Dimension

A dimension is any of several alternate realities or planes of existence in the Pokémon world. While trivial references to other dimensions were made early in the franchise's history, the concept was truly introduced and explored in Generation IV with .
==In the core series games==
==='s world===
Dialga's world is the dimension in which resides. It has never made a direct appearance in the core series. The only known gateway to this world is atop Mt. Coronet, on Spear Pillar/Temple of Sinnoh.
In Pokémon Diamond, Platinum, and Brilliant Diamond, Cyrus summons Dialga from its home dimension at Spear Pillar in the Sinnoh region. In Platinum, the can encounter, battle, and catch Dialga by returning to Spear Pillar. It'll appear through a blue dimensional rift created by Cyrus's original summoning of it. 
In Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, the player can encounter, battle, and catch Dialga by soaring in the sky of the Hoenn region, it'll appear through a gap in the sky, specifically one that stopped the time of the area surrounding it, which is implied to lead to Dialga's home dimension.
In , Dialga emerges from a dimensional rift at the Temple of Sinnoh in the Hisui region during Mission 17: "Atop Mount Coronet" or Mission 18: "The Counterpart", depending if the player choses Adaman or Irida respectively, where it'll be battled and caught. 
This world is shown briefly during the opening scene of the Hoopa and the Clash of Ages.
==='s world===
Palkia's world is the dimension in which resides. It has never made a direct appearance in the core series. The only known gateway to this world is atop Mt. Coronet, on Spear Pillar/Temple of Sinnoh.
In Pokémon Pearl, Platinum, and Shining Pearl, Cyrus summons Palkia from its home dimension at Spear Pillar in the Sinnoh region. In Platinum, the can encounter, battle, and catch Palkia by returning to Spear Pillar, it'll appear through a pink dimensional rift created by Cyrus's original summoning of it. 
In Pokémon Omega Ruby, the player can encounter, battle, and catch Palkia by soaring in the sky of the Hoenn region, it'll appear through a gap in the sky, specifically one that twisted the space surrounding it, which is implied to lead to Palkia's home dimension.
In , Palkia emerges from a dimensional rift at the Temple of Sinnoh in the Hisui region during Mission 17: "Atop Mount Coronet" or Mission 18: "The Counterpart" depending if the player choses Irida or Adaman respectively, where it'll be battled and caught. 
This world is shown briefly during the opening scene of the Hoopa and the Clash of Ages.
===Distortion World===
The Distortion World is the dimension in which resides after it was banished there by for its violent nature. Giratina remains in its while in this world. It is a dark place with floor-like sections floating at many different angles. The world disobeys the normal laws of physics, allowing the trainers to walk and surf on walls in any direction. The two known gateways to this world are the one atop Mt. Coronet on Spear Pillar/Temple of Sinnoh and the one inside Turnback Cave.
In , after Cyrus summons both and to create his new world at Spear Pillar in the Sinnoh region, Giratina emerges from the Distortion World to stop him from destroying both worlds by dragging him there along with itself. After Cyrus is taken away, the followed both, and with the help of the Lake guardians and Cynthia, explored the area. 
In , the player can encounter, battle, and catch Giratina by soaring in the sky of the Hoenn region, it'll appear through a gap in the sky, specifically one which a peculiar scenery stretches beyond it, which is heavily implied to lead to the Distortion World.
In , after Volo is defeated by the player, Giratina emerges from a dimensional rift at the Temple of Sinnoh in the Hisui region during Mission 26: "Seeking the Remaining Plates" to help him, but they're defeated again, forcing it to return to the Distortion World. Later, during Request 91: "On the Trail of Giratina", Giratina reappeared in Turnback Cave from another rift, very weakened after the previous battle, where it can be battled again and caught by the player.
Its animated series counterpart, the Reverse World, is featured in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
==='s realm===
Arceus's realm is a dimension said to be beyond both time and space. This realm appears as a dark void where nothing appears to exist, being the world where the Original One, resides in a giant glowing appearance, possibly its true form. Although Arceus frequently appears in the Hall of Origin, it is unclear whether the Hall of Origin is part of Arceus's realm. There are no known gateways to this world.
In , the player is suddenly brought to Arceus's realm where it welcomes them, transforms their phone into the Arc Phone and then sends them back in time to the Hisui region, with the goal of seeking out all Pokémon. 
Its animated series counterpart is known as Arceus's world.
