Celebi

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Celebi

National
Ho-oh - Celebi (#251) - Treecko
Johto
Mew - Celebi (#251) - None
Japanese name セレビィ Serebī
Stage Basic
Evolves from None
Evolves to None
Generation Second
Species Time Travel Pokémon
Type Psychic / Grass
Height 2 ft 0 in (0.61 m)
Weight 11 lb (4.95 kg)
Ability Natural Cure

Celebi (セレビィ Serebī ?) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise – a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. It is an extremely rare, time-travelling deity.

Many different ideas have been put forward concerning the origin of Celebi's name. One is that it originated in a combination of the words celestial and either being or bee, since it appears to be a sprite with the wings and antennae of a bee. Alternatively, the name could be derived from celebrity, owing to its being a much desired Pokémon. There may also be some reference to celery (by type, Celebi is part Grass, a substance edible to herbivorous animals) and celibacy (Celebi has no stated gender). It may even come from celerity, meaning "speed". Another suggestion is that it may have come from a rearrangement of "Cybele", the equivalent of Mother Earth.

However, the most likely explanation is that Celebi is simply an Anglicized version of the Pokémon's Japanese name, Serebī. Bī is Japanese for "beautiful," while the other part of the name could be considered a reference to the English word serenity, since Celebi strives to free the forest from stress and harm.

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[edit] Biology

Celebi apparently engages in the amazing act of time travel. Since this Pokémon time travels, it is rumoured that the Pokémon Dialga which created time made Celebi. It is the Ilex Forest protector.

From the Pokédex: "Grass and trees flourish in the forests in which it has appeared. When it disappears deep in a forest, it is said to leave behind an egg it brought from the future. This Pokémon came from the future by crossing over time. It is thought that so long as Celebi appears, a bright and shining future awaits us."

[edit] In the video games

Celebi perched on the Ilex Forest Shrine
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Celebi perched on the Ilex Forest Shrine

Celebi is the Gold, Silver and Crystal counterpart to the Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow's Mew, Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald's Jirachi, and Diamond & Pearl's Manaphy. This means that it can only be found as a promotional Pokémon in the second generation of games.

Celebi cannot be captured in any English version of the Pokémon game; however, it is obtainable at Nintendo giveaway events or by using GameShark. It is available in the Japanese bonus disc for Pokémon Colosseum; Jirachi is available on the American version.

Celebi is also available in a special mission in Pokémon Ranger, in which you must rescue it from the hands of the Go-Rock Squad. After cornering it in the Lyra Forest, you can then battle and attempt to capture it. Celebi will summon thorny vines that can damage your Capture Styler if you touch them, which makes capturing Celebi no easy task.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Celebi is a bonus Pokémon when you complete Purity Forest and is at level 45.

[edit] Obtaining Celebi

In all the English versions of Pokémon, it is impossible to catch Celebi by any quests or in wild. Celebi can only be obtained either through an official Nintendo Event or through cheat devices like Gameshark or Action Replay. There had been rumours such as catching all 250 Pokémon and all 26 Unown in order to catch Celebi. However, this had been known not to work, as the Celebi quest in the Japanese had been removed from the game.

In the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, Celebi can be caught by obtaining the GS Ball (the same one that Ash had to carry around while in the Orange Islands). However, this requires a cable to connect the Game Boy Color with a cell phone or by using a cheat device such as Gameshark or Action Replay.

Once a player has the GS Ball, he or she must show it to Kurt, the Pokéball Expert. He will be astonished at the ball, and will ask you to take it as a gift of sorts to the shrine in the Ilex Forest, where the forest's protector, Celebi, is honored. After placing the GS Ball there, the level 30 Celebi will appear and attack. Like any Legendary Pokémon, if the player KOs Celebi, he or she will never have a chance to capture Celebi without restarting from a save before placing the GS Ball on the shrine.

Without a cheat device, it is impossible to get the GS Ball in the English version. The Celebi quest was translated from Japanese to English, however it was cut from the final game after Nintendo deemed it would be too expensive to produce data cables for the wide array of cellphones that exist in the American market. The quest can be unlocked, however, by entering a certain cheat device code.

In addition, a player can go to the Pokémon Center section of the Nintendo Store located in New York City, New York. There is a machine there that gives away rare Pokémon, which include Mew and Celebi.

