Eternatus (Pokémon)

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Eternatus Gigantic Pokémon ムゲンダイナ Mugendina #890 Eternatus Eternamax Eternatus Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Poison Dragon Unknown Unknown Eternamax Eternatus Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Pressure Cacophony Eternamax Eternatus Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Eternamax Eternatus Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 120 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 65'07" 20.0 m Eternatus 328'01" 100.0 m Eternamax Eternatus 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 2094.4 lbs. 950.0 kg Eternatus ??? lbs. ??? kg Eternamax Eternatus 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 345	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Eternatus 3 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Eternamax Eternatus 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 File:F890.png Eternamax Eternatus
Pokédex color   Purple	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Eternatus (Japanese: ムゲンダイナ Mugendina) is a dual-type Poison/Dragon Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, the player battles a powered-up form of Eternatus known as Eternamax Eternatus in the climax of Pokémon Sword and Shield. This form is also briefly seen when it uses its signature move, Eternabeam, but cannot be acquired legitimately in-game.

Biology

Eternatus is a gigantic, draconic alien Pokémon. Its body has a vaguely draconic shape and a skeletal appearance, and is largely dark violet with red highlights. Its main body and tail are long, thin, and resemble a spinal column, and it has four small, thin limbs ending in claws formed from spindly appendages attached at right angles. Its torso is formed from a cage of appendages resembling ribs, and inside is a glowing pink core that serves as Eternatus's energy source, absorbing energy to sustain it. The core can also project its absorbed energy into massive blasts. Its head is triangular in shape and has a pair of white, eye-like markings in the form of three connected circles, as well as a spindly lower jaw with several diamond-shaped teeth. Over its head is a translucent red film held between five long spikes extending toward its body's rear. It also has a pair of thin tendrils extending from its back, formed from numerous triangular segments. Eternatus's gigantic size makes it the tallest known Pokémon to ever exist.

If Eternatus absorbs a massive amount of energy at once, it will enter its Eternamax form, becoming far larger in size. Eternatus will also briefly enter this form when using its signature move Eternabeam. In this form, Eternatus's shape drastically changes. Its body becomes incredibly long and serpentine with most of its body forming a massive coil. Its entire body glows red in this form, and present at regular intervals across its length are black rings with spikes extending outward. Its back tendrils now curl around its main body. Its energy core rests at the center of the coil inside a cage of violet spikes. Eternatus's head takes on the form of a giant hand, with its fingers covered in black armor with spikes extending from the back of each segment. At the tip of each finger is a glowing pink eye.

Eternatus serves as the source of the Dynamax and Gigantamax phenomena in Galar due to its power leaking out in the form of Galar Particles following its defeat thousands of years ago by Zacian and Zamazenta. Pieces of its body imbued with its power rain down throughout Galar in the form of Wishing Pieces and Wishing Stars. When it is awake, Eternatus causes a phenomenon dubbed the Darkest Day, in which the massive quantities of Dynamax energy it unleashes causes Pokémon to Dynamax and rampage uncontrollably. It can also sometimes keep other Pokémon from Dynamaxing in its presence. Despite this connection to the phenomenon, it cannot be Dynamaxed itself, as its Eternamax form replaces that effect. Eternatus has been referred to as the Darkest Day. As seen in the anime, Eternatus can use its energy core to target a Pokémon and force it to Dynamax or Gigantamax. The anime also elaborates upon its ability to block other Pokémon from Dynamaxing, depicting this power as Eternatus absorbing the Galar Particles in the area to make them unavailable for other Pokémon to use. It is also shown to be capable of forcibly reverting other Pokémon that have already Dynamaxed or Gigantamaxed through the same process. According to Rose in the anime, he was the one to have coined Eternatus’s name.

In its Eternamax form, Eternatus's power grows so immense that it causes a great storm of Dynamax energy around it, ripping holes in spacetime in the midst of the storm as it releases a virtually infinite amount of energy. Its tremendous power can even prevent opposing Pokémon from attacking it as it gathers energy.

Eternatus is an extraterrestrial Pokémon that came to Earth inside a meteor around 20,000 years ago.

Eternatus is the only known Pokémon capable of using Dynamax Cannon and Eternabeam.

In the anime

Eternamax Eternatus in the anime

Major appearances

Eternatus (recurring)

Eternatus debuted in Flash of the Titans!, where it passed by the Galar-bound plane that Ash and Goh boarded, causing interference to it in the process. It reappeared in a flashback in Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!.

In Sword and Shield: "From Here to Eternatus!", it emerged from the containment Macro Cosmos had put it in and began wreaking havoc on the Energy Plant before Leon tried to battle it. When Leon sent out his Charizard, Eternatus escaped, breaking through the plant's ceiling and flying to the top of Hammerlocke Stadium, where it began gathering Galar particles as energy.

In Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!, Eternatus entered its Eternamax form after Leon's failed attempt at catching it. Ash and Goh proceeded to battle it with their Pokémon, along with Zacian and Zamazenta. They eventually managed to defeat Eternatus, who ended up getting caught by Goh and sealed away deep underground.

Minor appearances

In the manga

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Eternatus appeared in JNM04.

