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Cherrim Blossom Pokémon チェリム Cherrim #0421 Overcast Form Sunshine Form Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Grass Unknown Unknown Unknown Sunshine Form Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Flower Gift Cacophony Sunshine Form Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Sunshine Form Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 75 (17.5%)
Breeding Egg Groups Fairy and Grass Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 1'08" 0.5 m Overcast Form 0'0" 0 m Sunshine Form 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 20.5 lbs. 9.3 kg Overcast Form 0 lbs. 0 kg Sunshine Form 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 133 Gen. IV Unknown IV 158 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Overcast Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Sunshine Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint Sunshine Form
Pokédex color   Purple Other forms may have other colors.	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Cherrim (Japanese: チェリム Cherrim) is a Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from Cherubi starting at level 25.

In sunny weather, Cherrim changes appearance from its Overcast Form into its Sunshine Form.

Biology

Cherrim is a small Pokémon with two different forms, both of which are dependent on the weather. During normal weather conditions, Cherrim is in its Overcast Form. Two purple petals enclose its deep pink body. A short purple stem and a green leafy sepal sprout from the top of the petals. Its eyes appear to be near its short legs in this form.

Cherrim waits quietly as a bud for a ray of sunlight. When it is hit with strong sunlight, it blooms and absorbs the rays with its entire body. It quickly changes from quiet to excitable and active. It will attempt to make up for everything it was forced to endure as a bud while the sunlight lasts. Once the light is gone, Cherrim folds back into a bud. Bug Pokémon are often seen gathering around Cherrim due to being drawn in by the scent released from its petals.

Cherrim is the only known Pokémon that can have Flower Gift as an Ability.

Forms

Cherrim has two forms: Overcast Form and Sunshine Form.

When there is strong sunlight, Cherrim changes into its Sunshine Form. Pink petals similar to cherry blossoms surround its head and cover its chest. Several of the petals radiate outward from a yellow sphere on the back of its head. There is a small, triangular patch of green on its neck. Additionally, two berry-like orbs, resembling cherry-shaped hair ornaments, adorn its head. It has stubby limbs, with the arms being pink and the legs being yellow.

Overcast Form	Sunshine Form

Evolution

Cherrim evolves from Cherubi.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Cherubi  Grass

→

First evolution Cherrim  Grass

In the anime

Overcast Form Cherrim in the anime

Sunshine Form Cherrim in the anime

Major appearances

Cherrim made its main series debut in Battling the Generation Gap!, under the ownership of Lila, a famous Pokémon Stylist. It was used in the Performance Stage of the Celestic Contest, after Lila decided to enter a Contest again upon remembering her days as a Coordinator.

In Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!, a Cherrim assisted a Tangrowth and other Pokémon during several attempts to restore a damaged 1,000-year-old tree back to health.

Minor appearances

Multiple Cherrim debuted in both forms in The Rise of Darkrai as residents of a garden in Alamos Town.

Four wild Cherrim appeared in The Lonely Snover!.

Multiple Cherrim appeared in Coming Full-Festival Circle!.

A Cherrim appeared in its Sunshine Form in Secrets of the Jungle.

Three Cherrim appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!, where Chloe witnessed them turning into Sunshine Form.

A Sunshine Form Cherrim appeared in The Road Most Traveled!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Sunshine Form Cherrim in Pokémon Adventures

Overcast Form Cherrim in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

A Cherrim appeared in PDP01.

Multiple Cherrim appeared in PDP05.

Pocket Monsters HGSS

A Cherrim appeared in PMHGSS14.

Pokémon Adventures

A Trainer's Cherrim appeared in Bombastic Bibarel & Heroic Hippopotas.

In Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia III, Platinum received a Cherrim from Gardenia. While escaping the Distortion World in the Platinum arc, Platinum's Cherrim changed to her Sunshine Form.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Cherrim debuted as a silhouette in The Mystery Boy, Jun!!.

Multiple Cherrim physically debuted in a flashback in Deoxys, The Phantom Pokémon! (Part 1).

In the TCG

Main article: Cherrim (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Black	White	Miracle Seed (5%)
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Miracle Seed (5%)
Sword	Shield	Miracle Seed (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Sunshine Form

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus only, Sunshine Form Cherrim has different stats from Overcast Form. In all other games, Overcast Form and Sunshine Form have the same base stats.

