Misty's Starmie

Misty's Starmie カスミのスターミー Kasumi's Starmie

Starmie's first apperance at the Cerulean Gym

Debuts in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City Caught at Unknown Gender None Ability Unknown Current location Cerulean Gym

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Starmie Ikue Ohtani

Misty's Starmie (Japanese: カスミのスターミー Kasumi's Starmie) was the one of the three original Pokémon acquired by Misty in the Kanto region. Its voice actress in both Japanese and English is 大谷育江 Ikue Ohtani.

History

Misty sparsely used Starmie in battle, generally favoring Staryu to battle on land (and often Psyduck by mistake). It seems to be fairly powerful though, as it was able to carry Misty through a long Pokémon race using a combination of swimming and hovering. Despite being genderless, when called into battle it would utter a feminine 'Hoh' cry. Like its pre-evolution, Starmie's core would also flicker with a dull 'bing' sound when it was fatigued. Starmie was typically used in more of an instrumental capacity than it's pre evolved counterpart, akin to the in-game term HM slave, being used to traverse water on many occasions.

Starmie was first used in Misty's Gym battle against Ash, having successfully beaten Butterfree with Staryu, Starmie was called out against the higher level Pidgeotto, suggesting that at this time Starmie was more powerful than Staryu. Despite scoring some tackles, it was tired out by a Gust attack, and on the brink of losing before Team Rocket intervened.

Starmie was also one of Misty's Pokémon to be stolen by Keith, along with her Staryu and Goldeen. It was later one of the Pokémon he offered to Jessie and James along with Staryu. However, the Poké Balls supposedly containing them turned out to not exist, instead containing stones with Bii-da faces.

It appeared to have an ability similar to Water Absorb, even though abilities did not exist when Misty was a main character, such as when it was called out to help get a flock of Butterfree back from Team Rocket, it was seemingly knocked out by Jessie (using a sledgehammer). However it seemed to regain its health when Misty jetted water on it.

In School of Hard Knocks it battled a Graveler owned by Giselle, despite Starmie being powerful and also having a type advantage, it lost dramatically, having its core shattered, then being thrown from a second story window. Ironically, this happened after it beat Joe's Weepinbell in a similar chain of events. It is one of the two instances a Starmie's core has been seen shattering, the other being owned by a young trainer on the St. Anne. Starmie's regenerative abilities were also demonstrated, as by the next time it was seen, its central core was repaired.

Starmie was one of the Pokémon that helped Ash and co. escape the sunken St. Anne, and later from James's Gyarados. Its swimming abilities were called on again to help get the gang to the North Pole, however it, along with Staryu, Goldeen and Squirtle tired out before they made it.

Near the end of the Kanto adventures, Horsea was feeling sick due to lack of exercise, so Misty dropped it off at the Cerulean Gym so it could spend its time swimming in the aquariums there. Misty left Starmie there with it, because her sisters wanted to borrow it. Misty later reclaimed it when she became Gym Leader of Cerulean.

It reappeared briefly in Cerulean Blues along with Horsea, being reunited with Misty, both were quickly scared off however by Gyarados.

Moves used

Using Water Gun	Move	First used in
	Water Gun	The School of Hard Knocks
	Tackle	Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village
	Rapid Spin	Unknown
Moves used recently are in bold and have been italicized unless all moves all fit this case.
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately learned by this Pokémon in the games.

In Game

Starmie is the most regular Pokémon to appear on Misty's teams, making an appearance on all of them to date, as her signature Pokémon.

Pokémon Red, Blue and Green

Starmie Lv.21	Water   Psychic
Moves
Tackle	Normal
Water Gun	Water
Harden	Normal
BubbleBeam	Water

Pokémon Yellow

Starmie Lv.21	Water   Psychic
Moves
Tackle	Normal
Water Gun	Water
Harden	Normal
BubbleBeam	Water

Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal

Starmie Lv.47	Water  Psychic
	Held item: None
Moves
Surf	Water
Confuse Ray	Ghost
Recover	Normal
Ice Beam	Ice

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Starmie Lv.21	Water  Psychic
	Held item: None
	Ability: No ability
Moves
Rapid Spin	Normal
Swift	Normal
Recover	Normal
Water Pulse	Water

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

First battle

Starmie Lv.54	Water  Psychic
	Held item: Sitrus Berry
	Ability: Unknown
Moves
Water Pulse	Water	Special
Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status
Ice Beam	Ice	Special
Recover	Normal	Status

Rematch

Starmie Lv.60	Water  Psychic
	Held item: None
	Ability: Unknown
Moves
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special
Ice Beam	Ice	Special
Psychic	Psychic	Special
Surf	Water	Special

Pokémon Stadium

Round 1

Starmie Lv.50	Water   Psychic
Moves
Thunder	Electric
Swift	Normal
BubbleBeam	Water
Thunder Wave	Electric

Round 2

Starmie Lv.50	Water   Psychic
Moves
Recover	Normal
Psychic	Psychic
Hydro Pump	Water
Thunder Wave	Electric

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Starmie Lv.50	Water  Psychic
	Held item: King's Rock
Moves
Rain Dance	Water
Surf	Water
Thunder	Electric
Psychic	Psychic

Round 2

Starmie Lv.50	Water  Psychic
	Held item: King's Rock
Moves
Rain Dance	Water
Surf	Water
Thunder	Electric
Psychic	Psychic

In the Manga

Starmie appeared under the control of Misty in a gym challenge against Red in Suddenly Starmie, the challange didn't last long however, as Starmie easily defeated Bulbasaur, however she stated it wasn't strong enough in Mt. Moon to battle Rhydon, in a way mirroring it's Anime counterpart in The School of Hard Knocks. The battle between Bulbasaur and Starmie was merely a show for Misty to show how ill prepared Red was for facing the dangers that undoubtedly awaited them.

In the TCG

Starmie was featured in the TCG as one of Misty's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards named Misty's Starmie.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Misty's Starmie		35		Gym Heroes	56/132

Trivia

• Starmie is the only Psychic-type, albeit as a secondary type, that has been owned by a main protagonist in the anime. Despite this, its psychic abilities were never shown. Another one of Misty's Pokémon actually showed more of its psychic attributes despite being only a Water-type.
• Starmie is the only one of Misty's Pokémon in the anime that appeared in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Starmie.

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.