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** [[spoiler:Giratina is fought as a 2-phase boss directly after beating Volo in the postgame of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.]]
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** Origin Dialga or Origin Palkia serves as the final bosses in Pokémon Legends: Arceus depending on if you choose to side with the Pearl Clan or Diamond Clan, respectively.
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** Origin Dialga or Origin Palkia serves as the final bosses in Pokémon Legends: Arceus depending on if you choose to side with the Pearl Clan or Diamond Clan, respectively.
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* NoodleIncident: The "violence" that resulted in Giratina being labeled the Renegade Pokémon, getting banished to the Distortion World, and its monument alongside Dialga's and Palkia's in Eterna City being removed has, to date, never been explained. ''Legends: Arceus''implies it was an attempt to usurp Arceus [[spoiler:as Dialga and Palkia's mad desire to do so is stated to originate from Giratina.]]
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* NoodleIncident: The "violence" that resulted in Giratina being labeled the Renegade Pokémon, getting banished to the Distortion World, and its monument alongside Dialga's and Palkia's in Eterna City being removed has, to date, never been explained. ''Legends: Arceus''implies Arceus'' implies it was an attempt to usurp Arceus Arceus' position as creator [[spoiler:as Dialga and Palkia's mad desire to do so is stated to originate from Giratina.]]
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* NoodleIncident: The "violence" that resulted in Giratina being labeled the Renegade Pokémon, getting banished to the Distortion World, and its monument alongside Dialga's and Palkia's in Eterna City being removed has, to date, never been explained.
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* NoodleIncident: The "violence" that resulted in Giratina being labeled the Renegade Pokémon, getting banished to the Distortion World, and its monument alongside Dialga's and Palkia's in Eterna City being removed has, to date, never been explained. ''Legends: Arceus''implies it was an attempt to usurp Arceus [[spoiler:as Dialga and Palkia's mad desire to do so is stated to originate from Giratina.]]
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* EldritchLocation: All three of their home dimensions are incomprehensible, though only Giratina's is explored in detail.
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* EldritchLocation: All three of their home dimensions are incomprehensible, though only incomprehensible:
** Within Dialga's home dimension, all time flows in different directions and speeds all at once.
** Within Palkia's home dimension, space is said to appear as if it was torn to shreds.
** Within Giratina's home dimension, the Distortion World, space isexplored distorted and time doesn't flow, with the only land being platforms where changes in detail.gravity can have one traveling at 90 degree angles and upside down.
** Within Dialga's home dimension, all time flows in different directions and speeds all at once.
** Within Palkia's home dimension, space is said to appear as if it was torn to shreds.
** Within Giratina's home dimension, the Distortion World, space is
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Giratina is one of the two villains behind the events of ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', working alongside the human Volo. It created the space-time rift that drove Dialga and Palkia crazy with the intent on drawing Arceus out of hiding so it could get its revenge for being locked in the Distortion World. It might seem strange that Giratina is an antagonistic force here considering its entry under DarkIsNotEvil, but it's implied that its banishment by Arceus happened fairly recently, driving it into a rage. After the player catches it, Laventon mentions that its rage has mellowed down, likely leading to its disposition in the present games.]]
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Giratina is one of the two villains behind the events of ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', working alongside the human Volo. It created the space-time rift that drove Dialga and Palkia crazy with the intent on drawing Arceus out of hiding so it could get its revenge for being locked in the Distortion World. World (albeit the plan for how to do so all came from Volo, it being unclear if Giratina was unaware of the damage it was causing the regular world or if it simply didn't care at the time). It might seem strange that Giratina is an antagonistic force here considering its entry under DarkIsNotEvil, but it's implied that its banishment by Arceus happened fairly recently, driving it into a rage. After the player catches it, Volo explains to Laventon mentions that Giratina was changed by its rage has mellowed down, defeat in battle by the protagonist, it deciding to protect the world alongside them and likely leading to its disposition in the present games.]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Giratina. A godlike Ghost-Dragon monstrosity that lurks in an alternate universe and can be seen floating near cemeteries. But, it's more aggressive than evil and only attacks when it feels its home dimension (IE: The Distortion World/Reverse World) is under threat.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Giratina. A godlike Ghost-Dragon monstrosity that lurks in an alternate universe and can be seen floating near cemeteries. An old verse is noted to describe it as having been created as a deep shadow out of Arceus' light, and Volo describes it as the creator's unwanted child. But, it's more aggressive than evil and only attacks when it feels its home dimension (IE: The Distortion World/Reverse World) is under threat.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Dialga is likely based on ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarasaurus Camarasaurus]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus]]'', and Palkia is some kind of large theropod or prosauropod.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Dialga is likely based on ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarasaurus Camarasaurus]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus]]'', and Palkia is some kind of large theropod or prosauropod. Their Origin formes, however, show them in a more equine state to reflect them having been created out of Arceus.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Up until Giratina appears to save all of reality (and simultaneously threaten to destroy it again) in ''Platinum'', there's not a lot hinting at its existence in the plot beyond it being on the box art. Even Rayquaza in ''Emerald'' had some [=NPCs=] talking about how they saw a large green Pokémon in the sky — Giratina doesn't even have that.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Up until Giratina appears to save all of reality (and simultaneously threaten to destroy it again) in ''Platinum'', there's not a lot hinting at its existence in the plot beyond it being on the box art. Even Rayquaza in ''Emerald'' had some [=NPCs=] talking about how they saw a large green Pokémon in the sky — Giratina doesn't even have that. ''Legends: Arceus'' Reveals it had a statue dedicated to it in ancient Sinnoh, but said statue was destroyed by the ancient people, presumably along with most records of it, likely as a response to Giratina's violence and subsequent banishment by Arceus.
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* PhysicalGod: They are the embodiments of time, space, and antimatter/dimensions, respectively. ''Legends: Arceus'' in particular has the Diamond and Pearl Clans worshiping Dialga and Palkia as "Almighty Sinnoh" and arguing vehemently over which of them is the one true creator of the world. The Old Verses scattered across Hisui implicate that Arceus is the true Almighty Sinnoh, with the Diamond and Pearl Clans misinterpreting the culture of their precursors when they adopted it.
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* PhysicalGod: They are the embodiments of time, space, and antimatter/dimensions, respectively. ''Legends: Arceus'' in particular has the Diamond and Pearl Clans worshiping Dialga and Palkia as "Almighty Sinnoh" and arguing vehemently over which of them is the one true creator of the world. The Old Verses scattered across Hisui implicate that Arceus is the true Almighty Sinnoh, with the Diamond and Pearl Clans misinterpreting the culture of their precursors when they adopted it.it, and mistaking Dialga and Palkia respectively for Arceus when the founders of the clans encountered them.
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* PowerFloats: Giratina has the Levitate ability in its Origin Forme.
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* PowerFloats: Giratina has the Levitate ability in its Origin Forme. All of them also have the power to levitate at will regardless of form.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In ''Platinum'', Giratina attempts to merge the Pokémon world with the Distortion World in a fit of rage after Cyrus threatened to destroy and recreate the former. This act would, if not stopped, distort and destroy both worlds.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In ''Platinum'', Giratina attempts to merge the Pokémon world with the Distortion World in a fit of rage after Cyrus threatened to destroy and recreate the former. This act would, if not stopped, distort and destroy both worlds.worlds due to the rift Giratina created.
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* TimeMaster: Dialga the Temporal Pokémon controls time.
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* TimeMaster: Dialga the Temporal Pokémon controls maintains and has power over time.
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Giratina didn't seek to destroy the universe, everything it did, under Volo's advice mind you, was with the goal of getting Arceus's attention.
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* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Legends: Arceus'', Giratina starts off being willing to utterly collapse spacetime in order to get revenge on Arceus for sealing it away in the Distortion World. But after being bested and then captured by the player, Giratina's outlook changes, and it desires to protect the world from then on. By the time of ''Platinum Version'', it's more than ready to trap Cyrus in the Distortion World for attempting to do what it tried to do oh so long ago.
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* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Legends: Arceus'', Giratina Giratina, the "unwanted child" of the creator, starts off being willing to risk utterly collapse collapsing spacetime in order to get revenge on Arceus for sealing exiling it away in the Distortion World. But after being bested and then captured thus humbled by the player, Giratina's outlook changes, and it desires to protect the world from then on. on, even submitting to being captured by the player character. By the time of ''Platinum Version'', it's more than ready to trap Cyrus in the Distortion World for attempting to do what it tried to do oh almost facilitated so long ago.
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Giratina is the local god of antimatter, not devil-figure.
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* DragonsAreDemonic: Giratina, the third member of the creation trio, is a Ghost/Dragon type who was banished to the Distortion World by Arceus for its violence, and has a particularly evil-looking appearance, though it isn't inherently evil.
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* SatanicArchetype: Giratina, created by the local CrystalDragonJesus, was cast out by his creator and sealed in the Distortion World for his violence, and he's called the Renegade Pokemon. His design evokes a FallenAngel theme, with shadowy wings with ''six'' spikes, ''six'' circular yellow plates on his body, and ''six'' legs.
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The Azure Flute is available in Legends Arceus so this note about being dummied out probably doesn't apply any more.
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Shortly after hatching from an egg that had been drifting in the formless cosmos, it created two or three other Pokémon to maintain the physical nature of the universe, and then it created three more to maintain the spiritual nature of life. It then drifted off into a deep slumber, but it awaits for someone in the Hall of Origin...[[note]]and still is, given how the item needed to access it [[DummiedOut was never officially released]].[[/note]]
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* AllPowerfulBystander: Downplayed, especially considering there may be limits to what it can do in its present state existing in a realm beyond time and space that even parts of itself like Giratina cannot reach. For the past few thousand years at least Arceus appears to have preferred to not get involved directly with the affairs of the regular world, with even the avatars or pieces of it that the player can catch and command not having any canon role in resolving the problems of a given story. Even in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' it's response to Volo and Giratina's universe-damaging scheme is to send a human from the future to oppose them and rely on a lorekeeper in Hisui that it possibly tasked with guiding the human. Its fragment does not become available to join the human's party until after all the major problems have been resolved.
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* MissingSecret: The Azure Flute originally designed for players to encounter Arceus was never distributed in any region. The reason for this, according to interviews from developers in the years since, is that triggering the event was considered "too difficult" for players to figure out, though some fans believe it was a result of [[MinusWorld the Surf glitch]] in original copies of ''Diamond and Pearl'' ruining the sidequests attached to the two other Mythical Pokémon of Sinnoh.
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* MissingSecret: The Azure Flute originally designed for players to encounter Arceus was never distributed in any region. The reason for this, according to interviews from developers in the years since, is that triggering the event was considered "too difficult" for players to figure out, though some fans believe it was a result of [[MinusWorld the Surf glitch]] in original copies of ''Diamond and Pearl'' ruining the sidequests attached to the two other Mythical Pokémon of Sinnoh. The Azure Flute would eventually be made available to everyone in another game, ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus''.
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: The Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in ''Platinum'' can only be accessed if the player has a Regigigas that they met via a "fateful encounter" (i.e. DownloadableContent). The one you can actually ''catch'' in Platinum won't help you.
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: The Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in ''Platinum'' can only be accessed if the player has a Regigigas that they met via a "fateful encounter" (i.e. DownloadableContent). The one you can actually ''catch'' in Platinum ''Platinum'' won't help you.
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: Darkrai is only available via Nintendo events, and thus inevitably falls into this trap once they end (though in certain copies of ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', you can use glitches to access Newmoon Island without the Member Card). This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Darkrai is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl save data]].
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: Darkrai is only available via Nintendo events, and thus inevitably falls into this trap once they end (though in certain copies of ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', you can use glitches to access Newmoon Island without the Member Card). This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Darkrai is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon ''Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Pearl'' save data]].
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: The ''other'' method of getting Manaphy (outside of searching for unused ''Pokémon Ranger'' cartridges) is to download one through a Wi-Fi event... all of which naturally end. This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a sidequest allows you to find and capture three Phione and a Manaphy.
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: The ''other'' method of getting Manaphy (outside of searching for unused ''Pokémon Ranger'' cartridges) is to download one through a Wi-Fi event... all of which naturally end. This is averted as of ''Legends ''Legends: Arceus'' where a sidequest allows you to find and capture three Phione and a Manaphy.
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: Shaymin can only be acquired via Nintendo events, either directly or via Oak's Letter in ''Platinum'', and in both cases, particularly the latter, those have long passed (though certain glitches can be used to access Flower Paradise and catch it normally). This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Shaymin is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon Sword and Shield save data]].
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: Shaymin can only be acquired via Nintendo events, either directly or via Oak's Letter in ''Platinum'', and in both cases, particularly the latter, those have long passed (though certain glitches can be used to access Flower Paradise and catch it normally). This is averted as of ''Legends ''Legends: Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Shaymin is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon ''Pokémon Sword and Shield Shield'' save data]].
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it's the other way around. you get shaymin and the shaymin themed outfit with sword and shield. you get darkrai with brilliant diamond and shining pearl.
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: Darkrai is only available via Nintendo events, and thus inevitably falls into this trap once they end (though in certain copies of ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', you can use glitches to access Newmoon Island without the Member Card). This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Darkrai is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon Sword or Shield Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl save data]].
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* JackOfAllStats: Along with Hydreigon, Garchomp is this compared to other pseudo-legendaries. None of its stats are very high, but they (except for its Special Attack) aren't low either.
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* MagikarpPower: Combined with CrutchCharacter. Gible and Gabite are rather weak (though an Eviolite can alleviate this somewhat) but one of the first moves they learn is [[FixedDamageAttack Dragon Rage]], which is powerful at first, but then their lack of power becomes notorious. Then, at level 48, Gabite evolves into [[LightningBruiser Garchomp]].
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* MagikarpPower: Combined with CrutchCharacter. Gible and Gabite are rather weak (though an Eviolite can alleviate this somewhat) somewhat), but one of the first moves they learn is [[FixedDamageAttack Dragon Rage]], which is powerful at first, but then their lack of power becomes notorious.starts to reduce their effectivness. Then, at level 48, Gabite evolves into [[LightningBruiser Garchomp]].
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Making use of Regigigas's strength qualifies as this. To shrug off the effects of Slow Start, it needs to stay on the battlefield for five turns in a row and can't do much during them, giving the opponent ample time to hit it hard, cripple it with status effects, set up a StatusBuff, or just use a SwitchOutMove to reset Slow Start's timer.
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* {{Telepathy}}: Each one's Hidden Ability. In ''Legends: Arceus'', the two that aren't Giratina use this to communicate with the leader of their clan.
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* {{Telepathy}}: Each one's Hidden Ability. In ''Legends: Arceus'', the two that aren't Giratina use this psychic abilities to communicate with the leader of their clan.
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* {{Telepathy}}: Each one's Hidden Ability. In ''Legends: Arceus'', the two that aren't Giratina use this to communicate with the leader of their clan.
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* PowerCreep: Wasn't hit ''quite'' as badly as the once unstoppable Mewtwo, but still an example. At the moment of its introduction, Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon at 720, [[MasterOfAll a whopping 120 in every stat]], while the closest contenders trailed behind at 680. While it still has the highest stat total of all base form Pokémon, it was subsequently beaten first by Mega Mewtwo, then Primal Groudon and Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza, etc., not to mention absolutely ''dwarfed'' by the unobtainable Eternamax Eternatus. Legends Arceus addresses the confusing logic of lesser Gods being more powerful than the creator deity by establishing that the Arceus caught in game is merely an avatar of the true Arceus with a fraction of its power.
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* PowerCreep: Wasn't hit ''quite'' as badly as the once unstoppable Mewtwo, but still an example. At the moment of its introduction, Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon at 720, [[MasterOfAll a whopping 120 in every stat]], while the closest contenders trailed behind at 680. While it still has the highest stat total of all base form Pokémon, it was subsequently beaten first by Mega Mewtwo, then Primal Groudon and Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza, etc., not to mention absolutely ''dwarfed'' by the unobtainable Eternamax Eternatus. Legends Arceus ''Legends: Arceus'' addresses the confusing logic of lesser Gods gods being more powerful than the creator deity by establishing that the Arceus caught in game is merely an avatar of the true Arceus with a fraction of its power.
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* PowerCreep: Wasn't hit ''quite'' as badly as the once unstoppable Mewtwo, but still an example. At the moment of its introduction, Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon at 720, [[MasterOfAll a whopping 120 in every stat]], while the closest contenders trailed behind at 680. While it still has the highest stat total of all base form Pokémon, it was subsequently beaten first by Mega Mewtwo, then Primal Groudon and Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza, etc., not to mention absolutely ''dwarfed'' by the unobtainable Eternamax Eternatus.
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* PowerCreep: Wasn't hit ''quite'' as badly as the once unstoppable Mewtwo, but still an example. At the moment of its introduction, Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon at 720, [[MasterOfAll a whopping 120 in every stat]], while the closest contenders trailed behind at 680. While it still has the highest stat total of all base form Pokémon, it was subsequently beaten first by Mega Mewtwo, then Primal Groudon and Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza, etc., not to mention absolutely ''dwarfed'' by the unobtainable Eternamax Eternatus. Legends Arceus addresses the confusing logic of lesser Gods being more powerful than the creator deity by establishing that the Arceus caught in game is merely an avatar of the true Arceus with a fraction of its power.
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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: As the original Pokémon that created the universe, this is assumed. Notably, it's implied in ''Legends: Arceus'' that every instance of a catchable Arceus isn't actually the real deal, but a 'fragment' of the true Arceus is allows to be possessed by humans to walk in the world it created.
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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: As the original Pokémon that created the universe, this is assumed. Notably, it's implied in ''Legends: Arceus'' that every instance of a catchable Arceus isn't actually the real deal, but a 'fragment' "fragment" of the true Arceus is it allows to be possessed by humans to walk in the world it created.
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* FightingAShadow: In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus,'' "capturing" Arceus at the very end has him explain that he's giving you a fragment of himself to be with you.
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* FightingAShadow: In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus,'' "capturing" Arceus at the very end has him explain that he's giving you a fragment of himself to be with you. This implies this is the case ''any'' time Arceus has been capable to be possessed by the player and thus any time an Arceus is used in gameplay is this trope.
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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: As the original Pokémon that created the universe, this is assumed. Notably, it's implied in ''Legends: Arceus'' that every instance of a catchable Arceus isn't actually the real deal, but a 'fragment' of the true Arceus is allows to be possessed by humans to walk in the world it created.
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* PhysicalGod: The most powerful Pokémon (barring Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, anyway) is in a physical form that can be fought. Unlike some other powerful Pokémon however, it has never been worshipped as a god. [[spoiler:At least until the Old Verses of ''Pokémon Legends: Arceus'' implicate that it was worshiped by the Celestica Clan as "Almighty Sinnoh", with the Diamond and Pearl Clans mistakenly assuming that Dialga and Palkia are the true Almighty Sinnoh, leading to them going to war with one another.]]
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* PhysicalGod: The most powerful Pokémon (barring Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, anyway) is in a physical form that can be fought. Unlike some other powerful Pokémon however, it has never been worshipped It isn't worshiped as a god. [[spoiler:At god at the time of ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', but it was worshiped -- at least until indirectly -- at the Old Verses time of ''Pokémon Legends: Arceus'' Arceus''. [[spoiler:Jubilife Village's shrine contains Arceus' sigil; and the Old Verses implicate that it was worshiped by the ancient Celestica Clan as "Almighty Sinnoh", with the Diamond and Pearl Clans who succeeded the Celestica Clan mistakenly assuming that Dialga and Palkia respectively are the true Almighty Sinnoh, leading to them going to war with one another.]]
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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: As ''Legends: Arceus'' shows, the Arceus that is captured by the player is but a piece of it, all but outright stating that its true form is something completely incomprehensible by mere humans. Its battle theme invokes this very effectively too, starting off the same as the original theme, but becomes increasingly fast, erratic, and glitchy, almost as if the game itself is struggling to comprehend Arceus's being.
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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: As ''Legends: Arceus'' shows, the Arceus that is captured by the player is but a piece of it, all but outright stating that its true form is something completely incomprehensible by mere humans. The opening cutscene has it appear as an orb of golden light that slowly coalesces into the silhouette of its Pokémon form. Its battle theme invokes this very effectively too, starting off the same as the original theme, but becomes increasingly fast, erratic, and glitchy, almost as if the game itself is struggling to comprehend Arceus's being.
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* PhysicalGod: They are the embodiments of time, space, and antimatter/dimensions, respectively. ''Legends: Arceus'' in particular has the Diamond and Pearl Clans worshiping Dialga and Palkia as "Almighty Sinnoh" and arguing vehemently over which of them is the one true creator of the world. The Old Verses scattered across Hisui implicate that Arceus is the true Almighty Sinnoh, with the Diamond and Pearl Clans misinterpreting the culture of their precursors hen they adopted it.
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* PhysicalGod: They are the embodiments of time, space, and antimatter/dimensions, respectively. ''Legends: Arceus'' in particular has the Diamond and Pearl Clans worshiping Dialga and Palkia as "Almighty Sinnoh" and arguing vehemently over which of them is the one true creator of the world. The Old Verses scattered across Hisui implicate that Arceus is the true Almighty Sinnoh, with the Diamond and Pearl Clans misinterpreting the culture of their precursors hen when they adopted it.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Giratina starts off being willing to utterly collapse spacetime in order to get revenge on Arceus for sealing it away in the Distortion World. But after being bested and then captured by the player, Giratina's outlook changes, and it desires to protect the world from then on. By the time of ''Platinum Version'', it's more than ready to trap Cyrus in the Distortion World for attempting to do what it tried to do oh so long ago.
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* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Legends: Arceus'', Giratina starts off being willing to utterly collapse spacetime in order to get revenge on Arceus for sealing it away in the Distortion World. But after being bested and then captured by the player, Giratina's outlook changes, and it desires to protect the world from then on. By the time of ''Platinum Version'', it's more than ready to trap Cyrus in the Distortion World for attempting to do what it tried to do oh so long ago.
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* PhysicalGod: They are the embodiments of time, space, and antimatter/dimensions, respectively.
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* PhysicalGod: They are the embodiments of time, space, and antimatter/dimensions, respectively. ''Legends: Arceus'' in particular has the Diamond and Pearl Clans worshiping Dialga and Palkia as "Almighty Sinnoh" and arguing vehemently over which of them is the one true creator of the world. The Old Verses scattered across Hisui implicate that Arceus is the true Almighty Sinnoh, with the Diamond and Pearl Clans misinterpreting the culture of their precursors hen they adopted it.
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* PurpleIsPowerful: Palkia.
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* PhysicalGod: The most powerful Pokémon (barring Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, anyway) is in a physical form that can be fought. Unlike some other powerful Pokémon however, it has never been worshipped as a god.
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* PhysicalGod: The most powerful Pokémon (barring Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, anyway) is in a physical form that can be fought. Unlike some other powerful Pokémon however, it has never been worshipped as a god. [[spoiler:At least until the Old Verses of ''Pokémon Legends: Arceus'' implicate that it was worshiped by the Celestica Clan as "Almighty Sinnoh", with the Diamond and Pearl Clans mistakenly assuming that Dialga and Palkia are the true Almighty Sinnoh, leading to them going to war with one another.]]
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* TimeAbyss: [[OlympusMons Legendary and Mythical Pokémon]] tend to be this by default but Arceus stands out even amongst them. It's designations as "the Alpha Pokémon" and "the Original One" indicate it's great age and it is heavily implied to be the creator of the Pokémon universe. Arceus is even older than time itself, as it is explicitly credited with creating Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, with Dialga's Pokédex entry stating that time itself started to flow when it was born.
* TopGod: By technicality. Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are often revered as deities, and Arceus is the creator god of everything. However, it's not worshipped due to being enigmatic.
* TopGod: By technicality. Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are often revered as deities, and Arceus is the creator god of everything. However, it's not worshipped due to being enigmatic.
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* TimeAbyss: [[OlympusMons Legendary and Mythical Pokémon]] tend to be this by default but Arceus stands out even amongst them. It's Its designations as "the Alpha Pokémon" and "the Original One" indicate it's great age and it is heavily implied to be the creator of the Pokémon universe. Arceus is even older than time itself, as it is explicitly credited with creating Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, with Dialga's Pokédex entry stating that time itself started to flow when it was born.
* TopGod: By technicality. Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are often revered as deities, and Arceus is the creator god of everything. However, it's not worshipped in modern times due to being enigmatic.
* TopGod: By technicality. Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are often revered as deities, and Arceus is the creator god of everything. However, it's not worshipped in modern times due to being enigmatic.
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** Of course, one can't mention Garchomp without bringing up Cynthia. It's her signature in ''Diamond, Pearl and Platinum''.
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** Of course, one can't mention Garchomp without bringing up Cynthia. It's her signature in ''Diamond, Pearl and Platinum''.Platinum'', and all her other appearances. In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', [[spoiler:her implied ancestor Volo also uses one on his team]].
* BossInMookClothing: In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', a Lv. 85 Alpha Garchomp in the Alabaster Icelands is the highest-leveled Alpha Pokémon in the game and the second-highest enemy overall, tied with the {{superboss}} rematches of Dialga and Palkia.
* BossInMookClothing: In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', a Lv. 85 Alpha Garchomp in the Alabaster Icelands is the highest-leveled Alpha Pokémon in the game and the second-highest enemy overall, tied with the {{superboss}} rematches of Dialga and Palkia.
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* LightningBruiser: Garchomp is fast, strong, and has above-average bulk. Even among pseudo-legendaries, Garchomp stands out with the highest base HP and second highest base Attack and Speed. Mega Garchomp is slightly slower, but still pretty fast with much more power and bulk.
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* LightningBruiser: Garchomp is fast, strong, and has above-average bulk. Even among pseudo-legendaries, Garchomp stands out with the highest base HP and second third highest base Attack and Speed. Mega Garchomp is slightly slower, but still pretty fast with much more power and bulk.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Fans have debated over the pronunciation of Arceus's name ever since its introduction, not helped by how inconsistent official media itself is on the matter. Common ones include ARK-ee-us, AR-see-us, Ar-KAY-us, Ar-SAY-us, and AR-koos. Video game-related announcements tend toward ARK-ee-us, though other sources like ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' use AR-see-us, which the romanization of its Japanese name (アルセウス ''aruseusu'') also supports.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Fans have debated over the pronunciation of Arceus's name ever since its introduction, not helped by how inconsistent official media itself is on the matter. Common ones include ARK-ee-us, AR-see-us, Ar-KAY-us, Ar-SAY-us, and AR-koos. AR-koos.
** Video game-related announcements tendtoward towards ARK-ee-us, though other sources like as well as the anime and movies, due to concerns that pronouncing it as AR-see-us would too closely resemble the word "arse".
** Silvally's ability is translated in English as RKS System (suggesting ar-KAY-us), while in Japanese it was AR System (suggesting ar-SAY-us).
** ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu''use uses AR-see-us, which the romanization of its Japanese name (アルセウス ''aruseusu'') also supports.
** Video game-related announcements tend
** Silvally's ability is translated in English as RKS System (suggesting ar-KAY-us), while in Japanese it was AR System (suggesting ar-SAY-us).
** ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu''
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* PowerCreep: Wasn't hit '''quite''' as badly as the once unstoppable Mewtwo, but still an example. At the moment of its introduction, Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon at 720, [[MasterOfAll a whopping 120 in every stat]], while the closest contenders trailed behind at 680. While it still has the highest stat total of all base form Pokémon, it was subsequently beaten first by Mega Mewtwo, then Primal Groudon and Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza, etc., not to mention absolutely '''dwarfed''' by the unobtainable Eternamax Eternatus.
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* PowerCreep: Wasn't hit '''quite''' ''quite'' as badly as the once unstoppable Mewtwo, but still an example. At the moment of its introduction, Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon at 720, [[MasterOfAll a whopping 120 in every stat]], while the closest contenders trailed behind at 680. While it still has the highest stat total of all base form Pokémon, it was subsequently beaten first by Mega Mewtwo, then Primal Groudon and Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza, etc., not to mention absolutely '''dwarfed''' ''dwarfed'' by the unobtainable Eternamax Eternatus.
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[-'''Pokémon Family Species:''' [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIFamilies Gen I]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect Bulbasaur to Parasect]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVenonatToCloyster Venonat to Cloyster]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIGastlyToMiltank Gastly to Miltank]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIMagikarpToMew Magikarp to Mew]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies Gen II]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIChikoritaToGranbull Chikorita to Granbull]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIQwilfishToCelebi Qwilfish to Celebi]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Gen III]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIITreeckoToSharpedo Treecko to Sharpedo]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Gen IV]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVTurtwigToBronzong Turtwig to Bronzong]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVChatotToArceus Chatot to Arceus]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVFamilies Gen V]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVVictiniToZoroark Victini to Zoroark]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Minccino to Genesect]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Gen VI]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIChespinToHawlucha Chespin to Hawlucha]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIDedenneToVolcanion Dedenne to Volcanion]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Gen VII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet to Comfey]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIOranguruToMelmetal Oranguru to Melmetal]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraBeasts Ultra Beasts]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies Gen VIII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIGrookeyToHatterene Grookey to Hatterene]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIImpidimpToCalyrex Impidimp to Calyrex]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGlitches Glitches]]\\
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[-'''Pokémon Family Species:''' [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIFamilies Gen I]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect Bulbasaur to Parasect]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVenonatToCloyster Venonat to Cloyster]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIGastlyToMiltank Gastly to Miltank]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIMagikarpToMew Magikarp to Mew]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies Gen II]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIChikoritaToGranbull Chikorita to Granbull]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIQwilfishToCelebi Qwilfish to Celebi]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Gen III]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIITreeckoToSharpedo Treecko to Sharpedo]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Gen IV]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVTurtwigToBronzong Turtwig to Bronzong]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVChatotToArceus Chatot '''Chatot to Arceus]]) Arceus''') | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVFamilies Gen V]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVVictiniToZoroark Victini to Zoroark]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Minccino to Genesect]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Gen VI]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIChespinToHawlucha Chespin to Hawlucha]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIDedenneToVolcanion Dedenne to Volcanion]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Gen VII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet to Comfey]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIOranguruToMelmetal Oranguru to Melmetal]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraBeasts Ultra Beasts]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies Gen VIII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIGrookeyToHatterene Grookey to Hatterene]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIImpidimpToCalyrex Impidimp to Calyrex]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGlitches Glitches]]\\
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[-'''Pokémon Family Species:''' [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIFamilies Gen I]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect Bulbasaur to Parasect]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVenonatToCloyster Venonat to Cloyster]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIGastlyToMiltank Gastly to Miltank]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIMagikarpToMew Magikarp to Mew]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies Gen II]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIChikoritaToGranbull Chikorita to Granbull]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIQwilfishToCelebi Qwilfish to Celebi]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Gen III]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIITreeckoToSharpedo Treecko to Sharpedo]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys]]) | [[CharactersPokemonGenerationIVFamilies Gen IV]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVTurtwigToBronzong Turtwig to Bronzong]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVChatotToArceus Chatot to Arceus]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVFamilies Gen V]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVVictiniToZoroark Victini to Zoroark]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Minccino to Genesect]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Gen VI]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIChespinToHawlucha Chespin to Hawlucha]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIDedenneToVolcanion Dedenne to Volcanion]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Gen VII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet to Comfey]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIOranguruToMelmetal Oranguru to Melmetal]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraBeasts Ultra Beasts]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies Gen VIII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIGrookeyToHatterene Grookey to Hatterene]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIImpidimpToCalyrex Impidimp to Calyrex]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGlitches Glitches]]\\
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[-'''Pokémon Family Species:''' [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIFamilies Gen I]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect Bulbasaur to Parasect]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVenonatToCloyster Venonat to Cloyster]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIGastlyToMiltank Gastly to Miltank]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIMagikarpToMew Magikarp to Mew]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies Gen II]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIChikoritaToGranbull Chikorita to Granbull]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIQwilfishToCelebi Qwilfish to Celebi]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Gen III]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIITreeckoToSharpedo Treecko to Sharpedo]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys]]) | [[CharactersPokemonGenerationIVFamilies [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVFamilies Gen IV]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVTurtwigToBronzong Turtwig to Bronzong]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVChatotToArceus Chatot to Arceus]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVFamilies Gen V]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVVictiniToZoroark Victini to Zoroark]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Minccino to Genesect]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Gen VI]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIChespinToHawlucha Chespin to Hawlucha]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIDedenneToVolcanion Dedenne to Volcanion]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Gen VII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet to Comfey]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIOranguruToMelmetal Oranguru to Melmetal]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraBeasts Ultra Beasts]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies Gen VIII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIGrookeyToHatterene Grookey to Hatterene]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIImpidimpToCalyrex Impidimp to Calyrex]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGlitches Glitches]]\\
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[[center:[[WMG:''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Pokemon}} characters Index]]''' ''([[Characters/PokemonTypes Pokémon Types]], [[Characters/PokemonRecurringArchetypes Recurring Pokémon Archetypes]])''\\
[-'''Pokémon Family Species:''' [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIFamilies Gen I]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect Bulbasaur to Parasect]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVenonatToCloyster Venonat to Cloyster]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIGastlyToMiltank Gastly to Miltank]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIMagikarpToMew Magikarp to Mew]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies Gen II]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIChikoritaToGranbull Chikorita to Granbull]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIQwilfishToCelebi Qwilfish to Celebi]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Gen III]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIITreeckoToSharpedo Treecko to Sharpedo]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys]]) | [[CharactersPokemonGenerationIVFamilies Gen IV]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVTurtwigToBronzong Turtwig to Bronzong]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVChatotToArceus Chatot to Arceus]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVFamilies Gen V]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVVictiniToZoroark Victini to Zoroark]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Minccino to Genesect]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Gen VI]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIChespinToHawlucha Chespin to Hawlucha]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIDedenneToVolcanion Dedenne to Volcanion]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Gen VII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet to Comfey]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIOranguruToMelmetal Oranguru to Melmetal]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraBeasts Ultra Beasts]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies Gen VIII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIGrookeyToHatterene Grookey to Hatterene]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIImpidimpToCalyrex Impidimp to Calyrex]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGlitches Glitches]]\\
'''Pokémon Human Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivals Protagonists And Rivals]] ([[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsAlola Alola]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsGalar Galar]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsHisui Hisui]]) | [[Characters/PokemonProfessors Professors]] | [[Characters/PokemonGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] ([[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersGalar Galar]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTrialCaptainsAndKahunas Trial Captains and Kahunas]] | [[Characters/PokemonEliteFour Elite Four]] | [[Characters/PokemonChampions Champions]]\\
'''[[Characters/PokemonVillainTeams Pokémon Villain Teams]]:''' [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamRocket Team Rocket]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamAquaMagma Team Aqua/Magma]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamGalactic Team Galactic]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamPlasma Team Plasma]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamFlare Team Flare]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamSkull Team Skull]] / [[Characters/PokemonTeamYell Team Yell]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonFrontierBrainsAndOtherFacilityHeads Frontier Brains And Other Facility Heads]] | [[Characters/PokemonTrainerClasses Trainer Classes]] | [[Characters/PokemonOtherNonPlayableCharacters Other NPCs]] ([[Characters/PokemonAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraReconSquad Ultra Recon Squad]] / [[Characters/PokemonMacroCosmos Macro Cosmos]])-]]]]]
[-'''Pokémon Family Species:''' [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIFamilies Gen I]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect Bulbasaur to Parasect]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVenonatToCloyster Venonat to Cloyster]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIGastlyToMiltank Gastly to Miltank]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIMagikarpToMew Magikarp to Mew]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies Gen II]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIChikoritaToGranbull Chikorita to Granbull]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIQwilfishToCelebi Qwilfish to Celebi]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Gen III]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIITreeckoToSharpedo Treecko to Sharpedo]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Wailmer to Deoxys]]) | [[CharactersPokemonGenerationIVFamilies Gen IV]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVTurtwigToBronzong Turtwig to Bronzong]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIVChatotToArceus Chatot to Arceus]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVFamilies Gen V]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVVictiniToZoroark Victini to Zoroark]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Minccino to Genesect]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIFamilies Gen VI]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIChespinToHawlucha Chespin to Hawlucha]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIDedenneToVolcanion Dedenne to Volcanion]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Gen VII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet to Comfey]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIOranguruToMelmetal Oranguru to Melmetal]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraBeasts Ultra Beasts]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies Gen VIII]] ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIGrookeyToHatterene Grookey to Hatterene]] / [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIIImpidimpToCalyrex Impidimp to Calyrex]]) | [[Characters/PokemonGlitches Glitches]]\\
'''Pokémon Human Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivals Protagonists And Rivals]] ([[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsAlola Alola]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsGalar Galar]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsHisui Hisui]]) | [[Characters/PokemonProfessors Professors]] | [[Characters/PokemonGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] ([[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersGalar Galar]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTrialCaptainsAndKahunas Trial Captains and Kahunas]] | [[Characters/PokemonEliteFour Elite Four]] | [[Characters/PokemonChampions Champions]]\\
'''[[Characters/PokemonVillainTeams Pokémon Villain Teams]]:''' [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamRocket Team Rocket]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamAquaMagma Team Aqua/Magma]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamGalactic Team Galactic]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamPlasma Team Plasma]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamFlare Team Flare]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamSkull Team Skull]] / [[Characters/PokemonTeamYell Team Yell]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonFrontierBrainsAndOtherFacilityHeads Frontier Brains And Other Facility Heads]] | [[Characters/PokemonTrainerClasses Trainer Classes]] | [[Characters/PokemonOtherNonPlayableCharacters Other NPCs]] ([[Characters/PokemonAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] / [[Characters/PokemonUltraReconSquad Ultra Recon Squad]] / [[Characters/PokemonMacroCosmos Macro Cosmos]])-]]]]]
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!441: Chatot / Perap (ペラップ ''perappu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Chatot]]
An eighth note headed parrot Pokémon with the unique ability to parrot languages, including human ones. Its best known move, Chatter, is one that can be recorded using the Nintendo DS's microphone. Its effect depends on how loud the recording is.
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* TheArtifact: To prevent glitches involving its audio recording function, Chatter was made unable to be Sketched by Smeargle. This restriction remained even after the recording function was removed in Gen VI.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: As a 50 cm tall parrot with a head in the shape of a musical note, Chatot does not look the part of a powerful Pokémon, but it has the highest Special Attack stat of all Pokémon that get STAB on the monstrously powerful Boomburst (just barely beating out Exploud) and a decent speed. Its Chatter is nothing to sneer at either, while its damage is nothing to write home about at 65 base power, it's still a STAB-boosted damaging move with 100% accuracy and a 100% chance to inflict confusion (Generation VI onwards), making it essentially Confuse Ray, but on steroids.
* BlowYouAway: Flying-type.
* DrunkenMaster: In a sense, in that Tangled Feet causes it to become more adept at evading attacks when confused.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appeared late in the Battle Frontier season of the anime.
* FragileSpeedster: Chatot has decent Speed, but it's really fragile.
* GlassCannon: Chatot has decent Special Attack and, as of Gen VI, can learn the absurdly powerful Boomburst, but its defenses are terrible.
* HealThyself: Naturally learns Roost.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Naturally learns several sound-based attacks, including Uproar, Round, Echoed Voice, and its [[SecretArt signature Chatter]]. Even better: in Gen VI, it can be bred to know ''Boomburst'' (though in Gen VIII no Pokémon are capable of passing the move onto Chatot, since the ones that can are excluded from ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' while Chatot itself is absent from ''Sword and Shield'').
* MusicIsEighthNotes: The parrot Chatot, normally associated with sound and music, has a head in the shape of an eighth note.
* PollyWantsAMicrophone: It can learn human words and imitate human speech. Generations IV and V even allowed it to copy ''your'' voice.
* PokemonSpeak: Its cry sounds very similar to its Japanese name, complete with pronunciation ("Perapu!"). Possibly a justified inversion, because it's a parrot and thus can mimic human speech, making it likely that it's actually mimicking a human who said its name.
* RazorWind: Can be bred to know Air Cutter.
