Cleffa (Pokémon)

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Cleffa (Japanese: ピィ Py) is a baby Pokémon introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Pokémon.
It evolves into when leveled up with high friendship, which evolves into when exposed to a Moon Stone.
==Biology==
Cleffa is a small, pink that is vaguely star-shaped in appearance. Its ears are completely brown. Cleffa has two small black eyes and a small mouth, and it appears to have a small, permanent blush on its cheeks. It possesses stubby arms and legs, which have no defined digits and come to a point. It has a curl on its forehead and a curled-up tail.
Cleffa lives in , typically found at meteor impact sites. Sightings of Cleffa become more likely during nights illuminated by shooting stars, where they dance the night away; this dance is said to bring good fortune to any who witness it. They quench their thirst the next morning by drinking dew. It is fascinated by anything resembling stars and meteors, such as . Because of this, as well as its own star-shaped silhouette, Cleffa is commonly believed to have arrived on a shooting star. The Pokémon the Series episode Clefairy Tales showed that its evolved forms (and therefore Cleffa itself) are actually extraterrestrial Pokémon. As mentioned in , Cleffa is known to sway its body similar to a rocking craddle while sleeping.Sleep Style Dex The way it moves while sleeping resembles a twinking star in the night.
Prior to Generation V, Cleffa and its evolved forms were the only known Pokémon that could have as an Ability.
===Evolution===
Cleffa evolves into , which evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Cleffa appears in a quiz-show styled mini-game alongside . A series of Pokémon parade across the screen and players have to count how many of the Pokémon species that have been instructed to be counted parade across the screen. The final score is based on how close the answered amount is to the right number.
* : A Cleffa appears during Motion Puzzle mode, taking over the role that had in the first game.
===Pokédex entries===
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=====Wild Area News=====
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Lusamine's Cleffa====
In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and A Glaring Rivalry!, 's Clefable was seen as a Cleffa held by in a photo. was shown to have held her in a flashback in Night of a Thousand Poses!.
====Other====
Cleffa made its animated series debut in Wish Upon a Star Shape, where one fell from a spaceship that belonged to the kleptomaniac Clefairy from Clefairy Tales. and had to get the back to its group before and the Pokémon Mystery Club could get their hands on it. It evolved at the end of the episode.
In A Real Cleffa-Hanger, multiple Cleffa were revealed to be living at Mt. Moon.
In The Brockster Is In!, Normajean's Cleffa was badly poisoned by a , alongside several of her other baby Pokémon.
In Star Night, Star Flight!, a Cleffa that once befriended appeared in flashbacks and as an illusion. She had been forced to say goodbye to it several days before the events of the episode, leaving Tiara distraught.
===Minor appearances===
Cleffa debuted in Pikachu & Pichu, where it was part of the Pichu Brothers' Posse.
A 's Cleffa appeared in Harley Rides Again.
In Hungry For the Good Life!, a Cleffa was being cared for by Mr. Backlot.
In Last Call — First Round!, a Coordinator's Cleffa and competed in the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
In I Choose You!, a Cleffa playfully chased a .
Three Trainers' Cleffa appeared in The Power of Us.
A Trainer's Cleffa appeared in Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Strategy!.
In Battling on the Wing!, a Trainer's Cleffa watched the s of the Manalo Conference.
In From Z to Shining Z!, a Trainer's Cleffa watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and .
A Cleffa appeared in a fantasy in Time After Time!.
In Pikachu Translation Check..., a Trainer's Cleffa was in a video.
A Trainer's Cleffa appeared in Dot and Nidothing.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
A Cleffa appeared in ICYR2.
===Pokémon Adventures===
In Gligar Glide, Cleffa was one of the baby Pokémon that escaped from the Daycare Center near Goldenrod City.
Whitney has a Cleffa, which was first seen in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa. Using her , she provided an opening for her Miltank to use a on what she thought was , but the fake Pokémon withstood the attack and struck Miltank down.
A Cleffa appeared in a fantasy in Cautious Clefairy.
A Cleffa appeared in a fantasy in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia IV.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
Whitney owns a Cleffa in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Cleffa appeared in GDZ55.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Cleffa appeared in Clefairy Becomes a Father...?!.
A Cleffa appeared in The Exam Showdown!!.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Melee===
Cleffa only appears as a random trophy.
====Trophy information====
With silhouettes that resemble stars, Cleffa are often sighted when the night sky is filled with shooting stars. Cleffa evolves into Clefairy, but only if it has a strong bond of friendship with its trainer. Since Cleffa are so cute and lovable, many trainers choose to keep it in this unevolved form.
==Trivia==
* Cleffa shares its with . They are both known as Star Shape Pokémon.
* Cleffa is the only with a base stat total of 218.
* Cleffa is tied with and for having the shortest Japanese name of all Pokémon, being spelt with only two kana.
** Cleffa is tied with for the shortest Japanese Pokémon name in trademarked romaji, with only two letters.
* Cleffa is tied with and for the lowest base stat of all Pokémon.
* Cleffa, Igglybuff, and are the only baby Pokémon to have a card.
===Origin===
Cleffa seems to be based on and s since it is a small, playful, magical creature. It may also be inspired by the concept of due to its rumored celestial origins and vaguely -shaped body. It may also reference the mythical due to its large ears and the fact that it reaches its final evolved form using a Moon Stone.
====Name origin====
Cleffa may be a combination of (musical symbol) and the first two letters of or ; fa may also be derived from the popular western musical teaching method (i.e. do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti).
Py may be a truncation of .
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
* Lusamine's Cleffa
* Baby Pokémon
==External links==
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