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Ash's Solgaleo サトシのソルガレオ Satoshi's Solgaleo

Ash's Solgaleo, aka Nebby, in the anime

Debuts in A Dream Encounter! Evolves in Faba's Revenge! Revealing the Stuff of Legend! Gender Gender unknown Ability Unknown Released in Prior to The Professors' New Adventure! Current location Alola

→ → This Pokémon spent 6 episodes as Cosmog and 2 episodes as Cosmoem.

Voice actor Japanese English As Cosmog Unknown Haven Paschall As Cosmoem Unknown As Solgaleo Unknown

Ash's Solgaleo (Japanese: サトシのソルガレオ Satoshi's Solgaleo), nicknamed Nebby (Japanese: ほしぐもちゃん Hoshigumo-chan) by Lillie, is a recurring Pokémon character in the anime taken care of by Ash, and his fifty-second Pokémon overall.

History

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Cosmog being left by the guardian deities in order to be found by Ash

Nebby debuted in A Dream Encounter!. It first appeared in Ash's dream, where it was created by Solgaleo and Lunala at the Altar of the Sunne. It was taken to Melemele Island by the guardian deities of Alola, where Tapu Koko led Ash to where it was sleeping. Taking it to the Pokémon School, Ash and his classmates found that the unusual Pokémon emitted a high-pitched scream whenever it cried. Eventually calming it down, Ash decided to take care of Cosmog, which Lillie nicknamed Nebby. When Ash brought it home with Lillie, it met Professor Burnet, Lusamine, Wicke, and Faba, who revealed that Nebby could be an Ultra Beast. Lusamine later offered to take Nebby with her to Aether Paradise, but Ash declined because of his promise to take care of Nebby. Lusamine gave in and entrusted Nebby's safety with Ash.

In Night of A Thousand Poses!, Nebby teleported Lillie to Gladion, which prompted Lillie's fear of touching Pokémon to return. As a result, she lost her ability to touch her Alolan Vulpix, Snowy.

In Faba's Revenge!, it was lured out of Ash's bag by Faba, who convinced it to teleport him back to Aether Foundation's sealed lab. After arriving, Faba captured it in a device designed to keep it from teleporting. Faba intended to use Nebby's power to open an Ultra Wormhole, but he was stopped by Ash's Pikachu and Gladion's Umbreon. However, after being released, Nebby evolved into Cosmoem, and the residual energy from the evolution caused a Wormhole to appear anyway.

Solgaleo traveling through an Ultra Wormhole

Nebby was brought to the Altar of the Sunne by Ash in Family Determination!. In the next episode, Ash gave Nebby to the Tapu, asking for their help. After being blessed by Tapu Lele and Tapu Fini, the four deities sung at the Altar, opening the mechanism within and causing Nebby to evolve into Solgaleo, much to the surprise of everyone present. After greeting the others warmly, Solgaleo accepted Ash, Lillie, and Gladion's plea to help Lusamine, giving Ash a Solganium Z. After having his Z-Ring upgraded to a Z-Power Ring by the Tapu, Ash and the others climbed on Solgaleo's back, and using the power of the Z-Move Searing Sunraze Smash, created an Ultra Wormhole to travel to the place Lusamine awaited them.

After arriving in the Ultra Deep Sea in Rescuing the Unwilling!, Solgaleo and Ash cornered Lusamine during the following episode. As a result, Lusamine flooded their island with a poisonous liquid. Due to Solgaleo's Steel-type giving it immunity to poison, it protected Ash from the liquid, and then carried him across it, dodging Lusamine's attacks along the way. After that, it went back with Ash's Lycanroc to help the others fight off Lusamine's Pokémon, who continued to heal themselves due to the Nihilego's energy. Everyone later succeeded after Lusamine was freed from Nihilego's control by Ash. Solgaleo then carried the group, now joined by the revived Lusamine, back to the Altar of the Sunne. After the conclusion of the episode, it parted from the group.

In The Professors' New Adventure!, Solgaleo appeared above the site of Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet's wedding. The class thanked it for its help in Ultra Space, to which it smiled back at them.

Solgaleo battling Necrozma

In Filling the Light with Darkness!, Solgaleo and Lunala were playing in an Ultra Wormhole when they were attacked by a Necrozma. They fled as Necrozma pursued them through the Ultra Wormhole. It eventually wound up being injured by one of Necrozma's attacks and was left behind.