* SecretArt: Chatter, a Flying-type attack that always confuses the target. In fact, it is one of the three moves that can't be learned by Sketch[[note]]presumably because it would lead to a GameBreakingBug back when Chatot still had a voice-recording feature[[/note]], the others being [[DesperationAttack Struggle]] and [[ShapedLikeItself Sketch]], making it one of the few moves that is truly exclusive.
** While Confide is a dirt-common TM move that can be taught to just about anything, Chatot is the only Pokémon to learn the move naturally.
* SquishyWizard: In contrast to most birds, Chatot specializes in Special Attack. Its physical Attack is actually pretty poor, even though it gives out [[StatGrinding EVs]] in Attack.
* StatusBuff: Can learn Nasty Plot to boost its Special Attack.
* StatusInflictionAttack: Its SecretArt Chatter used to have a varying rate of causing confusion depending on the volume of the recording, usually around 10 to 30%. As of Generation VI, the voice recording function has been removed, but in return, Chatter will always cause a target to get confused.
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[[folder:Spiritomb ''[-(Mikaruge)-]'']]
!442: Spiritomb / Mikaruge (ミカルゲ ''mikaruge'')
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A collective of 108 malevolent spirits bound to a rock. While most Pokémon are found by just walking into long grass, Spiritomb isn't encountered that way. You need a special stone called the Odd Keystone, which needs to be placed in a certain shrine. Then you have to go into Sinnoh's Underground and talk to (interact with) 32 other people over the local wireless ([=NPCs=] don't count). Only then will Spiritomb be released for capture. The effort that goes into triggering the Spiritomb to be released may be great, but you are rewarded with a Pokémon with only one elemental weakness (it used to have no weaknesses, but then the Fairy type was introduced in Generation VI) and high defenses.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While the various Pokédex entries paint Spiritomb to being an evil spirit who was bound to the Odd Keystone for its mischief and misdeeds, they are much more vague on if the actual spirits as a whole are actually malevolent. They mainly just say that Spiritomb is composed of 108 spirits, but not if they are actually evil or not. ''Sword'' entry seems to imply that only some of the spirits are ill-natured, while ''Legends: Arceus'' goes with the idea that all of them are malevolent, [[spoiler:even if one of them is the one to ask you to gather the freed wisps back]].
* ArmoredButFrail: Spiritomb has equally great defenses that are offset by its poor HP.
* BossBattle:
** A territorial Spiritomb is a boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]'', a Spiritomb in the end of Chroma Ruins appears as the game's fifth boss.
* CastingAShadow: It fits into the traditional idea of a shadow elemental, unlike [[CombatPragmatist most Dark-types who are based on criminals, trickery, impending doom, below-the-belt fighting tactics, and evil]]. However, its primary type is Ghost, which ''are'' typically shadow elementals.
* CombatPragmatist: It can fight dirty, naturally learning moves like Sucker Punch, Feint Attack, and Pursuit.
* DarkIsEvil: Spiritomb is composed of 108 souls that were so bad in life they were bound to the Odd Keystone, and unlike most other Dark-types it doesn't seem to have any sort of redeeming qualities whatsoever. That said, [[SubvertedTrope it can still get along with other Pokémon and have its friendship with the player maxed out.]]
* EldritchAbomination: A shadowy creature made up of an amalgamation of 108 souls sewn together by their collective negative emotions. You don't get much more abominable than that.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Technically, Spiritomb is supposed to be a Pokemon as a result of being 108 souls jammed into one SoulJar, which should make it the only one of its kind. However, it can breed and be caught in various different regions.
* GuideDangIt:
** No, the Sinnoh games do ''not'' tell you how to get Spiritomb, nor do they give any indication that Spiritomb even ''exists'' up until you fight Cynthia aside from Pokédex entry 108 suspiciously being left blank.
** Spiritomb came back for ''Sword and Shield'', with roughly the same requirements as the Sinnoh games, except this time the landmark is a gravestone off the beaten path around Ballimere Lake (with the only hint being the message "Be my voice." carved on it) and you don't need an Odd Keystone. Good luck realizing what that grave even does without looking it up. At least, the Wild Area makes interacting online with people ''much'' easier than the Sinnoh Underground.
* MergerOfSouls: A collection of 108 souls that have amalgamated together out of negative emotions.
* MightyGlacier: It has quite good defenses, only one elemental weakness as of Generation VI, and its offensive stats aren't bad. It's very slow and has low HP, though.
* MindHive: Spiritomb is a gestalt of 108 spirits. It can still breed and has a defined gender; just don't ask how.
* Mystical108: Spiritomb is formed from 108 evil spirits that are bound together to the Odd Keystone (compare with Ninetales from Generation I, which is said to be the reincarnation of nine saints). In addition, Spiritomb weighs 108 kilograms, its Sinnoh region Pokédex number is 108, its base Defense and Special Defense are 108, and in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', one can be found in Sea Mauville, located on Route 108. 108 is considered a mystical number in Buddhism (108 is said to be the number of temptations one must overcome to reach nirvana).
* {{Nerf}}: Spiritomb is no longer free of weaknesses due to Fairy-types being strong against Dark.
* NothingIsScarier: It is a Pokémon created from 108 evil spirits 500 years ago. That's it. What those spirits did or even what Spirtomb itself is like is never elaborated upon. Pokédex entry in ''Sword'' claims that ''some'' of the spirits which form Spiritomb are ill-natured, suggesting that it being sealed away in Odd Keystone is due to Spiritomb's own actions instead of the actions of the spirits forming it.
* NoodleIncident: What Spiritomb did to get sealed away is never elaborated on, but it does say a traveller was "compelled" to seal it away due to its actions.
* NumerologicalMotif: If you haven't figured it out yet, Spiritomb is heavily associated with the Mystical108.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: It's not one ghost; it's 108 spirits forever encased in a keystone as punishment for the evil those spirits committed in life.
* PowerNullifier: Its dual Dark/Ghost typing renders it immune to Normal, Fighting, ''and'' Psychic-type moves.
* SealedEvilInACan: Spiritomb is said to be formed from the souls of 108 people who were evil in life and now are bound to the Odd Keystone for eternity as punishment.
* SocializationBonus:
** Spiritomb only appears in Sinnoh if you interact with 32 ''real'' players in the Underground. [[note]]It can be the same person 32 times, but it still requires another person... or another DS. Whichever works.[[/note]]
** In ''Sword and Shield'', Spiritomb appears in a gravestone in Ballimere Lake after checking it and then interacting with 32 other trainers in the Crown Tundra, meaning that you need to play online to get Spiritomb.
* SoulJar: That Odd Keystone is what Spiritomb is bound to, if its seal weakens, the pokemon would disperse.
* SoulPower: A Ghost-type powered by 108 spirits.
* SupernaturalIsPurple: Its spirit body is purple except for the green features.
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:Vessa from ''Legends: Arceus'' is the only one of Spiritomb's spirits you get to personally know, and is the one to ask you to gather up the freed 107 wisps so that they can reform into Spiritomb again.]]
* UniqueEnemy:
** In the Sinnoh games, Spiritomb can only be encountered at the Hallowed Tower after plugging in an Odd Keystone and then interacting with a certain number of people in the Underground. The process is repeatable, but you need a new Keystone each time.
** A single Spiritomb appears in Sea Mauville in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', [[InescapableAmbush ambushing you in a specific room upon quitting a game menu]].
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[[folder:Gible ''[-(Fukamaru)-]'', Gabite, and Garchomp ''[-(Gaburias)-]'']]
!443: Gible / Fukamaru (フカマル ''fukamaru'')\\
444: Gabite (ガバイト ''gabaito'')\\
445: Garchomp / Gaburias (ガブリアス ''gaburiasu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mega Garchomp]]
->[-''Mega Garchomp debuts in ''X and Y-]
Dragon Pokémon that superficially resemble sharks with limbs, they are found in caves with geothermal heating. Gible looks somewhat silly due to its pudgy appearance, but as it evolves, it gets "sharper" and dangerous-looking. It is among the fastest of the pseudo-legendaries, second only to Dragapult, and its stats are in just the right places to make it an extremely powerful threat, making it a perfect SignatureMon for Sinnoh's celebrated Champion Cynthia. As of ''X & Y'', Garchomp has a Mega Evolution with greatly boosted Attack and the Sand Force Ability, in exchange for a slight Speed drop.
Garchomp is one of the playable characters in ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'', a FightingGame SpinOff where Pokémon duke it out in a new type of battle called Ferrum Battles. For tropes concerning its appearance in that game, see the ''Pokkén Tournament'' [[Characters/PokkenTournament character page]].
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* AnimalGenderBender: The Garchomp in ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii'' is male, but has no notch in its fin and [[DudeLooksLikeALady therefore looks like females of its species]]. This isn't touched upon at all.
* BigEater: What would you expect from names like those? Reflected also in their evolution moves: Dual Chop as Gabite and Crunch as Garchomp. That said, Gible's ''Shield'' Dex entry for the Crown Tundra DLC notes that despite its big mouth, its stomach is actually quite small.
* BodyHorror: The Alolan Pokédex implies that when Garchomp Mega Evolves, its fins don't transform into scythes, they ''melt'' into that shape, which in result drives it into mad rage.
* BossBattle:
** A Gabite is fought as the first boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon''. Gabite and Garchomp can also be fought as optional bosses in [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers Explorers]] and Super respectively.
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]'', Garchomp is used by [[TerribleTrio Ice]] during your second battle against him.
** Of course, one can't mention Garchomp without bringing up Cynthia. It's her signature in ''Diamond, Pearl and Platinum''.
* BreakingOldTrends: The Gible line has some traits that were introduced by them among pseudo-legendaries, some of which that haven't been repeated since:
** Gabite is the only Pokémon that evolves into a pseudo-legendary in a level under 50.
** This is the first pseudo-legendary line that avoided LateCharacterSyndrome in their debut game in the Wayward Cave's secret entrance, with wild Gible under level 20 available (although, in ''Diamond and Pearl'', the lower levels where Gible can be found is blocked by a Strength Boulder, which can only be moved after beating the sixth gym; in ''Platinum'', they can obtained as early as Wayward Cave itself can be entered). The only other pseudo-legendary with this treatment is Dreepy, which can be found early on in ''Sword and Shield'', but only through Max Raid Dens.
** Garchomp is the only pseudo-legendary Pokémon with gender differences.
** Garchomp was the first pseudo-legendary with a base friendship stat that isn't 35. Kommo-o is the only other pseudo-legendary with this trait, with both Pokémon's base friendship stats set at 70.
** The Gible line is the first pseudo-legendary line whose National Pokédex placement does not come right before a Legendary Pokémon or another pseudo-legendary line. The Goomy line is the only other pseudo-legendary line with such kind of National Pokédex placement.
* BreakoutCharacter: Not to the extent of Lucario, but Garchomp is still one of the most popular and marketed Pokémon from its generation, and among the pseudo-legendaries. In popularity polls, not only has it consistently polled as the second highest Gen IV Pokémon behind Lucario, but it got seventh place out of ''all'' species in a wide-scale 2020 poll, making it the highest-ranking Dragon-type Pokémon.[[note]]unless you count how Charizard can Mega Evolve into one[[/note]]
* DinosaursAreDragons: Garchomp resembles a carnivorous dinosaur such as a [[RaptorAttack dromaeosaurid]]. The UK version of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for [=3DS/Wii U=]'' describes Garchomp as a "mach-speed flying dinosaur with spikes".
* DishingOutDirt: Half Ground-types and can possesses the Sand Veil ability, which increases their evasion in a Sandstorm. Mega Garchomp has Sand Force with powers up its Ground-, Rock- and Steel-Type, attacks while in a Sandstorm. All of the group are capable of learning numerous Ground- and Rock-type moves.
* DragonHoard: Gabite habitually digs up gems, which it hoards in its nest. In fact, in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon Super Mystery Dungeon]]'', the first boss battle has you go up against a Gabite, who mistakenly suspects that you were trying to steal his treasure. Gabite also like to capture Carbink for their gems.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Not only are Gabite and Garchomp based on sharks and dragons, but also on theropods, mainly [[RaptorAttack dromaeosaurids]].
* FinalBoss: It's played as such in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]''. Before Cynthia's Garchomp, no other trainer in the game uses one. Said Garchomp is also her highest-leveled Pokémon, has surprisingly high stats for a Pokémon used by an NPC trainer and is the most powerful in Cynthia's team. Cynthia would often send Garchomp out last, further exemplifying this trope.
* {{Flight}}: Garchomp has been shown as capable of flight in various media, though [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it can't learn Fly]].
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Gible's ''Diamond & Pearl'' Pokédex entries state it likes to live in caves warmed by geothermal heat. In those games, Gible can only be found in Wayward Cave. The same holds true for why Gible and its evolutions can only be found within the Tunnel to the Top and Way to the Peak in the Crown Tundra in ''Shield'', as the cave is also warmed by geothermal heat.
* TheGrimReaper: Mega Garchomp seems to take some design cues from him with the scythe hands and squarish chin to slightly resemble a skull.
* JackOfAllStats: Along with Hydreigon, Garchomp is this compared to other pseudo-legendaries. None of its stats are very high, but they (except for its Special Attack) aren't low either.
* KillItWithIce: They are all extremely weak to ice attacks.
* LightningBruiser: Garchomp is fast, strong, and has above-average bulk. Even among pseudo-legendaries, Garchomp stands out with the highest base HP and second highest base Attack and Speed. Mega Garchomp is slightly slower, but still pretty fast with much more power and bulk.
* MagikarpPower: Combined with CrutchCharacter. Gible and Gabite are rather weak (though an Eviolite can alleviate this somewhat) but one of the first moves they learn is [[FixedDamageAttack Dragon Rage]], which is powerful at first, but then their lack of power becomes notorious. Then, at level 48, Gabite evolves into [[LightningBruiser Garchomp]].
* MagicKnight: Mega Garchomp gets a large Special Attack boost to go along with its already high Attack, letting it hit with Physical or Special attacks.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Only comparatively so - Garchomp's Special Attack is not low and it packs powerful special moves like Draco Meteor or Fire Blast that it can put into good use, but its Attack is 50 base points higher than its Special Attack (base 130 Attack vs base 80 Special Attack). Compared to other pseudo-legendary Pokémon, Garchomp's Special Attack is the lowest of them all. Mega Garchomp is more proficient at special attacks, enough to avert this trope, but the base point difference is still the same (base 170 Attack vs base 120 Special Attack).
* ManBitesMan: They naturally learn Crunch. In Generation VII, Garchomp automatically learns the move upon evolution.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The line are based on sharks, but have the body plan of a carnivorous dinosaur (like many other fictional dragons). Their Dragon typing seems to come from the fact that they're winged flying saurians.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Its final form is essentially a hammerhead shark jet plane dragon dinosaur.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Draconic landsharks.
* PaletteSwap: Heavily downplayed with Shiny Garchomp, as it's almost indistinguishable from a normal one. Played straight with its Shiny Mega form which is pink.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Garchomp is one of the most threatening Dragon-types to grace the franchise and is still a threat in spite of Fairies, and sports bluish-purple scales. Its Mega form turns them lavender.
* RaptorAttack: Garchomp loosely resembles a ''Franchise/JurassicPark''-type ''Velociraptor'' with its [[LightningBruiser high speed]], and having the streamlined body plan of a relatively lean carnivorous [[DinosaursAreDragons dinosaur]] (all while lacking feathers because of its shark scales).
* RatedMForManly:
** Garchomp sports an impressive build, most noticeable in the 3D games (the 2D games make it look like it has a lean frame). Mega Garchomp takes it further, and has what appear to be ''scythes'' for hands. The coloration of its jaw resembles a beard complete with sideburns, and with its spikes, the design on Mega Garchomp's body resembles a ripped biker's jacket.
** However, and in spite of this trope, Garchomp tends to be depicted in official media as female as much as, if not more, than as male. This is most likely due to the fact that the best-known Garchomp, which is the one used by Sinnoh Champion Cynthia, is a female.
* RealMenWearPink: [[http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/MegaGarchomp.jpg Shiny Mega Garchomp]] is really pink. Its body is mostly lavender, but its chest, jaw, and scythes are magenta.
* RecurringElement: The Gen IV draconian pseudo-legendary like Dragonite, Tyranitar, and Salamence before it. Interestingly, however, comes much earlier in the Dex order than usual. Like Salamence before it, it's a blue, vicious LightningBruiser Dragon-type with flight capabilities.
* TheRival: Gabite and Sableye tend to fight over Carbink. Garchomp and Salamence also compete for food in midair battles.
* SandIsWater: Desert dwelling sharks.
* SharkMan: (Vaguely) anthropomorphic draconian sharks.
* SimpleYetAwesome: Garchomp has a great offensive typing in Dragon and Ground, is very quick, and hits very hard. Unlike most hard-hitting Pokémon, it's not a GlassCannon in the slightest. It's so simple to use, yet it works so effectively in many different roles because of these traits.
* SinisterScythe: Mega Garchomp's hands resemble huge scythe-blades.
* SocializationBonus: Getting the Garchompite in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire requires the player to grab 1000 flags from other players' Secret Base.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Garchomp's Japanese name was often mispelled by fans as Gablias.
* TheSpiny: Their Hidden Ability is Rough Skin, which damages enemies that use contact moves on them (and is a reference to the rough skin of real sharks). Subverted with the mega form. It has spikes all over its arms, legs, and torso, but Rough Skin is replaced with Sand Force.
* SuperMode: Garchomp gains a Mega Evolution in ''X & Y''. It gets a slight Speed reduction, but gets great boosts to Attack and Special Attack to make it a MagicKnight, the Sand Force ability to increase its Ground-, Rock-, and Steel-type moves during a Sandstorm, and minor boosts to its Defense and Special Defense.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Garchomp's Pokédex entries mention that once it has prey in its sights, it will never give up on chasing it down.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Male specimens have a notch on their back fins, implying that they fight more often and leave scars.[[note]]The ones in the picture up there are female, if you haven't figured it out; most Garchomp in art and merchandise are depicted as female save for the one in ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament''.[[/note]] The fact that the male Garchomp in ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii'' and its sequel has no notch in his fin supports this statement. Both male and female Garchomp gain two notches in their fin in Mega Evolution form.
* ThreateningShark: Cave-dwelling, ''flying'' landsharks!
* WeirdBeard: The coloration on Mega Garchomp's jaw resembles a jagged beard, and they're quite dangerous.
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[[folder:Riolu and Lucario]]
!447: Riolu (リオル ''rioru'')\\
448: Lucario (ルカリオ ''rukario'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Lucario]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mega Lucario]]
->[-''Mega Lucario debuts in ''X and Y-]
The most iconic Pokémon of the Gen IV games, Riolu and Lucario are fighting type Pokémon that possess the unique power of sensing the aura of all living things. Riolu is only able to sense it in ripples and uses it to sense the feelings of others from far away. As it evolves, though, it becomes part Steel and it fully realizes its unique power, gaining the ability to utilize it in the form of powerful attacks. Lucario is notable for being the first non-Legendary Pokémon to be the star of its own movie.
Lucario gained a Mega Evolution in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' with boosted offensive stats and Speed on top of the STAB-boosting Adaptability Ability, and is said to be the first Pokémon in history to achieve Mega Evolution. Fittingly, it's the first Pokémon that the player is capable of using Mega Evolution with.
Due to its popularity, Lucario appears in Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s MassiveMultiplayerCrossover series, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', as a recurring player character, and is also a fighter in the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s own FightingGame Spinoff, ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament''. For tropes concerning its appearance in those games, see the ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosBrawl40To44 character page]] and the ''Pokkén Tournament'' [[Characters/PokkenTournament character page]].
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* ActionInitiative: One of only a few fully-evolved Pokémon who can make decent use of the special Fighting priority move Vacuum Wave, and one of the few Pokémon that can learn Extreme Speed. Riolu gets Prankster as its Hidden Ability, which gives all of its status moves priority. Finally, they can be bred with Bullet Punch, which can do quite a number on opponents when paired with Mega Lucario's Adaptability.
* AlwaysAccurateAttack: Aura Sphere, which never misses.
* AlwaysLawfulGood: According to its ''Shield'' Pokedex entry, Lucario will only trust trainers who have justice in their hearts.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Their ''Ultra Moon'' entry details that Lucario often read minds of people and become stressed if what they read turns out to be sensitive.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Lucario is a Fighting-type Pokémon, so it's fitting that the shape and coloring of its lower body makes it look like it's wearing a pair of gym shorts.
* AuraVision: Lucario can sense the aura of all things.
* AxCrazy: The Alolan Pokédex entries for Mega Lucario states that its fighting style can only be described as "heartless."
* BadassLongcoat: Mega Lucario evokes something similar with its own fur no less.
* BadWithTheBone: Along with the Cubone line and Mandibuzz, Lucario is one of the few Pokémon that can learn Bone Rush. Since Lucario doesn't physically carry a bone around, both the anime and VideoGame/PokkenTournament depict it forming the bone out of energy.
* BalanceBuff: With every generation, Lucario becomes stronger and stronger. In Gen V, it gained access to Justified to increase its Attack every time it's hit by a Dark-type attack, which Lucario had a double resistance to at the time. In Gen VI, it received a Mega Evolution that makes it faster, stronger, and gains Adaptability to increase the power of its [=STAB=] moves. Generation VII didn't immediately give it anything new to play with, but ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' gave it access to Meteor Mash, a powerful STAB move that runs off of Mega Lucario's better attacking stat.
* BareFistedMonk: Gets the usual vast array of punching moves expected of a Fighting-type.
* BodyHorror: The Alolan Pokédex entries for Mega Lucario states that the mega evolution energy, combined with Lucario's own aura, burns his own skin with black streaks.
* BossBattle:
** Maylene's strongest Mon, where she's either the third (''Diamond and Pearl'') or fourth (''Platinum'') Sinnoh leader.
** Lucario is also fought as a BonusBoss in ''[[VideoGame/PokeparkWii Poképark Wii 2: Wonders Beyond]]'', acting as the final opponent in the postgame Battle Tournament.
** A Lucario guarding the [[{{Macguffin}} Blue Gem]] is fought as a boss in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]''.
* BreakoutCharacter: Lucario became one of the most prominently marketed new Pokémon since Pikachu from the Generation I days and is considered the unofficial {{mascot}} of the 4th generation, and is given to the player for free in its debut games and X and Y.
* CombatMedic: Lucario is one of few Pokémon that could learn Heal Pulse, it also has nice offensive stats to boot.
* CombatPragmatist: Lucario learns several Dark-type moves, most notably [[ManBitesMan Crunch]] and Dark Pulse.
* ConfusionFu: Lucario has a stupidly diverse movepool; outside of STAB attacks, it gets Dragon, Ground, Psychic, Dark, Fire, Water, Ghost, Rock, Poison, Ice, Electric, and Bug attacks.
* CuteLittleFangs: Lucario has these, although they are rarely seen.
* CycleOfHurting: Due to the fact that Copycat mimics the last move used even if it's the user's own move, a Prankster Riolu with a Focus Sash and Reversal effectively has a *300 BP priority move* at its disposal, as long as nothing can survive it or outspeed it with priority of its own.
* DeathOrGloryAttack: Lucario can learn the powerful and dangerous High Jump Kick through breeding. ''Nothing'' wants to take a High Jump Kick from Mega Lucario (except Ghost-types who will laugh at it) — if it's weak to Fighting, then barring the move missing, the only thing that will save it is if it has a Focus Sash, Sturdy, or if it happens to have ridiculous defenses. If Mega Lucario can pull off a Swords Dance, the latter's only chance of survival afterwards is to run.
** This trope also applies to a slightly lesser extent to Lucario's Close Combat move. While the move is ''slightly'' less powerful than High Jump Kick (base 120 power to base 130 power), it still does a truly ridiculous amount of damage coming from a Mega Lucario. Although the move doesn't risk directly harming Lucario the way High Jump Kick does, the downside is that every time the move is used, it lowers both the user's defense and special defense by one stage. So if Lucario uses Close Combat, it will quickly become this trope, as anything that ''doesn't'' get immediately KO-ed by it will be able to take out Lucario with ease.
** And in ''Sword and Shield'', it gets access to the new move Steel Beam, which is a Special Steel-type version of Double Edge, dealing half the damage it caused to the opponent back to the user.
* DemotedToExtra: After being so prominently available in Gens IV, V and VI, Riolu and Lucario are only available in ''Sun and Moon'' in the Poni Wilds, an area that is only accessible in the post-game.
* DisabilitySuperPower: Steadfast, one of their abilities, multiplies their speed by 50% whenever they are flinched.
* DiscOneNuke:
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Riolu can be found in the wild before the first Gym Leader. Because Riolu evolves through happiness, this means that after a few hours of running in circles, it is possible to get a Lucario at level 6. And once it does, congratulations. You have now obtained a Pokémon that can utterly dominate the first quarter of the game. It resists the first Gym's STAB (and double-resists their other attacking type), is ''immune'' to the second Gym's STAB, and is double-resistant to the third Gym's STAB (also double-resistant to Dwebble in general, and normally resistant to Grass). To exaggerate this even more, you can get [[ThePowerOfFriendship TM27 Return]] right after beating Cheren, giving it an attack with an effective Power of 102 due to it running off of the user's Friendship value and Lucario being a Friendship evolution.
** Still going this way in ''X and Y''. Riolu is again available before the first Gym (which is guaranteed three perfect [=IVs=] due to being a baby Pokémon), Return is given just before the next town, and you even get a free Lucario with its Mega Stone after the 3rd Gym if you didn't bother to grab a Riolu.
* DrawAggro: The line can learn Follow Me through breeding, through their terrible defenses means that drawing any attacks towards them is a questionable strategy.
* DreadlockWarrior: The appendages on the back of Lucario's head give off this appearance. Even more so in its Mega form.
* ElementalPunch: They can learn Ice Punch and Thunder Punch through move tutors, but not Fire Punch, presumably due to Lucario being a Steel-type... Though they ''can'' inherit [[CriticalHitClass Blaze Kick]] from a parent.
* TheEmpath: They can read the emotions of other creatures.
* EnergyBall: [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Aura Sphere]], a move which Lucario is very famous for using.
* ExtraOreDinary: Lucario is a Steel-type, though it doesn't have any of the visual cues or [[StoneWall normal]] [[MightyGlacier stat spreads]] associated with them. That said, Lucario can learn several steel type moves, like Flash Cannon and [[ActionInitiative Bullet Punch]].
* FunnyAnimalAnatomy: They have long noses reminiscent of canine snouts, with human-like mouths underneath. And raccoon-like faces. Justified by the fact that they (or at least Lucario) are in the Human-Like egg group.
* FurIsClothing: Lucario's thighs are designed to resemble a pair of shorts.
* GlassCannon:
** It can hit hard from both the physical and special sides, and has decent Speed. However, it has trouble withstanding neutral attacks due to its low defenses, and abusing Close Combat[[note]]which lowers the user's defenses after each use[[/note]] will render its many resistances moot. Luckily, Lucario has 8 resistances, 2 of which are double, and an immunity.[[note]]Prior to Gen VI, it has 9 resistances, 3 of which are double resistances. [[/note]]
** Its Mega Evolution makes it even stronger, with the Adaptability ability (boosts the power of STAB moves to 2x instead of 1.5x) adding to its Fighting-type and Steel-type moves. And Mega Lucario has not only higher Attack than regular Lucario, but higher Special Attack and Speed. While its Defense receives a significant boost, it still can't take that many hits before going down and its mediocre Special Defense is left intact.
* HartmanHips: Lucario has a slender upper body contrasted by wide hips and thighs, though they're meant to look like it's wearing pants.
* HealingShiv: Lucario learns Heal Pulse, a move that heals the target's HP.
* HonorBeforeReason: Lucario's Hidden Ability is Justified, which raises its Attack if hit by a Dark-type move. While it can't abuse it as well as [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Terrakion]], it has access to several increased-priority moves, and had a double Dark resistance prior to Generation VI.
* AnIcePerson: They can get Ice Punch from the move tutor.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Due to its popularity and prominent appearances in various spin-offs, Lucario is promoted in the same way that [[ShockandAwe Pikachu]], [[PlayingWithFire Charizard]] and [[PsychicPowers Mewtwo]] are despite being introduced some ten years and four generations later than the others.
* ImmuneToFlinching: Inner Focus, one of their abilities, makes them completely immune to flinching.
* InformedAbility: The Pokédex goes out of it way to point out that Lucario can understand humans. The problem with this is that there has never been any indication that other Pokémon couldn't understand humans.
* IntellectualAnimal: The Pokédex states that Lucario can understand human speech.
* KamehameHadoken:
** Aura Sphere. Also able to learn various similar moves that Steel and Fighting-types otherwise can't normally learn, like [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon Pulse]], [[CombatPragmatist Dark Pulse]], [[CastingAShadow Shadow Ball]]... and [[HealingShiv Heal Pulse.]]
** Aura Storm, which is Lucario's Final Smash in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl''.
* KiManipulation: Gets moves like Aura Sphere, Dark Pulse, and Focus Blast.
* LaserBlade: When Lucario conjures up a Bone Rush attack in the anime, it looks rather like [[Franchise/StarWars a Jedi Knight activating a lightsaber]]. On one occasion, two Mega Lucario even fight in a manner reminiscent of a lightsaber duel.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: In ''Diamond'', ''Pearl'' and ''Platinum'', Riolu can only be obtained by hatching an egg obtained from Iron Island late during the main story, which means a ''lot'' of walking, grinding, training and pampering is required to bring it up to snuff and evolve it at that point. ''Black 2'', ''White 2'', ''X'' and ''Y'' instead make Riolu into an early-game Pokémon, while all other games in which the line can be obtained relegate it to the postgame.
* MagicKnight: Is one of the few Fighting-types to have a good Special Attack stat on top of an almost equal Attack stat.
* MagikarpPower: Riolu has quite low stats and a [[PoorPredictableRock much smaller movepool]] than Lucario, even by pre-evolution standards. Once you reach the happiness level to achieve evolution, it becomes a high-tier killing machine.
* MascotMook: Just as Pikachu represents cute unevolved monsters, and Charizard for fearsome fully evolved monsters, Lucario is the poster child for cool humanoid monsters. The three are among the most likely to get spotlighted in Gens beyond their own, and appear in spinoffs, crossovers, and merch. ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' and ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'' even give it more attention than Pikachu itself.
* MultiformBalance: Of a sort. While the difference is marginal in both forms, Lucario hits slightly harder with Special attacks while Mega Lucario hits slightly harder with Physical attacks (relatively speaking, as Mega Lucario hits harder than regular Lucario on both sides).
* NervesOfSteel: Both of their regular abilities discourage trying to flinch them. Steadfast [[DisabilitySuperPower increases their speed if they flinch]] (likely assuring you can't do it next turn), and Inner Focus just makes them ImmuneToFlinching.
* NobleWolf: Well, specifically a jackal.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Riolu's ''Pearl'' Pokédex entry notes that despite its small size, it is strong, being capable of cresting three mountains and crossing two canyons in a single night.
* PreciousPuppy: Riolu has strong canine traits and is considered a baby Pokémon. A very adorable one at that.
* PsychicPowers: They're not Psychic-types, but nonetheless, they can read the thoughts and emotions of others. On an unrelated note, Lucario can be taught Psychic from the technical machine, while both of them can learn [[UseYourHead Zen Headbutt]] from the move tutor.
* RascallyRaccoon: Averted. Although they are partially based off raccoons (especially the face), they aren't portrayed as mischievous rascals.
* RatedMForManly: Lucario was a pretty masculine Pokémon to begin with, but Mega Lucario takes it to the next level with the longer fur, extra spikes, and red-tipped appendages. It also has a gender ratio that heavily favors males, and a very masculine voice in its [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew movie]], and the VideoGame/SuperSmashBros series.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Needs high happiness to evolve, but can only do so during the day.
* ShockAndAwe: They can get Thunder Punch from the move tutor.
* {{Shotoclone}}: Loosely speaking; Lucario is a Fighting-type that learns various KamehameHadoken attacks, including its signature Aura Sphere, and can learn the {{Shoryuken}}-like Sky Uppercut via breeding. It's also occasionally depicted as one half of a [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu and Ken]]-like duo with Blaziken, as the "Ryu" to Blaziken's "Ken". Ironically, Lucario is ''not'' this in its [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros fighting game]] [[VideoGame/PokkenTournament appearances]].
* SignatureMove: Aura Sphere and Lucario are very heavily associated with each other in most forms of Pokémon media, though the move itself isn't exclusive to Lucario by a long shot.[[note]]When the mon and the move were introduced in Generation IV, Aura Sphere was also in the moveset of Togekiss, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina; and was added to the moveset of Mewtwo and Mew. So no, it was never Lucario's SecretArt.[[/note]]
* StatusBuff: Riolu gets Nasty Plot while Lucario gets Swords Dance and Calm Mind, all by level up. They can also be bred to have Iron Defense and Agility.
* TheStoic: Like Mewtwo, in Pokémon- Amie, Lucario gives approving nods rather than energetic or visibly happy responses when treated well, though it does smile when its affection level goes up.
* SuperMode: Gained a Mega Evolution in ''X and Y'', with the ability Adaptability. Those Close Combats, High Jump Kicks, Iron Tails, Aura Spheres, Flash Cannons, and Meteor Mashes will ''hurt''. Also, in-universe, Lucario is said to be the very first Pokémon in history to achieve Mega Evolution (until the Hoenn remakes retconned it to Rayquaza actually being the first one).
* UseYourHead: They can get [[NonElemental Headbutt]] and [[PsychicPowers Zen Headbutt]] from the move tutor, both of which are, well, headbutts.
* WolverineClaws: Lucario naturally learns Metal Claw. The anime depicts it as the spikes on Lucario's paws glowing and changing into claws.
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[[folder:Hippopotas and Hippowdon ''[-(Kabaldon)-]'']]
!449: Hippopotas (ヒポポタス ''hipopotasu'')\\
450: Hippowdon / Kabaldon (カバルドン ''kabarudon'')
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Hippopotami that prefer to bathe in pits of sand rather than pools of water. These ground types have the ability to instantly produce large quantities of sand through holes in their bodies; so much, in fact, they create a sandstorm when they enter battle. Much like real hippos, they also possess very strong jaws and a very aggressive nature. Males tend to be lighter in color while females are darker.
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* AngryAngryHippos: Hippowdon is a temperamental animal, much like real life hippos.
* BigEater: Learns a lot of mouth-based attacks, can learn some more like Stockpile, Swallow, or Spit Up by breeding.
* BlowYouAway: Surprisingly enough, the line can learn Whirlwind via breeding.
* BossBattle: Bertha's signature during ''Diamond and Pearl''.
* DishingOutDirt: Ground-types with the ability to create sandstorms by shooting sand out of the holes in their bodies.
* ElementalBaggage: Having a body filled with sand helps with the execution of their attacks, regardless of battlefield.
* FireIceLightning: Learns the three fang attacks (Ice, Fire, and Electric).
* GradualGrinder: Naturally has access to Sandstorm, and can supplement the gradual damage of sand with Stealth Rocks and Roar.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[TruthInTelevision Like hippos in real life]], Hippowdon has a very bad temper.
* HealThyself: Can be bred to know Slack Off.
* HuggyHuggyHippos: Hippopotas is more docile than its ill-tempered evolution Hippowdon.
* KillItWithIce: They are weak to Ice attacks, especially on the special side.
* KillItWithWater: They are weak to Water-type attacks, especially on the special side.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Hippowdon has great physical Attack, but poor Special Attack, and its Special Defense [[WeakAgainstMagic is its weakest defense.]]
* MightyGlacier: Hippowdon may look like a defensive behemoth, and it certainly can tank hits, but it also has a base attack of 112, which makes [=STAB=] Earthquake hit like a truck. However, it's very slow, and its special defense is less impressive.
* NoSelfBuffs: As a Ground-type with Sand Stream, they're immune to the residual of damage of Sandstorm, but don't get the Special Defense boost that Rock-types get from Sandstorm; the other two Pokémon with the ability (Tyranitar and Gigalith) do get this bonus.
* OneHitKill: It learns Fissure.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Inverted. Females are much darker in coloration than males.
* PaletteSwap: The gender differences amount to this... with the ''same'' base palette (well, in Hippopotas's case, that is; Hippowdon has a true coloration difference). [[ShownTheirWork Justified in that real hippos are differentiated by gender based on hide color]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: As if its facial expression wasn't enough to get the point across.
* SandIsWater: Desert hippopotami.
* SecondarySexualCharacteristics: Male and female Hippopotas are {{palette swap}}s of each other. As for Hippowdon, the brown hide on a male is dark grey on a female.
* ShownTheirWork:
** Hippos are usually considered cute and innocent animals by media, when they are in fact one of the most dangerous animals in existence, killing more humans every year than any other animal in Africa. While averted with Hippopotas, Hippowdon is shown as a surprisingly quick-to-anger Pokémon with a fearsome strength, like real hippos.
** Their behaviour very closely resembles that of real life hippos, but turned on its head. While real life hippos are more active during nighttime and often submerge themselves in water to avoid having their sensitive skin burned by sunlight, Hippopotas is more active during daytime, lives in dry sand, and hates getting its skin wet.
* WeatherManipulation: Has the Sand Stream ability, like Tyranitar, which allows it to create sandstorms upon entering battle. Notably, Hippopotas is the only unevolved Pokémon with the ability.
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[[folder:Skorupi and Drapion ''[-(Scorupi and Dorapion)-]'']]
!451: Skorupi / Scorupi (スコルピ ''sukorupi'')\\
452: Drapion / Dorapion (ドラピオン ''dorapion'')
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Skorupi is a Poison/Bug type that can be found in either arid environments such as deserts or wet ones such as swamps. Unusually, instead of two pincers and a stinger tail, it has two stingers and a pincer tail. When it evolves into Drapion, it loses its Bug typing for a Dark typing and it becomes incredibly fierce. It has the ability to either be an incredible attacker with the Sniper ability (increases the damage of critical hits) or an incredible defender with Battle Armor (prevents critical hits). Either way, this Pokémon can be devastating when played right.
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* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Drapion can rotate its head 180 degrees. When its Affection level is high enough from Pokémon-Amie, it'll turn ''its entire upper body'' to face you before starting the battle.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Skorupi is notable for being one of only five Bug-types with Bug as a ''secondary'' type ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Anorith, Armaldo]], [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Dewpider and Araquanid]] are the others). However, it loses that when it evolves.
* BossBattle:
** Aaron's strongest Mon during his time on the Elite Four. Oddly enough, he's a Bug-type specialist, whereas Drapion is not a Bug-type even though it evolves from one.
** Drapion is also the DiscOneFinalBoss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.]]'' where it's used by [[TheDragon Kincaid]] after the player infiltrates [[DiscOneFinalDungeon Team Dim Sun's Cargo Ship]]. It puts up one hell of a fight.
* TheBrute: Drapion is one of those Dark-types that's associated with brutishness rather than sneakiness, preferring to crush opponents with its strength over its venom.
* CriticalHitClass: Both of their standard Abilities involve these. Battle Armor prevents it from taking crits, while Sniper raises the power of crits by 50%. Have Night Slash and Cross Poison ready, and for extra fun, Scope Lens.
* FireIceLightning: Drapion gets all three elemental fang moves naturally, though you need the Move Relearner to get them.
* HonorBeforeReason: Some Pokédex entries state that Drapion prefers to fight without using poison. [[ShownTheirWork Larger scorpions in real life are far less reliant on their venom than smaller ones, and the venom is weaker as a result.]]
* LightningBruiser: Great Defense, good Attack and Speed, and with the Sniper ability, those high critical hit moves can be really deadly.
* MakingASplash:
** They are in the Water 3 Egg Group, despite neither of them being Water-type. This could be a reference to an extinct group of arthropods called "sea scorpions", which inhabited in the oceans in prehistoric times, and are believed to have been the ancestors of modern scorpions.
** The line has access to the moves Rain Dance via TM and Aqua Tail via Move Tutors.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Drapion is the ''Ogre Scorpion'' Pokémon. "Drapion" seems to contain ''Dracula''. It's also called the ''Sand Demon'' in Galar.
* NonIndicativeName: Drapion's name in multiple languages implies it's related to Dragon types, but it's not Dragon type nor does it learn any Dragon type moves.
