History Characters / PokemonGenerationIVChatotToArceus

** Terastallizing also allows Levitate to work for Fan Rotom, particularly when changing to Electric type to get more power on its electric moves and thus removing all weaknesses outside of ones that go through abilities.

** Terastallizing also allows Levitate to work for Fan Rotom, particularly when changing to Electric type to get more power on its lectric moves and thus removing all weaknesses outside of ones that go through abilities.

** The PowerfulButInaccurate Mega Punch was replaced with the (comparitively) WeakButSkilled Dizzy Punch.

* OldSaveBonus: Regigigas lies dormant in the deepest basement of Snowpoint Temple and won't wake up unless you bring Regirock, Regice, and Registeel to it--naturally, they have to be transfered from the Hoenn games of Gen III.

* CriticalHitClass: Although it has a weak Physical-Attack stat, Cresselia has several moves that have a higher chance of landing a critical hit. Specifically, it can use both [[NonElemental Slash]] and the extremely rare [[PsychicPowers Psycho Cut]]. She has become increasingly associated with the latter move over time, firing it in VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Spear Pillar stage, having the move when first encountered in VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 and as of Generation 6, being able to learn the move at ''Level One''.[[note]] She does need the move tutor to get it, though.[[/note]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: In the main games, Darkrai's power over nightmares is mostly a self-defense mechanism. It even serves as the hero of the [[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai 10th movie!]]
* DependingOnTheWriter: In the main games and [[AllThereInTheManual according to the Pokédex]], [[DarkIsNotEvil Darkrai is an extremely shady yet well-meaning Pokémon]] (and is in fact TheHero of [[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai one of the movies]]), but in the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'' games, he's an OmnicidalManiac. In ''VideoGame/PokeparkWii'', he's a bad guy, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards far]], [[JerkAss FAR]] less monstrous than it was in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.

* FinalBoss: Darkrai is the final boss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]'' where it's controlled by [[BigBad Blake Hall]]. It also serves as the [[BigBad main antagonist]] and final boss of ''[[VideoGame/PokeparkWii Pokepark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. Lastly, it is also the TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'' where he's fought at the end of the postgame story and is revealed to [[GreaterScopeVillain have been behind the events of the main story all along.]] With three final boss appearances, Darkrai is second only to [[BreakoutCharacter Mewtwo.]] Pretty impressive for what is just a minor Mythical Pokémon in the main series games.
* {{Foil}}: Cresselia is a bringer of sweet dreams with a defensive playstyle, while Darkrai is a bringer of nightmares with an offensive playstyle. Cresselia has a set gender while Darkrai is genderless. Darkrai tends to be event-exclusive while Cresselia can be obtained without such methods. As of July 14th 2016, this also extends to their appearances in ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'': Cresselia is an Assist Pokémon who can use Lunar Dance to help you out [[DeathOrGloryAttack once per round]] while Darkrai is a playable fighter. Darkrai's nightmare inducer with an offensive playstyle to Cresselia's SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel inducer with a defensive one. Oddly enough, Darkrai doesn't have a gender in the main games (in the anime and spin-offs it's a male) while Cresselia is [[OneGenderRace always female]]. Their signature move in ''Pokémon Legends: Arceus'' are also polar opposite of each other: Cresselia's Lunar Blessing heal herself and get rid of status condition while Darkrai's Dark Void inflict the Drowsy status and allow him to deal more damage by lowering the target's defensive stats.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: You need to find Cresselia and grab one of its Lunar Wings in order to help a sleeping child trapped under Darkrai's nightmares.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: You would think that Darkrai, a being of nightmares, would somehow affect the Dream World back when it existed in Gen V, but it was none the worse for wear.

* MagicAntidote: Cresselia's feathers, or "Lunar Wings," are a cure for Darkrai's bad dreams and maybe others. Her ''Pokémon Legends: Arceus'' signature move Lunar's Blessing heal herself by 50% of her max HP and remove any status condition on her.

** In Generation IX, Cresselia's base Def and Sp Def stats got reduced by 10 each.

* OptionalBoss: In ''Legends: Arceus'', in order to meet with the title creature, you need to add every creature in the Dex alongside the mandatory legendaries. Cresselia is mandatory, but Darkrai is not required due to it being both, a mythical legendary and locked under a save file from "Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl".

