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0789: Cosmog (コスモッグ kosumoggu)
0790: Cosmoem / Cosmovum (コスモウム kosumo'umu)
0791: Solgaleo (ソルガレオ sorugareo)
0792: Lunala (ルナアーラ runa'aara)

Cosmog

Cosmoem

Solgaleo

Lunala

Cosmog is a rare Psychic-type Pokémon that resembles a sentient nebula, which used to be known only to the kings of Alola and is currently being researched by the Aether Foundation. It's very curious and very trusting to anyone who shows it the slightest consideration, yet pretty much helpless in a direct confrontation. Cosmog evolves into Cosmoem, an immobile cocoon-like being, once sufficiently leveled up, which is not much stronger.

However, its final evolutionary stage is one of the Legendary Pokémon on the cover of Pokémon Sun and Moon. Solgaleo is a Psychic/Steel lion with a starburst mane, while Lunala is a large Psychic/Ghost bat with crescent wings. While revered by humans in the past, the truth is that they're just exceptionally powerful Pokémon from another world.

The Cosmog line are considered Ultra Beasts for their ability to create Ultra Wormholes; however, they are not coded by the International Police as such. It is implied that they traveled from Ultra Space in the distant past and have on occasion returned there.

Tropes that apply to the species in general

• Alliterative Name: Z-Moves were already one for alliteration, but the pair's Z-Moves, Searing Sunraze Smash and Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom, stand out thanks to having three words and not two (it doesn't come close to Marshadow's Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike, though).
• Adorable Abomination: Cosmog and Cosmoem are considered Ultra Beasts and can even open up Ultra Wormholes. They're also both very adorable.
• Ancient Astronauts: Solgaleo/Lunala appeared in Alola from Ultra Space long ago, and battled against the island guardians, prevailing despite the four being their equal in power when unified. They gifted the region's king a Cosmog and the Tapus their own Z-Crystal, so apparently they took no offense to that. In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, they even helped to repel Necrozma during the light stealer's invasion around that same time.
• Another Dimension: Despite not being considered Ultra Beasts by the International Police, the line is native to Ultra Space and are seemingly the only inhabitants capable of opening Ultra Wormholes of their own volition (aside from Necrozma, who is imprisoned or dormant for most of the game).
• The Artifact: Cosmog and Cosmoem's biggest claim to fame is their role in the Gen VII games' story through Nebby. Once that role is fulfilled, though, they become rather pointless Pokémon who are only there to fill two Pokédex slots and be weak baggage with zero use in battle until they evolve at Level 53. You can't even breed Solgaleo and Lunala to get more Cosmog (outside of an in-game event in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon), making them even more superfluous outside of the story.
• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: As with X/Y, the design of the symbols on the boxart are based on their appearance. For Solgaleo, its mane has patches of yellow and orange to resemble rays of sunlight, while Lunala's crescent moon-shaped wings, when fully spread, glow to look like a full moon. They both have markings that resemble the night sky on their faces. Naturally, Cosmog, the base form of either, looks like a nebula cloud.
• Bat Out of Hell: Lunala is a huge, celestial bat creature. It's not malevolent or scary in any way, though.
• Bilingual Bonus: Solgaleo's cry is transliterated in-game as "la-leo", a combination of the Hawaiian word for "sun" (lā) and "Leo". Likewise, Lunala's cry is given as "mahina-pea", approximately Hawaiian for "moon-bat". ^note However, pe'a literally means "sail"; the Hawaiian word for "bat", 'ōpe'a'pe'a, comes from their sail-like wings, and pe'a in Samoan means "flying fox". Alternatively, it could be a more direct reference to Lunala's name, "moon-wing".
• Bizarre Alien Reproduction: We're not privy to how the two mascots reproduce, but they don't lay an egg that hatches into Cosmog; rather, Cosmog seems to be born almost instantaneously after Solgaleo and Lunala perform their ritual. The anime depicts it as them mixing their energies with each other.
• Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism: While in-game they're genderless, the Pokédex identifies Lunala and Solgaleo as female and male counterparts respectively that evolve from Cosmoem.
