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'''Legendary beasts''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|三聖獣|さんせいじゅう}}''' ''Three Sacred Beasts'') is a collective fan term used to refer to the [[Legendary trio|trio]] of {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, and {{p|Suicune}}.

They are the Legendary trio of the [[Johto]] region. In most of their appearances, they are usually seen [[Roaming Pokémon|roaming]]. They share a common [[Ability]], {{a|Pressure}}, and Hidden Ability, {{a|Inner Focus}}.

[[File:Scarlet Book Legendary-Beast.png|thumb|200px|"Imagined" legendary beast from the Scarlet Book]]

A direct counterpart to the [[Legendary birds|Generation I trio]], the beasts find their [[trio master|master]] in {{p|Ho-Oh}}, who revived them when [[Ecruteak City]]'s [[Burned Tower|Brass Tower]] burned. They are said to embody the three events that happened to the tower: the {{t|Electric|lightning}} that struck the tower, the {{t|fire}} that burned in the tower, and the {{wp|wind}}s and {{t|Water|rain}} that put it out. It is unknown whether these three were already a Suicune, Raikou, and Entei before they were revived, or whether Ho-Oh actually {{wp|reincarnated}} them from three non-Legendary Pokémon.

Of the three beasts, Suicune has been the most prominent, appearing as a [[game mascot]] on the box art of {{v2|Crystal}}, and taking an expanded role in that game. Suicune also appears in ''[[M04|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]'' as a protagonist, while Entei was the first of the three to have a movie appearance (albeit as an illusion), in ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]''. Raikou was delegated to a more minor role, appearing as the central character in ''[[The Legend of Thunder!]]'', where {{Jo|Jimmy}} encountered it. However, [[Misty's Togepi]] and a {{p|Houndoom}} did see the silhouette of a Raikou in ''[[EP180|Houndoom's Special Delivery]]''. The [[Legendary beasts (M13)|Legendary beasts]] made their first group appearance in the thirteenth movie, ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'', albeit in {{shiny}} form. By transferring the Shiny Legendary beasts given away by promotional events to {{game|Black and White|s}}, players are able to battle and capture the Pokémon {{p|Zoroark}}, who will transform into a member of this trio during the battle.

In Pokémon Scarlet's version of the Area Zero Expedition, the sketch artist was inspired by the [[Paradox Pokémon]] within the Great Crater of Paldea and drew an imaginary Pokémon resembling all three legendary beasts. This took place 200 years prior to Pokémon Scarlet, apparently predating the burning of the Brass Tower, which was 150 years before the Johto games. The Violet Book instead depicts a [[Swords of Justice|Sword of Justice]].

[[File:Zoroark legendary beasts.png|thumb|left|250px|The Legendary beasts, their {{pkmn2|Shiny}} forms, and Zoroark]]

===Generation II===

The beasts are available as [[Roaming Pokémon]] in Generation II, with the three (reduced to just Raikou and Entei in {{v2|Crystal}}) being found throughout the [[Johto]] region.

They are also found in {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}, where one of the trio is roaming the [[Kanto]] region. The [[type]] of the one that happens to roam Kanto is the one that is [[super effective]] against the player's choice of a [[starter Pokémon]]. To be specific, Raikou appears to Trainers who chose {{p|Squirtle}}, Entei to those who took in {{p|Bulbasaur}}, and Suicune to those who chose to go with {{p|Charmander}}. They appear in the [[Generation III]] side series game, [[Pokémon Colosseum]], where they are transformed into [[Shadow Pokémon]] by [[Cipher]] and owned by the admins [[Dakim]], [[Venus]], and [[Ein]].

In a {{DL|Lostlorn Forest|Event|special in-game event}}, players are able to battle and capture {{p|Zoroark}}, who will transform to a non-shiny member of the trio during the battle, in [[Lostlorn Forest]]. This achieved by using the [[Relocator]] to send the {{DL|Legendary beasts (M13)|In the games|Shiny Legendary beasts}}, which were given away in promotional events, to {{game|Black and White|s}}. The event can only be activated once.

 

However, if the Shiny Legendary beasts is sent to Pokémon Black and White using the [[Poké Transfer]] minigame, the Zoroark event will not activate; this also applies to the special thirteenth movie {{DL|Celebi (M13)|In the games|Celebi}}, as the {{DL|Castelia City|Game Freak|Zorua event}} will not activate.

===Pokémon Brillant Diamond and Shining Pearl===

In [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond]], the Legendary beasts can be encountered at [[Ramanas Park]]. They are located in the Johto Room which is unlocked after capturing the [[Legendary titans]]. 3 Johto Slates are need to unlock them as only one Legendary beast can be encountered at a time.

