Arceus

Arceus is the overarching protagonist of the franchise. It is an Alpha Pokémon and the "Creator God" of the Pokémon world.
Arceus created the Creation Trio (Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina), Lake guardians (Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf) and the world of Pokémon in the beginning of creation.
==Games==
===Main series===
In the Pokémon games, Arceus has the highest stats of any Pokémon, and can learn almost every TM and HM move. Arceus can be encountered by the player in its domain, the Hall of Origin, where it will let them have a chance at battling it and catching it.
===Pokémon Conquest===
Upon conquering the final nation, a cutscene will play in which several pillars of light shoot out from across the nation and converge on a tower in Dragnor. When the player enters the tower, they find the legendary Pokémon Arceus awaiting them. Arceus tells the player to link with it, and the battle begins. When the player successfully links with Arceus, Nobunaga appears and reveals that he planned all along for this to happen. He secretly wanted to get Arceus to appear so that he could strike it down and prove to the region that the legend was unimportant. Nobunaga, along with Nō, Ieyasu, Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi, and Ranmaru, then challenge the player's party to the final battle.
Upon defeating Nobunaga, the player brings peace to the land of Ransei, allowing each Warlord leader to rule their respective nations once again. Arceus goes off, telling the player it will appear again when the time is right.
===Super Smash Bros.===
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, Arceus can be summoned through a Poké Ball or a Master Ball. When summoned by a fighter it will make airborne fighters fall from the sky to hit the ground or KO off-stage fighters by making them fall to their doom.
==Anime==
===Arceus and the Jewel of Life===
It serves as a recurring antagonist turned protagonist in the twelfth Pokémon film Arceus and the Jewel of Life. It exhausted most of his powers to stop a meteor that would have destroyed the world, but a man named Damos helped it to recover. In gratitude, Arceus created the Jewel of Life, which would turn the barren region of Michina into a fertile and prosperous land, but was to be returned some years later. It was then "betrayed" by Damos, who refused to give back the Jewel of Life and attempted to kill it. (It was later revealed that Damos had been brainwashed by Marcus, the movie's real villain.)
A millennia later, Arceus awakens to have its vengeance by destroying Michina, and got locked in a fight against the Creation Trio who tried to protect the city and sent Ash Ketchum and his friends in the past to investigate. After Ash and company save Arceus in the past and bring it the Jewel of Life, the Alpha Pokémon ceases its attack as its altered timeline catches up to it and it recalls Damos' kindness and Ash's intervention. It then thanks them for saving it and stopping it before it was too late, and it proceeds to undo the damage it had done. It then bids farewell to Ash and his friends and returns to its dimension.
=== Pokémon Journeys ===
It made its debut appearance in the main tv show "Pokémon: Master Journeys the Series". It was called upon by Ash, Goh, Dawn, Chloe, their alternate world counterparts, Cynthia and everyone in both worlds to destroy Alternate Team Rocket's red chain to free Dialga and Palkia that was causing them to fight each other.
=== Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles ===
Arceus sense Team Galactic are using its Flame Plate and Heatran in attempt to bring back Cyrus, the Team Galactic Boss. It warns to Ash, Dawn and Goh about Heatran. Arceus then appears and used Judgement hitting Team Galactic's helicopter, before Cynthia's Roserade uses Power Whip to secure them on the rock. Arceus closed the dimensional gate that Team Galactic yearned to create, foiling their plans. Arceus helps Ash and his friends to stop Heatran and reclaim its Flame Plate. Once accomplished, Arceus is returning to its dimension, not before Team Galactic begs of it if it knows where Cyrus is, but no to avail.
==Manga==
===HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter===
The chapter opens up with Gold facing the Pokémon Arceus with his entire team. Despite his best efforts, none of his attacks seem to affect the Alpha Pokémon, which responds by attacking his Pokémon with a powerful roar. He tells his Pokémon to hold on and wait for Silver to arrive and help.
