Cleffa (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Cleffa (disambiguation).

Cleffa Star Shape Pokémon ピィ Py #0173 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 No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 10 cycles
Height 1'00" 0.3 m Cleffa 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 6.6 lbs. 3.0 kg Cleffa 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 37 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 44 V+	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Cleffa 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 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 II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Cleffa (Japanese: ピィ Py) is a Fairy-type baby Pokémon introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Normal-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Clefairy when leveled up with high friendship, which evolves into Clefable when exposed to a Moon Stone.

Biology

Cleffa is a small, pink Pokémon that is vaguely star-shaped in appearance. Its ears are completely brown. Cleffa has two small black eyes and a small mouth, and it appears to have a small, permanent blush on its cheeks. It possesses stubby arms and legs, which have no defined digits and come to a point. It has a curl on its forehead and a curled-up tail.

Cleffa lives in mountainous regions, typically found at meteor impact sites. Sightings of Cleffa become more likely during nights illuminated by shooting stars, where they dance the night away; this dance is said to bring good fortune to any who witness it. They quench their thirst the next morning by drinking dew. It is fascinated by anything resembling stars and meteors, such as Minior. Because of this, as well as its own star-shaped silhouette, Cleffa is commonly believed to have arrived on a shooting star. The Pokémon the Series episode Clefairy Tales showed that its evolved forms (and therefore Cleffa itself) are actually extraterrestrial Pokémon. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Cleffa is known to sway its body similar to a rocking craddle while sleeping.^[1] The way it moves while sleeping resembles a twinking star in the night.

Prior to Generation V, Cleffa and its evolved forms were the only known Pokémon that could have Magic Guard as an Ability.

Evolution

Cleffa evolves into Clefairy, which 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 2: Cleffa appears in a quiz-show styled mini-game alongside Igglybuff. A series of Pokémon parade across the screen and players have to count how many of the Pokémon species that have been instructed to be counted parade across the screen. The final score is based on how close the answered amount is to the right number.
• Pokémon Puzzle Collection Vol. 2: A Cleffa appears during Motion Puzzle mode, taking over the role that Pichu had in the first game.

Pokédex entries

Cleffa in the Alola Pokédex	Cleffa in the Kitakami Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Wild Area News

Held items

Games		Held items
Diamond	Pearl	Leppa Berry (50%) Moon Stone (5%)
Platinum
Pokéwalker		Qualot Berry (100%)
Sun	Moon	Moon Stone (5%)
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon
Brilliant Diamond	Shining Pearl
Legends: Arceus		Normal Leppa Berry (30%) Vivichoke (15%) Grit items by level Alpha Exp. Candy S (100%) Seed of Mastery (10%) Grit items by level

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

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

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  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 TM019 TM019 Disarming Voice Fairy Special 04040 00—}}—% 15 TM022 TM022 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 100}}100% 20 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 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 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 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 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 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 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 TM139 TM139 Misty Terrain Fairy Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM141 TM141 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 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 TM191 TM191 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM227 TM227 Alluring Voice Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10

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

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 13.1% Friend Area: Mt. Moonview Phrases 51%-100% HP The stars in the sky are where I came from! 26%-50% HP Oh, no! I lost about half my HP already! 1%-25% HP I can't go on like this... I want to go back to the stars... Level up Yay! See? I leveled up!

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: B

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Talk to in Capim Town Connected to: Budew Connection Orb Set: 8 Phrases Normal I like shooting stars! I like stars, too! ♪ Low HP (< 50%) I'm getting kind of sleepy…

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Normal Poké Assist: (present) Normal Field move: (present) (Tackle ×1) Not available in the past. Browser entry R-240 It creates hearts around itself that make Pokémon Tired.

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ● Speed ●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.97 seconds Base HP: 48 Base Attack: 62 Base Defense: 45 Base Speed: 50

Pokémon Battle Trozei Fairy Attack Power: ★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle Fairy Attack Power: 30 - 120 20 #498 Mega Boost Fills the Mega Gauge of a Pokémon of the same type. Swappable Skill(s): Super Cheer

Pokémon GO Base HP: 137 Base Attack: 75 Base Defense: 79 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: 25 Fast Attacks: Pound, Zen Headbutt Charged Attacks: Grass Knot*, Psyshock*, Signal Beam, Swift*, Psychic†, Body Slam†

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #223 I’m sure you noticed those Cleffa dancing inside the cave with a view of the night sky. It’s said that Cleffa first arrived here in ancient times, riding on a meteor.

