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Jigglypuff プリン Purin

Jigglypuff

Debuts in The Song of Jigglypuff Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location Alola

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Jigglypuff Mika Kanai Rachael Lillis

Jigglypuff (Japanese: プリン Purin) is a wild Pokémon which appears multiple times in the Pokémon anime.

History

Original series

Kanto

Brock giving Jigglypuff a fruit to soothe its throat

Jigglypuff's first appearance was in The Song of Jigglypuff, where it was found standing on a stump. Misty tried to capture it with her Staryu, but decided otherwise when she learned that the Jigglypuff could not sing. After Ash and his friends had thwarted Jessie, James, and Meowth's plan to capture Jigglypuff, they agreed to restore the Balloon Pokémon's voice. They succeeded when Brock gave it a piece of fruit which soothed its throat. Now capable of singing, it performed for them, putting everyone within hearing range to sleep. This upset Jigglypuff, which angrily dug into Ash's backpack and pulled out a marker which it used to draw on the faces of everyone who fell asleep. When Ash and his friends awoke, they saw that it was still unhappy. After a similar failure with their Pokémon (Psyduck appeared to have succeeded at first but was soon discovered to merely be sleeping with its eyes open), Ash and his friends promised to find someone who could listen to its song without falling asleep. Later, it sang for the people in Neon Town, putting the whole town to sleep (and scribbling on everyone's face afterward).

Jigglypuff angry after its audience falls asleep

Jigglypuff then follows the gang throughout their journey until part-way through the Advanced Generation series. It set a goal to accomplish what it had failed to in the first episode: to have someone listen to its song in its entirety without falling asleep. It made yet another appearance in Riddle Me This where it sang most of its song, putting Gary and his cheerleaders to sleep. It appeared in the next episode, and many other episodes to come, following Ash and always looking for opportunities to sing on a stage or for a crowd.

Johto

This goal was mentioned by Meowth during a conversation between the two Pokémon in Tunnel Vision, when they made a short-lived agreement to pursue their dreams together. Jigglypuff became absorbed in its dream to become a famous singer, tending to shift between reality and fantasy. Because of this, it frequently went to great lengths to protect its microphone-like marker. Jigglypuff made a small cameo in the beginning sequences of Celebi: Voice of the Forest and Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias. It seems to have a desire to become a Pokémon diva of some sort, but currently its primary goal is to find someone who can listen to its song the whole way through.

Jigglypuff in the ending Look Look☆Here

Jigglypuff's appearance is fewer but in a few episodes, for example in Some Old Song And Dance, there's its cameo. It also appeared in a flashback in Wish Upon a Star Shape.

Advanced Generation series

Jigglypuff appeared only once in Advanced Generation series, in the episode A Poké-BLOCK Party!. In this episode, it was joyed to see Alanna's Whismur not falling asleep while it was singing, unaware that this was due to Whismur's Soundproof Ability.

Although not an actual appearance by Jigglypuff itself, it was referenced in Caterpie's Big Dilemma, which featured a karaoke mike with a miniature Jigglypuff on it, holding its own tiny marker.

Sun & Moon series

After a long absence, Jigglypuff reappeared in Alola, Kanto!, where it appeared in front of Ash, his classmates, Brock, Misty, and their Pokémon. Mallow, Lillie, and Lana, having not seen a Jigglypuff before, were excited to see it, but Ash, Pikachu, Brock, and Misty remembered their experiences with it and thus were terrified. Jigglypuff started singing, causing all of them to fall asleep. Per usual, this made Jigglypuff upset, and it proceeded to scribble all over everyone's faces.

Jigglypuff briefly reappeared in the next episode, where it was shown sleeping on top of the plane that Ash and his classmates were taking back to Alola. It appeared again in SM045, when Nebby used Teleport with Sophocles and Ash.

Other appearances

Jigglypuff was featured in the ending theme Look Look☆Here.

It was also featured in the Pikachu short, Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade.

Personality and characteristics

Jigglypuff is characterized by its sassy attitude and love of attention. In The Song of Jigglypuff, it secretly attacks Pikachu as an envious response to Ash's affection for his Pokémon. Similarly, in Same Old Song and Dance, it bullies two Igglybuff who perform with their Trainer Brittany. Jigglypuff is also quick-tempered, ending potential friendships with those who upset it (like with Meowth in Tunnel Vision).

Jigglypuff depicted on a karaoke mike

Jigglypuff is perhaps best known, however, for its running gag. Whenever it saw that its song put its listeners to sleep, it would inflate angrily, making a distinctive "honk" sound, then doodle over the faces of its audience with its marker. However, there have been two instances in which characters have listened to a portion of its song without getting drowsy: the first being during Jigglypuff's first performance in The Song of Jigglypuff, and the second during its brief appearance in Case of the K-9 Capers, when Ash and his friends were trying to fight off a brainwashed Growlithe Squad. In A Poké-BLOCK Party!, its song is finally heard completely by a Whismur, though the Whismur would faint during Jigglypuff's second performance due to exhaustion from a previous unrelated battle.

