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"The Princess and the Togepi" is the 44th episode of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, and the 320th episode of Pokémon the Series overall. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 25, 2003 and in the United States on September 25, 2004. This episode features the return of Misty.
Plot[]
Misty arrives in Hoenn, but her reunion with Ash and Brock is cut short when an evil mercenary, Colonel Hansen, arrives and kidnaps her Togepi with the help of Team Rocket.
Home video releases[]
- DVD
- Pokémon All-Stars, Pokémon All-Stars: Togepi
Trivia[]
- Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Minun
- The English dub title is based on the Danish fairy-tale The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen.
- The Japanese voice actresses for Ash Ketchum's first three female traveling companions are featured in this episode and the next one; Mayumi Iizuka and Kaori voice Misty and May, respectively; and Megumi Toyoguchi, who voices Princess Sara in this episode, went on to play Dawn during Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
- The episode marked the anime debuts of Ninjask and Shedinja.
- This episode marks May and Max's first time seeing Misty drag Brock away by the ear when he flirts with a girl, which will later prompt Max to do the same.
External links[]
- The Princess and the Togepi at Bulbapedia, the Pokémon wiki.
- The Princess and the Togepi at the Internet Movie Database