* OurOgresAreHungrier: Drapion is called the ''Ogre Scorpion'' Pokémon, loses the Bug-type and gains the Dark-type due to its vicious nature, lives in remote places like marshes and deserts, and attacks anything that invades its territory.
* PoisonIsEvil: Drapion is ''nasty''. There's more than one reason it's called the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ogre Scorpion]].
* [[PoisonousPerson Poisonous Pokémon]]: Poison-type.
* PowerPincers: Drapion has huge pincers.
* ScaryScorpions: Both of them, but, according to the Pokédex, Drapion can crush a car with its claws.
* SignatureMove: Acupressure, a powerful StatusBuff that can raise ''any'' stat by two levels (choosing one at random, though never one that's already maxed out), allowing it to eventually max out all of its stats if allowed to set up for long enough. While other Pokémon can also use this move (and many of them can [[{{Combo}} use it]] ''[[{{Combo}} better]]''), it's most associated with the Drapion line as they were the only Pokémon in the Sinnoh Dex capable of learning the move naturally in Gen IV, when the move was introduced.
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[[folder:Croagunk and Toxicroak ''[-(Gureggru and Dokurog)-]'']]
!453: Croagunk / Gureggru (グレッグル ''guregguru'')\\
454: Toxicroak / Dokurog (ドクロッグ ''dokuroggu'')
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Pokémon that draw inspiration from poison-dart arrow frogs, Croagunk and Toxicroak are Poison/Fighting type. Unfortunately, this means it takes quadruple damage from psychic attacks, though it learns several dark moves to make up for this weakness. Despite their creepy appearance and possessing a potentially fatal poison, it proves to be a very popular Pokémon among some circles. Curiously enough, they're only in the Human-Like egg group and can't breed with any of other frog-like Pokémon.
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* ActionInitiative: Toxicroak has a notable amount of increased-priority moves. It's one of the few Pokémon that can successfully run a set consisting entirely of increased-priority moves: Bullet Punch, Sucker Punch, Fake Out, and Vacuum Wave. Toxicroak joins Lucario as one of the few Pokémon that can use Vacuum Wave successfully, especially with Nasty Plot.
* BareFistedMonk: Are part Fighting-type and get the usual Fighting array of punching attacks.
* BossBattle:
** Galactic Commander Saturn's strongest Mon.
** A Toxicroak controlled by Team Dim Sun is the second boss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]''.
* CombatPragmatist: Despite not being a Dark-type, a massive amount of its level-up moves are Dark-type, perfect for taking out the Psychic-types that threaten them. It only learns one Fighting-type move by level-up (Revenge). It should also be noted that according to the Pokédex, Croagunk rarely fights fairly in order to ensure its survival.
* DishingOutDirt: They both get access to many Rock and Ground-type moves such as Dig and Stone Edge.
* ElementalPunch: Can learn Ice Punch and Thunder Punch. Both are quite useful, as they deal major damage to Flying types.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Toxicroak's ''Shield'' Dex entry mentions that it and Seismitoad are related species, but neither shares an egg group and so they can't breed in-game.
* GlassCannon: Its physical attack is quite good, but not only does it have sub-par defenses, its double Psychic weakness will take it down in no time. However, its great set of resistances (Fighting, Poison, Grass, Bug, Rock, Dark, and sometimes Water), [[HealingFactor Dry Skin]], and [[LifeDrain Drain Punch]] let it stay around for a bit longer if it must.
* HealingFactor: If they have Dry Skin as an Ability they'll heal while in rain.
* TheHyena: They have a perverse grin stuck on their face, and their cries even sound like a giggle.
* KamehameHadoken: Between its decent Special Attack and its moves of Nasty Plot, Vacuum Wave, Dark Pulse, Sludge Bomb, Shadow Ball, and Focus Blast, it can actually put together a good moveset based on this.
* {{Mascot}}: Of Pastoria City. There's a Croagunk statue in the town's Poké Mart, and a photo stand-in featuring a Croagunk is between the Pokémon Center and the entrance to the Great Marsh in ''Platinum''.
* OffModel: In the anime, Toxicroak were a light blue shade more resembling the Shiny variant.
* PoisonousPerson: Poison-type and capable of envenomating people using their fingertips (Croagunk) or knuckle claws (Toxicroak).
* {{Sarashi}}: Croagunk wears these around its waist. There's still some traces of it left on Toxicroak.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The Anticipation ability, which makes Croagunk and Toxicroak shudder when they sense the opponent has a super-effective move, a OneHitKO move, or know Explosion/Self-Destruct.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Toxicroak can learn Sunny Day. Toxicroak, who can have the Dry Skin ability that makes them more vulnerable to Fire attacks and will take damage from the sun.
* WeakToMagic: They have the distinction of being the only Poison/Fighting-type Pokémon as of Generation VIII, which also happens to be the only type combination with a double weakness to Psychic-type moves.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: One of the many Dark-Type moves that they can learn is Pursuit.
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[[folder:Carnivine ''[-(Muskippa)-]'']]
!455: Carnivine / Muskippa (マスキッパ ''masukippa'')
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An odd resident of the Pastoria Marsh, Carnivine is a venus flytrap that has the ability to float off the ground. How this is achieved is not explained, but it waits in the canopy of trees for insects to wander into its large mouth to catch and digest them.
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* DiscardAndDraw: Carnivine is currently the only Pokémon that gets both Ingrain and Levitate. By using Ingrain, it can restore health every turn by rooting itself in the ground; however, this will also negate Levitate, allowing it to be hit by Ground moves.
* GreenThumb: Grass-type.
* HealingFactor: With Ingrain, which can be added to by breeding [[LifeDrain Leech Seed]] or [[HealThyself Synthesis]] onto it.
* JackOfAllStats: Mostly balanced stats, except for Speed.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Naturally, as a pure Grass-Type.
* ManBitesMan: Learns Bite and Crunch naturally.
* ManEatingPlant: Big enough to chomp down on people if it were inclined to.
* MasterOfNone: Its low speed combined with its average defenses means that it often can't take advantage of its decent attack stats.
* PerpetualSmiler: Always has a creepy smile like it's ready to eat something.
* {{Planimal}}: Its behavior and appearance are a combination of a swamp-dwelling predator and a venus flytrap.
* PowerFloats: Has the ability Levitate, giving it an immunity to Ground-type moves.
* PowerUpLetdown: Its ability Levitate makes it immune to Ground-type moves. The problem is, since it's a Grass-type, it wouldn't take much damage from Ground-type moves if it ''didn't'' have the ability. And if it uses Ingrain, Levitate is negated, meaning it might as well not have an ability at all.
* StandYourGround: It knows Ingrain, which prevents {{Switch Out Move}}s from working, though Carnivine can't switch out itself, either.
* SuperSpit: Learns the Stockpile/Swallow/Spit Up trio naturally.
* WhipItGood: Learns Vine Whip and Power Whip naturally.
* WolfPackBoss: Five Carnivine act as a boss fight during the middle of the Sky Peak climb in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
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[[folder:Finneon and Lumineon ''[-(Keikouo and Neolant)-]'']]
!456: Finneon / Keikouo (ケイコウオ ''keikouo'')\\
457: Lumineon / Neolant (ネオラント ''neoranto'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Lumineon]]
Fish with the features of neon tetras and butterfly fish. These Pokémon have fins that resemble butterfly wings and have the nickname "The Beautifly of the Sea". They also can use these wing fins in the same way (that is, use certain bug moves like Silver Wind and U-Turn). Most people assume that it's like Magikarp because (a) it's a fish Pokémon, and (b) it's seen as completely useless in battle. Due to their low availability in their first games, as well as the fact that very few trainers use them, they are usually considered very forgettable Pokémon.
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* BlowYouAway: Learns a number of wind-based attacks, including Gust and Silver Wind. If you get one to Gen IV move tutors, you can add [[RazorWind Air Cutter]], Ominous Wind, and Twister to the list.
* ElementalAbsorption: Storm Drain causes Water-type moves to raise their Special Attack in Gen V onwards.
* HealingFactor: Learns Aqua Ring naturally.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lumineon uses its own natural luminescence to attract prey. Unfortunately, this also draws in Pokémon who eat Lumineon as well.
* KillerRabbit: Despite their cute appearances, this family is carnivorous, using the flashing patterns on their tails to attract prey. Their favorite food is Starmie.
* MakingASplash: Water-type.
* MasterOfNone: Their stats are closely balanced, but nothing impressive with their highest stat being speed.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Not only is it possible to miss them entirely during a playthrough, but even in the Sinnoh dex, there are much better alternatives available earlier, such as Quagsire and Floatzel. In more of a meta sense, Finneon and Lumineon are most notable due to the fact that they are unremarkable, and commonly used as an example to showcase the excess of Water-types in Pokémon.
* SupportPartyMember: Can set up Safeguard and/or Rain Dance before using U-Turn to switch out; furthermore, they can learn many powerful debuffs such as Charm, Tickle, and Captivate.
* SwitchOutMove: Learns U-Turn naturally, which does damage before switching them out for another Pokémon on the team.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Their favorite prey is Starmie.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Can use Soak, which automatically turns the target into a Water-type. Like nearly all Pokémon with Soak, however, it isn't really capable of abusing the move all that well.
* WeatherManipulation: Learns Rain Dance naturally, and, more importantly, forms the crux of one of its main strategies: use Rain Dance, then use Swift Swim and U-Turn to quickly duck out in favor of something that can abuse the rain better.
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[[folder:Snover and Abomasnow ''[-(Yukikaburi and Yukinooh)-]'']]
!459: Snover / Yukikaburi (ユキカブリ ''yukikaburi'')\\
460: Abomasnow / Yukinooh (ユキノオー ''yukino'oo'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Abomasnow]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mega Abomasnow]]
->[-''Mega Abomasnow debuts in ''X and Y-]
Evergreen tree Pokémon that are often mistaken for yeti, Snover and Abomasnow have friendly dispositions despite being ice Pokémon. They also produce snowstorms when they enter battle. Despite their useful abilities, they have '''''many''''' weaknesses. It gained a Mega Evolution in ''X and Y'', which gives major boosts to offenses and defenses at the cost of halving its Speed.
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* ActionInitiative: Can learn Ice Shard early on to bypass their poor speed.
* AnIcePerson: Ice-types. Also notable is that it's one of only three Grass-Type families that have no weakness against Ice-type attacks (the others being the [[MakingASplash Ludicolo line]] and the [[ExtraOreDinary Ferrothorn line]]), making it pretty good at walling many Water-types. (Kartana isn't weak to Ice either, but its absolutely awful Special Defense means that a ''Surf'' can probably OHKO it.)
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Abomasnow is the Pokémon world's version of The Abominable Snowman.
* BossBattle: Serves as Candice's signature in ''Diamond and Pearl''.
* GreenThumb: Grass-types.
* HealingFactor: Naturally learns Ingrain, and it can be added to with [[LifeDrain Leech Seed]], which it can be bred to know.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Has a whopping ''six'' weaknesses (Rock, Steel, Fighting, Bug, Poison, and Flying) and one double weakness (Fire), a record only matched by the Grass/Psychic types like Exeggcute, Exeggutor, and Celebi, and the Rock/Dark-Type Tyranitar, all of whom at least have six resistances (and one immunity for Tyranitar) as opposed to Snover's and Abomasnow's measly four.
* MagicKnight: Has equally high attacking stats in both forms and very useful moves to take advantage of on both ends, like Wood Hammer and Ice Shard (physical) and Giga Drain and Blizzard (special).
* MightyGlacier: Literally and figuratively. It's assisted by the fact that Blizzard always hits in hailstorm, which it innately summons upon appearing, as well as the fact that it gets another powerful, STAB-boosted attack in Woodhammer. As far as its poor Speed goes, it naturally learns Icy Wind and can get Rock Tomb to slow opponents down to its level. Its [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] takes this [[UpToEleven even farther]], cutting its base speed in half in exchange for boosting everything else but its HP.
* MixAndMatchCreatures: Based off a fir tree and a yeti.
* OneHitKO: Naturally learns Sheer Cold.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: How male and female Snover can be [[SecondarySexualCharacteristics told apart]]: males have brown mid-sections while females have white.
* {{Planimal}}: Abomasnow is a combo of a yeti and an evergreen tree.
* SecondarySexualCharacteristics: Male and female Snover can be told apart by the color of their mid-section, [[PaleFemalesDarkMales brown for males and white for females]]. In addition, when not Mega Evolved, female Abomasnow have thicker/longer fur on their upper torso than males do.
* SuperMode: Abomasnow received a Mega Evolution in ''X and Y'', which boosts its offenses and defenses at the expense of its already-low speed. It also reactivates Snow Warning upon Mega Evolving.
* TopHeavyGuy: Mega Abomasnow's enormous, lumbering frame is barely held up by its normal-Abomasnow-sized legs and has to support itself on all fours.
* UselessUsefulSpell: They get Solar Beam by TM and Synthesis from move tutors. Too bad the hail they automatically summon makes these moves near worthless.
* WeakToFire: Its Grass/Ice typing means that it takes quadruple damage from Fire type attacks. Ouch.
* WeatherManipulation: Has the ability Snow Warning, which summons Hail when they enter the field.
* WhenTreesAttack: Snover is a snow-covered fir tree. Abomasnow is an evergreen tree.
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[[folder:Rotom]]
!479: Rotom (ロトム ''rotomu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Heat Rotom]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Wash Rotom]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Frost Rotom]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Fan Rotom]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mow Rotom]]
->[-''Appliance forms debut in ''Platinum-]
A very strange and mysterious Pokémon. Rotom is an odd lifeform whose body is comprised of electrical energy. Being made of energy, this allows it to enter and inhabit electrical appliances, causing them to go haywire. Its moves, and later on its typing, changes depending on what machine it chooses to inhabit. It prefers toaster ovens, washing machines, lawnmowers, handheld fans, and refrigerators. Only one of these Pokémon can be found and you need to lure it out of a certain TV in a haunted house to get it.
In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', a Rotom joins the player as a FairyCompanion that lives in the Pokédex. For tropes related to the Rotom Pokédex, see [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsAlola here]].
In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', Rotom have now been commercialized as an assistant ArtificialIntelligence installed in all Rotom Phones and Pokémon Center computers. However, their role as a FairyCompanion for the protagonist has been downplayed due to them now being more commonplace and no longer unique to the protagonist.
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* TheArtifact: Fan Rotom having [[UselessUsefulSpell Levitate]] is due to the fact that all the Rotom Formes had it before being {{Retcon}}ed to not be Ghost-type anymore.
* AscendedExtra: After getting special treatment as a FakeUltimateMook in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]]'', and receiving five alternate forms in ''Platinum'', Rotom was largely forgotten in terms of exposure in the following two generations. Come ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and its presence was drastically heightened by becoming a FairyCompanion for the player. ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'' followed suit by making Rotom-empowered devices commonplace for all trainers in the Galar region.
* BlowYouAway: Fan Rotom is part Flying-type.
* BoringButPractical: Fan Rotom is the only Rotom Forme with an attack that doesn't have a significant miss chance or causes it to lower its Special Attack each time it's used.
* 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]]
* DiscardAndDraw: The Rotom forms lost their Ghost typing and the immunities that went with them in Gen V, but they gained STAB on their coverage moves and a couple got unique typings.
* DiscOneNuke: In ''Platinum'', it's available right after the second badge, and the in-game location to turn it into the appliances is also available at this time. Even without the Secret Key (which you probably won't even be able to have anyway since it's event exclusive unless you hack the game), Rotom is stronger than the early-evolving {{Crutch Character}}s like Bibarel; with it, it's roughly on par with a fully-evolved starter.
* DubNameChange: The French version is the only one to give it a different name: Motisma, from "moteur" (French for "engine"), and "plasma".
* ElementalPowers: Each Rotom form has a different secondary type.
* EnergyBeing: Its body is made of plasma.
* FairyCompanion: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', a Rotom joins the player as a companion by possessing a special Pokédex given by Professor Kukui. It can give the player advice based on conversations they've had with others and tells them where to go next.
* FakeUltimateMook: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]]'', the Legendary Pokémon battle theme plays when you encounter it in the Old Chateau, which can easily lead the player into thinking it's a Legendary. When caught, they'll find that its stats aren't anything special. Its alternate formes have better stats than its normal form, though.
* {{Flight}}: All of them thanks to Levitate.
* GlassCannon: Normal Rotom's best stat is Special Attack, which isn't even that high...
* GreenThumb: Mow Rotom is part Grass-type.
* HauntedTechnology: It has the power to possesses various machines with specialized motors. Wild Rotom use this ability to cause mischief, but having an artificial intelligence in your machines is useful enough that people have started [[InvokedTrope invoking]] the trope by specifically designing technology to be possessed by Rotom, like the Rotom Dex in ''Sun and Moon'' and its Ultra versions or the Rotom Phones and Rotomi in ''Sword and Shield''.
* AnIcePerson:
** Frost Rotom is part Ice-type due to possessing a refrigerator, and can use its new body to create ice storms (use the move Blizzard).
** {{Averted|Trope}} with Wash Rotom. It is one of the 3 Water-types without any Ice-type attacks.
* JackOfAllStats: The alternate formes have good above-average stats outside of low HP.
* MakingASplash: Wash Rotom is part Water-type.
* MightyGlacier: The alternate formes give Rotom a significant boost to its Defenses and Special Attack. However, the alternate formes are even slower than Rotom's already pretty slow normal form.
* MultiformBalance: Each of Rotom's five alternate forms have identical stats, but their different typings and access to exclusive attacks of their typings gives them significantly different type match-ups, causing them to play differently from each other. Normal Rotom, on the other hand, is weaker than its alternate forms, though it is a bit faster.
* NoBiologicalSex: It has no gender.
* 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.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Rotom is ghost-like in its ability to slide into physical objects and possess them, but it's not so much a spirit as it is a plasmatic force.
* PlayingWithFire: Heat Rotom is part Fire-type.
* PowerFloats: Again, they have Levitate.
* {{Retcon}}:
** Rotom's alternate forms in Gen V, from always being Electric/Ghost to Electric/[type fitting the appliance]. Probably because when a ghost possesses an object or a person, it can't do the stereotypical ghostly things like phasing through walls or letting objects pass through them, but will make the object or person act out of character.
** Rotom was supposedly named by Charon (the very one from Team Galactic) in what seems to be a relatively new discovery after seeing it come out of a lawnmower's motor but ''Legends: Arceus'' states that Rotom was named far earlier than that.
* SdrawkcabName: Named by the giver who watched it coming out of a lawn mower's motor.
* ShockAndAwe: Rotom and all of its forms are primarily Electric-type.
* SlasherSmile: Mow Rotom sports one, complete with serrated fangs.
* SoulPower: Normal Rotom is part Ghost-type.
* StoneWall: The Rotom appliances, though their Special Attack isn't far behind their defenses. Wash Rotom especially, since it only has one weakness.
* TalkingAnimal: In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', Rotom is capable of speaking human languages via the player's Pokédex that was specially designed for usage by Rotom.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: In ''Platinum'', Rotom's formes can only be accessed if the player has the Secret Key, which was given away years ago and is thus unobtainable without cheating today. Thankfully, ''HG/SS'' onwards made the formes attainable without the need for such an item.
* UniqueEnemy: Only one can be encountered in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', and again in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''. Of course, once you have it, nothing's stopping you from breeding more with a Ditto. UniquenessDecay set in as of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', as Rotom has become a standard (albeit still very rare) wild Pokemon in at least one game per generation since.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Fan Rotom still has the ability Levitate, despite now being Flying-type and thus having all the advantages of Levitate innately due to its typing. Aside from a ''small'' pool of gimmicks that would negate its Flying-type immunity to Ground, but not Levitate's (Roost, for one, which Rotom unfortunately cannot learn), there is no point to this and the ability is a waste.
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[[folder:Lake Guardians: Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf ''[-(Yuxie, Emrit, and Agnome)-]'']]
!480: Uxie / Yuxie (ユクシー ''yukushii'')\\
481: Mesprit / Emrit (エムリット ''emuritto'')\\
482: Azelf / Agnome (アグノム ''agunomu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Azelf]]
The first set of Legendary Pokémon in Sinnoh. Unlike other minor Legendary trios, these three are prominent in the backstory and play a vital role in the game's plot. They are also all the same typing of Psychic and have a shared origin: They were all born from the same egg that was brought into the newly formed universe by the "original one".
Each of them gave humankind a gift to make their lives fulfilling: Uxie gave mankind knowledge and the wisdom to solve problems, Mesprit gave mankind emotions and the nobility of being able to express them, and Azelf gave mankind the willpower and drive to do any task, no matter how daunting. According to the Pokédex, anyone who messes with either of these three Legendaries will suffer the following fates: Uxie can wipe away the memory of anyone who tries to look in its eyes, Mesprit will make anyone who messes with it lose its will to live and become emotionless, and Azelf turns anyone who abuses it to stone for 1000 years.
Each of these three Pokémon reside in the three lakes that is at each corner of the Sinnoh region. The player character appears to develop the strongest bond with Mesprit, as unlike the other two, it plays a "game" with the player and roams the map.
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* ActionBomb: All three of them learn moves that cause themselves to faint as their last level up moves. Uxie learns Memento, which [[StatusBuffDispel sharply reduces its target's attack stats]]. Mesprit learns Healing Wish which [[EmpathicHealing fully heals the Pokémon that'll be sent out next]]. Azelf simply deals massive damage with its Explosion.
* AndIMustScream: What will happen to someone who harms Azelf.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Mercifully, in the Sinnoh games, Mesprit is registered as seen in the Pokédex when interacted with at Verity Cavern, so one doesn't need to hunt it down in the wild to fill in the Sinnoh Dex. Though if one gets the Marking Map app added to their Pokétch, this wouldn't be a problem either way since the Map shows the location of roaming Pokémon.
* BadassAdorable: All three of them are adorable, but still have good stats.
* BadassCrew: The three of them count as the Lake Trio, each being badass in their own right, and if you field them together, they're strong enough to match either Dialga or Palkia, which lets them act as a SpannerInTheWorks for Team Galactic in ''Diamond'' or ''Pearl''.
* BossBattle: Mesprit is fought as a boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''. It can be rematched and the other two can be fought during the postgame.
* CapturedSuperEntity: Over the course of ''Diamond/Pearl/Platinum'', Team Galactic captures the three and extracts their jewels to create the Red Chain. The player frees them after storming their headquarters in Veilstone City, but by then they've moved on to Spear Pillar.
* CarbuncleCreature: They fit with the basic characteristics of the trope, as small creatures with a red gem on the forehead that are capable of using mysterious powers.
* ChromaticArrangement: Uxie's yellow to Mesprit's red to Azelf's blue.
* ConfusionFu: All three of them have access to very extensive movepools.
* DemonicPossession: Azelf is said to be able to control an individual's will or enter the body of an individual.
* DubNameChange: Notably, they're one of a small number of Legendary Pokémon whose names are changed from the original Japanese.
* ElementalPunch: All three of them can get all three elemental punches.
* EmotionBomb: According to Hisuian legend, Mesprit would drive the emotions of those who disrespected it into disarray.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Uxie. Justified in that if it opened its eyes, anyone who stared into them would be [[LaserGuidedAmnesia struck with amnesia]].
* TheFairFolk: Diminutive creatures with mystical and dangerous powers, and their names even include "pixie", "sprite", and "elf". And yet oddly enough, they were never retconned into having the Fairy type...
* FragileSpeedster: Azelf is fast, but has the worst defenses of the three.
* FreudianTrio: Uxie represents wisdom and memory, both associated with the Superego. Mesprit stands for emotion, which is tied to the Id. Azelf embodies willpower, which allows control and balance of the two and thus represents the Ego. Oddly enough, this isn't reflected by their stats, as stat-wise, Mesprit is the intermediate between Uxie and Azelf.
* GetBackHereBoss: Mesprit, being a roaming legend, unlike its brothers. You have to chase it down as it flies all over Sinnoh.
* GlassCannon: Azelf hits as hard as ''Gyarados and Reuniclus combined'', but can't take hits from either side.
* GreenThumb: They all have access to Grass type moves, specifically [[BoringButPractical Energy Ball]] and [[SituationalDamageAttack Grass Knot]].
* AnIcePerson: Mesprit can learn Ice Beam via TM, and they all can learn Ice Punch via move tutor.
* InfinityMinusOneSword: With Nasty Plot, Azelf is nearly as powerful in-game as many of the PurposelyOverpowered Legendaries.
* InformedAbility: A book of Sinnoh myths in the Canalave Library claims that anyone who touches Mesprit will be drained of emotion in three days. You can still pet it in Pokémon-Amie and Pokémon Refresh, but it probably lets you off since you're its Trainer.
* JackOfAllStats: Mesprit's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, and Special Defense are all equal, but none of them are as high as its siblings' specialized sets.
* MightyGlacier: Mesprit, but only when its speed is compared to the rest of its trio: its highest stat is a tie between its offensive and defensive stats, at 105 each. Its HP is at 80, and so is its speed, making it the slowest one of the trio.
* MyBrainIsBig: Uxie is the Pokémon of knowledge, and its head vaguely resembles a human brain.
* NoBiologicalSex: They're genderless, though in the ''Mystery Dungeon'' series, Azelf and Uxie are referred to as males, and Mesprit is referred to as a female.
* OlympusMons: One of a kind and said to be very powerful.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: They are very important lore wise and are surprisingly powerful despite their small frames, but are vastly overshadowed by the more powerful and versatile Creation Trio.
* PeoplePuppets: Azelf's ''Legends: Arceus'' Dex entry mentions that it can manipulate the will of its foes to turn them into its puppets.
* PhysicalGod: They gave humans their ability to attain knowledge, emotions, and willpower.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: They are among the smallest Pokémon, but their stats are as expected of a minor Legendary trio — only pseudo-legendary Pokémon, other Legendary Pokémon, or gimmicky Pokémon with some sort of severe handicap (like Slaking and Wishiwashi) can match or exceed them.
* PowerCrystal: Each of them has a red gem on their forehead and two more in each of their tails. These gems are later extracted by Team Galactic to create the Red Chain, used to summon and control Dialga (in ''Diamond'') or Palkia (in ''Pearl'').
* PowerFloats: All three of them have Levitate as their ability.
* PowerTrio: The first trio that has the exact same typing among all members.
* PublicDomainArtifact: The three of them (more specifically, the shape of their heads) are modeled off of the Imperial Regalia of Japan, with Uxie being the mirror, Mesprit being the Magatama, and Azelf being the sword.
* PsychicPowers: Psychic-types.
* RecurringElement: They're Sinnoh's minor Legendary trio, like the birds, beasts, and Regis before them.
* RequiredPartyMember: All three of them are needed to be in the player's party in order to encounter Dialga or Palkia while soaring in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire''.
* SecretArt: Mystical Power, which has their offensive or defensive stats increase in power depending on which is initially stronger.
* ShockAndAwe: They are all able to learn Thunderbolt and Thunder Punch.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Likely, as special creations of Arceus.
* StoneWall: Uxie has absurdly high defenses, but like Registeel and Serperior, it can't hit hard.
* {{Telepathy}}: In ''Legends: Arceus'' they are implied to be speaking to the player character telepathically while testing them.
* ThemeNaming: All three of their English names are a combination a personal pronoun and a term for TheFairFolk (You/Pixie, Me/Sprite, and Us/Elf respectively).
* TimeAbyss: Were created around the same time as the creation trio, who are billions of years old, so they're this trope by default.
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[[folder:Creation Trio: Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina]]
!483: Dialga (ディアルガ ''diaruga'')\\
484: Palkia (パルキア ''parukia'')\\
487: Giratina (ギラティナ ''giratina'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Origin Forme Giratina]]
->[-''Giratina Origin Forme debuts in ''Platinum-]\\
[-''Dialga and Palkia Origin Formes debut in ''Legends:Arceus-]
The Legendary trio that appears on the boxes of the Sinnoh based games. Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina represent the fundamental laws of the Pokémon universe. Dialga represents time while Palkia represents space. These two Pokémon were apparently created by an "original one", and with them, time began to flow and space began to expand. They reside in their own "pocket dimensions", from which the BigBad of ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' seeks to control them.
Giratina is different in that it represents the opposite of these laws, anti-matter so to speak, and it is unknown how it relates to the space-time legend of the Sinnoh region. Like the other two, Giratina lives in its own world, where space is warped and time doesn't flow. This world — the Distortion World — is responsible for keeping the stability of the universe in check, and Giratina is its sole resident, taking on its centipede-like Origin Forme while in there.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Palkia's claws; if the flavor text on Spacial Rend is to be trusted, it can use the move to [[DimensionalCutter cut through]] the ''very fabric of reality''.
* AlwaysAccurateAttack: All three of them learn Aura Sphere, which never misses.
* AnimalisticAbomination: They all look recognizably draconic, but Dialga and Palkia are literally concepts of reality given physical form, while Giratina is an impossibly ancient DimensionLord whose job is to maintain the fabric of reality and dispose of any threats to its integrity.
* {{Antimatter}}: The creators have stated that Giratina is the personification of antimatter.
* AscendedExtra: Giratina was just a BonusBoss in ''Diamond and Pearl''; in ''Platinum'', it actually has a role.
* AstralProjection: Shadow Force, Giratina's SecretArt, shows the user disappearing for a turn and striking on the next turn. However, it is hard to tell whether the user actually goes invisible or uses AstralProjection as an attack.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Dialga's Roar of Time is a powerful Dragon-type iteration of Hyper Beam, certain to mow down anything that doesn't resist it... but at the same time, it's an iteration of Hyper Beam, meaning whatever survives or comes out next has a free turn to damage Dialga while it's recharging. Giratina's Shadow Force is in the same boat, as an opponent simply needs to swap in a Normal-type Pokémon during the chargeup turn to completely invalidate the move.
* AxCrazy: As well-meaning as it tends to be, Giratina can be pretty brutal when it comes to protecting the balance of the Pokémon universe.
* BehemothBattle: Dialga and Palkia have been said to have had violent conflicts with each other, the likes of which can easily damage the fabric of reality itself.
* BerserkButton: Let's just say that all three are ''extremely'' territorial and will not hesitate to erase you out of existence if you ever try to invade their home dimensions.
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Giratina is one of the two villains behind the events of ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', working alongside the human Volo. It created the space-time rift that drove Dialga and Palkia crazy with the intent on drawing Arceus out of hiding so it could get its revenge for being locked in the Distortion World. It might seem strange that Giratina is an antagonistic force here considering its entry under DarkIsNotEvil, but it's implied that its banishment by Arceus happened fairly recently, driving it into a rage. After the player catches it, Laventon mentions that its rage has mellowed down, likely leading to its disposition in the present games.]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Both of Giratina's formes have a very insect-like appearance. Its Altered Forme has the appearance of a centipede, whereas its Origin Forme looks more [[GiantSpider like a spider.]]
* BigDamnHeroes:
** [[spoiler:Giratina]] in the climax of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Platinum]]'', when it single-handedly [[spoiler:stops Cyrus's plot to remake the world when the Lake Trio could not by dragging him into the Distorted World... Unfortunately, by doing so, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it opens a rift between the two worlds which will lead to their mutual destruction unless it's closed]]. This is achieved by confronting Giratina in the Distorted World.]]
** In the film ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'', [[spoiler:Giratina intercepts an attack from Arceus that otherwise would have killed Ash and his friends]].
* BlackSheep: Giratina counts, being the most chaotic of the trio.
* BossBattle:
** Giratina can be fought as an optional boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
** Cyrus uses Palkia or Dialga as his ace in [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Ultra Moon and Ultra Sun]] respectively.
* BreakingOldTrends: Dialga's and Palkia's Origin Formes resemble hybrids of themselves with Arceus, but unlike with Kyurem and Necrozma, they are simply singular alternate forms for the two rather than FusionDance forms for Arceus.
* CapturedSuperEntity: For a hot second, Dialga and/or Palkia is bound to Cyrus's will with the Red Chain. Fortunately for the universe, the lake guardians/Giratina manages to free them before any serious damage is done.
* CastingAShadow: Giratina, in the same vein as the Gastly family (Ghost attacks with a Dark type feel to them). Hell, its signature move is even called Shadow Force. [[ExtraOreDinary Dialga]] and [[MakingASplash Palkia]] are not ghost types, but they both learn [[CriticalHitClass Shadow Claw]].
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Palkia is fought late during the postgame story in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.]]
* ConfusionFu: Dialga and Palkia have extremely large movepools, with access to moves like Flamethrower, Ice Beam, Dragon Pulse, Thunderbolt, Power Gem, and Earth Power.
* CrownShapedHead: Giratina's head has a remarkable half-moon shaped crown on the top.
* DamageSpongeBoss: Giratina's base HP stat is very high. In fact, it's the highest among all Legendary Pokémon, not counting temporary formes like Complete Zygarde, or non-playable forms like Eternamax Eternatus. Giratina's defenses are very good as well, moreso in its Altered Forme. It can take a lot of punishment before going down.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Giratina. A godlike Ghost-Dragon monstrosity that lurks in an alternate universe and can be seen floating near cemeteries. But, it's more aggressive than evil and only attacks when it feels its home dimension (IE: The Distortion World/Reverse World) is under threat.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Giratina's as close to a Great Old One as you can get in ''Pokémon''. You can also give it belly rubs and feed it muffins and beans in the 3DS games.
* DimensionalTraveler: While all of them reside in different dimensions, Giratina can access the "main" world from the Distortion World of its own volition, while Palkia is described as easily capable of transporting itself to other dimensions.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Dialga and Palkia have elements of dinosaurs and are both part Dragon-type.
* DiscOneNuke: If you had the ''Dream Radar'' side game, a copy of ''Black 2 and White 2'', and [[OldSaveBonus a corresponding Gen IV cartridge]], you could catch these Legendaries with their Hidden Abilities in ''Dream Radar'' with the right cartridge in the [=3DS=] (''Diamond'' for Dialga, ''Pearl'' for Palkia, and ''Platinum'' for Giratina) and transfer them to ''[=B2/W2=]'' no sooner than you acquire the Pokédex. Their Hidden Ability[[labelnote:*]]Telepathy, which prevents FriendlyFire from teammates[[/labelnote]] is admittedly worthless outside of Double and Triple Battles, but they are otherwise still very powerful Pokémon to have during the early-game. Or the mid-game. Or the late-game. They all have excellent typings and their stats are through the roof.
* DishingOutDirt: They all learn Earth Power via level up and move tutor, and they all learn [[HerdHittingAttack Earthquake]] through TM. Also, Dialga and Palkia can learn [[GemstoneAssault Power Gem]], a Rock-type move, in ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]''.
* {{Dracolich}}: Giratina is a Ghost/Dragon-type and has spikes resembling ribs. However, it's unclear if Giratina is merely incoporeal or actually undead.
* DraconicAbomination:
** A DownplayedTrope. Giratina, up to and including being found in an EldritchLocation in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Platinum]]'', is a dual Ghost/Dragon type made of anti-matter that was banished from the mortal realm for its violence and is known as the "god of dimensions". In other words, you can essentially call it the Pokémon version of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Yog-Sothoth]].
** Dialga and Palkia are the living embodiments of universal laws that warp reality around themselves just by showing up, with the former vaguely resembling a sauropod dinosaur and the latter resembling a winged theropod dinosaur.
* DragonsAreDemonic: Giratina, the third member of the creation trio, is a Ghost/Dragon type who was banished to the Distortion World by Arceus for its violence, and has a particularly evil-looking appearance, though it isn't inherently evil.
* DragonsAreDivine: The creation trio are embodiments of the physical universe, and powerful enough that them merely showing up on the mortal plane warps reality around them.
* TheDreaded:
** ''Legends: Arceus'''s Pokédex entries note that while both Dialga and Palkia are considered gods in Hisui, Palkia is explicitly ''feared''.
** Giratina. Everyone, excluding Arceus, is afraid of it in ''Platinum'' and in the anime.
* EldritchLocation: All three of their home dimensions are incomprehensible, though only Giratina's is explored in detail.
* ElementalPowers: Each of them have a different secondary type. They even allude to the three phases of matter: Steel = solid, Water = liquid, and Ghost = gas.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: A meta example. According to Junichi Masuda's blog, the Spanish translation team suggested changing the name Dialga because of its similarity to the word ''alga'', seaweed.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Dialga is likely based on ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarasaurus Camarasaurus]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus]]'', and Palkia is some kind of large theropod or prosauropod.
* ExtraOreDinary: Dialga is part Steel-type.
* FeatheredDragons: Palkia is a Dragon-type Pokémon, and the box art of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Shining Pearl]]'' depicts it as having feathers on most of its body.
* FinalBoss: Dialga serves as the final boss of ''Videogame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
* GemstoneAssault: Dialga and Palkia learn Power Gem by leveling up.
* GemTissue: Dialga and Palkia have a diamond and pearls on their person (Dialga has a diamond on its chest while Palkia has pearls on its shoulders). Giratina doesn't appear to have such a feature at first, but the gold "crown" and "ribs" might count. This may explain why they can use [[GemstoneAssault Power Gem]], but Giratina can't.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Up until Giratina appears to save all of reality (and simultaneously threaten to destroy it again) in ''Platinum'', there's not a lot hinting at its existence in the plot beyond it being on the box art. Even Rayquaza in ''Emerald'' had some [=NPCs=] talking about how they saw a large green Pokémon in the sky — Giratina doesn't even have that.
* GiantSpider: Origin Forme Giratina's long wings make it look like a huge spider.
* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Giratina's "crown" and "ribs" are reflective and shiny in the anime.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Giratina has large, smokey, bat-like wings in one form while the other has six long, tendril-shaped wings each ending with a big red claw.
* HeelFaceTurn: Giratina starts off being willing to utterly collapse spacetime in order to get revenge on Arceus for sealing it away in the Distortion World. But after being bested and then captured by the player, Giratina's outlook changes, and it desires to protect the world from then on. By the time of ''Platinum Version'', it's more than ready to trap Cyrus in the Distortion World for attempting to do what it tried to do oh so long ago.
* AnIcePerson: Dialga and Palkia can learn Ice Beam and Blizzard through [=TMs=].
* 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.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Giratina in ''Diamond and Pearl'', Palkia and Dialga in ''Platinum''.
* JumpScare: In ''Platinum'', Cyrus goes on a rant about how he's [[spoiler:captured Dialga and Palkia and he won't have any further interference. Giratina [[ShutUpHannibal interrupts him]] by abruptly lunging at the screen]].
* KamehameHadouken: All three learn Aura Sphere at level 37.
* LarynxDissonance: Dialga and Giratina have cries that sounds like a very high-pitched scream in the games.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: Giratina tends to be a late catch in the Gen IV games. In ''Diamond and Pearl'', it's the standard postgame BonusBoss that has nothing to do once it's caught owing to the story being over and the Battle Frontier prohibiting it. It comes much earlier in ''Platinum''... but its Origin Forme (and its higher offensive stats and Ground-type immunity) is off-limits until the postgame, as the Griseous Orb needed to transform it is in Turnback Cave, which [[NPCRoadblock Cynthia blocks off]] until she and the Elite Four are defeated.
* LightningBruiser: Again, their bad stats are good compared to most things.
* MagicKnight: Both of their base Attack and Special Attack stats are 120 or higher, with the exception of Altered Forme Giratina, which has base 100 Attack and Special Attack.
* MakingASplash: Palkia is part Water-type.
* MightyGlacier: Compared to other Legendary Pokémon, all three of them fall within this category, with Giratina's Altered Forme being closer to StoneWall (with lower defensive stats compared to offensive ones), while Palkia is closer to GlassCannon with its lowest stats being Defense and HP.
* MultiformBalance:
** Giratina's stat total in its Altered and Origin Formes remains the same, but while the Altered Forme gives it high defensive stats with slightly lower offenses, the Origin Forme switches the two around. Dialga and Palkia follow suit, sacrificing some points from Attack to boosts their Special Defense and Speed respectively.
** In ''Legends: Arceus'', the Origin formes of the three change statistics of their {{Secret Art}}s. Dialga's Roar of Time now has base power of 140 but has reduced accuracy of 75. Palkia's Spacial Rend gets its base power reduced down to 80 and accuracy to 85, but now has even higher chance to critical hit. And Giratina's Shadow Force has increased base power of 120 but lower accuracy of 80.
