Misty's Togetic

Misty's Togetic (Japanese: カスミのトゲチック Kasumi's Togechick) was the sixth acquired by  in the Kanto region.

Kanto
Togepi was found as a Pokémon Egg by in Grampa Canyon in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon.

In Who Gets to Keep Togepi?, Ash,, , and fought over the Egg and competed in a  tournament to determine who would be the eventual owner. When the Egg hatched into, the first thing it saw was Misty, and it subsequently chose her as its , thinking that she was its mother. This was in spite of the fact that Ash officially won the tournament.

In The Battle of the Badge, Ash was startled by Togepi and accidentally sent it flying away, where it eventually ended up in the hands of Team Rocket. They duly presented it to who was unimpressed as Togepi couldn't actually do anything remarkable at the time. Togepi managed to slip away and soon reunited with Misty.

Orange Islands
Although Togepi appeared harmless, it sometimes used to get out of dangerous situations. The first time it happened was in Pikachu Re-Volts. Butch and Cassidy's was using Metronome to attack Ash and his friends. Misty's Togepi began using it, causing an explosion that sent Butch and Cassidy flying. It happened again in In the Pink. A was about to charge the group when Togepi used  to use. It also used the move later in the episode to stop a attack from a  by using.

Johto
Despite the fact that Misty knew Togepi could battle, she only used it one time to battle Ash. In The Totodile Duel, Ash was using his to battle Misty for ownership of a. Misty used Togepi, because she knew Pikachu would never attack it, as Pikachu would often babysit it. Using, Togepi ended up defeating Pikachu.

In Houndoom's Special Delivery, Togepi was separated from Misty and the rest of the group after using Metronome to teleport itself away from James's Weezing. A rescued it from a tree and the two became good friends, sharing a sad goodbye when it was time for Togepi to leave. In An EGG-sighting Adventure!, it used Metronome again to teleport Ash's Egg away from.

As Ash, Brock,, and Max met Misty near the gate to the Mirage Kingdom in The Princess and the Togepi, Togepi was kidnapped again by Jessie, James, and , who were temporarily working for Colonel Hansen, a crooked Mirage Kingdom official. Colonel Hansen wanted to get his hands on Misty's Togepi so he could rule the Mirage Kingdom. Since Colonel Hansen had an impure heart, his taking over the Mirage Kingdom would destroy the Togepi Paradise.

Togepi later evolved into a Togetic in A Togepi Mirage! in order to protect the other Togepi. When Togetic was injured by Colonel Hansen, Misty promptly sent out her and defeated Hansen's  with a  attack. After seeing the damage Hansen had done trying to reach the Mirage Kingdom, Misty respected her Togetic's decision to stay behind and it, so it could protect the Kingdom, the Togepi Paradise, and the Togepi who lived there.

Togetic appeared as a Togepi in Ash's flashback in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!.

Togetic appeared as a Togepi in Brock's flashback in Alola, Kanto!.

Personality and characteristics
As a Togepi, it was sometimes mischievous. Despite being a baby, it would often wander away from the group and get itself and Pikachu into dangerous situations, usually resulting in Pikachu getting hurt but Togepi walking away unharmed. It was also very friendly towards other Pokémon, particularly ones that were small, young, and. The most notable were a in The Underground Round Up, a  in Tanks a Lot!, and, much to Misty's dislike, a  in The Bug Stops Here.

In the games
Misty's Togetic only appears in the Round 1 battle of Pokémon Stadium 2, long before Togepi evolved in the anime.

In the Ash & Pikachu manga
In the series Ash & Pikachu, which is based on the,  appears as a traveling companion with  and. She carries Togepi with her like she does in the anime.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
In Pokémon Pocket Monsters, Misty is shown with a Togepi in The Pokémon Banana League (Part 2). She temporarily gives her Togepi in that chapter when he was battling his rival,, as Red couldn't handle him on his own. Togepi was returned to the rightful owner after the battle was finished.

Trivia

 * Togetic is the only Pokémon Misty has owned that is neither nor can evolve into a Water-type Pokémon.
 * Togetic is the only Pokémon a main protagonist other than Ash has, excluding temporary Pokémon or Dawn's Pachirisu, which was recaught.
 * As a Togepi, it was the first to be obtained by a main character (and overall, Togepi was the second Generation II Pokémon to appear in the anime after ).
 * Togepi was also the first baby Pokémon owned by a main character.
 * Togetic is the first Pokémon to be seen hatching from an in the anime.
 * Togetic is referred to as a male in the dub of several episodes.

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