Zygarde (Pokémon)

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Zygarde (Japanese: ジガルデ Zygarde) is a dual-type Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.
While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Zygarde has three forms: 10% Forme, 50% Forme, and Complete Forme.
Additionally, there are two basic components of Zygarde: Zygarde Cores, which act as the brains of Zygarde, and Zygarde Cells, which compose Zygarde's forms and are non-sentient. Neither Zygarde Cores nor Zygarde Cells can use moves or are useful in battles by themselves. They are stored inside a Zygarde Cube.
Zygarde 50% Forme was introduced in . The Zygarde Cells, Zygarde Cores, Zygarde 10% Forme, and Zygarde Complete Forme were revealed in the October 2015 issue of CoroCoro magazine and later introduced in .
A Zygarde Core played an important role in during the XY&Z arc.
Zygarde, , and are often collectively referred to as the Aura trio by fans.
==Biology==
Zygarde is a green and black whose form depends on the percentage of Zygarde Cores and Zygarde Cells it has assembled. Zygarde is responsible for monitoring the ecosystem of the Pokémon world, having been referred to as a "guardian of the ecosystem"Legendary and Mythical Guidebook: Deluxe Edition: :"It is said this Legendary Pokémon is a guardian of the ecosystem." due to this role. It also is capable of the effects of 's and 's , thus ensuring the equilibrium of the planet and the cycle of life and death are kept in check. It has the ability to use its cell-like units as weapons, such as or of energy. Normally, Zygarde avoids getting involved in conflicts unless the ecosystem is in grave danger.| Zygarde (Archived) In the Pokémon Adventures manga and in , it has been referred to as "Z".
Zygarde is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the moves , , , and . It is also the only known Pokémon that can have and as its .
===Forms===
Zygarde has three forms: 10% Forme, 50% Forme, and Complete Forme, which are composed of Zygarde Cores and Zygarde Cells.
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;Zygarde Cores and Zygarde Cells
Physically, a Zygarde Core and a Zygarde Cell are almost indistinguishable. Both are small, green cell-like blobs that resemble a . Their body can be segmented into three sections: a large, round head, an abdomen with a colored hexagon, and a stubby tail. They have two eyes, though one is larger and has a pupil, and can stand on their tail (a trait most associated with the Core). The difference between a Core and a Cell is subtle: a Core has a black pupil and a red hexagon on its abdomen, while these are both green on a Cell.
Zygarde Cores have wills of their own, while Cells do not, acting only in accordance to a Core's orders. In any form of Zygarde, the Cores act as brains. The Cells exist in much greater numbers than the Cores and tend to be scattered around the world. On their own, Cores and Cells do not have power to battle and need to be assembled in order to take action.Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Zygarde's Cores and Cells (archive) A Zygarde may contain up to five Cores.
As depicted throughout , Zygarde Cores and Zygarde Cells have the ability to turn invisible. Moreover, it revealed that a Core is able to watch over the ecosystem through the eyes of a Cell, can communicate telepathically with other Cores, and does not need to eat, instead absorbing sunlight for sustenance. As seen in , however, Cells can actually have a will of their own like a Cores.
	
;10% Forme
Zygarde 10% Forme is a relatively small Pokémon. Its body is primarily black, though its neck, muzzle, mouth, eyebrows, and left front paw are green. Additionally, it has two green hexagons on its chest and a single one on its rear. From its neck, a green ribbon-like extension comes out, next to an elongated red hexagon, giving the impression of a leash and dog tag, respectively. Its eyes are white hexagons with no discernible pupils, and there is a thin white line on its forehead. Its mouth is fitted with razor-sharp fangs. On each of its legs are black hexagonal extensions: two on the back of each elbow, one behind each knee, and two on each hip. One of the hip extensions is longer than the other on each hip.