* NoBiologicalSex: They're genderless too. In ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'', however, Dialga and Palkia are both referred to as males.
* NoodleIncident: The "violence" that resulted in Giratina being labeled the Renegade Pokémon, getting banished to the Distortion World, and its monument alongside Dialga's and Palkia's in Eterna City being removed has, to date, never been explained.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: One of the possible roots for Giratina's name is guillotine.
* OffModel: Averted. ''Platinum'' and ''[=HeartGold and SoulSilver=]'' changed Altered Forme Giratina's sprite from ''Diamond and Pearl'' so that its red spikes looked more like hands, as opposed to lining the bottom of its wings. The back sprites weren't changed, making it seem like an example of this, but ''VideoGame/PokemonBattleRevolution'' (which came out before ''Platinum'') showed that Giratina can re-arrange the spikes into the shape of claws whenever it attacks, making both sprites accurate.
* OlympusMons: One of a kind, and extraordinarily powerful both in myth and in gameplay.
* OneWingedAngel: Their Origin Formes, speculated in Dialga and Palkia's case to be their actual true forms. Giratina assumes its Origin Forme in ''Legends'' after first being beaten in Altered Forme.
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Palkia's Origin Forme resembles an armless centaur.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragons controlling time, space, and antimatter/dimensions.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Not too different, though; much like ghosts in some fiction, Giratina can supposedly be seen in cemeteries when it's not in the Distortion World.
* ThePerfectionist:
** Giratina is ''obsessed'' with maintaining balance between the Pokémon Universe and the Reverse/Distortion World, to the point where it will violently attack anything that it sees as a threat to either. It even attacked Dialga after Dialga's fight with Palkia caused some sort of pollution to form in the Reverse World. To be fair, destroying either dimension would result in the end of existence.
** In the games, it's hinted that Giratina was so obsessed with maintaining order between dimensions that Arceus had to banish it to an alternate dimension, which it then formed into the Reverse/Distortion World.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Palkia and Dialga's battles have the potential to destroy the ''universe.'' And Giratina's wrath and materialization at the Spear Pillar nearly caused exactly that.
* PhysicalGod: They are the embodiments of time, space, and antimatter/dimensions, respectively.
* PortalCut: Palkia's Spacial Rend cuts the very space the target is in to deal damage. In later games, this is visualized as reality around the target shattering like glass as Palkia slashes it.
* PowerCrystal: In the anime, the diamonds/pearls on their bodies glow when Dialga/Palkia use their {{Secret Art}}s.
* PowerFloats: Giratina has the Levitate ability in its Origin Forme.
* PowerGlows: In the anime, Dialga glows blue and Palkia glows pink. Some canon art make Giratina glow red.
* PowerLimiter: Poké Balls are expressly stated to limit Dialga and Palkia's power, hence why Cyrus attempts to control them using the Red Chain instead. It's not clear if this applies to other Legendary Pokémon like Groudon or Mewtwo, but then their power doesn't include [[RealityWarper rewriting the universe]]. Of course, this is probably a way to dodge the question of [[GameplayAndStorySegregation why the creators of time and space are as fallible as any other Pokémon]].
* PowerTrio: The three are responsible for creating the building blocks of the universe; time, space, and antimatter.
* PowerupLetdown: Their Hidden Ability Telepathy only prevents them from being hit by moves that would hit them as allies in Double and Triple battles like Earthquake, and is useless in single battles. Origin Giratina keeps Levitate, however.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Palkia.
* PurposelyOverpowered: Restricted in the Battle Tower, most official tournaments, and random Wi-Fi.
* RealityWarper: All three of them in different ways.
* RecurringElement: Two Legendary mascots that are version exclusive, and a BonusBoss that becomes important in the third version. [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Sound familiar?]]
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Giratina's main colors are red and black and it is quite the frightening Pokémon, though it is only violent at worst.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All three of them. Highlighted with an ominous glint whenever Dialga or Palkia appears on the Spear Pillar stage in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In ''Platinum'', Giratina attempts to merge the Pokémon world with the Distortion World in a fit of rage after Cyrus threatened to destroy and recreate the former. This act would, if not stopped, distort and destroy both worlds.
* RockThemeNaming: The "Dia" in Dialga's name is derived from ''diamond'', while Palkia's contains ''paru'', the Japanese spelling of ''pearl''. Giratina's name appears to be a combination of ''girasol'' and ''platina'', referencing its red and gray color scheme.
* SatanicArchetype: Giratina, created by the local CrystalDragonJesus, was cast out by his creator and sealed in the Distortion World for his violence, and he's called the Renegade Pokemon. His design evokes a FallenAngel theme, with shadowy wings with ''six'' spikes, ''six'' circular yellow plates on his body, and ''six'' legs.
* SecretArt:
** Dialga is the only one who can learn Roar of Time, an extremely powerful Dragon-type move that forces the user to recharge on the next turn.
** Palkia exclusively learns Spacial Rend, a Dragon-type attack with a higher chance to deal a CriticalHit.
** Giratina is the only Pokémon to learn Shadow Force, a Ghost-type attack that causes the user to disappear on the first turn and strike on the second, ignoring any moves like Protect or Detect.
* SheatheYourSword: It's possible to win the battle against Giratina in the Distortion World by running away from it. Cyrus's dialogue afterwards even [[DevelopersForesight changes to reflect this outcome]].
-->'''Cyrus:''' That shadowy Pokémon... You quelled its rage by refusing to battle it?!
* ShockAndAwe: All three of them can learn both thunderbolt and [[PowerfulButInaccurate thunder]] via TM.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Palkia has some massive spherical shoulders that almost resemble shoulder pads.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Played with. Each dragon is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of a certain law of reality, which indicates that it is unique.
* SoulPower: Giratina is part-Ghost type. It also has the honor of being the first Ghost-type Legendary (discounting the Mythical Arceus) in the series.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Palkia, the master of space, is a Water-type Pokémon. Allegedly because pearls = water.
* SpaceMaster: Palkia the Spatial Pokémon controls space.
* {{Superboss}}: In ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'', Origin Forme Giratina is the strongest enemy in the game, at Level 100. The next highest level is Cynthia's Garchomp post-Stark Mountain at Level 88. If you come across it when you're lower levelled, it can do a TotalPartyWipe.
* SuperOCD: The reason why Giratina was likely locked in the Distortion World. It had issues with the Distortion World spilling out into the real world from Dialga and Palkia's fighting. Then again seeing as how it's the personification of ''Antimatter'', this makes sense, as Antimatter [[MadeOfExplodium reacts quite violently with real matter]].
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: All three in their respective versions, although it's possible to simply defeat them instead of catching them.
* TakesOneToKillOne: Giratina has the odd privilege of being one of the only dual-type Pokémon whose types are both weak against themselves[[note]]The only other Pokémon who share this distinction, Dreepy and its evolutions, share Giratina's Ghost/Dragon typing[[/note]].
* {{Telepathy}}: Each one's Hidden Ability.
* TimeAbyss: Time is said to have first started moving when Dialga was born, and the other members of its trio are implied to be at least as old as it is.
* TimeMaster: Dialga the Temporal Pokémon controls time.
* TronLines: Dialga has markings like these all over its body that are vaguely reminiscent of clock hands.
* WaveMotionGun: Dialga's ''Roar of Time'' SecretArt looks like this in-game and in the 10th movie.
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[[folder:Heatran]]
!485: Heatran (ヒードラン ''hiidoran'')
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A Legendary Pokémon that has a body made out of molten steel. It inhabits the imposing Stark Mountain, an active volcano on an island off the coast of Sinnoh. Not much is known about it, aside from apparently being formed just after the Sinnoh region and magma pooled in the spot that would become Stark Mountain. The fact that it can come in both genders would suggest that there are more than one, but you still only encounter one at the very end of the game's main story.
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* ActionBomb: Can learn Explosion through TM.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Heatran is associated with an item known as the Magma Stone. Obtaining it for yourself apparently unseals Heatran and it goes on a rampage.
* BodyHorror: "Its body is made of rugged steel. However, it is partially melted in spots because of its own heat."
* BossBattle: A Heatran guarding the [[{{Macguffin}} Red Gem]] is fought as a boss in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]''. It can also be fought as an optional postgame boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
* CartoonCreature: Besides having a vague resemblance to reptiles, it's almost impossible to determine which kind of animal has been used as a reference to design Heatran.
* ColdIron: A bit ironic, given it’s a MagmaMan, but it is one of two Pokémon with a double resistance to the Fairy-type, and the only one before Salazzle showed up. Until then, Heatran was an excellent answer to Fairy types, perhaps minus [[MakingASplash Azumarill, Primarina and Tapu Fini]].
* CombatPragmatist: Can learn both [[ManBitesMan Crunch]] and Dark Pulse. Unfortunately, its mediocre attack stat prevents Crunch from being very useful.
* DishingOutDirt: Has a fair amount of Rock and Ground moves.
* ExtraOreDinary: A Steel-type.
* FeedItWithFire: Has the Flash Fire ability, which nullifies Fire attacks and powers up its own.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: One of the few Legendary Pokémon to not have any clear backstory other than being deep in a volcano and hard to catch. It does have some backstory in that it was apparently born/created shortly after Stark Mountain was created, but it has very little beyond that. ''Black 2 and White 2'' doesn't do Heatran much better, as the Magma Stone is found just laying on the ground at the end of Route 18, after which Heatran will just drop down from the ceiling if you bring it to a certain room in Reversal Mountain. In general, Heatran appears to act like a regular Pokémon, albeit one that cannot be bred in daycare centers.
* KillItWithWater: One of the three weaknesses for Heatran is the Water-type.
* {{Leitmotif}}: While shared with a few other Legendary Pokémon, the Legendary Pokémon battle theme from ''Diamond/Pearl/Platinum'' is most commonly associated with it and Regigigas.
* MagmaMan: According to the Pokédex, its blood is similar to magma.
* MightyGlacier: It has above average defenses and can hit back with its high Special Attack, but it's not going to win any races.
* MyBloodRunsHot: Heatran's blood is said to boil like magma. In fact, [[BodyHorror its own steel body is partially melted as a result.]]
* NoBiologicalSex: {{Averted|Trope}}. Unlike most other Legendary Pokémon, it can be conventionally male or female. The only other Legendary to share this feature, Kubfu (and Urshifu, its evolution), is still predominantly male whereas Heatran has a 50/50 ratio.
* OlympusMons: Was the first that's catchable in both genders. Still unable to breed them though.
* OneGenderRace: Averted: it's the first Legendary that can be either gender.
* OutOfFocus: Heatran, no matter what generation it's featured in, never has any form of relevance compared to its generational Legendaries. ''Legends: Arceus'' further hammers this home, as where the Lake Trio, Creation Trio, Regigigas and Cresselia all get some sort of story behind them, while Heatran... is simply noted as suddenly appearing.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire-type.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Even when asleep, its blazing-red eyes keep staring at its opponent.
* SecretArt: The Fire move Magma Storm, which deals a large amount of damage and [[YouWillNotEvadeMe prevents the target from switching out.]] It also inflicts a condition that slowly depletes the target's health over the next 4-5 turns.
* SleepsWithBothEyesOpen: When afflicted with the Sleep ailment, its eyes do not close.
* TurtlePower: Shares a few characteristics with tortoises.
* UniqueEnemy: The fact that it can come in both genders may suggest that there's more than one, but you still only encounter one in a playthrough.
* WallCrawl: It can use its cross-shaped claws to climb up walls and ceilings.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Magma Storm is a variation of this. Provided it hits, the target is trapped for 5-7 turns and loses a large chunk of their health gradually.
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[[folder:Regigigas]]
!486: Regigigas (レジギガス ''rejigigasu'')
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At the very bottom of the Snowpoint Temple is a mysterious giant statue. If you bring three members of a Legendary trio from a previous game with you to the statue, it will activate and reveal itself to be Regigigas, the creator of that same trio. Apparently its slumber did a number on it, because its Slow Start Ability prevents it from using its full power for several turns, but once those turns are up, it can be a force to be reckoned with.
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* AmbiguousSituation:
** It's never stated ''why'' Regigigas created the other Regis as they seem to be rather independent of their creator, and for that matter, it's never touched upon how it was able to bring the {{Golem}} Pokemon to life either.
** Whether or not Regigigas has actually moved continents is up in the air: While nothing outright contradicts this claim, the feats of Pokémon can often times be exaggerated when it comes to it (especially Legendaries) and Regigigas's Attack stat certainly isn't at the top of the list where it logically should be, there's still a chance of this being a simple matter of GameplayAndStorySegregation, ''Legends: Arceus'' goes down the middle, stating it's a consistent legend but could be holding some truth to it.
* BeyondTheImpossible: While there's no definitive proof that Regigigas actually did this, or if it's simply an exagerration to its strength, but the notion of ''towing continents'' is not only a ridiculous feat of strength, it's physically impossible. But seeing how Pokemon loves to ignore the rules of physics, it's [[AmbiguousSituation still possible.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Most abilities provide some extra benefit to a Pokémon. Regigigas is stuck with Slow Start, which cuts its Attack and Speed in half for 5 turns when it enters the field. Even in ''Legends: Arceus'' where Abilities aren't a thing, it ''still'' comes with Slow Start.
* BossBattle:
** Regigigas is the BonusBoss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]'' only being fightable after completing the Ranger Browser (the Ranger series equivalent to the Pokédex) and bringing all three Regis deep into Hippowdon Temple. It is by far the most difficult boss fight in the game, creating highly damaging [[ShockwaveStomp shockwaves with every step]].
** It also appears as one of the three penultimate bosses in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]]''. It's not as difficult as in the previous game due to no longer being a BonusBoss, but is still one of the most difficult bosses in the main story.
** Regigigas (along with [[FlunkyBoss 4 Hitmonlee and 4 Bronzong]]) is fought at the end of Aegis Cave in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
* Catch22Dilemma: In order to catch Regigigas in Snowpoint Temple in Gen IV, one needs the three Regis. Those three are available in ''Platinum''... but to unlock them, you need a [[TemporaryOnlineContent special event]] Regigigas! Of course, you're expected to Pal Park the three over from the Hoenn games, but if you don't have them...
* CripplingOverspecialization: The Slow Start ability has exactly one practical application--it sets the pace for Regigigas' BossBattle when you try to capture it. If you aren't lucky enough to nab Regigigas in the first five turns, it TurnsRed and becomes a LightningBruiser.
* DevelopersForesight:
** Averted. The earliest version of Regigigas had numerous moves that its ability actively prevented it from using (Stomp, Superpower, ''etc.''), and in the Japanese version, a programming quirk meant that using a PowerNullifier on Regigigas left it with its crippled attack and speed.
** In ''Platinum'', it's possible to hack the game so that the player can have Cherish Balls in their possession (as Cherish Balls cannot be obtained legitimately within gameplay). Capturing Regigigas with a Cherish Ball will label it as being obtained through a Nintendo event, since event Pokémon are almost always contained within Cherish Balls, which will allow you to catch the three Regis.
* DifficultButAwesome: Regigigas has some impressive stats, but to make the most of them, it has to contend with its Slow Start ability, which cuts its attack and speed stats in half for five turns every time that it's sent out to the field. These passive restraints make for an intentionally challenging Pokémon to use, as the opponent is given ample opportunity to thwart Regigigas before it gains some momentum.
* FakeBalance: Regigigas' exclusive ability, Slow Start, halves both its Attack and Speed for the first five turns after it is sent out. Not only must Regigigas surrender the initiative to its opponent, it can't retaliate at full strength, either. In practice, this concept is wildly inefficient compared to other Pokémon who can use Status Buffs to get their stats to similar levels in only one turn. Regigigas' limited movepool in earlier generations doesn't help either, and it wouldn't receive Rest and Protect--moves that help it resist attacks until its stats return to their intended values--until Gen VIII.
* FakeUltimateMook: For reasons unknown to all but the developers, the Regigigas of ''Platinum'' is encountered at ''level one''. Bonus points for the encounter being a PostFinalBoss.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Slow Start is supposed to reflect the fact that it's been in hibernation too long and needs some time to come out of it.
* GatheringSteam: By the time it is encountered in the games, Regigigas has slumbered for so long that it takes a while to regain its full strength. This is reflected in gameplay thanks its ability, Slow Start: whenever it is sent out to the field, Regigigas' attack and speed stats are cut in half for five turns. The ability's restrictions [[DifficultButAwesome render Regigigas difficult to use effectively]], but once the five turns have passed, Regigigas proves to be a force to be reckoned with.
* {{Golem}}: It's either one itself, or it built the other Regis.
* HumanPopsicle: Immovable unless the other Regis are brought to it.
* JustSoStory: Regigigas is believed to have been the one to move continents to where they are now, and in particular might have been the one to bound landmasses together with rope to create the Sinnoh region. The legitimacy of this stands as possibly having some shed of truth, even if it sounds outlandish.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: In ''Platinum'', you have to wait until clearing the main story before you can even enter the dungeon it's found in, and when you ''do'' find it... it's at Level 1. It must suck when you not only have little to use Regigigas for, but also have to get it up to scratch with your Level 50+ Champion team.
* LightningBruiser: Turns into this if you manage to get rid of the effects of its ability or wait out the 5 turns.
* MakerOfMonsters: Its Pokédex entries reveal that it created Regirock, Regice, and Registeel. Additionally, Regidrago's description states that it was also created by Regigigas. Whether or not it also created Regieleki is unknown, but given its connection to the other titans and Regigigas itself, this seems likely.
* MeaningfulName: Both parts of its name derive from Latin -- Regi comes from "regis" or "king," while "gigas" means "giant." Quite literally, it is the King of Giants (owing to its role as master of the other golems).
* MinorMajorCharacter: It's been said Regigigas once moved continents with rope alone, implying that it has done so before, but the possibility that certain regions and pokemon adaptations were a result of being moved around by Regigigas is not touched upon.
* MoonLogicPuzzle: The ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'' puzzle to encounter it is a tad confusing, to say the least. [[spoiler:To get it to appear, you must bring all three Golems to the Island Cave (Regice's location) with a nicknamed Regice that is holding a Never-Melt Ice, Snowball, or Casteliacone.]] Yeah.
* NoBiologicalSex: Like most Legendary pokemon, Regigigas is genderless.
* ObviousRulePatch: Regigigas' movelist was revamped for ''Platinum'' when the developers belatedly realized that several of its moves hinged on the speed and attack that its ability actively cripples for five turns.
** The PowerfulButInaccurate Mega Punch was replaced with (comparitively) WeakButSkilled Dizzy Punch.
** Stomp makes the target flinch, but a target can only flinch if the user goes first (which Regigigas won't be doing), so it was replaced with Foresight.
** Superpower, which hits hard but diminishes the user's Attack and Defense, is less than useless while Regigigas' attack is crippled, and was replaced with Revenge, which caters to Regigigas' lowered speed by hitting harder if the user has already taken damage.
* 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.
* OlympusMons: An enduring legend posits that Regigigas is strong enough to tow the continents. It is also said to have created the Regi Quintet.
* ThePowerOfCreation: One of the few Pokemon to be able to create others outside of breeding, all the Regis quintet can be attributed to it.
* RequiredPartyMember: A special event Regigigas in ''Platinum'' can let you encounter Regirock, Regice, and Registeel, but you'll need it in your party to find them.
* SecretArt: The move Crush Grip, which does more damage depending on how much HP the target has. It's also the only Pokémon with Slow Start, [[BlessedWithSuck much to its chagrin]].
* ShockwaveStomp: Its ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' incarnations create damaging shockwaves with every step.
* SmarterThanTheyLook: Regigigas seems to be nothing more than a lumbering giant, in truth, it's one of the Pokemon that is capable of creating entirely new Pokemon from the materials around it.
* StoneWall: Until its Slow Start debuff wears off, it can't move very fast or hit very hard. But it does still have very good defenses and a high HP stat, and Generation VIII gave it both [[DefendCommand Protect]] and [[HealThyself Rest]] to help it stall out Slow Start.
* SuperStrength: Some of the Pokédex entries claim that it was able to tow [[UpToEleven entire continents with rope]]. Shame that Slow Start makes it really hard to utilize that power.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: The Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in ''Platinum'' can only be accessed if the player has a Regigigas that they met via a "fateful encounter" (i.e. DownloadableContent). The one you can actually ''catch'' in Platinum won't help you.
* UselessUsefulSpell: As nice as Crush Grip sounds on paper, the opponent isn't likely enough to have enough HP where it does more damage than the 102 damage Return (assuming max happiness). Not to mention that even if you did hit the opponent while their HP is full, if it doesn't faint the opponent the first time, it will be unable to faint them at all unless they are at 1 HP (due to minimum damage requirement) because the move's damage is proportional to their health.
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[[folder:Lunar Duo: Cresselia and Darkrai]]
!488: Cresselia (クレセリア ''kureseria'')\\
491: Darkrai (ダークライ ''daakurai'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Darkrai]]
The Legendary duo of Sinnoh. Cresselia is a Legendary Pokémon that normally resides on Fullmoon Island, Cresselia has the power to bring pleasant dreams to people as they sleep. In particular, it counteracts the horrific nightmares its counterpart, Darkrai, inflicts on people, with even a feather from its wings being potent enough to ward them off. It often roams the world, and a quest to cure a sailor's son of his cursed sleep in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' prompts it to do so. The Mythical Pokémon Darkrai is her opposite that posseses the horrifying power of nightmares. It causes unending nightmares for those around it. However, it is merely a defense mechanism, one it can't shut off, so it hides itself away from others. However, it still beckons to certain individuals. In the same way that Cresselia represents the crescent moon, Darkrai represents the new moon and is most active on the blackest of nights. It can be a powerful ally if befriended.
Darkrai is one of the playable characters in ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'', a FightingGame SpinOff where Pokémon duke it out in a new type of battle called Ferrum Battles. For tropes concerning its appearance in that game, see the ''Pokkén Tournament'' [[Characters/PokkenTournament character page]].
For tropes concerning its ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' version see the ''Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers'' [[Characters/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers character page]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Darkrai in ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'' is mysterious and creepy, but has no moral position of which to speak. ''The Rise of Darkrai'' movie, on the other hand, went above and beyond to establish DarkIsNotEvil.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While Darkrai is neutral in the mainline games, it's more antagonistic in spinoff games, though depending on the game it ranges from being a {{jerkass}} to a WellIntentionedExtremist to [[OmnicidalManiac outright vile]].
* TheAtoner: Darkrai exiles itself because of its ability, and makes sure that [[{{Foil}} Cresselia]] is nearby at all times.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Dark Void has become this as of Gen VII. A SecretArt that hits multiple opponents and puts them to sleep (leaving them to suffer at Darkrai's Bad Dreams Ability) sounds awesome, and indeed once was... but just try hitting anything with it due to its 50% accuracy rate (down from its 80% in previous games).
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Unless it is portrayed as the villain, Darkrai doesn't mean to hurt people with its uncontrollable nightmares, so it isolates itself on an island away from other people and Pokémon.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Cresselia is quite the pretty Pokémon and her beauty [[{{Foil}} contrasts]] with Darkrai's more menacing look.
* BossBattle: A Cresselia guarding the [[{{Macguffin}} Yellow Gem]] is fought as a boss in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]''.
* CastingAShadow: As is true of most Psychic-types, Cresselia can learn Shadow Ball. Like Spiritomb, Darkrai fits into the traditional idea of a shadow elemental, unlike [[CombatPragmatist most Dark-types]], who mostly represent evil, crime, trickery/manipulation, or impending doom.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Darkrai's non-malicious nature wasn't hinted at in ''Diamond and Pearl'', but first came to prominence in ''Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai''. It's difficult to say if it was always in place or if Game Freak drew from the anime, but ''Platinum'' (which was released a year later) brought that characterization to the forefront in the games. However, ''Black 2 and White 2'' would scale it back once again, making it more malicious and the cause of death of a young girl.
* CombatMedic: Cresselia learns a few decent Psychi, Fairy and Ice-type attacks along with moves like Moonlight.
* ConfusionFu: Darkrai can learn moves of many different types, such as Dark, Ice, Electric, Psychic, Ghost, Fighting, and Poison.
* CreepyBlueEyes: Darkrai has one glowing, blue eye glaring out from under its hair.
* 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 this 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]]
* DarkIsEvil: Darkrai's ''Mystery Dungeon'' incarnation is a horrifying villain. In the main games a Darkrai in ''Black 2 and White 2'' intentionally murders a young girl if the nightmares she had is any indication.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In the main games, its power over nightmares is mostly a self-defense mechanism. It even serves as the hero of the 10th movie!
* DependingOnTheWriter: In the main games and [[AllThereInTheManual according to the Pokédex]], [[DarkIsNotEvil it's 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 ''Mystery Dungeon''.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Cresselia's wings release shiny particles and undulate beautifully around the quarter moon.
* EldritchAbomination: A wraith-like entity capable of causing nightmares by merely existing. In ''Platinum'', the house where it haunts a boy's nightmares belongs to a sailor named Eldritch. Coincidence, maybe?
* FemaleAngelMaleDemon: Cresselia is an always-female and angelic looking Pokémon, whereas Darkrai is more demonic and masculine.
* FinalBoss: Darkrai is the final boss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokemon 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 Pokemon in the main series games.
* {{Foil}}: Cresselia is a bringer of sweet dreams with a defensive playstyle while Darkrai gives people nightmares and has an offensive playstyle. Oddly, Cresselia has a gender while Darkrai doesn't. 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 Pokken Tournament]]: Cresselia is an Assist Pokémon who can use Lunar Dance to help you out [[DeathOrGloryAttack once per round]] while Darkrai is a playable fighter. The NightmareFuel inducer with an offensive playstyle to Cresselia's SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel inducer with a defensive one. Oddly doesn't have a gender in the main games (in the anime and spinoffs it's a male) while Cresselia is [[OneGenderRace always female]]. Their signature move in Pokemon 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.
* 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.
* GetBackHereBoss: Cresselia is one of the roaming Pokémon in ''Diamond, Pearl'', and ''Platinum'', among the ''five'' legendaries running around Sinnoh in the latter.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Cresselia's shiny form's back has dark purple in place of blue.
* GreenThumb: Unsurprisingly, Cresselia is capable of using both Energy Ball and Grass Knot.
* HeroicSacrifice: Non-lethally, but Cresselia's signature move Lunar Dance lets her completely restore the health of one Pokémon in the party in exchange for causing her to faint.
* AnIcePerson: Naturally learns Aurora Beam and can be taught some other Ice-type attacks.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Cresselia can enter peoples' dreams.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: So let's say a player has the Member Card in ''Platinum''. Before they can even go in, they need to cure Sailor Eldritch's son, which is a sidequest that only happens ''after'' defeating Cynthia. When you do finally challenge Darkrai, it's found at Level 50, when your team is likely higher than that, and once it ''is'' caught, there's not a lot it can be used for as a [[PurposelyOverpowered Mythical Pokémon]].
* LightIsGood: Cresselia. Her status as this is especially highlighted in ''Mystery Dungeon Explorers'' in contrast to Darkrai's DarkIsEvil.
* LightningBruiser: Darkrai's average bulk compounded by high Special Attack and Speed.
* {{Lunacy}}: Cresselia represents the moon and learns Moonlight and Moonblast.
* MagicAntidote: Cresselia's feathers, or "Lunar Wings," are a cure for Darkrai's bad dreams and maybe others. Her pokemon Legends Arceus signature move Lunar's Blessing heal herself by 50% and remove any status condition on her.
* MindRape: Darkrai's entire shtick is about being a walking, talking personification of endless and painful nightmares. With Bad Dreams, it harms every sleeping Pokémon on the battlefield every turn, allies included.
* {{Nerf}}: In Generation VII, Darkrai's SecretArt Dark Void got reduced to 50% accuracy (and only usable by Darkrai, but that's not a problem for it).
* NightmareFuel: {{Invoked}} InUniverse. As noted above, Darkrai usually harbors no ill will and it is mostly [[PowerIncontinence a defense mechanism that it has no control over]].
* NoBiologicalSex: Darkrai has no gender, although it is often referred to as male to contrast the female Cresselia, such as in the ''Mystery Dungeon'' games.
* NoEndorHolocaust: You'd think that Darkrai would MindRape ''the entire Dream World'' just by '''existing''' there. It doesn't.
* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: Darkrai's Dark Void, which has a 80% sleep chance on its targets, presumably, the lack of damage is a NecessaryDrawback for balance.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Darkrai does cause nightmares to anyone close to it, but it's usually just a case of PowerIncontinence, and it even willingly isolates itself in order to avoid hurting people, outside some rare exceptions.
* ObviousRulePatch: Since ''Legends: Arceus'' doesn't have abilities, this means that Darkrai cannot chip away at a sleeping Pokémon with Bad Dreams. As such, Dark Void was buffed to decrease the target's defenses while making them drowsy, allowing Darkrai to hit them with much more force.
* OccultBlueEyes: Of the demonic variety, due to Darkrai being a walking nightmare inducer and all.
* OneGenderRace: Cresselia is always female.
* PeekABangs: Darkrai's hair covers its right eye.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Cresselia is one of the few Legendaries that has her gender confirmed as female and is mostly pink.
* PowerFloats: Cresselia has Levitate as her ability, giving her full immunity to Ground-type moves.
* PowerIncontinence: The after-battle text in ''Platinum'' implies that Darkrai can't control its nightmare-inducing powers, and that this is the reason it isolates itself on an uninhabited island with Cresselia nearby.
* ProphetEyes: While she isn't blind, Cresselia is a Psychic-type, Legendary Pokémon with white pupils.
* PsychicPowers: Cresselia is Psychic-type.
* PsychicTeleportation: Cresselia teleports all over Sinnoh as you try to catch her.
* PurposelyOverpowered:
** Darkrai is usage is restricted in the Battle Tower, most official tournaments, and random Wi-Fi.
** Its SecretArt is one of the only two moves to ever be explicitly banned from official VGC tournaments.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Smeargle can use the move thanks to [[PowerCopying Sketch]].[[/labelnote]]
* TheSacredDarkness: Cresselia is clearly meant to be an angel or goddess but is still associated with night and dreaming.
* SecretArt:
** Cresselia has Lunar Dance which causes it 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 its own HP and status conditions and makes incoming attacks more likely to miss.
** And Darkrai's Dark Void, which puts all its opponents to sleep. It's also one of the few status-inflicting moves that doubles as a HerdHittingAttack since it hits all adjacent opponents in Doubles/Triples. Its exclusive Ability Bad Dreams causes every sleeping Pokémon to lose 1/8th of their max health at the end of a turn. Since Generation VII, Dark Void is exclusive to it -- any Pokémon that isn't Darkrai will fail if they use the move.
* SecretCharacter: Bar abusing a glitch in Japanese copies of ''Diamond and Pearl'', the only way to get Darkrai is from special distributions handed out in RealLife.
* ShownTheirWork: Darkrai's ability, Bad Dreams, gives nightmares so horrible that they [[YourMindMakesItReal physically hurt the victim]] (and in one particular case in-story, outright '''killed''' them). Nightmares can stress the brain so much that it can't control cardiac rhythm, causing fibrillation and cardiac arrest (a condition called S.U.N.D.S. -- Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome).
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Cresselia's name was originally trademarked in Japan as Crecelia, but was changed to match the rest of the world by Gen V.
* TheStoic: Most Legendary/Mythical Pokémon on the overworld emit their cry before the battle starts. Darkrai instead speaks VisibleSilence when found on Newmoon Island.
* StoneWall: Cresselia is one of the most overall bulky Pokémon in the franchise, but can't hit back for beans without some {{Status Buff}}s under her wings.
* SwansASwimming: Cresselia's body shape resembles a swan's.
* TalkingInYourDreams: It has been shown in ''Explorers'' that Cresselia can communicate with others by meeting them in their dreams.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: Darkrai is only available via Nintendo events, and thus inevitably falls into this trap once they end (though in certain copies of ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', you can use glitches to access Newmoon Island without the Member Card). This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Darkrai is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon Sword or Shield save data]].
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Darkrai is heavily inspired by the Bogeyman, given its powers revolving around shadows and fear, even the fact that it doesn't use these powers maliciously.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Cresselia has light blue running down her back. In her shiny form, [[PinkMeansFeminine all her pink]] is recolored with different shades of blue.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Following the accuracy drop in Gen VII, Dark Void became this. While having a sleeping move that can hit both opponents in a Double Battle is (and was) amazing, it's tricky to justify using when even ''Hypnosis'' has a better chance of landing a hit.
* WalkingWasteland: In a way. Darkrai isn't destructive, but it ''does'' uncontrollably cause horrific nightmares to anyone around it, and so it lives in self-imposed exile to keep from wreaking havoc.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Darkai's appearance evokes this, with its very humanoid build and white hair-like plume.
* 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''.
** Its Mystery Dungeon incarnation also does this, trapping a young Azurill in an endless nightmare. [[OmnicidalManiac He plans to do it to a lot more Pokemon than just Azurill however.]]
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[[folder:Sea Guardians: Phione and Manaphy]]
!489: Phione (フィオネ ''fione'')\\
490: Manaphy (マナフィ ''manafi'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Manaphy]]
Manaphy is a Mythical Pokémon that can only be found under the most extraordinary of circumstances: reports of a strange jelly egg washes upon a shore in a far off region, but it is unable to be hatched there; it must be transferred to a land far away from its place of its discovery (Read: It's only available by playing a downloadable mission from one of the ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' games and transferring its egg to a Gen IV game). Its egg is unique in that it uses a different sprite from all other Pokémon eggs in-game.
Once it hatches, you are now the proud owner of a Mythical Pokémon that has the ability to swap the minds of people around, among other things. But what is most unusual is that it is the only Legendary or Mythical Pokémon released that is able to breed via conventional means. However, you are not able to get more Manaphy in that fashion; you get the weaker Phione instead. Both Pokémon are based on sea angels, free-swimming sea slugs that are popular with the Japanese for some reason (they think it's cute).
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* AllLovingHero: Manaphy is said to possess a power that allows it to bond with any kind of Pokémon.
* CommonPlaceRare: It's implied that Phione is a fairly common species of Pokémon, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation yet the player can never find them in the wild in the main games]], only from breeding Manaphy or other Phiones. Wild Phione show up in ''Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs'', however, and are treated like any other local Pokémon.
* FreakyFridayFlip: In the anime and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', Manaphy's Heart Swap can force people to switch bodies. In battle it just switches stat boosts.
* KingMook: Manaphy can be seen as this to Phione. They look fairly alike, have the same stat distribution, very similar movesets and the Hydration ability. What makes Manaphy stronger is 20 more base points in every stat and access to 2 formidable moves: Heart Swap and Tail Glow.
* LastLousyPoint: In ''Platinum'', Manaphy is required to be at least seen in order to access the National Pokédex, despite being a Mythical Pokémon. The Pokémon Mansion includes a book that registers Manaphy in the Dex, but a player probably won't find it unless using a guide or through pure chance.
* MakingASplash: Water-types based off of sea slugs.
* MasterOfAll: Like the other event-exclusive Mythical Pokémon, all of Manaphy's stats are equally above average.
* MasterOfNone: Phione's stats are all equal like Manaphy, but unlike Manaphy, they're just average.
* MuggleBornOfMages: In a sense, Phione is this. They are obtained by breeding Manaphy with Ditto. But their stats and movepool are more comparable to a non-Legendary Pokémon.
* NoBiologicalSex: Genderless, though they can apparently breed since Manaphy can be hatched from a special egg.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: While Pokémon eggs use a one-size-fits-all design with a white, green-spotted shell, Manaphy has a unique egg graphic that resembles itself. It even has a unique hatching animation in the Generation IV games, where it doesn't crack open like other eggs.
* OlympusMons: Manaphy is considered one, but Phione's status as a Legendary or Mythical Pokémon is subject to FlipFlopOfGod (though it's still banned from official tournaments and the like).
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Despite neither being Fairy-type, they are in the Fairy Egg Group and can learn Dazzling Gleam via TM. Their placement in the Fairy Egg Group also makes them the only Legendary or Mythical Pokémon that are not in the Undiscovered Egg Group.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Par for the course with Mythical Pokémon. While Manaphy can be obtained regardless of time period for Gen IV games if you have ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'', that's only true if the cartridge is factory new -- once a Manaphy has been redeemed, no more can be obtained even if a new save file is started. Since the game is over a decade old, new copies with Manaphy still in them are naturally hard to come by.
* PurposelyOverpowered: Restricted in the Battle Tower, official tournaments, and random Wi-Fi. Phione gets the treatment due to being related to Manaphy and nothing else, though.
* RecurringElement: One of the cute [[SecretCharacter event-exclusive]] Mythical Pokémon with all-around high stats.
* SecretArt:
** Heart Swap for Manaphy, which switches it and the target's stat changes. It's also one of the few Pokémon that can have Tail Glow, a formidable +3 boost to Special Attack.
** ''Legends: Arceus'' gives both Manaphy and Phione Take Heart, which heals them from their status conditions and increases their offensive and defensive stats.
* SecretCharacter: Manaphy can only be obtained by completing a special mission in the first ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' game and transferring an egg over to ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: They're [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clione cliones]] (a.k.a. sea angels), which aren't seen very often in non-Japanese media.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Averted; Phione can be bred freely and Manaphy can be acquired by finding its eggs in the ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' games.
* SupportPartyMember: Manaphy can [[StatusBuff buff]] is own stats with Tail Glow and Acid Armor, then switch stat boosts with a teammate in Double and Triple Battles using Heart Swap.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: The ''other'' method of getting Manaphy (outside of searching for unused ''Pokémon Ranger'' cartridges) is to download one through a Wi-Fi event... all of which naturally end. This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a sidequest allows you to find and capture three Phione and a Manaphy.
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[[folder:Shaymin]]
!492: Shaymin (シェイミ ''sheimi'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Sky Forme Shaymin]]
->[-''Sky forme debuts in ''Platinum-]
This tiny creature resembles a hedgehog but instead of a coat of spines, it has tufts of soft vibrant grass and two pink flowers on both sides of its ears. It is a timid Pokémon that is rarely ever seen by humans, but where it is found, lush green meadows filled with all sorts of wild flowers are said to be there. It has a special kind of reaction to a certain flower known as the Gracidea Flower, which is commonly given as a sign of gratitude. The pollen of said flower allows it to transform and fly freely. It then makes its way towards other remote meadows.
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* BlowYouAway: Sky Forme is part Flying-type. Its wind-based powers are severely [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], only learning one Flying-type attack ([[RazorWind Air Slash]]) naturally.
* ClipItsWings: If Shaymin gets [[HarmlessFreezing Frozen]] while in Sky Forme, it will immediately revert to Land Forme.
* CycleOfHurting: Sky Forme Shaymin has the deadly combination of Air Slash and its ability Serene Grace, which doubles the chances of all secondary effects. This means its Air Slash has a ''60%'' flinch chance each time it uses it. Unlike Togekiss however, Shaymin has sky-high speed, meaning opponents slower than it are screwed as it could pretty much spam Air Slash repeatedly with its opponents being nearly unable to do anything back.
* DevelopersForesight: If Shaymin is walking with you in ''[=HeartGold or SoulSilver=]'', a short animation of it reverting to Land Forme will occur once the clock strikes 8 and officially becomes nighttime.
* FertileFeet: Shaymin can cause several beautiful flowers to sprout wherever it is, no matter how barren or deserted the land is. The player can see this first-hand if they reach the end of Route 224 with Oak's Letter.
* {{Flight}}: It gains the ability to fly while in Sky Forme.
* FragileSpeedster: Sky Forme is much faster than regular Shaymin, but it loses 25 points from each of its defensive stats.
* GlassCannon: Sky Forme has better Special Attack and ''very'' slightly better Attack, but its defenses are lower.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Shaymin is called the Gratitude Pokémon, and its powers seem to partially revolve around the concept. The event item used to acquire Shaymin (Oak's Letter) makes the PC pray for its blessing.
* GreenThumb: Grass-type, and in Land Forme the only pure Grass-type Mythical Pokémon. Shaymin absorbs pollutants through the flowers on the sides of its head to perform [[SecretArt Seed Flare]], and is able to instantly make dilapidated regions blossom in floral life, for example Floaroma Town and Route 224.
