Games - Togepi

	Games - Togepi

Togepi (トゲピー Togepī in Japan, Togepi in Germany and France) 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.

Togepi's 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).

Game appearances

In the Pokémon Gold and 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.

In XD: Gale of Darkness, a scientist at Outskirt Stand will give the player a Shadow Togepi to purify. Once purified, Togepi can be traded with the scientist for an Elekid. However, because this is the only Togepi in Pokémon XD, and because players can catch an Electabuzz (Elekid's evolved form), it might not be a good idea to make the trade.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Togepi comes back. This time, the player travles west of Island Five. A man on a small island will lament wanting to hatch an egg he has, but having a difficult time finding a loving and caring trainer for it. If the player's top Pokémon loves the player, the man will notice. If the player has an extra spot, he give the egg to the player. The egg will hatch into Togepi.

Togepi doesn't learn many damaging attacks, which makes it rather hard to train it. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Togepis only damaging attacks were Metronome (which doesn't always damage) and Double-Edge, which Togepi does not learn until level 38. In FireRed and LeafGreen, Ancientpower was added as an attack at level 17. The most useful addition, however, as the evolutionary form into Togetic, which occurs when Togepi reaches maximum happiness.

Togepi is not considered to be a strong, competitive Pokémon. Most of the affection comes from Togepi's cuteness factor. It is also used in Pokémon Contests found in Ruby and Sapphire

Before the release of Gold and Silver, there was speculatio that Togepi could be somehow obtained through cheats or glitches on Red and Blue. This turned out to be false.

In the UK (and possibly other countries) a rumor spread that a Togepi raised to Level 100 without the use of Cheat Devices or evolution, would be able to select which moves it wanted to use after activating its Metronome move. This, too, turned out to be false.

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 or boss fights.

In the anime

In "Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon" in the Pokémon television series, Ash discovers an egg in the ancient ruins at Grandpa Canyon. They carry this egg around until "Who Gets to Keep Togepi?". In that episode, Ash gets his Pokédex updated to the Johto version (even though he doesn't know about this region yet).

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