• Breaking Old Trends: Cosmog and Cosmoem are the first Legendary Pokémon in the entire series that evolve.^* Type: Null comes before it in Pokédex order, but the player won't be able to get one (outside of trading) before The Reveal of Cosmog's evolutions in the Gen VII games. Prior to this, every Legendary Pokémon was a single-stage line.
• Celestial Body: Their evolutionary lines are based on star formation:
  • Cosmog is a nebula cloud that gathers dust. This dust is easily scattered.
  • When it evolves into Cosmoem, it gains a transparent and extremely sturdy shell. Plus it has unusual dimensions (4 inches tall but weighs 2204 lbs), which brings black holes or neutron stars to mind, which are also absurdly dense.
  • When it finally evolves into Solgaleo or Lunala, it grows a body and that transparent shell becomes their forehead. Whenever they perform an attack, their "stars" start to "stream". In addition, Lunala's body resembles a night sky.
• Contractual Boss Immunity: Solgaleo and Lunala's signature abilities, Full Metal Body and Shadow Shield, are not ignored by Mold Breaker, Turboblaze, and Teravolt, unlike the otherwise-functionally-identical Clear Body and Multiscale.
• Converging-Stream Weapon: Lunala's unique move, Moongeist Beam, assumes the pose of a full moon with six energy spheres forming and curving in towards the center before bursting forth into a full-body energy blast. Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom is basically the same thing, only bigger and with the beams converging on top of the opponent.
• Cosmic Egg: Cosmoem's Pokédex entry describes it as the "cocoon of the stars", and its Japanese and English names respectively reference its status as a cosmic ovum/embryo.
• Curious as a Monkey: Cosmog is very curious about the world around it, and it loves to run about to look around, much to Lillie's dismay.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Despite its large size and skeletal appearance, Lunala is a guardian of the moon and revered. Additionally notable is that Lunala is one of the few Ghost-types said to be a protector.
• Dimensional Traveler: The line can travel between Earths and Ultra Space. Post-game, having either of the fully evolved Legendaries in your party (or Necrozma in either its Dusk Mane or Dawn Wings form) allows the player to travel to a parallel world with a twelve hour time difference. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, you can even ride them through Ultra Space itself!
• Doing In the Wizard: Unusually for Legendary Pokémon (which the series often takes an All Myths Are True stance on), the plot of Sun and Moon reveals that the so-called emissaries of the sun and moon, and the child/cocoon of the stars, are in fact nothing more than abnormally powerful aliens who are far from the only one of their kind.
• Eldritch Abomination: Averted. Unlike other Ultra Beasts, they more closely resemble normal Pokémon.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Solgaleo is part-Steel.
• Eye Beams: Lunala's Moongeist Beam fires from its Third Eye symbol.
• Eyes Always Shut: Cosmoem's eyes are constantly shut, and it never opens them up.
• The Faceless: If you were hoping to get some nice photos of Cosmoem in the Alola Photo Club, you're out of luck, as its face inexplicably turns into a black hole during this mode and its normal face can't be seen.
• Fate Worse than Death: When Necrozma absorbs either one of them, it completely takes over their mind and leaves them without wills of their own (even Kyurem's formes gave Zekrom/Reshiram that luxury), effectively becoming cosmic Parasect.
• Fiery Lion: While the lion-like Solgaleo is a Steel and Psychic-type, it's heavily associated with the radiance and heat of the sun, to the point where Flare Blitz is in its level-up learnset. It's also based off the alchemical image of a lion eating the sun. Ironically, its Steel type makes it weak against Fire-type attacks.
• Fluffy the Terrible: Solgaleo and Lunala are almighty deities that represent the sun and moon, and either of them can be known as Nebby.
• Ghostly Animals: Lunala is based off bats and is a Ghost-type.
• Giant Flyer: Lunala's height is a whopping 13'01". And that's not taking into account its massive wingspan.
• God of Light: Solgaleo is a solar guardian deity resembling an immense, radiant lion.
• God of the Moon: Lunala is a lunar guardian deity resembling a giant spectral bat.
• Gold and White Are Divine: The color motif of this legendary pair, highlighted under the below mentioned Power Up Full Color Change conditions.
• Goo-Goo-Godlike: Even as a baby, Cosmog is capable of opening up Ultra Wormholes; however, this is extremely dangerous for it. Nebby nearly dies after Lusamine forces it to open one up, only surviving by evolving into Cosmoem.
• Great White Feline: Solgaleo is a large white lion.
• Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Even though neither have a gender, Solgaleo and Lunala are stated to be the male and female counterparts to each other, respectively, and Solgaleo has higher physical Attack and learns more Physical moves naturally, while Lunala has higher Special Attack and learns more Special moves naturally.
• Heal Thyself: Solgaleo gets Morning Sun and Lunala gets Moonlight, both of which restore anywhere from a quarter to two-thirds of their HP depending on the weather (or lack thereof) in battle.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Cosmog's overly trusting nature tends to get it into trouble.
• Innocent Aliens: They're incredibly powerful extradimensional creatures that nevertheless mean no (intentional) harm to people and Pokémon. Cosmog in particular fits the trope to a T.
• Interface Spoiler: If (in Sun and Moon) you happen to receive the opposite mascot in a trade prior to The Reveal that they're evolutions of Cosmog, their respective Pokédex entries make no effort to hide it. You might also get into an online battle or trade and wonder why someone decided to nickname their mascot "Nebby". On the other hand, Cosmog and Cosmoem have their own page separate from their evolutions, atypical of the rest of the Alola Dex.
• Joke Character: Until evolving into Solgaleo or Lunala at Level 53, Cosmog and Cosmoem are incapable of attacking outside of Struggle, as their only moves are Splash and Teleport, and Cosmic Power after evolving into Cosmoem.
• King of Beasts: Solgaleo is a regal and majestic lion.
• Leitmotif:
  • Cosmog's Theme, the theme that plays when a cutscene focuses on Nebby.
  • Battle! Solgaleo / Lunala, the theme that plays when you fight Solgaleo or Lunala.
• Light Is Good: Solgaleo is a white lion associated with the sun and is still the friendly companion of Lillie and the player character who gained the power to protect them. Likewise, Lunala is just as benevolent and emits the light it absorbs in its Full Moon phase.
• Light 'em Up: Cosmog can absorb light to grow. In addition, Solgaleo emits a bright light, while Lunala absorbs light entirely.
• Lightning Bruiser: Solgaleo and Lunala have great stats across the board, with Solgaleo leaning physical and Lunala leaning special.
• Lunacy: Lunala. It's the Pokémon representing the Moon, after all. In its case, it is flavored as control over darkness.
• Magikarp Power: An extreme example. Cosmog is completely useless in battle, as it can't learn any offensive or useful support moves and has pitifully low stats, while even the trope-naming Magikarp can use Tackle and be taught Bounce and Hydro Pump. Cosmoem isn't much better, as while it has great defenses, it still can't learn any offensive moves, so it can't really use those defenses for anything. Then, when Cosmoem finally evolves (at level 53, far later than almost every other Pokémon with Magikarp Power), it becomes one of two extremely powerful Olympus Mons.
• Male Sun, Female Moon: Solgaleo and Lunala are said to be male and female counterparts by the Pokédex, although both are genderless in-game.
• Masculine Lines, Feminine Curves: Solgaleo is considered the male version of the line and has largely angular features, while its female counterpart Lunala incorporates a lot of curves into its design. Best exemplified by Solgaleo's mane and Lunala's wings.
• Meteor Move: Solgaleo's unique move Sunsteel Strike has it leap into the air then lunge at the opponent like a meteor. The Japanese name for the move translates to Meteor Drive.
• Mighty Roar: Solgaleo has Noble Roar as a level-up move, fitting for a lion.
• Mind over Matter: The whole line is primarily Psychic types.
• No Biological Sex: They are listed as genderless like most Legendaries; however, their opposite version's dex entries reveal that they are believed to be male and female (respectively) evolutions of Cosmog in-universe.
• No Mouth: While Cosmoem appears to have an open mouth, it's really a red marking that appears on all sides of it. Furthermore, it can't eat Poké Beans in Pokémon Refresh.
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: In the Pokémon world, Solgaleo and Lunala are comparable to Physical Gods and were venerated as such. In Ultra Space, they're apparently common enough to be used as transportation by the people of Ultra Megalopolis.
• No-Sell: Solgaleo's ability, Full Metal Body, stops anything from lowering its stats. Unlike its identical counterparts Clear Body/White Smoke, this isn't affected by Abilities like Mold Breaker or Turboblaze/Teravolt.
• Nothing but Skin and Bones: Lunala seems to be nothing but bat wing skin flaps and skeletal structure.