** Cresselia has Lunar Dance which causes her to faint, but the Pokémon sent in after her gets fully healed, [[AntiDebuff cured of any status effects]] and has all of its moves' [[MagicMeter PP]] fully restored. ''Legends: Arceus'' also gives Cresselia the more self-serving Lunar Blessing, which heals her by 50% of her max HP, cures her of status conditions and makes incoming attacks more likely to miss.

* WouldHurtAChild: Darkrai is not above sending helpless children to sleep as seen with a sailor's son in ''Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum'' and murders a young girl in ''Black 2 and White 2'', Downplayed as both instances are implied to be accidental given how the Pokédex states it means no harm.
** Its ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'' incarnation also does this, trapping a young Azurill in an endless nightmare. [[OmnicidalManiac He plans to do it to a lot more Pokémon than just Azurill however.]]

* GuideDangIt: Unlike Darkrai and Shaymin where they can only be obtained via saves from other games and after you complete the main story in "Legends Arceus" (that's after you deal with Dialga and Palkia), Manaphy and Phione are easy to get without a save and their mission can be obtained as early as before you finish the story. However the request "The Sea's Legend" doesn't tell you about any hints aide mentioning it was from a book. Where can you find this book? The Canalave Library in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. So without a guide, you essentially have to jump between games to learn what you need to do. Thankfully, the book in question is rather straightforward with the answer given the context.

* OptionalBoss: In ''Legends: Arceus'', in order to meet with the title creature, you need to add every creature in the Dex alongside the mandatory lengendaries. Manaphy and are Phione not required due to them being a mythical lengendary.

* BalanceBuff: Later generations have slowly but surely begun to make it easier for Regigigas to work around its Slow Start ability. Starting from ''Sword'' and ''Shield'' Regigigas has finally been given the ability to learn Protect, allowing it to shield itself from damage, as well as being able to learn Body Press, which works around its weakened Attack stat by using its Defense for damage instead. Meanwhile, ''Legends: Arceus'' lessens the effect it has on the attack stat due to changes to damage calculation

* TheMaker: It's believed to have created the very world of ''Pokémon''. Or at least that is commonly believed to be the case in the [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonConquest Ransei]] regions. It depends on who you ask. It's based off the Eastern creation legends, in that Arceus was the vector for the Universe's creation but wasn't particularly involved with its creation afterwards.

* NotCompletelyUseless: Levitate for Fan Rotom during Inverse Battles. Inverse Battles remove immunities granted by ElementalRockPaperScissors, so Levitate lets it still be immune to Ground attacks.
** Terastallizing also allows it to work, particularly when changing to Electric type to get more power on its electric moves and thus removing all weaknesses outside of ones that go through abilities.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Fan Rotom is a Flying-type... which also has Levitate as an ability.[[labelnote:*]]Outside of dodging Mold Breaker, which bypasses Levitate, and Inverse Battles where it's the only Flying-type that's still immune to Ground, it's a very redundant ability.[[/labelnote]] No longer the case in ''Legends: Arceus'', where abilities aren't a mechanic, so Fan Rotom's Flying-type is more useful.

* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:In ''Legends: Arceus'',

* IJustWantToBeYou: In ''Legends: Arceus'', Professor Laveton speculates Palkia and Dialga's Origin Formes are an attempt at imitating Arceus, with a side order of ganking its power. Given Giratina's Origin Forme also partially resembles Arceus as well, heavily implies this despite its banishment.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Its final form is essentially a hammerhead shark jet plane dragon dinosaur.

* BeyondTheImpossible: In ''Legends: Arceus'', [[spoiler:Giratina ''wills'' itself back to full health after being defeated in its Altered Forme.]]

* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:In an unprecedented move in Pokemon, depleting Giratina's when it first shows up in ''Legends: Acreus does ''not'' defeat it, but it instead causes the Legendary to will itself to full heath as it takes on the player in its Origin Forme and do battle yet again. Which should, frankly, be impossible for a Pokemon to do without outside help.]]

* BeyondTheImpossible: In ''Legends: Arceus'', [[spoiler: Giratina ''wills'' itself back to full health after being defeated in its Altered Forme.]]

{{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:In an unprecedented move in Pokemon, depleting Giratina's when it first shows up in ''Legends: Acreus does ''not'' defeat it, but it instead causes the Legendary to will itself to full heath as it takes on the player in its Origin Forme and do battle yet again. Which should, frankly, be impossible for a Pokemon to do without outside help.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: Despite both being very territorial Pokemon when it comes to their dimensions, Dialga and Palkia seem to pay no mind to Celebi or Hoopa despite both messing with the flow of time and space respectively.