Pokémon Sleep Sleep type: Slumbering Pokémon type: Fairy Points to befriend: 5 Specialty: Berries Berry: Pecha Berry ×2 Primary ingredient: Fancy Apple ×1 Possible ingredients: Fancy Apple Honey Greengrass Soybeans Main skill: Metronome Base carry limit: 10 Uses one randomly chosen main skill. Evolution requirements: Clefairy Candy ×20, 50 hrs of sleep logged with Cleffa Its body sways as it sleeps, as if rocked in a cradle. Its swaying silhouette looks just like a star that twinkles in the night sky. Rocking Sleep Nodding-Off Sleep Overturned 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

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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
Generation VIII Sword Shield Legends: Arceus
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In animation

Cleffa in Pokémon Journeys: The Series

A Cleffa Egg in Pokémon the Series

Major appearances

Lusamine's Cleffa

In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and A Glaring Rivalry!, Lusamine's Clefable was seen as a Cleffa held by Gladion in a photo. Lillie was shown to have held her in a flashback in Night of a Thousand Poses!.

Other

Cleffa made its animated series debut in Wish Upon a Star Shape, where one fell from a spaceship that belonged to the kleptomaniac Clefairy from Clefairy Tales. Ash and his friends had to get the Star Shape Pokémon back to its group before Team Rocket and the Pokémon Mystery Club could get their hands on it. It evolved at the end of the episode.

In A Real Cleffa-Hanger, multiple Cleffa were revealed to be living at Mt. Moon.

In The Brockster Is In!, Normajean's Cleffa was badly poisoned by a Tentacruel, alongside several of her other baby Pokémon.

In Star Night, Star Flight!, a Cleffa that Tiara once befriended appeared in flashbacks and as an illusion. She had been forced to say goodbye to it several days before the events of the episode, leaving Tiara distraught.

Minor appearances

Cleffa debuted in Pikachu & Pichu, where it was part of the Pichu Brothers' Posse.

A Coordinator's Cleffa appeared in Harley Rides Again.

In Hungry For the Good Life!, a Cleffa was being cared for by Mr. Backlot.

In Last Call — First Round!, a Coordinator's Cleffa and Steelix competed in the Sinnoh Grand Festival.

In I Choose You!, a Cleffa playfully chased a Chikorita.

Three Trainers' Cleffa appeared in The Power of Us.

A Trainer's Cleffa appeared in Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Strategy!.

In Battling on the Wing!, a Trainer's Cleffa watched the battles of the Manalo Conference.

In From Z to Shining Z!, a Trainer's Cleffa watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and Tapu Koko.

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

In Pikachu Translation Check..., a Trainer's Cleffa was in a video.

A Trainer's Cleffa appeared in HZ049.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Cleffa in Pokémon Adventures

Movie adaptations

A Cleffa appeared in ICYR2.

Pokémon Adventures

In Gligar Glide, Cleffa was one of the baby Pokémon that escaped from the Daycare Center near Goldenrod City.

Whitney has a Cleffa, which was first seen in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa. Using her Sweet Kiss, she provided an opening for her Miltank to use a Rollout on what she thought was Suicune, but the fake Pokémon withstood the attack and struck Miltank down.

A Cleffa appeared in a fantasy in Cautious Clefairy.

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

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Whitney owns a Cleffa in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

A Cleffa appeared in GDZ55.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

A Cleffa appeared in Clefairy Becomes a Father...?!.

A Cleffa appeared in The Exam Showdown!!.

In the TCG

Main article: Cleffa (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Cleffa only appears as a random trophy.

Trophy information

With silhouettes that resemble stars, Cleffa are often sighted when the night sky is filled with shooting stars. Cleffa evolves into Clefairy, but only if it has a strong bond of friendship with its trainer. Since Cleffa are so cute and lovable, many trainers choose to keep it in this unevolved form.

Trivia

• Cleffa shares its category with Staryu. They are both known as Star Shape Pokémon.
• Cleffa is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 218.
• Cleffa is tied with Pawmi and Greavard for having the shortest Japanese name of all Pokémon, being spelt with only two kana.
  • Cleffa is tied with Cramorant for the shortest Japanese Pokémon name in trademarked romaji, with only two letters.
• Cleffa is tied with Igglybuff and Morelull for the lowest base Speed stat of all Fairy-type Pokémon.
• Cleffa, Igglybuff, and Togepi are the only baby Pokémon to have a TAG TEAM GX card.

Origin

Cleffa seems to be based on fairies and pixies since it is a small, playful, magical creature. 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 and the fact that it reaches its final evolved form using a Moon Stone.

Name origin

Cleffa may be a combination of clef (musical symbol) and the first two letters of fairy or fable; fa may also be derived from the popular western musical teaching method solfa (i.e. do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti).

Py may be a truncation of pixie.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ピィ Py From pixie French Mélo From mélodie Spanish Cleffa Same as English name German Pii From Japanese name Italian Cleffa Same as English name Korean 삐 Ppi Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 皮寶寶 / 皮宝宝 Píbǎobao From the transcription of Japanese name and 寶寶 / 宝宝 bǎobao Cantonese Chinese 皮寶寶 Pèihbóubóu From the transcription of Japanese name and 寶寶 bóubóu

More languages Hindi क्लेफ़ा Cleffa Transcription of English name Russian Клеффа Kleffa Transcription of English name Thai ปี Pi Transcription of Japanese name

References

Related articles

• Lusamine's Cleffa
• Baby Pokémon

External links

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