Regigigas (Pokémon)

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Regigigas (Japanese: レジギガス Regigigas) is a Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Regigigas is the creator of the legendary giants, often viewed as their leader by fans.
==Biology==
Regigigas is a large, white, golem-like . It has large yellow bands on its shoulders and wrists, and a yellow sloping section on its chest that appears to be its head. This section contains seven black circular "eyes" arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern is Regigigas's way of showing its anger; its eyes glow red when it is provoked. It has six gems around around its head, the upper ones are red, the middle ones are cyan, and the bottom ones are gray. Regigigas has long arms, with three fairly human-like white fingers, and short legs. Its body is covered in black stripes, and it has large bushes of moss growing in its back and feet.
Regigigas is an extremely skilled craftsman. Long ago, it created five golems in its image and brought them to life. It used , s, , a cluster of energy, and crystallized energy to create these golems. They'd be known as the Legendary Pokémon , , , , and . Regigigas is also capable of controlling these legendary giants, even if they already belong to a . It can also survive extreme conditions as it is able to work with the boiling temperatures of magma as well as frigid ice (−328 °F / −200 °C). When Regigigas is disturbed from its slumber, it goes on a rampage and shoots powerful beams of energy. When it is befriended however, it'll become a calm and gentle giant. According to an enduring Sinnoh legend, Regigigas's strength enables it to pull landmasses together and bind them with ropes. This is what created the regions of the Pokémon world. At some point, Regigigas transformed itself into a stone of life and fell into a deep sleep inside the Snowpoint Temple. In order to protect it, Regice, Regirock, and Registeel transformed into three guardian pillars made of the basic elements of rock, ice, and steel, which were sealed as well. It can be reawakened by the reuniting the legendary giants once again in front of Regigigas's resting place.
Regigigas is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move . Prior to Generation IX, was its signature Ability.
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Regigigas appears as a statue, along with four and four , in Aegis Cave. When the player's team and Team Charm reach them, the statues come to life and battle the two teams. After being defeated, Regigigas rises again and smashes the ground with its fist, causing the earth outside to heave up and reveal the entrance to the Concealed Ruins. Afterward, Regigigas can be battled again and recruited.
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Regigigas is available in Version 3.0.0+.
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====By TM====
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===Side game data===
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In , Regigigas can be obtained by completing the , A Colossal Discovery or by defeating .
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Regigigas debuted in Giratina and the Sky Warrior. It lives in a temple in the mountains of Ten'i Village and had been asleep for centuries, subsequently having moss growing on its feet and shoulders. However, when Zero entered the Reverse World and began shattering pillars of ice within it, the glacier in front of Regigigas' temple suffered catastrophic explosions and began moving. This disturbed its slumber, rousing it into action. When Dawn's Buneary and failed to stop the glacier with the help of a large group of wild Pokémon, Regigigas appeared and commanded a herd of dozens of to hold the glacier back. Once the crisis was resolved, Regigigas returned to its temple. It was last seen using on during the ending credits.
Regigigas made its animated series debut in Pillars of Friendship! at the Snowpoint Temple. J wanted to steal it, and a result, it was rudely awakened. It went on a rampage afterwards, using Hyper Beam on anything. It even used to control 's set of and force them to help it. At the end of the episode, it healed Brandon and his giants using to restore them from their petrification. It was then taken back to the temple to return to its slumber.
In Chasing to the Finish!, a Dynamax Regigigas was awakened in the Crown Tundra after Project Mew succeeded in gathering all the legendary giants together.
====Minor appearances====
In Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!, 's boss fantasy featured a Regigigas.
A Regigigas appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
In the beginning of Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, a Regigigas was summoned by a Unbound in Dahara City one hundred years prior to the events of the , alongside a and . The three fought Hoopa, but were easily defeated and sent back through portals to their original homes.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Adventure, a Regigigas was awakened in the Snowpoint Temple by a nearby battle between Red's Pikachu and a wild . It proceeded to easily smack Probopass aside, shrug off Pikachu's attack, and retaliate with a devastating attack of its own.
