Miguel's Togekiss

**Miguel's Togekiss** (Japanese: **ミグエルのトゲキッス** *Migueru's Togekiss*) is the fourth Pokémon that Miguel captured after embarking on his journey, and his sixth overall.

## **History**

### **Johto**

Togepi was conceived by Jasmine's two Togetic when she left both of them in the Pokémon Day Care. His Egg was found by the Day-Care Couple and delivered to Professor Elm. Togepi was first seen as an Egg in Violet City with an assistant of Professor Elm who was looking for Miguel so he could give it to him. After some time, the assistant eventually catches up with Miguel and gives him the Egg.

Right after Miguel goes to sleep in the woods on the outskirts of Goldenrod City, a Gligar swoops down and snatches Togepi's Egg. Aipom tries, unsuccessfully, to wake Miguel and he rallies his teammates to chase after it. Aipom catches up first and tries to attack Gligar, but it uses Poison Sting, causing Aipom to fall. Then, Gligar kicks Poliwag, who has just jumped out of the water. Pretending to be a tree, Sudowoodo catches Gligar, and Cyndaquil uses a powerful Ember. Gligar flies away to a tree to eat the Egg, but Oddish lands on Gligar's head. Unfortunately, this makes Gligar headbutt the Egg, creating a crack in the shell. Pieces of the Egg fly off, and Togepi appears. Gligar, still hungry, attempts to eat Togepi anyway. Togepi retaliates with Double-Edge and Metronome; Metronome comes out as Hyper Beam, which scares Gligar off.

Togepi battled in Miguel's fight against Martinez. He managed to defeat his powerful Tyranitar with Double-Edge, but was knocked out as well when Tyranitar fell on top of him.

Togepi watches the rest of Miguel's Pokémon battle against the Masked Man from inside his Poké Ball, infuriated that Miguel did not think he was strong enough to battle.

### **Arceus Arise**

Togepi participated in the Pokéathlon alongside Sudowoodo and Vileplume. They start with the Jump Course, and are shown competing in Disc Catch competition. Vileplume and Sudowoodo easily catch a disc that was thrown to them, and Miguel points out that most Pokémon would crowd together to catch a single disc, but since Togepi is small, he can easily move through crowds. Togepi pushes his opponents away and easily catches the disc, which signifies the end of the match. On the next round, they compete in is the Lamp Jump. While Sudowoodo and Vileplume easily touch some lights, Togepi rudely pushes his opponents out of the way, which gives Miguel enough points to earn the Jump Medal.

The same three later competed in the Speed Course and encounter a powerful Trainer, Jet. In the Hurdle Dash and Pennant Capture competitions, Jet's team easily defeats Vileplume and Sudowoodo. In the final match, Relay Run, while most Trainers are seen running with their Pokémon, Miguel is seen simply sliding on the ground slowly while riding on his skateboard in the wrong direction. An exhausted and in last place Sudowoodo struggles to move on, so he is switched for Vileplume. Seeing there is not much time left, Miguel switches her out for Togepi. Togepi's fast speed allows him to easily catch up to Jet's Dodrio, but he is kicked away into the gravel by Dodrio's foot. The dirt gets into Togepi's eyes, preventing him from being able to see and run properly. Miguel commands Togepi to keep going and gives him directions on where to move, having spent his time memorizing the course. Togepi continues running and eventually manages to make it past Jet's Dodrio, which gives Miguel the win.

Miguel sends out his entire team, save Togepi, to fight and distract Lance's Dragonite. Once Dragonite attacks with Hyper Beam, Miguel launches Togepi's Poké Ball with his billiard cue, which meets the devastating laser attack. Togepi manages to endure the attack long enough to shoot past Dragonite, and comes back around with a Double-Edge at the back of its head, fainting the Dragon Pokémon. Later, after Aipom evolves into an Ambipom, Togepi is seen sulking over the attention that he receives from the Kimono Girls. It is then revealed that Miguel does not exactly know how to evolve Togepi.

After Miguel manages to find the missing Lance at the Ruins of Alph, it is revealed that the reason that Togepi has yet to evolve is due to the fact that the two are not fully connected. Lance then gives Togepi a Shiny Stone in the event that they figure it out. When Miguel goes to battle the rampaging Arceus, Miguel realizes how he never thought Togepi to be as strong as his other Pokémon and kept him as a last resort in all of his battles. Realizing his grave mistake, Miguel tells Togepi to fight; Togepi joins the battle, evolving into a Togetic, and into a Togekiss immediately after. With their new power, Miguel and Togekiss manages to calm Arceus down with a Sky Attack.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Since hatching from his Egg, Togekiss picked up many of Miguel's habits, such as gambling. He is a very naughty and stubborn Pokémon, and is often seen with a sulk on his face. Togekiss is also quite skilled in playing pool, another trait that he inherited from his Trainer.

Despite being recently hatched, Togekiss was incredibly powerful, being easily able to defeat opponents more experienced such as Gligar, and Pokémon twice its size, such as Martinez's Tyranitar, although Togekiss fainted from the latter after Tyranitar fell on top of him. Togekiss is also very proud of its power and value, becoming very angry at its Trainer for not being chosen to battle against the Masked Man, infuriated at the thought that Miguel believed he wasn't as strong as his other Pokémon.

Miguel's doubts over Togekiss's power during its days as a Togepi caused a strain in their bond, as despite Togepi unquestionably following his commands, Togekiss not being able to evolve was the proof of their strained bond, as Lance himself comments on how Miguel didn't fully trust Togekiss, causing him becoming unable to evolve. After seeing the error of his ways, Miguel finally decides to trust Togekiss completely, allowing him to evolve into Togetic, following immediately by its final stage.

As noted by Miguel himself, Togekiss's attitude and personality completely changed upon reaching its final-evolved stage. No longer having its usual sulk on his face, Togekiss became cheerful and more openly polite towards others, although he still retained some of its old habits, such as gambling and stubborness.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

### **Moves used via Metronome**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.