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Eevee
File:Pokemon Eevee.png
National Pokédex
Ditto - Eevee (#133) - Vaporeon
Johto Pokédex
Tangela - Eevee (#180) - Vaporeon
Japanese nameEievui
Evolves fromNone
Evolves intoVaporeon - Water Stone
Jolteon - Thunder Stone
Flareon - Fire Stone
Espeon - Happiness in the Day (from Pokémon Gold and Silver onwards except for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen)
Umbreon - Happiness at Night (from Pokémon Gold and Silver onwards except for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen)
GenerationFirst
SpeciesEvolution Pokémon
TypeNormal
Height1 ft 0 in (0.3 m)
Weight14 pounds (6.4 kg)
AbilityRun Away

The Eevee (イーブイ, Ībui, Eievui) is one of the Template:Pokenum fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar[1] Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. Its main purpose in the games, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both "wild" Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and "tamed" Pokémon that are owned by Pokémon trainers.

The "Eevee" name is a shortening of the word evolution, which this species specializes in, as they have the ability to evolve into one of five different species of Pokémon.[2] In the beta versions of the first Pokémon games, this Pokémon bore the name Eon,[3] the ending suffix for all five of Eevee's evolutionary forms. The name Eevee refers to individuals of the species in the games, anime and manga.

Eevee are described as small quadrupedal mammals, mostly covered with brown fur, with light tufts of tan fur around their neck. Their ears appear to be long and thin, longer than the head alone. The tail fur is said to be very thick, and the fur on the tip of the tail is the same color as that of the neck tufts.[2] The design may have also been inspired by the character of Teto the fox-squirrel from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. The "Advanced Generation" drawing and sprite design of Eevee was created by Ken Sugimori's team for its 2003 release on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance.[4]

Characteristics

At first glance, Eevee are said to be just unremarkable Normal-type Pokémon, with above average intelligence and excellent eyesight, smell, and hearing, however, their DNA is uniquely structured.[2] Domesticated Eevee would be made to evolve using elemental stones, but wild Eevee would evolve depending on the environment.[2]

For example, an Eevee living in an area with many lakes or oceans would naturally evolve into the Water-type, Vaporeon, while an Eevee whose habitat was near active volcanoes would evolve into the Fire-type, Flareon. Likewise, an Eevee living in a region where thunderstorms are common would evolve into Jolteon, an Electric-type. These same Pokémon as said to evolve from domesticated Eevee using a Water Stone, a Fire Stone, or a Thunder Stone, respectively. The natural sediments of these elemental stones may be what would cause wild Eevee to evolve in the wild.[2]

Eevee's evolutionary path is said to also be affected by its relationship with its trainer or other caretaker, in combination with the environment. Eevee that are noted as having strong relationships with their trainers have been reported to evolve into the Psychic-type Espeon while it is daytime, or into the Dark-type Umbreon during the night.[2]

In the Pokémon video games

File:GaryOak.jpg
The rival of the player in Pokémon Yellow and his Eevee.

Only a single Eevee can be found in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen, The player having to visit Celadon Mansion in Celadon City, through the back entrance, and climb to the top floor. A Poké Ball containing a orphan Eevee will be sitting on a table, the player is able to take it.[5]

In Pokémon Yellow, the player is supposed to obtain an Eevee from Professor Oak at the beginning of the game. However, the player's rival decides to take the Eevee before the player can obtain it. Thus, the player is given a Pikachu as a replacement. The rival's Eevee is one of the very few unevolved Eevees owned by a computer-controlled trainer. The rival evolves his Eevee into any of the three evolutions available, depending on the outcomes of the player's first two battles with him in Pallet Town and west of Viridian City. [6]

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Bill gives the player an abandoned Eevee that he found when he returned to his house in Goldenrod City.[5] Eevee can also be obtained by trading in 6666 coins at the Game Corner in Celadon City in the Gold and Silver versions.[5]

Eevee cannot be found in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and Pokémon Colosseum.[7] However, in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, the player starts with an Eevee,[7] which can later be evolved into any of its five evolutions with the elemental stones or the newly discovered Sun Shard and Moon Shard. However, the Sun Shard and Moon Shard are labeled as "Key Items" so they cannot be taken out of Pokémon XD . Consequently, evolution by the Sun Shard and Moon Shard is only allowed in this game.[8]

Eevee's statistics are about average for a Basic Pokémon, but it should be evolved to exploit its full potential. Eevee is also notable for being the only Pokémon in the first generation of Pokémon to completely lose its original type (Normal) when it evolves.

