Clefairy (Pokémon)

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Clefairy (disambiguation).

Clefairy Fairy Pokémon ピッピ Pippi #0035 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fairy Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Cute Charm or Magic GuardGen IV+ Cacophony Cacophony Friend Guard Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 25% male, 75% female	Catch rate 150 (29.5%)
Breeding Egg Group Fairy Hatch time 10 cycles
Height 2'00" 0.6 m Clefairy 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 16.5 lbs. 7.5 kg Clefairy 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 68 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 113 V+	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Clefairy 2 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Pink	Base friendship 140
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Clefairy (Japanese: ピッピ Pippi) is a Fairy-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Normal-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Cleffa when leveled up with high friendship and evolves into Clefable when exposed to a Moon Stone.

Biology

Clefairy floating

Clefairy is a bipedal, pink Pokémon with a chubby, vaguely star-shaped body. A small, pointed tooth protrudes from the upper left corner of its mouth. It has wrinkles beside its black, oval eyes, a single dark pink oval marking on each cheek, and large, pointed ears with brown tips. A tuft of fur curls over its forehead, much like its large, upward-curling tail. Each stocky arm has two small claws and a thumb on each hand, and both feet have a single toenail. There is a pair of tiny, butterfly-shaped wings on its back. Though incapable of flight, Clefairy's wings can store moonlight and allow it to float.

Clefairy is very shy and rarely shows itself to humans. On the rare occasions that Clefairy comes down from its mountain home, it can be seen dancing underneath the full moon's light. The area surrounding their dance is enveloped in a magnetic field. Once the sun rises, it returns home, where it sleeps nestled with other Clefairy. There have been many sightings of Clefairy during the morning aftermath of the full moon. In the Pokémon the Series episode Clefairy Tales, Clefairy is depicted as an extraterrestrial Pokémon. Clefairy is known to be popular thanks to both its adorable look and behavior. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, anyone who sees a Clefairy using Metronome while sleeping will receive happiness. This sighting is considered to be a very unusual sight to witness.^[1]

Before Generation V, Clefairy and its evolutionary relatives were the only known Pokémon that could have Magic Guard as an Ability.

Evolution

Clefairy evolves from Cleffa and evolves into Clefable.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Cleffa  Fairy

→

First Evolution Clefairy  Fairy

→

Second Evolution Clefable  Fairy

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Stadium: Clefairy stars in the mini-game "Clefairy Says." Players are given a pattern of arrows to repeat back. Each time the player messes up, they will receive a strike. After five strikes, the player is out. The last Clefairy standing wins.
• Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum: In Veilstone City's Slot Machines, the bonus rounds function with a Clefairy which points to which reel to stop first.

Pokédex entries

Clefairy in the Alola Pokédex	Clefairy in the Kitakami Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
SwSh	Jirawiwat Thitasiri's Clefairy	All	Online	50	June 18 to 19, 2022
SwSh	Otsukimi Clefairy	All	Online	15	September 3 to 30, 2022
BDSP	Otsukimi Clefairy	All	Online	15	September 3 to 30, 2022
LA	Otsukimi Clefairy	All	Online	15	September 3 to 30, 2022

Held items

Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.

Games		Held items
Red	Blue	MysteryBerry (100%)
Yellow
Gold	Silver	MysteryBerry (23%) Moon Stone (2%)
Crystal
FireRed	LeafGreen	Moon Stone (5%)
Diamond	Pearl	Leppa Berry (50%) Moon Stone (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver
Black	White	Leppa Berry (50%) Moon Stone (5%) Comet Shard (Dark grass only, 1%)
Black 2	White 2
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Moon Stone (5%)
Sun	Moon
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon
Sword	Shield
Brilliant Diamond	Shining Pearl
Legends: Arceus		Normal Leppa Berry (30%) Vivichoke (15%) Grit items by level Alpha Exp. Candy M (100%) Seed of Mastery (20%) Grit items by level

