TheFairy Egg Group (Japanese:妖精グループFairy Group) is one of the fifteenEgg Groups. As ofGeneration IX, 66 Pokémon belong to this group.

Characteristics

Most Pokémon in this Egg Group are commonly known as "cute" Pokémon. The members of this group tend not to be as physically large as the members of other Egg Groups, even when fully evolved. Many Pokémon in this group appear to be mostly a head with arms and legs in terms of body shape. A rather large amount of Pokémon from this group are alsoFairy-type.

It is also noteworthy that severalevolutionary lines that belong to this Egg Group have received apre-Evolution, either in a later generation or, in the case ofTogetic, at the same time. There are also several lines that are predominantly female.

Pokémon

Of the 1025 Pokémon species, 66 are in this Egg Group (6.44%).

Only in this Egg Group

#   Pokémon Type 0035 Clefairy Fairy 0036 Clefable Fairy 0039 Jigglypuff Normal Fairy 0040 Wigglytuff Normal Fairy 0113 Chansey Normal 0242 Blissey Normal 0311 Plusle Electric 0312 Minun Electric 0531 Audino Normal 0669 Flabébé Fairy 0670 Floette Fairy 0671 Florges Fairy 0682 Spritzee Fairy 0683 Aromatisse Fairy 0684 Swirlix Fairy 0685 Slurpuff Fairy 0856 Hatenna Psychic 0857 Hattrem Psychic 0858 Hatterene Psychic Fairy 0876 Indeedee Male Psychic Normal 0876 Indeedee Female Psychic Normal 0957 Tinkatink Fairy Steel 0958 Tinkatuff Fairy Steel 0959 Tinkaton Fairy Steel

In this and another Egg Group

#   Pokémon Type Other 0025 Pikachu Electric Field 0026 Raichu Electric Field 0026 Raichu Alolan Form Electric Psychic Field 0176 Togetic Fairy Flying Flying 0183 Marill Water Fairy Water 1 0184 Azumarill Water Fairy Water 1 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying Grass 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying Grass 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying Grass 0209 Snubbull Fairy Field 0210 Granbull Fairy Field 0285 Shroomish Grass Grass 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting Grass 0300 Skitty Normal Field 0301 Delcatty Normal Field 0303 Mawile Steel Fairy Field 0315 Roselia Grass Poison Grass 0351 Castform Normal Amorphous 0361 Snorunt Ice Mineral 0362 Glalie Ice Mineral 0407 Roserade Grass Poison Grass 0417 Pachirisu Electric Field 0420 Cherubi Grass Grass 0421 Cherrim Grass Grass 0468 Togekiss Fairy Flying Flying 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost Mineral 0489 Phione Water Water 1 0490 Manaphy Water Water 1 0546 Cottonee Grass Fairy Grass 0547 Whimsicott Grass Fairy Grass 0702 Dedenne Electric Fairy Field 0703 Carbink Rock Fairy Mineral 0742 Cutiefly Bug Fairy Bug 0743 Ribombee Bug Fairy Bug 0777 Togedemaru Electric Steel Field 0859 Impidimp Dark Fairy Human-Like 0860 Morgrem Dark Fairy Human-Like 0861 Grimmsnarl Dark Fairy Human-Like 0868 Milcery Fairy Amorphous 0869 Alcremie Fairy Amorphous 0870 Falinks Fighting Mineral 0877 Morpeko Electric Dark Field 0924 Tandemaus Normal Field 0925 Maushold Family of Three Normal Field 0925 Maushold Family of Four Normal Field

Trivia

• Along with theWater 1 Egg Group, this Egg Group is the only one to containMythical Pokémon other than theNo Eggs Discovered Group.
• Of all the pre-existing Pokémon that becameFairy-type inGeneration VI that canbreed, onlyMr. Mime and theRalts evolutionary line are not in this Egg Group.
  • Similarly, of the Pokémon introduced inGeneration VI that areFairy-type and canbreed, onlySylveon andKlefki are not in this Egg Group.
• Clefairy,Clefable,Snubbull, andGranbullshare the "Fairy Pokémon"category, which predates the introduction of the Fairy Egg Group and theFairy type.
  • In English, those four Pokémon have the same name for their type (fromGeneration VI onwards), Egg Group, and category.
  • In Japanese, those four Pokémon have the same name for their category (ようせいポケモンYōsei Pokémon) and Egg Group (ようせいグループYōsei Group), but their type has a different name (フェアリータイプFairy-type).

In other languages

Notes

This game mechanic article is part ofProject Games, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on thePokémon games.

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