Darkrai

() is a -type Mythical Pokémon. It is Cresselia's counterpart, and together they form the Lunar Duo.
==Biology==
===Physiology===
The top of its body is connected to the lower half by a tiny waist, giving it an hourglass shaped figure. It has a red spiky growth around its neck and a long white mane flows from its head, obscuring one of its blue eyes. Its thin arms have three claws each, with three spiky protrusions above each elbow. Its shoulders also have long tatters and it appears to be wearing an old ripped cloak or dress. It is able to extend stilt-like extensions to use as legs.
Darkrai resembles a ghost or a haunted spirit. Despite its design, Darkrai is not a type, even in part, instead being purely a type.
===Behavior===
Darkrai is shown to be mysterious, sinister and ominous, yet extremely misunderstood. It's also shown to be a creature of habit for it causes nightmares, regardless of who it affects. However, there is very little evidence to prove it maliciously scares humans on purpose.
It is widely believed that Darkrai and Cresselia are enemies, but in reality, are in love. But the abilities they both possess causes disruptions to people and Pokémon for their sleeping is disturbed from both sweet dreams and worst nightmares. Hunted for their misfortunes, forces the two Pokémon to be forever separated with Darkrai residing on Newmoon Island and Cresselia residing on Fullmoon Island except for once a year when their abilities are suppressed the Alpha Pokémon Arceus so that both Pokémon can be given a single night together.
==Evolution==
Darkrai does not evolve.
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===Sprites===
==Appearances==
===Core series===
Darkrai first appeared in . To obtain it, a player would have had to receive a Mystery Gift during a special event that gives them the Member Card, allowing them to access the Harbor Inn and reach Newmoon Island from there.
===Side games===
In , a Darkrai is the main antagonist of those games. It is discovered that Darkrai was the reason that the Hero was turned into a Pokémon and lost his or her memory when he or she had gone back in time with Grovyle to stop the temporal tower from breaking and causing Dialga to turn into Primal Dialga. After the final battle against Darkrai, he attempts to escape in a time portal, when Palkia, who is angered that Darkrai used him, shows up and destroys the time portal as Darkrai is halfway through it. He sustains a lot of damage, loses his memory and gets banished to an unknown place.
In , Darkrai featured in a special mission named Liberate the Tower. It can be found in the location where Darkrai helped you before. It uses its ability, Dark Power, to fend off Team Dim Sun. However, the mission is no longer available for download. It was possible to send Darkrai to Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
In and , a Darkrai similarly has the role of being the main antagonist.
===Anime===
Darkrai first appeared in the Pokémon movie The Rise of Darkrai. It was seen protecting Alice, whose grandmother Alicia had been kind to it in the past. It then intervened in the cosmic conflict between Dialga and Palkia. It also makes a cameo appearance in the end credits for Arceus and the Jewel of Life, along with Shaymin.
Darkrai next appeared in Sleepless in Pre-Battle, which was its anime debut. It caused nightmares, much like it can in the games. It was concealing itself when Cresselia used its abilities to reveal it from the darkness. The two then battled and Darkrai hid itself once more in the shadows. In its debut movie The Rise of Darkrai, Darkrai usually hovers above the ground, but it can sprout long thin legs with which it can walk around like a person.
Another Darkrai appeared under the ownership of a trainer who competed in the Sinnoh League named Tobias in League Unleashed!
*Darkrai (DP104)
*Tobias' Darkrai
*Darkrai_(XY102)
*Darkrai (Pikachu, What's This Key?)
*Darkrai (anime)
===TCG===
* There is a box set available that includes a deck, booster pack, a Darkrai card, and an oversized version of the Darkrai card. Card Text: It can lull people to sleep and make them dream.
* There was also a Japanese card with Darkrai- Darkrai G. It was a DPt-P Promo. It had the Poke-BODY Eerie Aura, and Attack Dark Sleep.
==Trivia==
*Darkrai is the only pure -type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
*Despite being able to float above the ground, it cannot have the ability Levitate.
*Darkrai is based on a being of darkness. Each one in the anime so far except The Rise of Darkrai have a very dark personality and can almost be considered evil. However, Darkrai is truly not evil and actually means no harm, as revealed by a mysterious voice after defeating or capturing it on Newmoon Island. Like Lugia, it cannot control its power. Any organic being that goes near it will suffer horrendous nightmares, whether or not Darkrai wills it. Because of this, it chooses to seclude itself on Newmoon Island, similar to how Lugia chose to seclude itself deep in the Whirl Islands/Navel Rock, in order to protect people from its power. However, its power seems to leak into Canalave City due to its close proximity to it.
*Darkrai is the final boss in , although Regigigas is fought when all other Pokémon have been caught at least once, however this is not technically considered a final boss.
*Darkrai's eyes are similar to the Dawn Stone as it mentions in the description "It sparkles like eyes".
*In Super Smash Bros., Darkrai is one of the Pokémon that can be freed from Poké Balls. During this time, it uses the move Dark Void.
*It is genderless, however its counterpart, Cresselia, is female only.
**Also, even though Cresselia is its Legendary counterpart, Darkrai is a Mythical Pokémon rather than a Legendary like Cresselia.
===Origin===
Darkrai may be based on ghosts or spirits (though it is not a -type Pokémon). It may also be based on shadows. Its habit of bringing nightmares to people it passes may come from the Mare, a creature in mythology that brings nightmares to people by being close by to them .As it's associated with light, it is believed that Cresselia has a rivalry with Darkrai which may also reference Cygnus X-1, a celestial object consisting of a black hole that pulls in material from a nearby super giant star and in doing so emits X-rays. Its wings may be based on aurorae, planetary rings, or electron orbits, and it has a crescent moon motif. It may also be based on the Sarimanok, a legendary bird with multicolored wings that is a symbol of good luck originated in Mindanao Region, Philippines. Cresselia could also be based on Diana, Roman Goddess of hunting and the moon. Its relation to Cresselia may be based on the term "dark side of the moon", describing a part of the Moon that is unknown or hasn't been explored yet. The feelings between the two Pokémon are also most likely based on a Chinese folktale, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, based on the brightest two stars in the known universe, Altair and Vega. The Cowherder and The Weaver Girl's love was forbidden and were banished on opposite sides of the celestial river of the Milky Way. But once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month all the magpies in the world fly up and build a bridge between them so the two lovers can be united for a single day of passion.
===Etymology ===
Darkrai comes from dark and kurai (Japanese for "dark").
==Gallery==
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