In Full Moon and Many Arms!, Solgaleo arrived in Alola, where it met up with Ash again and fought Dawn Wings Necrozma in an effort to free Lunala from its control. With its Sunsteel Strike, Solgaleo managed to knock Necrozma off of Lunala, causing it to break apart and fall into the sea. Shortly after, the elite Team Rocket unit, the Matori Matrix, attacked Solgaleo and Lunala by trapping them in an electrified net. After being freed by Ash's Pikachu and Gladion's Silvally, Solgaleo retaliated by attacking the unit's aircraft, forcing them to retreat. Immediately after, Necrozma emerged from the sea and possessed Solgaleo, causing it become Dusk Mane Necrozma. Ash tried to free Solgaleo, but was unable to stop Necrozma, and it fled into an Ultra Wormhole.

In The Prism Between Light and Darkness!, Solgaleo remained fused with Necrozma. The Ultra Guardians, with Lunala's help, pursued Necrozma to Ash's Poipole's home world, and learned that Necrozma was preying on the two Legendary Pokémon in order to absorb their light and restore itself to its Ultra form. After being asked by Naganadel to save Necrozma, Ash, Kiawe, Lana, and Gladion attempted to use their Z-Moves to supply Necrozma with Ultra Aura and separate it from Solgaleo. However, they were only successful in making it more powerful. Communication between the Guardians and their home base was soon reestablished. After Lusamine, Wicke, and Professor Burnet shared what they knew, they arranged for the people and Pokémon attending the Manalo Festival to follow the lead of the guardian deities and share a portion of their Ultra Aura with Necrozma. Combined with the Ultra Aura of the Ultra Guardians and their Pokémon, Necrozma received enough light to separate from Solgaleo. Solgaleo then joined forces with Ash, Gladion, and Lunala, giving Necrozma one last boost of power with the combined Ultra Aura of their signature Z-Moves, Searing Sunraze Smash and Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom. Through these efforts, Necrozma's strength was finally restored. After Ash and Pikachu bade farewell to Poipole, Solgaleo and Lunala led the Ultra Guardians back to Alola.

Solgaleo encouraging Pikachu in a vision

In Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!, Solgaleo returned to Alola to say goodbye to Ash, before taking him on a trip through Ultra Space. There, they came across an unknown Ultra Beast off-screen.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

In Partners in Time!, Solgaleo appeared as a vision to Pikachu during his battle against Leon's Charizard.

Personality and characteristics

Solgaleo and Ash

In the original Japanese version of the anime, Nebby's official nickname is simply ほしぐも Hoshigumo, as opposed to Hoshigumo-chan. The -chan honorific is still used occasionally, with "Little Nebby" being used instead of Hoshigumo-chan in the English dub. In Now You See Them, Now You Don't!, Team Rocket caught sight of the unidentified Pokémon while Ash was buying donuts from their food truck. James surmised that the unknown Pokémon was the pre-evolved form of Koffing, and named it Protokoffing (Japanse プチドガース Puchidogars). This led to confusion when the trio saw Cosmoem in Revealing the Stuff of Legend!, causing James to assume that there was an intermediary phase it evolves into in Alola, which he dubbed Nanokoffing (Japanese カタドガース Katadogas), but this was ultimately debunked when they witnessed "Nanokoffing" evolve into the Legendary Solgaleo. After its final evolution, Ash and his classmates typically refer to it by its proper name, Solgaleo.

Nebby crying as a Cosmog

As a Cosmog, Nebby shared many traits with human babies. It slept and cried a lot, but was easy to amuse and was naturally curious. Its cries were quite powerful, and they caused nearby people and Pokémon to cover their ears. In A Masked Warning!, its cries were so powerful, it sent Pikachu flying back into a tree. Nebby was a very fussy eater and appears to have a preference for star candy (Japanese コンペイト konpeitō). It was also ticklish and enjoys playing hide-and-seek, as shown respectively in A Dream Encounter! and Night of a Thousand Poses!.

Nebby sleeping with Rowlet as a Cosmog

In Now You See Them, Now You Don't!, it was shown that Nebby tends to teleport people to places they are thinking or talking about. Rotom surmises this is because it knew little about the world around it, so it had to depend on telepathy and other people to develop its abilities. By the end of the episode, it had become attached enough to Ash, to the point where it would willingly teleport to him on its own whenever they are separated.

After evolving into Cosmoem, Nebby hardly spoke, moved, or emoted, reflective of its cocoon-like state. However, after evolving into Solgaleo, it appeared to have grown into a more mature version of itself physically and mentally, letting Lillie hug it, happily accepting the Star candy from Ash, and licking him affectionately. As a Solgaleo, it can create Ultra Wormholes at will with the help of a Trainer with a Z-Power Ring, a Solganium Z, and its Z-Move, Searing Sunraze Smash.

