Chansey is a pink, ovoid Pokémon with stubby arms and dark pink feet. It has tiny eyes and three hair-like growths on each side of its head. The tufts of hair have dark pink tips. On the center of its belly is a dark pink pouch that contains a single white egg. The egg is said to be very nutritious and it lays a several new ones every day. Finally, it has a short tail. Chansey is a female-only species with no male counterpart.
A kindhearted Pokémon, Chansey will share its eggs with injured people and Pokémon. This is the basis for its signature move, Soft-Boiled. The eggs become more delicious if Chansey is raised with love and care. Due to its egg being overharvested, Chansey is extremely rare in the wild and is said to bring good luck and happiness to those who manage to catch it. Fleeing from those seeking its egg has made it a fast runner. It is more commonly found in urban settings. Chansey is the only Pokémon capable of using the Lucky Punch item.
In the main series
Major appearances
The Nurse Joys of the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions, as well as the Orange Islands, are known to mainly use Chansey at their Pokémon Centers. The first appearance of such a Chansey was in Pokémon Emergency!.
In The Brockster Is In!, Brock's Happiny evolved into Chansey during an attempt to feed a Pichu.
Other
A Chansey appeared in Pokémon Fashion Flash as one of Suzie's clients in her salon. She reappeared in a flashback in Beauty and the Breeder.
Two Chansey appeared in A Chansey Operation, under the temporary ownership of Doctor Proctor; both of them were on loan from a local Nurse Joy.
A Chansey appeared in Cutting the Ties that Bind, under the ownership of Spenser. He used her to heal Ash's Sceptile with Heal Bell after he saved Ash from Team Rocket.
A Chansey appeared in Some Enchanted Sweetening and The Grass-Type is Always Greener!, under the ownership of Cheryl. It is her main Pokémon.
A Chansey appeared in The Power of Us, under the ownership of Toren.
Minor appearances
A Chansey appeared in a fantasy in Dig Those Diglett!.
A Chansey appeared in The March of the Exeggutor Squad.
A Chansey appeared in Pikachu's Vacation as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Theme Park.
A Chansey appeared in Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, as part of the cast for the movie "Pokémon in Love".
A Trainer's Chansey appeared in Bad to the Bone, where she was seen training.
A Chansey appeared in Stage Fight!, under the ownership of the Pokémon Showboat stage show staff.
A Chansey appeared in The Power of One.
A wild Chansey appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
A Chansey appeared in Tricks of the Trade as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
Two Chansey appeared in Beauty and the Breeder, with one under the ownership of a Pokémon Breeder participating in a Pokémon breeding competition, and the other appearing in a flashback.
A Trainer's Chansey appeared in Curbing the Crimson Tide!.
A Coordinator's Chansey appeared in Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!.
A Chansey appeared in Dawn's Early Night!.
A Chansey appeared in Enter Galactic!.
A Chansey appeared in the boss fantasy of A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine!.
A Chansey appeared in Genesect and the Legend Awakened as a resident of Pokémon Hills.
A Trainer's Chansey appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
A Trainer's Chansey appeared in Securing the Future!, where she joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its normal form.
A Trainer's Chansey appeared in League Offenders and Defenders!.
A Trainer's Chansey appeared in The Battlefield of Truth and Love!, where it was watching the battles during the Manalo Conference. It reappeared in SM133.
Pokédex entries
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DP190
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Chansey
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Chansey, the Egg Pokémon, and the evolved form of Happiny. Chansey is a kind Pokémon who shares its egg with those who are sick or injured.
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In Pokémon Origins
Red encountered and caught a Chansey at the Safari Zone in File 4: Charizard.
In Pokémon Generations
Cheryl's Chansey appeared in The Old Chateau, where she accompanied her Trainer to the Old Chateau. While there, she and Cheryl were haunted and attacked by the ghosts of a butler and a little girl after being invited to stay the night there.
Chansey will sometimes appear from the Silph Co. Building in Saffron City, and can also be released from a Poké Ball in which case she will shoot out eggs.
When released from a Poké Ball, Chansey will use Soft-Boiled and produce five eggs. Anyone can pick them up and they will either slightly heal the holder or contain items. If attacked, Chansey can be knocked away, stopping egg production.
Chansey is also a Pokéfloat. The float will quickly bob up and down from the bottom of the screen four times.
Trophy information
"Renowned for its kind temperament, Chansey has been known to offer injured creatures a highly nutritious egg to aid their recovery. Legend has it that this charitable creature brings friendship to anyone who captures a Chansey. All Chansey are female, and every now and then one is found in possession of a Lucky Egg."