TB045: The Song of Jigglypuff

"The Song of Jigglypuff"
Information
Series	Pocket Monsters, Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
Subtitle	Pocket Monsters
Season	Season 1, Pokémon: Indigo League
№	045
Opening(s) and Ending(s)	Japanese Opening Aim to Be a Pokémon Master Ending Fantasy in My Pocket Korean Opening Start of An Adventure Ending We Are All Friends English Opening Pokémon Theme Ending Kanto Pokérap
Staff credits	脚本(きゃくほん) (Screenplay) 大橋志吉 (Yukiyoshi Ōhashi) 絵(え)コンテ (Storyboard) 浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada) 助手(じょしゅ)監督(かんとく) (Assistant director(s)) 浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada) 作画(さくが)監督(かんとく) (Animation director(s)) 玉川明洋 (Akihiro Tamagawa)
In other countries
Japan	Title うたって！プリン！ Airdate May 21, 1998
Japan	Title うたって！プリン！ Airdate May 21, 1998
South Korea	Title 푸린, 노래를 불라라!() Airdate December 15, 1999
South Korea	Title 푸린, 노래를 불라라!() Airdate December 15, 1999
Anglosphere	Title The Song of Jigglypuff Airdate(s) February 20, 1999 Notes ^ a: Signifies that it only applies to the US, UK, CA, AU, NZ and SG
Anglosphere	Title The Song of Jigglypuff Airdate(s) February 20, 1999 Notes ^ a: Signifies that it only applies to the US, UK, CA, AU, NZ and SG
Portugal and Brazil	Title(s) A Canção da Jigglypuff Airdate(s) July 6, 1999
Portugal and Brazil	Title(s) A Canção da Jigglypuff Airdate(s) July 6, 1999
Details
Main	Ash Ketchum, Misty, Brock
Recurring	Jessie, James, Officer Jenny
Character(s) of the Day	Jigglypuff
Pokémon	Ash's Pikachu, Team Rocket's Meowth, Ash's Pidgeotto, Ash's Bulbasaur, Ash's Squirtle, Misty's Staryu, Misty's Psyduck, Brock's Onix, Jessie's Arbok, James' Weezing, Jigglypuff, Horsea
Badges or Classes
Major event(s)	Misty's Staryu knows Double-Edge. A Jigglypuff begins to follow Ash and Co..

The Song of Jigglypuff (Japanese: うたって！プリン！, Hepburn: Sing! Jigglypuff!) is the 45th episode of Pocket Monsters of Pocket Monsters (1997 series), Season 1 of Pokémon the Series, and Pokémon: Indigo League of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning.

Synopsis

Our heroes trudge along, resigning themselves to the idea of camping out in the desert as the sun slowly sets. Suddenly they see bright lights in front of them: a glamorous city appears before them, covered in neon lights. They have found Neon Town, a city that is loud and boisterous 24 hours a day, famous for having no nights. The residents of Neon City sleep as little as possible and use all of their time to play. Behind the other side of the town's glorious facade, however, people are always angry and irritated. Fights being an everyday occurrence, Jenny, the policewoman, is terribly busy. Having had enough of a town so noisy one can't even sleep at night, our heroes head out into the peaceful forest. There they chance across Jigglypuff, the singing Pokémon.

Episode plot

The group is wandering through a desert and they find Neon Town. In the town, a mean looking boy bumps into Ash and Ash gets mad at the boy. Ash tells the boy to watch where he's going and Brock quickly tells Ash to apologize. Ash refuses to and before things get worse, Officer Jenny stops them before any fighting can happen. Misty notices that Officer Jenny is a little cranky.

Team Rocket enter the town. James bumps into the same person that bumped Ash earlier. They both start fighting, but James ends up getting beaten up. Jessie is also beaten up by a woman for bumping into her.

The next day, as Ash and his friends come out of a hotel, they see a group of people arguing with each other. Ash and his friends go to a forest close to Neon Town and they see a Jigglypuff. Misty wants to capture it, so she calls out for Staryu but Psyduck comes out instead. Misty puts Psyduck back into its Poké Ball and sends out Staryu. Staryu uses Double-Edge on Jigglypuff and Jigglypuff starts crying. Brock thinks that there's something odd about this Jigglypuff and he's right, Jigglypuff can't sing at all. Misty apologizes for attacking it and gives Jigglypuff a hug. Ash thinks that they should teach Jigglypuff to sing.

Team Rocket, spying on Ash and his friends, want to use Jigglypuff to put Neon Town to sleep. They decide to use a tape recorder and tape Jigglypuff singing.

