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Vaporeon シャワーズ Showers
Artwork from FR/LG
National Dex	#134
Johto Dex	#181
Hoenn Dex	#289
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R-183
Almia Browser	R-098
Type	Water
Species	Bubble Jet Pokémon
Height	3′03″ (1.0m)
Weight	63.9 lbs. (29.0kg)
Ability	Water Absorb
Egg group	Ground
Time to hatch	8,960 steps
Effort yield	2 HP
Exp. yield	196 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,000,000 exp.
Gender	12.5% ♀ / 87.5% ♂
Pokédex color	Blue
Catch rate	45
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Vaporeon (Japanese: シャワーズ Showers) is a Water-type Pokémon.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 3.1 In the Pokémon Special manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.6 Side game data 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 5.9 Trivia 5.9.1 Origin 5.9.1.1 Name origin 5.10 In other languages 6 External links

Biology

Physiology

Vaporeon is the result of an Eevee's exposure to the radiation of a Water Stone. Vaporeon is a composite creature sharing physical traits of dogs, cats, and fish. Vaporeon's body is light-blue and has a white collar. Vaporeon has yellow ears made of webbing and has a fin on its head resembling its ears. Vaporeon has blue ridges that run down the length of its spine and on to its tail-fin. Vaporeon's molecular structure is close to water, and its body glitters when sunlight hits at certain angles because of it.

Because it's a fully evolved Pokémon, it can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Vaporeon are highly adapted to aquatic life. Unlike its pre-evolution, it has the ability to breathe underwater. As stated previously, they have a unique molecular structure. They have the ability to "melt" into a body of water and disappear completely from view. They can also manipulate water molecules, giving them the ability to learn Water-type attacks their previous evolutions could not.

Vaporeon also have the ability to walk on water.

Behavior

Vaporeon are very difficult to observe in the wild, as they are somewhat uncommon. When they are in the water, they are virtually impossible to see. While they are much easier to see while they are resting onshore, they possess the ability to rearrange themselves on a molecular level, causing themselves to "melt" into the water. It is likely that many mermaid stories were spawned by Vaporeon sightings, as their tails resemble those of mermaids.

Habitat

Vaporeon are always found close to water, and prefer large, clean lakes.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Vaporeon first appeared in The Battling Eevee Brothers, under the ownership of Rainer.

Ash battled against a Vaporeon in the Pokémon League Entrance Exam.

A Vaporeon was one of the Pokémon that was captured and cloned by Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Vaporeon was also seen under the ownership of one the Kimono Sisters in Trouble's Brewing and Espeon Not Included.

An old woman named Galdea owned a Vaporeon in On Olden Pond.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Special manga

Red temporarily controls a Vaporeon, which is actually his Eevee switching between its evolved forms.

In the TCG

Main article: Vaporeon (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
I	Red	Lives close to water. Its long tail is ridged with a fin which is often mistaken for a mermaid's.
	Blue
	Yellow	Its cell structure is similar to water molecules. It will melt away and become invisible in water.
	Stadium	Found quietly resting by lake shores. Its cell structure is similar to water, so it can invisibly melt into water.
II	Gold	When Vaporeon's fins begin to vibrate, it is a sign that rain will come within a few hours.
	Silver	It prefers beautiful shores. With cells similar to water molecules, it could melt in water.
	Crystal	As it uses the fins on the tip of its tail to swim, it blends with the water perfectly.
	Stadium 2
III	Ruby	Vaporeon underwent a spontaneous mutation and grew fins and gills that allow it to live underwater. This Pokémon has the ability to freely control water.
	Sapphire	Vaporeon underwent a spontaneous mutation and grew fins and gills that allow it to live underwater. This Pokémon has the ability to freely control water.
	Emerald	Vaporeon underwent a spontaneous mutation and grew fins and gills that allow them to live underwater. They have the ability to freely control water.
	FireRed	Its body's cellular structure is similar to the molecular composition of water. It can melt invisibly in water.
	LeafGreen	Lives close to water. Its long tail is ridged with a fin which is often mistaken for a mermaid's.
IV	Diamond	It has evolved to be suitable for an aquatic life. It can invisibly melt away into water.
	Pearl	It has evolved to be suitable for an aquatic life. It can invisibly melt away into water.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
I	Pokémon Red and Blue	None	Evolve Eevee
	Pokémon Yellow	None	Evolve Eevee
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	None	Evolve Eevee
	Pokémon Crystal	None	Evolve Eevee
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Trade
	Pokémon Emerald	None	Trade
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	None	Evolve Eevee
	Pokémon Colosseum	None	Trade
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Evolve Eevee
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	None	Evolve Eevee
	Pokémon Platinum		Unknown
	Pal Park		Field

