Chansey (Pokémon)

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Chansey ラッキー Lucky #113
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Normal ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Egg Pokémon
Abilities Natural Cure or Serene Grace Serene Grace Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 800,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #113 Johto #222 Hoenn #277 Sinnoh #097 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 3'07" Imperial 1.1 m Metric 3'07"/1.1 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 76.3 lbs. Imperial 34.6 kg Metric 76.3 lbs./34.6 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Pink	Catch rate 30 (3.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 100% female
Breeding Fairy group 41 cycles (10455 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 255 Battle Exp.: 2551*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Chansey (Japanese: ラッキー Lucky) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

She evolves from Happiny when leveled up holding an Oval Stone during the day, and evolves into Blissey via happiness.

Biology

Physiology

Chansey have pink, egg-shaped bodies. They have hair-like outgrowths on the side of their heads instead of a pigtail she had as a Happiny. Chansey have stubby limbs and has grown a short tail. Chansey's lower body is fully developed and they now have a pouch that holds an egg.

Gender differences

Chansey is a female-only species with no male counterpart.

Special abilities

Chansey, and her evolved form, Blissey, are the only known Pokémon that can naturally learn Softboiled. However, Mew could learn it from a TM in Generation I, while members of the Clefairy and Togepi families can be tutored the move in Generation III.

Behavior

Extremely rare in the wild, Chansey is said to bring happiness to those who are lucky enough to capture it. Chansey lays a new egg every day. The egg is extremely nutritious and tasty. A kind-hearted and charitable Pokémon, Chansey will share its eggs with injured Pokémon it may come across. However it will not share its egg with anyone who has evil in their heart. Chansey walks carefully to protect its egg from damage but can be startlingly fast when it must run from danger.

Habitat

Chansey are rarely seen in the wild. It is a common sight seen working at Pokémon Centers.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Major Appearances

Throughout the anime, Chansey is mainly seen working at Pokémon Centers. The first instance was in Pokémon Emergency!.

In Overjoyed! a Nurse Joy uses a Chansey to defeat Ash's Corphish in battle.

Minor Appearances

A Chansey was seen as one of Suzy's clients in Pokémon Fashion Flash.

A Chansey was also seen training with an unnamed trainer in Bad to the Bone.

In Cutting the Ties that Bind, Spenser had his Chansey heal Ash's Sceptile after he saved Ash from Team Rocket.

A Chansey appeared in the boss fantasy of A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine.

Cheryl also owns a Chansey, which made appearances in Some Enchanted Sweetening and The Grass-Type is Always Greener!.

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Chansey is seen as a Pokémon under the ownership of Daisy Oak.

Plum owns a Chansey in Magical Pokémon Journey.

In the TCG

Main article: Chansey (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros.

Chansey will sometime appear from the Silph Co. Building in Saffron City, and can also be released from a Poké Ball.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

When released from a Poké Ball, Chansey will use Softboiled and produce five eggs. Anyone can pick them up and they will either slightly heal the holder or contain items. If attacked, Chansey can be knocked away, stopping egg production.

Chansey is also a Pokéfloat. The float will quickly bob up and down from the bottom of the screen four times.

Trophy information

Renowned for its kind temperament, Chansey has been known to offer injured creatures a highly nutritious egg to aid their recovery. Legend has it that this charitable creature brings happiness to anyone who captures a Chansey. All Chansey are female, and every now and then one is found in possession of a Lucky Egg.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Yellow: Chansey appear in Pokémon Centers.
• Pokémon Stadium 2: Chansey stars in the mini-game "Egg Emergency". Players must catch the falling eggs, but avoid the Voltorb.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Chansey runs the Chansey Day Care in Treasure Town. This is where the player can hatch their eggs received as a reward for missions.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Lucky Punch (100%)
Yellow*
Gold	Silver	Lucky Egg (8%)
Crystal
Ruby	Sapphire	Lucky Egg (5%)
Emerald
Pokémon XD		Lucky Punch (100%)
FireRed	LeafGreen	Lucky Egg (5%)
Diamond	Pearl	Oval Stone (50%)	Lucky Egg (5%)
Platinum

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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Special moves

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Baby form Happiny  Normal

Level up holding Oval Stone (Daytime) → ← Breed holding Luck Incense

First evolution Chansey  Normal

Friendship →

Second evolution Blissey  Normal

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Chansey originally was given her Japanese name, Lucky, as her English beta name.
• Chansey has the second-highest base HP of all Pokémon. The highest is Chansey's evolution, Blissey.
  • Both of them however, have the lowest base stat for both Attack and Defense in the games.
• Chansey has the highest base experience yield of all Pokémon, tied with its family Happiny, Blissey, and Arceus. That means a Chansey would yield 13,933 experience points when defeated if it is at level 100 and belongs to a Trainer.
• Chansey is one of five Pokémon that initially did not evolve into or from another Pokémon, but now is part of a three-stage evolutionary line (the other four being Electabuzz, Magmar, Porygon and Roselia). Interestingly, while Electabuzz and Magmar gained a pre-evolution in Generation II and an evolution in Generation IV, Chansey did exactly the reverse in both generations.
• Chansey, and her evolution family, Blissey and Happiny, have the most in-game items associated with them. This includes: Lucky Punch, Lucky Egg, Luck Incense, and the Oval Stone.
• Chansey shares the same species name with Exeggcute. They are both known as the Egg Pokémon.
• Golbat and Chansey are the only Pokémon that evolve by happiness that are already evolved.
• Chansey and the other members of her evolution family share the same abilities as both forms of Shaymin.
• In Generation II and beyond, when breeding was introduced, Chansey hatch from an egg with an egg already in their pouch. The same oddity occurs with Kangaskhan, which hatch with a baby in their pouches, and Happiny, which hatch with a rock in their pouches.
  • Its Platinum Pokédex entry states that it lays eggs, confirming that Pokémon are able to do so (as it has been mentioned that nobody has seen Pokémon lay eggs); however, these eggs are apparently not Happiny eggs, but eggs that are high in nutrition instead. Theoretically, these eggs could possibly be unfertilized Happiny eggs.

Origin

Her tendency to carry eggs in a pouch is very monotreme- or marsupial-like. She may also just be based on a general concept of females and motherhood.

Name origin

Chansey's name is a corruption of chance; like her Japanese name, Lucky, it seems to refer to Chansey's rarity.

In other languages

• German: Chaneira
• French: Leveinard - From Le veinard ("The lucky one").
• Korean: 럭키 Rakki - Transliteration of the English word Lucky.

Related articles

• Nurse Joy's Chansey
• Chansey (MPJ)

External links

Notes

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