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The '''Silph Scope''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|シルフスコープ|Shirufu Sukōpu}}''' ''{{tt|Sylph|Silph}} Scope'') is a [[key item]] appearing in [[Generation I]] and {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}. It allows the {{player}} to identify {{OBP|ghost|literal}}s.
The '''Silph Scope''' (Japanese: '''シルフスコープ''' ''{{tt|Sylph|Silph}} Scope'') is a [[Key Item]] appearing in [[Generation I]], {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}, and [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]]. It was created by [[Silph Co.]] It allows a person to identify {{OBP|ghost|Pokémon Tower}}s.
 
==In the core series games==
===Price===
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==Locations and uses of the Silph Scope==
===Effect===
As the name suggests, the Silph Scope was made by [[Silph Co.]], which [[Team Rocket]] later invades. The Silph Scope was initially stolen by Team Rocket, and is obtained from the [[Rocket Hideout]] after the {{player}} defeats [[Giovanni]]. It enables the player to identify the formerly unidentifiable {{OBP|ghost|literal}}s appearing within the [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]], and is required to pass the stairway that is guarded by {{OBP|Marowak|ghost|the ghost}} of a {{p|Marowak}}.
It allows the {{player}} to identify otherwise unidentifiable {{OBP|ghost|Pokémon Tower}}s that appear inside the [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]], allowing the player to properly battle them and throw [[Poké Ball]]s at them.
 
It is required to ascend the staircase on 6F of the Pokémon Tower that is guarded by a {{OBP|Marowak|ghost|ghost Marowak}}. This ghost Marowak cannot be caught even with the Silph Scope equipped. In [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]], the ghost Marowak isn't battled.
 
===Description===
{{movedesc|Key items}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevss|Stad}}|An item that makes ghosts clearly distinguishable.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|A scope that makes unseeable {{ScPkmn}} visible. It is made by <sc>Silph Co.</sc>}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|E}}|<sc>Silph Co.</sc>'s scope makes unseeable {{ScPkmn}} visible.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev7|PE}}<br>{{gameabbrev8|SwShBDSPLA}}<br>{{gameabbrev9|SV}}|A scope that lets you see what cannot usually be seen. It is made by Silph Co.}}
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===Acquisition===
{{ItemAvailability/keyhead|Key items}}
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| {{gameabbrev1|RBY}}/{{gameabbrev1|RGBY}}
| [[Team Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]] B4F (dropped by [[Giovanni]] after defeating him)
|-
| {{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}
| [[Team Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]] B4F (dropped by [[Giovanni]] after defeating him)
|-
| {{gameabbrev7|PE}}
| [[Team Rocket Hideout]] B4F (given by [[Giovanni]] after defeating him)
|}
|}


In Generation I, the Silph Scope can be stored via [[PC]]. If it is done so, the Pokémon within the Pokémon Tower will appear as ghosts once again. The player must have the Silph Scope in their items list in order to identify the ghosts.
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{Key items color dark}}; background: #{{Key items color}}; font-size:80%"
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| style="{{roundy|5px}} border: 2px solid #{{Key items color dark}}; background: #{{Key items color light}}; width:100px; height:100px" | [[File:Silph Scope LGPE concept art.jpg|300px]]
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| Concept art for<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
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===Flavor text===
===Models===
{{movedesc|ghost}}
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{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|Stad}}|An item that makes ghosts clearly distinguishable.}}
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{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|A scope that makes unseeable Pokémon visible. It is made by Silph Co.}}
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{Key items color dark}}; background: #{{Key items color light}}; width:100px; height:100px" | [[File:Silph Scope closed PE.png|100px]]
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|E}}{{tt|*|Unobtainable}}|Silph Co's scope makes unseeable Pokémon visible.}}
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{Key items color dark}}; background: #{{Key items color light}}; width:100px; height:100px" | [[File:Silph Scope open PE.png|100px]]
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| Model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
| Model when<br>turned on from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
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==In the anime==
==In animation==
[[File:Silph Scope PO.png|thumb|230px|Silph Scope in Pokémon Origins]]
[[File:Silph Scope PO.png|thumb|220px|Silph Scope in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]
[[File:Silph Scope Marowak PO.png|left|thumb|230px|Silph Scope identifying the ghost Marowak]]
[[File:Silph Scope Marowak PO.png|left|thumb|220px|Silph Scope identifying the ghost Marowak]]
===In Pokémon Origins===
===Pokémon Origins===
The Silph Scope made an appearance in the [[Pokémon Origins]] episode ''[[PO02|File 2 - Cubone]]''. It was possessed by a small group of {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s who were holding [[Mr. Fuji]] captive at the Pokémon Tower. Like in the games, the Silph Scope had the ability to unveil the true identity of both {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon and {{OBP|ghost|literal|real ghosts}}. The Silph Scope was later stolen from the Grunts by {{OBP|Blue|Origins}}, who then gave it to {{OBP|Red|Origins}}, allowing him to identify the ghost he was fighting as {{p|Cubone}}'s dead mother, {{OBP|Marowak|ghost}}. Afterwards, Red returned the Silph Scope to the Rocket Grunts, who presumably took it with themselves as they left after being defeated by Red in a {{pkmn|battle}}.
The Silph Scope made an appearance in ''[[PO02|File 2: Cubone]]''. It was possessed by a small group of {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s who were holding [[Mr. Fuji]] captive at the Pokémon Tower. Like in the games, the Silph Scope had the ability to unveil the true identity of both {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon and [[Ghosts in the Pokémon world|real ghosts]]. The Silph Scope was later stolen from the Grunts by {{OBP|Blue|Origins}}, who then gave it to {{OBP|Red|Origins}}, allowing him to identify the ghost he was fighting as {{p|Cubone}}'s dead mother, {{OBP|Marowak|ghost}}. Afterwards, Red returned the Silph Scope to the Rocket Grunts, who presumably took it with themselves as they left after being defeated by Red in a {{pkmn|battle}}.
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==In the manga==
[[File:Silph Scope Adventures.png|thumb|200px|A Silph Scope in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
{{adv|Green}} possesses a modified Silph Scope that is able to reveal all invisible Pokémon. In this [[canon]], Green is also the one who invented the Silph Scope.
===={{MangaArc|Red, Green & Blue}}====
Green's Silph Scope first appeared in ''[[PS017|The Jynx Jinx]]'', where she used it, along with a data disc she had stolen from [[Team Rocket]], to locate and identify {{adv|Mew}}.