* GuardianAngel: Its Sky Forme is this due to fact that it helps people.
* HealingFactor: Shaymin's Ability in Land Forme is Natural Cure, meaning it will recover from any status condition upon being swapped out. It can also learn Synthesis, [[LifeDrain Giga Drain and Leech Seed]]. It only naturally learns the latter though.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Manaphy, Shaymin is Sinnoh's cute Mythical Pokémon with all of its stats equal and above-average.
* KillItWithIce: Both formes are weak to Ice attacks, with its Sky Forme having a double weakness. It'll also revert to its Land Forme when frozen (but since all moves that freeze also do Ice-type damage, it'll most likely keel over first).
* LateCharacterSyndrome: Shaymin is found at Flower Paradise at Level 30, which is a respectable starting level... if it were anywhere but a Route that isn't availiable until [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Victory Road]], and even then, through a path that [[NPCRoadblock some contextless fatso blocks off]] until the National Pokédex is obtained (which also requires defeating the Elite Four). And as a Mythical Pokémon, there's almost nothing for it to do once it ''does'' finally catch up.
* LuckBasedMission: Like Togekiss and Jirachi before it, Shaymin's Sky Forme has Serene Grace and a high rate flinching move. Combined with its high speed, anything slower than it will not attack 60% of the time. Considering that it's the fastest Grass-type there is, that makes it more annoying.
* MasterOfAll: Land Forme's stats are all equal and above average.
* NatureSpirit: Purifies polluted areas.
* NighttimeTransformation: {{Inverted}}, as it can only transform into Sky Forme during the day but nightfall undoes this.
* NoBiologicalSex: Genderless, but is usually shown with long eyelashes in Land Forme and the one seen in Giratina and the Sky Warrior exerts a lot of feminine traits.
* OlympusMons: Its Land Forme is one of the "base 100 Mythicals" along with Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy, and Victini. Sky Forme has less balanced stats, but the same base stat total of 600.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Its Sky Forme is based on an angel.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Land Forme Shaymin is the smallest Mythical Pokémon at 8" (20cm) tall, yet is still very powerful.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Shaymin's second requirement for transforming into Sky Forme is that it needs to be morning or daytime. As soon as the sun sets, it'll revert.
* PurposelyOverpowered: Restricted from being used in the Battle Tower, official tournaments, and random Wi-Fi.
* RecurringElement: A cute Mythical Pokémon with equal (and above-average) stats that is only available via special distributions.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Shaymin's Land Forme in general. The girl in Goldenrod City's flower shop who gives you a Gracidea acknowledges this.
* SecretArt: The Grass-type move Seed Flare. It deals a lot of damage and has a 40% chance to lower the target's special defense by 2 stages, which can be raised to a whopping ''80% chance'' if Shaymin-Sky is the one using it.
* SecretCharacter: Aside from abusing a glitch in Japanese copies of ''Diamond and Pearl'', the only way to get one is from special distributions handed out in RealLife.
* ShrinkingViolet: Land Forme Shaymin is known for being quite shy, curling up to resemble a small shrub with flowers when it feels the need to conceal itself.
* StealthPun: Its Land Forme is a hedgehog that has a hedge growing on its back.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: Shaymin can only be acquired via Nintendo events, either directly or via Oak's Letter in ''Platinum'', and in both cases, particularly the latter, those have long passed (though certain glitches can be used to access Flower Paradise and catch it normally). This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Shaymin is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl save data]].
* TransformationTrinket: To turn into its Sky Forme, it needs to come into contact with a Gracidea Flower during the day.
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[[folder:Arceus]]
!493: Arceus (アルセウス ''aruseusu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Arceus]]
Here it is. The one mentioned many times in Sinnoh myths as the "original one". If there is a single Pokémon that is the strongest of all, this is probably it. This is Arceus. This Pokémon is somehow responsible for shaping the Sinnoh region and possibly the rest of the Pokémon world. In its normal state, it is a Normal-type with stats of 120 all around, which made it the Pokémon with the highest base stat total (until Mega Evolution and Primal Reversion were introduced). But with the use of special Plates (or Z-Crystals) that have been scattered across the world, it can become any one of the 17 other types, depending on which one it draws its power from.
Shortly after hatching from an egg that had been drifting in the formless cosmos, it created two or three other Pokémon to maintain the physical nature of the universe, and then it created three more to maintain the spiritual nature of life. It then drifted off into a deep slumber, but it awaits for someone in the Hall of Origin...[[note]]and still is, given how the item needed to access it [[DummiedOut was never officially released]].[[/note]]
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* ActionInitiative: Naturally gets Extreme Speed, a powerful priority attack that lets the user hit before the target. Forgoing any of the Plates or Z-Crystals and leaving Arceus a Normal-type will let it get the STAB bonus on the attack, making it one of the most damaging priority attacks in the series.
* AdaptiveAbility: In the anime, it can freely change between types on a whim in order to resist or negate any attack it sees coming its way. Not so much in the games; while it can choose any type to enter battle as, it can't change it in the middle of the battle.
** Played straight with the Legend Plate in ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus'', which lets Arceus transform into whatever type will cause Judgment to deal the most damage every time it uses it on an enemy, while also prioritizing types that most resist STAB attacks from the target.
* TheArtifact: For a time, Arceus was ''the'' Pokémon with the highest stat total of all. Then Generation VI introduced Mega Mewtwo, Primal Kyogre and Groudon, and Mega Rayquaza -- all of whom had higher stats. Then Generation VII added Ultra Necrozma, followed by Generation VIII adding Eternamax Eternatus to that group. With the removal of Mega Evolution, Primal Reversion and Z-moves, as well as Eternamax Eternatus not being playable, Generation VIII restores Arceus as the strongest ''playable'' Pokémon, but it isn't the absolute strongest anymore (as of now).
* ConfusionFu: Has the third largest movepool in the game[[note]]being capable of learning pretty much every move that doesn't involve hands or arms[[/note]], equally high stats in everything, and can be of any type. Knowing that the opponent has Arceus won't give you any hint about how to beat it.
* CosmicEgg: Said to have emerged from an egg when there was nothing.
* CreationMyth: Said to have created the Pokémon universe as a whole or the Sinnoh region in specific depending on the source.
%%* CrystalDragonJesus: One reference to it as such is present in ''Pokémon: Detective Pikachu''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: After ''several'' years since it was introduced with mostly moments of being a cameo, [[VideoGame/PokemonRanger only a part of a defunct wi-fi mission and side quest]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon a side character]] that also served as a SacrificialLion, Arceus finally received a game focused centered around it in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''.
* DevelopersForesight: If the move Fling is hacked onto Arceus, it will fail if it's holding one of its Plates.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Subverted. While in previous games the player could use cheats to fight and capture Arceus, in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', the first time the player has actually be legally allowed to fight Arceus ingame, they don't actually ''beat'' Arceus. Arceus just shrugs off the battle with no visible fatigue or injury and says the protagonist has proven themselves worthy, implying defeating it was never the actual point. Even then the Arceus the player 'catches' is merely a fragment of the real thing Arceus gives you so it may walk in the world it created.
* DiscardAndDraw: Starting in Gen VII, Multitype works with non-species exclusive Z-Crystals. Though they don't provide the 20% boost to moves of the corresponding type (on top of STAB) that the Plates do, nor do they change the type of Judgment, they ''do'' allow Arceus to use Z-Moves with guaranteed STAB.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Its ''Diamond'' and ''Brilliant Diamond'' Pokédex made mention of it creating the universe with "1000 arms". In game, punching and arm based moves are one of the few moves Arceus doesn't have access to. Later entries have avoided this entirely.
* EldritchAbomination: Arceus has a somewhat variable form, considering some versions of its origin describe it creating the world with "1000 arms", and slumbers above a mountain waiting to be awoken. Most of the people in its presence make mention of feeling some kind of "power". Couple that with three lesser {{Eldritch Abomination}}s jointly being outmatched by this thing, and we get perhaps the most Lovecraftian entity in the Pokémon franchise.
** ''Legends: Arceus'' takes this a step further by implying that the Arceus seen in the games is merely a fragment of the true Arceus used as an avatar to interact with the world, making its true form unknown and likely incomprehensible.
* ElementalPowers:
** It is NonElemental by default, but with the help of special Plates or Z-Crystals, it can change its type to [[GreenThumb Grass]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[ShockAndAwe Electric]], [[PoisonousPerson Poison]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies Bug]], [[BlowYouAway Flying]], [[DishingOutDirt Ground, Rock]], [[BareFistedMonk Fighting]], {{Psychic|Powers}}, [[AnIcePerson Ice]], [[SoulPower Ghost]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]], [[ExtraOreDinary Steel]], [[CastingAShadow Dark]], or [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fairy]].
** Its signature move, Judgment, changes its type according to the held Plate as well. It doesn't change types with Z-Crystals, however, so only Normalium Z can work with it.
* EnergyWeapon: Judgment is represented in the anime films and the 3D games as a barrage of lasers that either [[DeathFromAbove strikes from above]] or directly blasts enemies in the form of a MagicMissileStorm.
* EleventhHourRanger: In ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'', Arceus appears before the player character right before the final battle and allows them to link with it. It is extremely strong and can solo the final battle on its own.
* FightingAShadow: In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus,'' "capturing" Arceus at the very end has him explain that he's giving you a fragment of himself to be with you.
* FinalBoss: Arceus is the FinalBoss of the CoOpMultiplayer story in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]]''.
* FixedDamageAttack: Naturally learns Seismic Toss, which deals damage equal to the user's level.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: Arceus "speaks" in this style in the English localization of ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' when communicating with the player.
* GravityMaster: Naturally learns Gravity, a move that causes a temporary field effect which negates Ground-type immunity, lowers evasion, and prevents moves like Fly and High Jump Kick from being executed. Its appearance in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U]]'' as an AssistCharacter has it use this move to [[MeteorMove Meteor Smash]] airborne opponents.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Its normal form is primarily white, gold, and grey. The shiny version replaces the white with more gold.
* HolyHandGrenade: Judgment is usually shown as a bright ball of energy as Arceus calls upon its power to deal a large amount of damage to the opponent.
* {{Kirin}}: Its physical appearance is at least partly inspired by the mythical kirin.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Several.
** Although obscure now due to the content being DummiedOut, the [[https://tcrf.net/images/5/5c/PKMN_DPPT_Arceus_Flute.ogg Azure Flute]] and [[https://tcrf.net/images/8/8b/PKMN_DPPT_Arceus_Room.ogg Hall of Origin]] originally had unique themes, serving as variants of the intro and menu music of ''Pokémon Diamond and Pearl''.
** Arceus since has been associated primarily with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuXI7qcNsHQ a very dramatic and rather ominous drumbeat]] for a mighty creation deity.
** ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus'', quite fittingly, recycles all three themes. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E9TkfDmO0A Azure Flute's]] theme is used [[spoiler:To unlock the path to the Hall of Origin after capturing every Pokemon in Hisui (Except the four Mythicals). The Hall of Origin has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLizkJs5hx4 a remix of its theme play]], up until Arceus challenges the player as the game's BonusBoss, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzfOAlFgyY8 a remix of its battle theme]] from ''Diamond and Pearl'']].
* MakeMeWannaShout: Learns Hyper Voice naturally: unsurprising as the voice of the literal god of all Pokémon would have a substantial amount of ''oomph'' behind it.
* 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.
* MasterOfAll:
** It has the highest overall stat total of any non-transformed Pokémon (only being outdone by Primal Kyogre/Groudon, Mega Rayquaza, Mega Mewtwo X/Y, Ultra Necrozma, and Eternamax Eternatus), all of them being a great 120 each.
** It can become every type, and since it also learns almost every [=TM=] and move tutor (the only moves it can't learn involve fists since it is a [[FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter quadruped]]) it can fill almost any role on a team really well.
** In ''[=HeartGold and SoulSilver=]'''s Pokéathlon, it has the max possible stats when not holding a Plate.
** It becomes this in full in ''Legends: Arceus'' with its Legend Plate that lets it effectively wield every type ''simultaneously'', letting it automatically switch types in battle to make sure it's always maximizing damage dealt and minimizing damage taken.
* MeaningfulName: Arceus is seems to be derived from ''arch'' ("highest"), ''arcane'' ("magical", or, in a more etymologically literal sense, "secret"), or ''archaic'' ("ancient"), combined with ''deus'' (Latin for "god") or ''Zeus'' (the highest god in the Greek Pantheon).
* MindScrew: The Sinjoh Ruins event in ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'' where Arceus creates a new Dialga/Palkia/Giratina. First it starts off somewhat normal, with Unown flying around the area and Arceus glowing. Then a closeup of its face covers the screen before fading away, and its battle music from the Sinnoh games begins blaring as a montage of ''images of real life'' begin flashing across the screen all the while Arceus' overworld sprite and a strange pattern of lines overlap them. Some of these real-life images are: space, a forest, a rainbow, an erupting volcano, a lightning storm, skyscrapers, train tracks, a highway intersection, blood cells, a solar eclipse, and finally the Earth itself. That event is the only time any thing like it has occurred in the ''Pokémon'' franchise.
* MinorMajorCharacter: It created ''the entire Pokémon universe'' and the beings that control time, space, the Distortion World, and spirit. And yet, thanks to being a Mythical Pokémon (and one that wasn't officially revealed until after its debut in the Sinnoh games), it's not even a blip on Team Galactic's radar (or, for that matter, anyone else's). It didn't get its own game centered around it until ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus'', over a decade after the release of ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl''.
* MissingSecret: The Azure Flute originally designed for players to encounter Arceus was never distributed in any region. The reason for this, according to interviews from developers in the years since, is that triggering the event was considered "too difficult" for players to figure out, though some fans believe it was a result of [[MinusWorld the Surf glitch]] in original copies of ''Diamond and Pearl'' ruining the sidequests attached to the two other Mythical Pokémon of Sinnoh.
* NoBiologicalSex: Like most Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, Arceus is completely genderless.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Fans have debated over the pronunciation of Arceus's name ever since its introduction, not helped by how inconsistent official media itself is on the matter. Common ones include ARK-ee-us, AR-see-us, Ar-KAY-us, Ar-SAY-us, and AR-koos. Video game-related announcements tend toward ARK-ee-us, though other sources like ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' use AR-see-us, which the romanization of its Japanese name (アルセウス ''aruseusu'') also supports.
* NonElemental: It's a Normal-type by default.
* OlympusMons: ''The'' Olympus Mon -- its name is likely adapted from ''deus'' (Latin for "god") or Zeus.
* PaletteSwap: It will change color depending on what Plate or Z-Crystal is being held.
* PhysicalGod: The most powerful Pokémon (barring Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, anyway) is in a physical form that can be fought. Unlike some other powerful Pokémon however, it has never been worshipped as a god.
* PowerCreep: Wasn't hit '''quite''' as badly as the once unstoppable Mewtwo, but still an example. At the moment of its introduction, Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon at 720, [[MasterOfAll a whopping 120 in every stat]], while the closest contenders trailed behind at 680. While it still has the highest stat total of all base form Pokémon, it was subsequently beaten first by Mega Mewtwo, then Primal Groudon and Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza, etc., not to mention absolutely '''dwarfed''' by the unobtainable Eternamax Eternatus.
* PurposelyOverpowered:
** One of the most powerful even among OlympusMons -- not surprising from a Pokémon that literally created the universe. Of course, you'll never see it in the Battle Tower, most official tournaments, or random Wi-Fi.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'', you're forced to use it for the final battle with Nobunaga, so it gets a 70% link rate and awesome stats, Judgment hits all eight tiles around it and ignores type resistances, and its Omnipotent ability grants it various buffs including HP recovery every turn. If you lose, it'd pretty much have to be on purpose.
** ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus'' provides the Legend Plate unlocked after beating it, an item that upgrades Multi-Type to not just allow Arceus to be any type, but also has it transform into the type that is offensively and defensively strongest against the target ''every time it uses Judgment,'' making it always hit for STAB Super Effective damage while also changing Arceus into a type that likely resists their attacks in turn. This essentually gives Arceus an even better version of Protean, which is already one of the best abilities in the game. Incidentally, this is exactly how Arceus used its type changing ability in the anime, changing types on the fly to negate enemy attacks.
* SecretArt:
** Judgment, a strong Normal-type move that changes to be whatever type of Plate Arceus is holding (but it won't change to accommodate for Z-Crystals).
** It is the sole bearer of the ability Multitype, which cannot be replaced, removed, or copied by any means.
** Arceus is also one of the only non-Dragon-types that can use Draco Meteor (alongside Smeargle and Silvally), due to being able to learn it if holding a Draco Plate or Dragonium Z.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: As the original Pokémon that created the universe, this is assumed.
* SuddenlyVoiced: By far the only Pokémon that's capable of full speech in ''Legends''.
* SuperSpeed: One of the select few Pokémon to learn Extreme Speed and one of only four to get STAB on it [[note]]The others are Smeargle, Hoennian Zigzagoon and Linoone, and Togekiss prior to being retconned to a Fairy-type in Gen VI[[/note]].
* TemporaryOnlineContent: Up until ''Pokémon Legends: Arceus'', it was limited to being an online distribution only.
* ThePowerOfCreation: Its specialty, creating both the world and life.
* TimeAbyss: [[OlympusMons Legendary and Mythical Pokémon]] tend to be this by default but Arceus stands out even amongst them. It's designations as "the Alpha Pokémon" and "the Original One" indicate it's great age and it is heavily implied to be the creator of the Pokémon universe. Arceus is even older than time itself, as it is explicitly credited with creating Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, with Dialga's Pokédex entry stating that time itself started to flow when it was born.
* TopGod: By technicality. Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are often revered as deities, and Arceus is the creator god of everything. However, it's not worshipped due to being enigmatic.
* TrulySingleParent: In the Sinnoh Mythos, it is said that it created Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf (by splitting off parts of its own body/power, making it more like some kind of division than giving birth). Whether or not it created other Legendaries is unknown. In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'', it will even create an egg containing another Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina if you take it to the Ruins of Alph.
* WillfullyWeak: There's implications Arceus never goes all out while fighting humans. After its boss fight in ''Legends: Arceus'', Arceus shows no actual signs of fatigue or damage, merely saying the player has earned its favor and willingly joining them. Even then, the Arceus the player actually captures is merely a "piece" of Arceus it gives them to walk on Earth. It also grants the player the Legend Plate, which makes Arceus ''even more'' overpowered than it's ever been before.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: As ''Legends: Arceus'' shows, the Arceus that is captured by the player is but a piece of it, all but outright stating that its true form is something completely incomprehensible by mere humans. Its battle theme invokes this very effectively too, starting off the same as the original theme, but becomes increasingly fast, erratic, and glitchy, almost as if the game itself is struggling to comprehend Arceus's being.
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!441: Chatot / Perap (ペラップ ''perappu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Chatot]]
An eighth note headed parrot Pokémon with the unique ability to parrot languages, including human ones. Its best known move, Chatter, is one that can be recorded using the Nintendo DS's microphone. Its effect depends on how loud the recording is.
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* TheArtifact: To prevent glitches involving its audio recording function, Chatter was made unable to be Sketched by Smeargle. This restriction remained even after the recording function was removed in Gen VI.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: As a 50 cm tall parrot with a head in the shape of a musical note, Chatot does not look the part of a powerful Pokémon, but it has the highest Special Attack stat of all Pokémon that get STAB on the monstrously powerful Boomburst (just barely beating out Exploud) and a decent speed. Its Chatter is nothing to sneer at either, while its damage is nothing to write home about at 65 base power, it's still a STAB-boosted damaging move with 100% accuracy and a 100% chance to inflict confusion (Generation VI onwards), making it essentially Confuse Ray, but on steroids.
* BlowYouAway: Flying-type.
* DrunkenMaster: In a sense, in that Tangled Feet causes it to become more adept at evading attacks when confused.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appeared late in the Battle Frontier season of the anime.
* FragileSpeedster: Chatot has decent Speed, but it's really fragile.
* GlassCannon: Chatot has decent Special Attack and, as of Gen VI, can learn the absurdly powerful Boomburst, but its defenses are terrible.
* HealThyself: Naturally learns Roost.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Naturally learns several sound-based attacks, including Uproar, Round, Echoed Voice, and its [[SecretArt signature Chatter]]. Even better: in Gen VI, it can be bred to know ''Boomburst'' (though in Gen VIII no Pokémon are capable of passing the move onto Chatot, since the ones that can are excluded from ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'' while Chatot itself is absent from ''Sword and Shield'').
* MusicIsEighthNotes: The parrot Chatot, normally associated with sound and music, has a head in the shape of an eighth note.
* PollyWantsAMicrophone: It can learn human words and imitate human speech. Generations IV and V even allowed it to copy ''your'' voice.
* PokemonSpeak: Its cry sounds very similar to its Japanese name, complete with pronunciation ("Perapu!"). Possibly a justified inversion, because it's a parrot and thus can mimic human speech, making it likely that it's actually mimicking a human who said its name.
* RazorWind: Can be bred to know Air Cutter.
* SecretArt: Chatter, a Flying-type attack that always confuses the target. In fact, it is one of the three moves that can't be learned by Sketch[[note]]presumably because it would lead to a GameBreakingBug back when Chatot still had a voice-recording feature[[/note]], the others being [[DesperationAttack Struggle]] and [[ShapedLikeItself Sketch]], making it one of the few moves that is truly exclusive.
** While Confide is a dirt-common TM move that can be taught to just about anything, Chatot is the only Pokémon to learn the move naturally.
* SquishyWizard: In contrast to most birds, Chatot specializes in Special Attack. Its physical Attack is actually pretty poor, even though it gives out [[StatGrinding EVs]] in Attack.
* StatusBuff: Can learn Nasty Plot to boost its Special Attack.
* StatusInflictionAttack: Its SecretArt Chatter used to have a varying rate of causing confusion depending on the volume of the recording, usually around 10 to 30%. As of Generation VI, the voice recording function has been removed, but in return, Chatter will always cause a target to get confused.
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[[folder:Spiritomb ''[-(Mikaruge)-]'']]
!442: Spiritomb / Mikaruge (ミカルゲ ''mikaruge'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Spiritomb]]
A collective of 108 malevolent spirits bound to a rock. While most Pokémon are found by just walking into long grass, Spiritomb isn't encountered that way. You need a special stone called the Odd Keystone, which needs to be placed in a certain shrine. Then you have to go into Sinnoh's Underground and talk to (interact with) 32 other people over the local wireless ([=NPCs=] don't count). Only then will Spiritomb be released for capture. The effort that goes into triggering the Spiritomb to be released may be great, but you are rewarded with a Pokémon with only one elemental weakness (it used to have no weaknesses, but then the Fairy type was introduced in Generation VI) and high defenses.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While the various Pokédex entries paint Spiritomb to being an evil spirit who was bound to the Odd Keystone for its mischief and misdeeds, they are much more vague on if the actual spirits as a whole are actually malevolent. They mainly just say that Spiritomb is composed of 108 spirits, but not if they are actually evil or not. ''Sword'' entry seems to imply that only some of the spirits are ill-natured, while ''Legends: Arceus'' goes with the idea that all of them are malevolent, [[spoiler:even if one of them is the one to ask you to gather the freed wisps back]].
* ArmoredButFrail: Spiritomb has equally great defenses that are offset by its poor HP.
* BossBattle:
** A territorial Spiritomb is a boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]'', a Spiritomb in the end of Chroma Ruins appears as the game's fifth boss.
* CastingAShadow: It fits into the traditional idea of a shadow elemental, unlike [[CombatPragmatist most Dark-types who are based on criminals, trickery, impending doom, below-the-belt fighting tactics, and evil]]. However, its primary type is Ghost, which ''are'' typically shadow elementals.
* CombatPragmatist: It can fight dirty, naturally learning moves like Sucker Punch, Feint Attack, and Pursuit.
* DarkIsEvil: Spiritomb is composed of 108 souls that were so bad in life they were bound to the Odd Keystone, and unlike most other Dark-types it doesn't seem to have any sort of redeeming qualities whatsoever. That said, [[SubvertedTrope it can still get along with other Pokémon and have its friendship with the player maxed out.]]
* EldritchAbomination: A shadowy creature made up of an amalgamation of 108 souls sewn together by their collective negative emotions. You don't get much more abominable than that.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Technically, Spiritomb is supposed to be a Pokemon as a result of being 108 souls jammed into one SoulJar, which should make it the only one of its kind. However, it can breed and be caught in various different regions.
* GuideDangIt:
** No, the Sinnoh games do ''not'' tell you how to get Spiritomb, nor do they give any indication that Spiritomb even ''exists'' up until you fight Cynthia aside from Pokédex entry 108 suspiciously being left blank.
** Spiritomb came back for ''Sword and Shield'', with roughly the same requirements as the Sinnoh games, except this time the landmark is a gravestone off the beaten path around Ballimere Lake (with the only hint being the message "Be my voice." carved on it) and you don't need an Odd Keystone. Good luck realizing what that grave even does without looking it up. At least, the Wild Area makes interacting online with people ''much'' easier than the Sinnoh Underground.
* MergerOfSouls: A collection of 108 souls that have amalgamated together out of negative emotions.
* MightyGlacier: It has quite good defenses, only one elemental weakness as of Generation VI, and its offensive stats aren't bad. It's very slow and has low HP, though.
* MindHive: Spiritomb is a gestalt of 108 spirits. It can still breed and has a defined gender; just don't ask how.
* Mystical108: Spiritomb is formed from 108 evil spirits that are bound together to the Odd Keystone (compare with Ninetales from Generation I, which is said to be the reincarnation of nine saints). In addition, Spiritomb weighs 108 kilograms, its Sinnoh region Pokédex number is 108, its base Defense and Special Defense are 108, and in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', one can be found in Sea Mauville, located on Route 108. 108 is considered a mystical number in Buddhism (108 is said to be the number of temptations one must overcome to reach nirvana).
* {{Nerf}}: Spiritomb is no longer free of weaknesses due to Fairy-types being strong against Dark.
* NothingIsScarier: It is a Pokémon created from 108 evil spirits 500 years ago. That's it. What those spirits did or even what Spirtomb itself is like is never elaborated upon. Pokédex entry in ''Sword'' claims that ''some'' of the spirits which form Spiritomb are ill-natured, suggesting that it being sealed away in Odd Keystone is due to Spiritomb's own actions instead of the actions of the spirits forming it.
* NoodleIncident: What Spiritomb did to get sealed away is never elaborated on, but it does say a traveller was "compelled" to seal it away due to its actions.
* NumerologicalMotif: If you haven't figured it out yet, Spiritomb is heavily associated with the Mystical108.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: It's not one ghost; it's 108 spirits forever encased in a keystone as punishment for the evil those spirits committed in life.
* PowerNullifier: Its dual Dark/Ghost typing renders it immune to Normal, Fighting, ''and'' Psychic-type moves.
* SealedEvilInACan: Spiritomb is said to be formed from the souls of 108 people who were evil in life and now are bound to the Odd Keystone for eternity as punishment.
* SocializationBonus:
** Spiritomb only appears in Sinnoh if you interact with 32 ''real'' players in the Underground. [[note]]It can be the same person 32 times, but it still requires another person... or another DS. Whichever works.[[/note]]
** In ''Sword and Shield'', Spiritomb appears in a gravestone in Ballimere Lake after checking it and then interacting with 32 other trainers in the Crown Tundra, meaning that you need to play online to get Spiritomb.
* SoulJar: That Odd Keystone is what Spiritomb is bound to, if its seal weakens, the pokemon would disperse.
* SoulPower: A Ghost-type powered by 108 spirits.
* SupernaturalIsPurple: Its spirit body is purple except for the green features.
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:Vessa from ''Legends: Arceus'' is the only one of Spiritomb's spirits you get to personally know, and is the one to ask you to gather up the freed 107 wisps so that they can reform into Spiritomb again.]]
* UniqueEnemy:
** In the Sinnoh games, Spiritomb can only be encountered at the Hallowed Tower after plugging in an Odd Keystone and then interacting with a certain number of people in the Underground. The process is repeatable, but you need a new Keystone each time.
** A single Spiritomb appears in Sea Mauville in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', [[InescapableAmbush ambushing you in a specific room upon quitting a game menu]].
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[[folder:Gible ''[-(Fukamaru)-]'', Gabite, and Garchomp ''[-(Gaburias)-]'']]
!443: Gible / Fukamaru (フカマル ''fukamaru'')\\
444: Gabite (ガバイト ''gabaito'')\\
445: Garchomp / Gaburias (ガブリアス ''gaburiasu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Gible]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Gabite]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Garchomp]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mega Garchomp]]
->[-''Mega Garchomp debuts in ''X and Y-]
Dragon Pokémon that superficially resemble sharks with limbs, they are found in caves with geothermal heating. Gible looks somewhat silly due to its pudgy appearance, but as it evolves, it gets "sharper" and dangerous-looking. It is among the fastest of the pseudo-legendaries, second only to Dragapult, and its stats are in just the right places to make it an extremely powerful threat, making it a perfect SignatureMon for Sinnoh's celebrated Champion Cynthia. As of ''X & Y'', Garchomp has a Mega Evolution with greatly boosted Attack and the Sand Force Ability, in exchange for a slight Speed drop.
Garchomp is one of the playable characters in ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'', a FightingGame SpinOff where Pokémon duke it out in a new type of battle called Ferrum Battles. For tropes concerning its appearance in that game, see the ''Pokkén Tournament'' [[Characters/PokkenTournament character page]].
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* AnimalGenderBender: The Garchomp in ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii'' is male, but has no notch in its fin and [[DudeLooksLikeALady therefore looks like females of its species]]. This isn't touched upon at all.
* BigEater: What would you expect from names like those? Reflected also in their evolution moves: Dual Chop as Gabite and Crunch as Garchomp. That said, Gible's ''Shield'' Dex entry for the Crown Tundra DLC notes that despite its big mouth, its stomach is actually quite small.
* BodyHorror: The Alolan Pokédex implies that when Garchomp Mega Evolves, its fins don't transform into scythes, they ''melt'' into that shape, which in result drives it into mad rage.
* BossBattle:
** A Gabite is fought as the first boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon''. Gabite and Garchomp can also be fought as optional bosses in [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers Explorers]] and Super respectively.
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]'', Garchomp is used by [[TerribleTrio Ice]] during your second battle against him.
** Of course, one can't mention Garchomp without bringing up Cynthia. It's her signature in ''Diamond, Pearl and Platinum''.
* BreakingOldTrends: The Gible line has some traits that were introduced by them among pseudo-legendaries, some of which that haven't been repeated since:
** Gabite is the only Pokémon that evolves into a pseudo-legendary in a level under 50.
** This is the first pseudo-legendary line that avoided LateCharacterSyndrome in their debut game in the Wayward Cave's secret entrance, with wild Gible under level 20 available (although, in ''Diamond and Pearl'', the lower levels where Gible can be found is blocked by a Strength Boulder, which can only be moved after beating the sixth gym; in ''Platinum'', they can obtained as early as Wayward Cave itself can be entered). The only other pseudo-legendary with this treatment is Dreepy, which can be found early on in ''Sword and Shield'', but only through Max Raid Dens.
** Garchomp is the only pseudo-legendary Pokémon with gender differences.
** Garchomp was the first pseudo-legendary with a base friendship stat that isn't 35. Kommo-o is the only other pseudo-legendary with this trait, with both Pokémon's base friendship stats set at 70.
** The Gible line is the first pseudo-legendary line whose National Pokédex placement does not come right before a Legendary Pokémon or another pseudo-legendary line. The Goomy line is the only other pseudo-legendary line with such kind of National Pokédex placement.
* BreakoutCharacter: Not to the extent of Lucario, but Garchomp is still one of the most popular and marketed Pokémon from its generation, and among the pseudo-legendaries. In popularity polls, not only has it consistently polled as the second highest Gen IV Pokémon behind Lucario, but it got seventh place out of ''all'' species in a wide-scale 2020 poll, making it the highest-ranking Dragon-type Pokémon.[[note]]unless you count how Charizard can Mega Evolve into one[[/note]]
* DinosaursAreDragons: Garchomp resembles a carnivorous dinosaur such as a [[RaptorAttack dromaeosaurid]]. The UK version of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for [=3DS/Wii U=]'' describes Garchomp as a "mach-speed flying dinosaur with spikes".
* DishingOutDirt: Half Ground-types and can possesses the Sand Veil ability, which increases their evasion in a Sandstorm. Mega Garchomp has Sand Force with powers up its Ground-, Rock- and Steel-Type, attacks while in a Sandstorm. All of the group are capable of learning numerous Ground- and Rock-type moves.
* DragonHoard: Gabite habitually digs up gems, which it hoards in its nest. In fact, in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon Super Mystery Dungeon]]'', the first boss battle has you go up against a Gabite, who mistakenly suspects that you were trying to steal his treasure. Gabite also like to capture Carbink for their gems.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Not only are Gabite and Garchomp based on sharks and dragons, but also on theropods, mainly [[RaptorAttack dromaeosaurids]].
* FinalBoss: It's played as such in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]''. Before Cynthia's Garchomp, no other trainer in the game uses one. Said Garchomp is also her highest-leveled Pokémon, has surprisingly high stats for a Pokémon used by an NPC trainer and is the most powerful in Cynthia's team. Cynthia would often send Garchomp out last, further exemplifying this trope.
* {{Flight}}: Garchomp has been shown as capable of flight in various media, though [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it can't learn Fly]].
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Gible's ''Diamond & Pearl'' Pokédex entries state it likes to live in caves warmed by geothermal heat. In those games, Gible can only be found in Wayward Cave. The same holds true for why Gible and its evolutions can only be found within the Tunnel to the Top and Way to the Peak in the Crown Tundra in ''Shield'', as the cave is also warmed by geothermal heat.
* TheGrimReaper: Mega Garchomp seems to take some design cues from him with the scythe hands and squarish chin to slightly resemble a skull.
* JackOfAllStats: Along with Hydreigon, Garchomp is this compared to other pseudo-legendaries. None of its stats are very high, but they (except for its Special Attack) aren't low either.
* KillItWithIce: They are all extremely weak to ice attacks.
* LightningBruiser: Garchomp is fast, strong, and has above-average bulk. Even among pseudo-legendaries, Garchomp stands out with the highest base HP and second highest base Attack and Speed. Mega Garchomp is slightly slower, but still pretty fast with much more power and bulk.
* MagikarpPower: Combined with CrutchCharacter. Gible and Gabite are rather weak (though an Eviolite can alleviate this somewhat) but one of the first moves they learn is [[FixedDamageAttack Dragon Rage]], which is powerful at first, but then their lack of power becomes notorious. Then, at level 48, Gabite evolves into [[LightningBruiser Garchomp]].
* MagicKnight: Mega Garchomp gets a large Special Attack boost to go along with its already high Attack, letting it hit with Physical or Special attacks.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Only comparatively so - Garchomp's Special Attack is not low and it packs powerful special moves like Draco Meteor or Fire Blast that it can put into good use, but its Attack is 50 base points higher than its Special Attack (base 130 Attack vs base 80 Special Attack). Compared to other pseudo-legendary Pokémon, Garchomp's Special Attack is the lowest of them all. Mega Garchomp is more proficient at special attacks, enough to avert this trope, but the base point difference is still the same (base 170 Attack vs base 120 Special Attack).
* ManBitesMan: They naturally learn Crunch. In Generation VII, Garchomp automatically learns the move upon evolution.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The line are based on sharks, but have the body plan of a carnivorous dinosaur (like many other fictional dragons). Their Dragon typing seems to come from the fact that they're winged flying saurians.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Its final form is essentially a hammerhead shark jet plane dragon dinosaur.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Draconic landsharks.
* PaletteSwap: Heavily downplayed with Shiny Garchomp, as it's almost indistinguishable from a normal one. Played straight with its Shiny Mega form which is pink.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Garchomp is one of the most threatening Dragon-types to grace the franchise and is still a threat in spite of Fairies, and sports bluish-purple scales. Its Mega form turns them lavender.
* RaptorAttack: Garchomp loosely resembles a ''Franchise/JurassicPark''-type ''Velociraptor'' with its [[LightningBruiser high speed]], and having the streamlined body plan of a relatively lean carnivorous [[DinosaursAreDragons dinosaur]] (all while lacking feathers because of its shark scales).
* RatedMForManly:
** Garchomp sports an impressive build, most noticeable in the 3D games (the 2D games make it look like it has a lean frame). Mega Garchomp takes it further, and has what appear to be ''scythes'' for hands. The coloration of its jaw resembles a beard complete with sideburns, and with its spikes, the design on Mega Garchomp's body resembles a ripped biker's jacket.
** However, and in spite of this trope, Garchomp tends to be depicted in official media as female as much as, if not more, than as male. This is most likely due to the fact that the best-known Garchomp, which is the one used by Sinnoh Champion Cynthia, is a female.
* RealMenWearPink: [[http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/MegaGarchomp.jpg Shiny Mega Garchomp]] is really pink. Its body is mostly lavender, but its chest, jaw, and scythes are magenta.
* RecurringElement: The Gen IV draconian pseudo-legendary like Dragonite, Tyranitar, and Salamence before it. Interestingly, however, comes much earlier in the Dex order than usual. Like Salamence before it, it's a blue, vicious LightningBruiser Dragon-type with flight capabilities.
* TheRival: Gabite and Sableye tend to fight over Carbink. Garchomp and Salamence also compete for food in midair battles.
* SandIsWater: Desert dwelling sharks.
* SharkMan: (Vaguely) anthropomorphic draconian sharks.
* SimpleYetAwesome: Garchomp has a great offensive typing in Dragon and Ground, is very quick, and hits very hard. Unlike most hard-hitting Pokémon, it's not a GlassCannon in the slightest. It's so simple to use, yet it works so effectively in many different roles because of these traits.
* SinisterScythe: Mega Garchomp's hands resemble huge scythe-blades.
* SocializationBonus: Getting the Garchompite in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire requires the player to grab 1000 flags from other players' Secret Base.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Garchomp's Japanese name was often mispelled by fans as Gablias.
* TheSpiny: Their Hidden Ability is Rough Skin, which damages enemies that use contact moves on them (and is a reference to the rough skin of real sharks). Subverted with the mega form. It has spikes all over its arms, legs, and torso, but Rough Skin is replaced with Sand Force.
* SuperMode: Garchomp gains a Mega Evolution in ''X & Y''. It gets a slight Speed reduction, but gets great boosts to Attack and Special Attack to make it a MagicKnight, the Sand Force ability to increase its Ground-, Rock-, and Steel-type moves during a Sandstorm, and minor boosts to its Defense and Special Defense.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Garchomp's Pokédex entries mention that once it has prey in its sights, it will never give up on chasing it down.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Male specimens have a notch on their back fins, implying that they fight more often and leave scars.[[note]]The ones in the picture up there are female, if you haven't figured it out; most Garchomp in art and merchandise are depicted as female save for the one in ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament''.[[/note]] The fact that the male Garchomp in ''VideoGame/PokeParkWii'' and its sequel has no notch in his fin supports this statement. Both male and female Garchomp gain two notches in their fin in Mega Evolution form.
* ThreateningShark: Cave-dwelling, ''flying'' landsharks!
* WeirdBeard: The coloration on Mega Garchomp's jaw resembles a jagged beard, and they're quite dangerous.
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[[folder:Riolu and Lucario]]
!447: Riolu (リオル ''rioru'')\\
448: Lucario (ルカリオ ''rukario'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Lucario]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mega Lucario]]
->[-''Mega Lucario debuts in ''X and Y-]
The most iconic Pokémon of the Gen IV games, Riolu and Lucario are fighting type Pokémon that possess the unique power of sensing the aura of all living things. Riolu is only able to sense it in ripples and uses it to sense the feelings of others from far away. As it evolves, though, it becomes part Steel and it fully realizes its unique power, gaining the ability to utilize it in the form of powerful attacks. Lucario is notable for being the first non-Legendary Pokémon to be the star of its own movie.
Lucario gained a Mega Evolution in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' with boosted offensive stats and Speed on top of the STAB-boosting Adaptability Ability, and is said to be the first Pokémon in history to achieve Mega Evolution. Fittingly, it's the first Pokémon that the player is capable of using Mega Evolution with.