Zygarde 10% Forme is created when a single Zygarde Core combines with only a tenth of the total Cells. It is skilled at close range combat, overwhelming its opponents with its sharp fangs. It is also capable of running at speeds greater than 60 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour). Since it has just one Core, it is able to act separately from Zygarde's 50% Forme, which comprises its main body, for a only short time before separating. The 10% Forme is assumed in cases of emergency.Pokémon Sun and Moon Site | Zygarde 10% Forme (archive)
;50% Forme
Zygarde 50% Forme is a large Pokémon. Most of its back, head, and neck are black, while the underbelly and the tip of its tail are green. Its eyes are made of four green hexagons, similar to an insect with s, and there is a thin, white line down the center of its face. Across the back of its neck is a large frill made of five long, flat protrusions that each have two small, green hexagons on them. There are three short tendrils on either side of its chest; they are black on the right and green on the left. Its tail also ends in five tendrils. It has many small, green hexagon markings on its body capable of glowing.
Zygarde 50% Forme is assembled from half of its Cores and Cells reuniting. Despite being at only half of its possible total, its power is capable of overwhelming anyone who stands in its way. The 50% Forme is known to be both ruthless and merciless.| 50% Forme Zygarde (Archived) As seen in Down to the Fiery Finish!, Zygarde 50% Forme can summon and control massive roots, which it can use to attack and cover areas. In the same episode, it was also shown that the green color on Zygarde's body had changed to red while under the influence of Team Flare's Mega Evolution energy weapon.
;Complete Forme
Zygarde Complete Form is a large humanoid Pokémon. There are several flat protrusions around its head and triangular protrusions around its neck. These protrusions create a crown shape. On its face are three white hexagonal marks: one in the middle of its forehead with a line through it and two that act as eyes. There are an additional five green hexagons on its face: four along the bottom and one in the middle of a short protrusion on top. Each shoulder has two serpentine wings protruding from it. The wings all have an undulating pattern and a hexagon near the tip: blue on the right side and red on the left. There are multiple white protrusions on its body: three on each hand acting as claws, one on each knee, and one and the front of each foot. Additionally, there are green hexagons surrounding its wrists and two under the white protrusions on its knees and feet. Its abdomen has a vertical, hexagonal pattern with a thin, white line on either side. Across its chest is a thin, zigzagging opening that when opened, reveals five hexagons colored red, orange, white, cyan, and blue, respectively. It has a long tail similar to Zygarde 50% Forme's body. 
Zygarde Complete Forme is created when 100% of its Cells and Cores are gathered. It is said to be Zygarde's perfected form and is specialized for battle, allowing it to fight at full power and complete its duty of protecting the Pokémon ecosystem. Zygarde Complete Forme contains separate Cores for each of its wings and its tail. In this case, each Core can make decisions and act independently of the others.Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Zygarde Complete Forme (archive) In Forming a More Perfect Union!, Zygarde is shown to be capable of using the mouths of its tail and wings to propel itself, as well as restoring an unbalanced ecosystem back to normal. The opening on its chest can radiate enough energy to destroy everything around it. This form only appears to neutralize huge threats to the ecosystem, such as Lysandre's Zygarde-like creature and . The Complete Forme is powerful enough to overwhelm even and .
==Game data==
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===Stats===
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===Learnset===
Zygarde is available in Version 1.3.0+.
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===Form data===
Zygarde has three forms: 10% Forme, 50% Forme, and Complete Forme. Zygarde Cells and Zygarde Cores also appear in the story of the Generation VII games, but they are not catchable Pokémon or registered in the Pokédex; they make up Zygarde's forms and are not forms themselves.
In Generation VI, Zygarde's only form was 50% Forme (unnamed at the time).
Since Generation VII, all three forms are available. Zygarde's 10% Forme and 50% Forme can be changed with the help of external tools: the Reassembly Unit and the Zygarde Cube. Zygarde can enter its Complete Forme during battle, and only if it has the Ability Power Construct.