==In the manga==
In ''[[PS027|Kalling Kadabra]]'', Green used the Silph Scope to examine the {{m|barrier}} over [[Saffron City]].
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
 
The Silph Scope has made several appearances in [[Pokémon Adventures]], under the ownership of {{adv|Green}}. Unlike a regular Silph Scope, Green has modified her Silph Scope to be able to reveal all invisible Pokémon. It made its debut in ''[[PS017|The Jynx Jinx]]'', where Green used it and a data disc she had stolen from Team Rocket to locate and identify {{p|Mew}}.
In ''[[PS030|Zap! Zap! Zapdos]]'', Green used the Silph Scope to see through her {{p|Horsea}}'s {{m|Smokescreen}} during her battle against [[Sabrina]] at [[Silph Co.]].
 
===={{MangaArc|FireRed & LeafGreen}}====
In ''[[PS270|Now You See Me...]]'', when {{adv|Deoxys|an invisible Pokémon}} attacked Green aboard the [[Seagallop|Seagallop ferry]], she used the Scope to unveil it, although she couldn't recognize it. {{adv|Red}} and {{adv|Blue}} later recovered the Silph Scope, and used its playback function to get a look at the thing that had attacked Green.
 
In ''[[PS289|Surprised by Sneasel]]'', {{adv|Silver}} was revealed to also possess a Silph Scope, which he used to examine the [[Team Rocket airship]] as it appeared above him and {{adv|Yellow}}.


The Silph Scope reappeared during the {{chap|FireRed & LeafGreen}}. When {{adv|Deoxys|a mysterious Pokémon}} attacked Green aboard the [[Seagallop Ferries|Seagallop Ferry]], she used the Scope to unveil it, although she couldn't recognize it. {{adv|Red}} and {{adv|Blue}} later recovered the Silph Scope, and although they didn't recognize the mysterious Pokémon at the time either, the recording on the Scope served as their first glimpse of it.
In ''[[PS300|Right on Time, Rhydon]]'', Green used her Silph Scope to inspect a burning piece of wreckage that had broken off from the Team Rocket airship, spotting Silver trapped inside the flames.


===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
[[File:Silph Scope PM.png|thumb|Silph Scope in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga]]
[[File:Silph Scope PM.png|thumb|200px|A Silph Scope in [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]]]]
The Silph Scope first appears in ''[[PM007|Get Rid Of The Ghost Pokémon!!]]''. {{OBP|Red|Pocket Monsters}}'s rival, {{OBP|Blue|Pocket Monsters}}, is shown to have one and used it to identify {{p|Gengar}}'s movements during its battle with {{TP|Red|Clefairy}}. However, Clefairy took the Silph Scope and used it to his advantage to defeat Gengar. Unlike its game counterpart, the Silph Scope is shaped as glasses and it was not shown to come from Silph Co.
The Silph Scope first appears in ''[[PM007|Get Rid Of The Ghost Pokémon!!]]''. {{OBP|Red|Pocket Monsters}}'s rival, {{OBP|Blue|Pocket Monsters}}, is shown to have one and used it to identify {{p|Gengar}}'s movements during its battle with {{TP|Red|Clefairy}}. However, Clefairy took the Silph Scope and used it to his advantage to defeat Gengar. Unlike its game counterpart, the Silph Scope is shaped as glasses and it was not shown to come from Silph Co.