Also, for a short time, during the "Journey Across America" tour, Celebi was available for downloading.

In the UK, there was a promotion at Toys 'R' Us stores that involved receiving a special game-cart which had several Celebi's to trade to friend's games of GSC. After trading the full quota (believed to be around 10), the game-cart could be sent back in exchange for promo trading cards, comics and other Pokémon merchandise.

[edit] Pokémon Colosseum

In "Pokémon Colosseum", the power of Celebi purifies Shadow Pokémon. When using one of the three Time Flutes, Celebi will appear and purify a Shadow Pokémon without the usual purification process. In the Japanese version, Celebi can be caught with the bonus disc after purifying every Pokémon. However, the American bonus disc had Jirachi in place of Celebi, whereas the European and Australian versions did not have a bonus disc.

[edit] Pokémon Channel

In "Pokémon Channel", Celebi plays a minor role as mainly a Pokémon whom you need to obtain a nice card from. It can be found in Springleaf Field under certain time and weather conditions.

[edit] Super Smash Bros. Melee

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Celebi is one of the Pokémon that comes out of a Poké Ball. It simply flies away once released. Players who make it come out of the Ball receive 8,000 points at the end of the battle. A Celebi trophy is also placed in the trophy gallery. Celebi has a 1 in 251 chance of appearing. Celebi will only appear after unlocking everything in the game.

[edit] In the anime

Celebi as seen in the movie Pokémon 4Ever with Pikachu.
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Celebi as seen in the movie Pokémon 4Ever with Pikachu.
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In the anime, Celebi is represented as a generally weak Pokémon that constantly needs protection. Celebi is one of the main characters in the movie Pokémon 4Ever. In this movie, Celebi is running away from a hunter. It crashes into young Samuel Oak who protects it, and in return, Celebi transports them 40 years into the future (bringing them to the present), where Sam teams up with Ash Ketchum to save Celebi from a Team Rocket member who turns it into a Dark Celebi, and this was the only appearance of Dark Pokémon, originally only appearing as Team Rocket's Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Near the end of the movie, several dozen Celebi appear from all sorts of different eras in time to help out, though there is no proof that these are all different Celebi (see below).

In the Pokémon Chronicles episode "Celebi and Joy", Richie and his Pikachu Sparky meet a Celebi in Marian Town, and goes back in time to save an elderly Nurse Joy's Pokémon Center when it's on the brink of being demolished.

In Episode #432 "Pokémon Ranger Appears! Celebi Rescue Operation!", Celebi makes an appearance along with the female Pokémon Ranger Solana. Celebi was injured after stopping a forest fire.

It is unknown whether all of these appearances are by the same Celebi, or even if more than one exists. As a time traveller, a single Celebi could potentially exist simultaneously in multiple places.

Celebi has also appeared in numerous opening themes for Pocket Monsters and Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation, as well as the dub.

[edit] In the trading card game

In the Trading Card Game, Celebi appears to have made more mainstream appearances than Mew or Jirachi, its promotion-oriented counterparts. Its cards were in the following sets:

  • Neo Revelation (Psychic-type)(#03/66)
  • Neo Revelation (Grass-type)(#16/66)
  • Neo Destiny (as Shining Celebi, a Grass-type)(#106/105)
  • Skyridge (as a Colorless-type "Crystal" Celebi)(#145/144)
  • EX Hidden Legends (as Dark Celebi, a dual Grass/Dark-type)(#004/101)
  • EX Unseen Forces (as Celebi EX, a Grass-type)(#117/115)
  • POP Series 2 (as Celebi EX, a Psychic-type)(#17/17)
  • EX Crystal Guardians (as Celebi Star, a Grass-type)(#100/100)

Celebi also appeared as a Grass-type promotional card that was handed out to those who went to see Pokémon 4Ever in theaters. It was later reprinted in the "EX" format as a promotional card found in certain value boxes.

Shining Celebi and the "Crystal" Celebi use attacks requiring water, grass, and psychic energy.

[edit] Trivia

In the deleted scenes in the DVD of Austin Powers in Goldmember, in one scene you can see a man in a Celebi suit dancing around.

[edit] References

Publications
  • Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
  • Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
  • Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

[edit] External links

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