Birthday

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The birthday (Japanese: birthday) of the can be used to trigger certain in-game events. Birthdays are also prevalent in other Pokémon media and are of great importance to people.
==In the core series games==
Beginning with the original Nintendo DS's birthday function, the vast majority of core series Pokémon games have had something inclusive for just this function. The most well-known of these integrations is the appearance of in Snowpoint City on Junichi Masuda's birthday (January 12).
===Generations I and III===
The journals found in the on Cinnabar Island reveal that was born on February 6.
===Generation IV===
The description of Gracidea states that it is sometimes given out in bouquets for birthdays.
In :
* After entering the Hall of Fame, / in Sandgem Town will ask the player if it is their birthday.
* Diamond dust appears in Snowpoint City on January 12, Junichi Masuda's birthday.
In My Pokémon Ranch:
* Hayley's birthday is November 18.
* In the Platinum update, a new toy was added for when it is the player's birthday, the Birthday Cake. When activated, confetti falls from the sky around it.
* In the Platinum update, Miis will have party hats on their back rather than the usual rancher hat during their birthday.
===Generation V===
In and :
* The owner of the Pokémon Musical Theater will give the player the Prop Toy Cake if it has not already been received.
* The nurse in the Pokémon Center will ask the player if it is their birthday every time she is spoken to.
* The mist on and will clear.
* In Icirrus City, Aha, Wye, and Ditoh will give a special quiz.
On Pokémon Global Link:
* From December 1, 2010 until the closure of the Global Link service on February 24, 2020, Japanese players could obtain on the day registered as their birthday on the Pokémon Daisuki Club.
* From September 1, 2011 until the closure of the Global Link service, international players could obtain on the day registered as their birthday on their Pokémon Trainer Club account.
===Generation VI===
In both and :
*Upon entering a Pokémon Center for the first time on a birthday, the lights are dimmed, a party popper goes off and confetti falls from the ceiling.
*In all Pokémon Centers, a birthday cake will be shown on the screen above the counter and a special version of the Pokémon Center theme will play. Every time a player goes to heal Pokémon, the nurse again wishes the player a happy birthday and states that she hopes the player will continue visiting for many years to come. In the Japanese versions of the games, the music is a version of the traditional song.
*Other players will see a birthday cake marker beside the player's icon in the PSS. After tapping the player's icon, they may give birthday wishes by pressing a button on the touch screen that replaces the "Nice!" button with a "Congrats!" message. A can be awarded for being wished a happy birthday on the PSS.
*Visitors to the player's Pokémon-Amie space will leave up to three Supreme Wish Poké Puffs.
In only:
* falls on the area near the entrance of Frost Cavern.
If a player has their birthday set to February 29 and the current year is not a leap year, the Pokémon Center lady will wish the player a happy birthday on February 28 while acknowledging that it's a day early.My birthday is Feb. 29, so I wasn't expecting to get this message today. Do you normally get birthday wishes a day early in game? - r/pokemon on Reddit
===Generation VII===
In , :
* Upon entering a Pokémon Center for the first time on a birthday, the lights are dimmed, a party popper goes off and and flower-shaped confetti falls from the ceiling.
* In all Pokémon Centers, a birthday cake will be shown on the screen above the counter and a special version of the Pokémon Center theme plays. Every time the player talks to the Pokémon Center nurse, she wishes the player a happy birthday.
* Diamond dust falls on the outside and summit of Mount Lanakila.
As Switch profiles do not have birthdays associated with them, there is no acknowledgement of birthdays in , nor any associated in-game effects.
===Generation VIII===
In and , due to Nintendo Switch profiles' lack of a birthday setting, the player must speak to the lady outside the Wedgehurst Pokémon Center or the lady outside the GWS building in Jubilife City to set their birthday.
There is no NPC or menu to enter a birthday in , nor any associated in-game effects.
In Sword and Shield:
* Upon entering a Pokémon Center for the first time on a birthday, the lights are dimmed, a party popper goes off and and assorted confetti falls from the ceiling.
* In all Pokémon Centers, a birthday cake will be shown on the screen above the counter and the tutorial music will play from the start of the game. Every time the player talks to the Pokémon Center nurse, she wishes the player a happy birthday.
* After cooking curry, the Trainer's portion will be served with a birthday candle in it.
In Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl:
* After entering the Hall of Fame, / in Sandgem Town will ask the player if it is their birthday.
===Generation IX===
In , due to Nintendo Switch profiles' lack of a birthday setting, the player must speak to the nurse in any Pokémon Center to set their birthday.