• Numerological Motif: Their base stat values and the levels at which they learn moves are all prime numbers. They share this trait with Necrozma and the Ultra Beasts, hinting at their shared origin.
• Olympus Mons: They're the cover Legendary Pokémon of Sun and Moon. Their pre-evolutions, Cosmog and Cosmoem, are also considered Legendary Pokémon, making them the only Legendaries to evolve into/from something until Generation VIII introduced Kubfu and Urshifu (discounting Diancie, who's a Mythical Pokémon and whom the player can't evolve from a Carbink). Their unique ability to open up Ultra Wormholes at will seemingly puts them at a higher level of power than the other Ultra Beasts (who themselves are on par with Legendary Pokémon in power).
• Orange/Blue Contrast: Like their respective games, Solgaleo has reddish-orange highlights on its mane and legs and Lunala has bluish-purple wings.
• Our Ghosts Are Different: Lunala is a Ghost-type bat shaped like a crescent moon, with lunar-based powers to reflect this.
• Panthera Awesome: Solgaleo is based on a lion.
• Perpetual Frowner: Solgaleo's mouth is naturally shaped like this. Likewise...
• Perpetual Smiler: Lunala's mouth is naturally shaped like this.
• Playing with Fire: Despite not being Fire-Type (and is in fact vulnerable to Fire), Solgaleo learns Flare Blitz via level-up.
• Power Incontinence: When Necrozma controls them, they constantly expel their light energy without pause (allowing the Prism Pokémon to freely absorb it). Their total lack of free will in such a state likely means they can't control it as they normally can.
• Power Nullifier:
  • Both Solgaleo and Lunala's signature moves disregard the opponent's Ability in the same vein as Mold Breaker. Solgaleo is also immune to enemy status reductions thanks to its ability.
  • As per usual in the Steel-type or Ghost-type territory, Solgaleo is immune to Poison-type moves, and Lunala is immune to Normal and Fighting-type moves.
• The Power of the Sun: Solgaleo, being the Pokémon representing the sun. Notably, it is a Steel-type rather than a Fire type, putting emphasis on the light rather than the heat. In fact, it's actually weak to Fire attacks.
• Power Up Full Color Change: Both of them change color and glow when using their signature moves.
  • Solgaleo enters its Rising Phase form, turning all its color accents yellow.
  • Lunala enters its Full Moon Phase form, causing its wings to glow white and highlight its skeletal structure.
• Power Up Mount: In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Solgaleo and Lunala are used like Ride Pokémon to travel through Ultra Wormholes, akin to riding Mantine across the sea.
• Psychic Powers: They're all Psychic-types.
• Purposely Overpowered: The line is banned from Battle facilities and official tournaments (even Cosmog and Cosmoem, who are anything but overpowered).
• Recurring Element:
  • They're the third duo of cover Legendaries after Reshiram and Zekrom and Xerneas and Yveltal to represent some version of light and darkness, complete with light-up "powered-up" modes and being mandatory captures in their respective games.
  • Also like Reshiram and Zekrom, the two serve as a means for their third "sibling", Necrozma, to gain a powered-up forme based on them.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: Cosmog is a friendly little wisp with stellar coloration and patterns, and Cosmoem is an adorable little ball-like and seemingly perpetually sleeping creature within a starry orb encased in a shell resembling Solgaleo's mane spikes and Lunala's wing ends.
• Rolling Attack: Solgaleo rolls into the opponent at high speed when using Searing Sunraze Smash.
• The Sacred Darkness: Lunala is a noble guardian of the moon which does not appear to be evil despite its Bat Out of Hell look and Ghost typing.
• Secret Art:
  • Solgaleo is the only Pokémon to have the ability Full Metal Body, which stops it from having its stats reduced. Lunala likewise is the only one to have Shadow Shield, which gives it a 50% damage reduction to any hit it takes while at full health. What makes them different from other abilities like them like Clear Body or Multiscale is that they ignore the effects of things like Mold Breaker, Turboblaze, or Teravolt along with the moves Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, and Photon Geyser, along with their exclusive Z-move counterparts.
  • Their signature moves, Solgaleo's Sunsteel Strike and Lunala's Moongeist Beam, which are Steel/Ghost type moves respectively that deal damage while bypassing all abilities.
  • Starting with Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, they can also use Solganium-Z/Lunalium-Z to power them up into the Z-Moves Searing Sunraze Smash and Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom, which are glorified versions of the originals with much higher damage.
