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** Aside from the opening theme song, which featured {{p|Mewtwo}}, {{p|Mew}}, and the [[legendary birds]] of [[Kanto]], Ho-Oh was also the first [[legendary Pokémon]] ever seen in the {{pkmn|anime}}.
** Aside from the opening theme song, which featured {{p|Mewtwo}}, {{p|Mew}}, and the [[legendary birds]] of [[Kanto]], Ho-Oh was also the first [[legendary Pokémon]] ever seen in the {{pkmn|anime}}.
* Ho-Oh's English name is a {{wp|palindrome}}; it shares this distinction with {{p|Eevee}}, {{p|Girafarig}} and {{p|Alomomola}}.
* Ho-Oh's English name is a {{wp|palindrome}}; it shares this distinction with {{p|Eevee}}, {{p|Girafarig}} and {{p|Alomomola}}.
* Ho-Oh is one of eight Pokémon whose name has a non-alphabetic character in it, the others being {{p|Nidoran♀}}, {{p|Nidoran♂}}, {{p|Farfetch'd}}, {{p|Mr. Mime}}, {{p|Porygon2}}, {{p|Mime Jr.}} and {{p|Porygon-Z}}.
** It is also the only [[legendary Pokémon]] whose name has a non-alphabetic character in it.
* Ho-Oh has the highest {{stat|Special Defense}} of all {{type|Fire}} Pokémon and is tied with {{p|Lugia}} for the highest Special Defense of all {{type|Flying}} Pokémon.
* Ho-Oh has the highest {{stat|Special Defense}} of all {{type|Fire}} Pokémon and is tied with {{p|Lugia}} for the highest Special Defense of all {{type|Flying}} Pokémon.
** Ho-Oh has the highest single base stat of all Fire-type Pokémon.
** Ho-Oh has the highest single base stat of all Fire-type Pokémon.
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** However, in the opening of The Johto Journeys, there is a brief scene of the two facing off in the sky.
** However, in the opening of The Johto Journeys, there is a brief scene of the two facing off in the sky.
* It is indirectly said in a myth in {{5v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} that Ho-Oh created {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, and {{p|Suicune}}.
* It is indirectly said in a myth in {{5v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} that Ho-Oh created {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, and {{p|Suicune}}.
* Ho-Oh's Hidden Ability {{a|Regenerator}} reflects a {{wp|Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix's}} ability to be reborn from its ashes.
* So far, Ho-Oh is the only Legendary [[Generation II]] Pokémon to have never appeared in any movie (only in introductions and as a disguise used by [[Mew (M08)|Mew]]).
* So far, Ho-Oh is the only Legendary [[Generation II]] Pokémon to have never appeared in any movie (only in introductions and as a disguise used by [[Mew (M08)|Mew]]).


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