===Ultra Space===
Ultra Space is an interdimensional realm similar to space, said to exist between many different worlds via Ultra Wormholes. It is a purplish-colored spatial realm covered with purple crystalline structures, energy spheres, electrified spheres and many warp holes leading to different worlds. The only Pokémon known to inhabit Ultra Space are and its Evolutions; and who all possess the ability to create Ultra Wormholes. Each of the linked worlds are inhabited by different , Ultra Beasts and other people. Professor Mohn had conducted research on Ultra Space and discovering their existence. Currently Professor Burnet in Heahea City studies Ultra Space.
Prior to the events of , Mohn of the Aether Foundation had done research on Ultra Wormholes and Ultra Space, before disappearing, leaving only some papers on and Ultra Space, as well as a weakened . During the events of the story, Aether President Lusamine forces Nebby, to use its power and open countless Ultra Wormholes all over Alola, allowing Ultra Beasts to invade from their homeworld. While Lusamine and Guzma leave through an Ultra Wormhole themselves, traveling to Ultra Space. During the game's climax Nebby, now as a Solgaleo/Lunala opens another Ultra Wormhole at Poni's altar at Vast Poni Canyon so that Lillie and the can save Lusamine and Guzma. In the post game, the can travel through a dimensional rift and back through an Ultra Wormhole to an alternate Alola, allowing them catch a new Cosmog.
In , Lusamine instead uses Nebby to open a single Ultra Wormhole so she and Guzma can travel to Ultra Space to capture . Like in Sun and Moon, Lillie and the player ask Nebby to take them to Ultra Space, however, as Nebby is about to help, a new Ultra Wormhole emerges before it. Lusamine and Guzma are spat out of the warp hole as Necrozma follows, initiating battle with Nebby and absorbs its light, turning into Dusk Mane/Dawn Wings. After a fight with the player, Necrozma and opens countless more Ultra Wormholes, causing Ultra Beasts to invade. Necrozma flees through another Ultra Wormhole and into Ultra Megalopolis. The player then use the Ultra Recon Squad's Lunala/Solgaleo to go after it. This method of travel is called Ultra Warp Ride.
In Episode RR, villainous team leaders from parallel worlds where their plans had succeeded appear in Alola through Ultra Wormholes. They're all members of Team Rainbow Rocket and are led by Giovanni. Over the course of the episode, each of the villains are sent back to their homeworlds by Colress except for Giovanni, who after being defeated, leave to spread his evil on another world.
In , Ultra Megalopolis has a counterpart inhabited by and . There's also an exclusive, unnamed world which is inhabited by an unknown Ultra Beast.
The player can travel to different worlds through Ultra Warp Ride including:
*Ultra Deep Sea: A dark, rocky cave-like world. The only known inhabitants of Ultra Deep Sea are .
*Ultra Jungle: A jungle-like world full of volcanoes, normal and muscled-looking trees. The only known inhabitants of Ultra Jungle are .
*Ultra Desert : A whitish desert-like world with many rock-like structures and crystals, similar to buildings. The only known inhabitants of Ultra Desert are .
*Ultra Plant: A dark world full of mountains and in constant thunderstorms. The only known inhabitants of Ultra Plant are of several different sizes.
*Ultra Forest: A Japanese-looking forest-like world full of nature, rocks and sand. The only known inhabitants of Ultra Forest are s and .
*Ultra Crater: A huge yellowish world full of craters and gases coming out of the ground. The only known inhabitants of Ultra Crater are .
*Ultra Ruin: A ruined, futuristic version of Hau'oli City in the Alola region. The only known inhabitants of Ultra Ruin are an unnamed suited man and .
*Ultra Space Wilds: Four different worlds set in the wilderness of the Ultra Space.
**Cliff World: A reddish mountainous-like world. It is inhabited by many different Pokémon.
**Water World: An underwater cave-like world. It is inhabited by many different Pokémon.
**Rocky World: A purplish rock-covered world. It is inhabited by many different Pokémon.
**Cave World: A dark, blueish cave-like world. It is inhabited by many different Pokémon.
*Ultra Megalopolis: A lightless, city-like world which had its light stolen long ago by . It is inhabited by the Ultra Recon Squad, , and .
===Ghost World===
The Ghost World or spirit world is a location that is home to many Pokémon and human ghosts and also implied to be the afterlife of the Pokémon universe. It is known to emit electrical or radio waves.
It has never appeared in the games, but is mentioned in all of 's Pokédex entries and in the Japanese name of the Reaper Cloth (れいかいのぬの Spirit World Cloth), confirming its existence and a strong relation with Dusknoir.
===Pokédex entries===
Several Pokédex entries refer to other worlds and dimensions.
Pokémon	Description
 	Because of Haunter's ability to slip through block walls, it is said to be from another dimension.
 	Mega Evolution has made it possible for Gengar to access other dimensions and appear anywhere. It caused a stir one time when it stuck just one leg out of a wall. It is said that it sinks into another dimension to keep a patient watch for its chance to attack. 
