Umbreon (Pokémon)

**Umbreon** (Japanese: **ブラッキー** *Blacky*) is a Dark-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from Eevee when leveled up with high friendship during the night (in the main series games), or when leveled up with high friendship with a Moon Shard in the Bag (in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness). It is one of Eevee's final forms, the others being Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon, and Sylveon.

It is a starter Pokémon in Template:G alongside the other Generation II Eeveelution, Espeon.

## Biology

Umbreon has a sleek, black body with four slender legs and crimson eyes. It has two pairs of pointed teeth (one in the upper jaw and one in the lower jaw) which are visible when its mouth is open. It has long, pointed ears and a bushy tail, each with a yellow band around them. Its forehead and legs have yellow rings on them.

Its yellow markings glow at night or when it is excited, and strike fear into anyone nearby. It hides in the darkness while waiting for its opponents, and its yellow rings glow when it leaps to attack. It is also capable of spraying a poisonous sweat when it gets agitated. This Pokémon is rare in the wild, and is more often found in Template:DL under the care of people.

### Major appearances

#### Gary's Umbreon

Template:Gary's Eevee was revealed to have evolved into an Umbreon at some point before *Power Play!*.

#### Gladion's Umbreon

Template:An's Umbreon debuted in *A Glaring Rivalry!*, having evolved from an Eevee he had rescued as a toddler.

#### Other

In *Trouble's Brewing* and *Espeon, Not Included*, Tamao, one of the Kimono Sisters, owns an Umbreon. It rescued Sakura's Eevee from Template:TRT when they disrupted the Kimono Sisters' tea ceremony.

In *Strategy Begins at Home!*, Johanna used an Umbreon in a two-on-two Contest Battle alongside Template:TP, where they went up against Dawn's Piplup and Template:TP. In *Challenging a Towering Figure!*, it attended the start of the Festival Battle Challenge. In DPS01, it battled Piplup and Template:TP before the match was called off.

Virgil's male Umbreon debuted in *Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!*, along with an Eevee and her other evolutions at the time. In a flashback, it was revealed that he evolved from an Eevee when he and Virgil got lost in a forest and had to spend a night there. Umbreon reappeared in *Lost at the League!* and *Strong Strategy Steals the Show!*, and in a flashback in *Curtain Up, Unova League!*.

In *Eevee & Friends*, a mysterious Umbreon was with an Eevee and its evolved forms, including the newly introduced Sylveon. It is friends with a Weavile, Gible, Gothita, Gothorita, and Gothitelle.

In *Turning Heads and Training Hard!*, a Template:Pkmn's Umbreon was summoned to help Ilima's Eevee perform Extreme Evoboost. In the Poké Problem segment of the next episode, it saw Ilima and Eevee off.

### Minor appearances

In *Johto Photo Finish*, Template:Gary's demonstration featured an Umbreon evolving from an Eevee.

In *A Bite to Remember*, Template:An's demonstration featured an Umbreon evolving from an Eevee.

An Umbreon appeared in *A Fan with a Plan*.

Multiple Umbreon appeared in *Destiny Deoxys*.

In *Giratina and the Sky Warrior*, an Umbreon was together with an Eevee and the other six Eeveelutions at the time.

In *The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!*, Ash called up the Pokédex entry for Umbreon, having mistaken a blackened-up Template:AP, which broke out of a warehouse, for one.

In *Tag Team Battle Inspiration!*, Template:An's fantasy featured an Umbreon as she imagined what her Template:TP could evolve into.

Two Trainers' Umbreon appeared in *The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!*.

Three Umbreon appeared in *The Power of Us*, with one under the ownership of a Trainer, the second being Template:Pkmn2, and the third appearing during a flashback.

In *I Choose Paradise!*, a Trainer's Umbreon was at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.

A Trainer's Umbreon appeared in *We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!*.

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### In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga

An Umbreon appeared in JBA5, under the ownership of Karen.

### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In *The Last Battle VII*, Karen owns an Umbreon that is the cornerstone of her team, as in the games. It apparently evolved from the Eevee she had since her childhood.

Greta of the Battle Arena used an Umbreon in her battles with Guile Hideout and Template:Adv, during which it easily defeated his Dusclops before falling to his Sudowoodo, which went on to win the match, earning him the Guts Symbol. It first appeared in *Swanky Showdown with Swalot*.