===Spin-off Pokémon games===

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]], each of them is the boss of one of the three sacred fields, requiring the Clear Wing to enter this trial in the first place. After the player defeats Entei at [[Fiery Field]], the Clear Wing becomes the Red Wing, allowing access to Raikou's [[Lightning Field]]. Defeating Raikou turns the Red Wing into the Sunset Wing. With the Sunset Wing in the player's possession, Suicune can be fought at [[Northwind Field]]. Defeating Suicune will change the Sunset Wing into the Rainbow Wing, allowing access to [[Mt. Faraway]], where the player can battle the beasts' trio master, {{p|Ho-Oh}}.

The three Legendary beasts also play a pivotal role in [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]], with Entei accosting the player, the partner, and Archen after Latias and Latios are turned to stone, mistaking them for the culprits and nearly attacking them. Entei is a storyline boss shortly afterward, effortlessly defeating Buizel despite the latter's type advantage, then attacking the player and partner, whose scarves respond to the dire situation by temporarily changing them to their fully evolved forms. Much later, after the player, the partner, and most of the Expedition Society have been petrified, they encounter all three Legendary beasts in the Voidlands. The beasts escort the player, the partner, and Mawile to the Voidlands' exit, and the Legendary beasts and Mawile then hold off the Void Shadows while the player and partner escape.

In {{ga|Pokémon Ranger}}, [[Gordor]] captures the three beasts, and it is up to the {{player}} to recapture them and save [[Fiore]]. Otherwise, they are not usable in the main storyline, and Entei is the only one of the beasts who is battled twice; once in the [[Jungle Relic]], and once again atop the [[Fiore Temple]] (the latter scenario being the final capture performed in the main storyline). During the last captures, Raikou and Suicune are captured while under the control of Gordor, while Entei attempts to attack Gordor upon the destruction of [[Power Styler]], and it is up to the player to calm it.

The Legendary beasts appeared in ''[[PG06|The Reawakening]]'', where they were shown in a tale told by [[Eusine]]. Long ago, they were three nameless Pokémon that lived in [[Ecruteak City]]. During a lightining storm, they were inside the [[Burned Tower|Brass Tower]] when it got struck by lightning. The tower went up in flames and the three Pokémon perished. After the fire went out however, {{p|Ho-Oh}} appeared from the sky and revived the three Pokémon using its mystical powers. The Pokémon gained new life as Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, much to the shock of the citizens of Ecruteak City, who found their revival to be unnatural. They used violence against the three Pokémon, after which they fled Ecruteak, never to been seen again. According to Eusine, they completely lost trust in humanity. However, Suicune still showed itself to Eusine when he visited the Burned Tower.

Like in the games, the Legendary beasts were saved by {{p|Ho-Oh}} when the [[Burned Tower|Brass Tower]] burned down and became the Burned Tower. Ho-Oh was caught by the [[Masked Man]] nine years before the {{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}; the Legendary beasts managed to separate Ho-Oh from the Masked Man but were imprisoned in ice mirrors beneath the Burned Tower. They were freed by {{adv|Yellow}}, who had been visiting the [[Johto]] region with her uncle [[Wilton]].

The Legendary beasts roamed Johto in search for their companions. Because of Suicune's status as a [[game mascot]], it was given more screen time than Raikou and Entei. They reunited for a short while in ''[[PS138|Really Raikou and Entirely Entei II]]'', before finally finding their companions, all of which were [[Kanto]] [[Gym Leader]]s. Suicune accepted [[Misty]] as a companion, after challenging her to a battle beneath the [[Tohjo Falls]]. Raikou chose [[Lt. Surge]], who had faced the Masked Man before. Entei found [[Blaine]], who was looking for its flames of life to cure his tainted right arm. They joined forces to confront the Masked Man at the [[Indigo Plateau]], who had captured Ho-Oh once again. However, the masked man overcame them and set off for [[Ilex Forest]] for his ultimate goal. The Legendary beasts found a new companion in {{adv|Crystal}}, and took her to Ilex Forest to join the other [[Pokédex Holder]]s in the battle against the Masked Man. Raikou was passed to {{adv|Gold}}, and Entei to {{adv|Silver}}.

At the end of the chapter, the Legendary beasts roamed the land again in search for Ho-Oh. One of them, Raikou, had found a new companion in [[Anabel]] by the time of the {{chap|Emerald}}.

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* {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, and {{p|Suicune}} were designed by [[Muneo Saitō]]<ref>https://kai-you.net/article/5034</ref>.

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