Due to its popularity, Lucario appears in Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s MassiveMultiplayerCrossover series, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', as a recurring player character, and is also a fighter in the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s own FightingGame Spinoff, ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament''. For tropes concerning its appearance in those games, see the ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosBrawl40To44 character page]] and the ''Pokkén Tournament'' [[Characters/PokkenTournament character page]].
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* ActionInitiative: One of only a few fully-evolved Pokémon who can make decent use of the special Fighting priority move Vacuum Wave, and one of the few Pokémon that can learn Extreme Speed. Riolu gets Prankster as its Hidden Ability, which gives all of its status moves priority. Finally, they can be bred with Bullet Punch, which can do quite a number on opponents when paired with Mega Lucario's Adaptability.
* AlwaysAccurateAttack: Aura Sphere, which never misses.
* AlwaysLawfulGood: According to its ''Shield'' Pokedex entry, Lucario will only trust trainers who have justice in their hearts.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Their ''Ultra Moon'' entry details that Lucario often read minds of people and become stressed if what they read turns out to be sensitive.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Lucario is a Fighting-type Pokémon, so it's fitting that the shape and coloring of its lower body makes it look like it's wearing a pair of gym shorts.
* AuraVision: Lucario can sense the aura of all things.
* AxCrazy: The Alolan Pokédex entries for Mega Lucario states that its fighting style can only be described as "heartless."
* BadassLongcoat: Mega Lucario evokes something similar with its own fur no less.
* BadWithTheBone: Along with the Cubone line and Mandibuzz, Lucario is one of the few Pokémon that can learn Bone Rush. Since Lucario doesn't physically carry a bone around, both the anime and VideoGame/PokkenTournament depict it forming the bone out of energy.
* BalanceBuff: With every generation, Lucario becomes stronger and stronger. In Gen V, it gained access to Justified to increase its Attack every time it's hit by a Dark-type attack, which Lucario had a double resistance to at the time. In Gen VI, it received a Mega Evolution that makes it faster, stronger, and gains Adaptability to increase the power of its [=STAB=] moves. Generation VII didn't immediately give it anything new to play with, but ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' gave it access to Meteor Mash, a powerful STAB move that runs off of Mega Lucario's better attacking stat.
* BareFistedMonk: Gets the usual vast array of punching moves expected of a Fighting-type.
* BodyHorror: The Alolan Pokédex entries for Mega Lucario states that the mega evolution energy, combined with Lucario's own aura, burns his own skin with black streaks.
* BossBattle:
** Maylene's strongest Mon, where she's either the third (''Diamond and Pearl'') or fourth (''Platinum'') Sinnoh leader.
** Lucario is also fought as a BonusBoss in ''[[VideoGame/PokeparkWii Poképark Wii 2: Wonders Beyond]]'', acting as the final opponent in the postgame Battle Tournament.
** A Lucario guarding the [[{{Macguffin}} Blue Gem]] is fought as a boss in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]''.
* BreakoutCharacter: Lucario became one of the most prominently marketed new Pokémon since Pikachu from the Generation I days and is considered the unofficial {{mascot}} of the 4th generation, and is given to the player for free in its debut games and X and Y.
* CombatMedic: Lucario is one of few Pokémon that could learn Heal Pulse, it also has nice offensive stats to boot.
* CombatPragmatist: Lucario learns several Dark-type moves, most notably [[ManBitesMan Crunch]] and Dark Pulse.
* ConfusionFu: Lucario has a stupidly diverse movepool; outside of STAB attacks, it gets Dragon, Ground, Psychic, Dark, Fire, Water, Ghost, Rock, Poison, Ice, Electric, and Bug attacks.
* CuteLittleFangs: Lucario has these, although they are rarely seen.
* CycleOfHurting: Due to the fact that Copycat mimics the last move used even if it's the user's own move, a Prankster Riolu with a Focus Sash and Reversal effectively has a *300 BP priority move* at its disposal, as long as nothing can survive it or outspeed it with priority of its own.
* DeathOrGloryAttack: Lucario can learn the powerful and dangerous High Jump Kick through breeding. ''Nothing'' wants to take a High Jump Kick from Mega Lucario (except Ghost-types who will laugh at it) — if it's weak to Fighting, then barring the move missing, the only thing that will save it is if it has a Focus Sash, Sturdy, or if it happens to have ridiculous defenses. If Mega Lucario can pull off a Swords Dance, the latter's only chance of survival afterwards is to run.
** This trope also applies to a slightly lesser extent to Lucario's Close Combat move. While the move is ''slightly'' less powerful than High Jump Kick (base 120 power to base 130 power), it still does a truly ridiculous amount of damage coming from a Mega Lucario. Although the move doesn't risk directly harming Lucario the way High Jump Kick does, the downside is that every time the move is used, it lowers both the user's defense and special defense by one stage. So if Lucario uses Close Combat, it will quickly become this trope, as anything that ''doesn't'' get immediately KO-ed by it will be able to take out Lucario with ease.
** And in ''Sword and Shield'', it gets access to the new move Steel Beam, which is a Special Steel-type version of Double Edge, dealing half the damage it caused to the opponent back to the user.
* DemotedToExtra: After being so prominently available in Gens IV, V and VI, Riolu and Lucario are only available in ''Sun and Moon'' in the Poni Wilds, an area that is only accessible in the post-game.
* DisabilitySuperPower: Steadfast, one of their abilities, multiplies their speed by 50% whenever they are flinched.
* DiscOneNuke:
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Riolu can be found in the wild before the first Gym Leader. Because Riolu evolves through happiness, this means that after a few hours of running in circles, it is possible to get a Lucario at level 6. And once it does, congratulations. You have now obtained a Pokémon that can utterly dominate the first quarter of the game. It resists the first Gym's STAB (and double-resists their other attacking type), is ''immune'' to the second Gym's STAB, and is double-resistant to the third Gym's STAB (also double-resistant to Dwebble in general, and normally resistant to Grass). To exaggerate this even more, you can get [[ThePowerOfFriendship TM27 Return]] right after beating Cheren, giving it an attack with an effective Power of 102 due to it running off of the user's Friendship value and Lucario being a Friendship evolution.
** Still going this way in ''X and Y''. Riolu is again available before the first Gym (which is guaranteed three perfect [=IVs=] due to being a baby Pokémon), Return is given just before the next town, and you even get a free Lucario with its Mega Stone after the 3rd Gym if you didn't bother to grab a Riolu.
* DrawAggro: The line can learn Follow Me through breeding, through their terrible defenses means that drawing any attacks towards them is a questionable strategy.
* DreadlockWarrior: The appendages on the back of Lucario's head give off this appearance. Even more so in its Mega form.
* ElementalPunch: They can learn Ice Punch and Thunder Punch through move tutors, but not Fire Punch, presumably due to Lucario being a Steel-type... Though they ''can'' inherit [[CriticalHitClass Blaze Kick]] from a parent.
* TheEmpath: They can read the emotions of other creatures.
* EnergyBall: [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Aura Sphere]], a move which Lucario is very famous for using.
* ExtraOreDinary: Lucario is a Steel-type, though it doesn't have any of the visual cues or [[StoneWall normal]] [[MightyGlacier stat spreads]] associated with them. That said, Lucario can learn several steel type moves, like Flash Cannon and [[ActionInitiative Bullet Punch]].
* FunnyAnimalAnatomy: They have long noses reminiscent of canine snouts, with human-like mouths underneath. And raccoon-like faces. Justified by the fact that they (or at least Lucario) are in the Human-Like egg group.
* FurIsClothing: Lucario's thighs are designed to resemble a pair of shorts.
* GlassCannon:
** It can hit hard from both the physical and special sides, and has decent Speed. However, it has trouble withstanding neutral attacks due to its low defenses, and abusing Close Combat[[note]]which lowers the user's defenses after each use[[/note]] will render its many resistances moot. Luckily, Lucario has 8 resistances, 2 of which are double, and an immunity.[[note]]Prior to Gen VI, it has 9 resistances, 3 of which are double resistances. [[/note]]
** Its Mega Evolution makes it even stronger, with the Adaptability ability (boosts the power of STAB moves to 2x instead of 1.5x) adding to its Fighting-type and Steel-type moves. And Mega Lucario has not only higher Attack than regular Lucario, but higher Special Attack and Speed. While its Defense receives a significant boost, it still can't take that many hits before going down and its mediocre Special Defense is left intact.
* HartmanHips: Lucario has a slender upper body contrasted by wide hips and thighs, though they're meant to look like it's wearing pants.
* HealingShiv: Lucario learns Heal Pulse, a move that heals the target's HP.
* HonorBeforeReason: Lucario's Hidden Ability is Justified, which raises its Attack if hit by a Dark-type move. While it can't abuse it as well as [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Terrakion]], it has access to several increased-priority moves, and had a double Dark resistance prior to Generation VI.
* AnIcePerson: They can get Ice Punch from the move tutor.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Due to its popularity and prominent appearances in various spin-offs, Lucario is promoted in the same way that [[ShockandAwe Pikachu]], [[PlayingWithFire Charizard]] and [[PsychicPowers Mewtwo]] are despite being introduced some ten years and four generations later than the others.
* ImmuneToFlinching: Inner Focus, one of their abilities, makes them completely immune to flinching.
* InformedAbility: The Pokédex goes out of it way to point out that Lucario can understand humans. The problem with this is that there has never been any indication that other Pokémon couldn't understand humans.
* IntellectualAnimal: The Pokédex states that Lucario can understand human speech.
* KamehameHadoken:
** Aura Sphere. Also able to learn various similar moves that Steel and Fighting-types otherwise can't normally learn, like [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon Pulse]], [[CombatPragmatist Dark Pulse]], [[CastingAShadow Shadow Ball]]... and [[HealingShiv Heal Pulse.]]
** Aura Storm, which is Lucario's Final Smash in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl''.
* KiManipulation: Gets moves like Aura Sphere, Dark Pulse, and Focus Blast.
* LaserBlade: When Lucario conjures up a Bone Rush attack in the anime, it looks rather like [[Franchise/StarWars a Jedi Knight activating a lightsaber]]. On one occasion, two Mega Lucario even fight in a manner reminiscent of a lightsaber duel.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: In ''Diamond'', ''Pearl'' and ''Platinum'', Riolu can only be obtained by hatching an egg obtained from Iron Island late during the main story, which means a ''lot'' of walking, grinding, training and pampering is required to bring it up to snuff and evolve it at that point. ''Black 2'', ''White 2'', ''X'' and ''Y'' instead make Riolu into an early-game Pokémon, while all other games in which the line can be obtained relegate it to the postgame.
* MagicKnight: Is one of the few Fighting-types to have a good Special Attack stat on top of an almost equal Attack stat.
* MagikarpPower: Riolu has quite low stats and a [[PoorPredictableRock much smaller movepool]] than Lucario, even by pre-evolution standards. Once you reach the happiness level to achieve evolution, it becomes a high-tier killing machine.
* MascotMook: Just as Pikachu represents cute unevolved monsters, and Charizard for fearsome fully evolved monsters, Lucario is the poster child for cool humanoid monsters. The three are among the most likely to get spotlighted in Gens beyond their own, and appear in spinoffs, crossovers, and merch. ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' and ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'' even give it more attention than Pikachu itself.
* MultiformBalance: Of a sort. While the difference is marginal in both forms, Lucario hits slightly harder with Special attacks while Mega Lucario hits slightly harder with Physical attacks (relatively speaking, as Mega Lucario hits harder than regular Lucario on both sides).
* NervesOfSteel: Both of their regular abilities discourage trying to flinch them. Steadfast [[DisabilitySuperPower increases their speed if they flinch]] (likely assuring you can't do it next turn), and Inner Focus just makes them ImmuneToFlinching.
* NobleWolf: Well, specifically a jackal.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Riolu's ''Pearl'' Pokédex entry notes that despite its small size, it is strong, being capable of cresting three mountains and crossing two canyons in a single night.
* PreciousPuppy: Riolu has strong canine traits and is considered a baby Pokémon. A very adorable one at that.
* PsychicPowers: They're not Psychic-types, but nonetheless, they can read the thoughts and emotions of others. On an unrelated note, Lucario can be taught Psychic from the technical machine, while both of them can learn [[UseYourHead Zen Headbutt]] from the move tutor.
* RascallyRaccoon: Averted. Although they are partially based off raccoons (especially the face), they aren't portrayed as mischievous rascals.
* RatedMForManly: Lucario was a pretty masculine Pokémon to begin with, but Mega Lucario takes it to the next level with the longer fur, extra spikes, and red-tipped appendages. It also has a gender ratio that heavily favors males, and a very masculine voice in its [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew movie]], and the VideoGame/SuperSmashBros series.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Needs high happiness to evolve, but can only do so during the day.
* ShockAndAwe: They can get Thunder Punch from the move tutor.
* {{Shotoclone}}: Loosely speaking; Lucario is a Fighting-type that learns various KamehameHadoken attacks, including its signature Aura Sphere, and can learn the {{Shoryuken}}-like Sky Uppercut via breeding. It's also occasionally depicted as one half of a [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu and Ken]]-like duo with Blaziken, as the "Ryu" to Blaziken's "Ken". Ironically, Lucario is ''not'' this in its [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros fighting game]] [[VideoGame/PokkenTournament appearances]].
* SignatureMove: Aura Sphere and Lucario are very heavily associated with each other in most forms of Pokémon media, though the move itself isn't exclusive to Lucario by a long shot.[[note]]When the mon and the move were introduced in Generation IV, Aura Sphere was also in the moveset of Togekiss, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina; and was added to the moveset of Mewtwo and Mew. So no, it was never Lucario's SecretArt.[[/note]]
* StatusBuff: Riolu gets Nasty Plot while Lucario gets Swords Dance and Calm Mind, all by level up. They can also be bred to have Iron Defense and Agility.
* TheStoic: Like Mewtwo, in Pokémon- Amie, Lucario gives approving nods rather than energetic or visibly happy responses when treated well, though it does smile when its affection level goes up.
* SuperMode: Gained a Mega Evolution in ''X and Y'', with the ability Adaptability. Those Close Combats, High Jump Kicks, Iron Tails, Aura Spheres, Flash Cannons, and Meteor Mashes will ''hurt''. Also, in-universe, Lucario is said to be the very first Pokémon in history to achieve Mega Evolution (until the Hoenn remakes retconned it to Rayquaza actually being the first one).
* UseYourHead: They can get [[NonElemental Headbutt]] and [[PsychicPowers Zen Headbutt]] from the move tutor, both of which are, well, headbutts.
* WolverineClaws: Lucario naturally learns Metal Claw. The anime depicts it as the spikes on Lucario's paws glowing and changing into claws.
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[[folder:Hippopotas and Hippowdon ''[-(Kabaldon)-]'']]
!449: Hippopotas (ヒポポタス ''hipopotasu'')\\
450: Hippowdon / Kabaldon (カバルドン ''kabarudon'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Male Hippopotas]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Male Hippowdon]]
Hippopotami that prefer to bathe in pits of sand rather than pools of water. These ground types have the ability to instantly produce large quantities of sand through holes in their bodies; so much, in fact, they create a sandstorm when they enter battle. Much like real hippos, they also possess very strong jaws and a very aggressive nature. Males tend to be lighter in color while females are darker.
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* AngryAngryHippos: Hippowdon is a temperamental animal, much like real life hippos.
* BigEater: Learns a lot of mouth-based attacks, can learn some more like Stockpile, Swallow, or Spit Up by breeding.
* BlowYouAway: Surprisingly enough, the line can learn Whirlwind via breeding.
* BossBattle: Bertha's signature during ''Diamond and Pearl''.
* DishingOutDirt: Ground-types with the ability to create sandstorms by shooting sand out of the holes in their bodies.
* ElementalBaggage: Having a body filled with sand helps with the execution of their attacks, regardless of battlefield.
* FireIceLightning: Learns the three fang attacks (Ice, Fire, and Electric).
* GradualGrinder: Naturally has access to Sandstorm, and can supplement the gradual damage of sand with Stealth Rocks and Roar.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[TruthInTelevision Like hippos in real life]], Hippowdon has a very bad temper.
* HealThyself: Can be bred to know Slack Off.
* HuggyHuggyHippos: Hippopotas is more docile than its ill-tempered evolution Hippowdon.
* KillItWithIce: They are weak to Ice attacks, especially on the special side.
* KillItWithWater: They are weak to Water-type attacks, especially on the special side.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Hippowdon has great physical Attack, but poor Special Attack, and its Special Defense [[WeakAgainstMagic is its weakest defense.]]
* MightyGlacier: Hippowdon may look like a defensive behemoth, and it certainly can tank hits, but it also has a base attack of 112, which makes [=STAB=] Earthquake hit like a truck. However, it's very slow, and its special defense is less impressive.
* NoSelfBuffs: As a Ground-type with Sand Stream, they're immune to the residual of damage of Sandstorm, but don't get the Special Defense boost that Rock-types get from Sandstorm; the other two Pokémon with the ability (Tyranitar and Gigalith) do get this bonus.
* OneHitKill: It learns Fissure.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Inverted. Females are much darker in coloration than males.
* PaletteSwap: The gender differences amount to this... with the ''same'' base palette (well, in Hippopotas's case, that is; Hippowdon has a true coloration difference). [[ShownTheirWork Justified in that real hippos are differentiated by gender based on hide color]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: As if its facial expression wasn't enough to get the point across.
* SandIsWater: Desert hippopotami.
* SecondarySexualCharacteristics: Male and female Hippopotas are {{palette swap}}s of each other. As for Hippowdon, the brown hide on a male is dark grey on a female.
* ShownTheirWork:
** Hippos are usually considered cute and innocent animals by media, when they are in fact one of the most dangerous animals in existence, killing more humans every year than any other animal in Africa. While averted with Hippopotas, Hippowdon is shown as a surprisingly quick-to-anger Pokémon with a fearsome strength, like real hippos.
** Their behaviour very closely resembles that of real life hippos, but turned on its head. While real life hippos are more active during nighttime and often submerge themselves in water to avoid having their sensitive skin burned by sunlight, Hippopotas is more active during daytime, lives in dry sand, and hates getting its skin wet.
* WeatherManipulation: Has the Sand Stream ability, like Tyranitar, which allows it to create sandstorms upon entering battle. Notably, Hippopotas is the only unevolved Pokémon with the ability.
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[[folder:Skorupi and Drapion ''[-(Scorupi and Dorapion)-]'']]
!451: Skorupi / Scorupi (スコルピ ''sukorupi'')\\
452: Drapion / Dorapion (ドラピオン ''dorapion'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Drapion]]
Skorupi is a Poison/Bug type that can be found in either arid environments such as deserts or wet ones such as swamps. Unusually, instead of two pincers and a stinger tail, it has two stingers and a pincer tail. When it evolves into Drapion, it loses its Bug typing for a Dark typing and it becomes incredibly fierce. It has the ability to either be an incredible attacker with the Sniper ability (increases the damage of critical hits) or an incredible defender with Battle Armor (prevents critical hits). Either way, this Pokémon can be devastating when played right.
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* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Drapion can rotate its head 180 degrees. When its Affection level is high enough from Pokémon-Amie, it'll turn ''its entire upper body'' to face you before starting the battle.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Skorupi is notable for being one of only five Bug-types with Bug as a ''secondary'' type ([[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIFamilies Anorith, Armaldo]], [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIFamilies Dewpider and Araquanid]] are the others). However, it loses that when it evolves.
* BossBattle:
** Aaron's strongest Mon during his time on the Elite Four. Oddly enough, he's a Bug-type specialist, whereas Drapion is not a Bug-type even though it evolves from one.
** Drapion is also the DiscOneFinalBoss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.]]'' where it's used by [[TheDragon Kincaid]] after the player infiltrates [[DiscOneFinalDungeon Team Dim Sun's Cargo Ship]]. It puts up one hell of a fight.
* TheBrute: Drapion is one of those Dark-types that's associated with brutishness rather than sneakiness, preferring to crush opponents with its strength over its venom.
* CriticalHitClass: Both of their standard Abilities involve these. Battle Armor prevents it from taking crits, while Sniper raises the power of crits by 50%. Have Night Slash and Cross Poison ready, and for extra fun, Scope Lens.
* FireIceLightning: Drapion gets all three elemental fang moves naturally, though you need the Move Relearner to get them.
* HonorBeforeReason: Some Pokédex entries state that Drapion prefers to fight without using poison. [[ShownTheirWork Larger scorpions in real life are far less reliant on their venom than smaller ones, and the venom is weaker as a result.]]
* LightningBruiser: Great Defense, good Attack and Speed, and with the Sniper ability, those high critical hit moves can be really deadly.
* MakingASplash:
** They are in the Water 3 Egg Group, despite neither of them being Water-type. This could be a reference to an extinct group of arthropods called "sea scorpions", which inhabited in the oceans in prehistoric times, and are believed to have been the ancestors of modern scorpions.
** The line has access to the moves Rain Dance via TM and Aqua Tail via Move Tutors.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Drapion is the ''Ogre Scorpion'' Pokémon. "Drapion" seems to contain ''Dracula''. It's also called the ''Sand Demon'' in Galar.
* NonIndicativeName: Drapion's name in multiple languages implies it's related to Dragon types, but it's not Dragon type nor does it learn any Dragon type moves.
* OurOgresAreHungrier: Drapion is called the ''Ogre Scorpion'' Pokémon, loses the Bug-type and gains the Dark-type due to its vicious nature, lives in remote places like marshes and deserts, and attacks anything that invades its territory.
* PoisonIsEvil: Drapion is ''nasty''. There's more than one reason it's called the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ogre Scorpion]].
* [[PoisonousPerson Poisonous Pokémon]]: Poison-type.
* PowerPincers: Drapion has huge pincers.
* ScaryScorpions: Both of them, but, according to the Pokédex, Drapion can crush a car with its claws.
* SignatureMove: Acupressure, a powerful StatusBuff that can raise ''any'' stat by two levels (choosing one at random, though never one that's already maxed out), allowing it to eventually max out all of its stats if allowed to set up for long enough. While other Pokémon can also use this move (and many of them can [[{{Combo}} use it]] ''[[{{Combo}} better]]''), it's most associated with the Drapion line as they were the only Pokémon in the Sinnoh Dex capable of learning the move naturally in Gen IV, when the move was introduced.
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[[folder:Croagunk and Toxicroak ''[-(Gureggru and Dokurog)-]'']]
!453: Croagunk / Gureggru (グレッグル ''guregguru'')\\
454: Toxicroak / Dokurog (ドクロッグ ''dokuroggu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Toxicroak]]
Pokémon that draw inspiration from poison-dart arrow frogs, Croagunk and Toxicroak are Poison/Fighting type. Unfortunately, this means it takes quadruple damage from psychic attacks, though it learns several dark moves to make up for this weakness. Despite their creepy appearance and possessing a potentially fatal poison, it proves to be a very popular Pokémon among some circles. Curiously enough, they're only in the Human-Like egg group and can't breed with any of other frog-like Pokémon.
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* ActionInitiative: Toxicroak has a notable amount of increased-priority moves. It's one of the few Pokémon that can successfully run a set consisting entirely of increased-priority moves: Bullet Punch, Sucker Punch, Fake Out, and Vacuum Wave. Toxicroak joins Lucario as one of the few Pokémon that can use Vacuum Wave successfully, especially with Nasty Plot.
* BareFistedMonk: Are part Fighting-type and get the usual Fighting array of punching attacks.
* BossBattle:
** Galactic Commander Saturn's strongest Mon.
** A Toxicroak controlled by Team Dim Sun is the second boss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]''.
* CombatPragmatist: Despite not being a Dark-type, a massive amount of its level-up moves are Dark-type, perfect for taking out the Psychic-types that threaten them. It only learns one Fighting-type move by level-up (Revenge). It should also be noted that according to the Pokédex, Croagunk rarely fights fairly in order to ensure its survival.
* DishingOutDirt: They both get access to many Rock and Ground-type moves such as Dig and Stone Edge.
* ElementalPunch: Can learn Ice Punch and Thunder Punch. Both are quite useful, as they deal major damage to Flying types.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Toxicroak's ''Shield'' Dex entry mentions that it and Seismitoad are related species, but neither shares an egg group and so they can't breed in-game.
* GlassCannon: Its physical attack is quite good, but not only does it have sub-par defenses, its double Psychic weakness will take it down in no time. However, its great set of resistances (Fighting, Poison, Grass, Bug, Rock, Dark, and sometimes Water), [[HealingFactor Dry Skin]], and [[LifeDrain Drain Punch]] let it stay around for a bit longer if it must.
* HealingFactor: If they have Dry Skin as an Ability they'll heal while in rain.
* TheHyena: They have a perverse grin stuck on their face, and their cries even sound like a giggle.
* KamehameHadoken: Between its decent Special Attack and its moves of Nasty Plot, Vacuum Wave, Dark Pulse, Sludge Bomb, Shadow Ball, and Focus Blast, it can actually put together a good moveset based on this.
* {{Mascot}}: Of Pastoria City. There's a Croagunk statue in the town's Poké Mart, and a photo stand-in featuring a Croagunk is between the Pokémon Center and the entrance to the Great Marsh in ''Platinum''.
* OffModel: In the anime, Toxicroak were a light blue shade more resembling the Shiny variant.
* PoisonousPerson: Poison-type and capable of envenomating people using their fingertips (Croagunk) or knuckle claws (Toxicroak).
* {{Sarashi}}: Croagunk wears these around its waist. There's still some traces of it left on Toxicroak.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The Anticipation ability, which makes Croagunk and Toxicroak shudder when they sense the opponent has a super-effective move, a OneHitKO move, or know Explosion/Self-Destruct.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Toxicroak can learn Sunny Day. Toxicroak, who can have the Dry Skin ability that makes them more vulnerable to Fire attacks and will take damage from the sun.
* WeakToMagic: They have the distinction of being the only Poison/Fighting-type Pokémon as of Generation VIII, which also happens to be the only type combination with a double weakness to Psychic-type moves.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: One of the many Dark-Type moves that they can learn is Pursuit.
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[[folder:Carnivine ''[-(Muskippa)-]'']]
!455: Carnivine / Muskippa (マスキッパ ''masukippa'')
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An odd resident of the Pastoria Marsh, Carnivine is a venus flytrap that has the ability to float off the ground. How this is achieved is not explained, but it waits in the canopy of trees for insects to wander into its large mouth to catch and digest them.
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* DiscardAndDraw: Carnivine is currently the only Pokémon that gets both Ingrain and Levitate. By using Ingrain, it can restore health every turn by rooting itself in the ground; however, this will also negate Levitate, allowing it to be hit by Ground moves.
* GreenThumb: Grass-type.
* HealingFactor: With Ingrain, which can be added to by breeding [[LifeDrain Leech Seed]] or [[HealThyself Synthesis]] onto it.
* JackOfAllStats: Mostly balanced stats, except for Speed.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Naturally, as a pure Grass-Type.
* ManBitesMan: Learns Bite and Crunch naturally.
* ManEatingPlant: Big enough to chomp down on people if it were inclined to.
* MasterOfNone: Its low speed combined with its average defenses means that it often can't take advantage of its decent attack stats.
* PerpetualSmiler: Always has a creepy smile like it's ready to eat something.
* {{Planimal}}: Its behavior and appearance are a combination of a swamp-dwelling predator and a venus flytrap.
* PowerFloats: Has the ability Levitate, giving it an immunity to Ground-type moves.
* PowerUpLetdown: Its ability Levitate makes it immune to Ground-type moves. The problem is, since it's a Grass-type, it wouldn't take much damage from Ground-type moves if it ''didn't'' have the ability. And if it uses Ingrain, Levitate is negated, meaning it might as well not have an ability at all.
* StandYourGround: It knows Ingrain, which prevents {{Switch Out Move}}s from working, though Carnivine can't switch out itself, either.
* SuperSpit: Learns the Stockpile/Swallow/Spit Up trio naturally.
* WhipItGood: Learns Vine Whip and Power Whip naturally.
* WolfPackBoss: Five Carnivine act as a boss fight during the middle of the Sky Peak climb in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
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[[folder:Finneon and Lumineon ''[-(Keikouo and Neolant)-]'']]
!456: Finneon / Keikouo (ケイコウオ ''keikouo'')\\
457: Lumineon / Neolant (ネオラント ''neoranto'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Lumineon]]
Fish with the features of neon tetras and butterfly fish. These Pokémon have fins that resemble butterfly wings and have the nickname "The Beautifly of the Sea". They also can use these wing fins in the same way (that is, use certain bug moves like Silver Wind and U-Turn). Most people assume that it's like Magikarp because (a) it's a fish Pokémon, and (b) it's seen as completely useless in battle. Due to their low availability in their first games, as well as the fact that very few trainers use them, they are usually considered very forgettable Pokémon.
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* BlowYouAway: Learns a number of wind-based attacks, including Gust and Silver Wind. If you get one to Gen IV move tutors, you can add [[RazorWind Air Cutter]], Ominous Wind, and Twister to the list.
* ElementalAbsorption: Storm Drain causes Water-type moves to raise their Special Attack in Gen V onwards.
* HealingFactor: Learns Aqua Ring naturally.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lumineon uses its own natural luminescence to attract prey. Unfortunately, this also draws in Pokémon who eat Lumineon as well.
* KillerRabbit: Despite their cute appearances, this family is carnivorous, using the flashing patterns on their tails to attract prey. Their favorite food is Starmie.
* MakingASplash: Water-type.
* MasterOfNone: Their stats are closely balanced, but nothing impressive with their highest stat being speed.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Not only is it possible to miss them entirely during a playthrough, but even in the Sinnoh dex, there are much better alternatives available earlier, such as Quagsire and Floatzel. In more of a meta sense, Finneon and Lumineon are most notable due to the fact that they are unremarkable, and commonly used as an example to showcase the excess of Water-types in Pokémon.
* SupportPartyMember: Can set up Safeguard and/or Rain Dance before using U-Turn to switch out; furthermore, they can learn many powerful debuffs such as Charm, Tickle, and Captivate.
* SwitchOutMove: Learns U-Turn naturally, which does damage before switching them out for another Pokémon on the team.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Their favorite prey is Starmie.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Can use Soak, which automatically turns the target into a Water-type. Like nearly all Pokémon with Soak, however, it isn't really capable of abusing the move all that well.
* WeatherManipulation: Learns Rain Dance naturally, and, more importantly, forms the crux of one of its main strategies: use Rain Dance, then use Swift Swim and U-Turn to quickly duck out in favor of something that can abuse the rain better.
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[[folder:Snover and Abomasnow ''[-(Yukikaburi and Yukinooh)-]'']]
!459: Snover / Yukikaburi (ユキカブリ ''yukikaburi'')\\
460: Abomasnow / Yukinooh (ユキノオー ''yukino'oo'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Abomasnow]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mega Abomasnow]]
->[-''Mega Abomasnow debuts in ''X and Y-]
Evergreen tree Pokémon that are often mistaken for yeti, Snover and Abomasnow have friendly dispositions despite being ice Pokémon. They also produce snowstorms when they enter battle. Despite their useful abilities, they have '''''many''''' weaknesses. It gained a Mega Evolution in ''X and Y'', which gives major boosts to offenses and defenses at the cost of halving its Speed.
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* ActionInitiative: Can learn Ice Shard early on to bypass their poor speed.
* AnIcePerson: Ice-types. Also notable is that it's one of only three Grass-Type families that have no weakness against Ice-type attacks (the others being the [[MakingASplash Ludicolo line]] and the [[ExtraOreDinary Ferrothorn line]]), making it pretty good at walling many Water-types. (Kartana isn't weak to Ice either, but its absolutely awful Special Defense means that a ''Surf'' can probably OHKO it.)
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Abomasnow is the Pokémon world's version of The Abominable Snowman.
* BossBattle: Serves as Candice's signature in ''Diamond and Pearl''.
* GreenThumb: Grass-types.
* HealingFactor: Naturally learns Ingrain, and it can be added to with [[LifeDrain Leech Seed]], which it can be bred to know.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Has a whopping ''six'' weaknesses (Rock, Steel, Fighting, Bug, Poison, and Flying) and one double weakness (Fire), a record only matched by the Grass/Psychic types like Exeggcute, Exeggutor, and Celebi, and the Rock/Dark-Type Tyranitar, all of whom at least have six resistances (and one immunity for Tyranitar) as opposed to Snover's and Abomasnow's measly four.
* MagicKnight: Has equally high attacking stats in both forms and very useful moves to take advantage of on both ends, like Wood Hammer and Ice Shard (physical) and Giga Drain and Blizzard (special).
* MightyGlacier: Literally and figuratively. It's assisted by the fact that Blizzard always hits in hailstorm, which it innately summons upon appearing, as well as the fact that it gets another powerful, STAB-boosted attack in Woodhammer. As far as its poor Speed goes, it naturally learns Icy Wind and can get Rock Tomb to slow opponents down to its level. Its [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] takes this [[UpToEleven even farther]], cutting its base speed in half in exchange for boosting everything else but its HP.
* MixAndMatchCreatures: Based off a fir tree and a yeti.
* OneHitKO: Naturally learns Sheer Cold.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: How male and female Snover can be [[SecondarySexualCharacteristics told apart]]: males have brown mid-sections while females have white.
* {{Planimal}}: Abomasnow is a combo of a yeti and an evergreen tree.
* SecondarySexualCharacteristics: Male and female Snover can be told apart by the color of their mid-section, [[PaleFemalesDarkMales brown for males and white for females]]. In addition, when not Mega Evolved, female Abomasnow have thicker/longer fur on their upper torso than males do.
* SuperMode: Abomasnow received a Mega Evolution in ''X and Y'', which boosts its offenses and defenses at the expense of its already-low speed. It also reactivates Snow Warning upon Mega Evolving.
* TopHeavyGuy: Mega Abomasnow's enormous, lumbering frame is barely held up by its normal-Abomasnow-sized legs and has to support itself on all fours.
* UselessUsefulSpell: They get Solar Beam by TM and Synthesis from move tutors. Too bad the hail they automatically summon makes these moves near worthless.
* WeakToFire: Its Grass/Ice typing means that it takes quadruple damage from Fire type attacks. Ouch.
* WeatherManipulation: Has the ability Snow Warning, which summons Hail when they enter the field.
* WhenTreesAttack: Snover is a snow-covered fir tree. Abomasnow is an evergreen tree.
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[[folder:Rotom]]
!479: Rotom (ロトム ''rotomu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Heat Rotom]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Wash Rotom]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Frost Rotom]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Fan Rotom]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mow Rotom]]
->[-''Appliance forms debut in ''Platinum-]
A very strange and mysterious Pokémon. Rotom is an odd lifeform whose body is comprised of electrical energy. Being made of energy, this allows it to enter and inhabit electrical appliances, causing them to go haywire. Its moves, and later on its typing, changes depending on what machine it chooses to inhabit. It prefers toaster ovens, washing machines, lawnmowers, handheld fans, and refrigerators. Only one of these Pokémon can be found and you need to lure it out of a certain TV in a haunted house to get it.
In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', a Rotom joins the player as a FairyCompanion that lives in the Pokédex. For tropes related to the Rotom Pokédex, see [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsAlola here]].
In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', Rotom have now been commercialized as an assistant ArtificialIntelligence installed in all Rotom Phones and Pokémon Center computers. However, their role as a FairyCompanion for the protagonist has been downplayed due to them now being more commonplace and no longer unique to the protagonist.
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* TheArtifact: Fan Rotom having [[UselessUsefulSpell Levitate]] is due to the fact that all the Rotom Formes had it before being {{Retcon}}ed to not be Ghost-type anymore.
* AscendedExtra: After getting special treatment as a FakeUltimateMook in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]]'', and receiving five alternate forms in ''Platinum'', Rotom was largely forgotten in terms of exposure in the following two generations. Come ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and its presence was drastically heightened by becoming a FairyCompanion for the player. ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'' followed suit by making Rotom-empowered devices commonplace for all trainers in the Galar region.
* BlowYouAway: Fan Rotom is part Flying-type.
* BoringButPractical: Fan Rotom is the only Rotom Forme with an attack that doesn't have a significant miss chance or causes it to lower its Special Attack each time it's used.
* 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]]
* DiscardAndDraw: The Rotom forms lost their Ghost typing and the immunities that went with them in Gen V, but they gained STAB on their coverage moves and a couple got unique typings.
* DiscOneNuke: In ''Platinum'', it's available right after the second badge, and the in-game location to turn it into the appliances is also available at this time. Even without the Secret Key (which you probably won't even be able to have anyway since it's event exclusive unless you hack the game), Rotom is stronger than the early-evolving {{Crutch Character}}s like Bibarel; with it, it's roughly on par with a fully-evolved starter.
* DubNameChange: The French version is the only one to give it a different name: Motisma, from "moteur" (French for "engine"), and "plasma".
* ElementalPowers: Each Rotom form has a different secondary type.
* EnergyBeing: Its body is made of plasma.
* FairyCompanion: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', a Rotom joins the player as a companion by possessing a special Pokédex given by Professor Kukui. It can give the player advice based on conversations they've had with others and tells them where to go next.
* FakeUltimateMook: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]]'', the Legendary Pokémon battle theme plays when you encounter it in the Old Chateau, which can easily lead the player into thinking it's a Legendary. When caught, they'll find that its stats aren't anything special. Its alternate formes have better stats than its normal form, though.
* {{Flight}}: All of them thanks to Levitate.
* GlassCannon: Normal Rotom's best stat is Special Attack, which isn't even that high...
* GreenThumb: Mow Rotom is part Grass-type.
* HauntedTechnology: It has the power to possesses various machines with specialized motors. Wild Rotom use this ability to cause mischief, but having an artificial intelligence in your machines is useful enough that people have started [[InvokedTrope invoking]] the trope by specifically designing technology to be possessed by Rotom, like the Rotom Dex in ''Sun and Moon'' and its Ultra versions or the Rotom Phones and Rotomi in ''Sword and Shield''.
* AnIcePerson:
** Frost Rotom is part Ice-type due to possessing a refrigerator, and can use its new body to create ice storms (use the move Blizzard).
** {{Averted|Trope}} with Wash Rotom. It is one of the 3 Water-types without any Ice-type attacks.
* JackOfAllStats: The alternate formes have good above-average stats outside of low HP.
* MakingASplash: Wash Rotom is part Water-type.
* MightyGlacier: The alternate formes give Rotom a significant boost to its Defenses and Special Attack. However, the alternate formes are even slower than Rotom's already pretty slow normal form.
* MultiformBalance: Each of Rotom's five alternate forms have identical stats, but their different typings and access to exclusive attacks of their typings gives them significantly different type match-ups, causing them to play differently from each other. Normal Rotom, on the other hand, is weaker than its alternate forms, though it is a bit faster.
* NoBiologicalSex: It has no gender.
* 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.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Rotom is ghost-like in its ability to slide into physical objects and possess them, but it's not so much a spirit as it is a plasmatic force.
* PlayingWithFire: Heat Rotom is part Fire-type.
* PowerFloats: Again, they have Levitate.
* {{Retcon}}:
** Rotom's alternate forms in Gen V, from always being Electric/Ghost to Electric/[type fitting the appliance]. Probably because when a ghost possesses an object or a person, it can't do the stereotypical ghostly things like phasing through walls or letting objects pass through them, but will make the object or person act out of character.
** Rotom was supposedly named by Charon (the very one from Team Galactic) in what seems to be a relatively new discovery after seeing it come out of a lawnmower's motor but ''Legends: Arceus'' states that Rotom was named far earlier than that.
* SdrawkcabName: Named by the giver who watched it coming out of a lawn mower's motor.
* ShockAndAwe: Rotom and all of its forms are primarily Electric-type.
* SlasherSmile: Mow Rotom sports one, complete with serrated fangs.
* SoulPower: Normal Rotom is part Ghost-type.
* StoneWall: The Rotom appliances, though their Special Attack isn't far behind their defenses. Wash Rotom especially, since it only has one weakness.
