Togepi
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National:Igglybuff (#174) - Togepi - Togetic (#175) | |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Name (Japanese), Number | Togepi (Togepy), 175 |
| Stage | Baby |
| Evolves from | (none) |
| Evolves to | Togetic |
| Video game base stats¹ | |
| Hit points | 50 |
| Attack | 50 |
| Defense | 70 |
| Speed | 20 |
| Special attack | 60 |
| Special defense | 70 |
| Biological | |
| Species | Spike Ball Pokémon |
| Types | Normal |
| Height | 1' (0.3 m) |
| Weight | 3 lb (1.3 kg) |
| Abilities | Hustle or Serene Grace |
| Signature Move | Metronome |
| Pokédex Color | White |
| Shiny color | Its body becomes a darker cream |
| Gender distribution | 87.5% male, 12.5% female |
| ¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary. | |
Togepi, known in Japan as Togepy (トゲピー Togepī), is a character in the Pokémon TV and Video Game series. Togepi is a little Pokémon hatched from a mysterious Pokémon egg.
The Pokédex says that this Pokémon's "shell is filled with joy" and that it will bring happiness to its trainer as it travels along with him/her.
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Name Origin
This name is derived from the Japanese "toge", meaning "spike" (referring to the top of this Pokemon's head), and the Japanese suffix "pii", which is probably related to the word for "little" (see Cleffa).
In-game information
In the Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal games, Togepi first appears as a mystery egg given to the player by a minor character called "Mr. Pokémon", which he/she has to take back to Professor Elm, the person who gave him/her their Starter Pokémon (Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile). It later appears again after the player beats the Falkner, the first Gym Leader. One of Professor Elm's helpers (called Aides in the game) goes all the way to that city's Pokémon Center to make sure the player gets the egg. The player must then carry the egg around until it hatches into Togepi.
Togepi doesn't learn many damaging attacks, which makes it rather hard to train it. However, it is only when this pokémon reaches its Happiness Quota that it evolves into the "Happiness" Flying-type Pokémon, Togetic.
Some people like Togepi not only because they consider it cute, but also for its usefulness in Pokémon Contests, even though, for it to be able to participate in contests, Togetic needs to be traded into Pokémon Ruby or Sapphire from the Pokémon Colosseum and then bred with a Ditto traded in from Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen or Emerald, if it's a male.
For a time, there was some speculation while people were awaiting the arrival of Pokémon Gold and Silver, that Togepi could be somehow obtained through cheats or glitches on Pokémon Red and Blue, though this turned out to be false.
In Super Smash Bros Melee
Togepi appears from the Pokéball item in Super Smash Bros Melee. Like Clefairy, Togepi uses Metronome, but unlike Clefairy, the resultant attacks cause status effects in the area around Togepi (Freeze, Burying, Flower on Head, Sleep), with the exception of one rare attack, where Togepi blackens out the screen for a few seconds (Night Shade?) which can cause mass chaos, especially on moving levels.
In the anime
In an episode of the Pokémon television series entitled, "Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon", the mystery egg is discovered by Ash in the ancient ruins at Grandpa Canyon. They carry this egg around until in the episode entitled "Who Gets to Keep Togepi?", Ash gets his Pokédex updated to the Johto version (even though he doesn't know about this region yet). Then, the egg hatches and after a long dispute (in which even Team Rocket's Meowth says he wants to keep it) it is decided that Misty will keep the newly-hatched pokémon. Since then she has grown inseparable to it and carries it around everywhere, going frantic whenever it gets lost (which happens very often).
Like in the game Misty's Togepi doesn't learn many damaging attacks. The only attack it has been seen to use is Metronome which usually saved Ash and his friends from mortal peril in one instance teleporting them out of danger, and in another creating a huge explosion.
However, in the Pokémon Advance episode "The Togepi Mirage!" Misty travels to Hoenn to meet up with Ash near the Route 111 Desert.
Due to one of Team Rocket's plans going wrong, they end up in "Mirage Kingdom", a place where people praise Togepi for they believe it will be their savior. Togepi ends up going into a mirage, followed by Ash and his crew, to discovere a Togepi Paradise in ruins. To defend it, it evolves into Togetic and defeats the villain of "Mirage Kingdom". It then makes the difficult decision of staying in the Togepi paradise to protect it instead of continuing with Misty.
References
Books
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.
