Celebi (2024)

Species

Quote “Revered as a guardian of the forest, Celebi appears wherever beautiful forests exist.” — Celebi's Pokédex entry[src]

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Celebi^(JP) is a species of Pokémon in the series of the same name. It is a dual-type Psychic/Grass Mythical Pokémon that made its first appearance in the second generation games Gold and Silver. It serves as the guardian of Ilex Forest.

Physiology and Behavior[]

Celebi is a green, fairy-like Pokémon. It has round toeless feet, three-fingered hands, and clear wings on its back. It has a round head that comes to a curved point. It has large baby-blue eyes with thick black rings around them, and a pair of green antennae with blue tips.

Often found in forests, Celebi is a Mythical Pokémon, known in legend as the "Voice of the Forest." It is able to travel through time and exist simultaneously throughout time, and plant life flourishes wherever it has been. As seen in the anime, it is able to bring deceased Celebi back to life and restore plants to perfect health. Celebi also has the ability to heal wounds. It was shown in Pokémon Colosseum that Celebi has the power to instantly cause the Purification of any Shadow Pokémon and can be summoned at Relic Forest with the melody of a Time Flute.

Despite living in forests as its guardian, Celebi only shows itself in areas and times of peace. It has been regarded that as long as Celebi are seen throughout the world, a prosperous and bright future is still in store for the Pokémon world. As shown in the anime, it can sense if something is a temporal anomaly in their current timeline and will bring them back to their original timeline. Celebi has been referred to as a forest deity.

Appearances[]

Main Pokémon games[]

Other Pokémon games[]

In the Japanese version of Pokémon Colosseum, a Celebi can be obtained if all the shadow Pokémon are purified and the player has the bonus disc.

Pokémon Ranger: Celebi is in a Ranger Net mission. In the mission, the player must capture the Celebi to save it from the Go-Rock Squad. It is found wandering in Lyra Forest.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: A Shiny Celebi is a supporting protagonist in the main storyline. When the player and partner are sent to the future by Dusknoir, the player, partner, and Grovyle work together to get back to the past. Celebi was the Pokémon who sent Grovyle and the player to the past before, and the trio receive her help to go back again.Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs: Celebi is the first boss of the game and a main Pokémon in the storyline. It has the power to time travel and can send the player (without the Ukulele Pichu) into the past. It can also send specific Pokémon to the present if the player uses the correct Ranger Signs.

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: A regular Celebi appears with Ampharos and Jirachi of the Expedition Society to transport the player and partner out of harm's way before Nuzleaf and Beheeyem get a second chance to petrify the player and partner after their return from the Voidlands. Celebi explains that Dark Matter once threatened to attack the Tree of Life which would have resulted in the planet's collision with the sun, but was stopped by the efforts of a human and a Pokémon. Celebi theorizes this same human was brought back to the present by the ancient Mew. Celebi also reveals that the Harmony Scarves worn by the player and partner were made using materials from the Tree of Life; their temporary evolutions were triggered as a result of the Tree's power. Later, Celebi helps assist many other Pokémon in stopping the ascent of the Tree of Life into the sun a second time. It, along with the Shiny Celebi from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, are recruitable after completion of the main story via the Connection Orb.

Super Smash Bros. series[]

In Melee and Brawl, it is a special Poké Ball Pokémon like Mew and Jirachi. In Melee, it requires everything to be unlocked and all the events beaten to appear and has a 1 in 251 chance of appearing. It rewards the player who was released with a score bonus and a trophy of Celebi. In Brawl, there are no requirements but, it appears in a 1 in 493 chance. It drops trophies when summoned. In the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, it is just a Trophy. Celebi appears as a Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Trophy descriptions[]

In the anime[]

Celebi starred in Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi: Voice of the Forest, alongside Suicune. A Pokémon poacher was after a Celebi, and it traveled 40 years into the future to escape from him, taking Sam along with it by accident. The Iron-Masked Marauder eventually captured the Time Travel Pokémon in a Dark Ball and used it to destroy the forest. However, Ash Ketchum and Sam managed to snap Celebi out of the Iron-Masked Marauder's spell.

In Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions, Grings Kodai was after Celebi's Time Ripple in order to restore his ability to see the future, which he got on a previous encounter with it. It befriended Zorua and helped save Zoroark after she was mortally injured by Kodai.

Celebi made various appearances in the anime proper.

A Shiny Celebi appeared in Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle.

Origin and inspiration[]

Celebi has a natural theme. Specifically, it might be related to the natural worship of Shintoism. It also may be based on a fairy, dryad, or kodama, mixed with a plant bulb.

Celebi may be a combination of 精霊 seirei (spirit), Ceres (Roman goddess of fertility), celebrate or celestial, serenity, and 美 bi (beauty) or being.

In-game information[]

Pokédex entries[]

In the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, Celebi's Pokédex entry states: "もりのかみさま として まつられる" (worshipped as a deity of the forest). This was adapted in English as "revered as a guardian of the forest".

Game locations[]

All other Celebi have to be obtained through distribution events or transferred from earlier entries.

Base Stats[]

Moveset[]

Main article: Celebi/moveset

Gallery[]

Sprites[]

Sprites
Gold File:PKMNG251.png File:PKMNG251-S.png Silver File:PKMNS251.png File:PKMNS251-S.png Crystal File:PKMNC251.gif File:PKMNC251-S.gif
Ruby Sapphire File:PKMNRS251.png File:PKMNRS251-S.png Emerald File:PKMNE251.gif File:PKMNE251-S.gif Fire Leaf File:PKMNFRLG251.png File:PKMNFRLG251-S.png
Diamond Pearl File:PKMNDP251-S.png Platinum File:PKMNP251.png File:PKMNP251-S.png Heart Soul File:PKMNHGSS251-S.png
Black White File:PKMNBW251-S.png Black 2 White 2 File:PKMNBW2251.png File:PKMNBW2251-S.png X Y File:PKMNXY251-S.png
Sword Shield File:PKMNSS251-S.png Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl File:PKMNBDSP251.png File:PKMNBDSP251-S.png

Trivia[]

• Celebi was officially revealed in the July 2000 issue of CoroCoro.
• Celebi is the mascot of the Pokémon website, Serebii.net.
• Celebi was the first event-exclusive Pokémon to appear in the anime outside of a movie.
• Celebi is the first Mythical Pokémon to have been caught in the anime.
• According to a dead Nintendo of Japan page from the early 2000s, Celebi's Japanese name was initially romanized as Selbi as opposed to the later Celebi.
• A 2008 interview done with Masamitsu Hidaka revealed that the GS Ball was initially meant to contain a Celebi that would be used in a story arc throughout the Johto series. This idea was shelved, however, when Celebi was decided to be the star of Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi: Voice of the Forest.