* Upon entering a Pokémon Center for the first time on a birthday, the lights are dimmed, a party popper goes off and and assorted confetti falls from the ceiling.
* In all Pokémon Centers, a birthday cake will be shown on the screen above the counter, along with a scrolling background that shows several balloons, , , and all three forms of . Every time the player talks to the Pokémon Center nurse, she wishes the player a happy birthday.
* Pokémon generated on the date registered as the player's birthday have a chance to have the Destiny Mark.
** There are some notable exceptions, see this list for excluded types of encounters and other details.
If a player has their birthday set to February 29, these effects are given out on February 28 instead in non-leap years.
===Events===
In an event ongoing since Generation IV, players who visit a store in Japan with an eligible Pokémon game can download a gift Pokémon on or near their birthday. Since Generation V, there is a special which is exclusively for Pokémon received as birthday presents from Pokémon Center stores. Since Generation VI, they all know the event-exclusive move , which congratulates the player when used in battle.
	Pokémon	Start date 	End date 	Gen
	 	July 20, 2007 	July 19, 2008 	
	 	July 20, 2008 	July 19, 2009 	
	 	December 26, 2008 	December 25, 2009 	
	 	July 20, 2009 	July 19, 2010 	
	 	September 12, 2009 	September 11, 2010	
	 	December 26, 2009 	November 3, 2010 	
	 	July 20, 2010 	November 3, 2010 	
	 	September 12, 2010 	November 3, 2010 	
	 	November 4, 2010 	November 3, 2011 	
	 	December 1, 2010 	??? 	
	 	August 25, 2011 	September 30, 2011	
	 	September 1, 2011 	August ??, 2012 	
	 	November 4, 2011December 4, 2011	November 3, 2012 	
	 	November 4, 2012 	October 11, 2013 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	October 12, 2013 	December 31, 2016 	
	 	November 18, 2016 	November 15, 2018 	
	 	November 18, 2016 	November 15, 2018 	
	 	November 18, 2016 	November 15, 2018 	
	 	November 16, 2018 	November 14, 2019 	
	 	November 15, 2019 	October 31, 2020 	
	 	November 15, 2019 	October 31, 2020 	
	 	March 7, 2020 	November 5, 2020 	
	 	March 7, 2020 	November 5, 2020 	
	 	November 1, 2020 	October 31, 2021 	
	 	November 6, 2020 	October 31, 2021 	
	 	November 1, 2021 	October 31, 2022 	
	 	November 19, 2021 	October 31, 2022 	
	 	January 28, 2022 	October 31, 2022 	
	 	November 1, 2022 	October 31, 2023 	
	 	November 1, 2023 	October 31, 2024 	
	 	November 1, 2023 	October 31, 2024 	
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Project Studio===
In the Pokémon Project Studio computer design programs, there are various images and templates for birthday cards and invitations.
===Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia===
In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia:
* It is revealed over the course of the game that on Blake Hall's sixteenth birthday he drove his father, Brighton Hall, from Altru.
* The Go-Rock Quads rehearse on the grandstand at Altru Park for a performance to celebrate the opening of Altru Tower on Altru's Birthday.
* After the ending, asks the player to bring her musical Pokémon to help her perform a song to her brother for his birthday.
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky===
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky:
* One of the personality questions that can be presented at the beginning of the game asks, The people at the next table are singing for someone's birthday. What do you do?
==In animation==
On a youth's tenth birthday or at any point after, they can register for a Pokédex and pick up a first partner Pokémon from the regional Pokémon Professor or the local Pokémon Center free of charge.
In the dub, Jessie's Arbok was revealed to be a birthday gift in Island of the Giant Pokémon. In the Japanese version, it was a gift.
The Japanese ending theme for Mewtwo Strikes Back, Together With the Wind, makes a reference to birthday candles.
 tells Max in Having a Wailord of a Time that he received his as a for his tenth birthday, from his father .
In the dub of Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!, James reveals he received a rocket for his tenth birthday.
During the boss fantasy in An Elite Coverup!, says that they would steal to light 's birthday candles, among other things.
In the Pikachu short PK20, 's birthday present is missing, and and help and the Spiky-eared Pichu find it. They are racing against and , who try to find it first.
 mentions in Giratina and the Sky Warrior that her great-grandmother recently celebrated her hundredth birthday.
The plot of Celebi and Joy!! revolves around the birthday of both a Nurse Joy and the opening of a Pokémon Center. The plots for both Hi Ho Silver... Away! and Rough, Tough Jigglypuff also revolve around the birthday of one of the characters of the day.