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Side game data

Overcast Form

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 2 Recruit rate: 1.5% IQ group: B

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 53 Base Attack: 77 Base Defense: 54 Base Speed: 60

Pokémon GO Base HP: 172 Base Attack: 170 Base Defense: 153 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Razor Leaf, Bullet Seed Charged Attacks: Dazzling Gleam, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam

Sunshine Form

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 2 Recruit rate: 1.5% IQ group: B
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Grass Poké Assist: Grass Field move: (Tackle ×2) Browser entry R-048 It scatters leaves and seeds to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Grass Poké Assist: (present) Grass Field move: (present) (Cut ×2) Not available in the past. Browser entry R-132 It launches leaf blades around itself.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 53 Base Attack: 77 Base Defense: 54 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Grass Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Grass Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #231 Quirky+ Sometimes erases two extra matching Pokémon elsewhere.			Pokémon Shuffle Grass Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #231 Three Force Increases damage when you make a match of three.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 172 Base Attack: 170 Base Defense: 153 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Razor Leaf, Bullet Seed Charged Attacks: Dazzling Gleam, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Weather Ball (Fire)*

In Pokémon GO, Sunshine Form is only obtainable in a wild encounter in sunny/clear weather.

Form data

Cherrim changes forms depending on the weather in battle. During harsh sunlight (and without an active Ability nullifying the weather), it changes into Sunshine Form; otherwise, it will be in its Overcast Form. Due to its Ability Flower Gift, its Attack and Special Defense increase in its Sunshine Form. Outside of battle, it will always be in Overcast Form.

In Generation IV, Cherrim changes forms independently of its Ability. Starting in Generation V, it is Cherrim's Ability that changes its form, except in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, in which Cherrim's form and stats change without Flower Gift due to the game's lack of Abilities.

In Legends: Arceus, Cherrim will change form (in battle only) if the overworld weather is sunny or harsh sunlight, and if the in-game time is either morning, daytime, or evening (both conditions must be met).

In Japanese, the names of Cherrim's forms use 「フォルム」 form, the term otherwise primarily used in the names of forms localized as Forme in English.

Other weather Overcast Form Cherrim  Grass

Flower Gift ↔

Harsh sunlight Sunshine Form Cherrim  Grass

Evolution data

Unevolved Cherubi  Grass

Level 25 →

First evolution Cherrim  Grass

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield Legends: Arceus
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

Trivia

• Cherrim and Castform are the only Pokémon whose alternate forms cannot be viewed in the Pokédex in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Only the Overcast Form and its gender differences (though it has none) are available, but it is not labeled as such.
• In Version 1.0.1 of Legends: Arceus, a glitch made wild Cherrim in Sunshine Form uncatchable. This was later fixed in Version 1.0.2.

Origin

Cherrim's reaction to light is apparently based on photonastic flowers. Cherrim in its Sunshine Form seems to be based on cherry blossoms, flowers that are particularly symbolic of Japan.

Its Overcast Form resembles the bud of a fuchsia flower and other flowering plants such as the cherry blossoms and cherry fruits, that tend to grow a form of clustered flowers that hangs on its tree and later blossoms into multiple fruits.

Name origin

Cherrim may be a combination of cherry and cherubim or blossom.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese チェリム Cherrim From cherry and cherubim French Ceriflor From cerise and flore Spanish Cherrim Same as English/Japanese name German Kinoso From Kirsche, Knospe, and Sonne Italian Cherrim Same as English/Japanese name Korean 체리꼬 Cheriko From cherry and 꽃 kkot Mandarin Chinese 櫻花兒 / 樱花儿 Yīnghuā'ér From 櫻花 / 樱花 yīnghuā and 兒 / 儿 ér Cantonese Chinese 櫻花兒 Yīngfāyìh From 櫻花 yīngfā and 兒 yìh

More languages Russian Черрим Cherrim Transcription of English name Thai เชอริม Choerim Transcription of Japanese name

Overcast Form Language Title Japanese ネガフォルム Nega-Forme Chinese Cantonese 陰天形態 Yāmtīn Yìhngtaai * 陰天型態 Yāmtīn Yìhngtaai * Mandarin 陰天形態 / 阴天形态 Yīntiān Xíngtài * 陰天型態 Yīntiān Xíngtài * French Temps Couvert German Wolkenform Indonesian Bentuk Kuncup Italian Forma Nuvola Korean 네거폼 Nega-Forme Malaysian Bentuk Tertutup Brazilian Portuguese Forma Nublada Spanish Forma Encapotado Thai ฟอร์มมืดมน Turkish Kapalı Hava Formu Vietnamese Dạng âm u

Sunshine Form Language Title Japanese ポジフォルム Posi-Forme Chinese Cantonese 晴天形態 Chìhngtīn Yìhngtaai * 晴天型態 Chìhngtīn Yìhngtaai * Mandarin 晴天形態 / 晴天形态 Qíngtiān Xíngtài * 晴天型態 Qíngtiān Xíngtài * French Temps Ensoleillé German Sonnenform Indonesian Bentuk Mekar Italian Forma Splendore Korean 포지폼 Posi-Forme Malaysian Bentuk Kembang Brazilian Portuguese Forma Solar Spanish Forma Soleado Thai ฟอร์มแจ่มใส Turkish Günışığı Formu Vietnamese Dạng quang đãng

Related articles

• List of Pokémon with form differences

External links

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