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Serena's Sylveon セレナのニンフィア Serena's Nymphia

Serena's Sylveon

Debuts in A Frolicking Find in the Flowers! Caught at Route 17 Evolves in XY104 Gender Female Ability Unknown Current location With Serena

→ This Pokémon spent 16 episodes as Eevee.

Voice actor Japanese English As Eevee Mika Kanai Mika Kanai Kayzie Rogers* As Sylveon Unknown N/A

Serena's Sylveon (Japanese: セレナのニンフィア Serena's Nymphia) is the second Pokémon caught by Serena and her third overall.

History

As an Eevee

Sylveon first debuted as an Eevee in A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!, a shy Pokémon who liked to perform her dance on a stage-like rock. She was first spotted by Bonnie, Serena, and some of their Pokémon. Eevee soon ran away after noticing their presence. Eevee was next spotted, saving Serena's life by calling out to her to prevent her from walking off a cliff. In return for saving her life, Serena left her flower crown for Eevee to wear, which was not taken until night. Eevee later approached Clemont, his Pokémon, and Bonnie, who had laid out Poké Puffs to lure her in. While Bunnelby noticed Eevee take one of the Poké Puffs, he gave Eevee a chance to get away with the food, leaving Chespin to take the blame.

That same night Eevee was spotted on the stage-like rock again, performing her dance. She was being watched by Serena, Braixen, and Pancham. After a performance by Serena, Eevee revealed herself to the group, only to be caught by Team Rocket. Serena and Ash managed to get Eevee out of the trap Team Rocket placed her in, so Jessie, Meowth, and Wobbuffet tried to run after her but Serena, Pancham, and Braixen blocked the way. Jessie's Gourgeist was told to use Seed Bomb onto Serena and her Pokémon. She was saved by Eevee's Protect. After Team Rocket was sent blasting off again, Eevee gladly joined Serena.

As an Eevee, dazzled at Serena's performance

In Tag Team Battle Inspiration!, Serena met up with Shauna again, who informed her about the various Pokémon that Eevee can evolve into. Later, Serena used Eevee in a Pokémon battle for the first time, in order to help her get over her shyness, where she battled alongside Shauna's Ivysaur against Ash's Pikachu and Tierno's Blastoise. During the battle, Eevee got targeted by Pikachu's Thunderbolt. Frightened by the attack, Eevee was unable to move and fell. At the last moment, however, the attack was blocked by Ivysaur's Razor Leaf. After this and seeing how everyone was rooting for her, Eevee gained the courage to fight. Eevee then managed to dodge Blastoise's Water Gun and utilized her dance moves to confuse Blastoise, before hitting it with Swift. Inspired by Eevee's dance moves, Serena called the battle off in order to practice them for her performance.

In A Performance Pop Quiz!, Serena called Eevee out of her Poké Ball so she can watch Serena's performance. She was scared by the amount of people near her, but soon calmed down after Clemont called out Bunnelby in order to keep her company and to make her less nervous. During the Theme Performance, she expressed interest in the first half of the Pokémon Showcase, but was suddenly surprised after Jessie's Free Performance's ending fireworks, causing her to run away to the lobby and hide under one of the benches in fright. At first she was hesitant to go to Serena's call but after gaining some nerve, she ran out from her hiding spot in a hurry to Serena, whom happily embraced her. Prompting her trainer to hurry back, she watched along with the others in excitement as Serena did her Free Performance with Braixen and Pancham. After the performance, she expressed her interest in one day performing with Serena and the team on stage as well.

As an Eevee, nervous in her debut

In XY094, Eevee caught the interest of a wild Quilladin, but did not reciprocate its feelings and expressed discomfort instead. Eevee blocked its attempts of "love" using Protect before Serena's Pancham and Clemont's Chespin began defending her. After both Pokémon were brushed off, Eevee was revealed to know Double Team, using it as a way to hide herself from her unwanted pursuer and unintentionally making it faint. Due to the forwardness of her admirer, Eevee reverted to her timid personality, scurrying behind Serena away from Pancham and Chespin to their dismay, and the fainted Quilladin. She expressed disinterest in Quilladin's attempts at winning her love by battling Pancham and Chespin, preferring to rest instead. Eevee was soon drawn away along with Bunnelby, Dedenne, and Puni-chan by a trap laid out by Team Rocket but escaped thanks to Bunnelby and eventually reunited with Serena and the others. She rejected Quilladin's affection for the last time after defeating Team Rocket, refusing to take its gift.

