TB045: The Song of Jigglypuff

is the 45th episode of of , Season 1 of , and of .
==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, according to Brock the city is famous for being open all day and night and no one sleeps there. 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. She tells the kids not to be out at this hour and to find a hotel before driving off to stop another fight, 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 since it's quiet and they see a Jigglypuff. Misty wants to capture it (much to Brock's surprise), 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 so they can steal Pokémon. 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, Jigglypuff kicks Pikachu and innocently hides behind Misty. 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 it's so stupid, it won't know if it's awake or not. Psyduck listens to Jigglypuff sing and it looks like it's 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 since no sleeps 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 but no one in a town has a stage for them and rudely turn away the friends. Team Rocket, disguised as rock stars, pull up in a truck and they say Ash and his friends can borrow their stage. The friends are glad to have a stage and to actually find someone in the town who is nice to them.
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 after a good night's sleep.
Ash and his friends leave Neon Town, Misty expresses disappointed she didn't catch Jiggypuff but Ash and Brock assure her they'll meet it again. Not for behind, 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.
*This episode was banned in Turkey due to Neon Town featuring casinos, in Turkey gambling is prohibited by law.
===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==
==References==
Category:Episodes focusing on Jigglypuff
Category:Episodes focusing on Misty