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM003 TM003 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM011 TM011 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM016 TM016 Psybeam Psychic Special 06565 100}}100% 20 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM019 TM019 Disarming Voice Fairy Special 04040 00—}}—% 15 TM022 TM022 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM033 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM034 TM034 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM037 TM037 Draining Kiss Fairy Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM041 TM041 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM042 TM042 Night Shade Ghost Special 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM054 TM054 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM067 TM067 Fire Punch Fire Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM068 TM068 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM069 TM069 Ice Punch Ice Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM073 TM073 Drain Punch Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM079 TM079 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM080 TM080 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM092 TM092 Imprison Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM098 TM098 Skill Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM109 TM109 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM117 TM117 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM122 TM122 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM125 TM125 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM128 TM128 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM132 TM132 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TM135 TM135 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM139 TM139 Misty Terrain Fairy Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM141 TM141 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM143 TM143 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM178 TM178 Gravity Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM191 TM191 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM192 TM192 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150150 100}}100% 20 TM197 TM197 Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 04040 090}}90% 10 TM201 TM201 Misty Explosion Fairy Special 100100 100}}100% 5 TM203 TM203 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM220 TM220 Meteor Beam Rock Special 120120 090}}90% 10 TM227 TM227 Alluring Voice Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Clefairy Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Clefairy Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  * Heal Pulse Psychic Status — —% 10 Present* Normal Physical — 90% 15 Tickle* Normal Status — 100% 20 * Wish Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Clefairy Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Clefairy Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Clefairy Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By a prior Evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball   Acquisition: Catch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -19% Friend Area: Mt. Moonview Phrases 51%-100% HP Clefairy feels a little shy, but Clefairy will fight! 26%-50% HP Clefairy's HP is only half... This is trouble... 1%-25% HP No more, please... Clefairy is about to fall... Level up Clefairy's level went up! Joy!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: B
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Rescue Connected to: Cubone Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal I love full-moon nights! Clef! Low HP (< 50%) Help! Heeelp!
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.97 seconds Base HP: 53 Base Attack: 69 Base Defense: 50 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Fairy Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Fairy Attack Power: 50 - 120 15 #499 Crowd Control Increases damage when there are more Clefairy in the puzzle area. Swappable Skill(s): Barrier Shot			Pokémon Shuffle Fairy Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #499 Block Smash+ Sometimes clears three unbreakable-block disruptions.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 172 Base Attack: 107 Base Defense: 108 Egg Distance: N/A* Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Pound, Zen Headbutt Charged Attacks: Disarming Voice, Body Slam, Moonblast, Swift*
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #192 A lot of old writings link Clefairy to the moon, and we even saw them in a part of the cave where the moon could be seen. People say that happiness comes to those who see Clefairy dance.
Pokémon Sleep Sleep type: Snoozing Pokémon type: Fairy Points to befriend: 7 Specialty: Berries Berry: Pecha Berry ×2 Primary ingredient: Fancy Apple ×1 Possible ingredients: Fancy Apple Honey Greengrass Soybeans Main skill: Metronome Base carry limit: 16 Uses one main skill chosen randomly from a large selection of main skills. Evolution requirements: Clefairy Candy ×80, Moon Stone ×1 Clefairy rarely shows itself, but there have been many sightings on the mornings after a full moon. It is said that happiness will come to those who see a Clefairy using Metronome in its sleep—a particularly unusual sight. Peaceful Sleep Nodding-Off Sleep Metronome Sleep Atop-Belly Sleep ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Evolution data

Baby form Cleffa  Fairy

Breed ← + Level up with high friendship →

First Evolution Clefairy  Fairy

Moon Stone →

Second Evolution Clefable  Fairy

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back

Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back

Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back Let's Go, Pikachu! Let's Go, Eevee!

Generation VIII Sword Shield Legends: Arceus

Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Clefairy images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Other sprites

Blingy in Pokémon Super Contests	Buffy in Pokémon Super Contests	Bumbles in Pokémon Super Contests

In animation

Clefairy in Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Main series

Major appearances

Clefairy (recurring)

A peculiar group of Clefairy debuted in Clefairy Tales. Ash and his friends first encountered them after their spacecraft crash-landed near Viridian City. The Clefairy resorted to stealing items, including Jigglypuff's signature microphone marker and even Pikachu, from a nearby town to rebuild their spaceship.

The group, accompanied by Oswald and Jigglypuff, tracked the Clefairy to an underground cave and stormed the spaceship to recover Jigglypuff's microphone and Pikachu. Though Jigglypuff ended up defeating all of the Clefairy with Pound, the spacecraft still took off because of its preset launch, though Ash, his friends, and Jigglypuff escaped in time. Oswald remained on board until the spaceship crashed again in another village. As a result, the Clefairy once again began stealing the locals' items to return to orbit.

The Clefairy reappeared in Wish Upon a Star Shape, where the group re-encountered them after their spacecraft crashed into a Johto mountainside. Prior to the crash-landing, the Clefairy beamed a Cleffa to safety, and it landed on Ash's Phanpy. Cleffa quickly struck up a friendship with Phanpy. It later led everyone to the crash site while also trying to escape Team Rocket and the Pokémon Mystery Club (PMC).

The Clefairy went on to use the parts from Team Rocket's mecha and the PMC's machine to repair their spacecraft. Pikachu's Thunderbolt ultimately helped the craft lift off. In the process, Cleffa evolved into a Clefairy and reunited with its family.

Its known moves are Light Screen, Double Slap, and Pound.

