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Cleffa Star Shape Pokémon ピィ Py #173 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fairy Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Cute Charm or Magic Guard Cacophony Cacophony Friend Guard Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 25% male, 75% female	Catch rate 150 (29.5%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 10 cycles
Height 1'00" 0.3 m Cleffa 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 6.6 lbs. 3.0 kg Cleffa 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 37 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 44 V+	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Cleffa 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Pink	Base friendship 140
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Cleffa (Japanese: ピィ Py) is a Fairy-type baby Pokémon introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Normal-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Clefairy when leveled up with high friendship, which evolves into Clefable when exposed to a Moon Stone.

Biology

Cleffa is a small, pink creature that is vaguely star-shaped in appearance. Its ears are completely brown. It has two small black eyes, a small mouth, and it appears to have a small, permanent blush on its cheeks. It possesses stubby, digitless arms and legs, which come to a point. It has a curl on its forehead and a curled up tail.

Cleffa lives in mountainous regions, typically found at meteor impact sites. Sightings of Cleffa become more likely during nights illuminated by shooting stars, where they dance the night away; this dance is said to bring good fortune to any who witness it. They quench their thirst the next morning by drinking dew. It is fascinated by anything resembling stars and meteors, such as Minior. Because of this, as well as its own star-shaped silhouette, Cleffa is commonly believed to have arrived on a shooting star. The anime showed that its evolved forms (and therefore Cleffa itself) are actually extraterrestrial Pokémon.

In the anime

Major appearances

Cleffa in the anime

Lusamine's Cleffa

In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and A Glaring Rivalry!, Lusamine's Clefable was seen as a Cleffa held by Gladion in a photo. Lillie then held her in a flashback in Night of a Thousand Poses!.

Other

A Cleffa Egg in the anime

In Wish Upon a Star Shape, a Cleffa fell from a spaceship that belonged to the kleptomaniac Clefairy from Clefairy Tales. Ash and his friends had to get the Star Shape Pokémon back to its group before Team Rocket and the Pokémon Mystery Club could get their hands on it. It evolved at the end of the episode.

In A Real Cleffa-Hanger, multiple Cleffa were revealed to be living at Mt. Moon.

In The Brockster Is In!, Normajean's Cleffa was badly poisoned by a Tentacruel alongside several of her other baby Pokémon. It was then healed by a Softboiled from Brock's Chansey.

Minor appearances

In Pikachu & Pichu, a Cleffa was part of the Pichu Brothers' Posse.

A Coordinator's Cleffa appeared in Harley Rides Again.

In Hungry For the Good Life!, a Cleffa was being cared for by Mr. Backlot.

In Last Call — First Round!, a Coordinator's Cleffa and Steelix competed in the Sinnoh Grand Festival.

In I Choose You!, a Cleffa playfully chased a Chikorita.

Three Trainers' Cleffa appeared in The Power of Us.

A Trainer's Cleffa appeared in Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Strategy!.

In Battling on the Wing!, a Trainer's Cleffa watched the battles of the Manalo Conference.

In From Z to Shining Z!, a Trainer's Cleffa watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and Tapu Koko.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Cleffa in Pokémon Adventures

In the movie adaptations

A Cleffa appeared in ICYR2.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Gligar Glide, Cleffa was one of the baby Pokémon that escaped from the Daycare Center near Goldenrod City.

Whitney has a Cleffa, which was first seen in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa. Using her Sweet Kiss, she provided an opening for her Miltank to use a Rollout on what she thought was Suicune, but the fake Pokémon withstood the attack and struck Miltank down.

A Cleffa appeared in a fantasy in Cautious Clefairy.

A Cleffa appeared in a fantasy in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia IV.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Whitney owns a Cleffa in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

A Cleffa appeared in GDZ55.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Cleffa appeared in Clefairy Becomes a Father...?!.

A Cleffa appeared in The Exam Showdown!!.

In the TCG

Main article: Cleffa (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Cleffa only appears as a random trophy.

Trophy information

With silhouettes that resemble stars, Cleffa are often sighted when the night sky is filled with shooting stars. Cleffa evolves into Clefairy, but only if it has a strong bond of friendship with its trainer. Since Cleffa are so cute and lovable, many trainers choose to keep it in this unevolved form.