According to the official website, Mega Gengar's unblinking third eye allows it to see into other dimensions.Pokémon X and Y site | Mega Pokémon (archived)
 	Some believe that Bronzong's bell-like cry allows it to open holes to another world. It brought rains through these portals and was revered as a bringer of plentiful harvests.
 	Porygon-Z's programming was modified to enable it to travel through and work in alien dimensions, though it did not work as planned due to an apparent error which led to noticeably strange and unstable behavior in the Pokémon.
 	Palkia is said to live in a gap in the spatial dimension parallel to ours. Its total control over the boundaries of space enable it to transport itself to faraway places or even other dimensions.
 	Giratina is said to have been banished for its violence to live in a world on the reverse side of ours, the Distortion World, where common knowledge is distorted and strange. There, it silently gazed upon the old world.
In the entry for Giratina's in , Professor Laventon states that he believes Giratina "must hail from a world where the heavens and the earth are as one", though he admits he has no way of proving it.
 	Cosmog is said to be a Pokémon from another world, but no specific details are known. When it's in a jam, it warps away to a safe place to hide.
 	People think Cosmoem may come from another world.
 	Solgaleo is said to live in another world; at the activation of its third eye, it departs for another world. Sometimes the results of its opening an Ultra Wormhole is that energy and life-forms from other worlds are called to this world.
 	Lunala is said to live in another world; when its third eye activates, away it flies to another world. It sometimes summons unknown powers and life-forms to this world from holes that lead to other worlds.
 	Nihilego is a life-form from another world that appeared in this world from an Ultra Wormhole.
 	Buzzwole appeared from another world. Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives.
 	Pheromosa is a life-form that lives in another world. Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives. It refuses to touch anything, perhaps because it senses some uncleanness in this world.
 	Xurkitree appeared from the Ultra Wormhole. Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives.
 	Celesteela appeared from the Ultra Wormhole. Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives.
 	Kartana came from the Ultra Wormhole. Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives.
 	Although Guzzlord is alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives.
 	Necrozma is thought to have come from another world in ancient times.
 	Poipole lives in a different world. It is well enough liked to be chosen as a in its own world.
 	Stakataka appeared from an Ultra Wormhole.
 	Blacephalon appeared from an Ultra Wormhole.
==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Dream World===
====Pokémon Dream World====
The Pokémon Dream World is an alternate dimension that can acessed by Pokémon when they fall asleep, supposedly connected to the Interdream Zone, which is said to be located between dreams and reality. The Dream World is a paradise-like dimension full of plants, always sunny, and composed of many different floating islands. Many Pokémon can be found in the Dream World.
The Dream World is the main research subject of Fennel.
===Pokémon Dream Radar===
====Interdream Zone====
The Interdream Zone is an alternate dimension located between dreams and reality. It takes many different appearances, but always possesses Dream Orbs and Dream Clouds floating around in the air. It is inhabited by several different Pokémon, most notably the of , , and , who are said to have been born there.
In , it is explored and researched by Professor Burnet and her , catching as many Pokémon in it they can.
In , it is briefly mentioned by a at the Dimensional Research Lab in Heahea City, which is led by Professor Burnet, who now researches dimensions other than it in Alola, such as Ultra Space.
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
==== Voidlands====
The Voidlands is a realm that appears in . It is where the spirits of Pokémon who are turned to stone by Dark Matter are sent to. Beings known as Void Shadows inhabit this dimension.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====Unown Dimension====
While researching ruins with depictions of the , Spencer Hale was transported into this dimension. His daughter, Molly, inherited a puzzle box found there that gave her contact with the Unown, which granted her wishes. Such was the strength of the world she created, that an opening to the dimension appeared in the entrance hall of her mansion. During this time, the Unown gained powerful control over Greenfield, but all contact with the dimension ended after Molly wished for things to go back to the way they had been before. A portal to the dimension was opened above Mt. Silver some time later, and an Unown fell out, but it had no trouble returning when it was in good health. The Unown Dimension also became the battleground of and , before their battle moved to Alamos Town.
Travel between the Unown Dimension and the real Pokémon world has been shown to be possible through a puzzle box and a portal. The direct connection between ancient sites like the Ruins of Alph and Solaceon Ruins and their large concentrations of remains a curiosity amongst s.
====Ghost World====
In , an entrance to the Ghost World appeared in Ghoul Daze!, where the Pokémon Summer Academy staff accidentally opened a portal to it when renovating the Summit Ruins. A ghost girl and Dusknoir were both let out, with the Dusknoir trying to take the ghost girl back to the Ghost World, while she was trying to abduct people and take them to the Ghost World. Another entrance appeared in the episode Scare at the Litwick Mansion!, where the in Litwick Mansion tried to lead and there while draining their life energy.
