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** This makes it the only Pokémon with a base stat total above 720 that doesn't require a specific held item. | ** This makes it the only Pokémon with a base stat total above 720 that doesn't require a specific held item. | ||
* Rayquaza is the only Pokémon of the Weather Trio without a [[Primal Reversion|Primal form]], instead having a Mega Evolution. | * Rayquaza is the only Pokémon of the Weather Trio without a [[Primal Reversion|Primal form]], instead having a Mega Evolution. | ||
* When [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolving]] Rayquaza, the game will state, "(player's name)'s fervent wish has reached Rayquaza", instead of the normal message. | |||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Rayquaza is most likely based on the Hebrew legends of {{wp|Ziz}}, the unconquerable primal master of the sky. Its counterparts were {{wp|Behemoth}} and {{wp|Leviathan}}. Rayquaza's appearance also draws inspiration from other creatures of myth such as the {{wp|Asian dragon}} and ''{{wp|lindworm}}''. Alternatively, Rayquaza matches the description of the Aztec god {{wp|Quetzalcoatl}}, who was depicted as a flying serpent, and created the boundary between the earth (including the oceans) and the sky. Its trait of being capable of inhabiting the skies, and living there while subsisting on nothing but dew and particles for centuries, also bears aspects of the legendary Chinese xian hermit sages and East Asian dragons. | Rayquaza is most likely based on the Hebrew legends of {{wp|Ziz}}, the unconquerable primal master of the sky. Its counterparts were {{wp|Behemoth}} and {{wp|Leviathan}}. Rayquaza's appearance also draws inspiration from other creatures of myth such as the {{wp|Asian dragon}} and ''{{wp|lindworm}}''. Alternatively, Rayquaza matches the description of the Aztec god {{wp|Quetzalcoatl}}, who was depicted as a flying serpent, and created the boundary between the earth (including the oceans) and the sky. Its trait of being capable of inhabiting the skies, and living there while subsisting on nothing but dew and particles for centuries, also bears aspects of the legendary Chinese xian hermit sages and East Asian dragons. | ||