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Trozei!	Phobos Submarine Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Evolve from Eevee
Pokémon Ranger	Fiore Temple
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage	Almia Castle Asoheru Tower

Base stats

HP:	130
Attack:	65
Defense:	60
Special:	110
SpAtk:	110
SpDef:	95
Speed:	65

The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Grass: 2× Electric: 2×	Steel: ½× Fire: ½× Water: 0× Ice: ½×	Normal: 1× Fighting: 1× Flying: 1× Poison: 1× Ground: 1× Rock: 1× Bug: 1× Ghost: 1× Psychic: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

Note: If Skill Swap is used on Vaporeon, the effectiveness of Water attacks will be ½×.

Learnset

Vaporeon is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply. Moves in Italics aren't STAB for Vaporeon, but are for some/all evolutions.

By leveling up

Generation I RB Level Move Type Start Tackle Sand Attack 27 Quick Attack 31 Water Gun 40 Bite 42 Acid Armor 44 Haze 48 Mist 54 Hydro Pump

Generation I Y Level Move Type Start Tackle Sand Attack Quick Attack Water Gun 30 Bite 36 Aurora Beam 42 Haze Mist

Generation II Level Move Type Start Tackle Tail Whip 8 Sand Attack 16 Water Gun 23 Quick Attack 30 Bite 36 Aurora Beam 42 Haze 47 Acid Armor 52 Hydro Pump

Generation III Level Move Type Start Tackle Tail Whip Helping Hand 8 Sand Attack 16 Water Gun 23 Quick Attack 30 Bite 36 Aurora Beam 42 Haze 47 Acid Armor 52 Hydro Pump

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Start Tackle Tail Whip Helping Hand 8 Sand Attack 15 Water Gun 22 Quick Attack 29 Bite 36 Aurora Beam 43 Aqua Ring 50 Last Resort 57 Haze 64 Acid Armor 71 Hydro Pump

By TM/HM

Generation I # Move Type TM06 Toxic TM08 Body Slam TM09 Take Down TM10 Double-Edge TM11 BubbleBeam TM12 Water Gun TM13 Ice Beam TM14 Blizzard TM15 Hyper Beam TM20 Rage TM31 Mimic TM32 Double Team TM33 Reflect TM34 Bide TM39 Swift TM40 Skull Bash TM44 Rest TM50 Substitute HM03 Surf

Generation II # Move Type TM02 Headbutt TM03 Curse TM05 Roar TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM13 Snore TM14 Blizzard TM15 Hyper Beam TM16 Icy Wind TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM20 Endure TM21 Frustration TM23 Iron Tail TM27 Return TM31 Mud-Slap TM32 Double Team TM34 Swagger TM35 Sleep Talk TM39 Swift TM43 Detect TM44 Rest TM45 Attract HM03 Surf HM06 Whirlpool HM07 Waterfall

Generation III # Move Type TM03 Water Pulse TM05 Roar TM06 Toxic TM07 Hail TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM13 Ice Beam TM14 Blizzard TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM21 Frustration TM23 Iron Tail TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM30 Shadow Ball TM32 Double Team TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract HM03 Surf HM07 Waterfall HM08 Dive