* IJustWantToBeYou: In ''Legends: Arceus'', Professor Laveton speculates Palkia and Dialga's Origin Formes are an attempt at imitating Arceus, with a side order of ganking its power.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Spiritomb is a result of a SoulJar of 108 ''human'' spirits that are largely believed to be malevolent, but not a single [=NPC=] would blink twice or be disturbed by such a sight as it's treated as any other Pokemon, despite its rather unusual origins.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Spiritomb is a result of a SoulJar of 108 ''human'' spirits that are largely believed to be malevolent, but not a single [=NPC=] would blink twice or be disturbed by such a sight as it's treated as any other Pokemon, despite its rather unusual origins.

* TheMaker: It's believed to have created the very world of ''Pokémon''. Or at least the [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonConquest Ransei]] regions. It depends on who you ask. It's based off the Eastern creation legends, in that Arceus was the vector for the Universe's creation but wasn't particularly involved with its creation afterwards.

** Giratina in ''Diamond and Pearl'' is a contrast to its immediate predecessor legendary Rayquaza. Both are the third members of their own group who act as its leader, but unlike Rayquaza who is a benevolent dragon, Giratina is a malevolent and destructive {{Dracolich}}. Both can also transform into another form, but while Giratina can take two forms (in ''Platinum'') including its default Altered Forme and its true Origin Forme through the Distortion World or by giving a Griseous Orb to it, Rayquaza (in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'') can only achieve its true form through Mega Evolution. They also contrast heavily with how they are treated in the story. In ''Ruby and Sapphire'' and its UpdatedReRelease ''Emerald'', Rayquaza is a post-game encounter who can only be encountered after the Hall of Fame; in Emerald it plays a significant role in stopping Kyogre and Groudon's rampage, but its way of encountering it is framed the same way as in the originals. Giratina, on the other hand, is similar to Rayquaza in ''Ruby and Sapphire'', being that they are post-game encounters who can only be captured after defeating the Hall of Fame and are both Level 70; but unlike Rayquaza in ''Emerald'' who is largely a significant role in the main story but can only be encountered in post-game, Giratina in ''Platinum'' is an obligatory encounter in the main story the player has to face in the Distortion World and is at level 47.
** The two mascot legendaries, Dialga and Palkia, heavily contrast to Kyogre and Groudon in terms of the way they are treated in the story's plot, just like the example between Giratina and Rayquaza. In ''Ruby and Sapphire'' Kyogre and Groudon were awakened by Archie and Maxie through the Red and Blue Orbs before escaping Seafloor Cavern and they are obligatory encounters inside the Cave of Origin; in Emerald they are respectively encountered inside Marine Cave or in Terra Cave and are optional encounters. By contrast, Dialga and/or Palkia, like Kyogre and Groudon, are obligatory encounters, but they are restrained by Cyrus through the Red Chain and the player has to free them by freeing Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf inside the Galactic Headquarters to stop Cyrus' goals of using the legendary; in Platinum they are both encountered in Spear Pillar in their respective rifts and it requires the player to beat the Elite Four and have both the Adamant and Lustrous Orbs in their bag.

** The two mascot legendaries, Dialga and Palkia, heavily contrast to Kyogre and Groudon in terms of the way they are treated in the story's plot, just like the example between Giratina and Rayquaza. In ''Ruby and Sapphire'' Kyogre and Groudon were awakened by Archie and Maxie through the Red and Blue Orbs before escaping Seafloor Cavern and they are obligatory encounters inside the Cave of Origin; in Emerald they are respectively encountered inside Marine Cave or in Terra Cave and are optional encounters. By contrast, Dialga and/or Palkia, like Kyogre and Groudon, are obligatory encounters, but they are restrained by Cyrus through the Red Chain and the player has to free them by freeing Uxie, Mespirit and Azelf inside the Galactic Headquarters; in Platinum they are both encountered in Spear Pillar in their respective rifts and it requires the player to beat the Elite Four and have both the Adamant and Lustrous Orbs in their bag.