Misty gives Jigglypuff some advice on controlling its breathing when singing. Ash says that Misty has a good singing voice. Pikachu tries singing also. When Ash says Pikachu has a good singing voice, Jigglypuff angrily kicks Pikachu. Misty inflates a balloon and puts it inside of Jigglypuff's mouth. The balloon inside Jigglypuff's mouth deflates, making Jigglypuff go flying. Brock gives Jigglypuff some fruit to help make its throat feel better. Jigglypuff eats the piece of fruit and starts singing. Pikachu starts celebrating.

Misty asks Jigglypuff to sing. Jigglypuff starts singing and everyone falls asleep. Jigglypuff is mad and looks through Ash's bag. It finds a black marker and draws on Ash and his friends faces. Jigglypuff also finds Team Rocket and tries to wake them up by using Double Slap. Jigglypuff can't wake them up and draws on their faces too.

Ash and his friends wake up and find out that Jigglypuff has drawn on their faces. They clean off their faces and they see Jigglypuff is very mad at them. Misty figures out that they had fallen asleep when Jigglypuff sang and they all apologize to Jigglypuff.

Ash and his friends try to cheer up Jigglypuff by having their Pokémon listen to Jigglypuff sing, but they all fall asleep too. Misty says that they should have Psyduck listen to Jigglypuff sing because its so stupid, it won't know if its awake or not. Psyduck listens to Jigglypuff sing and it looks like its awake, but Psyduck just fell asleep with its eyes open.

Team Rocket wakes up and finds out that someone drew on their faces. They clean off their faces and check the tape recorder. The tape however, didn't record Jigglypuff's singing, it recorded their loud snoring instead.

Brock thinks that they should take Jigglypuff to Neon Town and have it sing for the people there and maybe someone will be able to stay awake. Ash and his friends take Jigglypuff to Neon Town and they look for a place for Jigglypuff to sing. Team Rocket, disguised as rock stars, pull up in a truck and they say Ash and his friends can borrow their stage.

Team Rocket put on their earplugs to keep them from hearing. The stage is set up and Jigglypuff starts to sing. Jigglypuff's voice is so strong that everyone in Neon Town falls asleep, even Team Rocket (despite them having their earplugs on). Jigglypuff gets very mad and draws on everyone's faces. When the people of Neon Town wake up, they are all friendlier and apologizes for fighting. The person who bumped into Ash before even apologizes to him. Misty looks for Jigglypuff and discovers Jigglypuff has disappeared. Team Rocket, however, leaves Neon Town looking very happy.

Ash and his friends leave Neon Town, Jigglypuff starts following them, but they don't notice.

Debuts

Pokémon

• Jigglypuff

Move

• Sing
• Double-Edge
• Double Slap

Quotes

"What a nice nap." - Misty

"Yeah." - Ash

"What happened to your face?" - Brock

"Huh?" (screams) - Ash and Misty

"YOU STUPID POKÉMON! YOU'RE JUST SLEEPING WITH YOUR EYES OPEN!" - Misty

"Psy!!!" - Psyduck

"AAAAHHHH!!!!!" - Team Rocket

"Who did this?" - James

"How dare they?" - Jessie

"Wait a sec. We got to see if we got Jigglypuff on tape." - Meowth

"Oh, good idea." - Jessie and James

Trivia

• The city Neon Town is based on Las Vegas.
• Team Rocket breaks the fourth wall in their song, saying that if they catch Pikachu, then they "will be the stars of this cartoon".
• When the gang wakes up and the screen starts scrolling away from the buildings, the building on the bottom left with the monster on it has a Master Ball painted on it.
• The "Who's that Pokémon?" in this episode is Jigglypuff.
• The phrase "Turn it up to 11" was a Spinal Tap reference.
• Before Team Rocket do their song, numbers and letters show up. It is "546R634". 634 is Goroawase for Musashi and 546 is Goroawase for Kojiro.

Mistakes

• When Officer Jenny yells at Ash, the red blushes on Pikachu's cheeks are missing.
• Jessie's lipstick is missing during several scenes in this episode, such as when Team Rocket is sleeping due to the effects of Jigglypuff's song and when a large woman was spanking Jessie.
• James' Weezing uses Poison Gas even though Weezing could not use this move until Generation II.

Dub differences

• The scene of Jessie getting spanked by the huge woman and James getting beat up was cut out of the Kids' WB! airing of the episode. However, it appears in the Cartoon Network, streaming versions and the DVD/VHS version.

Gallery

Jenny splits the conflict

James and Jessie get bruised

The gang encounters a Jigglypuff

Staryu's Rapid Spin

Team Rocket, the band

Jigglypuff kicks Pikachu

Misty failed to solve the problem

The heroes take a nap

Ash and Misty got their faces drawn...

...as do Brock and Pikachu

Psyduck attempts to hear the song

Psyduck slept with its eyes open

Team Rocket got some marks

Team Rocket recorded their snoring

Jessie and James, the rock stars

Jigglypuff follows the heroes