In A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?, Jessie mentions that was the only one who remembered her birthday.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
In the Pokémon Adventures , Norman moved his son over to Hoenn on his birthday to allow him to take part in Pokémon Contests. Along with this gift, Norman also presented him with a pair of Running Shoes and a Pokéblock Case. This is also the first day of Ruby and 's 80-day challenge which is to last through to Sapphire's birthday, both birthdays are celebrated in The Final Battle VIII.
Hugh gives a to his sister for her birthday.
The main characters all have their birthdays revealed throughout the series in their biographies.
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 	August 8
 	November 22
 	June 1
 	March 3
 	July 21
 	December 24
 	April 30
 	July 2
 	September 20
 	May 31
 	April 4
 	June 6
 	October 27
 	October 8
 	October 5
 	May 4
 	September 16
 	November 6
 	February 2
 	August 31
 	January 1
Henry 	December 1
Casey 	March 14
 	December 31
 	August 1
 	March 15
 	November 12
Ultima	February 2
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
In Even an Arbok Falls in Love!, and his friends build a statue of and cover it in roses for her birthday. During the third bonus chapter, just before Almond's birthday party, Hazel and Almond have a fight, and the Pokémon have to get them back together.
The main characters birthdays are revealed throughout the series in their biographies.
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Hazel 	July 3
Almond 	September 1
Coconut 	August 7
Peanut 	February 14
Pistachio	June 4
Kiaraway 	December 3
Plum 	March 14
Apricot 	April 12
===How I Became a Pokémon Card===
In Akari and Pikachu's Birthday, received a for his birthday from his mother. Deciding it wasn't cool enough, he stormed out of his house and into a forest where he stumbled across a herd of . They were consequently defeated by Pikachu who had followed him inside. Impressed, Akari decided Pikachu was cool after all.
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team===
In the first chapter Ginji is transported to the Pokémon world when he falls asleep while searching for his birthday presents.
===W Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger - the Comic===
The main characters of this manga had their birthdays listed in their profile.
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Solana	September 16
Lunick	May 18
===Pokémon Ranger: The Comic – Shadows of Almia===
The main characters of this manga had their birthdays listed in their profile.
{| border=1 width="100%" class="sortable" style="margin:auto; background:#FFF; border:1px solid #; border-collapse:collapse"	
 	
 	December 1
Kellyn	May 11
===Pokémon Newspaper Strip===
In the , mentions that his grandfather Professor Oak gave him a for his birthday.
==In the novels==
===Pokémon Tales===
In Diglett's Birthday Party, , , , and , visit 's dark underground home and attend Diglett's birthday party with its family. Diglett's friends give it a toy airplane as a birthday gift.
==In the TCG==
Three cards exist, two of them jumbo sized, called _____'s Pikachu, first released in 1999 in Japan. The nature of their attacks are mostly related to birthdays, and they can deal more damage if it is the user's birthday. Due to this, they are commonly referred to as "Birthday Pikachu" cards. These cards are not tournament legal, likely due to the fact a player can claim any given day is their birthday.
==In other media==
In the Pokémon Learning League, one of the Science lessons deals with heredity, in the presentation, and Max are heading home, where Norman is setting up a surprise birthday party for his wife Caroline.
The day that began his journey, according to the anime, was on his 10th birthday, meaning the date of his birth is exactly 10 years prior to the events of Pokémon - I Choose You!. Takeshi Shudō's novelization declares that Pokémon Trainers obtain their first Pokémon in April of the year following their 10th birthday, and the anime itself began broadcast on the first of that month in 1997 in Japan, so following this logic, Ash's birthday would also be April 1, if the passage of time in the world of the anime does indeed correspond to the passage of time in the real world, which is evidenced in To Find a Fairy Flower!.
The Nintendo DS on the player's birthday will have a different start up chime, instead of a piano with an echo effect it is a glockenspiel with an echo effect.
There is a book in the Pokémon Tales picture book series titled Diglett's Birthday Party. The story is about a Diglett and his family celebrating his birthday in their underground home.
During the Pokémon Live! stage show, a large part of the plot revolves around missing 's birthday.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of , a musical CD was brought out named 10th Anniversary Pokémon Happy Birthday Concert.
Bakery Crafts released a set of to be placed on the top of cakes as decorations, and given to guests to take home.
The Pokémon Project Studio Red and Blue lets people create Pokémon themed mini-projects, such as calendars and cards, one of the templates for a project is called Birthday Kits and has templates for birthday invitations.
==Trivia==
* From Diamond and Pearl in Generation IV all the way to Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon in Generation VII, every core series Pokémon game contained some use of the birthday feature. The streak would be finally be broken by Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! in Generation VII.
==In other languages==
==References==
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