As Mega Sableye, being bathed in Mega Evolution energy causes the red jewel on its chest to rip out of Sableye's skin and significantly increase in size; the detached jewel leaves a small hole in Mega Sableye's chest. Its ears elongate, and it gains a spike on the top of its head. Its teeth turn from white to yellow, and its eyes also change from pale blue to crimson red, with diagonal slits at their inner edges. Its back gains more gems: a second green one, a second red one, and two small yellow gems.
The enlarged jewel is said to boast such incredible hardness that no attack can even leave a scratch on it. During battle, Mega Sableye shelters itself behind the jewel, from where it can take advantage of any openings its target leaves exposed.[1] However, being forced to support its massive jewel leaves Sableye unable to turn quickly, making it vulnerable from behind.
Evolution data
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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In the anime
Main series
Mega Sableye in the anime
Major appearances
Sableye debuted in Oaknapped!, under the ownership of Cassidy, who used it to battle Ritchie. It reappeared in A Date With Delcatty and Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!.
Sableye made its main series debut in Ready, Willing, and Sableye, where it was playing tricks on Ash and his friends.
In PK15, a Sableye was living in a spooky house.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, multiple Sableye tried to stop Team Poképals from getting on the Rainbow Stoneship.
In the Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures short In the Dark, Hoopa's summoning of multiple Litwick rudely awakened four Sableye.
In Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!, Carrie used a Sableye in a battle against Ash, since Carrie believed he was the threat to Kalos that Olympia had predicted.
In Guiding an Awakening!, Nanu used a Sableye in his grand trial against Ash. Despite using Mean Look on Lycanroc to immobilize it, it was defeated by the Wolf Pokémon's Stone Edge.
Minor appearances
A Sableye appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
In Lessons in Lilycove, a Coordinator's Sableye competed in the Lilycove City Contest.
A Coordinator's Sableye appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, a Sableye was living at Pokémon Hills.
In Summer of Discovery!, Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!, and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!, a Trainer's Sableye attended the Pokémon Summer Camp.
A Sableye that can Mega Evolve into Mega Sableye appeared in the ending segment of Mega Evolution Special II.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Mega Evolution Special III.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.
Six Sableye appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, all under the ownership of a different Trainer. One of them appeared in a flashback.
A student's Sableye appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!. It reappeared in the banned episode SM064.
A Sableye appeared in a fantasy in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!.
In Rocking Clawmark Hill!, two Sableye were training up on Clawmark Hill.
Two Trainers' Sableye appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins....
Two Trainers' Sableye appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Faba's Revenge!.
In Smashing with Sketch!, a Sableye competed in the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Sours for the Sweet!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in All They Want to Do is Dance Dance!.
In Securing the Future!, three Trainers' Sableye joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in League Offenders and Defenders!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in The Road to The Semifinals!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Z-Move Showdown!.
In Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, a Trainer's Sableye participated in a Raid Battle against a Lugia.
In a flashback in Trials of a Budding Master!, a Trainer's Sableye battled Ash in a World Coronation Series match.
A Sableye appeared on Mega Island in An Adventure of Mega Proportions!.
A Sableye appeared in The Spectral Express!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Reuniting for the First Time!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Helping the Hometown Hero!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in The Door That Never Opens.
A Sableye appeared in HZ035.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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AG029
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Sableye
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May's Pokédex
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Sableye, the Darkness Pokémon. Sableye normally live deep within caves and eat rocks. They use their sharp claws to dig through the earth.
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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XY092
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Sableye
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Serena's Pokédex
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Sableye, the Darkness Pokémon. Living in caves, Sableye digs up gems with its sharp claws, then devours them.
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Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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SM077
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Sableye
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Rotom Pokédex
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Sableye, the Darkness Pokémon. A Dark and Ghost type. Sableye's jeweled eyes shine with an eerie light that can strike fear into the spirits of living beings.
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Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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JN091
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Sableye
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Goh's Rotom Phone
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Sableye, the Darkness Pokémon. A Dark and Ghost type. Sableye eat gems, jewels, and crystals.
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Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer
Mega Sableye in the animated trailer
In the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer, a Mega Sableye defended itself from a Mega Lopunny.
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in The Gathering of Stars.
In the manga
Movie adaptations
Two Sableye appeared in ICYR2.
Pokémon Adventures
Sableye first appeared in The Last Battle XIV as a wild Pokémon pictured in one of the many photographs of unseen Pokémon that Professor Oak discovered.
A Sableye appeared in Dreadful Dealing with Dusclops, where it was attacking Wally inside the Sky Pillar.
In Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, a Sableye appeared as a Battle Factory rental Pokémon that Emerald faced. It was stolen by Guile Hideout in Skirting Around Surskit I.
A Sableye appeared in Verily Vanquishing Vileplume I, under the ownership of Hex Maniac Valerie. It took part in the preview Battle Dome tournament.
A Sableye appears as one of the Pokémon owned by the Team Galactic commander Jupiter. She used it alongside her Gastrodon and Tangrowth to attack Platinum, Candice, and Maylene when they arrived in Lake Acuity. It first appeared in Stopping Sableye.
Draconid Renza owns a Sableye, which appeared in PS602.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Legend? Check! Friends? Check!.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team
Six Sableye appeared in BET3 and BET4.
Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
Sableye is Brawly's only known Pokémon, as seen in The Haunted Gym. It is considered an unusual choice for him as it was not a Fighting-type and it is immune to Fighting moves.
In the TCG
- Main article: Sableye (TCG)
Other appearances
- Main article: Sableye (UNITE)
Sableye is playable through obtaining a Unite License. It is a melee supporter.
Trivia
Origin
Sableye may be based on the Hopkinsville Goblin, a creature from an alleged Kentucky alien encounter described as having shining eyes, small legs, clawed arms and swaying hips (a movement that Sableye imitates in the 3D Pokémon games). The Hopkinsville aliens are most famous in Japan, where they have appeared in several media.
The ruby and sapphire on Sableye's body may be a reference to the games it debuted in.
Name origin
Sableye may be a combination of sable (either referring to the heraldic color or the animal it is named after) and eye. It may also be a play on able-eyed.
Yamirami may be a combination of 闇 yami (darkness) and 藪睨み yabunirami (cross-eyed sight, squint) or 睨み nirami (glare).
In other languages
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ヤミラミ Yamirami
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From 闇 yami, 藪睨み yabunirami, and 睨み nirami
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French
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Ténéfix
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From ténèbre and fixer
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Spanish
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Sableye
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Same as English name
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German
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Zobiris
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From Zobel and Iris
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Italian
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Sableye
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Same as English name
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Korean
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깜까미 Kamkami
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Corruption of 깜깜 kkam-kkam
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Mandarin Chinese
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勾魂眼 Gōuhúnyǎn
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From 勾魂 gōuhún and 眼 yǎn
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Cantonese Chinese
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勾魂眼 Ngāuwàhnngáahn
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From 勾魂 ngāuwàhn and 眼 ngáahn
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More languages
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Hindi
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कालज़र Kaalzer
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From काला kaala
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Russian
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Сэйблай Seyblay
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Transcription of English name
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Thai
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ยามิรามิ Yamirami
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Transcription of Japanese name
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