In the TCG

Main article: Eternatus (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

Stats

Base stats

Eternatus

Eternamax Eternatus

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 TM06 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM11 TM11 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM16 TM16 Screech Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 40 TM17 TM17 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM18 TM18 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM26 TM26 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM58 TM58 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM73 TM73 Cross Poison Poison Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM74 TM74 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM92 TM92 Mystical Fire Fire Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM97 TM97 Brutal Swing Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TR02 TR02 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR22 TR22 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR44 TR44 Cosmic Power Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR51 TR51 Dragon Dance Dragon Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR54 TR54 Toxic Spikes Poison Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR57 TR57 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TR62 TR62 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TR70 TR70 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR78 TR78 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TR91 TR91 Venom Drench Poison Status 0000— 100}}100% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Eternatus Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Eternatus

By breeding

By tutoring

Evolution

Unevolved Eternatus  Poison  Dragon

Forms

Default Eternatus Eternatus  Poison  Dragon

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Eternamax Eternamax Eternatus Eternatus  Poison  Dragon

Trivia

• Eternatus is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 690.
• Eternatus, in both of its forms, is the largest Pokémon overall in terms of height.
• Eternatus is the heaviest Poison- and Dragon-type Pokémon, and also the heaviest Pokémon overall introduced in Generation VIII.
• Eternatus is the only Poison-type Legendary Pokémon, excluding Arceus holding a Toxic Plate or Silvally holding a Poison Memory.
• Despite being unable to Dynamax, Eternatus is still capable of using Max Moves in its Eternamax form. This makes it the only non-Dynamax Pokémon that can use Max Moves.
• If the player has no Poké Balls when they are prompted to capture Eternatus, one will appear in their bag.
  • It is also the first Legendary Pokémon that can be caught with any Poké Ball without the chance of failing.
• Eternamax Eternatus:
  • Is tied with Blissey for the highest base HP stat of all Pokémon.
  • Has the highest base Defense and Special Defense stats of all Pokémon.
  • Has the highest base stat total of all Pokémon, with 1125.
    • This also makes it the only Pokémon with a four-digit base stat total.
• Unlike other Pokémon in the anime, Eternatus is animated with 3D animation rather than 2D.
• In the anime, Chairman Rose is the one who named Eternatus. It had previously shared its name with with the Darkest Day event.
• Eternatus is the first Legendary Pokémon caught by a main character in the anime.

Origin

Eternatus' extraterrestrial nature and dragon-like appearance may be inspired by Uther Pendragon, King Arthur's father, who acquired his epithet and started using dragons on his standards after witnessing a dragon-shaped comet.

Its overall body shape resembles the skeletal remains of a dragon, with the ribcage shaped like a cannon and the head resembling that of the common nawab or "dragonhead" caterpillar.

Eternamax Eternatus resembles a hand crossed with a serpent. It may be based on the biblical Seven Headed Dragon that, in the Book of Revelation, throws one-third of all stars down to the Earth and is ultimately banished to Earth with the Nephilim, the Hebrew giants, an event that ultimately leads to the end of time. This account may also be the origin of the item Wishing Star and the Darkest Day. It may also be inspired by Ananta Shesha, the king of Nagas in Hindu mythology who is usually portrayed as a giant, coiled serpent with a thousand heads capable of spewing venom and fire, though some depictions simplify his appearance down to five heads. Shesha bears the deity Vishnu on its coils, similar to how Eternamax Eternatus's core is mounted atop its coiled body.

Name origin

Eternatus may be derived from aether, eternal, aeternatus (Latin for immortalized), and Thanatus (Latin transliteration of Thanatos, the personification of death in Greek Mythology).

Mugendina may be a combination of 無限大 mugendai (infinity), ダイマックス Daimax (Dynamax) and possibly dynamic.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ムゲンダイナ Mugendina From 無限大 mugendai, ダイマックス Daimax and possibly dynamic. French Éthernatos From éternel, éther, and Thanatos Spanish Eternatus Same as English name German Endynalos From endlos or Ende and Dynamax Italian Eternatus Same as English name Korean 무한다이노 Muhandaino From 무한 (無限) muhan, 다이맥스 Daimax, and dino Mandarin Chinese 無極汰那 / 无极汰那 Wújítàinà From 無極 / 无极 wújí, 極巨化 / 极巨化 Jíjùhuà, and partial transcription of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 無極汰那 Mòuhgihktaaináh From 無極 mòuhgihk, 極巨化 Gihkgeuihfa, and partial transcription of Japanese name

More languages Thai มุเก็นไดนา Mukendaina Transcription of Japanese name

Eternamax Language Title Japanese ムゲンダイマックス Mugendaimax Chinese Cantonese 無極巨化 Mòuhgihk Geuihfa Mandarin 無極巨化 / 无极巨化 Wújí Jùhuà French Infinimax German Unendynamax Italian Dynamax Infinito Korean 무한다이맥스 Muhandaimax Spanish Dinamax Infinito

Related articles

• List of Pokémon with form differences
• Dynamax
• Gigantamax
• Darkest Day
• Legendary Pokémon
• Myths and legends involving Legendary Pokémon

Notes

External links

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See also: Mythical Pokémon

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