An Eeveelution (Japanese: イーブイズ/ブイズ, Hepburn: Eebuizu/Buizu) is a term among fans that is used for the current group of eight different but unique Pokémon that evolve from Eevee.

Eeveelution is a portmanteau from the words "Eevee" and "evolution". The term "Eeveelution" was made up by fans in order to specify the eight Pokémon that Eevee can potentially evolve into, but is now officially used by Nintendo and Game Freak in recent years. The Eeveelutions are highly sought after among collectors when it goes about a full set of all eight evolutions, nine including Eevee.

In the original Generation I games released on the Game Boy, the Eeveelution set began with only three, consisting of Vaporeon, Flareon, and Jolteon, but has since added Espeon, Umbreon, Glaceon, Leafeon, and Sylveon in the following generations until VI. Because of this, Eevee has by far the most final forms out of any Pokémon and adds great replayability for players in the core series, themselves one of the main contributing factors of its high popularity in the Pokémon franchise rivaling if not surpassing that of Pikachu, the series' mascot.

Generations[]

Many Eeveelutions have made their first appearances in almost every Pokémon handheld game since Generation I.

The first three to be introduced in Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version are Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon, which evolve from Eevee through the use of a Water Stone, Thunder Stone, and Fire Stone, respectively.

Two more Eeveelutions were introduced in Generation II: Espeon and Umbreon. These two can only evolve from an Eevee with a high level of friendship, and at different times of the day (Espeon during the day/morning, Umbreon during the night/dusk).

In Generation III, no new Eeveelutions were introduced (and also unavailable in the main games), but in Generation IV, two new Eeveelutions were created: Leafeon, who evolves from Eevee when leveled up near the Moss Rock in Eterna Forest, and Glaceon, who evolves from Eevee when leveled up near an Ice Rock on Route 216/217.

In February 2013, Nintendo revealed a new Eeveelution for Generation VI, named Sylveon. It evolves from Eevee when leveling with high friendship and knowing a Fairy-type move. This particular evolution remains the latest since.

Generation I[]

Aside from Eevee itself, there were three Eeveelutions introduced in the first generation of the Pokémon franchise, all three of which are obtainable through use of a Water Stone, Fire Stone, and Thunder Stone.

Eevee[]

Eevee is the base Pokémon of the whole Eeveelution chain and is considered to be one of the most recognized and fan-favorited of all Pokémon in the franchise like Pikachu. Eevee was introduced in Generation I and can be obtained in Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version, Pokémon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition as well as Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version and at the top floor of the Celadon Condominiums in Celadon City, but the player can only obtain one of such Pokémon per game. In Pokémon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition, however, Eevee serves as the rival's first starter Pokémon despite being originally intended for the player. Blue's Eevee will evolve into the three available forms based on the player's progress in Professor Oak's lab and Route 22.

Eevee can also be obtained in Generation II, , as well as Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version, from Bill after speaking to him in his house in Goldenrod City, if the player character has already met him in the Pokémon Center in Ecruteak City. There is a second way to obtain Eevee in Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver, which requires the player to obtain a total of 6666 coins at the Game Corner.

Eevee is the First Partner Pokémon in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

In Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version, and Pokémon Platinum Version, the player will obtain an Eevee from Bebe in Hearthome City. In Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version, the player will obtain an Eevee from Bebe after obtaining the National Pokédex, but in Pokémon Platinum, obtaining Eevee from Bebe does not need a prerequisite. Eevee can also be found in the wild at the Trophy Garden of Backlot Mansion below Hearthome City, a first for the series.

Eevee can also be obtained as a gift in Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 from Amanita in Castelia City, but is very rare to encounter.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!, an Eevee is the First partner Pokémon of the player which is known as a Partner Pokémon and cannot evolve, while in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!, it is the First partner Pokémon of Trace (as a regular Eevee), which his Eevee later evolves into Jolteon. Partner Eevee can learn Secret Techniques and special moves that are very similar to the types of its fellow Eeveelutions. In both games, Eevee can be found in the wild, albeit rarely.

In Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, a Gigantamax Eevee can be obtained in the Meetup Spot if the player has save data of Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!. Just like Partner Eevee, Gigantamax Eevee does not evolve and it can use the special G-Max move, G-Max Cuddle.

