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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Manaphy (disambiguation).

Manaphy Seafaring Pokémon マナフィ Manaphy #490 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water	Ability Hydration
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 3 (1.6%)
Breeding Egg Groups Water 1 and Fairy Hatch time 2570 - 2826 steps
Height 1'00" 0.3 m	Weight 3.1 lbs. 1.4 kg
Base experience yield 215 Gen. IV 270 V+	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 3 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Manaphy (Japanese: マナフィ Manaphy) is a Water-type Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but it has the unusual ability to breed, despite being a Mythical Pokémon. It is also unusual in that its offspring are Phione, which do not evolve into Manaphy, and that Manaphy Eggs have a different appearance from other Pokémon Eggs.

It is a member of the sea guardians with Phione.

Manaphy is the last Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex in Diamond and Pearl, before the Platinum expansion.

Biology

Manaphy is a small, blue, aquatic Pokémon with stubby feet and club-like arms that are longer than its body. It has a red gem on its chest and a yellow dot below the gem. Its onion-shaped head has a pair of long blue antennae, which have small spheres on the ends. Its irises are dark blue with yellow sclerae, and there are two yellow dots of "eyelash" markings extending from the eyes.

Eighty percent of Manaphy's body is made of water. It is highly susceptible to its environment and swims long distances to return to its birthplace. It is born with a special power that allows it to bond with any Pokémon. Manaphy can switch the perspective of people, and Pokémon, with each other using its former signature move, Heart Swap.

In the anime

Main series

 

Manaphy in the anime

 

A Manaphy Egg in the anime

Major appearances

Manaphy (M09)

In Pokémon Ranger and the castle of the Sea, a Manaphy was initially an Egg that an evil gang and its leader, The Phantom, wanted to steal. Manaphy hatched in May's hands and helped the People of the Water find the Sea castle Samiya. It is known as the Prince of the Sea.

Other

In Pikachu, What's This Key?, Meowth, Wobbuffet, and Inkay visited a Manaphy courtesy of Klefki's keys. They witnessed it in a water world full of floating spheres of water, before being launched into the sky by a Wailord.

Minor appearances

Manaphy debuted in the opening sequence of Pikachu's Ocean Adventure.

In the opening sequence of The Rise of Darkrai, a Manaphy was tailing a Kyogre in the ocean.

A Manaphy appeared in the opening sequence of Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

A Manaphy appeared in the ending credits in Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade.

Manaphy made its main series debut in a fantasy and several photos in Dreams of the Sun and Moon!.

A Manaphy appeared in Getting More Than You Battled For!.

Pokédex entries

GOTCHA!

A Manaphy briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

 

Manaphy in Pokémon Adventures

 

A Manaphy Egg in Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission

Movie adaptations

Main article: Manaphy (M09)

Manaphy appears in the manga adaptation of Pokémon Ranger and the castle of the Sea.

Pocket Monsters DP

A Manaphy appeared in PMDP11, where Red and his Pokémon found it at sea. Professor Oak investigated it and told the group about the Egg hatching into a Legendary Pokémon. It later hatched into Manaphy but became lazy due to Clefairy's parenting skills.

A Manaphy appeared in PMDP29.

Pokémon Adventures

Manaphy appears as a silhouette in the Emerald chapter. Guile Hideout questions going after it should he succeed in his plans. It later appeared as a silhouette in a fantasy in Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost).

In The Final regional Duel XI, Looker delivered Manaphy's Egg, which he had received in Fiore, to Diamond and Pearl, who hatched it. Later, a Phione Egg appeared by Manaphy at the Pokémon Day Care in Solaceon Town. It was seen walking with the Day-Care Couple, meeting its offspring through the fence.

Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission

In Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission, 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.

In the TCG

Main article: Manaphy (TCG)

In the TFG

One Manaphy figure has been released.

• Black Star Promo: Manaphy

Other appearances

 

Manaphy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

When released from a Poké Ball, Manaphy uses Heart Swap, which temporarily switches the body of the user with another player. KO's count for the player in control, not the character's normal player, preventing easy KOs via suicide.

Trophy information

"A Seafaring Pokémon. Eighty percent of its body is made of water. It has the ability Hydration, which allows it to restore status effects at the end of the turn if it's raining. It is the only Pokémon who can use the stat-effect-swapping move called Heart Swap. Place a Manaphy and a Ditto in the Pokémon Day Care, and they will produce a Phione egg."

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Manaphy appears as an occasional stage hazard in the Flood Chamber of the Kalos Pokémon League stage. Appearing rarely, it will use Whirlpool to compose a maelstrom on the floor of the stage, sucking in any fighters standing in the water in an attempt to KO them.