===In the Pokémon Zensho manga===
===Pokémon Zensho===
The Silph Scope was seen in ''[[PZ05|Celadon City]]''. After {{Zensho|Satoshi}} had been scared away from the [[Pokémon Tower]] by a {{p|Gastly}}, he saw several {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s exciting the Tower, using a Silph Scope to avoid being scared by the ghosts. Satoshi then secretly followed the Grunts to the [[Rocket Hideout]], where he snatched one of the Scopes that were in there. Using the Scope, he was able to get past of the ghosts in the Tower and all the way to the top floor, where he encountered [[Mr. Fuji]], who was being held captive by Team Rocket.
The Silph Scope was seen in ''[[PZ05|Celadon City]]''. After {{Zensho|Satoshi}} had been scared away from the [[Pokémon Tower]] by a {{p|Gastly}}, he saw several {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s exciting the Tower, using a Silph Scope to avoid being scared by the ghosts. Satoshi then secretly followed the Grunts to the [[Team Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]], where he snatched one of the Scopes that were in there. Using the Scope, he was able to get past of the ghosts in the Tower and all the way to the top floor, where he encountered [[Mr. Fuji]], who was being held captive by Team Rocket.
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* A sign next to the [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]] advertises the Silph Scope, proclaiming ''Make the Invisible Plain to See!''
* A sign next to the [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]] advertises the Silph Scope, proclaiming ''Make the Invisible Plain to See!''
* In [[Generation I]], an exploit allows the {{player}} to get past the [[Marowak (ghost)|Marowak ghost]] without using the Silph Scope. By using a [[Poké Doll]] to flee the battle, the ghost will disappear as if it had been defeated. This allows the player to skip getting the Silph Scope and in fact skip the [[Rocket Hideout]] completely.
* In [[Generation I]], if the player uses a [[Poké Doll]] to flee from the [[Marowak (ghost)|Marowak ghost]], it will disappear as if it had been defeated. This allows the player to proceed in the games' story without obtaining the Silph Scope (making battling the [[Team Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]] unnecessary).
* Also in [[Generation I]], by viewing the status screen of a Pokémon, the ghost's sprite will change to that of the actual Pokémon. However, it still cannot be fought or caught.
* In Generation I, if the player views the status screen of a Pokémon, the ghost's sprite will change to that of the actual Pokémon. However, it still cannot be battled or caught.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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|zh_cmn=西爾佛檢視鏡 / 西尔佛检视镜 ''{{tt|Xīěrfu Jiǎnshìjìng|Silph Scope}}'' {{tt|*|Games & Adventures (Taiwan)}}<br>幻影透视镜 ''{{tt|Huànyǐng Tòushìjìng|Mirage Lens}}'' {{tt|*|Adventures (Mainland China)}}
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|pt_br=Escopo Silph
|es=Scope Silph{{sup/1|RBY}}{{sup/3|FRLG}}<br>Visor Silph{{sup/7|PE}}
|vi=Ống kính Sylph
}}
 
==See also==
* [[List of Key Items in Generation I]]
* [[List of Key Items in Generation III]]
* [[List of Key Items in Generation VII]]
 
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Revision as of 02:17, 22 September 2024

Silph Scope
シルフスコープ
Sylph Scope
Bag Silph Scope III Sprite.pngBag Silph Scope Sprite.png
Silph Scope
Artwork from Pokémon Red and Green
Introduced in Generation I
Pocket
Generation I Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items
Generation III Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items (FRLGE)
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (PE)

The Silph Scope (Japanese: シルフスコープ Sylph Scope) is a Key Item appearing in Generation I, FireRed and LeafGreen, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. It was created by Silph Co. It allows a person to identify ghosts.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
RBY/RGBY
FRLGE
PE		 N/A N/A

Effect

It allows the player to identify otherwise unidentifiable ghosts that appear inside the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town, allowing the player to properly battle them and throw Poké Balls at them.

It is required to ascend the staircase on 6F of the Pokémon Tower that is guarded by a ghost Marowak. This ghost Marowak cannot be caught even with the Silph Scope equipped. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the ghost Marowak isn't battled.

