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==Pokémon==
==Pokémon==
As of [[Generation VIII]], there are {{PAGESINCAT:Fairy-type Pokémon}} {{cat|Fairy-type Pokémon}} or {{#expr:({{PAGESINCAT:Fairy-type Pokémon}} * 100 div {{numpkmn}}) round 1}}% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Fairy-type in at least one of their [[List of Pokémon with form differences|forms]], including [[Mega Evolution]]s, {{rf|Alolan|Form}}s and {{rf|Galarian|Form}}s), making it the third rarest type, only behind {{t|Ghost}} and {{t|Ice}}.
As of [[Generation VIII]], there are 59 Fairy-type Pokémon or 6.6% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Fairy-type in at least one of their [[List of Pokémon with form differences|forms]], including [[Mega Evolution]]s, {{rf|Alolan|Form}}s and {{rf|Galarian|Form}}s), making it the third rarest type, only behind {{t|Ghost}} and {{t|Ice}}.


===Pure Fairy-type Pokémon===
===Pure Fairy-type Pokémon===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* More Pokémon were changed to Fairy than either of the other types added since [[Generation I]] (the other two being {{t|Dark}} and {{t|Steel}} in [[Generation II]]), with 22. Also, more moves were changed to Fairy, with three. All three of them were [[Status move]]s introduced in [[Generation II]] and were previously {{type|Normal}}.
* More Pokémon were changed to Fairy than either of the other types added since [[Generation I]] (the other two being {{t|Dark}} and {{t|Steel}} in [[Generation II]]), with 22. Also, more moves were changed to Fairy, with three. All three of them were [[status move]]s introduced in [[Generation II]] and were previously {{type|Normal}}.
** It is also the only one out of the three types to completely change the types of Pokémon from previous generations, changing several previously pure Normal-type Pokémon, such as {{p|Snubbull}}, to pure Fairy.
** It is also the only one out of the three types to completely change the types of Pokémon from previous generations, changing several previously pure Normal-type Pokémon, such as {{p|Snubbull}}, to pure Fairy.
* The Fairy type is the only type without any [[List of Pokémon with gender differences|Pokémon with gender differences]].
* The Fairy type is the only type without any [[List of Pokémon with gender differences|Pokémon with gender differences]].
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* The Fairy-type is one of the two types that {{m|Hidden Power}} cannot become, the other being the {{type|Normal}}.
* The Fairy-type is one of the two types that {{m|Hidden Power}} cannot become, the other being the {{type|Normal}}.
** This, combined with the lack of any Fairy-type moves in {{p|Kecleon}}'s and {{p|Greninja}}'s movesets, prevents all Pokémon that naturally have {{a|Protean}} from becoming Fairy-type using it (although Kecleon can become Fairy-type with its other Ability, {{a|Color Change}}).
** This, combined with the lack of any Fairy-type moves in {{p|Kecleon}}'s and {{p|Greninja}}'s movesets, prevents all Pokémon that naturally have {{a|Protean}} from becoming Fairy-type using it (although Kecleon can become Fairy-type with its other Ability, {{a|Color Change}}).
* The Fairy type has the fewest [[physical move]]s of all types, at 2.
* The Fairy type has the fewest [[physical move]]s of all types, at two.
* The Fairy type is the only type to have a [[Gem]] that has [[List of unobtainable items#Fairy Gem|never been officially released]].
* The Fairy type is the only type to have a [[Gem]] that has [[Fairy Gem|never been officially released]].


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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