Trophy information

This Water-type Pokémon is said to have the mysterious ability to bond with any other Pokémon. It's also said to appear occasionally in the Water-type Elite Four Trainer's room in the Kalos Pokémon League stage. When it appears on the stage, it'll use its Whirlpool move to drag fighters into the middle of the swirling waters.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Manaphy appears as a Spirit.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: While exploring Surrounded Sea, the player's team finds a Wonder Egg that hatches into a Manaphy. They look after it for a while but it becomes sick from spending too long out of the sea. Chatot arranges for Manaphy to live with a Walrein. He returns soon after the defeat of Darkrai to officially join the team now that he has grown up. Manaphy loves to explore and discovered the Marine Resort. Manaphy also loves Gummis, especially the Blue Gummi due to being a Water type.
• Pokémon: Magikarp Jump: A Manaphy may randomly appear in the pond. Tapping it triggers the "Food Fever" event.
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Manaphy returns, giving the player a request meet at the bottom of Seafloor Ruins. Connecting with Manaphy and Phione also leads to the player connecting with Walrein.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		King's Rock (100%)	Red Scarf (100%)
		Lansat Berry (100%)	Mystic Water (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 100% IQ group: B
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 59   Base Attack: 83 Base Defense: 59 Base Speed: 70
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Manaphy heard about the PokéPark from Wingull and decided to come and play. Of course, Manaphy could not pass up a chance to play Gyarados's Aqua Dash.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Water Attack Power: 70 - 110  5 #257 Swap+ Sometimes replaces three disruptions with this Pokémon. Skill Swapper: Eject++			Pokémon Shuffle Water Attack Power: 70 - 110  5 #257 Rock Break++ Sometimes destroys five breakable-rock disruptions.
Pokémon GO Base Stamina: 225 Base Attack: 210 Base Defense: 210 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Waterfall, Bubble Charged Attacks: Bubble Beam, Psychic, Surf

Evolution

Does not evolve Phione  Water

← Breed with Ditto

Parent Manaphy  Water

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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
Generation VIII   Sword Shield 400px 400px   HOME

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

Other sprites

Manaphy Egg sprite	Unused Diamond and Pearl back sprites

Trivia

• Manaphy's English name was uncovered, alongside the English name of Sinnoh, within the internal data of Pokémon Ranger on November 2, 2006.
• Manaphy and Ditto are the only Pokémon that are both able to breed and yet are unobtainable through breeding.
• Manaphy and Phione (if one counts Phione as Mythical) are the only Mythical Pokémon capable of producing Eggs in a Day Care or Nursery legitimately.
• Although normally genderless, in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Manaphy is constantly referred to as a male.
  • In Pokémon Ranger, it is also known as the "Prince of the Sea" in the British English versions of the game; however, it is referred to as the "Princess of the Sea" in American English versions.
• In the games, Manaphy is the only Pokémon whose Egg sprite is different than the standard sprite.
  • Despite the fact that Eggs cannot be transferred via Poké Transfer, Manaphy's Egg is found in the coding of the Generation V games. Location data for Pokémon Ranger also exists in those games.
• In Pokémon Platinum, the player can register Manaphy as seen in the Pokédex by inspecting a book in Mr. Backlot's room at the Pokémon Mansion.
• Like the majority of Event Pokémon obtained through Mystery Gift, it was intended to be impossible to obtain a Shiny Manaphy. However, an oversight allows a Manaphy Egg to have a chance to hatch Shiny, but only if it was traded before hatching. This is because Shininess is dependent on the Trainer ID number and Secret ID number, and the game mistakenly attempts to prevent Shininess using the original game's ID numbers instead of the ID numbers of the game that it was traded to. Furthermore, any Shiny Manaphy that was hatched from a traded egg can be able to pass Poké Transporter's legality check.

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Manaphy and Phione

Manaphy may be based on sea angels, tiny transparent ocean mollusks. The Manaphy Egg's design is similar to Turritopsis dohrnii.

Manaphy's trait of only being able to produce Phione as offspring may be inspired by eusociality, a biological phenomenon which usually manifests in a colony of animals having a sole breeding female, or queen, tended to by her usually infertile offspring, or an example of a highly rare and unique mutations such albinism or polydactyly. With Manaphy's title as the "Prince[ss] of the Sea" and Phione's unclear status as Mythical, it may also take influence from the illegitimate children of royalty and nobility, whose worthiness to inherit their parents' status is often disputed.

Name origin

Manaphy may be a combination of mana and fae. It may also come from the manatee, or sea cow.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning  Japanese マナフィ Manaphy From a combination of mana and a shortening of fairy  French Manaphy Same as Japanese name  Spanish Manaphy Same as Japanese name  German Manaphy Same as Japanese name  Italian Manaphy Same as Japanese name  Korean 마나피 Manaphy Transliteration of Japanese name  Cantonese Chinese      Mandarin Chinese 瑪納霏 Mǎ Nà Fēi Transliteration of Japanese name

[hide]More languages  Russian Манафи Manafi Transcription of English name  Thai มานาฟี Manafi Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Sea guardians
• Manaphy (M09)
• Mythical Pokémon

External links

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