Appearance

See also: Light trio

As a Cosmog	As a Cosmoem	In its Radiant Sun phase	While fused with Necrozma

Moves used

Using Teleport as a Cosmog	Move First Used In Teleport Now You See Them, Now You Don't! Supersonic × A Masked Warning! Sunsteel Strike Full Moon and Many Arms!* Flash Cannon Full Moon and Many Arms!
An × shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Z-Moves used

Using Searing Sunraze Smash	Move First Used In Searing Sunraze Smash Revealing the Stuff of Legend!*
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Solgaleo is Ash’s first:
  • Gender-unknown Pokémon.
  • Steel-type Pokémon.
  • Legendary Pokémon.
• As shown in Ash's dream, Nebby was created by another Solgaleo and (supposedly) another Lunala that disappeared afterwards, never seen again.
• As a Cosmog, Nebby was the lightest Pokémon owned by Ash.
  • As a Cosmoem, it was the shortest Pokémon owned by Ash and the heaviest Pokémon owned by a main character.
• Solgaleo has the highest base stat total out of any of Ash's Pokémon.
• Nebby is the first Psychic-type Pokémon belonging to a main character to have evolved on-screen.

Artwork

Japanese key visual featuring Nebby	English key visual featuring Nebby	Japanese key visual featuring Nebby	Poster for Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master

Names

Nebby

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ほしぐも Hoshigumo	From 星 hoshi (star), 雲 gumo (cloud), and 星雲 seiun (nebula)
English, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, European Portuguese, Latin American Spanish	Nebby	From nebula
French	Doudou	From doudou (a stuffed toy)
German	Wölkchen	Means small cloud
Italian, Brazilian Portuguese	Nebulino	From nebulosa (nebula)
European Spanish	Nebulilla	From nebulosa (nebula)
Korean	별구름 Byeolgureum	From 별 byeol (star) and 구름 gureum (cloud)
Chinese (Mandarin)	小星雲 / 小星云 Xiǎoxīngyún	From 小 xiǎo (small) and 星雲 / 星云 xīngyún (nebula)
Chinese (Cantonese)	小星雲 Síusīngwàhn	From 小 síu (small) and 星雲 sīngwàhn (nebula)
Russian	Нэбби Nebbi	Transcription of English name
Thai	โฮชิกุโมะ Hoshigumo	Transliteration of its Japanese name

Protokoffing Language Name Origin Japanese プチドガース Puchidogars From プチ puchi (petite) and ドガース Dogars (Koffing) English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, European Portuguese, Polish* Protokoffing From prototype and Koffing Polish Bobokoffing From bobo and Koffing Brazilian Portuguese Minikoffing From mini and Koffing

Nanokoffing Language Name Origin Japanese カタドガース Katadogas A play on マタドガス Matadogars (Weezing) English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish Nanokoffing From nano and Koffing

See also

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Cosmog, Cosmoem, and Solgaleo.

• Lillie
• Nebby
• Lunala (anime)
• Necrozma (anime)

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Azelf	Meowth	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex	Latias
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here

Lillie's Pokémon
On hand:	Snowy
Traveling with:	Magearna
Released:	Blacephalon
Ride Pokémon:	Lapras	Stoutland	Altaria	Mantine
Temporary:	Pikachu	Lycanroc	Sandslash
Befriended:	Clefable	Herdier	Nebby	Lillie
Lillie's Pokémon in other media
Games only:	Nebby
Adventures only:	Nebby

Recurring wild Pokémon in the animated series
Fearow	Ho-Oh	Meowth	Pink Butterfree	Haunter	Jigglypuff
Clefairy	Mewtwo	Slowking (M02)	Lapras	Suicune	Pichu Posse
Articuno (OS)	Lugia (OS)	Silver	Wynaut	Larvitar	Loudred
Spoink	Kyogre and Groudon (RS)	Articuno (RS)	Deoxys	Lake guardians	Marill
Hippopotas	Zekrom	Forces of nature	Carracosta	Meloetta	Reshiram
Malamar	Super-ancient Pokémon (XY)	Wooper	Florges	Squishy	Z2
Guardian deities	Bewear	Toucannon's flock	Stoutland	Exeggutor	Oranguru
Nebby	Lunala	Necrozma	Stufful	Ultra Beasts	Grandpa Forest
Melemele Greens	Mantine	Zeraora	Meltan	Shaymin	Magearna
Celebi	Wingull	Mew	Lugia (JN)	Thievul trio	Drednaw
Slowking (JN)	Legendary heroes	Mewtwo's friends	Cresselia	Darkrai	Dialga
Palkia	Heatran	Latias	RVT Wild Pokémon
Recurring wild Pokémon that have been caught
Caterpie	Gyarados	Aipom	Gible	Krokorok	Dedenne
Goodra	Litten	Rockruff	Mimikyu	Mareanie	Poipole
Eevee	Greedy Rapooh	Meltan	Scorbunny	Gengar	Sobble
Eternatus	Morpeko	Fuecoco	Wattrel	Quaxly	Pagogo