In Pokémon Snap, a game where the goal is to take pictures of Pokémon, Eevee can be found on the beach level, chasing a pink ball (which happens to be a Chansey). Throwing an object (such as Pokémon food) at the Eevee or the Chansey will allow Eevee to stop running so a quality picture can be taken.[9]

In the Pokémon anime

Template:Spoilers The first appearance of an Eevee in the Pokémon anime was in Episode 40, "The Battling Eevee Brothers". In this episode, Ash's party comes upon a family of four brothers, who all have or have had Eevees. Each of the three older brothers have evolved their Eevees into either a Flareon, a Jolteon, or a Vaporeon, and they are pressuring their youngest brother Mikey to evolve his Eevee, too. What they fail to notice is that he doesn't want to evolve it. However, when Team Rocket steals all of the Pokémon, Mikey proves that his Eevee does not need to evolve as it defeats Team Rocket when his brothers' Pokémon were unable to defeat Team Rocket.[10]

In Episode 118, "The Rivalry Revival", Ash's longtime rival Gary Oak uses his Eevee in a battle against Ash's Pikachu. Brock remarks that the Eevee has bright eyes and a shiny coat of fur, revealing its high level of experience. Eevee ultimately defeated Pikachu, using a Take Down to knockout its opponent.[11] Tracy also noted that Gary's Eevee was ready to evolve into a Stage-1 Pokémon,[11] which happened before the events in Episode 173, "Power Play", in which Ash and his companions discover that the Eevee had evolved into an Umbreon.[12]

In Episode 185, "Trouble's Brewing!", a family of five sisters in Ecruteak City, like the Eevee Brothers in Episode 40, are trainers of most of the different Eevee evolutions, including Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Umbreon. The youngest sister, Sakura, has an unevolved Eevee. These Pokémon help in fighting off Team Rocket.[13] These same Pokémon reappear, with Sakura's Eevee having since evolved into Espeon, in Episode 228, "Espeon Not Included!", when Team Rocket kidnaps all of them. The Pokémon end up being rescued by Ash's party with help from the Espeon and Sakura.[14]

In Japanese Episode 434, May's Pokémon Egg hatches into an Eevee.[15] This particular Eevee's signature attack move is Shadow Ball, a Ghost-type attack. Eevee participates in Pokémon Contests, competitions where Pokémon are judged by how appealing they appear, and earns a ribbon, an award for winning a Pokémon Contest, after defeating Brock's Bonsly in episode 444.[16]

In the Pokémon Trading Card Game

File:Eevee tcg.jpg
Eevee in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This card from the Jungle set has a rarity of common.

The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game similar in goal to a Pokémon battle in the video game series; players must use cards (with individual strengths and weaknesses) in an attempt to defeat their opponent by "knocking out" all of his cards.[17] The game was first published in North America by Wizards of the Coast in 1999, until Nintendo USA started publishing the series in 2003.[18]

Eevee has appeared many times in different sets. It generally has a rarity of common, appearing as a common card in the sets Jungle, Team Rocket, Aquapolis, Skyridge, EX Sandstorm, EX Unseen Forces[19], and EX Delta Species (appearing in two different cards in that set; one of which is a special card named "Eevee δ Delta Species"[20]). However, Eevee has been labeled with a rarity of Uncommon in the sets Gym Challenge (as Lt. Surge's Eevee) and Neo Discovery.[19] There is also a promotional Eevee card that was distributed during Pokémon Organized Play sessions. [21]

A preconstructed theme deck (a set of cards that complement each other, allowing new players to have a competetive deck quickly) featuring Eevee was released in the Skyridge set. Entitled "Eeveelution", the deck had the necessary cards so that Eevee could evolve into Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon.[22]

Several Eevee cards mimic Eevee's potentially rapid evolutionary process. While a player usually has to have an evolution of Eevee in his or her hand of cards in order for an evolution to occur, some Eevee cards allow the player to search the entire deck for an evolutionary card of Eevee, causing evolution to occur much more rapidly. Eevee's promotional card allows Eevee to automatically evolve if another Pokémon evolves. Its card from the Neo Discovery set could give Eevee a fifty percent chance to evolve every single turn.[19]

In other media

In the Pikachu Shocks Back series, a manga series that loosely parallels the Pokémon anime, Ash and his friends encounter a group of Pokémon enthuiasists, the Knights of the E Stone. Anybody who wishes to join the club must have a Pokémon that has evolved by an evolutionary stone. Similar to Ash's initial encounter of Eevee in the anime, a boy, Mikey, is being pressured by his three older brothers to evolve his Eevee so he can enter the club. Mikey refuses to do that, as he likes his Eevee the way it is, but he still wants to prove Eevee's worth. His Eevee battles a Jolteon and successfully wins by using Mimic to copy Jolteon's Pin Missile attack. His brothers accept Mikey and he is able to join the Knights of the E Stone.[23]