Eevee's Gender Difference[]

As of every game until Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!, male partner Eevee have a zigzag pattern at the end of its tail, which was once universal for both genders. A female Partner Eevee now has a heart-shaped pattern at the end of its tail. In non-partner Eevee, these gender differences do not exist. This was likely meant to counteract how female Pikachu have heart-shaped tails.

Beginning in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, however, these gender differences apply to all Eevee.

Vaporeon[]

Vaporeon is the Water-Type Pokémon and one of Eevee's final evolution forms and can only be obtained through use of a Water Stone. It is known as the Bubble Jet Pokémon. When the player evolves their Eevee into a Vaporeon, they can teach Vaporeon the HM Surf. Compared to its counterparts, Vaporeon is strong against Flareon since Water-type Pokémon attacks are super effective against Fire-type Pokémon. However, Vaporeon is weak against Jolteon and Leafeon since Water-type Pokémon is weak to Grass and Electric-types.

Vaporeon's highest stat is its HP.

Jolteon[]

Jolteon is the Electric-type Lightning Pokémon and one of Eevee's final evolution forms and can only be obtained through use of a Thunder Stone. Jolteon is strong against Vaporeon, due to the fact that Electric-type Pokémon abilities are super effective against Water-type Pokémon.

Jolteon's highest stat is Speed.

Flareon[]

Flareon is the Fire-type Flame Pokémon and one of Eevee's final evolution forms and can only be obtained through use of a Fire Stone. Flareon is weak against Vaporeon, since Fire-Type Pokémon are weak to Water-Type abilities; however, because Fire-types are strong against Grass and Ice-types, Flareon is super effective against Leafeon and Glaceon.

Flareon's highest stat is Attack.

Generation II[]

Espeon[]

Espeon is the Psychic-Morning Sun evolution of Eevee, it is of the Psychic-type, along with Umbreon takes advantage of the Day/Night and friendship features. Eevee will only evolve into Espeon with high friendship in the daytime. Espeon is weak against Umbreon since Dark-type abilities are super effective against Psychic Pokémon.

Espeon's highest stat is Special Attack.

Umbreon[]

Umbreon is the Dark-type Eeveelution. It is known as the Moonlight Pokémon. Umbreon, like Espeon, takes advantage of the friendship and day/night features, as Eevee will only evolve into Umbreon by leveling up with high friendship at night or by using a Moon Stone. Umbreon is strong against Espeon because Dark-type attacks are super effective against Psychic Pokémon; however, it is weak against Sylveon due to Dark-types weakness to Fairy-types. Umbreon is so in touch with the moon that Umbreon's yellow rings on its body glow at nighttime.

Umbreon's highest stat is Special Defense.

Generation IV[]

Leafeon[]

Leafeon is the Grass-type Verdant Eeveelution. An Eevee will only evolve into Leafeon if the player character touches a mossy rock, then levels up the Eevee in one of the sections of grass directly next to it up to Generation VIII. From Generation VIII onwards, Eevee also evolves into Leafeon with a Leaf Stone. Leafeon is strong against Vaporeon, due to Grass-types being strong against Water-types, but it's weak against both Flareon and Glaceon due to Grass being weak against both Fire and Ice-type Pokémon.

Its highest stat is Defense.

Glaceon[]

Glaceon is the Ice-type Fresh Snow Eeveelution. Prior to Generation VIII, Eevee will evolve into Glaceon if the player character touches an icy rock, then levels the Eevee up next to the ice rock. From Generation VIII onwards, Eevee evolves into Glaceon with an Ice Stone. Glaceon is strong against Leafeon due to Grass-types beings weak to Ice-types but is weak against Flareon due to Ice-types weakness to Fire-types.

Its highest stat is Special Attack, similar to Espeon.

Generation VI[]

Sylveon[]

Sylveon is a Fairy-type Intertwining Eeveelution new to Generation VI. The way to obtain this new addition to the Eevee family is to use the bonding application in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, called Pokémon-Amie, and Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, called Pokémon Refresh. After getting at least two levels of affection, the player must level their Eevee up while knowing a Fairy-type move, and it will evolve shortly after. From Generation VIII onwards, Eevee can evolve into a Sylveon with high friendship while knowing a Fairy-type move. Sylveon is strong against Umbreon due to Dark-types Pokémon being weak to Fairy-types.

