Umbreon

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Umbreon
National Espeon - Umbreon (#197) - Murkrow Johto Espeon - Umbreon (#185) - Horsea
Japanese name	ブラッキー Burakkī
Stage	Stage 1
Evolves from	Eevee
Evolves to	None
Generation	Second
Species	Moonlight Pokémon
Type	Dark
Height	3 ft 3 in (1.0 m)
Weight	60.0 lb (27.0 kg)
Ability	Synchronize

Umbreon (ブラッキー, Burakkī ^?) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise – a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.

Umbreon is a Dark-type Pokémon, one of the seven Eevee evolutions, the others being Jolteon, Flareon, Vaporeon, Espeon, Glacia, and Leafia. It can learn status inflicting moves such as Toxic and Confuse Ray, and recovery moves such as Moonlight or Wish. Umbreon cannot learn many powerful Dark-type moves like Crunch.

Before the Advanced Generation of the Pokémon series, Umbreon was the only pure Dark-type in the games, giving it less weaknesses than dual-type Dark Pokémon, such as Houndoom or Murkrow.

The origin of Umbreon's name is likely to be umbra (the Latin for "shadow") plus -eon, which all the known official English names of the Eevee evolutions end with. Its Japanese name, Burakkī (i.e. "Blacky"), is a reference to the color of Umbreon's coat as well as its Dark-typing.

The drawing and sprite design^[1] of Umbreon was created by Ken Sugimori for its 2001 release on the Game Boy Color.

Contents 1 Biological characteristics 2 In the video games 3 In the Pokémon anime 4 In other media 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Biological characteristics

Umbreon is a quadrupedal mammal that has characteristics of dogs and somewhat of foxes. It is covered with short black fur, with yellow rings on its legs, tail, ears, and forehead. The rings will glow when it leaps to attack. Its eyes are blood red with black pupils, and it can spray poison sweat from its pores. Umbreon also slightly resembles a cat, like all of the evolutions of Eevee, though the least of all the others. It also resembles Eevee the least out of the seven evolution possibilities.

Eevee may evolve into Umbreon as a result of love and the moonlight. It prefers to lurk in darkness while waiting for its opponent to make the first move. Forcing it to walk during the day will cause stress. During the night of a full moon, or if Umbreon becomes excited, its yellow rings will glow, a sight that will strike fear into the hearts of those nearby. Umbreon is larger and heavier than the other evolutions of Eevee. It represents evil and darkness, the opposite of Espeon.

[edit] In the video games

Umbreon cannot be caught in most of the Pokémon games. It must be evolved from Eevee by leveling it up while nighttime after its happiness is very high, or by using a Moon Shard (not to be confused with a Moon Stone) in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Therefore, Umbreon's availability depends directly on the availability of Eevee. The single exception to this is Pokémon Colosseum, in which the player starts with both Espeon and Umbreon. Umbreon was the only pure dark type pokémon of the 2nd generation, meaning it was the only one which did not suffer from the weaknesses of dual types, making it preferable above other dark types.

Because Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen do not make use of internal clocks, Eevee cannot evolve into Espeon or Umbreon in these games. It must be traded to a Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald version to evolve it. In these three games, Umbreon evolves from Eevee by leveling it up in the PM hours after its happiness is very high.

Umbreon's above-average Defense, Special Defense, and HP give it a large amount of stamina. It is able to withstand more hits than most other Pokémon, which makes it a popular choice among Pokémon trainers. Like most tanks in the Pokémon world, however, it's Attack is below average. But it can use a variety of 'annoyer' moves, such as Toxic, Confuse Ray, and Mean Look. Pair those moves with the move Moonlight to heal Umbreon, and foes will faint eventually. Another choice against Mean Look is the TM Psychic, to counter back at fighting types with some effort.

[edit] In the Pokémon anime

The Pokémon anime series and films are a meta-series of adventures separate from the canon that most of the Pokémon video games follow (with the exception of Pokémon Yellow, a game based on the anime storyline). The anime follows the quest of the main character, Ash Ketchum—an in-training Pokémon Master—as he, and several other companions^[1]) travel around the fictitious world of Pokémon along with their Pokémon partners.

In Episode 185, Trouble's Brewing!, a family of sisters in Ecruteak City are trainers of most of the different Eevee evolutions, including Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Umbreon. These Pokémon help Ash Ketchum and his friends in fighting off Team Rocket. These same Pokémon reappear, with 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 its trainer. This is very similar to an episode in the first season where the 3 Eevee brothers are throwing a party, their Eevees evolution include Jolteon, Vaproeon, and Flareon, pressure their youngest brother to evolver his Eevee into one of theirs. Team Rocket shows up and kidnaps all the pokemon at the party. Eventually, the youngest brother stops Team Rocket with just his Eevee, and decides not to evolve it.

Gary Oak, grandson of Professor Oak and rival of Ash, has an Eevee that evolves into an Umbreon while he is traveling in Johto. Gary's Umbreon first appeared in episode 173, Power Play. This Umbreon remains one of his most important Pokémon in all of Gary's subsequent appearances.

[edit] In other media

Umbreon, as well as many of the other Eevee evolutions, have been overlooked in the Pokémon Adventures manga. One Umbreon has been controlled by Karen of the Johto Elite Four, who later joined Neo Team Rocket, the secret organization headed by the Mask of Ice, the alter ego of Johto Gym-leader, Pryce. Another Umbreon was controlled by Greta of the Battle Arena used to fight against Emerald.

Umbreon has appeared in the following sets of the Pokémon Trading Card Game Neo Discovery, Aquapolis, Skyridge, EX Sandstorm, EX Unseen Forces (as Umbreon EX) and EX Delta Species (as a Steel/Dark dual-type).

[edit] See also

1. Pokémon game mechanics
2. List of Pokémon items
3. Pokémon types

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Pokémon website
• Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Umbreon as a species
• Serebii.net’s 4th Gen Pokédex entry for Umbreon
• Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
• PsyPoke Pokédex entry
• Smogon Pokédex entry
• WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Umbreon Previously hosted by Wikibooks