===GOTCHA!===
A Regigigas briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
A Regigigas appeared in .
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Regigigas appeared in PMDP33.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Regigigas's silhouette was first seen inside the Snowpoint Temple in Bogging Down Quagsire. When , Maylene, and Candice were about to freeze in a blizzard following their defeat at the hands of Jupiter, it was the one who carried them to safety. Whilst in her trance, Platinum unconsciously rolled over an empty to the creature, and it ended up in her bag. At the Spear Pillar, it emerged and chose to join 's team in an effort to stop and 's clash. It was later named "Reg."
In All About Arceus IX, it was revealed that Regigigas had originally been unsealed and caught by Palmer, who had eventually chosen to return it to the Snowpoint Temple.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!, Hareta captures Regigigas by persuading it to help him stop Team Galactic. It first appeared in A Novel Test!!
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Regigigas appears as a .
==Trivia==
* Due to weakening it, Regigigas has more in common with than it does with other Legendary Pokémon. They share the same type, the same base stat total of 670, the same base stat of 160, and that limit their power.
** Regigigas and Slaking also have the highest base stat of all Normal-type .
* Regigigas is the only one of the legendary giants not to have its type referenced in its name.
* In Platinum, by hacking to obtain Cherish Balls, it is possible to trick the game into opening , , and : by catching the in-game Regigigas in a Cherish Ball, the game thinks the Regigigas was obtained at an event.	
* In Generation IV, Regigigas is the only Pokémon required to acquire the diploma that cannot be obtained without the use of Pal Park or an event, even with all Generation IV titles. This limitation occurs because Regigigas cannot be obtained without the use of the other legendary giants, which in turn cannot be obtained without either transferring them from Generation III or obtaining them in Platinum with an event Regigigas.
* Regigigas is the only Generation IV Legendary Pokémon whose Attack stat is higher than its stat.
* Regigigas, , and are the three that can be encountered in the at the lowest and highest levels.
** Regigigas is the lowest-leveled Legendary Pokémon that can be encountered in the wild, being level 1 when fought in .
** Regigigas also has the highest level of any scripted Pokémon encounter in the wild at level 100 in the The Crown Tundra, tied with the Shadow in Ramanas Park in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
* In , Regigigas has the widest overworld sprite of all Pokémon.
* Regigigas and have very similar category names in Japanese, with the only difference being in how they're written: Regigigas's category name is in (きょだいポケモン), while Eternatus's category name is in (キョダイポケモン). In either case, the category name is pronounced the same: .
* In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Regigigas is the only Legendary Pokémon whose research tasks for the Pokédex do not involve seeing it use its signature move.
===Origin===
Regigigas seems to be based on the s of Hebrew legend. Specifically, Regigigas seems to have parallels to the Legendary Golem of Prague, whose immense power also intimidated people, and which ultimately resulted in it being subdued and sealed away. The seven eyes on Regigigas's face may be based on the , which was necessary to use in order to encounter the legendary giants for the first time in the Sealed Chamber, possibly alluding to the writing placed on the forehead of Hebrew golems. 
Alternatively, Regigigas may be based on the of , with it being sealed away likely being a reference to the aftermath of the , which resulted in the titans being imprisoned in the underworld. 
Regigigas also shares some similarities with the , a gigantic . Regigigas's Pokédex entries seem to reference the Kunibiki myth, which describes how , a demigod said to have the strength and size of a Daidarabotchi, pulled huge chunks of land via ropes to expand his kingdom.
Regigigas's three pairs of gems might represent its servant golems that were introduced before it: the red pair might represent , the blue pair might represent , and the gray pair might represent . Its overall form also resembles that of a .
====Name origin====
Regigigas may be a combination of regis (Latin for royal) and gigas (Latin for giant).
==In other languages==
==See also==
* Reg
* Hareta's Regigigas
* Legendary giants
* Legendary Pokémon
* Myths and legends involving Legendary and Mythical Pokémon
==External links==
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