Itevolves intoFloette starting atlevel 19, which evolves intoFlorges when exposed to aShiny Stone. Flabébé also has five separateforms, each named for the color of its flower:Red Flower,Yellow Flower,Orange Flower,Blue Flower, andWhite Flower.
Flabébé is a small,fairy-likePokémon. Its head, upper torso, and stubby arms are white, and its lower body is light green, ending in apeduncle-like tail. It has beady eyes, a small, pointed nose, a pink blush mark on each cheek, and heart-shaped ears. It wears a crown made of interwoven yellow pollen balls. Flabébé is a female-only species with no male counterpart, as well as one of theshortest andlightest Pokémon in existence.
Notably, Flabébé is usually seen riding a flower, called a "Fairy Flower" in thePokémon the Series: XY episodeTo Find a Fairy Flower!. The flower has a short, light green peduncle with three small leaves, threestamens with rounded, yellow anthers, a yellowpistil, and five rounded petals, which can be red, yellow, orange, blue, or white. After birth, it will immediately search around for a flower that has the shape and color it wants; once it finds the one, Flabébé will care for it for the rest of its life. The flower that Flabébé holds is so intrinsically connected to Flabébé that it is thought to be a part of its body. The different forms of Flabébé are described as particularly fond of certain flower colors, except for White Flower Flabébé.
Flabébé is able to draw forth the power hidden within flowers in order to use a variety ofmoves and fend for itself; in return, it gives them some of its own energy. From the flower it holds, Flabébé collects a special pollen with healing properties to craft its crown and directs power to float upward in currents of air. As seen in thePokémon Journeys: The Series episodeUnder Color of Darkness!, Flabébé becomes unable to properly float around if one of the petals on its flower falls off.
Flabébé has five separate forms, each with one of five different flower colors: Red Flower, Yellow Flower, Orange Flower, Blue Flower, and White Flower. The flower color is maintained throughEvolution intoFloette and thenFlorges, and cannot be changed. Hatched Flabébé have the same flower color as their mother.
InPokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Red and Blue Flower Flabébé can only be obtained bybreeding Red and Blue Flower Floette, respectively. In all other games in which the Flabébé evolutionary line is present, all forms of Flabébé can be caught in the wild.
In theGeneration VI andVII games, Flabébé and its evolved forms can only have theirHidden AbilitySymbiosis if caught in theFriend Safari or throughSOS Battles, respectively. This means that Orange and White Flower Flabébé, Floette, and Florges cannot have their Hidden Ability in Generation VI, and the same is true for Blue Flower Flabébé, Floette, and Florges caught in Generation VII.
In Pokémon GO, the various forms of Flabébé, and by extension their evolutionary forms, have varied appearances depending on which region the game is at: Yellow Flower Flabébé is found in the Americas, while Red Flower Flabébé is found in Asia-Pacific regions and Blue Flower Flabébé is found in Europe, Africa, and the Middle-East. Orange and White Flower Flabébé are technically found everywhere, but are considered rare spawns.
InA Festival Reunion!,Goh caught one Blue, Yellow, Red, and Orange FlowerFlabébé each inShalour City. A White Flower Flabébé also appeared in the episode, marking the form's animated series debut. The episode ended with Goh running after her to catch her, which he was revealed to have succeeded at inThe Cuteness Quotient!. InUnder Color of Darkness!, all of the Flabébé evolved into Floette, and Goh released his White Flower Floette in the episode's ending.
Multiple Orange Flower, Yellow Flower, and Blue Flower Flabébé appeared in the opening sequence ofDiancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. This movie also marked the Blue Flower Flabébé's debut.
InFacing the Grand Design!, multiple Red Flower, Orange Flower, Yellow Flower, and Blue Flower Flabébé were living nearGrace Tower. This episode also marked the main series debuts of the Blue Flower and Yellow Flower Flabébé.
Multiple Flabébé (two Red and Orange Flower, three Blue Flower, and one White Flower) appeared inPT12. One of each, except White Flower, were under the ownership of a Trainer.
ExcludingMega Evolutions, Flabébé and itsEvolutions are the only Fairy-type Pokémon introduced prior toGeneration VIII that cannot be obtained in any Generation VIII game.
Origin
Flabébé appears to be based onfairies andnymphs, in particularAntheia due to its flowerwreath-like "crown" upon its head, as well as possiblyChloris. It may have also been inspired by the concept of insectpollination, considering its small stature and grasp upon the flower's female organ, thestigma — its wreath also resembles the clumps ofpollen that gathers on the bodies of pollinator insects.
Name origin
Flabébé may be a combination of フラワーfurawā (flower) andbébé (French for baby).
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