The 10% Forme and 50% Forme of Zygarde can have the or . Internally, these are all separate forms. This makes it impossible to switch Zygarde's Ability with Ability Capsules or Ability Patches; the Reassembly Unit or the Zygarde Cube must be used instead.
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In Generation VI, Zygarde could only have Aura Break and had no forms.
In Generation VII, a Zygarde with Aura Break could be transformed by the Reassembly Unit. This machine could create a 10% or 50% Zygarde with Aura Break or upgrade a 10% Zygarde with Aura Break to 50%; it could also upgrade either to a 50% Zygarde with Power Construct.
Since Generation VIII, the Zygarde Cube's "Change form" function can change Zygarde with Aura Break between 10% Forme and 50% Forme. Its "Change Ability" function can also change its Ability to Power Construct.
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The Zygarde Cube's "Change Forme"/"Change form" function can change Zygarde with Power Construct between 10% Forme and 50% Forme. Since Generation VIII, its "Change Ability" function can also change its Ability to Aura Break.
Any Zygarde with Power Construct will change to Complete Forme in battle if its HP drops below half. At the end of battle, a Complete Forme Zygarde will return to its original form with the same HP it ended the battle with (within its original form's maximum HP).
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Squishy=====
Zygarde is a major target of Team Flare in . Zygarde Cells and one of its Cores debuted in Mega Evolution Special IV. With the help of Mairin's , Chespie, this Core managed to escape Lysandre Labs, and it subsequently came across and in From A to Z!. was immediately taken with it and nicknamed it "Squishy". It traveled in Bonnie's bag alongside . Squishy later transformed into its 10% and 50% Formes to defend itself against Bryony and her subordinates, thus marking the debut of both forms. In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, when Alva used his laser weapon onto the Azoth Kingdom, it transformed into its Complete Forme to protect the kingdom, thus marking the form's debut.
Squishy is known by the code name Z1 by Team Flare.
=====Z2=====
A Zygarde known by the code name Z2 by Team Flare appeared as a 50% Forme Zygarde in From A to Z!. It managed to escape Team Flare by using . It appeared as a Zygarde Core during Meeting at Terminus Cave!, being contacted by Squishy.
Unlike Squishy's red core, Z2 has a blue core.
=====Other=====
A Zygarde appeared in The Legend of X, Y, and Z! during a flashback, where it was seen in its 50% Forme. In the flashback, it destroyed the kingdom ruled by Veofum with .
A 10% Forme Zygarde appeared in From So Far Away, under the ownership of Gibeon. It has since made further appearances in . In HZ075, it's revaled in a flashback that it used to be a 50% Forme Zygarde, but it sacrificed 40% of its cells in an attempt to seal away the Laquium crystals, but it was in vain, remaining as a 10% Forme Zygarde since then.
====Minor appearances====
Zygarde's Complete Forme's first appearance in the animated series was in Dream a Little Dream from Me!, where it appeared in a dream.
A Zygarde appeared in its 50% Forme in the opening sequence of Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
Zygarde Cells anime.png|Zygarde Cell
Squishy.png|Zygarde Core
Squishy 10 Percent Forme.png|Zygarde 10% Forme
Zygarde Complete Forme anime.png|Zygarde Complete Forme
Gibeon Zygarde Cell.png|Shiny Zygarde Cell
Gibeon Zygarde 10 Percent Forme.png|Shiny Zygarde 10% Forme
Gibeon Zygarde 50 Percent Forme.png|Shiny Zygarde 50% Forme
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
A Complete Forme Zygarde appeared in The Adventure, where and his encountered it at the end of Terminus Cave.
===GOTCHA!===
A Zygarde briefly appeared in both its 10% and 50% Formes as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Zygarde debuted in Hawlucha Attacks. It first appeared in Anistar City, where it was by Essentia. It was later used by her against Team Flare's enemies at Pokémon Village. Eventually, she started to rebel, prompting Lysandre to take direct control of Zygarde. When Xerneas and reverted to their dormant forms, Zygarde lost the need to keep itself active and disintegrated.
