Celebi sensing a temporal anomaly (from its perspective)
Celebi is a green,fairy-likePokémon. It has round toeless feet, three-fingered hands, and clear wings on its back. It has a round head that comes to a curved point. It has large baby-blue eyes with thick black rings around them, and a pair of green antennae with blue tips.
Often found inforests, Celebi is known inlegends as the "Voice of the Forest." It is able totravel through time and exist simultaneously throughout time, and plant life flourishes wherever it has been. As seen inCelebi: The Voice of the Forest, said plant life is able to heal Celebi when it is dying and restore the flora around it to perfect health. Celebi also has the ability to heal wounds, and can release a telekinetic energy wave to defend itself. It was shown inPokémon Colosseum that Celebi has the power to instantlypurifyShadow Pokémon and can be summoned atRelic Forest with the melody of aTime Flute. Despite living in forests as its guardian, Celebi only shows itself in areas and times of peace. It has been regarded that as long as it is seen throughout the world, a prosperous and bright future is still in store for thePokémon world. As depicted inA Timeless Encounter!, Celebi can sense if something is a temporal anomaly in the current timeline and will bring them back to their original timeline. It has been referred to as a forest deity.
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NPC appearances
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: AShiny Celebi is a supporting protagonist in the main storyline. When the player and partner are sent to the future byDusknoir, the player, partner, andGrovyle work together to get back to the past. Celebi was the Pokémon who sent Grovyle and the player to the past before, and the trio receive her help to go back again.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs: Celebi is the first boss of the game and a main Pokémon in the storyline. It has the power totime travel and can send the player (without theUkulele Pichu) into the past. It can also send specific Pokémon to the present if the player uses the correctRanger Signs.
In the Japanese version ofPokémon Crystal, Celebi'sPokédex entry states: "もりのかみさま として まつられる" (worshipped as a deity of the forest). This was adapted in English as "revered as a guardian of the forest".
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
ThisPokémon wanders across time. Grass and trees flourish in the forests in which it has appeared.(Pokémon Red, Silver, or Crystal inserted) WhenCelebi disappears deep in a forest, it is said to leave behind an egg it brought from the future.(Pokémon Blue, Gold, or Yellow inserted)
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Celebi is only obtainable inPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness after downloading aWonder Mail from the Nintendo WFC. This Wonder Mail can not be obtained by using a password, but it can be shared through local wireless communication.
Celebi has the amazing ability tomove through time. The area aroundthe ruins might be a special place to this Pokémon.
InPokémon GO, Celebi can be obtained by completing theSpecial Research set,A Ripple in Time. On December 14, 2020, 8 a.m. local time, in celebration of the Japanese release ofSecrets of the Jungle, Celebi'sShiny variant could also be obtained by completing the time-limited Special Research set,Distracted by Something Shiny.
Celebi debuted inCelebi: The Voice of the Forest. In the beginning, aPokémon poacher was after a it, and it traveled 40 years into the future to escape from him, takingSam along with it by accident. TheIron-Masked Marauder eventuallycaught the Time Travel Pokémon in aDark Ball and used it to destroy the forest. However,Ash and Sam managed to snap Celebi out of the Iron-Masked Marauder's spell.
InZoroark: Master of Illusions,Grings Kodai was after Celebi'sTime Ripple in order to restore his ability to see the future, which he got on a previous encounter with it. It befriendedZorua and helped saveZoroark after she was mortally injured by Kodai.
Celebi (recurring)
InA Timeless Encounter!, a Celebi was disturbed by thebattle betweenAsh's Lycanroc andTorracat. In response, it accidentally caused Ash and Torracat to travel back to the past. Later, Celebi transported them back to the present, which was seen again inPikachu's Exciting Adventure! from the perspective of Ash's other Pokémon.
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Celebi made its debut inThe Last Battle IX. TheMasked Man aimed to catch it and use its time-traveling powers to reuniteone of his Pokémon with its deceased parents. Although the Masked Man managed to catch Celebi, theGS Ball holding it was destroyed byGold, freeing it from the villain's control.
InIt All Ends Now VIII, Celebi was revealed to have chosenRuby as its new Trainer before he moved fromJohto toHoenn, though Ruby had no idea of how rare of a Pokémon it was. Remaining unseen for almost the entireRuby & Sapphire arc, it appeared at the end of the arc to destroy theRed and Blue Orbs and reviveSteven,Norman, andCourtney, who had died during the conflict involvingGroudon andKyogre, before returning to the wild.
When aPoké Ball is thrown, there is a 1 in 251 chance of Celebi appearing after all these requirements have been fulfilled:
Unlock all 25 characters
Unlock all 29 stages
Beat all 51 events
Unlock the score display (by reaching 5000 KOs)
It does not affect the battle, but the thrower of the Poké Ball will earn a bonus and trophy of Celebi.
Trophy information
"Celebi has the power to travel through time, and thus wanders from one age to the next. It is considered a deity by the forests: plants and trees are said to grow in unimaginable abundance wherever Celebi visits. Like Mew, Celebi is a Pokémon shrouded in mystery. Its special techniques blend grass and psychic powers."
When a Poké Ball is thrown, there is a 1 in 493 chance of Celebi appearing. Like the other "secret" Pokémon, it drops collectible items; in Celebi's case, it drops trophies.
Trophy information
"A Time Travel Pokémon. Celebi can travel throughout time and inhabit multiple places simultaneously. It is said that it appears only during times of peace, greeted by a flourishing of grass and trees. Two turns after Celebi uses itsFuture Sight move, the foe is bombarded with psychic energy. This proves to have a devastating impact on any Pokémon."
Celebi appears as a trophy in the 3DS version only.
Trophy information
This Pokémon has the unique ability to travel through time to the past or future. However, the only times Celebi wants to visit are those of peace, so catching sight of Celebi in one of the beautiful forests it frequents is a good sign indeed. Perhaps it's mankind's responsibility to create the kind of time Celebi would want to visit.
According to a now-dead Nintendo of Japan page from the early 2000s, Celebi's Japanese name was initially romanized asSelbi as opposed to the laterCelebi.[2][3]
InPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, Celebi is the only obtainable Shiny Pokémon that does not appear as a Strong Foe; it is instead found in a Mystery House.
Celebi is the only Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation II.
Celebi has a natural theme.[6] Specifically, it might be related to the natural worship ofShintoism. It also may be based on afairy,dryad, orkodama, mixed with a plantbulb.
Celebi's beta designs, and to a lesser extent its final design, appear to draw inspiration fromKokopelli, a god of fertility and music from the cultures of some southwestern Native American peoples.
Name origin
Celebi may be a combination of 精霊seirei (spirit),Ceres (Roman goddess of fertility),celebrate orcelestial,serenity, and 美bi (beauty) orbeing.
In other languages
Language
Title
Meaning
Japanese
セレビィCelebi
From精霊seirei,Ceres (Roman goddess of fertility),celebrate orcelestial,serenity, and美bi orbeing
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