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Jirachi Wish Pokémon ジラーチ Jirachi #385 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Steel Psychic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Serene Grace Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 3 (1.6%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 120 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 1'00" 0.3 m Jirachi 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 2.4 lbs. 1.1 kg Jirachi 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 215 Gen. III-IV Unknown IV 270 V+	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Jirachi 3 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Yellow	Base friendship 100
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Jirachi (Japanese: ジラーチ Jirachi) is a dual-type Steel/Psychic Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Jirachi is a small, white, humanoid Pokémon. It has short, stubby legs and comparatively longer arms. There are flaps on the underside of its arms, which give the impression of long sleeves. On its belly is a curved seam, which conceals a third eye, known as its "true" eye. Additionally, it has a normal pair of circular eyes on its face, with small, blue triangular markings underneath. On its head is a large, yellow structure with three points extending outward: one from the top and one on either side. On each point is a teal tag, known as a "wish tag". A rounded extension hangs from either side of the yellow structure, framing Jirachi's face. Two yellow streamers flow from this Pokémon's back, resembling comet tails.

Jirachi hibernates for extensive periods, forming a protective crystalline shell as it sleeps. However, it is still capable of fighting while asleep if it is in danger. It awakens for seven days every thousand years, but can also waken if sung to by a voice of purity. During the short periods when it is awake, Jirachi is said to grant wishes. However, in the anime, Jirachi cannot create an object that is desired from a wish. Instead, it teleports the desired object to the person that made the wish. In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Jirachi's wishes are granted by writing on the three tags located on its head. Due to only having three tags, Jirachi can only grant three wishes. The anime further reveals that Jirachi's awakening is linked to the Millennium Comet and that its third eye has the ability to absorb the energy Jirachi needs for hibernation. Although it is extremely rare, Jirachi can be found in the mountains. Jirachi is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Doom Desire.

In the anime

Jirachi in the anime

Major appearances

Jirachi (M06)

Jirachi debuted in a major role in Jirachi: Wish Maker. It was shown to only awaken during the week of the Millennium Comet, where it would search for a partner to be its friend, with the honor in the movie going to Max. However, Butler wanted to use Jirachi's powers to awaken Groudon. When Butler gained control of Jirachi, he forced it to use its power, inadvertently creating a fake Groudon that would devour everything in sight with its liquid-like tentacles. With the help of Butler, Max, and Ash, Jirachi managed to destroy the fake Groudon with Doom Desire. It then went back to sleep, much to Max's sadness.

Other

Jirachi made its main series debut in Searching for a Wish!. A young girl named Gemma had been in pursuit of Jirachi, since she wanted it to grant her wish to restore her valley to the vibrant land it once was. Jirachi was initially shy towards her, but in the end, it warmed up to her and granted her wish before turning into an Egg.

A Jirachi appeared in Pikachu, What's This Key?. It was one of the Mythical Pokémon visited by Pikachu and his friends, courtesy of Klefki's keys.

Minor appearances

A Jirachi had a very brief cameo appearance in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

A Jirachi appeared in PK14.

A Jirachi made a cameo appearance in the opening sequence of The Rise of Darkrai, where it was seen levitating over a Groudon.

A Jirachi made a cameo appearance in the ending credits in Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Jirachi in Pokémon Adventures

In the movie adaptations

Main article: Jirachi (M06)

Jirachi appears in Jirachi: Wish Maker.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Jirachi (Adventures)

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Jirachi is the featured legend of the Emerald arc, first appearing in You Need to Chill Out, Regice. The seven days Jirachi was awake coincided with the seven days of preview events for the Battle Frontier before it officially opened. Emerald was dispatched to the Battle Frontier by Professor Oak to capture Jirachi, because Oak knew that Jirachi was but one way to reverse the event that turned five of his Pokédex Holders into stone. Jirachi officially debuted in A Sketchy Smattering of Smeargle, where it evaded capture attempts by Emerald and Guile Hideout, another character that was after Jirachi.

As the Emerald chapter progressed, the Frontier Brains discovered that Battle Frontier's owner Scott had known about Professor Oak's research on Jirachi, and wanted to reserve one of Jirachi's three wish tags for himself. In A Cheeky Charizard Change-Up II, Guile Hideout captured Jirachi before any of the Frontier Brains were able to track it down. Guile then advanced to the top of the Battle Tower, and after finding out how to get Jirachi to listen to one's wish, used the first wish tag to summon a powerful sea monster that would submerge the Battle Frontier. Guile then discarded Jirachi, thinking that it was no longer of use. This gave Emerald the chance to make the wish that would de-petrify the five Pokédex Holders, as instructed by Gold. However, it didn't appear to work.

After Emerald re-evaluated his relationship with Pokémon in The Final Battle VI, Jirachi finally listened to his wish and de-petrified the five Pokédex Holders. This intrigued Guile, who took Jirachi back and commanded its Doom Desire in an attempt to eliminate the Pokédex Holders and use the final wish tag. However, Guile was eventually defeated, and the sea monster that he summoned was destroyed by a combination of the "ultimate attacks" that all the Pokédex Holders' starter Pokémon had learned. In Epilogue, Scott made the wish he had reserved: to attract at least a hundred thousand visitors to the Battle Frontier on its opening day. Emerald expressed his gratitude and bid farewell to Jirachi as it returned to its thousand-year slumber.

