Jirachi is a small, white, humanoidPokémon. It has short, stubby legs and comparatively longer arms. There are flaps on the underside of its arms, which give the impression of long sleeves. On its belly is a curved seam, which conceals a third, yellow eye with a cyan pupil, known as its "true eye". Additionally, Jirachi has a normal pair of ovalish eyes on its face, with small, blue triangular markings underneath. On its head is a large, yellow structure with three points extending outward: one from the top and one on either side. On each point is a teal tag, known as a "wish tag". A rounded extension hangs from either side of the yellow structure, framing Jirachi's face. Two yellow streamers flow from Jirachi's back, resembling comet tails.
Jirachi hibernates for most of its life, awakening for seven days every thousand years. It can be also awakened if sung to by a voice of purity. Jirachi sleeps wrapped up in its yellow streams similar to a baby. While it sleeps, a tough, crystalline shell envelops its body to protect itself. However, even without, Jirachi can still fight while asleep. During the short periods it is awake in, Jirachi will grant wishes. However, how its wish powers work differ betweencanons. In theJirachi: Wish Maker movie,Jirachi cannot create objects through its wishes, instead, it'll teleport the wished object to the one who wished for it. By contrast, in thePokémon the Series: Black & White episodeSearching for a Wish!, it can grant wishes without the use of teleportation. In thePokémon Adventures manga,Jirachi will only grant wishes when its true eye is opened. Additionally, it can only grant three wishes every thousand years, which are written on each of its three wish tags. It was also shown being able to create artificial Pokémon through its wishes, animating a mass of seawater in the shape of aKyogre. Jirachi's power is similarly exploited in the movie to create amonstrous Groudon. The movie further reveals that Jirachi's awakening is linked to the appearance of theMillennium Comet and that its third eye has the ability to absorb the energy Jirachi needs for hibernation. In Pokémon Adventures, Jirachi was shown to slumber in space. It is said that Jirachi's ability to grant wishes also gives it great attack power, as seen when it createsa concentrated bundle of light to blast its target. Although it is extremely rare, Jirachi can be found in themountains.
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: While in the Ruins, one of the slot machine prizes is the chance to capture Jirachi. Jirachi will move around and must be hit three times in 30 seconds for the capture to be successful. There is only one chance per pinball game.
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Jirachi is the astronomer of theExpedition Society and a self-proclaimed genius, capable of fixing the Pokémon Nexus. He mentions to have been born inStar Cave, the location where Jirachi could be found in Explorers of Sky.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
A legend states thatJirachi will make true any wish that is written on notes attached to its head when it awakens. If thisPokémon senses danger, it will fight without awakening.
A legend states that Jirachi will make true any wish that is written on notes attached to its head when it awakens. If this Pokémon senses danger, it will fight without awakening.
Jirachi’s wondrous power allows it to grant any wishes written on the notes attached to its head.I hardly dared hope when we first saw its crystal shell, but I’m so glad we were lucky enough to encounter it!
InPokémon GO, Jirachi can be obtained by completing theSpecial Research,A Thousand-Year Slumber.When attempting to catch Jirachi in Pokémon Go, several Pokémon can be seen singing in the background. Jirachi is one of very few Pokémon, like Meloetta, with a unique catch environment in Pokémon Go.
Jirachi debuted in a major role inJirachi: Wish Maker. It was revealed to only awaken during the week of theMillennium Comet, where it would search for a partner to be its friend, with the honor in the movie going toMax. However, by the end of the movie, Jirachi went back to sleep, much to Max's sadness.
Other
Jirachi made its animated series debut inSearching for a Wish!. A young girl namedGemma had been in pursuit of Jirachi, since she wanted it to grant her wish to restore her valley to the vibrant land it once was. Jirachi was initially shy towards her, but in the end, it warmed up to her and granted her wish before falling asleep again.
Jirachi appears as a rarePoké Ball Pokémon in its first appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series. The chance of it appearing is 1 in 493 (the amount of Pokémon in theGeneration IVNational Pokédex). Like the other "secret" Pokémon, it drops rare items before flying away. In Jirachi's case, the items are stickers.
Trophy information
A Wish Pokémon. It's said to awaken for seven days once every thousand years, with the ability to grant any wish asked of it. It is truly a Pokémon of which dreams are made. In combat it uses its wish power to attack. Its attack,Doom Desire, which causes light to rain down from the heavens to do tremendous damage, is especially powerful.
Since Jirachi is only awake for seven days every one thousand years, it's an even bigger sleeper than Snorlax! It can't just be sleeping the whole time, though. It's probably hard at work deep in the land of dreams, strengthening its ability to grant people's wishes. If it detects danger while asleep, it can fight without even waking up!
Jirachi was originally only available asShiny inGeneration III due to a set of bugs, wherein Jirachi obtained viaPokémon Channel or the North American version of thePokémon Colosseum Bonus Disc were not intended by the developers to be obtainable as shiny, but were possible to obtain as shiny regardless.
Despite being legitimately obtainable in Generation III,Shiny Jirachi were previously locked out ofGeneration VI's Wi-Fi features prior to an update, and were also blocked from enteringPokémon Bank until after the2014 Tanabata Shiny Jirachi event was released inGeneration VI; this makes Jirachi the only Pokémon to have undergone this kind of issue.
Jirachi appears to be based on the concept of "wishing upon a star"—the practice of making awish while observingmeteors in the night sky. Its pointed head is shaped like a literalstar, and itsSteel-type may be a reference toiron meteorites. The tags of paper on its head resemble 短冊tanzaku, strips of paper on which wishes are written during the Japanese festival たなばたTanabata, also known as theStar Festival. The fact that it is awake for only 7 days may be a reference to how the festival always takes place on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. Its thousand-year sleep followed by a short period of consciousness may be a reference tocomets, most of which are visible from Earth only once in a lifetime, and the two long streamers attached to its body resemble acomet tail.
Its humanoid appearance and ability to grant wishes may also be inspired by Arabic myths about thejinn, also known asgenies. In some folk tales such asAladdin, imprisoned genies would grant wishes to the person who released them. The eye on Jirachi's belly might be a reference to thethird eye which is believed to provide perception beyond ordinary sight fitting itsPsychic-type.
Name origin
Jirachi may be derived from желатьzhelatʹ (Russian forto wish). It may also involvejinn or 幸sachi (Japanese for fortune).
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