
Originally Posted by
Antiyonder
Before actually. Yes it aired after WGtKT, but like Holiday Hi-Jinx and Snow Way Out it was held over from airing in it's original slot (Both episodes having Charmander, despite said Pokemon having evolved into Charizard at the time).
Infact, look at So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd. In the episode, Brock is still taking care of the yet to be hatched Togepi. In the same episode Jessie mentions her Lickitung, which she caught in PvP (we even see a total of three Pokeballs floating away from them).
In Japan's case, the episode was rescheduled after the incident with Electric Soldier Porygon. As for why it took longer to air in the US, the reason likely has to do with it containing a lot of Japanese text to translate.
Plus, ever since Togepi hatched, it would appear all the time whenever Misty was onscreen, and yet it was absent on this episode.