Lusamine's Clefairy

Lusamine's Clefairy in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Lusamine's Clefairy appeared in a fantasy in A Dream Encounter!, where she evolved into a Clefable. She reappeared during flashbacks in Mission: Total Recall!, where she was seen playing with Lillie. She reappeared again in another flashback in Rescuing the Unwilling!.

Other

Multiple Clefairy debuted in Clefairy and the Moon Stone, where some of them evolved into Clefable after touching the Moon Stone.

A Clefairy appeared in A Goldenrod Opportunity, under the ownership of Whitney. Commonly seen outside of its Poké Ball, it was used to send Team Rocket flying, and later in Whitney's Gym battle against Ash. However, the Fairy Pokémon had to be recalled when its Metronome failed against Cyndaquil.

In A Real Cleffa-Hanger, Ash and his friends visited Mt. Moon again and found multiple Clefairy again. They played a major role in the episode.

In Infinite Possibilities!, a Clefairy appeared in a flashback, being befriended by Professor Cerise in his childhood. In the present day, six Clefairy took part in an Evolution ritual alongside a Clefable that had evolved from the Clefairy that Professor Cerise had befriended.

Minor appearances

In Pikachu's Vacation as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In The Power of One, multiple Clefairy sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

Multiple wild Clefairy appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In Wired for Battle!, a Trainer's Clefairy came up as an image in Shingo's laptop.

A Clefairy appeared in Team Rocket's fantasy in Imitation Confrontation.

Multiple Clefairy appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

In Lights, Camerupt, Action!, Red's Clefairy appeared in a film that Ash and Gary were watching when they were younger.

A Coordinator's Clefairy appeared in Hi Ho Silver Wind!.

In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator's Clefairy participated in the Terracotta Contest.

A Coordinator's Clefairy appeared in Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!.

In Beating the Bustle and Hustle!, a Trainer's Clefairy participated in the fake Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle that Team Rocket had set up.

Three Trainers' Clefairy appeared in The Power of Us.

A Trainer's Clefairy appeared in Battling on the Wing!.

A Trainer's Clefairy appeared in Z-Move Showdown!.

A Trainer's Clefairy appeared in Settling the Scorbunny!.

A Clefairy appeared in a fantasy in Time After Time!.

A Trainer's Clefairy got stuck in Gulpin's giant ball in A Rollicking Roll….

A Trainer's Clefairy appeared in a fantasy in Sleuths for Truth!.

A Trainer's Clefairy appeared in The Spectral Express!.

A Trainer's Clefairy appeared in Out of Their Elements!.

A Clefairy appeared in HZ070.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Origins

In File 1: Red, a Clefairy was one of the Pokémon seen in Professor Oak's introduction.

Pokémon Evolutions

In The Discovery, three Clefairy appeared in a fantasy of Mt. Moon.

In the manga

Clefairy in Pokémon Adventures

Ash & Pikachu

Similar to her Pokémon the Series counterpart, Whitney owns a Clefairy. It appeared in The Beginning Of Good Luck?! Pokémon Fortune Telling.

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

In Clefairy Tale, Ash discovers a colony of Clefairy with Bill and Professor Oak. The three humans assist with and witness an evolution ceremony.

In Clefairy in Space, a herd of wild Clefairy are causing trouble in Apple City, where rumors are circulating that Clefairy come from outer space. It is also learned that Clefairy have a secretion from the back of their throat that can harden into a crystal-like form.

Magical Pokémon Journey and Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪

Main article: Clefairy (MPJ)

One of Hazel's main traveling companions in Magical Pokémon Journey is a timid, shy Clefairy. Clefairy tends to be very cowardly, but when he actually does battle, he can use his powerful Metronome attack.

Clefairy also returns as a main character in Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪.

Pokémon Adventures

Green had a Clefairy nicknamed Clefy, which first appeared in A Little Kadabra'll Do It. It later evolved into Clefable in The Winged Legends when Red used his Moon Stone on him. Although he was used only once for distraction against Sabrina prior to evolving, his increased power allowed him to stall Thu-Fi-Zer for a short period of time with his Metronome.

Daisy Oak had a Clefairy used in Contests when she was younger, which first appeared in It All Ends Now III.

Rad Rickshaw owns two Clefairy nicknamed Cliff and Cliffette, as seen in Cautious Clefairy. A third Clefairy appeared in a fantasy in the same chapter.

A Clefairy appeared in a fantasy in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia IV.

A Clefairy appeared in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, under the ownership of a Lass at the Safari Zone.

Multiple Clefairy appeared in Choir Tournament at the Autumn Choir Tournament.

A Clefairy appeared in GRRR!! The Irrepairable Gears during the Darkest Day.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

A Clefairy appeared in Falkner The Bird Keeper's Challenge!!.

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

A Clefairy appeared in The Terrible Twins, Rin & Ran, under the ownership of Rin.