* TalkingAnimal: In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', Rotom is capable of speaking human languages via the player's Pokédex that was specially designed for usage by Rotom.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: In ''Platinum'', Rotom's formes can only be accessed if the player has the Secret Key, which was given away years ago and is thus unobtainable without cheating today. Thankfully, ''HG/SS'' onwards made the formes attainable without the need for such an item.
* UniqueEnemy: Only one can be encountered in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', and again in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''. Of course, once you have it, nothing's stopping you from breeding more with a Ditto. UniquenessDecay set in as of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', as Rotom has become a standard (albeit still very rare) wild Pokemon in at least one game per generation since.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Fan Rotom still has the ability Levitate, despite now being Flying-type and thus having all the advantages of Levitate innately due to its typing. Aside from a ''small'' pool of gimmicks that would negate its Flying-type immunity to Ground, but not Levitate's (Roost, for one, which Rotom unfortunately cannot learn), there is no point to this and the ability is a waste.
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[[folder:Lake Guardians: Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf ''[-(Yuxie, Emrit, and Agnome)-]'']]
!480: Uxie / Yuxie (ユクシー ''yukushii'')\\
481: Mesprit / Emrit (エムリット ''emuritto'')\\
482: Azelf / Agnome (アグノム ''agunomu'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Mesprit]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Azelf]]
The first set of Legendary Pokémon in Sinnoh. Unlike other minor Legendary trios, these three are prominent in the backstory and play a vital role in the game's plot. They are also all the same typing of Psychic and have a shared origin: They were all born from the same egg that was brought into the newly formed universe by the "original one".
Each of them gave humankind a gift to make their lives fulfilling: Uxie gave mankind knowledge and the wisdom to solve problems, Mesprit gave mankind emotions and the nobility of being able to express them, and Azelf gave mankind the willpower and drive to do any task, no matter how daunting. According to the Pokédex, anyone who messes with either of these three Legendaries will suffer the following fates: Uxie can wipe away the memory of anyone who tries to look in its eyes, Mesprit will make anyone who messes with it lose its will to live and become emotionless, and Azelf turns anyone who abuses it to stone for 1000 years.
Each of these three Pokémon reside in the three lakes that is at each corner of the Sinnoh region. The player character appears to develop the strongest bond with Mesprit, as unlike the other two, it plays a "game" with the player and roams the map.
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* ActionBomb: All three of them learn moves that cause themselves to faint as their last level up moves. Uxie learns Memento, which [[StatusBuffDispel sharply reduces its target's attack stats]]. Mesprit learns Healing Wish which [[EmpathicHealing fully heals the Pokémon that'll be sent out next]]. Azelf simply deals massive damage with its Explosion.
* AndIMustScream: What will happen to someone who harms Azelf.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Mercifully, in the Sinnoh games, Mesprit is registered as seen in the Pokédex when interacted with at Verity Cavern, so one doesn't need to hunt it down in the wild to fill in the Sinnoh Dex. Though if one gets the Marking Map app added to their Pokétch, this wouldn't be a problem either way since the Map shows the location of roaming Pokémon.
* BadassAdorable: All three of them are adorable, but still have good stats.
* BadassCrew: The three of them count as the Lake Trio, each being badass in their own right, and if you field them together, they're strong enough to match either Dialga or Palkia, which lets them act as a SpannerInTheWorks for Team Galactic in ''Diamond'' or ''Pearl''.
* BossBattle: Mesprit is fought as a boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''. It can be rematched and the other two can be fought during the postgame.
* CapturedSuperEntity: Over the course of ''Diamond/Pearl/Platinum'', Team Galactic captures the three and extracts their jewels to create the Red Chain. The player frees them after storming their headquarters in Veilstone City, but by then they've moved on to Spear Pillar.
* CarbuncleCreature: They fit with the basic characteristics of the trope, as small creatures with a red gem on the forehead that are capable of using mysterious powers.
* ChromaticArrangement: Uxie's yellow to Mesprit's red to Azelf's blue.
* ConfusionFu: All three of them have access to very extensive movepools.
* DemonicPossession: Azelf is said to be able to control an individual's will or enter the body of an individual.
* DubNameChange: Notably, they're one of a small number of Legendary Pokémon whose names are changed from the original Japanese.
* ElementalPunch: All three of them can get all three elemental punches.
* EmotionBomb: According to Hisuian legend, Mesprit would drive the emotions of those who disrespected it into disarray.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Uxie. Justified in that if it opened its eyes, anyone who stared into them would be [[LaserGuidedAmnesia struck with amnesia]].
* TheFairFolk: Diminutive creatures with mystical and dangerous powers, and their names even include "pixie", "sprite", and "elf". And yet oddly enough, they were never retconned into having the Fairy type...
* FragileSpeedster: Azelf is fast, but has the worst defenses of the three.
* FreudianTrio: Uxie represents wisdom and memory, both associated with the Superego. Mesprit stands for emotion, which is tied to the Id. Azelf embodies willpower, which allows control and balance of the two and thus represents the Ego. Oddly enough, this isn't reflected by their stats, as stat-wise, Mesprit is the intermediate between Uxie and Azelf.
* GetBackHereBoss: Mesprit, being a roaming legend, unlike its brothers. You have to chase it down as it flies all over Sinnoh.
* GlassCannon: Azelf hits as hard as ''Gyarados and Reuniclus combined'', but can't take hits from either side.
* GreenThumb: They all have access to Grass type moves, specifically [[BoringButPractical Energy Ball]] and [[SituationalDamageAttack Grass Knot]].
* AnIcePerson: Mesprit can learn Ice Beam via TM, and they all can learn Ice Punch via move tutor.
* InfinityMinusOneSword: With Nasty Plot, Azelf is nearly as powerful in-game as many of the PurposelyOverpowered Legendaries.
* InformedAbility: A book of Sinnoh myths in the Canalave Library claims that anyone who touches Mesprit will be drained of emotion in three days. You can still pet it in Pokémon-Amie and Pokémon Refresh, but it probably lets you off since you're its Trainer.
* JackOfAllStats: Mesprit's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, and Special Defense are all equal, but none of them are as high as its siblings' specialized sets.
* MightyGlacier: Mesprit, but only when its speed is compared to the rest of its trio: its highest stat is a tie between its offensive and defensive stats, at 105 each. Its HP is at 80, and so is its speed, making it the slowest one of the trio.
* MyBrainIsBig: Uxie is the Pokémon of knowledge, and its head vaguely resembles a human brain.
* NoBiologicalSex: They're genderless, though in the ''Mystery Dungeon'' series, Azelf and Uxie are referred to as males, and Mesprit is referred to as a female.
* OlympusMons: One of a kind and said to be very powerful.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: They are very important lore wise and are surprisingly powerful despite their small frames, but are vastly overshadowed by the more powerful and versatile Creation Trio.
* PeoplePuppets: Azelf's ''Legends: Arceus'' Dex entry mentions that it can manipulate the will of its foes to turn them into its puppets.
* PhysicalGod: They gave humans their ability to attain knowledge, emotions, and willpower.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: They are among the smallest Pokémon, but their stats are as expected of a minor Legendary trio — only pseudo-legendary Pokémon, other Legendary Pokémon, or gimmicky Pokémon with some sort of severe handicap (like Slaking and Wishiwashi) can match or exceed them.
* PowerCrystal: Each of them has a red gem on their forehead and two more in each of their tails. These gems are later extracted by Team Galactic to create the Red Chain, used to summon and control Dialga (in ''Diamond'') or Palkia (in ''Pearl'').
* PowerFloats: All three of them have Levitate as their ability.
* PowerTrio: The first trio that has the exact same typing among all members.
* PublicDomainArtifact: The three of them (more specifically, the shape of their heads) are modeled off of the Imperial Regalia of Japan, with Uxie being the mirror, Mesprit being the Magatama, and Azelf being the sword.
* PsychicPowers: Psychic-types.
* RecurringElement: They're Sinnoh's minor Legendary trio, like the birds, beasts, and Regis before them.
* RequiredPartyMember: All three of them are needed to be in the player's party in order to encounter Dialga or Palkia while soaring in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire''.
* SecretArt: Mystical Power, which has their offensive or defensive stats increase in power depending on which is initially stronger.
* ShockAndAwe: They are all able to learn Thunderbolt and Thunder Punch.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Likely, as special creations of Arceus.
* StoneWall: Uxie has absurdly high defenses, but like Registeel and Serperior, it can't hit hard.
* {{Telepathy}}: In ''Legends: Arceus'' they are implied to be speaking to the player character telepathically while testing them.
* ThemeNaming: All three of their English names are a combination a personal pronoun and a term for TheFairFolk (You/Pixie, Me/Sprite, and Us/Elf respectively).
* TimeAbyss: Were created around the same time as the creation trio, who are billions of years old, so they're this trope by default.
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[[folder:Creation Trio: Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina]]
!483: Dialga (ディアルガ ''diaruga'')\\
484: Palkia (パルキア ''parukia'')\\
487: Giratina (ギラティナ ''giratina'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Origin Forme Giratina]]
->[-''Giratina Origin Forme debuts in ''Platinum-]\\
[-''Dialga and Palkia Origin Formes debut in ''Legends:Arceus-]
The Legendary trio that appears on the boxes of the Sinnoh based games. Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina represent the fundamental laws of the Pokémon universe. Dialga represents time while Palkia represents space. These two Pokémon were apparently created by an "original one", and with them, time began to flow and space began to expand. They reside in their own "pocket dimensions", from which the BigBad of ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' seeks to control them.
Giratina is different in that it represents the opposite of these laws, anti-matter so to speak, and it is unknown how it relates to the space-time legend of the Sinnoh region. Like the other two, Giratina lives in its own world, where space is warped and time doesn't flow. This world — the Distortion World — is responsible for keeping the stability of the universe in check, and Giratina is its sole resident, taking on its centipede-like Origin Forme while in there.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Palkia's claws; if the flavor text on Spacial Rend is to be trusted, it can use the move to [[DimensionalCutter cut through]] the ''very fabric of reality''.
* AlwaysAccurateAttack: All three of them learn Aura Sphere, which never misses.
* AnimalisticAbomination: They all look recognizably draconic, but Dialga and Palkia are literally concepts of reality given physical form, while Giratina is an impossibly ancient DimensionLord whose job is to maintain the fabric of reality and dispose of any threats to its integrity.
* {{Antimatter}}: The creators have stated that Giratina is the personification of antimatter.
* AscendedExtra: Giratina was just a BonusBoss in ''Diamond and Pearl''; in ''Platinum'', it actually has a role.
* AstralProjection: Shadow Force, Giratina's SecretArt, shows the user disappearing for a turn and striking on the next turn. However, it is hard to tell whether the user actually goes invisible or uses AstralProjection as an attack.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Dialga's Roar of Time is a powerful Dragon-type iteration of Hyper Beam, certain to mow down anything that doesn't resist it... but at the same time, it's an iteration of Hyper Beam, meaning whatever survives or comes out next has a free turn to damage Dialga while it's recharging. Giratina's Shadow Force is in the same boat, as an opponent simply needs to swap in a Normal-type Pokémon during the chargeup turn to completely invalidate the move.
* AxCrazy: As well-meaning as it tends to be, Giratina can be pretty brutal when it comes to protecting the balance of the Pokémon universe.
* BehemothBattle: Dialga and Palkia have been said to have had violent conflicts with each other, the likes of which can easily damage the fabric of reality itself.
* BerserkButton: Let's just say that all three are ''extremely'' territorial and will not hesitate to erase you out of existence if you ever try to invade their home dimensions.
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Giratina is one of the two villains behind the events of ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', working alongside the human Volo. It created the space-time rift that drove Dialga and Palkia crazy with the intent on drawing Arceus out of hiding so it could get its revenge for being locked in the Distortion World. It might seem strange that Giratina is an antagonistic force here considering its entry under DarkIsNotEvil, but it's implied that its banishment by Arceus happened fairly recently, driving it into a rage. After the player catches it, Laventon mentions that its rage has mellowed down, likely leading to its disposition in the present games.]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Both of Giratina's formes have a very insect-like appearance. Its Altered Forme has the appearance of a centipede, whereas its Origin Forme looks more [[GiantSpider like a spider.]]
* BigDamnHeroes:
** [[spoiler:Giratina]] in the climax of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Platinum]]'', when it single-handedly [[spoiler:stops Cyrus's plot to remake the world when the Lake Trio could not by dragging him into the Distorted World... Unfortunately, by doing so, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it opens a rift between the two worlds which will lead to their mutual destruction unless it's closed]]. This is achieved by confronting Giratina in the Distorted World.]]
** In the film ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'', [[spoiler:Giratina intercepts an attack from Arceus that otherwise would have killed Ash and his friends]].
* BlackSheep: Giratina counts, being the most chaotic of the trio.
* BossBattle:
** Giratina can be fought as an optional boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
** Cyrus uses Palkia or Dialga as his ace in [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Ultra Moon and Ultra Sun]] respectively.
* BreakingOldTrends: Dialga's and Palkia's Origin Formes resemble hybrids of themselves with Arceus, but unlike with Kyurem and Necrozma, they are simply singular alternate forms for the two rather than FusionDance forms for Arceus.
* CapturedSuperEntity: For a hot second, Dialga and/or Palkia is bound to Cyrus's will with the Red Chain. Fortunately for the universe, the lake guardians/Giratina manages to free them before any serious damage is done.
* CastingAShadow: Giratina, in the same vein as the Gastly family (Ghost attacks with a Dark type feel to them). Hell, its signature move is even called Shadow Force. [[ExtraOreDinary Dialga]] and [[MakingASplash Palkia]] are not ghost types, but they both learn [[CriticalHitClass Shadow Claw]].
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Palkia is fought late during the postgame story in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.]]
* ConfusionFu: Dialga and Palkia have extremely large movepools, with access to moves like Flamethrower, Ice Beam, Dragon Pulse, Thunderbolt, Power Gem, and Earth Power.
* CrownShapedHead: Giratina's head has a remarkable half-moon shaped crown on the top.
* DamageSpongeBoss: Giratina's base HP stat is very high. In fact, it's the highest among all Legendary Pokémon, not counting temporary formes like Complete Zygarde, or non-playable forms like Eternamax Eternatus. Giratina's defenses are very good as well, moreso in its Altered Forme. It can take a lot of punishment before going down.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Giratina. A godlike Ghost-Dragon monstrosity that lurks in an alternate universe and can be seen floating near cemeteries. But, it's more aggressive than evil and only attacks when it feels its home dimension (IE: The Distortion World/Reverse World) is under threat.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Giratina's as close to a Great Old One as you can get in ''Pokémon''. You can also give it belly rubs and feed it muffins and beans in the 3DS games.
* DimensionalTraveler: While all of them reside in different dimensions, Giratina can access the "main" world from the Distortion World of its own volition, while Palkia is described as easily capable of transporting itself to other dimensions.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Dialga and Palkia have elements of dinosaurs and are both part Dragon-type.
* DiscOneNuke: If you had the ''Dream Radar'' side game, a copy of ''Black 2 and White 2'', and [[OldSaveBonus a corresponding Gen IV cartridge]], you could catch these Legendaries with their Hidden Abilities in ''Dream Radar'' with the right cartridge in the [=3DS=] (''Diamond'' for Dialga, ''Pearl'' for Palkia, and ''Platinum'' for Giratina) and transfer them to ''[=B2/W2=]'' no sooner than you acquire the Pokédex. Their Hidden Ability[[labelnote:*]]Telepathy, which prevents FriendlyFire from teammates[[/labelnote]] is admittedly worthless outside of Double and Triple Battles, but they are otherwise still very powerful Pokémon to have during the early-game. Or the mid-game. Or the late-game. They all have excellent typings and their stats are through the roof.
* DishingOutDirt: They all learn Earth Power via level up and move tutor, and they all learn [[HerdHittingAttack Earthquake]] through TM. Also, Dialga and Palkia can learn [[GemstoneAssault Power Gem]], a Rock-type move, in ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]''.
* {{Dracolich}}: Giratina is a Ghost/Dragon-type and has spikes resembling ribs. However, it's unclear if Giratina is merely incoporeal or actually undead.
* DraconicAbomination:
** A DownplayedTrope. Giratina, up to and including being found in an EldritchLocation in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Platinum]]'', is a dual Ghost/Dragon type made of anti-matter that was banished from the mortal realm for its violence and is known as the "god of dimensions". In other words, you can essentially call it the Pokémon version of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Yog-Sothoth]].
** Dialga and Palkia are the living embodiments of universal laws that warp reality around themselves just by showing up, with the former vaguely resembling a sauropod dinosaur and the latter resembling a winged theropod dinosaur.
* DragonsAreDemonic: Giratina, the third member of the creation trio, is a Ghost/Dragon type who was banished to the Distortion World by Arceus for its violence, and has a particularly evil-looking appearance, though it isn't inherently evil.
* DragonsAreDivine: The creation trio are embodiments of the physical universe, and powerful enough that them merely showing up on the mortal plane warps reality around them.
* TheDreaded:
** ''Legends: Arceus'''s Pokédex entries note that while both Dialga and Palkia are considered gods in Hisui, Palkia is explicitly ''feared''.
** Giratina. Everyone, excluding Arceus, is afraid of it in ''Platinum'' and in the anime.
* EldritchLocation: All three of their home dimensions are incomprehensible, though only Giratina's is explored in detail.
* ElementalPowers: Each of them have a different secondary type. They even allude to the three phases of matter: Steel = solid, Water = liquid, and Ghost = gas.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: A meta example. According to Junichi Masuda's blog, the Spanish translation team suggested changing the name Dialga because of its similarity to the word ''alga'', seaweed.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Dialga is likely based on ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarasaurus Camarasaurus]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus]]'', and Palkia is some kind of large theropod or prosauropod.
* ExtraOreDinary: Dialga is part Steel-type.
* FeatheredDragons: Palkia is a Dragon-type Pokémon, and the box art of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Shining Pearl]]'' depicts it as having feathers on most of its body.
* FinalBoss: Dialga serves as the final boss of ''Videogame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
* GemstoneAssault: Dialga and Palkia learn Power Gem by leveling up.
* GemTissue: Dialga and Palkia have a diamond and pearls on their person (Dialga has a diamond on its chest while Palkia has pearls on its shoulders). Giratina doesn't appear to have such a feature at first, but the gold "crown" and "ribs" might count. This may explain why they can use [[GemstoneAssault Power Gem]], but Giratina can't.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Up until Giratina appears to save all of reality (and simultaneously threaten to destroy it again) in ''Platinum'', there's not a lot hinting at its existence in the plot beyond it being on the box art. Even Rayquaza in ''Emerald'' had some [=NPCs=] talking about how they saw a large green Pokémon in the sky — Giratina doesn't even have that.
* GiantSpider: Origin Forme Giratina's long wings make it look like a huge spider.
* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Giratina's "crown" and "ribs" are reflective and shiny in the anime.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Giratina has large, smokey, bat-like wings in one form while the other has six long, tendril-shaped wings each ending with a big red claw.
* HeelFaceTurn: Giratina starts off being willing to utterly collapse spacetime in order to get revenge on Arceus for sealing it away in the Distortion World. But after being bested and then captured by the player, Giratina's outlook changes, and it desires to protect the world from then on. By the time of ''Platinum Version'', it's more than ready to trap Cyrus in the Distortion World for attempting to do what it tried to do oh so long ago.
* AnIcePerson: Dialga and Palkia can learn Ice Beam and Blizzard through [=TMs=].
* 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.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Giratina in ''Diamond and Pearl'', Palkia and Dialga in ''Platinum''.
* JumpScare: In ''Platinum'', Cyrus goes on a rant about how he's [[spoiler:captured Dialga and Palkia and he won't have any further interference. Giratina [[ShutUpHannibal interrupts him]] by abruptly lunging at the screen]].
* KamehameHadouken: All three learn Aura Sphere at level 37.
* LarynxDissonance: Dialga and Giratina have cries that sounds like a very high-pitched scream in the games.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: Giratina tends to be a late catch in the Gen IV games. In ''Diamond and Pearl'', it's the standard postgame BonusBoss that has nothing to do once it's caught owing to the story being over and the Battle Frontier prohibiting it. It comes much earlier in ''Platinum''... but its Origin Forme (and its higher offensive stats and Ground-type immunity) is off-limits until the postgame, as the Griseous Orb needed to transform it is in Turnback Cave, which [[NPCRoadblock Cynthia blocks off]] until she and the Elite Four are defeated.
* LightningBruiser: Again, their bad stats are good compared to most things.
* MagicKnight: Both of their base Attack and Special Attack stats are 120 or higher, with the exception of Altered Forme Giratina, which has base 100 Attack and Special Attack.
* MakingASplash: Palkia is part Water-type.
* MightyGlacier: Compared to other Legendary Pokémon, all three of them fall within this category, with Giratina's Altered Forme being closer to StoneWall (with lower defensive stats compared to offensive ones), while Palkia is closer to GlassCannon with its lowest stats being Defense and HP.
* MultiformBalance:
** Giratina's stat total in its Altered and Origin Formes remains the same, but while the Altered Forme gives it high defensive stats with slightly lower offenses, the Origin Forme switches the two around. Dialga and Palkia follow suit, sacrificing some points from Attack to boosts their Special Defense and Speed respectively.
** In ''Legends: Arceus'', the Origin formes of the three change statistics of their {{Secret Art}}s. Dialga's Roar of Time now has base power of 140 but has reduced accuracy of 75. Palkia's Spacial Rend gets its base power reduced down to 80 and accuracy to 85, but now has even higher chance to critical hit. And Giratina's Shadow Force has increased base power of 120 but lower accuracy of 80.
* NoBiologicalSex: They're genderless too. In ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'', however, Dialga and Palkia are both referred to as males.
* NoodleIncident: The "violence" that resulted in Giratina being labeled the Renegade Pokémon, getting banished to the Distortion World, and its monument alongside Dialga's and Palkia's in Eterna City being removed has, to date, never been explained.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: One of the possible roots for Giratina's name is guillotine.
* OffModel: Averted. ''Platinum'' and ''[=HeartGold and SoulSilver=]'' changed Altered Forme Giratina's sprite from ''Diamond and Pearl'' so that its red spikes looked more like hands, as opposed to lining the bottom of its wings. The back sprites weren't changed, making it seem like an example of this, but ''VideoGame/PokemonBattleRevolution'' (which came out before ''Platinum'') showed that Giratina can re-arrange the spikes into the shape of claws whenever it attacks, making both sprites accurate.
* OlympusMons: One of a kind, and extraordinarily powerful both in myth and in gameplay.
* OneWingedAngel: Their Origin Formes, speculated in Dialga and Palkia's case to be their actual true forms. Giratina assumes its Origin Forme in ''Legends'' after first being beaten in Altered Forme.
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Palkia's Origin Forme resembles an armless centaur.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragons controlling time, space, and antimatter/dimensions.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Not too different, though; much like ghosts in some fiction, Giratina can supposedly be seen in cemeteries when it's not in the Distortion World.
* ThePerfectionist:
** Giratina is ''obsessed'' with maintaining balance between the Pokémon Universe and the Reverse/Distortion World, to the point where it will violently attack anything that it sees as a threat to either. It even attacked Dialga after Dialga's fight with Palkia caused some sort of pollution to form in the Reverse World. To be fair, destroying either dimension would result in the end of existence.
** In the games, it's hinted that Giratina was so obsessed with maintaining order between dimensions that Arceus had to banish it to an alternate dimension, which it then formed into the Reverse/Distortion World.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Palkia and Dialga's battles have the potential to destroy the ''universe.'' And Giratina's wrath and materialization at the Spear Pillar nearly caused exactly that.
* PhysicalGod: They are the embodiments of time, space, and antimatter/dimensions, respectively.
* PortalCut: Palkia's Spacial Rend cuts the very space the target is in to deal damage. In later games, this is visualized as reality around the target shattering like glass as Palkia slashes it.
* PowerCrystal: In the anime, the diamonds/pearls on their bodies glow when Dialga/Palkia use their {{Secret Art}}s.
* PowerFloats: Giratina has the Levitate ability in its Origin Forme.
* PowerGlows: In the anime, Dialga glows blue and Palkia glows pink. Some canon art make Giratina glow red.
* PowerLimiter: Poké Balls are expressly stated to limit Dialga and Palkia's power, hence why Cyrus attempts to control them using the Red Chain instead. It's not clear if this applies to other Legendary Pokémon like Groudon or Mewtwo, but then their power doesn't include [[RealityWarper rewriting the universe]]. Of course, this is probably a way to dodge the question of [[GameplayAndStorySegregation why the creators of time and space are as fallible as any other Pokémon]].
* PowerTrio: The three are responsible for creating the building blocks of the universe; time, space, and antimatter.
* PowerupLetdown: Their Hidden Ability Telepathy only prevents them from being hit by moves that would hit them as allies in Double and Triple battles like Earthquake, and is useless in single battles. Origin Giratina keeps Levitate, however.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Palkia.
* PurposelyOverpowered: Restricted in the Battle Tower, most official tournaments, and random Wi-Fi.
* RealityWarper: All three of them in different ways.
* RecurringElement: Two Legendary mascots that are version exclusive, and a BonusBoss that becomes important in the third version. [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Sound familiar?]]
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Giratina's main colors are red and black and it is quite the frightening Pokémon, though it is only violent at worst.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All three of them. Highlighted with an ominous glint whenever Dialga or Palkia appears on the Spear Pillar stage in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In ''Platinum'', Giratina attempts to merge the Pokémon world with the Distortion World in a fit of rage after Cyrus threatened to destroy and recreate the former. This act would, if not stopped, distort and destroy both worlds.
* RockThemeNaming: The "Dia" in Dialga's name is derived from ''diamond'', while Palkia's contains ''paru'', the Japanese spelling of ''pearl''. Giratina's name appears to be a combination of ''girasol'' and ''platina'', referencing its red and gray color scheme.
* SatanicArchetype: Giratina, created by the local CrystalDragonJesus, was cast out by his creator and sealed in the Distortion World for his violence, and he's called the Renegade Pokemon. His design evokes a FallenAngel theme, with shadowy wings with ''six'' spikes, ''six'' circular yellow plates on his body, and ''six'' legs.
* SecretArt:
** Dialga is the only one who can learn Roar of Time, an extremely powerful Dragon-type move that forces the user to recharge on the next turn.
** Palkia exclusively learns Spacial Rend, a Dragon-type attack with a higher chance to deal a CriticalHit.
** Giratina is the only Pokémon to learn Shadow Force, a Ghost-type attack that causes the user to disappear on the first turn and strike on the second, ignoring any moves like Protect or Detect.
* SheatheYourSword: It's possible to win the battle against Giratina in the Distortion World by running away from it. Cyrus's dialogue afterwards even [[DevelopersForesight changes to reflect this outcome]].
-->'''Cyrus:''' That shadowy Pokémon... You quelled its rage by refusing to battle it?!
* ShockAndAwe: All three of them can learn both thunderbolt and [[PowerfulButInaccurate thunder]] via TM.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Palkia has some massive spherical shoulders that almost resemble shoulder pads.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Played with. Each dragon is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of a certain law of reality, which indicates that it is unique.
* SoulPower: Giratina is part-Ghost type. It also has the honor of being the first Ghost-type Legendary (discounting the Mythical Arceus) in the series.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Palkia, the master of space, is a Water-type Pokémon. Allegedly because pearls = water.
* SpaceMaster: Palkia the Spatial Pokémon controls space.
* {{Superboss}}: In ''Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'', Origin Forme Giratina is the strongest enemy in the game, at Level 100. The next highest level is Cynthia's Garchomp post-Stark Mountain at Level 88. If you come across it when you're lower levelled, it can do a TotalPartyWipe.
* SuperOCD: The reason why Giratina was likely locked in the Distortion World. It had issues with the Distortion World spilling out into the real world from Dialga and Palkia's fighting. Then again seeing as how it's the personification of ''Antimatter'', this makes sense, as Antimatter [[MadeOfExplodium reacts quite violently with real matter]].
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: All three in their respective versions, although it's possible to simply defeat them instead of catching them.
* TakesOneToKillOne: Giratina has the odd privilege of being one of the only dual-type Pokémon whose types are both weak against themselves[[note]]The only other Pokémon who share this distinction, Dreepy and its evolutions, share Giratina's Ghost/Dragon typing[[/note]].
* {{Telepathy}}: Each one's Hidden Ability.
* TimeAbyss: Time is said to have first started moving when Dialga was born, and the other members of its trio are implied to be at least as old as it is.
* TimeMaster: Dialga the Temporal Pokémon controls time.
* TronLines: Dialga has markings like these all over its body that are vaguely reminiscent of clock hands.
* WaveMotionGun: Dialga's ''Roar of Time'' SecretArt looks like this in-game and in the 10th movie.
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[[folder:Heatran]]
!485: Heatran (ヒードラン ''hiidoran'')
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A Legendary Pokémon that has a body made out of molten steel. It inhabits the imposing Stark Mountain, an active volcano on an island off the coast of Sinnoh. Not much is known about it, aside from apparently being formed just after the Sinnoh region and magma pooled in the spot that would become Stark Mountain. The fact that it can come in both genders would suggest that there are more than one, but you still only encounter one at the very end of the game's main story.
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* ActionBomb: Can learn Explosion through TM.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Heatran is associated with an item known as the Magma Stone. Obtaining it for yourself apparently unseals Heatran and it goes on a rampage.
* BodyHorror: "Its body is made of rugged steel. However, it is partially melted in spots because of its own heat."
* BossBattle: A Heatran guarding the [[{{Macguffin}} Red Gem]] is fought as a boss in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]''. It can also be fought as an optional postgame boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
* CartoonCreature: Besides having a vague resemblance to reptiles, it's almost impossible to determine which kind of animal has been used as a reference to design Heatran.
* ColdIron: A bit ironic, given it’s a MagmaMan, but it is one of two Pokémon with a double resistance to the Fairy-type, and the only one before Salazzle showed up. Until then, Heatran was an excellent answer to Fairy types, perhaps minus [[MakingASplash Azumarill, Primarina and Tapu Fini]].
* CombatPragmatist: Can learn both [[ManBitesMan Crunch]] and Dark Pulse. Unfortunately, its mediocre attack stat prevents Crunch from being very useful.
* DishingOutDirt: Has a fair amount of Rock and Ground moves.
* ExtraOreDinary: A Steel-type.
* FeedItWithFire: Has the Flash Fire ability, which nullifies Fire attacks and powers up its own.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: One of the few Legendary Pokémon to not have any clear backstory other than being deep in a volcano and hard to catch. It does have some backstory in that it was apparently born/created shortly after Stark Mountain was created, but it has very little beyond that. ''Black 2 and White 2'' doesn't do Heatran much better, as the Magma Stone is found just laying on the ground at the end of Route 18, after which Heatran will just drop down from the ceiling if you bring it to a certain room in Reversal Mountain. In general, Heatran appears to act like a regular Pokémon, albeit one that cannot be bred in daycare centers.
* KillItWithWater: One of the three weaknesses for Heatran is the Water-type.
* {{Leitmotif}}: While shared with a few other Legendary Pokémon, the Legendary Pokémon battle theme from ''Diamond/Pearl/Platinum'' is most commonly associated with it and Regigigas.
* MagmaMan: According to the Pokédex, its blood is similar to magma.
* MightyGlacier: It has above average defenses and can hit back with its high Special Attack, but it's not going to win any races.
* MyBloodRunsHot: Heatran's blood is said to boil like magma. In fact, [[BodyHorror its own steel body is partially melted as a result.]]
* NoBiologicalSex: {{Averted|Trope}}. Unlike most other Legendary Pokémon, it can be conventionally male or female. The only other Legendary to share this feature, Kubfu (and Urshifu, its evolution), is still predominantly male whereas Heatran has a 50/50 ratio.
* OlympusMons: Was the first that's catchable in both genders. Still unable to breed them though.
* OneGenderRace: Averted: it's the first Legendary that can be either gender.
* OutOfFocus: Heatran, no matter what generation it's featured in, never has any form of relevance compared to its generational Legendaries. ''Legends: Arceus'' further hammers this home, as where the Lake Trio, Creation Trio, Regigigas and Cresselia all get some sort of story behind them, while Heatran... is simply noted as suddenly appearing.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire-type.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Even when asleep, its blazing-red eyes keep staring at its opponent.
* SecretArt: The Fire move Magma Storm, which deals a large amount of damage and [[YouWillNotEvadeMe prevents the target from switching out.]] It also inflicts a condition that slowly depletes the target's health over the next 4-5 turns.
* SleepsWithBothEyesOpen: When afflicted with the Sleep ailment, its eyes do not close.
* TurtlePower: Shares a few characteristics with tortoises.
* UniqueEnemy: The fact that it can come in both genders may suggest that there's more than one, but you still only encounter one in a playthrough.
* WallCrawl: It can use its cross-shaped claws to climb up walls and ceilings.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Magma Storm is a variation of this. Provided it hits, the target is trapped for 5-7 turns and loses a large chunk of their health gradually.
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[[folder:Regigigas]]
!486: Regigigas (レジギガス ''rejigigasu'')
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At the very bottom of the Snowpoint Temple is a mysterious giant statue. If you bring three members of a Legendary trio from a previous game with you to the statue, it will activate and reveal itself to be Regigigas, the creator of that same trio. Apparently its slumber did a number on it, because its Slow Start Ability prevents it from using its full power for several turns, but once those turns are up, it can be a force to be reckoned with.
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* AmbiguousSituation:
** It's never stated ''why'' Regigigas created the other Regis as they seem to be rather independent of their creator, and for that matter, it's never touched upon how it was able to bring the {{Golem}} Pokemon to life either.
** Whether or not Regigigas has actually moved continents is up in the air: While nothing outright contradicts this claim, the feats of Pokémon can often times be exaggerated when it comes to it (especially Legendaries) and Regigigas's Attack stat certainly isn't at the top of the list where it logically should be, there's still a chance of this being a simple matter of GameplayAndStorySegregation, ''Legends: Arceus'' goes down the middle, stating it's a consistent legend but could be holding some truth to it.
* BeyondTheImpossible: While there's no definitive proof that Regigigas actually did this, or if it's simply an exagerration to its strength, but the notion of ''towing continents'' is not only a ridiculous feat of strength, it's physically impossible. But seeing how Pokemon loves to ignore the rules of physics, it's [[AmbiguousSituation still possible.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Most abilities provide some extra benefit to a Pokémon. Regigigas is stuck with Slow Start, which cuts its Attack and Speed in half for 5 turns when it enters the field. Even in ''Legends: Arceus'' where Abilities aren't a thing, it ''still'' comes with Slow Start.
* BossBattle:
** Regigigas is the BonusBoss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]'' only being fightable after completing the Ranger Browser (the Ranger series equivalent to the Pokédex) and bringing all three Regis deep into Hippowdon Temple. It is by far the most difficult boss fight in the game, creating highly damaging [[ShockwaveStomp shockwaves with every step]].
** It also appears as one of the three penultimate bosses in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]]''. It's not as difficult as in the previous game due to no longer being a BonusBoss, but is still one of the most difficult bosses in the main story.
** Regigigas (along with [[FlunkyBoss 4 Hitmonlee and 4 Bronzong]]) is fought at the end of Aegis Cave in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''.
* Catch22Dilemma: In order to catch Regigigas in Snowpoint Temple in Gen IV, one needs the three Regis. Those three are available in ''Platinum''... but to unlock them, you need a [[TemporaryOnlineContent special event]] Regigigas! Of course, you're expected to Pal Park the three over from the Hoenn games, but if you don't have them...
* CripplingOverspecialization: The Slow Start ability has exactly one practical application--it sets the pace for Regigigas' BossBattle when you try to capture it. If you aren't lucky enough to nab Regigigas in the first five turns, it TurnsRed and becomes a LightningBruiser.
* DevelopersForesight:
** Averted. The earliest version of Regigigas had numerous moves that its ability actively prevented it from using (Stomp, Superpower, ''etc.''), and in the Japanese version, a programming quirk meant that using a PowerNullifier on Regigigas left it with its crippled attack and speed.
** In ''Platinum'', it's possible to hack the game so that the player can have Cherish Balls in their possession (as Cherish Balls cannot be obtained legitimately within gameplay). Capturing Regigigas with a Cherish Ball will label it as being obtained through a Nintendo event, since event Pokémon are almost always contained within Cherish Balls, which will allow you to catch the three Regis.
* DifficultButAwesome: Regigigas has some impressive stats, but to make the most of them, it has to contend with its Slow Start ability, which cuts its attack and speed stats in half for five turns every time that it's sent out to the field. These passive restraints make for an intentionally challenging Pokémon to use, as the opponent is given ample opportunity to thwart Regigigas before it gains some momentum.
* FakeBalance: Regigigas' exclusive ability, Slow Start, halves both its Attack and Speed for the first five turns after it is sent out. Not only must Regigigas surrender the initiative to its opponent, it can't retaliate at full strength, either. In practice, this concept is wildly inefficient compared to other Pokémon who can use Status Buffs to get their stats to similar levels in only one turn. Regigigas' limited movepool in earlier generations doesn't help either, and it wouldn't receive Rest and Protect--moves that help it resist attacks until its stats return to their intended values--until Gen VIII.
* FakeUltimateMook: For reasons unknown to all but the developers, the Regigigas of ''Platinum'' is encountered at ''level one''. Bonus points for the encounter being a PostFinalBoss.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Slow Start is supposed to reflect the fact that it's been in hibernation too long and needs some time to come out of it.
* GatheringSteam: By the time it is encountered in the games, Regigigas has slumbered for so long that it takes a while to regain its full strength. This is reflected in gameplay thanks its ability, Slow Start: whenever it is sent out to the field, Regigigas' attack and speed stats are cut in half for five turns. The ability's restrictions [[DifficultButAwesome render Regigigas difficult to use effectively]], but once the five turns have passed, Regigigas proves to be a force to be reckoned with.
* {{Golem}}: It's either one itself, or it built the other Regis.
* HumanPopsicle: Immovable unless the other Regis are brought to it.
* JustSoStory: Regigigas is believed to have been the one to move continents to where they are now, and in particular might have been the one to bound landmasses together with rope to create the Sinnoh region. The legitimacy of this stands as possibly having some shed of truth, even if it sounds outlandish.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: In ''Platinum'', you have to wait until clearing the main story before you can even enter the dungeon it's found in, and when you ''do'' find it... it's at Level 1. It must suck when you not only have little to use Regigigas for, but also have to get it up to scratch with your Level 50+ Champion team.
* LightningBruiser: Turns into this if you manage to get rid of the effects of its ability or wait out the 5 turns.
* MakerOfMonsters: Its Pokédex entries reveal that it created Regirock, Regice, and Registeel. Additionally, Regidrago's description states that it was also created by Regigigas. Whether or not it also created Regieleki is unknown, but given its connection to the other titans and Regigigas itself, this seems likely.
* MeaningfulName: Both parts of its name derive from Latin -- Regi comes from "regis" or "king," while "gigas" means "giant." Quite literally, it is the King of Giants (owing to its role as master of the other golems).
* MinorMajorCharacter: It's been said Regigigas once moved continents with rope alone, implying that it has done so before, but the possibility that certain regions and pokemon adaptations were a result of being moved around by Regigigas is not touched upon.
* MoonLogicPuzzle: The ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'' puzzle to encounter it is a tad confusing, to say the least. [[spoiler:To get it to appear, you must bring all three Golems to the Island Cave (Regice's location) with a nicknamed Regice that is holding a Never-Melt Ice, Snowball, or Casteliacone.]] Yeah.
* NoBiologicalSex: Like most Legendary pokemon, Regigigas is genderless.
* ObviousRulePatch: Regigigas' movelist was revamped for ''Platinum'' when the developers belatedly realized that several of its moves hinged on the speed and attack that its ability actively cripples for five turns.
** The PowerfulButInaccurate Mega Punch was replaced with (comparitively) WeakButSkilled Dizzy Punch.
** Stomp makes the target flinch, but a target can only flinch if the user goes first (which Regigigas won't be doing), so it was replaced with Foresight.
** Superpower, which hits hard but diminishes the user's Attack and Defense, is less than useless while Regigigas' attack is crippled, and was replaced with Revenge, which caters to Regigigas' lowered speed by hitting harder if the user has already taken damage.
* 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.