Besides its marker, Jigglypuff also has a voice-changing microphone which it picked up in Case of the K-9 Capers, but it has yet to use it. It is assumed that this item was intended to be reused in a different plot but was abandoned, much like the GS Ball.

Jigglypuff came close to achieving this goal in A Poké-BLOCK Party! when it met a Whismur whose Soundproof Ability negated the effects of the song, though the friendship between the two was short lived because the Whismur ended up passing out from exhaustion the second time Jigglypuff sang, making Jigglypuff think its song had put its new friend to sleep.

Moves used

Using Double Slap	Move First Used In Sing The Song of Jigglypuff Double Slap The Song of Jigglypuff Pound Clefairy Tales
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Jigglypuff as it appears in The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Jigglypuff's only appearance in The Electric Tale of Pikachu was in the chapter Attack of the Demon Stomach where it is used to knock out a hungry Snorlax from eating all of the fruit on the Seven Grapefruit Islands.

Moves used

Using Sing	Move First Used In Sing Attack of the Demon Stomach
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

Jigglypuff in Pokémon Zany Cards

Pokémon Yellow

In Pokémon Yellow, there is a Jigglypuff at the Pewter Pokémon Center. If it is interacted with, it will sing its song, which will put Pikachu to sleep if it does not already have a status condition. Pikachu will remain where it is standing until the player leaves the center, talks to it or uses the Poké Flute while standing next to it. Nurse Joy will note the sleeping Pikachu if she is spoken to, and will not heal the player's party until Pikachu is awoken. Also, if the lady of the Cable Club is spoken to, she'll say "We're making preparations. Please wait." until Pikachu is awoken. If the player tries to deposit Pikachu in the PC or select Pikachu in the party, the game will state there is "No response". If the player looks at Pikachu in the party, its sprite will be missing. Jigglypuff is also present at the Pewter Pokémon Center in the other Generation I games, the Generation II games, and their respective remakes. In Generation I and FireRed and LeafGreen, while it sings just like in Yellow, its song has no effect, likely due to all six of the player's Pokémon being in Poké Balls. In Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver, it does not sing.

Pokémon Snap

A Jigglypuff—which may be this same Jigglypuff—appears in the Cave area of Pokémon Snap. It and two other Jigglypuff are being harassed by a trio of Koffing. They leave after being saved by the player, but return at the end of the course to Sing for the camera. The center-most one uses a marker as a microphone, and inflates itself in anger in the same manner if the Poké Flute is played over its singing.

Pokémon Zany Cards

In Special Seven mode, Jigglypuff appears as card #3. When Jigglypuff is used, it will sing the opponent to sleep (becoming enraged in the process), forcing them to miss a turn.

Voice actors

Trivia

• In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Jigglypuff was referred to as a female.
• In several KidsWB promotional spots, Jigglypuff was referred to as male.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Jigglypuff.

• Episodes focusing on Jigglypuff

Recurring wild Pokémon characters in the anime
Fearow	Ho-Oh	Pink Butterfree	Haunter	Jigglypuff	Clefairy
Mewtwo	Slowking (M02)	Lapras	Suicune	Pichu Posse	Articuno (OS)
Lugia (OS)	Silver	Wynaut	Larvitar	Loudred	Spoink
Kyogre and Groudon (RS)	Articuno (RS)	Deoxys	Lake guardians	Marill	Hippopotas
Zekrom	Forces of Nature	Carracosta	Meloetta	Reshiram	Malamar
Super-ancient Pokémon (XY)	Wooper	Florges	Squishy	Z2	Guardian deities
Bewear	Toucannon's flock	Stoutland	Exeggutor	Oranguru	Lunala
Necrozma	Stufful	Ultra Beasts	Grandpa Forest	Melemele Greens	Mantine
Zeraora	Meltan	Shaymin	Magearna	Celebi	Wingull
Mew	Lugia (JN)	Thievul trio	Drednaw	Slowking (JN)	Legendary heroes
Mewtwo's friends	Cresselia	Darkrai	Dialga	Palkia	Heatran
Latias	Terapagos
Recurring wild Pokémon that have been caught
Caterpie	Gyarados	Aipom	Gible	Krokorok	Dedenne
Goodra	Litten	Rockruff	Mimikyu	Mareanie	Poipole
Eevee	Greedy Rapooh	Meltan	Scorbunny	Gengar	Sobble
Eternatus	Morpeko	Fuecoco	Wattrel	Quaxly

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