Swablu is an avian Pokémon with a round, blue body. There are two long feathers on top of its head, and it has a short, rounded white beak. Its wings are fluffy and white, resembling cotton or clouds. Its tiny feet are white and it has two tail feathers. Swablu does not like dirty surroundings, so it cleans things with its cottony wings. It uses streams to wash its wings once they become dirty from cleaning things. It lives in forests. During the spring, it flies closer to human populated towns. Swablu is unafraid of people and frequently lands on their heads.
Major appearances
Swablu's first major role was in True Blue Swablu. A Swablu got separated from its flock when the tree its flock was nesting in was struck by lightning. May helped to care for Swablu, who had injured its wing, but the Pokémon was suddenly afraid to fly. After the wing was healed, it took Ash and his friends some time to help Swablu get the courage to fly again. At the end of the episode, Swablu was re-united with its flock.
A Swablu has also appeared in That's Just Swellow under the ownership of Shane. It participated in the PokéRinger competition, but lost to James and Dustox.
Minor appearances
Swablu made its debut appearance in Jirachi: Wish Maker.
A Swablu also appeared in Clamperl of Wisdom.
Multiple Swablu appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew living in the Tree of Beginning.
A group of Swablu, Sentret, Furret, Altaria and Shroomish helped Pokémon Ranger Jack Walker when he was a young boy in a blizzard as seen in a flashback in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of Sea.
Multiple Swablu appeared in a brief cameo in Destiny Deoxys and Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
A Swablu appeared in Pursuing a Lofty Goal! as one of the participants of PokéRinger competition.
Several Swablu appeared in The Lonely Snover!.
A Swablu made a brief appearance in Coming Full-Festival Circle!.
Multiple Swablu appeared in Butterfree and Me!.
A Swablu appeared in SS027.
A Swablu appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
A Swablu appeared in Grooming Furfrou!.
Pokédex entries
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AG064
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Swablu
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Ash's Pokédex
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Swablu, the Cotton Bird Pokémon. Swablu loves cleanliness and is quick to wipe off any unclean surface with its cotton-like wings.
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- No other Pokémon have same dual Egg Group as Swablu's family. In this case, both in Flying and Dragon are unique.
- No other Pokémon evolve into their final Dragon-type stage as early as Swablu. It evolves into Altaria at Level 35.
Origin
Swablu is based on a bluebird combined with cotton or a cloud. It also shares traits more specifically with the ultramarine lorikeet. Behaviorally, it is similar to the grey jay in that they are both given to sitting on people's heads.
Name origin
Swablu may be a combination of swab (referring to its cotton swab-like wings) and blue. Swa may also derive from swallow, a type of bird.
Tyltto may refer to Tyl—also known as Epsilon Draconis—a star in the constellation Draco, the Dragon. It may also be a reference to the play L'Oiseau Bleu (The Blue Bird) by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. The story is about two siblings, Mytyl and Tyltyl (ミチル Michiru and チルチル Chiruchiru in the Japanese translation of the play), who are tasked with finding the "blue bird of happiness."