• Shown Their Work: Solgaleo being part Steel-type initially baffled most people. Further research, however, reveals esoteric information that gives more sense to the typing, as Solgaleo is described as a "Beast that Devours the Sun." The main symbol of Alchemy is a lion that bites into the sun, which is identical to Solgaleo's description, and Alchemy was the science of purifying metal. Finally, the sun is considered a metal-rich star.
• Signature Roar: The line has a faint mechanical "hwoo" sound at the end of their cries (though Cosmog's is fainter). This is also heard for the cries of the Ultra Beasts as well as Necrozma, the other residents of Ultra Space.
• Single Specimen Species: Unlike most legendaries, the line is a definite aversion. According to legend, through the union of Solgaleo and Lunala, a new Cosmog is born. This is reinforced by the presence of the Legendaries you receive in your game — they aren't the same Solgaleo or Lunala that appeared in legends long ago, and yours and its counterpart in another dimension produce another Cosmog. That said, it's unclear just how common Cosmog and its evolutions are in Ultra Space compared to the rest of the Ultra Beasts.
• Solar and Lunar: Their entire designs evoke the sun and moon, respectively.
• Soul Power: Lunala is part-Ghost.
• Stealth Pun: Cosmog's only ability is Unaware, an ability best described as being too dumb to notice stat modifiers, and in the story it often ignores Lillie's commands to stay hidden. Its evolution, Cosmoem, is half the height of Cosmog but somehow weighs ten-thousand times as much. Both Pokémon are incredibly dense.
• Stone Wall: The middle stage Cosmoem has amazing defense stats, even higher than that of its evolutions, while the rest are the same as Cosmog's and all but unusable.
• Sudden Name Change: Originally, Lunala's name was supposed to be Lunaala, with the trademark using that name. Before release, however, the name "Lunala" was trademarked and every reference to the Pokémon's name since then was changed to use that name.
• Sufficiently Advanced Aliens: Solgaleo and Lunala were so mystifying to ancient Alolans that they were elevated to the level of godlike beings, despite being little more than unusually powerful Ultra Beasts.
• Sword of Plot Advancement: Like Reshiram/Zekrom, Xerneas/Yveltal, and Rayquaza, catching Solgaleo/Lunala is required to progress the story in Pokémon Sun and Moon. To facilitate this, they have catch rates of 45, give no experience when beaten, and respawn instantly and incessantly until they're caught.
• Thinking Up Portals: The entire line can generate portals to Ultra Space. For Cosmog, it takes a lot of effort and is nearly fatal, but its final forms can do it more easily, to the point of weaponizing them when using their exclusive Z-Moves.
• Third Eye: Cosmoem, Solgaleo, and Lunala all share a third eye, although in Cosmoem's case, it's underdeveloped. For the former two, it's prominent whenever they use Sunsteel Strike/Moongeist Beam, or when they're opening an Ultra Wormhole.
• Token Good Teammate: Technically, Cosmog and its evolutions are Ultra Beasts, but are not as malevolent or destructive as the others.
• Uniqueness Decay: Even though the two are so far the only mascot Legendaries that explicitly aren't one of a kind creatures (or even anything close to godlike), Sun and Moon never say how common Cosmog and its evolutions are in Ultra Space, implying they're somewhat rare. Come Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, though, and they're apparently common enough that the Ultra Recon Squad freely uses them as transport, even letting the player switch between the two.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Aside from Necrozma, Cosmog and its evolutions (along with Kartana in the anime) are thus far the only known direct cause of Ultra Wormholes (beyond natural ones randomly occurring). This likely means that whenever an Ultra Beast or two enters a different universe and rampages in a panic (as had happened to Alola in the past), it's probably their fault. The Pokédex entries for Solgaleo in Ultra Sun and Lunala in Ultra Moon even say that them opening Ultra Wormholes often causes extradimensional energy and life-forms to cross over into the Pokémon world.
• Walking Spoiler: It is difficult to talk about Cosmog without spoiling what its evolutions are, or even the fact that it even has evolutions.
• Weaponized Teleportation: When using their Z-Moves, Solgaleo or Lunala summon an Ultra Wormhole to drag their opponent into Ultra Space before unleashing their attack.