Pokémon the Series characters
Protagonists Ash Ketchum (Pikachu) • Misty (Togetic) • Brock • Tracey Sketchit • May • Max • Dawn (Piplup) • Iris (Haxorus) • Cilan • Serena • Clemont • Bonnie (Dedenne) • Lana • Kiawe • Lillie • Sophocles • Mallow • Rotom Pokédex • Goh (Grookey) Rivals Gary • Ritchie • Harrison • Drew • Harley • Morrison • Tyson • Solidad • Paul • Nando • Zoey • Kenny • Conway • Barry • Ursula • Trip • Bianca • Burgundy • Stephan • Georgia • Cameron • Aria • Alain • Miette • Tierno • Shauna • Trevor • Nini • Sawyer • Gladion • Horacio • Hau • Leon • Raihan • Horace • Bea • League Conference participants • Coordinators • Performers • World Coronation Series participants Antagonists Jessie (Wobbuffet) • James • Meowth • Giovanni • Butch • Cassidy • Dr. Namba • Matori • Pierce • Dr. Zager • Gozu • Tabitha • Maxie • Shelly • Archie • Hunter J • Saturn • Cyrus • Mars • Jupiter • Charon • Colress • Aldith • Ghetsis • Barret • Malamar • Lysandre • Mable • Celosia • Aliana • Xerosic • Bryony • Tupp • Zipp • Rapp • Plumeria • Guzma • Viren • Rose • Oleana Professors Professor Oak • Professor Ivy • Professor Elm • Professor Birch • Professor Rowan • Professor Carolina • Professor Juniper • Dr. Fennel • Cedric Juniper • Professor Sycamore • Professor Kukui • Professor Burnet • Professor Cerise • Professor Magnolia • Sonia • Professor Amaranth Relatives Delia Ketchum • Daisy • Violet • Lily • James's parents • Flint • Lola • Forrest • Brock's siblings • Norman • Caroline • Johanna • Chili • Cress • Grace • Meyer • Lana's father • Lana's mother • Harper and Sarah • Rango • Sima • Mimo • Kiawe's grandfather • Mohn • Lusamine • Gladion • Sophocles's parents • Molayne • Abe • Mallow's mother • Ulu • Walker • Camille • Halta Supporting Officer Jenny • Nurse Joy • Magikarp salesman • Todd Snap • Charles Goodshow • Casey • Liza • Sakura • Lance • Clair • Raoul Contesta • Mr. Sukizo • Steven Stone • Vivian Meridian • Robert • Scott • Lilian Meridian • Solana • Brandon • Marian • Yuzo • Rhonda • Cynthia • Reggie • Angie • Looker • Izzy and Cara • Lyra • Khoury • Tobias • Don George • Elder • Alder • Luke • Freddy O'Martian • Ingo • Emmet • Jervis • Virgil • N • Anthea and Concordia • Porter • Alexa • Sophie • Cosette • Clembot • Sanpei • Mairin • Astrid • Diantha • Korrina • Gurkinn • Monsieur Pierre • Palermo • Keanan • Malva • Samson Oak • Anela • Hobbes • Nina • Anna • Laki • Dana • Yansu • Wicke • Faba • Ilima • Acerola • Dia • Chloe • Chrysa • Ren • Parker • Talia • Lei • Danika • Quillon • Hop • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Island kahunas • Many temporary characters Supporting Pokémon Fearow • Ho-Oh • Squirtle Squad • Pink Butterfree • Haunter • Jigglypuff • Mewtwo • Mimey • Lapras herd • Granbull • Pichu Brothers • Lugia • Silver • Delibird • Wynaut • Larvitar • Kyogre and Groudon • Articuno • Deoxys • Lake guardians • Forces of nature • Meloetta • Reshiram • Super-ancient Pokémon • Wooper • Florges • Squishy • Z2 • Guardian deities • Bewear • Toucannon's flock • Stoutland • Oranguru • Nebby • Stufful • Ultra Beasts • Grandpa Forest • Necrozma • Lunala • Shaymin • Mew • Rotom Phones • Pelipper • Thievul trio • Eternatus • Drone Rotom • Legendary heroes • Latias • Recurring wild Pokémon
See also: Pokémon Horizons characters

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