Lugia

() is a / Legendary Pokémon. It is the Version Mascot for Pokémon Silver along with its remake, Pokémon SoulSilver. It also is the Trio Master of the Legendary Birds.
==Biology==
===Physiology===
Lugia is an immense, draconian and mythical Pokémon with avian qualities. It has silver-white feathers over most of its body, except for its blue underbelly. Lugia has ten fins running along its back, which stand upward while flying, but lie flat on its back in the water and on land. The fins are used as rudders for steering in the air and are flattened in the water to reduce resistance. It has two, powerful rear legs with three-toed feet, and two wings with large, finger-like feathers, giving the appearance of hands. Its eyes are masked with two dark blue fins, and two similar spikes are at the end of its long tail. Lugia's head tapers to a point and it has a serrated beak, which bears similarities to a dragon's maw. It may be inspired by the Wyvern, a mythical, draconic creature that stands on two legs, wings that function as hands and often has a barbed tail. 
===Natural abilities===
Lugia has the ability Pressure, which causes the opposing Pokémon to double its PP usage in battle.
===Behavior===
Known as the Guardian of the Seas, Lugia is tremendously intelligent and is very gentle with the life around it, despite its colossal size. Due to the fact that it can blow houses away with the single flap of its wings, it isolates itself deep within the great current, to prevent it from harming civilization. Lugia is also intelligent enough to even speak telepathically, like Mewtwo. It can gracefully fly through the skies and sometimes resembles a bird. It is closely related to Ho-Oh, which is considered to be its rival or polar opposite, as Ho-Oh is the Guardian of the Skies. The two once both resided in Ecruteak City atop the Tin and Brass Towers and were worshiped by humans until the Brass Tower burnt to the ground and both flew away. Lugia and Ho-Oh are the mascots of Pokémon Gold and Silver, as well as the remakes HeartGold and SoulSilver. Strangely, the two Pokémon have completely different types. Fire and Psychic is a very unusual match up, this is also strange because Lugia knows Water-type attacks, giving Ho-Oh the disadvantage in battle. This may be a reason that these Pokémon have never battled each other in the anime. It is also known that if Lugia flaps its wings, it causes a 40-day storm.
It is highly intelligent, and because of the devastating power it could accidentally inflict, it isolates itself deep underwater and tends to sleep in solitude. Lugia is the only known Pokémon that learns Aeroblast. It is extremely rare and is hardly ever seen.
==Evolution==
Lugia does not evolve, but in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness there is a Shadow counterpart of Lugia, which is controlled by Cipher - appropriately named Shadow or Dark Lugia.
==Game info==
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===Sprites===
==Anime==
Lugia appears as a protagonist in The Power Of One. Lawrence III, a Pokémon collector, travels to the Shamouti Islands to add the Legendary Bird trio to his collection, and in the process hopes to lure out Lugia.
In the episode Around the Whirlpool when Ash and his friends fall into a sea filled with Whirlpools, an unknown Lugia (the parent of the baby Lugia referenced below) saves them by calming the currents. They only see the silhouette of the Lugia for a brief moment though and are unable to properly identify the Pokémon.
A baby Lugia named Silver was featured in the episodes The Mystery is History, A Parent Trapped!, and A Promise is a Promise in the Pokémon Anime series. This Lugia was the target of Team Rocket in order to lure out its parent.
A Lugia also appears in MS018: Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, where it is summoned by Hoopa to aid in the battle against Shadow Hoopa, before the shadow sends it back to the sea
*Lugia (MS002)
*Lugia (Gold and Silver)
*Silver (Pokémon)
*Lugia (MS018)
*Lugia (MS021
*Lugia (Journeys)
==Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness==
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness a Lugia was captured by Cipher and was turned into a Shadow Pokémon. This Lugia became known as XD 001, the first of a project to create many Shadow Lugia. Unlike other Shadow Pokémon, Shadow Lugia has different colors from others of its kind. This is one of two ways to get Lugia without a cheating device or event; the other is to play through Pokémon SoulSilver.
==Trivia==
*Due to similar body features, it is speculated that Lugia was supposed to be the final evolution of Togepi, but was made a legendary before the games' release. This is, however, not true, as Takeshi Shudō created Lugia specifically for the second movie, and stated later that he was surprised to see it being used in the games and main series anime.
*Lugia's wings resemble hands.
*Although Lugia is a genderless Pokémon, it sounds masculine in the movie.
*Lugia is the only known Legendary Pokémon to be able to have offspring. (Besides Latias, Manaphy and Latios).
*Lugia's ability to learn Water-type moves may be due to its inclination to stay near the bottom of the sea to restrict its powers.
*Before Aeroblast got an official name, it was known as "Lugia Beam."Lugia Beam
*Lugia is the Trio Master of the Legendary Birds as seen in Pokémon 2000.
*Despite the fact that it can create storms with its wings, Lugia can't learn Hurricane.
*Lugia is the only Legendary Pokémon to be part of Viz Media's Pokémon All-Stars DVD series.
*Lugia has been the mascot of three games, namely: Pokémon Silver, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, and Pokémon SoulSilver, making it the record holder of most number of times used as a game mascot.
*Before the introduction of Pokémon Gold and Silver, Lugia was known as "Pokémon X." In the anime, Dr. Namba also refers to Lugia as "Pokémon X."
**Perhaps coincidentally, it also is known by its codename, XD001, in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness—also long before its true identity is revealed.
*In Gold and Silver, Lugia, like Ho-Oh, has the same encounter music as normal wild Pokémon. The same was true for the Legendary beasts before they received unique encounter music in Crystal. However, Lugia and Ho-Oh got their own unique battle themes in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
*Despite not being a -type Pokémon, Lugia has occasionally been depicted as a  type in the Trading Card Game.
*Lugia is tied with Ho-Oh for the highest base Special Defense of all -type Pokémon.
*In the book adaptation of The Power of One, Lugia is mistakenly referred to as a /-type Pokémon.
*When Lugia's Shiny form is shown in Pokémon Stadium 2, it is green rather than pink.
*In Pokémon GO, both Lugia and Ho-Oh are the hardest to capture after the player or groups defeat it in Raid Mode due to its extremely low success rate of 2% of capturing it despite using the strongest berries such as the Golden Razz Berry.
*In Super Smash Bros., Lugia is one of the Pokémon that can be freed from Poké Balls. During this time, it uses the move Aeroblast.
*Unlike other Generation 2 Pokémon, Lugia was created by the late screenplay writer of the Pokémon anime Takeshi Shudo, exclusively for the second Pokémon movie and was the result of a creative process that hinged on drugs and alcohol. According to Shudo, Lugia was meant to be a motherly Pokémon, and regreted on not pushing that angle during his final years.
===Origin===
Lugia is based on Ryūjin, a Shinto dragon god who lived on the ocean floor and was the Shinto god of the sea. The two have similarities in mythology, and Lugia's Shiny colors (red and white) are the same colors as the coral Ryujin's palace was made of. Along with Ho-Oh, their Pokédex entries reference a flood myth, a group of similar legends found in various cultures worldwide.
===Etymology===
Lugia may be derived from lutetium (a silverish element), which in turn is named after Lutetia  (the Roman name for Paris, the city of light). It may also incorporate deluge.
==Gallery==
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==References==
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