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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, seePersian (disambiguation).

Persian Classy Cat Pokémon ペルシアン Persian #0053 Persian Alolan Persian Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Types Normal Unknown Persian Dark Unknown Alolan Persian Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Limber orTechnicianGen IV+ Persian Fur Coat orTechnician Alolan Persian Cacophony Unnerve Persian Hidden Ability Rattled Alolan Persian Hidden Ability Cacophony Alolan Persian Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male,50% female	Catch rate 90(20.1%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 3'03" 1.0 m Persian 3'07" 1.1 m Alolan Persian 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 70.5 lbs. 32.0 kg Persian 72.8 lbs. 33.0 kg Alolan Persian 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 148 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 154 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Persian 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 Speed Alolan Persian 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint Alolan Persian
Pokédex color   Yellow Other forms may have other colors.	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Persian (Japanese:ペルシアンPersian) is aNormal-typePokémon introduced inGeneration I.

Itevolves fromMeowth starting atlevel 28. ItsGalarian counterpart isPerrserker.

InAlola, Persian has aDark-typeregional form. It evolves from Alolan Meowth when leveled up with highfriendship.

(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer toGame data→Evolution data for these details.)

Biology

Persian is a large, quadrupedal,felinePokémon. Its fur is pale tan with the exception of its black-rimmed ears. It has a short muzzle with a small, black nose, red eyes with slit pupils, rounded ears, a pair of pointed teeth in its upper jaw, and three whiskers on either side of its face. Its thick whiskers are very sensitive to changes in air movements, enabling it to detect its prey by movement alone. In the center of its forehead is a red jewel. Its long tail has a distinctive curl at the end. Persian communicates with body language and holds its tail upright to signal its intention to pounce. It has long legs and three-toed paws with retractable claws. Persian's lithe muscles also enable it to walk without making a sound.

Persian normally lives intowns and cities. Although popular for its elegance, it is extremely difficult to raise as a pet due to its fickle and temperamental personality. It will scratch anyone, including its Trainer, with little or no provocation, and has been observed ripping its prey apart for no discernible reason. However, when Persian is yanked by its whiskers, it becomes temporarily docile for unknown reasons. It is popular among rich people and is targeted by hunters for its jewel. Its relationship withPerrserker is one of mutual disdain, as Persian's refined and elegant personality clashes with Perrserker's barbaric nature. As mentioned inPokémon Sleep, Persian is known to clean and groom itself even when asleep.^[1] Even when asleep, Persian maintains its striking and haughty expression.

Persian and its evolutionary relatives are theonly known Pokémon capable of learning the movePay Day by leveling up.

Forms

Persian has aregional form:Alolan Persian.

Alolan Persian has a body that is similar to its regular counterpart, but it has blue-gray fur. Its appearance is due to the luxurious lifestyle it received from the past Alolan monarchy.^[2] Its face has a different shape, being larger and more rounded with noticeable jowls. Its eyes are usually in a half-closed state, and instead of a red forehead jewel, it has a blue jewel. The jewel, though different in appearance, is made of mostly the same material as the one on a regular Persian.

Alolan Persian's distinctive face, along with its high-class softer-than-velvet fur coat, is admired by the people and Pokémon of Alola. Alolan Persian's face is seen as a symbol of great wealth. Additionally, Alolan Persian is considered to be a Pokémon of great beauty. The bigger and plumper an Alolan Persian's face is, the more beautiful it is considered. The rippling of Alolan Persian's fur in battle is said to have a beauty of its own. This has made Alolan Persian a very popular Pokémon in the Alola region. Due to its distinctive fame, Alolan Persian is well protected and cared for by the Alola region. Notably, strict inspections are required before tourists are granted permission to take one Alolan Persian to their home region.^[3]

In behavior, it is described as highly intelligent and having an even higher opinion of itself. This prideful Pokémon looks down on everything other than itself. Alolan Persian is a very difficult Pokémon partner to use in battle. The reason is due to it being unwilling to bond with its Trainer. Alolan Persian is said to have formidable physical abilities in battle.

While battling, Alolan Persian puts on a refined act at first. However, it prefers to use underhanded tactics in battle. These tactics usually consist of surprise attacks to blindside foes, trickery, and even foul play like sucker punches. Because of these brutal tactics, it prefers to torture its weakened prey rather than finishing them off. This haughty personality has often caused it to underestimate opponents and be deceived by their counterattacks.

InGeneration IX, Alolan Persian is theonly known Pokémon that can haveFur Coat as anAbility.

Evolution

Persian evolves fromMeowth.

