A Togepi Mirage! – Pokémon Season 7, Episode 5

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A Togepi Mirage! is the 5th episode of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge, the seventh season of the Pokémon anime, and the 318th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 321, Bulbapedia code AG045). It first aired in Japan on 2 October 2003 and in the United States on 2 October 2004. It falls within the season’s Misty’s visit: the Mirage Kingdom stretch (EP44–EP45).

Aired in the US on 2 October 2004, exactly one year after its Japanese premiere.

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Synopsis

As the smoke clears from Pikachu’s counter, Shedinja uses Solarbeam and the Ninjask use Hyper Beam. Out of nowhere, Togepi starts glowing and a bright sphere appears surrounding Togepi. Princess Sara says Togepi is using Safeguard. A bolt of light appears from the mirage castle and makes Togepi’s Safeguard sphere bigger and brighter. After a little bit, it disappears, along with Togepi, Ash, the gang, Sara, and Miranda. Sara asks Miranda where they are and she says they’re in a Togepi Paradise, inside the mirage. Miranda says the paradise has changed and Max points out and breaks a wilting plant. Togepi flies toward some exhausted Togepi. Max tells May to take out her PokeDex to see what they can learn. Turns out, the Togepi were exhausted because of Hansen’s impure heart.

Team Rocket and Hansen are standing by a gate looking thing. Hansen tells Shedinja to use Solarbeam to open a portal to the paradise. Togepi flies out of the portal from the paradise side to meet Team Rocket and Hansen. He tells the Ninjask to capture Togepi. Their Shadow Balls hit Togepi and Togepi crash lands and Hansen captures Togepi. The exhausted Togepi re-open the portal to let Ash and the gang outside. Hansen presents the Togepi to the king, and the king denies his claim to the throne. The king points out that the Togepi is Misty’s and not Hansen’s. Team Rocket escorts the king to the dungeon. Jessie announces to the entire island that Hansen is the new king of the island. Hansen kicks Team Rocket out and uses his Pokemon to send them blasting off again.

Ash’s Taillow and May’s Beautifly attempt to find the king. Their efforts, however, were in vain. Brock suggests they break into the Palace when the ceremony is happening. Hansen puts Togepi on some pedestal and it lights up. A sage deems him worthy to be king. As Brock, Max, and Miranda are running to the palace, Team Rocket comes back, this time in fortuneteller disguises with a crystal ball and everything. They tell Brock and Miranda where to go to find Hansen. Hansen demands that Togepi uses Metronome to open the portal again and he sees Ash and the gang ready to battle.

Misty demands her Togepi back and Hansen sends Ninjask to attack. May sends out her Torchic and uses Ember on Ninjask. Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunder on the other Ninjask. Both Ninjask down, Shedinja uses Solarbeam and the Togepi from the paradise use Safeguard. The paradise Togepi use Metronome to help Misty’s Togepi evolve into Togetic. Shedinja uses Solarbeam and the Togepi and Togetic use Safeguard. The Safeguard sphere grows even bigger and brighter than last time. Misty sends out her Gyarados. Gyarados uses Flamethrower on Shedinja, finishing it off. The king comes back and he orders the guards to seize Hansen. After the battle, the Togepi then fly off to paradise. Togetic tells Misty that it wants to stay and protect the Togepi. Misty then releases Togetic to protect the Togepi, and the mirage disappears. A Togepi appears next to Sara and Togepi tells her that it’s the one she had to find. Giving her the right to the throne. Misty bids her good-bye and we see Togetic watching over the flora filled Paradise.

Major Events

• Togepi learns Safeguard and leads the group into the Togepi Paradise
• Misty’s Togepi evolves into Togetic, the last evolution of any of her Pokémon
• Misty releases Togetic to guard the Paradise
• Misty’s Gyarados uses Flamethrower
• A Togepi chooses Princess Sara
• The Japanese ending Because the Sky is There returns
• Storyboard by Kunihiko Yuyama

Pokémon making their anime debut

• Togetic#0176 · AG045

Captures and evolutions

• Togepi → Togetic#0176 · Misty

Trivia

• The English title plays on the mirage that hides the Mirage Kingdom and the Togepi Paradise.
• The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
• This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.

Changes in the English Dub

• The dub implies that any Water type can learn Fire moves and drops the type-effectiveness remarks
• Pokémon Trainer’s Choice (dub only, in place of Who’s That Pokémon?): which Pokémon evolves into Marshtomp? Answer: Mudkip
• Pokémon Heroes cues used in Japan; the Japanese ending Because the Sky is There returns

Part of our Pokémon: Advanced Challenge guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.