Cresselia (Pokémon)

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Cresselia (Japanese: クレセリア Cresselia) is a Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
It is a member of the lunar duo with .
==Biology==
Cresselia is a that has a blue, swan-like body with a yellow underside. It has pink eyes, a dark pink, round tuft on its head, and a pointed, beak-like snout. There are yellow, crescent-shaped ornaments on the sides of its head that merge in the back. It has a pointed, tail-like protrusion on its rear. Cresselia has glowing, pink, ring-like wings on its sides and back. The wings on its sides are solid dark pink, while the wing on its back is larger and consists of three shades of pink. These wings, especially its back wing, release shining particles and undulate beautifully around the quarter moon. It has paw-like protrusions resting on its chest. Cresselia generally floats in the air, but may rest on the floor when it is injured.
Due to its appearance, Cresselia is said to resemble a crescent moon and the woman who made the Milky Way. Cresselia has the power to dispel nightmares, and holding one of its feathers is said to bring happy dreams. It is also great at recovery and healing techniques. Cresselia can unleash spores in the air to cause confusion on opponents while forming a shield to defend itself at the same time. Its relationship to its counterpart, , can vary between individuals and canons, with some being antagonistic, as seen in Sleepless In Pre-Battle! and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, or cooperative, as seen in Nightfall? Nightmares! and A Midsummer Night's Light!. It tends to reside on an island or mountain that has a Darkrai nearby in order to keep an eye on it. Cresselia is a female-only species.
Cresselia is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the moves and .
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Cresselia has made it her mission to foil 's plot of plunging everyone in the world into an endless nightmare. After healing of his nightmare, she joins the player's team as a guest in Dark Crater. After defeating Darkrai, Cresselia will offer to officially join the team back at Sharpedo Bluff.
* : Cresselia is the guardian of the .
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
======Generations IV-VIII======
======Generation IX======
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===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Cresselia (recurring)====
A Cresselia first appeared in Nightfall? Nightmares!, where she was targeted by Team Rocket's Matori Matrix. At the end of the episode, she was found by Chloe and Dawn. In A Midsummer Night's Light!, Dawn helped to treat Cresselia's wounds. When Matori Matrix attempted to capture Cresselia, defended it, but was badly hurt in the process. Cresselia used to heal Darkrai, who defeated Team Rocket before clearing up the clouds, allowing Cresselia to heal herself with .
Cresselia's known moves are , , and .
====Others====
Cresselia made her animated series debut in Sleepless In Pre-Battle!. She normally returns to her shrine on Fullmoon Island during a certain time of the year when a also comes by to cause nightmares. She may also leave her feathers, which people find to help stop the nightmares caused by Darkrai. In the episode, Cresselia helped and the residents of Canalave City get better sleep by stopping Darkrai. attempted to catch Cresselia, but they were stopped when 's evolved into . She reappeared in a flashback in A Midsummer Night's Light!.
===Minor appearances===
Cresselia debuted in the opening sequence of Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
A Cresselia appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures ===
Cresselia debuted as a silhouette in a fantasy in Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost).
Palmer's Cresselia first appeared in The Final Dimensional Duel II, having been caught on Fullmoon Island while he was seeking a cure for Eldritch's son's terrible nightmare. She followed her Trainer into the Distortion World, where she squared up against her nemesis, . Later, briefly borrowed Cresselia in order to chase Charon, who was commanding to fly him out of the Distortion World.
===Pokémon Try Adventure===
A Cresselia debuted in TA26.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Brawl===
Cresselia appears on the stage as one of three Pokémon who appear in the center (the others being Dialga and Palkia). Cresselia acts completely different than the other two in terms of attacks it uses. It will often use s around the field, and sometimes shoot one large Psycho Cut as if it were a boomerang, hitting anyone that touches it.
====Trophy information====
A Lunar Pokémon. Cresselia appears on Fullmoon Island and, once discovered, flies around different areas of Sinnoh. Its signature move, , causes Cresselia to faint but recovers all the HP and cures the status conditions of the next Pokémon its Trainer sends out. Cresselia excels at recovery techniques and is unusual in that it appears only in female form.
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Cresselia reprises its role as a stage hazard on the returning stage. Spear Pillar now allows for any of the three Legendary Pokémon to appear each time, rather than being set for the whole match; however, Cresselia appears much less frequently than Dialga and Palkia. Unlike in Brawl, the stage now has a green color tint when no Pokémon is active, and Cresselia's appearance does not change the color from this default green; in Brawl, Cresselia used the same blue tint as Dialga to signify its appearance. Cresselia also appears as a .
==Trivia==
*Prior to Generation VI, Cresselia's shape was .
**Cresselia is the only Pokémon with a serpentine body.
*In , , , despite being a Legendary Pokémon, battling the Cresselia plays Battle! (Wild Pokémon). In , Battle! (Strong Wild Pokémon) plays instead.
*Cresselia is incorrectly stated to be an type in Pokémon 4Koma.
*In the English demo of Diamond and Pearl, Eldritch refers to Cresselia as the Quarter Moon Pokémon.
*Cresselia is the only Legendary Pokémon in the Coronet Highlands sublisting of the Hisui Pokédex.
===Origin===
Cresselia's form seems to be based on a . Considering its crescent moon motif and the -colored around its body, it may be based on the constellation . The rings also resemble the hagoromo gowns worn by the , spiritual beings in , and its colour scheme of pink, yellow, and light blue, is the same as the dress worn by the Chinese goddess of the moon, . Cresselia shares characteristics with , a legendary fowl with a profusely decorated head, feathered tail, and colorful wings that are said to be a symbol of good fortune. Its Hisui Pokédex entry states: "[Cresselia] resembles the heavenly maiden who created the Milky Way" - this "heavenly maiden" may be a reference to the Estonian goddess of birds Lindu, , or the Greek Titan Rhea, who is also credited with creating the Milky Way and is the naming inspiration for the avian genus Rheidae (as well as associated species, such as the greater rhea).
====Name origin====
Cresselia may be a combination of crescent (referring to the ) and (Greek goddess of the Moon).
==In other languages ==
==Related articles==
*Lunar duo
*Legendary Pokémon
==External links==
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