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Umbreon is the Pokémon that Eevee evolves into when it has gained a complete trust of its trainer at night or when around a Moon Shard. It has a black body with a pair of crimson cat-like eyes and yellow bands on its ears and tail. Umbreon's forehead and legs have yellow rings on them. Its rings are said to glow at night.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Umbreon can spray a poisonous sweat whenever it gets agitated. As a Template:Type2 Pokémon, Umbreon can learn several moves with various disruptive effects, such as Taunt or Thief. Despite its appearance, Umbreon is a Pokémon of strong endurance as it has a high defensive stat. Since Umbreon is a fully evolved Pokémon, it can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.
Behavior
Umbreon stalks prey silently at night. As it awaits its victims' approach, the yellow rings on its body begin to glow. During the day, they blink on and off. They are often seen on roofs and in trees staring at the moon.
Umbreon, the Moonlight Pokémon. The evolved form of Eevee. When bathed in moonlight, the rings patterns glow softly and a mysterious power awakens within it.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
In Volume 14, Karen is seen with an Umbreon as the cornerstone of her team, as in the games. It apparently evolved from the Eevee she has had since childhood.
Umbreon evolved as a result of exposure to the moon's waves. It hides silently in darkness and waits for its foes to make a move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack.
Umbreon evolved from exposure to the moon's energy pulses. It lurks in darkness and waits for its foes to move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack.
Umbreon is one of two Pokémon that can be obtained via more than one evolution method in the main series of games. The other one is Umbreon's counterpart, Espeon.
Umbreon has the highest Special Defense of all Dark-types.
Umbreon is presumably the most useless user of the move Synchro Noise due to its definition; when Umbreon uses Synchro Noise, a Psychic-type move, it will only be able to hit Dark-types, and Psychic type attacks can't hurt Dark types.
Orgin
It is most likely based off of a Black Cat. It's appearance has a short feline-shaped skull, slitted eyes, and a lithe sleek body. Its tail is thicker than most of its brethren, looking like a frightened cat's tail or perhaps even foxlike, similar to the black fox, a color variation of the red fox. In the anime and games like Pokepark Wii and Mystery Dungeon, Umbreon displays actions that are also very catlike, such as licking itself, stretching and arching it's back, and even raising its fur to stand out (like a typical black cat silhouette). This would make sense to its type being Dark; black cats in most cultures are associated with deception and trickery.In addition, in Japan they are considered lucky (see name origin). The rings on its body look like Egyptian lunar markings and jewelry that have been associated with cat sculpture as well. They may also be meant to resemble solar eclipses.
Some of its traits, such as the long ears, are similar to those of a hare; Numerous East Asian legends concern a Moon rabbit. In old European stories, the Moon gazing hare also has roots tied to folklore sources containing references to the Moon, hares, and night-time. Umbreon's ears may also be based on a serval or fennec fox.
Name origin
Umbreon's name is derived from umbra, Latin for shadow and ghost, as well as the name for the moon's silhlouette during a solar eclipse. The -eon suffix, common to all Eeveeevolutions, comes from Eevee's prototype English name and possibly refers to the ending suffix of evolution itself. Umbreon's name may also be derived from the color umber, seeing that it is a shade of brown very close to black. Its Japanese name, Blacky, could be a mix of 黒 (black) and 運が良い (lucky), tributing the black cat in Japan that is considered lucky. It may also simply refer to the color of its coat.
In other languages
German: Nachtara - From Nacht (night). Ends with -a like every Eeveelution in German.
French: Noctali - From nocturne (nocturnal). Ends with -li like every Eeveelution in French.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.