Manaphy (Pokémon)

This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Manaphy.

**Manaphy** (Japanese: **マナフィ** *Manaphy*) is a Water-type Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

Manaphy has the unusual ability to breed, despite being a Mythical Pokémon. It is also unusual in that its offspring are Phione, and that Manaphy Eggs have a different appearance from other Pokémon Eggs. Manaphy does, however, evolve from Phione at Level 60 while holding a Soul Dew.

It is a member of the sea guardians with Phione.

Manaphy is the last Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex in Diamond and Pearl, before the Platinum expansion.

## Biology

Manaphy is a small, blue, aquatic Pokémon with stubby feet and club-like arms that are longer than its body. It has a red gem on its chest and a yellow dot below the gem. Its onion-shaped head has a pair of long blue antennae, which have small spheres on the ends. Its irises are dark blue with yellow sclerae, and there are two yellow dots of "eyelash" markings extending from the eyes.

Eighty percent of Manaphy's body is made of water. It is highly susceptible to its environment as a result, and swims long distances to return to its birthplace. It is born with a special power that allows it to bond with any Pokémon. Manaphy can switch the perspective of people, and Pokémon, with each other using its former signature move, Heart Swap.

## Game data

### NPC appearances

* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: While exploring Surrounded Sea, the player's team finds a Wonder Egg that hatches into a Manaphy. They look after it for a while but it becomes sick from spending too long out of the sea. Template:Mdc arranges for Manaphy to live with a Walrein. He returns soon after the defeat of Template:Mdc to officially join the team now that he has grown up. Manaphy loves to explore and discovered the Marine Resort. Manaphy also loves Gummis, especially the Blue Gummi due to being a Water type.
* Pokémon: Magikarp Jump: A Manaphy may randomly appear in the pond. Tapping it triggers the "Food Fever" event.
* Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Manaphy returns, giving the player a request meet at the bottom of Seafloor Ruins. Connecting with Manaphy and Phione also leads to the player connecting with Walrein.

### Stats

#### Base stats

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

### Learnset

#### By breeding

 * Moves marked with an asterisk (\*) must be chain bred onto Manaphy in Generation VIII
* Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
* Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Manaphy in that game.
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Manaphy
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Manaphy
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

### Sprites

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## Trivia

* Manaphy's English name was uncovered, alongside the English name of Sinnoh, within the internal data of Pokémon Ranger on November 2, 2006.
* Manaphy and Ditto are the only Pokémon that are both able to breed and yet are unobtainable through breeding.
* Manaphy and Phione (if one counts Phione as Mythical) are the only Mythical Pokémon capable of producing Eggs in a Day Care or Nursery legitimately.
* Although normally genderless, in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Manaphy is constantly referred to as a male.
	+ It is also known as the "Prince of the Sea".
* In the games, Manaphy is the only Pokémon whose Egg sprite is different than the standard sprite.
	+ Despite the fact that Eggs cannot be transferred via Poké Transfer, Manaphy's Egg is found in the coding of the Generation V games. Location data for Pokémon Ranger also exists in those games.
* In Template:Game2, the player can register Manaphy as seen in the Pokédex by inspecting a book in Mr. Backlot's room at the Template:Si.
* Like the majority of Event Pokémon obtained through Mystery Gift, it was intended to be impossible to obtain a Shiny Manaphy. However, an oversight allows a Manaphy Egg to have a chance to hatch Shiny, but only if it was traded before hatching. This is because Shininess is dependent on the Trainer ID number and Secret ID number, and the game mistakenly attempts to prevent Shininess using the original game's ID numbers instead of the ID numbers of the game that it was traded to. Furthermore, any Shiny Manaphy that was hatched from a traded egg can be able to pass Poké Transporter's legality check.

### Origin

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Manaphy may be based on sea angels, tiny transparent ocean mollusks. The Manaphy Egg's design is similar to *Turritopsis dohrnii*.

#### Name origin

Manaphy may be a combination of *mana* and a shortening of *fairy*. It may also come from the manatee, or sea cow.

## Related articles

* Sea guardians
* Manaphy (M09)
* Mythical Pokémon