Phione (Pokémon)


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Phione (Japanese: フィオネ Phione) is a  introduced in Generation IV.

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, it can only be obtained by breeding or another Phione with.

It is a member of the sea guardians with Manaphy.

Phione's status as a Mythical Pokémon is often disputed, with contradiction occurring even between official sources.

Biology
Phione is a blue Pokémon with a round head and a tiny body. Phione's head is crowned by a flotation sac with a long, ribbon-like antenna. Its mouth is small, and its eyes are large with blue sclera and gray irises. Above its eyes are two blue, circular markings connected to the eyes by a thin black line. Its long, flipper-like arms have rounded tips. Phione has a red, oval gem on its chest and a single rudimentary foot spike.

Phione inflates the sac on its head to drift in the water and search for food. When the water grows warm, it will drift in packs with other members of its species. No matter how far it has drifted, it will always return to the place where it was born.

Major appearances
Three Phione debuted in Hold the Phione! as residents of Chocovine Town. One of them became attracted to Dawn's Buneary, and became jealous upon realizing that Buneary had feelings for. This Phione was also temporarily caught by, but it managed to escape.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Phione made its debut in Alternate Dimension Showdown XI, where it was revealed to have hatched from an Egg created by. Afterwards it was trained by Diamond and Pearl, where it used, a move Phione is unable to perform in-game.

NPC appearances

 * : A group of six Phione appeared in Miracle Sea who were driven away by an enraged, treasure-seeking and once Gyarados was defeated gave the team the Phione Dew needed to save.

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Trivia

 * Phione is the only Pokémon that is obtainable by breeding a Mythical Pokémon.
 * Breeding either or Phione can produce a Phione Egg, but Phione is unable to evolve into Manaphy nor produce Eggs that can hatch into Manaphy.
 * Consequently, Phione and Manaphy are the only that can be bred.
 * Phione,, , and  are the only Pokémon that can be obtained by breeding a Pokémon they cannot evolve into.
 * Phione has exactly the same base stats as.
 * Phione is not found in any regional Pokédex.

Mythical status
Phione's status as a Mythical Pokémon is disputed, with several pieces of evidence and even official statements often contradicting each other.

Evidence for

 * Pokémon.com's mailbag was once asked if Phione was Legendary. The official answer was initially no, but was quickly changed to yes; the whole mailbag section has since been taken down with the restructure of Pokémon.com.
 * Phione is listed under the Mythical Pokémon section in the Pokémon 2011 Style Guide.
 * Phione is listed as a Mythical Pokémon in the Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook.
 * Phione was a usable Pokémon in the Circle of Legends tournament, in which only Legendary and Mythical Pokémon were allowed.
 * Phione is banned from the 2016 Video Game Championships due to being a Mythical Pokémon.
 * Phione is listed as a Mythical Pokémon in a September 2016 Nintendo feature story on Mythical Pokémon.
 * In the Generation VII Global Trade System, if the player chooses to exclude people seeking Mythical or Legendary Pokémon, people seeking Phione will not be displayed.
 * In the Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon official strategy guide, Phione is listed as a Mythical Pokémon.

Evidence against

 * Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver: Prima's Official Strategy Guide states that Phione is not Legendary (a term used at the time to describe both Legendary and Mythical Pokémon) due to it being able to be obtained by hatching Eggs.
 * In Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, all Mythical Pokémon are referred to as "rare," but Phione is not. It is also found normally in the wild.
 * All Mythical Pokémon are listed in Pokémon Daisuki Club's Mystery File feature website, but Phione is missing.
 * In the Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon official strategy guide, it says that Manaphy is the only Mythical Pokémon that can breed.

Other

 * Phione can breed to produce another Phione; this is impossible with any other Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. However, Manaphy can also breed to produce Phione, and Manaphy is a confirmed Mythical Pokémon.
 * Phione is not found in any regional Pokédex, a trait that is otherwise exclusive to Generation IV Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
 * Phione is also not needed to obtain the diploma, a trait otherwise exclusive to Mythical Pokémon.
 * Phione is banned from the, the Battle Subway, the Pokémon World Tournament, the Battle Maison, and the Battle Tree, a rule which typically applies only to Mythical Pokémon and Special Pokémon; the only non-Mythical Pokémon to have been event-only at one point, and , were allowed in the Battle Subway, indicating Phione's battle facility ban may be due to it being Mythical.
 * Phione is also banned from most online competitions and online battles.
 * In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series:
 * In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Phione has a 100% recruit rate, is never battled, and the player is not allowed to recruit more than one to their team, all of which are traits otherwise only exhibited by Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
 * In, is able to summon Phione as an ally. Only Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are able to be summoned in this way.
 * In Pokémon Rumble Blast, Phione can only be unlocked once a certain number of customers have shopped at the Toy Shop, a trait otherwise exclusive to Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
 * Phione was featured in Pokémon.com's 2012 Pokémon Power Bracket, a single-elimination tournament where all other Pokémon in the bracket were Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
 * The Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon: The Official Alola Region Strategy Guide has two separate pieces of conflicting information about Phione's Mythical status within itself.

Origin
Phione is probably based on s, specifically. Clione are remarkably popular in Japanese documentaries, especially in, on which Sinnoh is based (this may also explain their appearance in Chocovine Town).

Name origin
Phione may be a combination of the final syllable of ' and ' (sea angels). Like clione, Phione is pronounced in three syllables.

Related articles

 * Sea guardians