In XY100, Eevee was nervous for her Showcase debut. Serena, Braixen, and Pancham all encouraged her, calming her nerves until the next day when the Showcase begun. Eevee cheered on Serena and Pancham during the Theme Performance, happily celebrating with Braixen when the two were successful in passing the first round. Although nervous at first, she, along with Serena and Braixen, managed to impress the audience in the beginning of their Freestyle Performance. Eevee gracefully landed with one paw on Braixen's stick and was holding on well until her stage fright got the best of her, causing her to lose her balance. However, Serena reassured Eevee, raising her confidence to continue their performance and ending it nicely together. Soon after their loss, she felt bad about it thinking it was her fault, but Serena cheered her up, telling her to not give up and to try her best to aim for the next win.

In XY104, Serena asked if Eevee wanted to go to a dance party hosted by Monsieur Pierre. She appeared reluctant, but agreed and partnered up with Bunnelby. At the dance party, she enjoyed herself while dancing with Bunnelby. When everyone's partner was switched around, she also danced happily with a Furret despite her timid personality. When Serena was chosen to participate in a Tag Battle alongside Ash, Eevee was partnered up with Ash's Pikachu against Miette's Slurpuff and James's Inkay. After Pikachu got hit in place of Eevee, she defended him by using Swift against Slurpuff, but was eventually blown back by Inkay's Psybeam. With Serena's request and encouragement of seeing her hidden strength, Eevee extended an appendage from her mane around Serena's arm and evolved into Sylveon. She then blocked Slurpuff's Energy Ball with a newly learned Fairy Wind, and used it once more to defeat Slurpuff and Inkay in one shot, thus winning the battle. Sylveon appeared again walking with Serena with her feeler wrapped around her Trainer's arm as they left for the next location.

Personality and characteristics

Serena and Sylveon

As an Eevee with Clemont's Bunnelby

While Sylveon loves to dance, as an Eevee, she had a timid personality and was easily scared by new people or Pokémon as shown in her debut and in XY094 when a wild Quilladin had fallen in love with her, but frightened her instead. When scared, she tended to hide behind her Trainer or Clemont's Bunnelby or freeze up and immediately and run away out of her nervousness. She tried to overcome her timidness as she attempted to warm up to the other Pokémon of the team as shown in Tag Team Battle Inspiration! by brushing her tail on them, but to a limited success as she shied away from Chespin’s accidental outburst. This trait led her to hesitate during her Tag Battle against Ash's Pikachu and Tierno's Blastoise in the above episode, until she was inspired by Tierno, his Blastoise, and their dancing. Adapting her dance moves to her battle style, Eevee became an agile fighter capable of dodging many attacks and making unpredictable movements, quickly outmaneuvering her much larger opponent. When she evolved, she displayed her agile dance-like moves in XY104 while battling Slurpuff and Inkay.

Sylveon is shown to have a passion for dance, liking to perform her moves on a stage-like rock prior to her capture, although she only performed alone away from others. She was dazzled after seeing Serena’s performance in A Performance Pop Quiz!, sparking her interest to perform along with Serena and the rest of the team.

Moves used

Using Double Team as an Eevee	Move First Used In Protect A Frolicking Find in the Flowers! Swift A Frolicking Find in the Flowers! Double Team XY094 Fairy Wind XY104
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Sylveon's capture was first teased in Roaring All-Stars.
• Sylveon's capture as an Eevee marks the first time where one of Ash's friends acquires a species of Pokémon that a previous traveling companion also had.

Related articles

• For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Eevee and Sylveon.

Serena's Pokémon
On hand:	Delphox	Pancham	Sylveon
Temporary:	Rhyhorn	Skiddo	Goomy	Frogadier	Chespin	Mamoswine
	Pikachu	Talonflame

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