Zygarde also played a notable role in the . Having been sent to Alola to find it, Dexio and Sina hired to gather the Zygarde Cells and Cores scattered around Alola. During the climax of the arc, Zygarde used the Reassembly Unit on to transform into its Complete Forme, before joining the battle against at Mount Lanakila alongside and .
Zygarde Cell Adventures.png|Zygarde Cell in Pokémon Adventures
Zygarde Core Adventures.png|Zygarde Core in Pokémon Adventures
Zygarde 10 Percent Forme Adventures.png|Zygarde 10% Forme in Pokémon Adventures
Zygarde Complete Forme Adventures.png|Zygarde Complete Forme in Pokémon Adventures
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances ==
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Zygarde's 50% Forme and Complete Forme appear as .
==Trivia == 
*Zygarde is currently the last Pokémon in alphabetical order.
*Zygarde Complete Forme has several distinctions: 
**It is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 708.
**It has the highest base stat of all Pokémon.
*Zygarde Core and Zygarde Complete Forme were first shown in a preview for Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel at the end of Hoopa and the Clash of Ages.
*Zygarde is the only Pokémon that has two standard Abilities but does not have a Hidden Ability.
*All of Zygarde's forms, even the Zygarde Core, possess at least one red hexagon in their design except 50% Zygarde.
===Origin===
Zygarde's 10%, 50%, and Complete Formes may be inspired in part by the three children of and in : , , and .
Zygarde 10% Forme may be based on the wolf Fenrir. The green leash-like object around its neck could be based on , the rope that binds Fenrir. Its left front paw has a different color from the others, being green instead of black, which is possibly a reference to Fenrir biting off the god 's right hand in reprisal for being bound by him. This Forme could also draw inspiration from , the watchdog that guards 's gate. In appearance, it resembles a .
Zygarde 50% Forme's appearance is based on a serpent in the shape of the letter Z. It may also draw inspiration from Jörmungandr, a sea serpent that encircles the earth; and , a dragon that gnaws at the roots of , the world tree. Jörmungandr is said to “dwell in the world sea, encircling the Earth (Midgard),” which may allude to Zygarde's partial Ground typing (“Earth”) and the 50% Forme being the middle forme (“Midgard”). Its flat shape and wriggling movement may be inspired by the , a Japanese cryptid, and its snakelike appearance may be inspired by , a class of snake entities in South and Southeast Asian cultures.
Zygarde Complete Forme may be based on Hel, the ruler of , the realm of the dead in Nordic myth. The colors on its Complete Forme's chest match the colors of the real-world , the country which inspired the region of Kalos. These three colors match Kalos' pentagonal emblem that is split between three sections matching each section of Kalos' sub regions: blue on the left depicting Coastal Kalos, red on the right depicting Mountain Kalos, and white in the middle depicting central Kalos. The blue and red colors also match the colors of and . Design-wise, it resembles a humanoid despite its organic basis; its light-up technological appearance, "transforming"/"combining" gimmick, and the face-like pattern on its chest are all tropes commonly used for fictional mecha.
Zygarde Cells and Zygarde Cores may be based on cells as well as s (specifically ) and single-celled organisms such as s and members of . Some planarians' also resemble eyes, which may have inspired the designs for the Cell and Core Zygarde. The hexagons within them may represent a .
====Name origin====
Zygarde begins with the letter , following the pattern established by and . It may also be derived from ζυγωτός zygōtos (Greek for joined) or zygote, garde (French for guard), and garðr (Old Norse for enclosure; realm).
==In other languages==
Zygarde 10% Forme
Zygarde 50% Forme
Zygarde Complete Forme
==Related articles==
*Aura trio
*Squishy
*Z2
*Zygarde (Adventures)
*List of Pokémon with form differences
*Legendary Pokémon
*Zygarde Cube
*Zygarde Core
*Zygarde Cell
*Reassembly Unit
*Pokémon fusion
==References==
==External links==
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