Tropes that apply only to particular individuals found in the games

• Action Dad: Solgaleo appears in both versions and is implied to be the father of the baby Cosmog that you can receive in the alternate dimension.
• Action Mom: Like Solgaleo above, Lunala appears in both versions and is implied to be the mother of the baby Cosmog that you can receive in the alternate dimension.
• Babies Ever After: Post-game, the player can travel to the respective altar of their version Legendaries with them in the party and travel to a parallel world with a twelve hour time difference whose culture takes after their counterpart. Supporting the implication Solgaleo and Lunala are gender counterparts, the player can then travel to the Lake of the Sunne/Moone, meet their version counterpart, and generate another Cosmog.
• Badass in Distress: In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Necrozma appears shortly after Nebby evolves and absorbs it, transforming into Dusk Mane/Dawn Wings Necrozma as a result.
• Big Damn Heroes: After defeating Lusamine (fused with a Nihilego) a second time, she actually tries to kill Lillie herself. Nebby, however, is having none of it and blasts Lusamine away, which also has the added effect of separating her from Nihilego.
• Came Back Strong: Nebby is pushed to the brink of death by Lusamine as she forces it to open up Ultra Wormholes all over Alola, resulting in its evolution to the completely-unresponsive Cosmoem. Only after the ritual at the Altar of the Sunne/Moon does it spring back to life after absorbing the altar's energy and evolving into Solgaleo/Lunala.
• Defence Mechanism Superpower: Nebby's "power" (it's never fully elaborated on what exactly it is) only seems to work when it or Lillie are in danger. Lusamine intends to exploit this by putting Nebby under sufficient stress to force it to open several Ultra Wormholes.
• Demoted to Extra: As a result of Necrozma absorbing it soon after it evolves in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Nebby doesn't have as big a role as it did in the originals. It can't even be caught as early as it was before, since the Aether Foundation help it recover after Necrozma's defeat, only becoming available after a certain battle before The Very Definitely Final Dungeon.
• Gender Flip: If the Pokedex is to be believed and the cover legendaries are in fact meant to be male and female counterparts to each other, then Nebby is male in Sun (where he evolves into Solgaleo) and female in Moon (where she evolves into Lunala).
• I Choose to Stay: Lillie stole Cosmog from the Aether Foundation to bring it back to its home, but after the fight against Lusamine in Ultra Space, the evolved Cosmog decides to stay with its new friends in Alola.
• In-Series Nickname: Cosmog is known as Nebby by Lillie. The Japanese version has it be called Hoshigumo-chan (little nebula). In Pokémon Sword and Shield, another Cosmog appears in the Crown Tundra, this time nicknamed Fwoofy.
• It Was with You All Along: Turns out the box legendary was a Lovable Rogue who wouldn't stay in Lillie's bag, who've you've spent time with for the entire game.
• Living MacGuffin: Nebby is central for Lusamine's plan to create Ultra Wormholes and allow her to reach Ultra Space and Nihilego, and the majority of the Aether Foundation and Team Skull are desperate to retrieve the Cosmog. Three months prior to the player's move to Alola, Lillie attempted to escape from Aether Paradise with Nebby in tow, and despite Wicke's assistance, was only able to do so when Nebby exhausted its power to teleport itself and Lillie to Akala when cornered by the employees.
• The Load: Before evolving into Solgaleo or Lunala near the game's climax, Nebby is all but useless offensively, with its attempts to defend itself usually doing more harm than good, and loves to sneak out of Lillie's bag whenever it gets the chance. This ends up getting them and Lillie kidnapped by Team Skull after Plumeria returns to the Aether House and sees the very Pokémon they've been ordered to capture in plain sight.
  • Even worse in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, where Nebby is immediately captured and possessed by Necrozma upon evolving, turning it into an enemy before it got a chance to help. It doesn't get to do anything else before the conflict is resolved.
• Power-Strain Blackout: After you and Nebby are rescued by Tapu Koko, Lillie begins berating it for trying to use its power again, saying that it "couldn't move for weeks after that [the last time it used it]." Later, this initially looks to be what happened to Nebby after Lusamine forces it to open several Ultra Wormholes.
• Running Gag: Nebby will simply not stay in Lillie's bag!
• Version-Exclusive Content: As expected of mascot legendaries, only Solgaleo or Lunala can be caught in the games in which they are part of the story (Sun and Ultra Sun for Solgaleo, Moon and Ultra Moon for Lunala). In addition, which Pokémon Cosmoem evolves into depends on the version that is being played when it reaches level 53 or above. In Pokémon Sun, Ultra Sun, and Sword, it becomes Solgaleo; in Pokémon Moon, Ultra Moon, and Shield, it becomes Lunala.
• Willing Channeler: In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Lillie indicates that part of the reason Nebby wants to be caught is to let Necrozma fuse with it again should the player ever meet it. Even if this would take away its free will, Nebby's willing to do this to ease Necrozma's pain.
• The Worf Effect: In Pokémon Sun and Moon, a freshly evolved Nebby is strong enough to defuse a powerful Ax-Crazy Pokémon Trainer from an equally dangerous Ultra Beast, even without any prior combat experience. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, however, Necrozma proves how dangerous it is by absorbing Nebby after it evolves with little effort. Ash's Solgaleo and Gladion's Lunala put up a considerably better fight in the anime, presumably because they do have combat experience by the time they face Necrozma (and are being backed up by each other, Ash's Pokémon, the Trial Captains and Lillie, and her own Pokémon).

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