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Height
4'11" Imperial
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1.5 m Metric
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4'11"/1.5 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
188.7 lbs. Imperial
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85.6 kg Metric
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188.7 lbs./85.6 kg Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP 0
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Atk 0
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 3
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 210
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Battle Exp.: 2101*
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Cresselia (Japanese: クレセリア Crecelia) is a Template:Type2 legendary Pokémon.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Cresselia has a blue, swan-like body with a yellow underside, and two magenta tufts that form an arc across her chest. The yellow ornaments on the sides of her head give her head the appearance of a crescent moon. Cresselia also has glowing, pink, ring-like wings on her sides and back with paw like protrusions resting on Cresselia's chest.
Gender differences
Cresselia is a female-only species.
Special abilities
Cresselia has the power to dispel the nightmares induced by Darkrai, and in return induce pleasant dreams. She can also heal psychological scars if the sufferer looks at her. Some fans say Cresselia is the "Sandman" of the Pokémon world.
Cresselia have very high defensive stats and HP.
Cresselia is the only known Pokémon that learns Lunar Dance.
Behavior
She appears to be gentle, worrying for the ill and giving peace to those tormented by Darkrai.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2, her opposition to Darkrai becomes clearly evident, with the story showing scenes of Cresselia chasing it.
Habitat
Cresselia lives at Fullmoon Island.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the animeIn the mangaIn the TCGOther appearances
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Cresselia appears on the Spear Pillar stage as one of three Pokémon who appear in the center (the others being Dialga and Palkia). Cresselia acts completely different than the other two in terms of attacks she uses. She'll often shoot Psycho Cuts around the field, and sometimes shoot one large Psycho Cut as if it were a boomerang, hitting anyone that touches it.
Game dataTrivia
- When Cresselia is encountered, the music is the same as an ordinary wild Pokémon, instead of a legendary Pokémon theme. She shares this trait with Shaymin, Latias, and Latios.
- Cresselia can be seen as an opposite of Darkrai, as Darkrai causes nightmares, where Cresselia prevents them. Also, their islands are shaped and named opposite of each other, and their types are frequently known as opposites.
- Furthermore, in the TCG, one of the attacks on Darkrai 3/106 of Great Encounters, Darkness Pursuit, has a base damage of 100 if Cresselia is the opposing Pokémon. Otherwise, it deals 50 damage.
- Cresselia is one of three legendary Pokémon that has a definite gender.
- Tower Tycoon Palmer, Cheryl and Buck all own a Cresselia; they use these at the Battle Tower.
- Cresselia is the last Template:Type2 Pokémon in National Dex order as of Generation IV.
- Cresselia's three main colors (pink, yellow and blue) are the same as the main colors of the Lake trio.
- Cresselia is the second Pokémon with information about it relating it to an aurora, the first being Deoxys.
- In Deoxys's case, it can project aurora-like light patterns, as shown in Destiny Deoxys, while in Cresselia's case, it can release aurora-like particles from its tail, and can learn Aurora Beam.
Origin
Cresselia is based after a swan with features of heavenly bodies such as a crescent moon-shaped head and rings like Saturn's around its body.
Cresselia shares characteristics with Sarimanok, a colorful being from Philippine mythology and a number of moon gods and goddesses in African mythology such as Thoth, the Egyptian god of magic.
Name origin
Her name is derived from crescent, referring to a phase of the moon. The selia in her name may be derived from Selene, the Greek goddess of the Moon.
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