Cleffa (Pokémon)


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Cleffa (Japanese: ピィ Py) is a baby Pokémon introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Pokémon.

It evolves into when leveled up with high friendship, which evolves into  when exposed to a Moon Stone.

Biology
Cleffa is a small, pink creature that is vaguely star-shaped in appearance. Its ears are completely brown. It has two small black eyes, a small mouth, and it appears to have a small, permanent blush on its cheeks. It possesses stubby, digitless arms and legs, which come to a point. It has a curl on its forehead and a curled up tail.

Cleffa lives in, typically found at meteor impact sites. Sightings of Cleffa increase on nights illuminated by shooting stars, where they dance the night away; this dance is said to bring good fortune to any who witness it. They quench their thirst the next morning by drinking dew. It is fascinated by anything resembling stars and meteors, such as. Because of this, as well as its own star-shaped silhouette, Cleffa is commonly believed to have arrived on a shooting star.

Lusamine's Cleffa
Lusamine's Clefable first appeared as a Cleffa in a photo in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and A Glaring Rivalry!, where was seen holding it. It appeared in a flashback in Night of a Thousand Poses!, where was seen holding it.

Other
Cleffa made its main series debut in Wish Upon a Star Shape, where it first fell from a spaceship that belonged to the kleptomaniac Clefairy from Clefairy Tales. and had to get the Star Shape Pokémon back to its group before  and the Pokémon Mystery Club could get their hands on it. It evolved at the end of the episode.

Multiple Cleffa appeared in A Real Cleffa-Hanger, where they played a major role.

A Cleffa appeared in The Brockster Is In!, under the ownership of Normajean. It was among the Pokémon poisoned by a group of wild but where saved thanks to Brock's Chansey and.

Minor appearances
Cleffa debuted in Pikachu & Pichu as part of the Pichu Bros Posse.

A 's Cleffa appeared in Harley Rides Again.

A Cleffa appeared in Hungry For the Good Life! as one of the Pokémon being cared for by Mr. Backlot.

A Coordinator's Cleffa appeared in the Sinnoh Grand Festival in Last Call — First Round!, performing along with a.

A Cleffa appeared in I Choose You!, where it was playfully chasing a.

Three Trainers' Cleffa appeared in The Power of Us.

In the movie adaptations
A Cleffa appeared in ICYR2.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Gligar Glide, Cleffa is one of the baby Pokémon that escape from the Daycare Center near Goldenrod City.

Whitney has a Cleffa, which was first seen in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa. Using her, she provided an opening for her Miltank to use a on what she thought was , but the fake Pokémon withstood the attack and struck Miltank down.

A Cleffa appeared in a fantasy in Cautious Clefairy.

A Cleffa appeared in a fantasy in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia IV.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
Whitney owns a Cleffa in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Cleffa only appears as a random trophy.

Trophy information
''With silhouettes that resemble stars, Cleffa are often sighted when the night sky is filled with shooting stars. Cleffa evolves into Clefairy, but only if it has a strong bond of friendship with its trainer. Since Cleffa are so cute and lovable, many trainers choose to keep it in this unevolved form.''

NPC appearances

 * : Cleffa appears in a quiz-show styled mini-game alongside . A series of Pokémon parade across the screen and players have to count how many of the Pokémon species that have been instructed to be counted parade across the screen. The final score is based how close the answered amount is to the right number.
 * : A Cleffa appears during Motion Puzzle mode, taking over the role that had in the first game.

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Trivia

 * Cleffa shares its with . They are both known as Star Shape Pokémon.
 * Cleffa is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 218.
 * Cleffa has the shortest Japanese Pokémon name.
 * Cleffa is tied with for the lowest base  stat of all  Pokémon.

Origin
It is possible that it's based on and s, just like its evolutions.

Name origin
Cleffa is a corruption of  (French for [musical] key). It is ultimately a diminutive of , indicating it is less than Clefairy.

Py may be a shortening of . It is ultimately a diminutive of .

Related articles

 * Lusamine's Cleffa