call outs for Jigglypuff, though there is no response. Team Rocket awakens and leaves the city looking very happy despite their latest failure.

As Ash and his friends leave the city, unbeknownst to them, Jigglypuff is following close behind.

Major events

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Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Dare da?

Humans

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Jigglypuff

Trivia

  • Although it was never aired in syndicated form in Cartoon Network in 2003, it was finally aired on September 5, 2007 at 6:30 AM ET.
  • James makes a reference to the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap when he says "crank the speakers up to eleven".
  • In the English dub, the guitar on the music store sign is a Gibson Les Paul.
  • When the person who bumped into Ash apologizes for knocking into him the previous night, his face has not been scribbled on like everyone else's.
  • Between the two episodes in which it evolved, this episode is the only one in which Ash's Charmeleon does not appear.
  • Team Rocket breaks the fourth wall during their song, in which they say, "We will be the new stars in this cartoon!"
  • In the English dub's version of the Who's That Pokémon? segment, the Jigglypuff has green eyes, like it had been in one scene in the episode. Usually, only Shiny Jigglypuff have green eyes; at this point in time, Shiny Pokémon had not yet been implemented.
  • This is the second of only two times in which Misty attempts to catch a non-Water-type Pokémon (in this case, Jigglypuff), the first attempt having occurred in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village.
  • This is one of the few episodes in which Team Rocket does not blast off prior to Pokémon the Series: Black & White.
  • This episode is featured on Volume 2: Jigglypuff from Viz Media's Pokémon All-Stars series.
  • The original 2000 Italian name of this episode may be a reference to Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On the wings of song) by Felix Mendelssohn.
  • This episode was banned in Turkey, but no reason was ever stated.
  • Some of the businesses in Neon Town are puns on the names of chain businesses found in many Japanese cities, such as "Royal Poppo" (Royal Host) and "Seven Erebū" (Seven Eleven).
  • This episode features the only appearance of slot machines in the anime, not counting the one seen during Professor Oak's Pokémon Lectures.

Errors

Pikachu without his cheek pouches
  • In one scene, Jigglypuff's eyes turn green.
  • Misty's shoes are completely red in one scene.
  • In one scene, Pikachu's cheek pouches are missing.
  • In one scene in the Dutch dub, Misty's mouth moves, but she doesn't talk.
  • In one scene, Ash's shoes are completely white.
  • Brock twitches as he says Neon Town will be able to hear Jigglypuff's song.
  • The man that bumped into Ash apologizes for bumping into him last night. However, he actually bumped into him two nights ago.
  • In one scene in the English dub, a paint edit on a sign is accidentally painted over Brock's head.
  • James's Weezing uses Poison Gas in this episode, even though Weezing could not legally learn it until Generation II.

Dub edits

  • Kanto Pokérap: Day 5 (Version 2)
  • The scene of Jessie getting spanked by the huge woman and James getting beaten up was cut out of the Kids' WB! and CITV airing of the episode. However, it does appear in the Cartoon Network, streaming versions, and the DVD/VHS version.
    • As a result of the removed scene, the following close-up shot of Meowth being stunned is extended until the title card appears.
  • The scene of Misty yelling at Psyduck for sleeping with its eyes wide open is cut out during CITV reruns, presumably due to time constraints.

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