Umbrpon (eigimon)


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Umbreon (Japanese: ブラッキー Blacky) is a  introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from when leveled up with high friendship during the night (in the main series games), or when leveled up with high friendship with a Moon Shard in the Bag (in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness). It is one of Eevee's final forms, the others being, , , , , , and.

It is a starter Pokémon in alongside the other Generation II Eeveelution, Espeon.

Biology
Umbreon has a sleek, black body with four slender legs and crimson eyes. It has two pairs of pointed teeth (one in the upper jaw and one in the lower jaw) which are visible when its mouth is open. It has long, pointed ears and a bushy tail, each with a yellow band around them. Its forehead and legs have yellow rings on them.

Its yellow markings glow at night or when it is excited, and strike fear into anyone nearby. It hides in the darkness while waiting for its opponents, and its yellow rings glow when it leaps to attack. It is also capable of spraying a poisonous sweat when it gets agitated. This Pokémon is rare in the wild, and is more often found in under the care of people.

Gary's Umbreon
's Eevee was revealed to have evolved into an Umbreon at some point before Power Play!.

Gladion's Umbreon
's Umbreon debuted in A Glaring Rivalry!, having evolved from an Eevee he had rescued as a toddler.

Other
In Trouble's Brewing and Espeon, Not Included, Tamao, one of the Kimono Sisters, owns an Umbreon. It rescued Sakura's Eevee from when they disrupted the Kimono Sisters' tea ceremony.

In Strategy Begins at Home!, Johanna used an Umbreon in a two-on-two Contest Battle alongside, where they went up against Dawn's Piplup and. In Challenging a Towering Figure!, it attended the start of the Festival Battle Challenge. In DPS01, it battled Piplup and before the match was called off.

Virgil's male Umbreon debuted in Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!, along with an Eevee and her other evolutions at the time. In a flashback, it was revealed that he evolved from an Eevee when he and Virgil got lost in a forest and had to spend a night there. Umbreon reappeared in Lost at the League! and Strong Strategy Steals the Show!, and in a flashback in Curtain Up, Unova League!.

In Eevee & Friends, a mysterious Umbreon was with an Eevee and its evolved forms, including the newly introduced Sylveon. It is friends with a, , , , and.

In Turning Heads and Training Hard!, a 's Umbreon was summoned to help Ilima's Eevee perform. In the Poké Problem segment of the next episode, it saw Ilima and Eevee off.

Minor appearances
In Johto Photo Finish, 's demonstration featured an Umbreon evolving from an Eevee.

In A Bite to Remember, 's demonstration featured an Umbreon evolving from an Eevee.

An Umbreon appeared in A Fan with a Plan.

Multiple Umbreon appeared in Destiny Deoxys.

In Giratina and the Sky Warrior, an Umbreon was together with an Eevee and the other six Eeveelutions at the time.

In The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!, Ash called up the Pokédex entry for Umbreon, having mistaken a blackened-up, which broke out of a warehouse, for one.

In Tag Team Battle Inspiration!, 's fantasy featured an Umbreon as she imagined what her could evolve into.

Two Trainers' Umbreon appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.

Three Umbreon appeared in The Power of Us, with one under the ownership of a Trainer, the second being, and the third appearing during a flashback.

In I Choose Paradise!, a Trainer's Umbreon was at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.

A Trainer's Umbreon appeared in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga
An Umbreon appeared in JBA5, under the ownership of Karen.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In The Last Battle VII, Karen owns an Umbreon that is the cornerstone of her team, as in the games. It apparently evolved from the she had since her childhood.

of the Battle Arena used an Umbreon in her battles with Guile Hideout and, during which it easily defeated his before falling to his , which went on to win the match, earning him the Guts Symbol. It first appeared in Swanky Showdown with Swalot.

An Umbreon appeared in Pleased as Punch With Parasect, under the ownership of a Kimono Girl.

An Umbreon appeared in a fantasy in PS553.

In the Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo manga
Similarly to the games, Wes owns an Umbreon, which debuted in CSL1.

In the Pokémon Colosseum Snatchers manga
An Umbreon first appeared in PCS1, under the ownership of Wes.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, Bill has both an Umbreon and its counterpart.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
An Umbreon appeared in GDZ47, under the ownership of a.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
An Umbreon appeared in A Challenge to the Elite Four, under the ownership of Karen.

NPC appearances

 * : Umbreon is a major character in the game alongside . They join the undefined's team where their knowledge of Entercards comes in handy and are able to rescue.

Pokédex entries

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Evolution

 * won't evolve into or Umbreon in  due to lack of day and night cycle mechanics.
 * Even if all criteria to evolve into Umbreon are fulfilled in generations VI and VII, it will evolve into  if it knows a Fairy-type move and has at least two hearts of Affection or just knows a Fairy-type move in generation VIII. Similarly in generations from IV to VII it will evolve into  near Moss Rock or  near Ice Rock regardless of other conditions while getting level up.

Trivia

 * Eevee cannot evolve into Espeon or Umbreon in due to the lack of a time system. In order to be obtained and added to the Pokédex in these versions, an Eevee must be traded to, evolved there, and then traded back, or else traded from  or.
 * According to the Pokédex, Umbreon,, and  have identical footprints.
 * Umbreon is the only non- Pokémon to be able to have the Ability.
 * Umbreon is the only Eeveelution that had a unique type combination in its debut generation.
 * Umbreon was designed by Atsuko Nishida.
 * Umbreon is tied with:
 * and Unbound for the highest base  of all Dark-type Pokémon.
 * for the highest base stat of all Eeveelutions.
 * Leafeon for the lowest base stat of all Eeveelutions.
 * In the Pokémon of the Year poll held by The Pokémon Company in 2020, Umbreon was voted as both the most popular Generation II Pokémon and the most popular Eeveelution, receiving 67,062 votes. It was also voted as the fifth most popular Pokémon overall.

Origin
Umbreon's origins are uncertain, though it could be based on a, which was considered to be an omen of bad luck (in Western countries, contrary to Japan's viewpoint in which it is considered lucky) and can be interpreted as the reasoning behind the Dark typing. Its long ears are similar to those of a hare and may originate from the East Asian legends concerning a.

The rings on Umbreon's body resemble Egyptian lunar markings and jewelry that have been associated with animal sculptures, such as cat statues of the Egyptian goddess. While Bastet was originally a lioness warrior and the goddess of the sun, Greeks occupying ancient Egypt toward the end of its civilization changed her into the goddess of the moon. This change may have drawn some of the inspiration for the Pokémon's lunar theme. Furthering the lunar theme, is a narrative poem that involves the Roman Goddess of the moon,, change into the form of a cat as she flees to Egypt.

Additionally, Umbreon may be inspired by, a central deity in who took the form of a black jaguar that had yellow horizontal bands, and was associated with the night sky.

Name origin
Umbreon may be a combination of  (Latin for shadow and ghost, as well as the English word for the moon's silhouette during a solar eclipse) and eon, a shortened form of evolution, the word also meaning an immeasurably long period of time (possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). Eon is a suffix all evolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.

Blacky may be a combination of black and lucky, as the black cat in Japan is considered lucky. It may also refer to the color of its coat.

Related articles

 * Gary's Umbreon
 * Gladion's Umbreon
 * Umbreon and Espeon (Gates to Infinity)
 * Starter Pokémon
 * Eeveelution