Generation IV # Move Type Cat. TM03 Water Pulse TM05 Roar TM06 Toxic TM07 Hail TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM13 Ice Beam TM14 Blizzard TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM21 Frustration TM23 Iron Tail TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM30 Shadow Ball TM32 Double Team TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM55 Brine TM58 Endure TM68 Giga Impact TM78 Captivate TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger TM90 Substitute HM03 Surf HM04 Strength HM06 Rock Smash HM07 Waterfall

By breeding

Move	Type	Cat.	Father
Charm			Snubbull, Granbull Teddiursa Phanpy Skitty Minun Pachirisu Buneary, Lopunny Glameow, Purugly
Covet			Mankey Teddiursa, Ursaring Zigzagoon, Linoone Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking Skitty
Curse			Torkoal
Fake Tears			Teddiursa, Ursaring Mawile Plusle, Minun
Flail			Dunsparce Phanpy, Donphan Zigzagoon Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking Torkoal Spinda
Tickle			Aipom, Ambipom
Wish*			Pikachu, Raichu Clefairy, Clefable Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff Skitty, Delcatty
Yawn			Dunsparce Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking Bidoof, Bibarel Hippopotas, Hippowdon
*Indicates moves only available through chain breeding.

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Transform Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	My body's made of water!
26%-50% HP	It's not good. My health is down to half.
1%-25% HP	I'm out of power... It's hopeless...
Level Up	Leveled up! I feel the power of water surging!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 15	Minimum Experience: 75
Poké Assist:	Field Move: Soak x2	Maximum Experience: 89
Vaporeon is a key to the Fiore Temple's mystery. It attacks with a rainbow ray.
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Soak x3

Evolution

Basic Eevee

Water Stone Vaporeon

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 134.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 134 s.gif			Image:Spr b g2 134 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 134.png			Image:Spr 3f 134.png
	Image:Spr 3r 134 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 134 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 134 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 134 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 134.png		Image:Spr 4p 134.png			Image:Spr b g4 134.png
			Image:Spr 4p 134 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 134 s.png

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

Trivia

• Vaporeon is one of the few Water-type non-legendary Pokémon that can learn Ice-type moves without a TM: Aurora Beam at Lv. 36 and Haze at Lv. 57.
• Vaporeon is the heaviest Eevee evolution.
• Vaporeon is tied with Umbreon and Leafeon for tallest Eevee evolution.
• Vaporeon has the highest HP base stat of the Eeveelutions.
• Vaporeon is said to have the ability to melt into water. In the games, however, this is only achieved by the use of the Acid Armor, which is a Poison-type move. Water Absorb, however, may be based on this.
• Vaporeon's Red and Blue sprites show a fin running down the full length of its back and fins on the back of its legs. These do not appear in later games.
• Vaporeon is the only Water-type that appears in field section of the Pal Park.

Origin

Name origin

Vaporeon's name is derived from vapor. Its Japanese name probably refers to rain showers. The -eon suffix, common to all Eevee evolutions comes from Eevee's prototype English name. The French and German names are based off of the word aqua.

In other languages

• German: Aquana - Derived from "aqua" meaning water in Latin. Ends with -a like each of Eevee's evolutions in German.
• French: Aquali - Aqua comes from the Latin, meaning water.
• Korean: 샤미드 Syamideu

External links

• Article on Wikipedia
• [1], the fanlisting for Vaporeon at The Anime Fanlistings Network

Starter Pokémon
	Grass-type	Fire-type	Water-type
Kanto (Prof. Oak)	Bulbasaur - Ivysaur - Venusaur	Charmander - Charmeleon - Charizard	Squirtle - Wartortle - Blastoise
Johto (Prof. Elm)	Chikorita - Bayleef - Meganium	Cyndaquil - Quilava - Typhlosion	Totodile - Croconaw - Feraligatr
Hoenn (Prof. Birch)	Treecko - Grovyle - Sceptile	Torchic - Combusken - Blaziken	Mudkip - Marshtomp - Swampert