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Dialga (Japanese: ディアルガ Dialga) is a dual-type Steel/Dragon Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
While is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Dialga can transform into its Origin Forme using the Adamant Crystal.
Dialga is the game mascot appearing on the boxart of Pokémon Diamond and its remake Pokémon Brilliant Diamond.
Along with Palkia and Giratina, it is a member of the creation trio of Sinnoh, representing time. In the past, it was worshipped by the Diamond Clan under the name "almighty Sinnoh" (Japanese: シンオウさま Shin'ou-sama).
Biology
Dialga is a dark-blue, sauropod-like Pokémon with some grey metallic portions, such as its chest plate, which has a diamond in the center. It also has various light blue stripes. It has a fin-like structure on its back and a crest on its head, resembling a dinosaur. Dialga also has two horns on top of its head, two fang-like horns around its mouth, and three spines on the back of its neck. It has three claws on each foot of the same metallic look as its chest plate. Faint cracks exist across its body. The wing-like structure on its back can be used to focus the flow of time, as seen in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky.
The Origin Forme of Dialga changes drastically from the usual sauropod-like creature of its other Forme, being a hybrid between the original design, dragon and a centaur, resembling its creator Arceus. The entire body of Dialga becomes larger. The back legs of Dialga become unguligrade in shape and have pointed tips instead of feet. The front legs are noticeably larger, with three distinct rhomb-shaped claws on the underside. Further up, Dialga's knees have rectangular, long protrusions. The chest plate is gone, however, it has a polygonal shape similar in its place. The entire neck of Dialga has two large shapes, one small pricket on each side and above them two larger ones at the middle of the neck. The large panel-like construct has a diamond-shaped protrusion pointing out. The three spines located on the back of the neck are longer and sharper. The head of Dialga has longer fang-like horns connected to a plate mask covering its lower jaw, which can shift angle to reveal the mouth. The crest's lower spikes are now part-covered by the new plate mask. Around Dialga's abdomen is a cross attached to a small wheel reminiscent of Arceus's cross-wheel. The fin-like plate on Dialga's posterior has a star-shaped layer on top of it. The tail is much shorter and crystal-shaped. The coloration of Dialga is nearly completely dark-blue. The crest, head stripe, knee protrusions and the cross is light blue. The tips of Dialga's fin plate and feet are dark grey. The diamond in its neck retains the same deep blue color.
Dialga can warp time by either speeding it up, slowing it down, or stopping it altogether. Dialga also has the power to destroy and create time itself. It can also travel through time to visit the past, present, and future. It is said that time started moving when Dialga was born and will continue flowing as long as Dialga's heart still beats. Dialga has the power to create a new universe by itself or with Palkia. As Dialga primarily resides in a different dimension, its behavior is nearly impossible to study. The dimension where Origin Forme Dialga lives in is always constantly moving in different directions and speed endlesslyCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Origin
Dialga, along with Palkia, may be based on the Shinto legend of Izanami and Izanagi, who are said to have created one island with a spear, erected a pillar on it, and from there created the islands of Japan. Appearance-wise, Dialga seems to be based on short-necked sauropod dinosaurs such as Camarasaurus or Brachytrachelopan. Its type is Steel possibly due to the hardness of diamonds, the fact that metal is known to last long periods of time, or the fact that most parts of a clock are made of metal, such as the gears. It may also be because diamonds are compressed carbon, and steel is an alloy from iron and carbon. Metaphorically, it could be a reference to the rigid and unaltering pattern of passing time, as metals are known for their resilience against physical forces. The turquoise pattern on its body is vaguely reminiscent of clock hands, where the ends of the "clock hands" are diamond-shaped.
Name origin
Dialga is derived from diamond. Ga may be a corruption of gon from dragon or from the asteroid Dalgarno. It may also involve día (Spanish for day, referring to a unit of time) or dial (as in a clock dial or a sundial, an instrument used to tell time using shadows on a clock face).
In other languages
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 Japanese
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ディアルガ Dialga
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Derived from ダイヤモンド diamond. Ga may be a corruption of gon from dragon or from the asteroid Dalgarno. May also involve día (Spanish for day, referring to a unit of time) or dial (as in a clock dial or a sundial, an instrument used to tell time using shadows on a clock face).
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Dialga
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Dialga
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Same as Japanese name
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Dialga
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Same as Japanese name
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 Italian
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Dialga
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Same as Japanese name
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 Korean
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디아루가 Dialga
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 Mandarin Chinese
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帝牙盧卡 / 帝牙卢卡 Dìyálúkǎ
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 Cantonese Chinese
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帝牙盧卡 Daingàhlòuhkā
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डिआलगा Dialga
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 Russian
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Диалга Dialga
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 Thai
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ดีอัลกา Dianka
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