* OlympusMons: An enduring legend posits that Regigigas is strong enough to tow the continents. It is also said to have created the Regi Quintet.
* ThePowerOfCreation: One of the few Pokemon to be able to create others outside of breeding, all the Regis quintet can be attributed to it.
* RequiredPartyMember: A special event Regigigas in ''Platinum'' can let you encounter Regirock, Regice, and Registeel, but you'll need it in your party to find them.
* SecretArt: The move Crush Grip, which does more damage depending on how much HP the target has. It's also the only Pokémon with Slow Start, [[BlessedWithSuck much to its chagrin]].
* ShockwaveStomp: Its ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' incarnations create damaging shockwaves with every step.
* SmarterThanTheyLook: Regigigas seems to be nothing more than a lumbering giant, in truth, it's one of the Pokemon that is capable of creating entirely new Pokemon from the materials around it.
* StoneWall: Until its Slow Start debuff wears off, it can't move very fast or hit very hard. But it does still have very good defenses and a high HP stat, and Generation VIII gave it both [[DefendCommand Protect]] and [[HealThyself Rest]] to help it stall out Slow Start.
* SuperStrength: Some of the Pokédex entries claim that it was able to tow [[UpToEleven entire continents with rope]]. Shame that Slow Start makes it really hard to utilize that power.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: The Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in ''Platinum'' can only be accessed if the player has a Regigigas that they met via a "fateful encounter" (i.e. DownloadableContent). The one you can actually ''catch'' in Platinum won't help you.
* UselessUsefulSpell: As nice as Crush Grip sounds on paper, the opponent isn't likely enough to have enough HP where it does more damage than the 102 damage Return (assuming max happiness). Not to mention that even if you did hit the opponent while their HP is full, if it doesn't faint the opponent the first time, it will be unable to faint them at all unless they are at 1 HP (due to minimum damage requirement) because the move's damage is proportional to their health.
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[[folder:Lunar Duo: Cresselia and Darkrai]]
!488: Cresselia (クレセリア ''kureseria'')\\
491: Darkrai (ダークライ ''daakurai'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Darkrai]]
The Legendary duo of Sinnoh. Cresselia is a Legendary Pokémon that normally resides on Fullmoon Island, Cresselia has the power to bring pleasant dreams to people as they sleep. In particular, it counteracts the horrific nightmares its counterpart, Darkrai, inflicts on people, with even a feather from its wings being potent enough to ward them off. It often roams the world, and a quest to cure a sailor's son of his cursed sleep in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' prompts it to do so. The Mythical Pokémon Darkrai is her opposite that posseses the horrifying power of nightmares. It causes unending nightmares for those around it. However, it is merely a defense mechanism, one it can't shut off, so it hides itself away from others. However, it still beckons to certain individuals. In the same way that Cresselia represents the crescent moon, Darkrai represents the new moon and is most active on the blackest of nights. It can be a powerful ally if befriended.
Darkrai is one of the playable characters in ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'', a FightingGame SpinOff where Pokémon duke it out in a new type of battle called Ferrum Battles. For tropes concerning its appearance in that game, see the ''Pokkén Tournament'' [[Characters/PokkenTournament character page]].
For tropes concerning its ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' version see the ''Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers'' [[Characters/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers character page]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Darkrai in ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'' is mysterious and creepy, but has no moral position of which to speak. ''The Rise of Darkrai'' movie, on the other hand, went above and beyond to establish DarkIsNotEvil.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While Darkrai is neutral in the mainline games, it's more antagonistic in spinoff games, though depending on the game it ranges from being a {{jerkass}} to a WellIntentionedExtremist to [[OmnicidalManiac outright vile]].
* TheAtoner: Darkrai exiles itself because of its ability, and makes sure that [[{{Foil}} Cresselia]] is nearby at all times.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Dark Void has become this as of Gen VII. A SecretArt that hits multiple opponents and puts them to sleep (leaving them to suffer at Darkrai's Bad Dreams Ability) sounds awesome, and indeed once was... but just try hitting anything with it due to its 50% accuracy rate (down from its 80% in previous games).
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Unless it is portrayed as the villain, Darkrai doesn't mean to hurt people with its uncontrollable nightmares, so it isolates itself on an island away from other people and Pokémon.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Cresselia is quite the pretty Pokémon and her beauty [[{{Foil}} contrasts]] with Darkrai's more menacing look.
* BossBattle: A Cresselia guarding the [[{{Macguffin}} Yellow Gem]] is fought as a boss in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]''.
* CastingAShadow: As is true of most Psychic-types, Cresselia can learn Shadow Ball. Like Spiritomb, Darkrai fits into the traditional idea of a shadow elemental, unlike [[CombatPragmatist most Dark-types]], who mostly represent evil, crime, trickery/manipulation, or impending doom.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Darkrai's non-malicious nature wasn't hinted at in ''Diamond and Pearl'', but first came to prominence in ''Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai''. It's difficult to say if it was always in place or if Game Freak drew from the anime, but ''Platinum'' (which was released a year later) brought that characterization to the forefront in the games. However, ''Black 2 and White 2'' would scale it back once again, making it more malicious and the cause of death of a young girl.
* CombatMedic: Cresselia learns a few decent Psychi, Fairy and Ice-type attacks along with moves like Moonlight.
* ConfusionFu: Darkrai can learn moves of many different types, such as Dark, Ice, Electric, Psychic, Ghost, Fighting, and Poison.
* CreepyBlueEyes: Darkrai has one glowing, blue eye glaring out from under its hair.
* 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 this 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]]
* DarkIsEvil: Darkrai's ''Mystery Dungeon'' incarnation is a horrifying villain. In the main games a Darkrai in ''Black 2 and White 2'' intentionally murders a young girl if the nightmares she had is any indication.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In the main games, its power over nightmares is mostly a self-defense mechanism. It even serves as the hero of the 10th movie!
* DependingOnTheWriter: In the main games and [[AllThereInTheManual according to the Pokédex]], [[DarkIsNotEvil it's 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 ''Mystery Dungeon''.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Cresselia's wings release shiny particles and undulate beautifully around the quarter moon.
* EldritchAbomination: A wraith-like entity capable of causing nightmares by merely existing. In ''Platinum'', the house where it haunts a boy's nightmares belongs to a sailor named Eldritch. Coincidence, maybe?
* FemaleAngelMaleDemon: Cresselia is an always-female and angelic looking Pokémon, whereas Darkrai is more demonic and masculine.
* FinalBoss: Darkrai is the final boss of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokemon 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 Pokemon in the main series games.
* {{Foil}}: Cresselia is a bringer of sweet dreams with a defensive playstyle while Darkrai gives people nightmares and has an offensive playstyle. Oddly, Cresselia has a gender while Darkrai doesn't. 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 Pokken Tournament]]: Cresselia is an Assist Pokémon who can use Lunar Dance to help you out [[DeathOrGloryAttack once per round]] while Darkrai is a playable fighter. The NightmareFuel inducer with an offensive playstyle to Cresselia's SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel inducer with a defensive one. Oddly doesn't have a gender in the main games (in the anime and spinoffs it's a male) while Cresselia is [[OneGenderRace always female]]. Their signature move in Pokemon 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.
* 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.
* GetBackHereBoss: Cresselia is one of the roaming Pokémon in ''Diamond, Pearl'', and ''Platinum'', among the ''five'' legendaries running around Sinnoh in the latter.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Cresselia's shiny form's back has dark purple in place of blue.
* GreenThumb: Unsurprisingly, Cresselia is capable of using both Energy Ball and Grass Knot.
* HeroicSacrifice: Non-lethally, but Cresselia's signature move Lunar Dance lets her completely restore the health of one Pokémon in the party in exchange for causing her to faint.
* AnIcePerson: Naturally learns Aurora Beam and can be taught some other Ice-type attacks.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Cresselia can enter peoples' dreams.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: So let's say a player has the Member Card in ''Platinum''. Before they can even go in, they need to cure Sailor Eldritch's son, which is a sidequest that only happens ''after'' defeating Cynthia. When you do finally challenge Darkrai, it's found at Level 50, when your team is likely higher than that, and once it ''is'' caught, there's not a lot it can be used for as a [[PurposelyOverpowered Mythical Pokémon]].
* LightIsGood: Cresselia. Her status as this is especially highlighted in ''Mystery Dungeon Explorers'' in contrast to Darkrai's DarkIsEvil.
* LightningBruiser: Darkrai's average bulk compounded by high Special Attack and Speed.
* {{Lunacy}}: Cresselia represents the moon and learns Moonlight and Moonblast.
* MagicAntidote: Cresselia's feathers, or "Lunar Wings," are a cure for Darkrai's bad dreams and maybe others. Her pokemon Legends Arceus signature move Lunar's Blessing heal herself by 50% and remove any status condition on her.
* MindRape: Darkrai's entire shtick is about being a walking, talking personification of endless and painful nightmares. With Bad Dreams, it harms every sleeping Pokémon on the battlefield every turn, allies included.
* {{Nerf}}: In Generation VII, Darkrai's SecretArt Dark Void got reduced to 50% accuracy (and only usable by Darkrai, but that's not a problem for it).
* NightmareFuel: {{Invoked}} InUniverse. As noted above, Darkrai usually harbors no ill will and it is mostly [[PowerIncontinence a defense mechanism that it has no control over]].
* NoBiologicalSex: Darkrai has no gender, although it is often referred to as male to contrast the female Cresselia, such as in the ''Mystery Dungeon'' games.
* NoEndorHolocaust: You'd think that Darkrai would MindRape ''the entire Dream World'' just by '''existing''' there. It doesn't.
* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: Darkrai's Dark Void, which has a 80% sleep chance on its targets, presumably, the lack of damage is a NecessaryDrawback for balance.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Darkrai does cause nightmares to anyone close to it, but it's usually just a case of PowerIncontinence, and it even willingly isolates itself in order to avoid hurting people, outside some rare exceptions.
* ObviousRulePatch: Since ''Legends: Arceus'' doesn't have abilities, this means that Darkrai cannot chip away at a sleeping Pokémon with Bad Dreams. As such, Dark Void was buffed to decrease the target's defenses while making them drowsy, allowing Darkrai to hit them with much more force.
* OccultBlueEyes: Of the demonic variety, due to Darkrai being a walking nightmare inducer and all.
* OneGenderRace: Cresselia is always female.
* PeekABangs: Darkrai's hair covers its right eye.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Cresselia is one of the few Legendaries that has her gender confirmed as female and is mostly pink.
* PowerFloats: Cresselia has Levitate as her ability, giving her full immunity to Ground-type moves.
* PowerIncontinence: The after-battle text in ''Platinum'' implies that Darkrai can't control its nightmare-inducing powers, and that this is the reason it isolates itself on an uninhabited island with Cresselia nearby.
* ProphetEyes: While she isn't blind, Cresselia is a Psychic-type, Legendary Pokémon with white pupils.
* PsychicPowers: Cresselia is Psychic-type.
* PsychicTeleportation: Cresselia teleports all over Sinnoh as you try to catch her.
* PurposelyOverpowered:
** Darkrai is usage is restricted in the Battle Tower, most official tournaments, and random Wi-Fi.
** Its SecretArt is one of the only two moves to ever be explicitly banned from official VGC tournaments.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Smeargle can use the move thanks to [[PowerCopying Sketch]].[[/labelnote]]
* TheSacredDarkness: Cresselia is clearly meant to be an angel or goddess but is still associated with night and dreaming.
* SecretArt:
** Cresselia has Lunar Dance which causes it 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 its own HP and status conditions and makes incoming attacks more likely to miss.
** And Darkrai's Dark Void, which puts all its opponents to sleep. It's also one of the few status-inflicting moves that doubles as a HerdHittingAttack since it hits all adjacent opponents in Doubles/Triples. Its exclusive Ability Bad Dreams causes every sleeping Pokémon to lose 1/8th of their max health at the end of a turn. Since Generation VII, Dark Void is exclusive to it -- any Pokémon that isn't Darkrai will fail if they use the move.
* SecretCharacter: Bar abusing a glitch in Japanese copies of ''Diamond and Pearl'', the only way to get Darkrai is from special distributions handed out in RealLife.
* ShownTheirWork: Darkrai's ability, Bad Dreams, gives nightmares so horrible that they [[YourMindMakesItReal physically hurt the victim]] (and in one particular case in-story, outright '''killed''' them). Nightmares can stress the brain so much that it can't control cardiac rhythm, causing fibrillation and cardiac arrest (a condition called S.U.N.D.S. -- Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome).
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Cresselia's name was originally trademarked in Japan as Crecelia, but was changed to match the rest of the world by Gen V.
* TheStoic: Most Legendary/Mythical Pokémon on the overworld emit their cry before the battle starts. Darkrai instead speaks VisibleSilence when found on Newmoon Island.
* StoneWall: Cresselia is one of the most overall bulky Pokémon in the franchise, but can't hit back for beans without some {{Status Buff}}s under her wings.
* SwansASwimming: Cresselia's body shape resembles a swan's.
* TalkingInYourDreams: It has been shown in ''Explorers'' that Cresselia can communicate with others by meeting them in their dreams.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: Darkrai is only available via Nintendo events, and thus inevitably falls into this trap once they end (though in certain copies of ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', you can use glitches to access Newmoon Island without the Member Card). This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Darkrai is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon Sword or Shield save data]].
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Darkrai is heavily inspired by the Bogeyman, given its powers revolving around shadows and fear, even the fact that it doesn't use these powers maliciously.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Cresselia has light blue running down her back. In her shiny form, [[PinkMeansFeminine all her pink]] is recolored with different shades of blue.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Following the accuracy drop in Gen VII, Dark Void became this. While having a sleeping move that can hit both opponents in a Double Battle is (and was) amazing, it's tricky to justify using when even ''Hypnosis'' has a better chance of landing a hit.
* WalkingWasteland: In a way. Darkrai isn't destructive, but it ''does'' uncontrollably cause horrific nightmares to anyone around it, and so it lives in self-imposed exile to keep from wreaking havoc.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Darkai's appearance evokes this, with its very humanoid build and white hair-like plume.
* 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''.
** Its Mystery Dungeon incarnation also does this, trapping a young Azurill in an endless nightmare. [[OmnicidalManiac He plans to do it to a lot more Pokemon than just Azurill however.]]
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[[folder:Sea Guardians: Phione and Manaphy]]
!489: Phione (フィオネ ''fione'')\\
490: Manaphy (マナフィ ''manafi'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Manaphy]]
Manaphy is a Mythical Pokémon that can only be found under the most extraordinary of circumstances: reports of a strange jelly egg washes upon a shore in a far off region, but it is unable to be hatched there; it must be transferred to a land far away from its place of its discovery (Read: It's only available by playing a downloadable mission from one of the ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' games and transferring its egg to a Gen IV game). Its egg is unique in that it uses a different sprite from all other Pokémon eggs in-game.
Once it hatches, you are now the proud owner of a Mythical Pokémon that has the ability to swap the minds of people around, among other things. But what is most unusual is that it is the only Legendary or Mythical Pokémon released that is able to breed via conventional means. However, you are not able to get more Manaphy in that fashion; you get the weaker Phione instead. Both Pokémon are based on sea angels, free-swimming sea slugs that are popular with the Japanese for some reason (they think it's cute).
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* AllLovingHero: Manaphy is said to possess a power that allows it to bond with any kind of Pokémon.
* CommonPlaceRare: It's implied that Phione is a fairly common species of Pokémon, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation yet the player can never find them in the wild in the main games]], only from breeding Manaphy or other Phiones. Wild Phione show up in ''Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs'', however, and are treated like any other local Pokémon.
* FreakyFridayFlip: In the anime and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', Manaphy's Heart Swap can force people to switch bodies. In battle it just switches stat boosts.
* KingMook: Manaphy can be seen as this to Phione. They look fairly alike, have the same stat distribution, very similar movesets and the Hydration ability. What makes Manaphy stronger is 20 more base points in every stat and access to 2 formidable moves: Heart Swap and Tail Glow.
* LastLousyPoint: In ''Platinum'', Manaphy is required to be at least seen in order to access the National Pokédex, despite being a Mythical Pokémon. The Pokémon Mansion includes a book that registers Manaphy in the Dex, but a player probably won't find it unless using a guide or through pure chance.
* MakingASplash: Water-types based off of sea slugs.
* MasterOfAll: Like the other event-exclusive Mythical Pokémon, all of Manaphy's stats are equally above average.
* MasterOfNone: Phione's stats are all equal like Manaphy, but unlike Manaphy, they're just average.
* MuggleBornOfMages: In a sense, Phione is this. They are obtained by breeding Manaphy with Ditto. But their stats and movepool are more comparable to a non-Legendary Pokémon.
* NoBiologicalSex: Genderless, though they can apparently breed since Manaphy can be hatched from a special egg.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: While Pokémon eggs use a one-size-fits-all design with a white, green-spotted shell, Manaphy has a unique egg graphic that resembles itself. It even has a unique hatching animation in the Generation IV games, where it doesn't crack open like other eggs.
* OlympusMons: Manaphy is considered one, but Phione's status as a Legendary or Mythical Pokémon is subject to FlipFlopOfGod (though it's still banned from official tournaments and the like).
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Despite neither being Fairy-type, they are in the Fairy Egg Group and can learn Dazzling Gleam via TM. Their placement in the Fairy Egg Group also makes them the only Legendary or Mythical Pokémon that are not in the Undiscovered Egg Group.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Par for the course with Mythical Pokémon. While Manaphy can be obtained regardless of time period for Gen IV games if you have ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'', that's only true if the cartridge is factory new -- once a Manaphy has been redeemed, no more can be obtained even if a new save file is started. Since the game is over a decade old, new copies with Manaphy still in them are naturally hard to come by.
* PurposelyOverpowered: Restricted in the Battle Tower, official tournaments, and random Wi-Fi. Phione gets the treatment due to being related to Manaphy and nothing else, though.
* RecurringElement: One of the cute [[SecretCharacter event-exclusive]] Mythical Pokémon with all-around high stats.
* SecretArt:
** Heart Swap for Manaphy, which switches it and the target's stat changes. It's also one of the few Pokémon that can have Tail Glow, a formidable +3 boost to Special Attack.
** ''Legends: Arceus'' gives both Manaphy and Phione Take Heart, which heals them from their status conditions and increases their offensive and defensive stats.
* SecretCharacter: Manaphy can only be obtained by completing a special mission in the first ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' game and transferring an egg over to ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: They're [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clione cliones]] (a.k.a. sea angels), which aren't seen very often in non-Japanese media.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Averted; Phione can be bred freely and Manaphy can be acquired by finding its eggs in the ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' games.
* SupportPartyMember: Manaphy can [[StatusBuff buff]] is own stats with Tail Glow and Acid Armor, then switch stat boosts with a teammate in Double and Triple Battles using Heart Swap.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: The ''other'' method of getting Manaphy (outside of searching for unused ''Pokémon Ranger'' cartridges) is to download one through a Wi-Fi event... all of which naturally end. This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a sidequest allows you to find and capture three Phione and a Manaphy.
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[[folder:Shaymin]]
!492: Shaymin (シェイミ ''sheimi'')
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[[caption-width-right:240:Sky Forme Shaymin]]
->[-''Sky forme debuts in ''Platinum-]
This tiny creature resembles a hedgehog but instead of a coat of spines, it has tufts of soft vibrant grass and two pink flowers on both sides of its ears. It is a timid Pokémon that is rarely ever seen by humans, but where it is found, lush green meadows filled with all sorts of wild flowers are said to be there. It has a special kind of reaction to a certain flower known as the Gracidea Flower, which is commonly given as a sign of gratitude. The pollen of said flower allows it to transform and fly freely. It then makes its way towards other remote meadows.
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* BlowYouAway: Sky Forme is part Flying-type. Its wind-based powers are severely [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], only learning one Flying-type attack ([[RazorWind Air Slash]]) naturally.
* ClipItsWings: If Shaymin gets [[HarmlessFreezing Frozen]] while in Sky Forme, it will immediately revert to Land Forme.
* CycleOfHurting: Sky Forme Shaymin has the deadly combination of Air Slash and its ability Serene Grace, which doubles the chances of all secondary effects. This means its Air Slash has a ''60%'' flinch chance each time it uses it. Unlike Togekiss however, Shaymin has sky-high speed, meaning opponents slower than it are screwed as it could pretty much spam Air Slash repeatedly with its opponents being nearly unable to do anything back.
* DevelopersForesight: If Shaymin is walking with you in ''[=HeartGold or SoulSilver=]'', a short animation of it reverting to Land Forme will occur once the clock strikes 8 and officially becomes nighttime.
* FertileFeet: Shaymin can cause several beautiful flowers to sprout wherever it is, no matter how barren or deserted the land is. The player can see this first-hand if they reach the end of Route 224 with Oak's Letter.
* {{Flight}}: It gains the ability to fly while in Sky Forme.
* FragileSpeedster: Sky Forme is much faster than regular Shaymin, but it loses 25 points from each of its defensive stats.
* GlassCannon: Sky Forme has better Special Attack and ''very'' slightly better Attack, but its defenses are lower.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Shaymin is called the Gratitude Pokémon, and its powers seem to partially revolve around the concept. The event item used to acquire Shaymin (Oak's Letter) makes the PC pray for its blessing.
* GreenThumb: Grass-type, and in Land Forme the only pure Grass-type Mythical Pokémon. Shaymin absorbs pollutants through the flowers on the sides of its head to perform [[SecretArt Seed Flare]], and is able to instantly make dilapidated regions blossom in floral life, for example Floaroma Town and Route 224.
* GuardianAngel: Its Sky Forme is this due to fact that it helps people.
* HealingFactor: Shaymin's Ability in Land Forme is Natural Cure, meaning it will recover from any status condition upon being swapped out. It can also learn Synthesis, [[LifeDrain Giga Drain and Leech Seed]]. It only naturally learns the latter though.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Manaphy, Shaymin is Sinnoh's cute Mythical Pokémon with all of its stats equal and above-average.
* KillItWithIce: Both formes are weak to Ice attacks, with its Sky Forme having a double weakness. It'll also revert to its Land Forme when frozen (but since all moves that freeze also do Ice-type damage, it'll most likely keel over first).
* LateCharacterSyndrome: Shaymin is found at Flower Paradise at Level 30, which is a respectable starting level... if it were anywhere but a Route that isn't availiable until [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Victory Road]], and even then, through a path that [[NPCRoadblock some contextless fatso blocks off]] until the National Pokédex is obtained (which also requires defeating the Elite Four). And as a Mythical Pokémon, there's almost nothing for it to do once it ''does'' finally catch up.
* LuckBasedMission: Like Togekiss and Jirachi before it, Shaymin's Sky Forme has Serene Grace and a high rate flinching move. Combined with its high speed, anything slower than it will not attack 60% of the time. Considering that it's the fastest Grass-type there is, that makes it more annoying.
* MasterOfAll: Land Forme's stats are all equal and above average.
* NatureSpirit: Purifies polluted areas.
* NighttimeTransformation: {{Inverted}}, as it can only transform into Sky Forme during the day but nightfall undoes this.
* NoBiologicalSex: Genderless, but is usually shown with long eyelashes in Land Forme and the one seen in Giratina and the Sky Warrior exerts a lot of feminine traits.
* OlympusMons: Its Land Forme is one of the "base 100 Mythicals" along with Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy, and Victini. Sky Forme has less balanced stats, but the same base stat total of 600.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Its Sky Forme is based on an angel.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Land Forme Shaymin is the smallest Mythical Pokémon at 8" (20cm) tall, yet is still very powerful.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Shaymin's second requirement for transforming into Sky Forme is that it needs to be morning or daytime. As soon as the sun sets, it'll revert.
* PurposelyOverpowered: Restricted from being used in the Battle Tower, official tournaments, and random Wi-Fi.
* RecurringElement: A cute Mythical Pokémon with equal (and above-average) stats that is only available via special distributions.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Shaymin's Land Forme in general. The girl in Goldenrod City's flower shop who gives you a Gracidea acknowledges this.
* SecretArt: The Grass-type move Seed Flare. It deals a lot of damage and has a 40% chance to lower the target's special defense by 2 stages, which can be raised to a whopping ''80% chance'' if Shaymin-Sky is the one using it.
* SecretCharacter: Aside from abusing a glitch in Japanese copies of ''Diamond and Pearl'', the only way to get one is from special distributions handed out in RealLife.
* ShrinkingViolet: Land Forme Shaymin is known for being quite shy, curling up to resemble a small shrub with flowers when it feels the need to conceal itself.
* StealthPun: Its Land Forme is a hedgehog that has a hedge growing on its back.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: Shaymin can only be acquired via Nintendo events, either directly or via Oak's Letter in ''Platinum'', and in both cases, particularly the latter, those have long passed (though certain glitches can be used to access Flower Paradise and catch it normally). This is averted as of ''Legends Arceus'' where a postgame mission involving Shaymin is unlocked through [[OldSaveBonus having Pokémon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl save data]].
* TransformationTrinket: To turn into its Sky Forme, it needs to come into contact with a Gracidea Flower during the day.
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[[folder:Arceus]]
!493: Arceus (アルセウス ''aruseusu'')
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Here it is. The one mentioned many times in Sinnoh myths as the "original one". If there is a single Pokémon that is the strongest of all, this is probably it. This is Arceus. This Pokémon is somehow responsible for shaping the Sinnoh region and possibly the rest of the Pokémon world. In its normal state, it is a Normal-type with stats of 120 all around, which made it the Pokémon with the highest base stat total (until Mega Evolution and Primal Reversion were introduced). But with the use of special Plates (or Z-Crystals) that have been scattered across the world, it can become any one of the 17 other types, depending on which one it draws its power from.
Shortly after hatching from an egg that had been drifting in the formless cosmos, it created two or three other Pokémon to maintain the physical nature of the universe, and then it created three more to maintain the spiritual nature of life. It then drifted off into a deep slumber, but it awaits for someone in the Hall of Origin...[[note]]and still is, given how the item needed to access it [[DummiedOut was never officially released]].[[/note]]
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* ActionInitiative: Naturally gets Extreme Speed, a powerful priority attack that lets the user hit before the target. Forgoing any of the Plates or Z-Crystals and leaving Arceus a Normal-type will let it get the STAB bonus on the attack, making it one of the most damaging priority attacks in the series.
* AdaptiveAbility: In the anime, it can freely change between types on a whim in order to resist or negate any attack it sees coming its way. Not so much in the games; while it can choose any type to enter battle as, it can't change it in the middle of the battle.
** Played straight with the Legend Plate in ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus'', which lets Arceus transform into whatever type will cause Judgment to deal the most damage every time it uses it on an enemy, while also prioritizing types that most resist STAB attacks from the target.
* TheArtifact: For a time, Arceus was ''the'' Pokémon with the highest stat total of all. Then Generation VI introduced Mega Mewtwo, Primal Kyogre and Groudon, and Mega Rayquaza -- all of whom had higher stats. Then Generation VII added Ultra Necrozma, followed by Generation VIII adding Eternamax Eternatus to that group. With the removal of Mega Evolution, Primal Reversion and Z-moves, as well as Eternamax Eternatus not being playable, Generation VIII restores Arceus as the strongest ''playable'' Pokémon, but it isn't the absolute strongest anymore (as of now).
* ConfusionFu: Has the third largest movepool in the game[[note]]being capable of learning pretty much every move that doesn't involve hands or arms[[/note]], equally high stats in everything, and can be of any type. Knowing that the opponent has Arceus won't give you any hint about how to beat it.
* CosmicEgg: Said to have emerged from an egg when there was nothing.
* CreationMyth: Said to have created the Pokémon universe as a whole or the Sinnoh region in specific depending on the source.
%%* CrystalDragonJesus: One reference to it as such is present in ''Pokémon: Detective Pikachu''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: After ''several'' years since it was introduced with mostly moments of being a cameo, [[VideoGame/PokemonRanger only a part of a defunct wi-fi mission and side quest]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon a side character]] that also served as a SacrificialLion, Arceus finally received a game focused centered around it in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''.
* DevelopersForesight: If the move Fling is hacked onto Arceus, it will fail if it's holding one of its Plates.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Subverted. While in previous games the player could use cheats to fight and capture Arceus, in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', the first time the player has actually be legally allowed to fight Arceus ingame, they don't actually ''beat'' Arceus. Arceus just shrugs off the battle with no visible fatigue or injury and says the protagonist has proven themselves worthy, implying defeating it was never the actual point. Even then the Arceus the player 'catches' is merely a fragment of the real thing Arceus gives you so it may walk in the world it created.
* DiscardAndDraw: Starting in Gen VII, Multitype works with non-species exclusive Z-Crystals. Though they don't provide the 20% boost to moves of the corresponding type (on top of STAB) that the Plates do, nor do they change the type of Judgment, they ''do'' allow Arceus to use Z-Moves with guaranteed STAB.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Its ''Diamond'' and ''Brilliant Diamond'' Pokédex made mention of it creating the universe with "1000 arms". In game, punching and arm based moves are one of the few moves Arceus doesn't have access to. Later entries have avoided this entirely.
* EldritchAbomination: Arceus has a somewhat variable form, considering some versions of its origin describe it creating the world with "1000 arms", and slumbers above a mountain waiting to be awoken. Most of the people in its presence make mention of feeling some kind of "power". Couple that with three lesser {{Eldritch Abomination}}s jointly being outmatched by this thing, and we get perhaps the most Lovecraftian entity in the Pokémon franchise.
** ''Legends: Arceus'' takes this a step further by implying that the Arceus seen in the games is merely a fragment of the true Arceus used as an avatar to interact with the world, making its true form unknown and likely incomprehensible.
* ElementalPowers:
** It is NonElemental by default, but with the help of special Plates or Z-Crystals, it can change its type to [[GreenThumb Grass]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[ShockAndAwe Electric]], [[PoisonousPerson Poison]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies Bug]], [[BlowYouAway Flying]], [[DishingOutDirt Ground, Rock]], [[BareFistedMonk Fighting]], {{Psychic|Powers}}, [[AnIcePerson Ice]], [[SoulPower Ghost]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]], [[ExtraOreDinary Steel]], [[CastingAShadow Dark]], or [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fairy]].
** Its signature move, Judgment, changes its type according to the held Plate as well. It doesn't change types with Z-Crystals, however, so only Normalium Z can work with it.
* EnergyWeapon: Judgment is represented in the anime films and the 3D games as a barrage of lasers that either [[DeathFromAbove strikes from above]] or directly blasts enemies in the form of a MagicMissileStorm.
* EleventhHourRanger: In ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'', Arceus appears before the player character right before the final battle and allows them to link with it. It is extremely strong and can solo the final battle on its own.
* FightingAShadow: In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus,'' "capturing" Arceus at the very end has him explain that he's giving you a fragment of himself to be with you.
* FinalBoss: Arceus is the FinalBoss of the CoOpMultiplayer story in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]]''.
* FixedDamageAttack: Naturally learns Seismic Toss, which deals damage equal to the user's level.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: Arceus "speaks" in this style in the English localization of ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' when communicating with the player.
* GravityMaster: Naturally learns Gravity, a move that causes a temporary field effect which negates Ground-type immunity, lowers evasion, and prevents moves like Fly and High Jump Kick from being executed. Its appearance in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U]]'' as an AssistCharacter has it use this move to [[MeteorMove Meteor Smash]] airborne opponents.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Its normal form is primarily white, gold, and grey. The shiny version replaces the white with more gold.
* HolyHandGrenade: Judgment is usually shown as a bright ball of energy as Arceus calls upon its power to deal a large amount of damage to the opponent.
* {{Kirin}}: Its physical appearance is at least partly inspired by the mythical kirin.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Several.
** Although obscure now due to the content being DummiedOut, the [[https://tcrf.net/images/5/5c/PKMN_DPPT_Arceus_Flute.ogg Azure Flute]] and [[https://tcrf.net/images/8/8b/PKMN_DPPT_Arceus_Room.ogg Hall of Origin]] originally had unique themes, serving as variants of the intro and menu music of ''Pokémon Diamond and Pearl''.
** Arceus since has been associated primarily with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuXI7qcNsHQ a very dramatic and rather ominous drumbeat]] for a mighty creation deity.
** ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus'', quite fittingly, recycles all three themes. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E9TkfDmO0A Azure Flute's]] theme is used [[spoiler:To unlock the path to the Hall of Origin after capturing every Pokemon in Hisui (Except the four Mythicals). The Hall of Origin has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLizkJs5hx4 a remix of its theme play]], up until Arceus challenges the player as the game's BonusBoss, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzfOAlFgyY8 a remix of its battle theme]] from ''Diamond and Pearl'']].
* MakeMeWannaShout: Learns Hyper Voice naturally: unsurprising as the voice of the literal god of all Pokémon would have a substantial amount of ''oomph'' behind it.
* 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.
* MasterOfAll:
** It has the highest overall stat total of any non-transformed Pokémon (only being outdone by Primal Kyogre/Groudon, Mega Rayquaza, Mega Mewtwo X/Y, Ultra Necrozma, and Eternamax Eternatus), all of them being a great 120 each.
** It can become every type, and since it also learns almost every [=TM=] and move tutor (the only moves it can't learn involve fists since it is a [[FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter quadruped]]) it can fill almost any role on a team really well.
** In ''[=HeartGold and SoulSilver=]'''s Pokéathlon, it has the max possible stats when not holding a Plate.
** It becomes this in full in ''Legends: Arceus'' with its Legend Plate that lets it effectively wield every type ''simultaneously'', letting it automatically switch types in battle to make sure it's always maximizing damage dealt and minimizing damage taken.
* MeaningfulName: Arceus is seems to be derived from ''arch'' ("highest"), ''arcane'' ("magical", or, in a more etymologically literal sense, "secret"), or ''archaic'' ("ancient"), combined with ''deus'' (Latin for "god") or ''Zeus'' (the highest god in the Greek Pantheon).
* MindScrew: The Sinjoh Ruins event in ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'' where Arceus creates a new Dialga/Palkia/Giratina. First it starts off somewhat normal, with Unown flying around the area and Arceus glowing. Then a closeup of its face covers the screen before fading away, and its battle music from the Sinnoh games begins blaring as a montage of ''images of real life'' begin flashing across the screen all the while Arceus' overworld sprite and a strange pattern of lines overlap them. Some of these real-life images are: space, a forest, a rainbow, an erupting volcano, a lightning storm, skyscrapers, train tracks, a highway intersection, blood cells, a solar eclipse, and finally the Earth itself. That event is the only time any thing like it has occurred in the ''Pokémon'' franchise.
* MinorMajorCharacter: It created ''the entire Pokémon universe'' and the beings that control time, space, the Distortion World, and spirit. And yet, thanks to being a Mythical Pokémon (and one that wasn't officially revealed until after its debut in the Sinnoh games), it's not even a blip on Team Galactic's radar (or, for that matter, anyone else's). It didn't get its own game centered around it until ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus'', over a decade after the release of ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl''.
* MissingSecret: The Azure Flute originally designed for players to encounter Arceus was never distributed in any region. The reason for this, according to interviews from developers in the years since, is that triggering the event was considered "too difficult" for players to figure out, though some fans believe it was a result of [[MinusWorld the Surf glitch]] in original copies of ''Diamond and Pearl'' ruining the sidequests attached to the two other Mythical Pokémon of Sinnoh.
* NoBiologicalSex: Like most Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, Arceus is completely genderless.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Fans have debated over the pronunciation of Arceus's name ever since its introduction, not helped by how inconsistent official media itself is on the matter. Common ones include ARK-ee-us, AR-see-us, Ar-KAY-us, Ar-SAY-us, and AR-koos. Video game-related announcements tend toward ARK-ee-us, though other sources like ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' use AR-see-us, which the romanization of its Japanese name (アルセウス ''aruseusu'') also supports.
* NonElemental: It's a Normal-type by default.
* OlympusMons: ''The'' Olympus Mon -- its name is likely adapted from ''deus'' (Latin for "god") or Zeus.
* PaletteSwap: It will change color depending on what Plate or Z-Crystal is being held.
* PhysicalGod: The most powerful Pokémon (barring Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, anyway) is in a physical form that can be fought. Unlike some other powerful Pokémon however, it has never been worshipped as a god.
* PowerCreep: Wasn't hit '''quite''' as badly as the once unstoppable Mewtwo, but still an example. At the moment of its introduction, Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon at 720, [[MasterOfAll a whopping 120 in every stat]], while the closest contenders trailed behind at 680. While it still has the highest stat total of all base form Pokémon, it was subsequently beaten first by Mega Mewtwo, then Primal Groudon and Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza, etc., not to mention absolutely '''dwarfed''' by the unobtainable Eternamax Eternatus.
* PurposelyOverpowered:
** One of the most powerful even among OlympusMons -- not surprising from a Pokémon that literally created the universe. Of course, you'll never see it in the Battle Tower, most official tournaments, or random Wi-Fi.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'', you're forced to use it for the final battle with Nobunaga, so it gets a 70% link rate and awesome stats, Judgment hits all eight tiles around it and ignores type resistances, and its Omnipotent ability grants it various buffs including HP recovery every turn. If you lose, it'd pretty much have to be on purpose.
** ''Pokemon Legends: Arceus'' provides the Legend Plate unlocked after beating it, an item that upgrades Multi-Type to not just allow Arceus to be any type, but also has it transform into the type that is offensively and defensively strongest against the target ''every time it uses Judgment,'' making it always hit for STAB Super Effective damage while also changing Arceus into a type that likely resists their attacks in turn. This essentually gives Arceus an even better version of Protean, which is already one of the best abilities in the game. Incidentally, this is exactly how Arceus used its type changing ability in the anime, changing types on the fly to negate enemy attacks.
* SecretArt:
** Judgment, a strong Normal-type move that changes to be whatever type of Plate Arceus is holding (but it won't change to accommodate for Z-Crystals).
** It is the sole bearer of the ability Multitype, which cannot be replaced, removed, or copied by any means.
** Arceus is also one of the only non-Dragon-types that can use Draco Meteor (alongside Smeargle and Silvally), due to being able to learn it if holding a Draco Plate or Dragonium Z.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: As the original Pokémon that created the universe, this is assumed.
* SuddenlyVoiced: By far the only Pokémon that's capable of full speech in ''Legends''.
* SuperSpeed: One of the select few Pokémon to learn Extreme Speed and one of only four to get STAB on it [[note]]The others are Smeargle, Hoennian Zigzagoon and Linoone, and Togekiss prior to being retconned to a Fairy-type in Gen VI[[/note]].
* TemporaryOnlineContent: Up until ''Pokémon Legends: Arceus'', it was limited to being an online distribution only.
* ThePowerOfCreation: Its specialty, creating both the world and life.
* TimeAbyss: [[OlympusMons Legendary and Mythical Pokémon]] tend to be this by default but Arceus stands out even amongst them. It's designations as "the Alpha Pokémon" and "the Original One" indicate it's great age and it is heavily implied to be the creator of the Pokémon universe. Arceus is even older than time itself, as it is explicitly credited with creating Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, with Dialga's Pokédex entry stating that time itself started to flow when it was born.
* TopGod: By technicality. Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are often revered as deities, and Arceus is the creator god of everything. However, it's not worshipped due to being enigmatic.
* TrulySingleParent: In the Sinnoh Mythos, it is said that it created Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf (by splitting off parts of its own body/power, making it more like some kind of division than giving birth). Whether or not it created other Legendaries is unknown. In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'', it will even create an egg containing another Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina if you take it to the Ruins of Alph.
* WillfullyWeak: There's implications Arceus never goes all out while fighting humans. After its boss fight in ''Legends: Arceus'', Arceus shows no actual signs of fatigue or damage, merely saying the player has earned its favor and willingly joining them. Even then, the Arceus the player actually captures is merely a "piece" of Arceus it gives them to walk on Earth. It also grants the player the Legend Plate, which makes Arceus ''even more'' overpowered than it's ever been before.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: As ''Legends: Arceus'' shows, the Arceus that is captured by the player is but a piece of it, all but outright stating that its true form is something completely incomprehensible by mere humans. Its battle theme invokes this very effectively too, starting off the same as the original theme, but becomes increasingly fast, erratic, and glitchy, almost as if the game itself is struggling to comprehend Arceus's being.
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