A Clefairy appeared in GDZ23.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Clefairy in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Main article: Red's Clefairy

Main article: Clefairy Rangers

Clefairy is one of the main characters in Pokémon Pocket Monsters and is Red's first partner Pokémon. Clefairy is often very rude and stupid, gaining him the nickname "Blockhead Clefairy". He is the source of much slapstick humor in the manga.

Blaine has multiple Clefairy, as seen in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Quiz Battle!!. They were used as a punishment when Red's Clefairy got the final question to the quiz wrong of the Pokémon Quiz Battle.

A Clefairy appeared in Fighting Over Otoshidama!!.

Five Clefairy known as the Clefairy Rangers debuted in The Gym Challenges Begin!!.

Red also owns a Clefairy.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

Multiple Clefairy appeared in Clefairy Goes Home!.

A Clefairy appeared in Clefairy, Form Teacher Of Class 1P!! as the father of Red's Clefairy.

In the TCG

Main article: Clefairy (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros.

When released from a Poké Ball, Clefairy will use Metronome to copy another Pokémon's move randomly.

According to an interview with Masahiro Sakurai, the director of the Super Smash Bros. series, in the May 1999 issue of The 64 DREAM, both Clefairy and Jigglypuff were considered to be added to the game as a clone of Kirby, with Jigglypuff ultimately being chosen for the game.^[2]

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Clefairy reappears in Super Smash Bros. Melee, although Metronome has been modified to consist of four, random attacks:

• Gust: Any character caught in the whirlwind will take heavy amount of damage, but not enough to KO them. This can be SDI'd out of, allowing characters to escape or reduce damage taken.
• Fire Spin: This attack burns the ground around Clefairy, damaging any opponent caught in it. Like Gust, this can be SDI'd out of.
• Waterfall: This attack has high vertical knockback, large range, and hits many times, to the point that it can KO a character.
• Self-Destruct: This attack is similar to Electrode's Explosion. Any character caught in the blast radius will take damage.

As in Smash 64, the summoner is immune to damage from Clefairy's attacks, including Self-Destruct. Its Japanese voice clip comes from a different part of Clefairy and the Moon Stone while its English voice clip is the same one used in Smash 64.

Trophy information

Clefairy are very cute Pokémon, which makes them popular pets. However, as they're only found in a few areas, it takes a lot of work to find one. Strangely enough, legend has it that Clefairy are more active during the full moon. These Pokémon are known to use Metronome, a move that unleashes a randomly selected technique.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Clefairy appears as a Spirit.

Trivia

• The prototype name for Clefairy was Aria. The Russian dub of Pokémon the Series used this name during the original series.
  • The Polish dub of the episode Clefairy and the Moon Stone calls Clefairy by its proper species name and "Aria" interchangeably.
• Clefairy and its evolved form share their category with Snubbull and Granbull. They are all known as the Fairy Pokémon.
  • The "Fairy Pokémon" category predates the introduction of the Fairy-type in Generation VI. From this generation onwards, the type and category of these four Pokémon share the same English name. However, this is not true in Japanese, where the type is フェアリータイプ Fairy-type and the category is ようせいポケモン Yōsei Pokémon.
• The Poké Doll is a Clefairy doll, as identified by the Japanese name of this item (ピッピにんぎょう Pippi Doll).

Concept and development

According to an interview, Clefairy was designed by Ken Sugimori, and is one of Kōji Nishino's favorite Pokémon.^[3]

Origin

Clefairy seems to be based on fairies and pixies since it is a playful, magical, humanoid creature with wings. It may also be inspired by the concept of extraterrestrial life due to its rumored celestial origins and vaguely star-shaped body. It may also reference the mythical Moon rabbit due to its large ears, various Moon related powers, and the fact that it evolves into Clefable using a Moon Stone.

Name origin

Clefairy may be a combination of clef (musical symbol) and fairy.

Pippi may be derived from the repetition of the first syllable of pixie.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ピッピ Pippi From pixie French Mélofée From mélodie or mélopée and fée Spanish Clefairy Same as English name German Piepi From the Japanese name Italian Clefairy Same as English name Korean 삐삐 Ppippi Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 皮皮 Pǐpǐ Transcription of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 皮皮 Pèihpèih Transcription of Japanese name

More languages Dutch Clefairy Same as English name Hindi क्लफ़ेरी Clefairy Transcription of English name Indonesian Kleferi (Pocket Monsters only) From the English name Lithuanian Klefėja From the English name Russian Клефэйри Klefeyri Transcription of English name Thai ปิปปี Pippi Transcription of Japanese name

See also

• Lusamine's Clefairy
• Clefable (UNITE)
• Red's Clefairy

References

External links

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