An Umbreon appeared in *Pleased as Punch With Parasect*, under the ownership of a Kimono Girl.

An Umbreon appeared in a fantasy in PS553.

### In the Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo manga

Similarly to the games, Wes owns an Umbreon, which debuted in CSL1.

### In the Pokémon Colosseum Snatchers manga

An Umbreon first appeared in PCS1, under the ownership of Wes.

### In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, Bill has both an Umbreon and its counterpart Espeon.

### In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

An Umbreon appeared in GDZ47, under the ownership of a thief.

### In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

An Umbreon appeared in *A Challenge to the Elite Four*, under the ownership of Karen.

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#### By leveling up

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### Evolution

* Eevee won't evolve into Espeon or Umbreon in

## Umbreon (Pokémon)

 due to lack of day and night cycle mechanics.
* Even if all criteria to evolve Eevee into Umbreon are fulfilled in generations VI and VII, it will evolve into Sylveon if it knows a Fairy-type move and has at least two hearts of Affection or just knows a Fairy-type move in generation VIII. Similarly in generations from IV to VII it will evolve into Leafeon near Moss Rock or Glaceon near Ice Rock regardless of other conditions while getting level up.

## Template:Spritebox/NATemplate:Spritebox/2Template:Spritebox/3Template:Spritebox/4Template:Spritebox/5Template:Spritebox/6Template:Spritebox/7Template:Spritebox/FooterTrivia

* Eevee cannot evolve into Espeon or Umbreon in Template:2v2 due to the lack of a time system. In order to be obtained and added to the Pokédex in these versions, an Eevee must be traded to Template:3v, evolved there, and then traded back, or else traded from Template:G or Template:Pokémon XD.
* According to the Template:2v2 Pokédex, Umbreon, Glaceon, and Leafeon have identical footprints.
* Umbreon is the only non-Psychic-type Pokémon to be able to have the Template:A Ability.
* Umbreon is the only Eeveelution that had a unique type combination in its debut generation.
* Umbreon was designed by Atsuko Nishida.
* Umbreon is tied with:
	+ Template:Me and Hoopa Unbound for the highest base Template:Stat of all {{Dark}}-type Pokémon.
	+ Sylveon for the highest base Template:Stat stat of all Eeveelutions.
	+ Leafeon for the lowest base Template:Stat stat of all Eeveelutions.
* In the Pokémon of the Year poll held by The Pokémon Company in 2020, Umbreon was voted as both the most popular Generation II Pokémon and the most popular Eeveelution, receiving 67,062 votes. It was also voted as the fifth most popular Pokémon overall.

### Origin

Umbreon's origins are uncertain, though it could be based on a Template:Wp, which was considered to be an omen of bad luck (in Western countries, contrary to Japan's viewpoint in which it is considered lucky) and can be interpreted as the reasoning behind the {{Dark}} typing. Its long ears are similar to those of a hare and may originate from the East Asian legends concerning a Template:Wp.

The rings on Umbreon's body resemble Egyptian lunar markings and jewelry that have been associated with animal sculptures, such as cat statues of the Egyptian goddess Template:Wp. While Bastet was originally a lioness warrior and the goddess of the sun, Greeks occupying ancient Egypt toward the end of its civilization changed her into the goddess of the moon. This change may have drawn some of the inspiration for the Pokémon's lunar theme. Furthering the lunar theme, Template:Wp is a narrative poem that involves the Roman Goddess of the moon, Template:Wp, change into the form of a cat as she flees to Egypt.

Additionally, Umbreon may be inspired by Template:Wp, a central deity in Template:Wp who took the form of a black jaguar that had yellow horizontal bands, and was associated with the night sky.

#### Name origin

Umbreon may be a combination of *Template:Wp* (Latin for *shadow* and *ghost*, as well as the English word for the moon's silhouette during a solar eclipse) and *eon*, a shortened form of *evolution*, the word also meaning an immeasurably long period of time (possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). *Eon* is a suffix all Eevee evolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.

Blacky may be a combination of *black* and *lucky*, as the black cat in Japan is considered lucky. It may also refer to the color of its coat.

## Related articles

* Gary's Umbreon
* Gladion's Umbreon
* Umbreon and Espeon (Gates to Infinity)
* Starter Pokémon
* Eeveelution

## Notes

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/atsuko\_nishida/status/783643367523557376
## External links

* Template:Wp

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