Starmie (Pokémon)
|
|
| |||||||
This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Starmie (disambiguation). |
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
Starmie (Japanese: スターミー Starmie) is a dual-type Water/Psychic Pokémon.
It evolves from Staryu when exposed to a Water Stone.
Biology
Physiology
Starmie, like its pre-evolved form, resembles a sea star. This time its main body is violet but it still retains the gold formation on its front. Starmie’s red jewel core is larger than Staryu’s and has developed to resemble a cut precious stone. The major change that took place upon evolution to Starmie was the growing of a second star on its back. It is semi-attached being able to spin 360°.
Gender differences
Starmie is a genderless species.
Special abilities
Starmie’s central core shines with the seven colors of the rainbow when looked at from different angles, but usually shows up red more than any other color. It can also emit electrical waves from the core that are powerful enough to reach the furthest parts of the universe.
It uses its second star to propel itself through the water and even to launch out of the water and fly through the air for short periods of time. This also allows it use attacks like Rapid Spin.
Starmie still has all of the abilities of Staryu including re-growing limbs, changing its skin's color and texture, and using its core for energy attacks.
Behavior
As Starmie, the Pokémon’s behaviors hint more and more to it being an alien from another planet. At night it becomes active, just like Staryu, although now it will send off mysterious radio signals while its luminescent core flickers. In the anime, the core also blinks if it is knocked out or low on energy.
Habitat
Starmie are a rare sight in the wild, as they require a Water Stone to evolve from Staryu. Not only this, but they are nocturnal, usually only appearing at night. If they are ever found in the wild it is in the deepest parts of the ocean among many other Staryu. Naturally, their range is basically the same as Staryu's.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Like most Pokémon, Starmie’s eating habits are unknown but it’s very probable it filter feeds considering the Pokémon’s lack of a mouth.
In the anime
Major appearances
Misty's Starmie
Starmie first appeared in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City. Misty used it in battle fairly often, but preferred to use her Staryu more.
Other
Rudy, the Gym Leader of Trovita Island, used a Starmie in his battle against Ash's Squirtle in Misty Meets her Match.
Minor appearances
A trainer named Marina used a Starmie to battle Misty in Bye Bye Psyduck.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Starmie is one of Misty's Pokémon, it makes a cameo in the Red, Green & Blue arc in Gyarados Splashes In! in one of her Poké Balls. It, however, debuts later in its round Suddenly Starmie defeating Red in the Cerulean Gym. It also allows her to read and pass on a Pokémon's thoughts using an ancient language that is easily decoded.
Both Sird and Archie also have Starmie on their teams (many in the latter's case).
Electric Tale of Pikachu
Like in the anime, Misty owns a Starmie in The The Electric Tale of Pikachu. It had a minor appearance in Pikachu's Excellent Adventure, where it was used to rehydrate Ash after he started crying over being separated from Pikachu.
Rudy's Starmie also appears in the manga adaptation. Like in the anime, Starmie battled Ash's Squirtle, and gave the Tiny Turtle Pokémon trouble with its Thunderbolt attack.
In the TCG
- Main article: Starmie (TCG)
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros.
When released from a Poké Ball, Starmie floats to the closest opponent and barrage them with Swift. Each hit does 3% damage, and touching Starmie itself does 12% damage.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
Game locations
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
In side games
Held items
Game | Held Item(s) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Black | White | Stardust (50%) | Star Piece (5%) |
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
---|---|---|---|
At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 60
|
120 - 167 | 230 - 324 | |
75
|
72 - 139 | 139 - 273 | |
85
|
81 - 150 | 157 - 295 | |
100
|
94 - 167 | 184 - 328 | |
85
|
81 - 150 | 157 - 295 | |
115
|
108 - 183 | 211 - 361 | |
Total: 520
|
Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Pokéathlon stats
|
| ||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
|
Type effectiveness
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
Learnset
By leveling up
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
By TM/HM
By breeding
| ||||||||||
Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding. | ||||||||||
|
By tutoring
| |||||||||||||
Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring. | |||||||||||||
|
By a prior evolution
| ||||||||||
Stage | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tackle | Normal | Physical | 50 | 100% | 35 | |||||
Harden | Normal | Status | — | —% | 30 | |||||
Camouflage | Normal | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
BubbleBeam | Water | Special | 65 | 100% | 20 | |||||
Minimize | Normal | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Reflect Type | Normal | Status | — | —% | 15 | |||||
Power Gem | Rock | Special | 70 | 100% | 20 | |||||
Cosmic Power | Psychic | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Hydro Pump | Water | Special | 120 | 80% | 5 | |||||
‡ | Icy Wind | Ice | Special | 55 | 95% | 15 | ||||
‡ | Recycle | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | ||||
|
Special moves
Shadow moves | <span style="color:#{{{2}}};">Level 41+ | Purified moves | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Shadow Break | File:Box xd 121.png | Refresh | Normal | |
Shadow Mist | Waterfall | Water | ||
Shadow Storm | Ice Beam | Ice | ||
Shadow Storm | Recover | Normal | ||
Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
|
Pokémon Pinball RS
|
Pokémon Trozei!
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pokémon Ranger
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
|
Evolution
|
Water Stone → |
|
Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Starmie is tied with Floatzel for the fastest Water-type Pokémon with the base speed of 115.
- Despite being a genderless Pokémon, it was still able to learn egg moves in Gold and Silver. This was fixed in Crystal where it could no longer breed with any Pokémon except Ditto.
- Although Starmie has been seen levitating in the anime and the games, it cannot have the ability of the same name.
- Starmie is one of the five Pokémon that has no visible eyes. The others are Staryu, Zubat, Deino, and Zweilous.
- Of these, Starmie is the only one that doesn't evolve and has no visible eyes through out its evolutionary line (As Golbat - Zubat's evolution - and Hydreigon - Zweilous' evolution - have visible eyes).
Origin
It appears to be a stylized seastar. But on account of the second star on its back, it bears resemblance to a crown of thorns starfish. Starmie also bears resemblance to Mesopotamian goddess Inanna's iconography.
Name origin
Starmie's name is derived from star, referring to its shape, and mie, which involves 珠, which can be read as mi, meaning gem or jewel, obviously referring to its core. Mie can also be seen as a misspelling of me, in opposition to the yu in Staryu. However, the pun is not present in their Japanese names; while Starmie shares it name in both languages, Staryu's Japanese name is Hitodeman.
In other languages
|
External links
Related articles
Notes
|
|
|
|
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. |