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga, one of the main characters, Coconut, the main antagonist and Hazel's rival, has an Eevee. Coconut spends most of her time brewing love potions for Almond (a boy whom Hazel and Coconut both love), which often injure her Pokémon. Eevee is also used in many of Coconut's different experiments.[24]

Several products featuring Eevee are also available for purchase. There is a pink Eevee hoodie available in adult sizes.[25] An orange Eevee vanity case can store accessories.[26] Also, there is a short children's book entitled "Eevee's Weather Report" about an Eevee that falsely predicts the weather.[27] Eevee's Poké Doll is an exclusive item at the official Pokémon store.[28] A PokéRom featuring Eevee challenges players with questions pertaining to the subjects of mathematics and reading.[29]

References

Notes
  1. ^ ""Pokemon Franchise Approaches 150 Million Games Sold."". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2006-02-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e f The in-game Pokédexes of the Nintendo Game Boy video games (A copy of them from psypokes.com.) URL Accessed June 6, 2006.
  3. ^ Pokémon information "lost" between Japan and America Pokémon Depot. URL Accessed on 6 June 2006.
  4. ^ Pokémon FireRed information Amazon.co.uk. URL accessed on July 7, 2006.
  5. ^ a b c Eevee Pokédex Information. Psypokes.com. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  6. ^ Pokémon Yellow Strategy Guide - Viridian City and Route 22 IGN. URL Accessed 12 June 2006.
  7. ^ a b Serebii.net Pokédex - #133 Eevee Serebii.net. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  8. ^ Pokémon XD - Eeveelution. Serebii.net. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  9. ^ IGN's Pokémon Snap Game Guide IGN.com. URL Accessed 13 June 2006.
  10. ^ "The Battling Eevee Brothers" analysis. Serebii.net. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  11. ^ a b "The Rivalry Revival" analysis. Serebii.net. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  12. ^ Pokémon anime; Episode 173, "Power Play" analysis Serebii.net. URL Accessed July 5, 2006.
  13. ^ "Trouble's Brewing!" analysis Serebii.net. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  14. ^ "Espeon Not Included!" analysis. Serebii.net. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  15. ^ "May Travels Through Time!" analysis Serebii.net. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  16. ^ "Decisive Game! May VS Brock!" analysis. Serebii.net. URL Accessed 9 June 2006.
  17. ^ Pokémon Trading Card Game "How to play" guide Pokemon-tcg.com. URL Accessed July 3, 2006.
  18. ^ Pokemon Trading Card Game News; "Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire TCG Releases" Wizards.com. URL Accessed July 3, 2006.
  19. ^ a b c List of Eevee cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Psypokes.com URL Accessed 7 June 2006.
  20. ^ Eevee δ Delta Species Card Psypokes.com. URL Accessed 21 June 2006.
  21. ^ Weekly Pokémon Chat with Wizards of the Coast Employees for 15 June 2000 (A transcript can be found at pojo.com.) URL Accessed 7 June 2006.
  22. ^ Eeveelution Preconstructed Theme Deck Toywiz.com. URL Accessed 19 June 2006.
  23. ^ Pokémon manga Vol 2. "Pikachu Shocks Back!" Store.viz.com. URL Accessed June 29, 2006.
  24. ^ Template:Jp icon Pokémon Magical Journey character bios maco.cha.to. URL Accessed May 29, 2006.
  25. ^ Pink Eevee Hoodie PokemonCenter.com. URL Accessed 13 June 2006.
  26. ^ Eevee Vanity Case PokemonCenter.com. URL Accessed 13 June 2006.
  27. ^ "Eevee's Weather Report" Amazon.com. URL Accessed 13 June 2006.
  28. ^ Eevee Poké Doll. PokemonCenter.com. URL Accessed 19 June 2006.
  29. ^ Eevee PokéRom. Amazon.com. URL Accessed 19 June 2006.
Publications
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., 1998. ASIN B000CQP8FE
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Player’s Guide Special Edition for Yellow, Red and Blue. Nintendo of America Inc., 1999. ASIN B000CQT878
  • Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.
  • Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Snap Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., 1999. ASIN B000CDZP9G
  • Nintendo Power. Super Smash Bros. Melee Official Nintendo Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., 2001. ISBN 1930206194
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Colosseum Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., March 2004. ISBN 193020647X
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X
  • Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0761547614
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., September 22 2005. ISBN 1598120026
Manga volumes
  • Ono, Toshihiro. Pokémon: Pikachu Shocks Back Graphic Novel. VIZ Media LLC, December 6 1999. ISBN 156931411X
  • Tsukirino, Yumi. Magic Pokémon, Volume 2: Part 2: Eevee the Genius. VIZ Media LLC, September 30 2000. ISBN 1569314829
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