** Giratina in ''Diamond and Pearl'' is a contrast to its immediate predecessor legendary Rayquaza. Both are the third members of their own group who act as its leader, but unlike Rayquaza who is a benevolent dragon, Giratina is a malevolent and destructive {{Dracolich}}. Both can also transform into another form, but while Giratina can take two forms (in ''Platinum'') including its default Altered Forme and its true Origin Forme through the Distortion World or by giving a Griseous Orb to it, Rayquaza (in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'') can only achieve its true form through Mega Evolution. They also contrast heavily with how they are treated in the story. In ''Ruby and Sapphire'' and its UpdatedReRelease ''Emerald'', Rayquaza is a post-game encounter who can only be encountered after the Hall of Fame; in Emerald it plays a significant role in stopping Kyogre and Groudon's rampage, but its way of encountering it is framed the same way as in the originals. Giratina, on the other hand, is similar to Rayquaza in ''Ruby and Sapphire'', being that they are post-game encounters who can only be captured after defeating the Hall of Fame and are both Level 70; but unlike Rayquaza in ''Emerald'' who is largely a significant role in the main story but can only be encountered in post-game, Giratina in ''Platinum'' is an obligatory encounter the player has to face in the Distortion World and is at level 47.

** Giratina in ''Diamond and Pearl'' is a contrast to its immediate predecessor legendary Rayquaza. Both are the third members of their own group who act as its leader, but unlike Rayquaza who is a benevolent dragon, Giratina is a malevolent and destructive {{Dracolich}}. Both can also transform into another form, but while Giratina can take two forms (in ''Platinum'') including its default Altered Forme and its true Origin Forme through the Distortion World or by giving a Griseous Orb to it, Rayquaza (in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'') can only achieve its true form through Mega Evolution. They also contrast heavily with how they are treated in the story. In ''Ruby and Sapphire'' and its UpdatedReRelease ''Emerald'', Rayquaza is a post-game encounter who can only be encountered after the Hall of Fame; in Emerald it plays a significant role in stopping Kyogre and Groudon's rampage, but its way of encountering it is framed the same way as in the originals. Giratina, on the other hand, is similar to Rayquaza in ''Ruby and Sapphire'', being that they are post-game encounters who can only be captured after defeating the Hall of Fame and are both Level 70; but unlike Rayquaza in ''Emerald'' who is largely a significant role in the main story but can only be encountered in post-game, Giratina in ''Platinum'' is an obligatory encounter the player has to face in the Distortioon World and is at level 47.

** Giratina in ''Diamond and Pearl'' is a contrast to its immediate predecessor legendary Rayquaza. Both are the third members of their own group who act as its leader, but unlike the benevolent Rayquaza, Giratina is more malevolent and destructive. Both can also transform into another form, but while Giratina can take two forms (in ''Platinum'') including its default Altered Forme and its true Origin Forme through the Distortion World or by giving a Griseous Orb to it, Rayquaza (in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'') can only achieve its true form through Mega Evolution.
** The two mascot legendaries, Dialga and Palkia, heavily contrast to Kyogre and Groudon in terms of the way they are treated in the story's plot. In ''Ruby and Sapphire'' Kyogre and Groudon were awakened by Archie and Maxie through the Red and Blue Orbs before escaping Seafloor Cavern and they are obligatory encounters inside the Cave of Origin; in Emerald they are respectively encountered inside Marine Cave or in Terra Cave and are optional encounters. By contrast, Dialga and/or Palkia, like Kyogre and Groudon, are obligatory encounters, but they are restrained by Cyrus through the Red Chain and the player has to free them by freeing Uxie, Mespirit and Azelf inside the Galactic Headquarters; in Platinum they are both encountered in Spear Pillar in their respective rifts and it requires the player to beat the Elite Four and have both the Adamant and Lustrous Orbs in their bag.

** The two mascot legendaries, Dialga and Palkia, heavily contrast to Kyogre and Groudon in terms of the way they are treated in the story's plot. In ''Ruby and Sapphire'' Kyogre and Groudon were awakened by Archie and Maxie through the Red and Blue Orbs before escaping Seafloor Cavern and they are obligatory encounters inside the Cave of Origin; in Emerald they are respectively encountered inside Marine Cave or in Terra Cave and are optional encounters. By contrast, Dialga and/or Palkia, like Kyogre and Groudon, are obligatory encounters, but they are restrained by Cyrus through the Red Chain and the player has to free them by freeing Uxie, Mespirit and Azelf inside the Galactic Headquarters; in Platinum they are both encountered in Spear Pillar in their respective rifts and it requires the player to beat the Elite Four and both have the Adamant and Lustrous Orb in their bag.