Sylveon's highest stats is Special Defense, similar to Umbreon.

Anime[]

Main[]

• May received her Eevee from an Egg but has since evolved into a Glaceon.
• Serena found a wild Eevee, noticed how good its dancing skills were and decided to invite it to join her team, which it happily accepted, but has since evolved into a Sylveon.
• Lana caught a wild shaggy hair Eevee that she nicknamed Sandy because of his love for the ocean. She cut his hair to help him see better - his new haircut happened to resemble her hair.

Recurring[]

• Gary had an Eevee but has since evolved into an Umbreon.
• Sakura had an Eevee but has since evolved into an Espeon while her four sisters had the other four Eeveelutions.
• Savannah has a Flareon.
• Lilian has an Espeon.
• Anabel has an Espeon.
• Zoey has a Leafeon.
• Johanna has an Umbreon.
• Ursula had two Eevee as she evolved one into a Flareon then evolved the other into a Vaporeon.
• Volkner owns a Jolteon.
• Cynthia owns a Glaceon.
• Virgil has an Eevee and seven of its evolved forms.
• Valerie has a Sylveon.
• Gladion had an Eevee ever since he was a young boy, but has since evolved into an Umbreon.
• Ilima has an Eevee as his partner and has had it since he was little.
• Chloe caught a wild Eevee that can't evolve as her first Pokémon.

Minor[]

• Pyro, Sparky, Rainer and Mikey have a Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon and an Eevee respectively.
• Fergus has a Vaporeon that was one of the Pokémon cloned by Mewtwo (anime).
• Ethan has a Jolteon.
• Annie has an Espeon.
• Galea has a Vaporeon
• Anabel has an Espeon.
• Penelope has a Sylveon.
• Amelia owns an Espeon.
• Risa caught an Eevee as her first Pokémon.
• Kiley had an Eevee until he evolved him into a Vaporeon.
• Soleil had two Eevee as her female evolved into an Espeon and her male evolved into an Umbreon.
• Regina owns a Glaceon that she nicknamed Mirche.
• Erika has a Leafeon.

Origin[]

According to Motofumi Fujiwara, a key person at Game Freak, Eevee was based on a vague childhood experience he had. He described seeing an "indefinable creature" and that Eevee was based on a drawing of all that he could remember of it. Despite itself resembling various small animals, Eevee wasn't actually based on any distinct animal, with Fujiwara mentioning that the Pokémon reminded him of a fluffy cat or dog-like creature.

All of the Eeveelutions are based on the same design as Eevee but are made to resemble their specific type.

Trivia[]

• Although Eevee is the main Pokémon among the Eeveelution set, making itself one of the most popular Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise and currently serving as its secondary mascot, every of its evolved counterparts are each a fan-favorite in their own right. Umbreon and Sylveon are even voted 5th and 6th in the 2020 Pokémon of the Year poll, with Eevee and Pikachu on 20th and 19th, respectively.
  • In contrast to Pikachu who mainly gained its popularity by being Ash's Pokémon, Eevee and the Eeveelutions are famous primarily by the main games as well as the anime.
• In the core games, as these Pokémon are evolved forms of a first partner Pokémon and with Eevee being extremely rare in the first place, Eeveelutions cannot legitimately be seen in the wild until Generation VIII. However, Eevee itself can be found and captured since Generation VI.
• In the anime:
  • Each Eevee and Eeveelution has been owned by a character who played a large role in multiple episodes or movie that isn't a Gym Leader, Elite Four or Pokémon Champion:
    • Eevee: Virgil, Ilima, Risa, Lana, and Chloe.
    • Vaporeon: Ursula and Virgil.
    • Jolteon: Virgil.
    • Flareon: Ursula and Virgil.
    • Espeon: Sakura, Anabel and Virgil.
    • Umbreon: Gary Oak, Johanna, Virgil, Gladion, and Spinel.
    • Leafeon: Zoey and Virgil.
    • Glaceon: May and Virgil.
    • Sylveon: Serena.
• Umbreon is the only Eeveelution who had a unique type combination at the time it was released, as it was the only pure Dark-type until Generation III introduced Poochyena, Mightyena, and Absol.
• As Eevee is famously known to have a fluffy mane, only Flareon and Jolteon retain it, while the rest lack thick hair on their necks. Vaporeon instead has a white fin-like ruff.
• Blue and Trace are the only Pokémon Champions to use Eeveelutions in their final battles.
  • Although Red in Generation II has an Espeon, despite his NPC role as a Champion, he is technically a player character.
• Penny is the only villainous team leader to own Eeveelutions.
• Both of the Generation IV Eeveelutions were owned by two of Dawn's rivals: Zoey owns Leafeon, while May owns Glaceon.
  • Dawn's other rival, Ursula, owns two of the three original Generation I Eeveelutions: Vaporeon and Flareon.
• Eevee's unique trait of evolving into different types can be traced back to a request made by the series' creator, Satoshi Tajiri, to have a Pokémon that evolves into multiple types. Eevee itself was designed as a "blank slate" for its eight varied evolutions.
• Sylveon is the only Eeveelution to have been introduced without at least one other Eeveelution introduced in the same Generation.
• The Pikachu short "Eevee & Friends" is based solely upon the Eeveelutions.
• With the exception of Eevee, Flareon and Jolteon who were designed by Motofumi Fujiwara, most of the Eeveelutions were created by Atsuko Nishida.
• The Pokémon Gold Version and Pokémon Silver Version beta showed that Umbreon was originally a Poison-type, which explains why the Pokédex mentions it secretes toxic liquid from its skin.
• Three of the eight Eeveelutions evolves from Eevee through strong friendship. They are: Espeon, Umbreon, and Sylveon.
• All Eeveelutions have base stats that contain 60, 65, 65, 95, 110 and 130.
  • Thus, all of the Eeveelutions have a base stat of 525.
  • So far, no Eeveelutions have their HP or their Special Defense as their lowest stat.
• All Eeveelutions are single-type, meaning that none of them are dual-type. Each Eeveelution also has a different type, meaning that none of them share a type with another Eeveelution.
• Despite most Eeveelutions have a peaceful personality, it is strongly implied they are solitary predatory creatures; Several Pokédex entries mention them hunting in stealth before pouncing on and attacking their prey, usually with a throat bite, in reference to cats. This is supported by themselves resembling felines and having a distinct feliform physiology, as well as Umbreon and Sylveon having visible small fangs seen when their mouths are open. Jolteon was also seen with small, sharp fangs, in the official manga.
• In New Pokémon Snap, Eevee and all of its evolutions, especially Sylveon, are clearly heard uttering meowing sounds, cementing the feline/feliform nature of the specific Pokémon.
• Currently, there are no Normal, Ghost, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Rock, Ground, Bug, Steel, or Dragon-type Eeveelutions. Eevee, however, is a Normal-type.
• Despite the term "Eeveelution" being a fan-made term, it has been used multiple times in official merchandise. It originally wasn't recognized by Nintendo or Game Freak; however, the term made an appearance in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, after its debut in the strategy guide for Pokémon Stadium 2.
• Since 2018, Eevee and the Eeveelutions officially have a date by The Pokémon Company where they would be celebrated together known as Eevee Day, on November 21st (11/21), which is Goroawase for "i-i-bu-i", Eevee's Japanese name. It has been certified by the Japan Anniversary Association.
  • Despite this, Eevee's separate evolutions commonly have unofficial fan-made dates on social media.
• All Eeveelutions can use a move of every type via level up except for any Flying, Rock, Steel, or Dragon-type moves.
  • They also all learn the moves Helping Hand, Tackle, Tail Whip, Sand Attack, Baby-Doll Eyes, Quick Attack, and Last Resort at the same level, regardless of level.
• Vaporeon and Glaceon are the only Eeveelutions to share a type in the TCG.
• None of the Eeveelutions have a type that was physical before Generation IV.
  • However, the Fairy-type was introduced later, in Generation VI.
• Vaporeon, Flareon, and Jolteon are the only Eeveelutions to not be in Pokémon UNITE.

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