	Spoilers end here.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Jirachi appeared in PMDP29.

In the TCG

Main article: Jirachi (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Jirachi in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Jirachi appears as a rare Poké Ball Pokémon in its first appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series. The chance of it appearing is 1 in 493 (the amount of Pokémon in the Generation IV National Pokédex). Like the other "secret" Pokémon, it drops rare items instead of just flying away. In Jirachi's case, the items are stickers.

Trophy information

A Wish Pokémon. It's said to awaken for seven days once every thousand years, with the ability to grant any wish asked of it. It is truly a Pokémon of which dreams are made. In combat it uses its wish power to attack. Its attack, Doom Desire, which causes light to rain down from the heavens to do tremendous damage, is especially powerful.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Jirachi appears as a trophy.

Trophy information

Since Jirachi is only awake for seven days every one thousand years, it's an even bigger sleeper than Snorlax! It can't just be sleeping the whole time, though. It's probably hard at work deep in the land of dreams, strengthening its ability to grant people's wishes. If it detects danger while asleep, it can fight without even waking up!

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: While in the Ruins, one of the slot machine prizes is the chance to capture Jirachi. Jirachi will move around and must be hit three times in 30 seconds for the capture to be successful. There is only one chance per pinball game.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Jirachi is the final boss of the Special Episode Bidoof's Wish.
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Jirachi is the astronomer of the Expedition Society and is a self-proclaimed genius, capable of fixing the Pokémon Nexus. He mentions to have been born in Star Cave, the location where Jirachi could be found in Explorers of Sky.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
RS	Wishing Star Jirachi	Japanese	Japan	5	June 1 to August 24, 2003
RSFRLG	2004 Tanabata Jirachi	Japanese	Japan and Taiwan	5	July 1 to 7, 2004; July 17 to August 15, 2004
RSEFRLG	2005 Tanabata Jirachi	Japanese	Japan	5	July 17 to August 21, 2005
RSEFRLG	2006 Tanabata Jirachi	Japanese	Japan	5	June 30 to July 10, 2006
RSEFRLG	PokéPark Jirachi	Japanese	Taiwan	30	July 24 to 31, 2006 August 23 to 30, 2006
DP	2007 Tanabata Jirachi	Japanese	Japan	5	July 1 to 22, 2007
DP	2008 Tanabata Jirachi	Japanese	Japan	5	August 18 to 31, 2008
DPPt	Nintendo Zone Jirachi	Japanese	Japan Wi-Fi	5	June 19 to July 17, 2009
DPPt	Nintendo of Korea Jirachi	Korean	South Korea	5	January 30 to 31, 2010
DPPt	GameStop Jirachi	English	United States	5	February 27 to March 13, 2010
DPPt	Latin America Jirachi	English	Latin America	5	February 27 to March 14, 2010
DPPtHGSS	Summer 2010 Jirachi	English	Australia	5	June 3 to 13, 2010
DPPtHGSS	Summer 2010 Jirachi	English	Wi-Fi	5	June 26 to July 16, 2010
DPPtHGSS	Summer 2010 Jirachi	French	Wi-Fi	5	June 26 to July 16, 2010
DPPtHGSS	Summer 2010 Jirachi	German	Wi-Fi	5	June 26 to July 16, 2010
DPPtHGSS	Summer 2010 Jirachi	Italian	Wi-Fi	5	June 26 to July 16, 2010
DPPtHGSS	Summer 2010 Jirachi	Spanish	Wi-Fi	5	June 26 to July 16, 2010
BWB2W2	Decolora Jirachi	Japanese	Japan Wi-Fi	50	July 1 to 31, 2013
BWB2W2	Character Fair Jirachi	Korean	South Korea	50	July 17 to 21, 2013
BWB2W2	2013 Tanabata Jirachi	Japanese	Japan	50	August 1 to 31, 2013
BWB2W2	Chilseok Jirachi	Korean	Wi-Fi	50	August 1 to 31, 2013
XY	2014 Tanabata Jirachi	All	Japan	10	August 1 to 31, 2014
XY	Wishing Star Jirachi	Korean region	Online	5	August 5 to September 14, 2014
XYORAS	Pokémon Center Jirachi	Japanese region	Online	15	December 1, 2014 to May 28, 2015
XYORAS	Pokémon Center Jirachi	All	Japan	15	December 14, 2014
XYORAS	2015 Tanabata Jirachi	All	Japan	100	July 18 to August 16, 2015
XYORAS	Nintendo Hong Kong Jirachi	Japanese region	Online	25	December 12, 2015 to January 31, 2016
XYORAS	Nintendo Hong Kong Jirachi	PAL region	Online	25	December 12, 2015 to January 31, 2016
XYORAS	Nintendo Hong Kong Jirachi	Taiwanese region	Online	25	December 12, 2015 to January 31, 2016
XYORAS	Pokémon 20th Anniversary Jirachi	American region	Online	100	April 1 to 24, 2016
XYORAS	Pokémon 20th Anniversary Jirachi	PAL region	Online	100	April 1 to 24, 2016
XYORAS	2016 Tanabata Jirachi	All	Japan	100	August 1 to 31, 2016
SM	2017 Tanabata Jirachi	All	Japan	15	August 6 to 13, 2017
SMUSUM	2018 Tanabata Jirachi	All	Japan	15	August 1 to 31, 2018

