Biology
Phione is a blue Pokémon with a round head and a tiny body. Phione's head is crowned by a flotation sac with a long, ribbon-like antenna. Its mouth is small, and its eyes are large with blue sclerae and gray irises. Above its eyes are two blue, circular markings connected to the eyes by a thin black line. Its long, flipper-like arms have rounded tips. Phione has a red, oval gem on its chest and a single rudimentary foot spike.
Phione inflates the sac on its head to drift in the water and search for food. When the water grows warm, it will drift in packs with other members of its species. No matter how far it has drifted, it will always return to the place where it was born.
In the anime
Major appearances
Three Phione debuted in Hold the Phione! as residents of Chocovine Town. One of them became attracted to Dawn's Buneary and became jealous upon realizing that Buneary had feelings for Pikachu. This Phione was also temporarily captured by Team Rocket, but it managed to escape.
Minor appearances
Pokédex entries
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Phione
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Phione, the Sea Drifter Pokémon. Phione lives in warm oceans. It inflates the flotation sac on its head, allowing it to float on the waves and look for food.
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NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
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Sinnoh
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Johto
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A Pokémon that lives in warm seas. It inflates the flotation sac on its head to drift and search for food.
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It drifts in warm seas. It always returns to where it was born, no matter how far it may have drifted.
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| HeartGold
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When the water warms, they inflate the flotation sac on their heads and drift languidly on the sea in packs.
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It drifts in warm seas. It always returns to where it was born, no matter how far it may have drifted.
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It drifts in warm seas. It always returns to where it was born, no matter how far it may have drifted.
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When the water warms, they inflate the flotation sac on their heads and drift languidly on the sea in packs.
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It drifts in warm seas. It always returns to where it was born, no matter how far it may have drifted.
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When the water warms, they inflate the flotation sac on their heads and drift languidly on the sea in packs.
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It drifts in warm seas. It always returns to where it was born, no matter how far it may have drifted.
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Game locations
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In side games
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Stats
Base stats
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80
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140 - 187
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270 - 364
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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80
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148 - 284
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80
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148 - 284
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80
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148 - 284
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80
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148 - 284
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Total: 480
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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This Pokémon is unavailable within Generation VIII.
Click on the generation numbers above to see Phione's learnsets from other generations.
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Side game data
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Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
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Field move:
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(Cut ×2)
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| Not available in the past.
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| Browser entry R-297
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| It attacks by spitting bubbles that make Pokémon Slowed.
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds
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Base HP: 55
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| Base Attack: 77
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Base Defense: 55
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Base Speed: 60
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Evolution
Sprites
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Trivia
- Phione is the only Pokémon that is obtainable by breeding a Mythical Pokémon.
- Breeding either Manaphy or Phione can produce a Phione Egg, but Phione can neither evolve into Manaphy nor produce Eggs that can hatch into Manaphy.
- Phione, Nidoran♂, Nidoran♀, Illumise and Volbeat are the only Pokémon that can be obtained by breeding a Pokémon they cannot evolve into.
- Phione has exactly the same base stats as Glalie.
Mythical status
Phione's status as a Mythical Pokémon is disputed, with several pieces of evidence and even official statements often contradicting each other.
Evidence for
Proof from the 2011 Style Guide
- Pokémon.com's mailbag was once asked[dead link] if Phione was Legendary. The official answer was initially no, but was quickly changed to yes; the whole mailbag section has since been taken down with the restructure of Pokémon.com.
- Phione is listed under the Mythical Pokémon section in the Pokémon 2011 Style Guide.
- Phione is listed as a Mythical Pokémon in the Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook.
- Phione was a usable Pokémon in the Circle of Legends tournament, in which only Legendary and Mythical Pokémon were allowed.
- Phione is banned from the 2016 Video Game Championships due to being a Mythical Pokémon.
- Phione is listed as a Mythical Pokémon in a September 2016 Nintendo feature story on Mythical Pokémon.
- In the Generation VII Global Trade System, if the player chooses to exclude people seeking Mythical or Legendary Pokémon, people seeking Phione will not be displayed.
- Phione is banned from the Battle Frontier, the Battle Subway, the Pokémon World Tournament, the Battle Maison, and the Battle Tree, a rule which typically applies only to Mythical Pokémon and Special Pokémon; the only non-Mythical Pokémon to have been event-only at one point, Zorua and Zoroark, were allowed in the Battle Subway, indicating Phione's battle facility ban may be due to it being Mythical.
- Phione is also banned from most online competitions and online battles.
- In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series:
- In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Phione has a 100% recruit rate, is never battled, and the player is not allowed to recruit more than one to their team, all of which are traits otherwise only exhibited by Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
- In Super Mystery Dungeon, Hoopa is able to summon Phione as an ally. Only Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are able to be summoned in this way.
- In Pokémon Rumble Blast, Phione can only be unlocked once a certain number of customers have shopped at the Toy Shop, a trait otherwise exclusive to Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
- Phione was featured in Pokémon.com's 2012 Pokémon Power Bracket, a single-elimination tournament where all other Pokémon in the bracket were Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
Evidence against
- Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver: Prima's Official Strategy Guide states that Phione is not Legendary (a term used at the time to describe both Legendary and Mythical Pokémon) due to it being able to be obtained by hatching Eggs.
- In Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, all Mythical Pokémon are referred to as "rare," but Phione is not. It is also found normally in the wild.
- All Mythical Pokémon are listed in Pokémon Daisuki Club's Mystery File feature website, but Phione is missing.
- In the Pokémon Kids: Winter Fest badge collection all Legendary and Mythical Pokémon have special badge borders and are obtained exclusively through either opening Master pouches or clearing timed challenges. However, Phione has no special border and is obtained through standard bags in the same way all non-Legendary non-Mythical Pokémon are obtained.
Other
- Phione Eggs can be received at Day Cares and the Nursery, and it can breed to produce another Phione. This is impossible with any other Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
- However, Manaphy can also breed to produce Phione, and Manaphy is a confirmed Mythical Pokémon.
- Phione is not found in any regional Pokédex, a trait that is otherwise exclusive to Generation IV Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
- Phione is also not needed to obtain the diploma, a trait otherwise exclusive to Mythical Pokémon.
- The Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon: The Official Alola Region Strategy Guide has two separate pieces of conflicting information about Phione's Mythical status within itself. It lists Phione as Mythical but also states that Manaphy is the only Mythical Pokémon that can breed.
- In Pokémon HOME, the player cannot trade Phione via the Global Trade System, just like all Mythical Pokémon. Originally, even trades requesting Pokémon that could not be traded would be displayed when searching the GTS, but shortly after launch, the search was changed to not display these results. When requests for Pokémon that could not be traded were visible, even if the player chose to exclude people seeking Mythical or Legendary Pokémon, requests for Phione would still be displayed.
Origin
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:
Phione is probably based on sea angels, specifically clione. Clione are remarkably popular in Japanese documentaries, especially in Hokkaido, on which Sinnoh is based. This may also explain their appearance in Chocovine Town. Manaphy's trait of only being able to produce Phione as offspring may be inspired by eusociality, a biological phenomenon which usually manifests in a colony of animals having a sole breeding female, or queen, tended to by her usually infertile offspring, or an example of a highly rare and unique mutations such albinism or polydactyly.
Name origin
Phione may be a combination of the final syllable of Manaphy and clione (sea angels). Like clione, Phione is pronounced in three syllables.
In other languagesRelated articlesExternal links
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For other sprites and images, please see Phione images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