A few weeks earlier, Gold is at Ecruteak City where he attempts to catch up with Silver, only for Arceus to appear and blow away the Ecruteak Gym with its powers. Silver and Morty are knocked unconscious, leaving Gold the only one awake to combat Arceus. Gold attempts to face Arceus, but none of his team's attacks are able to damage it. Arceus quickly leaves, angering Gold into following it while taking an unconscious Bugsy along for the ride. They follow Arceus to the Ruins of Alph, where they find an injured Lance.
Lance reveals that he was ambushed by someone, which is why he didn't appear at the Pokéathlon. Lance praises Gold's skill at beating the Pokéathlon, but believes that he will be unable to calm Arceus down due to Gold not connecting with Togebo enough. Angered by Lance's words, Gold goes back to face Arceus when it finally lands. Gold faces Arceus in battle again, only to have the same result as earlier. Arceus uses its powers to create a powerful barrier around them, locking Gold and his Pokémon inside. Arceus continues attacking, forcing Gold to dodge all of its attacks.
Gold reveals that he doesn't intend to give up and wishes to learn more about Arceus. Outside the barrier, Silver and Crystal arrive to help. Reacting to the Plates in Silver's pockets, Arceus opens the barrier to let them in, along with Archer, Ariana, Petrel, and Proton, who sneak inside. Arceus uses its powers to transport all seven of them to a snow-filled area. Upon entering the ruins, they find Arceus being dragged onto a stage by the Four Generals. There, Archer reveals that they landed at the Sinjoh Ruins, a mysterious area where the cultures of Johto and Sinnoh meet.
Petrel forces Silver to hand over the Plates to Archer, who proceeds to force Arceus to use its powers. Gold, Silver, and Crystal attempt to stop him, but are blocked by Ariana, Petrel, and Proton. Archer uses the Plates to force Arceus to activate its Ability, Multitype, so that it can use its various types to attack Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Archer praises the trio for helping them use Arceus for their goals when they were just trying to help Arceus.
Archer has Arceus use its power to create the three Legendary Pokémon Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Silver attempts to distract the Four Generals by feigning suicide, allowing Gold and Crystal to attack while their guard is down. With the assistance of Silver's Feraligatr, Gold and Crystal destroy the Legendary Pokémon before they fully form with the Ultimate Attacks. With the three Pokémon destroyed, Arceus retaliates against the Four Generals by blowing them away and absorbs the Plates into its body.
Although they believed themselves to have won the battle, the Pokémon Arceus created quickly reform themselves. Archer reveals that once the creation process begins, it cannot be stopped, and was only halted temporarily so that Arceus could complete itself. Although the situation seemed hopeless, Lance arrives with two allies, the former enemy Pryce, along with the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni. The three Trainers begin combating the Pokémon, and manage to hold them off for a little while. When Gold questions how Pryce returned, the man reveals that the one who saved him from the crack in time was Celebi, who could see the destruction that Arceus would bring with the Legendary Pokémon it created.
After everyone else leaves to take their battle outside, Gold remains in the Sinjoh Ruins to calm Arceus down. Gold sends out his entire team to try and face Arceus, but they are quickly swatted away and defeated again. The only one left standing is Togebo, who Gold refuses to let fight as he does not fully trust in his power. Despite this, Togebo refuses to listen to Gold's commands and continues to hopelessly attack Arceus.
Seeing how determined Togebo is causes Gold to remember how they are both treated as last resorts, which puts them in similar situations. Gold decides to trust in Togebo, and sends him to attack Arceus. Togebo evolves twice into Togetic and Togekiss, respectively, and delivers a Double-Edge attack, which doesn't hurt Arceus, but calms it down enough to end its rage. With the battle over, Arceus flies to parts unknown, but Gold decides to follow it to give Arceus a proper send off.
==Gallery==
Arceus.png|Arceus
Sinnoh Legendary Pokémon.jpg|Arceus with Dialga, Palkia and Giratina.
==Trivia==
*Arceus is notably the second Pokémon to be banned from Smogon's Ubers tier, the first being Mega Rayquaza. It was technically banned in earlier gen (that being Gen 4) than Mega Rayquaza but the ban was made after Mega Rayquaza had been banned later on in Gen 6 and 7.
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