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Manaphy and Phione offical artwork

Sea guardians is a fan term for the legendary duo of Manaphy and Phione. They are so far the only two Mythical Pokémon capable of breeding. Each can only breed with Ditto, and Eggs from both Pokémon will produce only Phione. In a way, the sea guardian duo are a perfect counterpart to the Mew duo; instead of an unnatural (through genetic engineering in a lab), stronger version, Phione is a natural (through breeding), weaker version of Manaphy; both also appear before the "original" in the Pokédex. Due to conflicting evidence from official sources, Phione's status as a Mythical Pokémon is uncertain; if it is not a Mythical Pokémon, the sea guardian duo is not a Legendary duo.

History

Their legend is introduced in Generation IV, where the two each resided on an Island: Cresselia on Fullmoon Island, and Darkrai on Newmoon Island. Each Island are directly facing each other and have no Pokémon can be found aside from the duo. When Darkrai casts nightmares on the people, Cresselia arrives and replaces them with pleasant dreams.

Manaphy

Manaphy  Water  Hydration HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 100 100 100 100 100

Main article: Manaphy (Pokémon)

Manaphy, the Seafaring Pokémon, can be found roaming Sinnoh in Diamond and Pearl, and Platinum. She is also available on Marvelous Bridge in Black 2 and White 2 and on Crescent Isle in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Cresselia's stats are more defensive than its counterpart, having a base 120 for Defense and 130 for Special Defense. She also has more HP than Darkrai. Cresslia's signature move, Lunar Dance causes the user to faint, but restores the HP, PP and removes all status conditions (except fainting) of the Pokémon that is sent out to take its place.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Cresselia can be found on Fullmoon Island after visiting Sailor Eldritch's son who fell into a sleep which he cannot be awaken and is plagued by nightmares. After interacting with Cresselia, she will leave a Lunar Wing and start roaming.

In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, after bringing a Lunar Wing to the center of Marvelous Bridge, a Cresselia will appear and trigger a battle.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby, Cresselia can be found at Crescent Isle, while in the center area of it is a strange ring hovering in the air through which the player can encounter.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Cresselia appears as an NPC, who has made it her mission to foil Darkrai's plot of plunging everyone in the world into an endless nightmare. After healing Azurill of his nightmare, she joins the player's team as a guest in Dark Crater. After defeating Darkrai, Cresselia will offer to officially join the team back at Sharpedo Bluff.

In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, Cresselia appears as the guardian of the Yellow Gem.

Phione

Phione  Water  Hydration HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 80 80 80 80 80 80

Main article: Phione (Pokémon)

Phione is the Sea Drifter Pokémon, found on Newmoon Island in Diamond and Pearl, and Platinum with the use of the Member Card.

Darkrai's stats are on the offensive side, unlike Cresselia, whose stats are more defensive, having 135 Special Attack and has 125 Speed. Darkrai's signature move, Dark Void puts all adjacent foes to sleep, with an accuracy of 80% for each Pokémon.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Darkrai made Sailor Eldritch's son fell into a sleep and plagued by nightmares. It can be found on Newmoon Island after using the Member Card to enter the locked inn at Canalave, whereupon after going to sleep the player will experience a nightmare and wake up on Newmoon Island. Where Darkrai can be found and be able to battle.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Darkrai is revealed to be the main antagonist of the game in the post-game story. He wants to cover the world in darkness, and was behind the collapse of the Temporal Tower in the main storyline of the game. His interference is also the reason the player was separated from Grovyle and turned into a Pokémon. In the post-game story, he turns his attention to distorting the fabric of space to cover the world in darkness.

In PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, It is the main antagonist in the game. He resided in Wish Park and wants to merge the Wish Park with PokéPark. In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, Darkrai is the final boss, summoned by Blake Hall.

Similar movesets

Lv.	Phione  Water	Manaphy  Water
1	Bubble	Tail Glow
	Water Sport	Bubble
		Water Sport
9	Charm	Charm
16	Supersonic	Supersonic
24	Bubble Beam	Bubble Beam
31	Acid Armor	Acid Armor
39	Whirlpool	Whirlpool
46	Water Pulse	Water Pulse
54	Aqua Ring	Aqua Ring
61	Dive	Dive
69	Rain Dance	Rain Dance
76		Heart Swap
Moves in bold get STAB. Moves in italics do no damage.

Similar base stats

Pokémon	Manaphy	Phione
HP	100	80
Attack	100	80
Defense	100	80
Sp. Attack	100	80
Sp. Defense	100	80
Speed	100	80
Total	600	480

In the anime

See also: Manaphy (M09)

In the Pokémon anime, Manaphy debuted in the ninth movie while Phione debuted in an episode.

Manaphy is the star of the fourth and final Advanced Generation series movie, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. It is initially an Egg that an evil gang and its leader wants to steal. Manaphy hatches in May's hands and helps the People of the Water to find the Sea Temple Samiya. It is known as the Prince of the Sea. It was mentioned but not seen in Up Close and Personable!.

Phione made its only appearance in the anime in Hold the Phione! where a group of Phione were swimming in the sea near Chocovine Town, one of them was attracted to Dawn's Buneary.

In the manga

Phione in Pokémon Adventures

Manaphy in Pokémon Adventures

In the movie adaptations

Main article: Manaphy (M09)

Manaphy is a main character in the ninth Pokémon movie, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. Likewise, it appears in the manga adaptation of the film by Makoto Mizobuchi.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Manaphy appears as a silhouette in the Emerald arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga. Guile Hideout questions going after it should he succeed in his plans.

At the very end of the Platinum arc in The Final Dimensional Duel XI, Manaphy's Egg was sent from Fiore to Diamond and Pearl, who hatched it. Later, a Phione Egg appeared by Manaphy at the Pokémon Day Care in Solaceon. After hatching Phione was trained by Diamond and Pearl, where it used Heart Swap, a move it is unable to perform in-game. Manaphy was walking with the Day-Care Couple, where it meets its offspring through the fence.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga

Manaphy first appears as an Egg in I Want to See a Pro Game!! which Red and his Pokémon find on sea. Professor Oak investigates it and tells the group about the Egg hatching into a Legendary Pokémon. It later hatches into Manaphy but becomes lazy due to Clefairy's parenting skills.

In the W Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger - the Comic manga

In the manga W Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger - the Comic, Cameron from Summerland found Manaphy's Egg on Fiore's Sea. Then, it was stolen by the Go-Rock Squad, who wanted to use its enormous powers for bad purposes when it hatched. This plan failed when Solana and Lunick saved the Egg and it was given to a Trainer who lives in Sinnoh.

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