==== Dialga's world====
This dimension was mentioned in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. It is the home of .
Dialga and Palkia's worlds are usually far away from each other. During the events of The Rise of Darkrai, the two worlds began to converge. Due to shock waves caused by Arceus awakening from its deep slumber, the two worlds clashed, resulting in a battle between Dialga and Palkia, because each Pokémon thought that the other was trespassing onto its territory. The battle subsided a short time before Arceus woke up. 
The Time-Space Axis device in Michina Town is able to indicate the condition of every minute change in the time-space continuum, serving to mirror the movements of the time-space dimensions and thus monitoring the likelihood of potential cataclysm. 
====Palkia's world====
This dimension was mentioned in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. It is the home of .
Dialga and Palkia's worlds are usually far away from each other. During the events of The Rise of Darkrai, the two worlds began to converge. Due to shock waves caused by Arceus awakening from its deep slumber, the two worlds clashed, resulting in a battle between Dialga and Palkia, because each Pokémon thought that the other was trespassing onto its territory. The battle subsided a short time before Arceus woke up. 
The Time-Space Axis device in Michina Town is able to indicate the condition of every minute change in the time-space continuum, serving to mirror the movements of the time-space dimensions and thus monitoring the likelihood of potential cataclysm. 
====Reverse World====
This dimension appears in Giratina and the Sky Warrior as where the Legendary Pokémon inhabits. It is capable of opening portals there through reflections such as in glasses or lakes to come to the Pokémon world.
====Arceus's world====
 was said to have its own dimension in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. It slumbered there for hundreds of years after being "betrayed" by Damos, who refused to give the Jewel of Life back to it and attacked it.
===='s dimensions====
In , the are said to each inhabit their own dimension linked to the three lakes of Sinnoh: lives in Lake Acuity's, lives in Lake Verity's and in Lake Valor's.
These dimensions are never seen in the series.
====Ultra Space====
Ultra Space is an alternate space said to exist between many different dimensions, including some exclusive to the .
*Ultra Deep Sea: A purplish blue space full of floating crystal islands and structures. It is only inhabited by .
*Poipole's world: A flowery, mountainous world with rocky nests where and (including ) live in.
*Ultra Ruin: An alternate version of Alola that was ruined by a . It is inhabited by many different Pokémon, including a and many humans including Dia and the Ultra Rangers.
*Unidentified world: A reddish crystallized world. It is inhabited by an unseen Ultra Beast.
Ultra Deep Sea anime.png|Ultra Deep Sea in the 
Poipole world.png|An unnamed world in the 
Ultra Ruin anime.png|Ultra Ruin in the 
Unnamed Ultra Space world anime.png|An unnamed world in Ultra Space in the 
====Other dimensions====
 and were transported into the Togepi Paradise, a dimension connected by several gateways throughout the Mirage Kingdom, in A Togepi Mirage!.
Deoxys's unnamed world appeared in Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! Part 1 and Part 2.
Ash and his friends visited the Mirror World, an alternate dimension with strong connections to the Reflection Cave, in The Cave of Mirrors!.
In the short film Pikachu, What’s This Key?, and his Pokémon friends travel to numerous dimensions:
*'s world, a realm where Klefki keeps a collection of keys that unlock portals to other dimensions.
*A dimension with bouncy clouds and pillars of stacked boulders, inhabited by .
*A dimension full of ice and snow, home to multiple Pokémon, including .
*A watery dimension with floating spheres of water, home to (among other Pokémon).
*A red-and-black dimension, home to .
In The Gates of Warp! and Showdown at the Gates of Warp!, Ash and his friends visited an alternate world version of Sinnoh through gateways opened by .
== In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====Sinjoh Ruins====
In All About Arceus VI, Pryce revealed that the Sinjoh Ruins are located in a connecting Johto and Sinnoh, which is why they can only be accessed by those accompanied by . While trapped within the Ilex Forest shrine, Pryce had foreseen a future where a battle between would destroy the ruins and the two regions they were connected to with them. The ruins were eventually saved when managed to restore Arceus's lost faith in humanity and make it stop the battle.
====Pokémon Dream World====
In Pink Slip, Fennel revealed that the Dragon Stones are connected to the Pokémon Dream World. In Abyssal Ruins, and were sucked into the Dream World, where they found , who had wound up there after being absorbed into the Light Stone . In the next chapter, all three of them escaped from the Dream World. In this realm, they were able to hear 's voice to them.
==Related articles==
*Pokémon multiverse
==References==
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