In-game events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Channel*		Salac Berry (50%)	Ganlon Berry (50%)
Colosseum		Salac Berry (50%)	Ganlon Berry (50%)
Events*		Salac Berry (50%)	Ganlon Berry (50%)
		Petaya Berry (50%)	Apicot Berry (50%)
		Petaya Berry (50%)	Jaboca Berry (50%)
		Liechi Berry (100%)	Micle Berry (100%)
		Starf Berry (100%)	Comet Shard (100%)
		Star Piece (100%)	Ganlon Berry (100%)
		Stardust (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

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

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM03 TM03 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM04 TM04 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM16 TM16 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM20 TM20 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM24 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM29 TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM30 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM33 TM33 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM37 TM37 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM40 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 —}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM53 TM53 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM56 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM57 TM57 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM73 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM77 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM85 TM85 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100100 100}}100% 15 TM86 TM86 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM89 TM89 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM91 TM91 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM92 TM92 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM99 TM99 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

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

By breeding

By tutoring

Anime-only moves

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS   Acquisition: Catch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 99.9% Friend Area: Mt. Moonview Phrases 51%-100% HP Wishes can always come true! You mustn't ever give up! 26%-50% HP Oh, no! My health is all the way down to half! 1%-25% HP I'm sorry... I might return to sleep... Level up Yes! I leveled up! Your wishes should come true!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: B
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●●
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Jirachi awakened to find himself in the PokéPark. He delights in playing games and brings a happy atmosphere to his favorite, Venusaur's Vine Swing.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Steel Attack Power: ★★★★★ Power of Six Increases the damage dealt by matching six Pokémon.
Pokémon Shuffle Steel Attack Power: 70 - 110 5 #273 Mega Boost+ Fills the Mega Gauge of the same type of Pokémon more.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 200 Base Attack: 210 Base Defense: 210 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Confusion, Charge Beam Charged Attacks: Dazzling Gleam, Psychic, Doom Desire

Evolution

Unevolved Jirachi  Steel  Psychic

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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 Jirachi images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Team Aqua leader Archie uses Jirachi's power to create a Kyogre monster, whereas in the anime movie Jirachi: Wish Maker, former Team Magma member Butler uses Jirachi's power to create a Groudon monster.
• Jirachi was the first Pokémon to be distributed via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Previously, only the event items needed to obtain Pokémon had been distributed via Wi-Fi.
• Jirachi is the only Generation III Pokémon that cannot be obtained in any of the Hoenn-based games without an event.
• Jirachi is the only pre-Generation IV Legendary or Mythical Pokémon that has not been featured in any of the Ranger games.
• Although Jirachi is genderless in the main games, it is referred to as male in Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon.
• Despite being legitimately obtainable in earlier games, Shiny Jirachi were previously locked out of Generation VI's Wi-Fi features prior to an update; this makes Jirachi the only Pokémon to have undergone this kind of issue.

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Jirachi

Jirachi's design and ability of granting wishes probably refer to the habit of "wishing upon a star", so that the wish will come true. Considering its humanoid appearance and ability to grant wishes, it is also possible that it was inspired by Arabic myths about genies, or djinn. In some myths, imprisoned genies would grant wishes to the person who released them. The tags of paper on its head are a reference toward the paper strips (短冊, tanzaku) written on Tanabata.

Name origin

Jirachi is derived from желать zhelatʹ (Russian for wish). It may also involve 幸 sachi (wish, happiness, or fortune).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ジラーチ Jirachi Possibly from желать zhelatʹ (Russian for wish). It may also involve 幸 sachi (wish, happiness, or fortune) or the anglicized jireh (yireh, Hebrew for provider) French Jirachi Same as Japanese name Spanish Jirachi Same as Japanese name German Jirachi Same as Japanese name Italian Jirachi Same as Japanese name Korean 지라치 Jirachi Transliteration of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 基拉祈 Jī Lā Qí Transliteration of its Japanese name. In addition, 祈 means "to pray" Cantonese Chinese

More languages Arabic جیراچی Jyrajy Transliteration of Japanese name Greek Τζιράτσι Tzirátsi Transcription of Japanese/English name Hindi जिराची Jirachi Transliteration of Japanese name Russian Джирачи Dzhirachi Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Jirachi (M06)
• Jirachi (Adventures)
• Expedition Society

External links

References

Legendary Pokémon

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VII

Generation VIII

Generation IX

See also: Mythical Pokémon