Espeon (Pokémon)

Espeon エーフィ Eifie

Artwork from FR/LG

Type Species  Psychic  Sun Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Synchronize 1,000,000 Pokédex National #196 Johto #188* Hoenn #341* Sinnoh #167Pt Browser Fiore R-186 Almia R-101 Height Weight 2'11″ 58.4 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Purple 45 Gender ratio   87.5% male   12.5% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground 36 (9180 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 197 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. II-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Espeon (Japanese: エーフィ Eifie) is a Psychic-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Eevee via Happiness during the day, or when around a Sun Shard.

Biology

Physiology

Espeon is the result of an Eevee trusting a Pokémon Trainer very much, then being leveled up during the day. Resembling a cat, it has lavender fur, large ears with long tufts of fur below them, a red gem on its forehead and a pair of pupiless eyes with white irises and purple scleras. Its tail, which is forked a bit like a Buizel's, helps it to foresee possible futures. Its catlike appearance and red gem have caused some to mistake it for a relative of Persian, however, this gem merely augments its psychic powers.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Espeon has developed Psychic powers due to a combination of great loyalty to its trainer and sunlight, such as the ability to predict its opponents' movements by reading the air currents. Like most fully evolved Pokémon, Espeon can learn Hyper Beam or Giga Impact. One would also assume that Espeon can learn Power Gem due to being a gem-bearing Pokémon, but it cannot.

Behavior

Espeon are very loyal to their trainers and will protect them from harm. They enjoy basking in full sunlight.

Habitat

Espeon are usually found in areas that receive a lot of light, or, more commonly under the care of people.

Urban Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Espeon in the anime

In the anime

Sakura's Eevee evolved into Espeon at some point between Trouble's Brewing and Espeon Not Included.

An Espeon was also in Pokémon Heroes under the ownership of Annie.

Lilian owns an Espeon. It was only seen in The Saffron Con to test the stage's lighting effects.

An Espeon was the third and final Pokémon used by Anabel during her rematch against Ash for the Ability Symbol in Second Time's the Charm. The Sun Pokémon was defeated by Ash's Pikachu.

In Not On MY Watch ya Don't, Espeon was one of the Pokémon being hypnotized by Psyduck.

Espeon made a small cameo in the beginning of Giratina and the Sky Warrior together with an Eevee and the other six Eeveelutions.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Red's genetically-altered Eevee evolved into Espeon permanently after the battle against Elite Four prior to the events of Volume 9.

In the TCG

Main article: Espeon (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Espeon is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

Moves in Italics aren't STAB for Espeon, but are for some/all evolutions.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Transform Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I sense the movements of foes from the flow of air!
26%-50% HP	Trouble... My HP's down by half.
1%-25% HP	It might be hopeless... I don't have any strength left...
Level Up	My level went up. My senses grew sharper, too.
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Psychic	Loops: 5	Minimum Experience: 75
Poké Assist: ( Psychic )	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: 89
"Espeon attacks with a ray it emits from its glowing red forehead."
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Psychic	Poké Assist: ( Psychic )	Field Move: (Teleport)
"It spits eerie orbs of energy to attack. It protects itself with a psychic barrier."

Evolution

Unevolved Eevee  Normal

Happiness (Daytime) →

First evolution Espeon  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 196 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Espeon and Glaceon are the only Eeveelutions that share the same highest base stat. However, Espeon has a higher Speed stat, while Glaceon has a higher Defense stat.
• Espeon is not obtainable in FireRed and LeafGreen Versions due to lack of a time system. In order to be obtained and added to the Pokédex in these versions, an Eevee must be traded to Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Versions, evolved and then traded back, or traded from Colosseum or from Pokémon XD.
• Espeon shares the same species name with Sunflora. They are both known as Sun Pokémon.
• Its forked tail in the previous generations were thicker than its Generation IV sprites depict.
• Espeon is one of two Pokémon that can be obtained via more than one evolution method. The other one is Espeon's counterpart, Umbreon.
• Oddly, Espeon can learn Zap Cannon in earlier generations, but can't learn weaker Electric-type moves.
• Espeon shares type and color similarities with the legendary Pokémon Mewtwo; both are purple-colored Psychic Pokémon whose shiny sprite is green.

Origin

It appears to be based on legend of the nekomata, also known as bake-neko. Nekomata are mysterious two-tailed goblin cats. It can also resemble a Carbuncle, a Latin-American mythological beast which had a jewel on its forehead. Its forked tail may also be related to its ability to see the different, forking paths of fate.

Name origin

Espeon's name is derived from ESP, or extra-sensory perception, a branch of psychic abilities. -eon is the suffix common to all of Eevee's evolutions. Espeon's Japanese name is probably derived from the fact that its forked tail looks similar to a capital letter "F". It is also possible that the name comes from the word espionage.

In other languages

• German: Psiana - From psychic. Ends with -a like every Eeveelution in German.
• French: Mentali - From mental. Ends with -li like every Eeveelution in French.
• Korean: 에브이 Ebeui

Related articles

• Sakura's Espeon

External links

• Sun Beam, the fanlisting for Espeon

Notes

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.