Description

Games Description
Stad An item that makes ghosts clearly distinguishable.
FRLG A scope that makes unseeable Pokémon visible. It is made by Silph Co.
E Silph Co.'s scope makes unseeable Pokémon visible.
PE
SwShBDSPLA
SV 		A scope that lets you see what cannot usually be seen. It is made by Silph Co.

Acquisition

Games Method
RBY/RGBY Rocket Hideout B4F (dropped by Giovanni after defeating him)
FRLG Rocket Hideout B4F (dropped by Giovanni after defeating him)
PE Team Rocket Hideout B4F (given by Giovanni after defeating him)

Gallery

Artwork

Silph Scope LGPE concept art.jpg
Concept art for
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Models

Silph Scope closed PE.png Silph Scope open PE.png
Model from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! 		Model when
turned on from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

In animation

Silph Scope in Pokémon Origins
Silph Scope identifying the ghost Marowak

Pokémon Origins

The Silph Scope made an appearance in File 2: Cubone. It was possessed by a small group of Team Rocket Grunts who were holding Mr. Fuji captive at the Pokémon Tower. Like in the games, the Silph Scope had the ability to unveil the true identity of both Ghost-type Pokémon and real ghosts. The Silph Scope was later stolen from the Grunts by Blue, who then gave it to Red, allowing him to identify the ghost he was fighting as Cubone's dead mother, Marowak. Afterwards, Red returned the Silph Scope to the Rocket Grunts, who presumably took it with themselves as they left after being defeated by Red in a battle.

In the manga

A Silph Scope in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Green possesses a modified Silph Scope that is able to reveal all invisible Pokémon. In this canon, Green is also the one who invented the Silph Scope.

Red, Green & Blue arc

Green's Silph Scope first appeared in The Jynx Jinx, where she used it, along with a data disc she had stolen from Team Rocket, to locate and identify Mew.

In Kalling Kadabra, Green used the Silph Scope to examine the barrier over Saffron City.

In Zap! Zap! Zapdos, Green used the Silph Scope to see through her Horsea's Smokescreen during her battle against Sabrina at Silph Co..

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

In Now You See Me..., when an invisible Pokémon attacked Green aboard the Seagallop ferry, she used the Scope to unveil it, although she couldn't recognize it. Red and Blue later recovered the Silph Scope, and used its playback function to get a look at the thing that had attacked Green.

In Surprised by Sneasel, Silver was revealed to also possess a Silph Scope, which he used to examine the Team Rocket airship as it appeared above him and Yellow.

In Right on Time, Rhydon, Green used her Silph Scope to inspect a burning piece of wreckage that had broken off from the Team Rocket airship, spotting Silver trapped inside the flames.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

A Silph Scope in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

The Silph Scope first appears in Get Rid Of The Ghost Pokémon!!. Red's rival, Blue, is shown to have one and used it to identify Gengar's movements during its battle with Clefairy. However, Clefairy took the Silph Scope and used it to his advantage to defeat Gengar. Unlike its game counterpart, the Silph Scope is shaped as glasses and it was not shown to come from Silph Co.

Pokémon Zensho

The Silph Scope was seen in Celadon City. After Satoshi had been scared away from the Pokémon Tower by a Gastly, he saw several Team Rocket Grunts exciting the Tower, using a Silph Scope to avoid being scared by the ghosts. Satoshi then secretly followed the Grunts to the Rocket Hideout, where he snatched one of the Scopes that were in there. Using the Scope, he was able to get past of the ghosts in the Tower and all the way to the top floor, where he encountered Mr. Fuji, who was being held captive by Team Rocket.

Trivia

  • A sign next to the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town advertises the Silph Scope, proclaiming Make the Invisible Plain to See!
  • In Generation I, if the player uses a Poké Doll to flee from the Marowak ghost, it will disappear as if it had been defeated. This allows the player to proceed in the games' story without obtaining the Silph Scope (making battling the Rocket Hideout unnecessary).
  • In Generation I, if the player views the status screen of a Pokémon, the ghost's sprite will change to that of the actual Pokémon. However, it still cannot be battled or caught.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 西爾佛檢視鏡 Sāiyíhfaht Gímsihgeng *
顯像器 Hínjeuhnghei *
Mandarin 西爾佛檢視鏡 / 西尔佛检视镜 Xīěrfu Jiǎnshìjìng *
幻影透视镜 Huànyǐng Tòushìjìng *
France Flag.png French Scope Sylphe
Germany Flag.png German Silph Scope
Italy Flag.png Italian Spettrosonda
South Korea Flag.png Korean 실프스코프 Sylph Scope
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Escopo Silph
Spain Flag.png Spanish Scope SilphRBYFRLG
Visor SilphPE
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Ống kính Sylph

See also


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