Alolan Persian evolves from Alolan Meowth.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer toGame data→Evolution data.)

Persian

Unevolved Meowth  Normal

→

First Evolution Persian  Normal

Alolan Persian

Unevolved Meowth Alolan Form  Dark

→

First Evolution Persian Alolan Form  Dark

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Persian runs the bank atPokémon Square.
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: The aforementioned Persian returns as an acquaintance of the Duskull fromPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and is recruited once Duskull connects with the player.

Pokédex entries

Persian in theAlola Pokédex	Alolan Persian in theAlola Pokédex	Persian in thePaldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Persian

Pokémon caught inGeneration I must be traded to aGeneration II game in order for a held item to appear.

Games		Held items
Red	Blue	Berry (100%)
Yellow
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Quick Claw (5%)
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire

Alolan Persian

Games		Held items
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon	Quick Claw (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Persian

Alolan Persian

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Persian

Alolan Persian

Learnset

Persian and Alolan Persian are available inScarlet and Violet andLegends Z-A Version 2.0.0+.

Byleveling up

Persian

SV

ZA

Alolan Persian

SV

ZA

ByTM

Persian

SV

Generation IX Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM003 TM003 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM022 TM022 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM027 TM027 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM031 TM031 Metal Claw Steel Physical 05050 095}}95% 35 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM034 TM034 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM057 TM057 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TM060 TM060 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM061 TM061 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM062 TM062 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM101 TM101 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20 TM102 TM102 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120120 080}}80% 5 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM117 TM117 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM128 TM128 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM140 TM140 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM177 TM177 Spite Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM199 TM199 Lash Out Dark Physical 07575 100}}100% 5 TM202 TM202 Pain Split Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM203 TM203 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM219 TM219 Skitter Smack Bug Physical 07070 090}}90% 10 TM221 TM221 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Persian Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Persian Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

ZA

Generation IX Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   CD  TM001 TM001 Headbutt Normal Physical 07070 7 TM005 TM005 Roar Normal Status 0000— 6 TM008 TM008 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 10 TM017 TM017 Protect Normal Status 0000— 15 TM019 TM019 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 8 TM020 TM020 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 8 TM022 TM022 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 9 TM027 TM027 Swift Normal Special 06060 5 TM028 TM028 Dig Ground Physical 08080 12 TM032 TM032 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 15 TM033 TM033 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 8 TM035 TM035 Endure Normal Status 0000— 12 TM041 TM041 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 6 TM044 TM044 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 20 TM045 TM045 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 10 TM047 TM047 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 12 TM049 TM049 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 7 TM055 TM055 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 20 TM056 TM056 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 10 TM061 TM061 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 7 TM067 TM067 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 8 TM071 TM071 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 8 TM074 TM074 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 8 TM082 TM082 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 12 TM083 TM083 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 15 TM085 TM085 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 10 TM087 TM087 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 10 TM088 TM088 Spikes Ground Status 0000— 7 TM090 TM090 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 8 TM091 TM091 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 15 TM095 TM095 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 12 TM097 TM097 Heal Block Psychic Status 0000— 12 TM099 TM099 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 4 TM100 TM100 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120120 10 TM103 TM103 Work Up Normal Status 0000— 15 TM106 TM106 Thunder Electric Special 110110 10 TM109 TM109 Facade Normal Physical 07070 7 TM110 TM110 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 7 TM115 TM115 Trailblaze Grass Physical 04040 6 TM116 TM116 Pay Day Normal Physical 04040 6 TM122 TM122 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 6 TM125 TM125 Mimic Normal Status 0000— 6 TM128 TM128 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 03535 7 TM141 TM141 Fake Out Normal Physical 04040 3 TM146 TM146 Skull Bash Normal Physical 150150 12

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Persian Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Persian Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

Alolan Persian

SV

Generation IX Other generations: VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM003 TM003 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM022 TM022 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM027 TM027 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM031 TM031 Metal Claw Steel Physical 05050 095}}95% 35 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM034 TM034 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM060 TM060 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM061 TM061 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM062 TM062 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM101 TM101 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20 TM102 TM102 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120120 080}}80% 5 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM117 TM117 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM128 TM128 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM140 TM140 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM177 TM177 Spite Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM179 TM179 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM195 TM195 Burning Jealousy Fire Special 07070 100}}100% 5 TM199 TM199 Lash Out Dark Physical 07575 100}}100% 5 TM203 TM203 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM219 TM219 Skitter Smack Bug Physical 07070 090}}90% 10 TM221 TM221 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Persian Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Persian Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations