Giratina (Pokémon)

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Giratina ギラティナ Giratina #487
File:ArtGiratina.png Artwork of Giratina's "Another Forme" from Diamond/Pearl
Type Ghost Dragon Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Renegade Pokémon
Ability Pressure Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 14′09″ Imperial 4.5*/6.9* m Metric 14′09″/4.5*/6.9* m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 1653.5 lbs. Imperial 750.0*/650.0* kg Metric 1653.5 lbs./750.0*/650.0* kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Black	Catch rate 3 (0.4%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Undiscovered group 1 cycles* (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 220 Battle Exp.: 2201*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Giratina (Japanese: ギラティナ Giratina) is a legendary dual-typed Ghost/Dragon Pokémon.

Giratina is the version mascot of Pokémon Platinum.

Biology

Physiology

As first revealed Japan's CoroCoro Magazine, Giratina has two forms. The first (Another Forme) is the form seen in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions. In this form, Giratina is a large, gray, centipede-like creature with six short legs. Its legs have golden claws and a gold band on them. It has a tail and a thick black stripe running vertically along the front of its body. There is a series of red horizontal stripes running across the large black one. Three golden half-rings circle the back half of Giratina's neck at the same points that three of the red stripes are at on its front, resembling a ribcage. On its back are two large, black wings that are decorated with red, conical objects. The wings seem oddly out of place, due to the fact that Giratina seems far too heavy to fly effectively. Giratina's head and eyes resemble those of Dialga and Palkia, making many have a theory that it is related to the two. Giratina's shiny form is almost a perfect negative of the original.

The second is a new Origin Forme which will debut in Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin; it uses this form when traveling through different dimensions. This form is more serpentine than Giratina's Another Forme. The Origin Forme of Giratina has six black streamers on its back that each have a red spike at the end. Giratina's legs have been reduced to looking like spikes. There are four more golden spikes near the edge of the tail. This version of Giratina will make an in-game appearance in the upcoming Pokémon Platinum.

Gender differences

Giratina is genderless.

Special abilities

As to be expected with other Template:Type2 Pokémon, Giratina is capable of using Ghost, Dark, Psychic and Electrical attacks. Unlike other Dragon Pokémon, Giratina lacks the ability to wield Ice- and Template:Type2 attacks (save for Will-O-Wisp, which most Ghost-types learn anyway). Giratina is one out of seven Pokémon that is capable using Aura Sphere. Since Giratina is a "true" Dragon Pokémon, it is also capable of using Draco Meteor.

Giratina is the only known Pokémon that learns Shadow Force.

Behavior

Habitat

Giratina is a very rare (one-of-a-kind) Pokémon due to its "legendary" status. Legends claim that Giratina shows up at cemeteries and that this Pokémon supposedly lives in the spirit world, on the reverse side of this one.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Giratina will make its anime debut in Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Giratina (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Giratina is the guardian of the Rock Horn.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Note: If a move like Foresight is used, the effectiveness of Normal and Fighting becomes 1×.

Learnset

By leveling up

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By Tutoring

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Evolution

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Giratina is the only dual-type Pokémon that has weaknesses to both of its own types, as well as the first Template:Type2 legendary Pokémon.
  • No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Giratina.
• Giratina is one of very few non-Template:Type2 Pokémon that is able to learn Fly. The others are:
  • Vibrava, Flygon, Latios, and Latias (all four of which have the ability Levitate)
  • Mew, Smeargle, and Arceus (all three of which can learn all HM moves)
• It is interesting to note that in addition to appearing to be a member of the dragon trio, Giratina also shares qualities with the lake trio, as it is found in a cave near Sendoff Spring, also known as the "fourth lake of Sinnoh," with the lake trio also being located in caves near (or in their case, on) lakes.

• It is one of six Pokémon which can change into forms specific to itself, the other five being Castform, Deoxys, Cherrim, Burmy, and Arceus. Like Deoxys's other forms were not available in the original two versions of its generation, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, but later became available in the rest of Generation III, Giratina's Origin Forme will be available in Pokémon Platinum.
• The Another Forme is shorter and heavier than the Origin Forme.[1]
• In Diamond and Pearl, Giratina is met at level 70, while in Platinum, Giratina is met at level 47, the same as Dialga and Palkia.
• Giratina is the only version mascot to share one of its types with those of all other versions in its generation. It is also the first version mascot that does not appear in the regional Pokédex of the region in which its game takes place.
• When CoroCoro revealed Giratina's two forms, they were spelled "Origine Forme" and "Another Forme," the E's on the ends of the words being reminiscent of Middle English. On the official website for Pokémon Platinum, however, the forms are named as "Origin Forme" and "Another Forme". Due to the revelation made by Pokémon.com, where, in their online Pokédex, Deoxys's different forms are named as Normal Forme, Attack Forme, Defense Forme, and Speed Forme, it is likely that this spelling of the word "Form" will carry on into the English translation of both Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin and Pokémon Platinum.

Origin

Giratina is possibly based on a basilisk.

Name origin

Giratina's name may be derived from platinum (written as platina in katakana) and either guillotine, girasol, giraffe or girare (meaning to wander).

In other languages

• German: Giratina
• French: Giratina
• Korean:

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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See also: Mythical Pokémon

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