Game data

Cleffa in Pokémon Puzzle Collection Vol. 2

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Stadium 2: Cleffa appears in a quiz-show styled mini-game alongside Igglybuff. A series of Pokémon parade across the screen and players have to count how many of the Pokémon species that have been instructed to be counted parade across the screen. The final score is based how close the answered amount is to the right number.
• Pokémon Puzzle Collection Vol. 2: A Cleffa appears during Motion Puzzle mode, taking over the role that Pichu had in the first game.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Leppa Berry (50%)	Moon Stone (5%)
Platinum
Sun	Moon	Moon Stone (5%)
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon	Moon Stone (5%)
Sword	Shield	Moon Stone (5%)
Pokéwalker		Qualot Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM00 TM00 Mega Punch Normal Physical 08080 085}}85% 20 TM01 TM01 Mega Kick Normal Physical 120120 075}}75% 5 TM10 TM10 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 —}}—% 20 TM11 TM11 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM14 TM14 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM17 TM17 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM18 TM18 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM29 TM29 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM41 TM41 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM47 TM47 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM59 TM59 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM71 TM71 Wonder Room Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM87 TM87 Draining Kiss Fairy Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM89 TM89 Misty Terrain Fairy Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR02 TR02 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR11 TR11 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR14 TR14 Metronome Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR15 TR15 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TR17 TR17 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR25 TR25 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR30 TR30 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR35 TR35 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR38 TR38 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TR42 TR42 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR69 TR69 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TR77 TR77 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR82 TR82 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TR85 TR85 Work Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TR90 TR90 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cleffa Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cleffa Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Aromatherapy Grass Status — —% 5 Heal Pulse Psychic Status — —% 10 Present* Normal Physical — 90% 15 Tickle* Normal Status — 100% 20 Wish Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Cleffa in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Cleffa in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cleffa Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cleffa Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 13.1% Friend Area: Mt. Moonview Phrases 51%-100% HP The stars in the sky are where I came from! 26%-50% HP Oh, no! I lost about half my HP already! 1%-25% HP I can't go on like this... I want to go back to the stars... Level up Yay! See? I leveled up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: B
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Normal Poké Assist: (present) Normal Field move: (present) (Tackle ×1) Not available in the past. Browser entry R-240 It creates hearts around itself that make Pokémon Tired.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ● Speed ●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Fairy Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Fairy Attack Power: 30 - 120 20 #498 Mega Boost Fills the Mega Gauge of a Pokémon of the same type. Swappable Skill(s): Super Cheer
Pokémon GO Base HP: 137 Base Attack: 75 Base Defense: 79 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: 25 Fast Attacks: Pound, Zen Headbutt Charged Attacks: Grass Knot*, Psyshock*, Signal Beam, Psychic†, Body Slam†

Evolution

Baby form Cleffa  Fairy

Breed ← Friendship →

First evolution Clefairy  Fairy

Moon Stone →

Second evolution Clefable  Fairy

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
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

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

Trivia

• Cleffa shares its category with Staryu. They are both known as Star Shape Pokémon.
• Cleffa is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 218.
• Cleffa has the shortest Japanese Pokémon name.
• Cleffa is tied with Igglybuff and Morelull for the lowest base Speed stat of all Fairy-type Pokémon.

Origin

Cleffa appears to be based on fairies and pixies, just like its evolved forms.

Name origin

Cleffa is a corruption of clef (French for [musical] key). It is ultimately a diminutive of Clefairy, indicating it is less than Clefairy.

Py may be a shortening of pixie. It is ultimately a diminutive of Pippi.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ピィ Py May be a shortening of pixie French Mélo A contraction of the word mélodie Spanish Cleffa Same as its English name German Pii From its Japanese name Italian Cleffa Same as its English name Korean 삐 Ppi Transliteration of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 皮寶寶 / 皮宝宝 Píbăobăo From 皮 pí and 寶寶 băobăo Cantonese Chinese

More languages Hindi क्लेफ्फा Cleffa Transcription of English name Russian Клеффа Kleffa Transcription of English name Thai ปี Py Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Lusamine's Cleffa
• Baby Pokémon

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