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.
Manaphy has the unusual ability to breed despite being a Mythical Pokémon, although it can only be bred with Ditto due to being a gender-unknown Pokémon. Manaphy's offspring are Phione, which do not evolve into Manaphy.
Along with Phione, Manaphy is considered to be one of the Sea guardians.
Manaphy is the last Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl.
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. Manaphy prefers to live deep underwater, on the cold seafloor. It has been known to visit the coastal waters of Hisui, occasionally with Phione following it. 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 Heart Swap, one of its signature moves prior to Generation VII and in Generation VIII. One epithet for Manaphy is "Prince of the Sea". As as depicted in Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Manaphy is capable of learning and speaking the human language. Manaphy is capable of breeding Phione; despite their resemblance and familial links, the connection between the two is unknown at this point.
Manaphy and its counterpart Phione are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Take Heart.
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
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| Generation IV | | Sinnoh
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| Diamond | Born on a cold seafloor, it will swim great distances to return to its birthplace. |
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| Pearl | Water makes up 80% of its body. This Pokémon is easily affected by its environment. |
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| Platinum | It is born with a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon. |
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| HeartGold | It starts its life with a wondrous power that permits it to bond with any kind of Pokémon. |
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| Black | It is born with a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon. |
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| Black 2 | It is born with a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon. |
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| X | It is born with a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon. |
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| Y | It starts its life with a wondrous power that permits it to bond with any kind of Pokémon. |
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| Omega Ruby | It is born with a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon. |
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| Alpha Sapphire | It starts its life with a wondrous power that permits it to bond with any kind of Pokémon. |
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| Generation VIII | | Galar
#— | | Sinnoh
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| Brilliant Diamond | Born on a cold seafloor, it will swim great distances to return to its birthplace. |
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| Shining Pearl | Water makes up 80 percent of its body. This Pokémon is easily affected by its environment. |
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| Legends: Arceus | Rumored to migrate across the oceans and visit Hisui's coastal waters only rarely. Although Manaphy resembles Phione, it is also quite different. The relation between the two is unclear. |
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Game locations
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In events
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| DP | World Hobby Fair Manaphy | Japanese | Japan | 5 | December 22, 2006 to March 1, 2007 |
| DP | PalCity Manaphy | Japanese | Japan | 50 | July 15 to 22, 2007 |
| DP | PalCity Manaphy | Japanese | Japan | 50 | July 28 to September 2, 2007 |
| DP | Toys "R" Us Manaphy | English | United States | 50 | September 29, 2007 |
| DP | Nintendo World Store Manaphy | English | United States | 50 | October 1 to 31, 2007 |
| DP | E for All Manaphy | English | United States | 50 | October 18 to 21, 2007 |
| DP | JB Hi-Fi Manaphy | English | Australia | 50 | November 7 to 13, 2007 |
| DP | Nintendo of Korea Manaphy | Korean | South Korea | 1 | March 29 to 30, 2008 |
| DPPtHGSS | Summer Nintendo Zone Manaphy | Japanese | Japan
Wi-Fi | 50 | August 14 to September 12, 2010 |
| DPPtHGSS | Pokémon Love Manaphy | Korean | South Korea | 50 | March 12 to April 17, 2011 |
| ORAS | Water Tribe Manaphy | Korean region | South Korea | 1 | July 18 to August 31, 2015 |
| XYORAS | Pokémon 20th Anniversary Manaphy | American region | Online | 100 | June 1 to 24, 2016 |
| XYORAS | Pokémon 20th Anniversary Manaphy | PAL region | Online | 100 | June 1 to 24, 2016 |
| SMUSUM | Full Force Manaphy | Japanese region | Online | 15 | December 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018 |
| SMUSUM | Summer Manaphy | All | South Korea | 15 | July 13 to 22, 2018 |
| BDSP | Manaphy Egg | All | Online | 1 | November 19, 2021 to February 21, 2022 |
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Manaphy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Manaphy
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Manaphy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Manaphy
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Manaphy
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Manaphy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Manaphy
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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Side game data
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Pokémon Rumble Rush | Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds | Base HP: 59 | | | Base Attack: 83 | Base Defense: 59 | Base Speed: 70 |
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Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Main series
A Manaphy
Egg in the anime
Major appearances
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple 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 Temple 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.
A Manaphy appeared in a fantasy and several photos in Dreams of the Sun and Moon!.
Manaphy made its physical main series debut in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
Pokédex entries
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| SM145 | Manaphy | Rotom Pokédex | Manaphy, the Seafaring Pokémon. A Water type. Manaphy emerges from the depths of cold oceans. It has the unique power to bond with any Pokémon on a heart-to-heart level. |
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GOTCHA!
A Manaphy briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Movie adaptations
Main article: Manaphy (M09)Manaphy appears in the manga adaptation of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple 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 first appeared as a silhouette in the Emerald arc. Guile Hideout questioned 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 Dimensional 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.
Other appearances
Manaphy in 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."
Manaphy appears as an occasional stage hazard in the Flood Chamber of the Kalos Pokémon League stage. Appearing rarely, it will use Whirlpool to create 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.
Manaphy once again appears on the Kalos Pokémon League stage. Its behavior is the same as it was in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Manaphy also appears as a Spirit.
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 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 gender unknown, 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.
- It is referred to as "a Pokémon known as the prince" in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, in a book in the Canalave Library.
- 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.
- Manaphy's Egg has a unique hatching animation in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl.
- 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 in Generation IV 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. This oversight was undone by the time Manaphy's Egg returned in Generation VIII. Shiny Manaphy that are hatched from a traded Egg can still pass Poké Transporter's legality check.
- Because breeding Manaphy with Ditto produces only Phione Eggs, there has yet to be an explanation on how Manaphy Eggs are produced.
Origin
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:
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 mutation such as albinism or polydactyly.
Name origin
Manaphy may be a combination of mana (spiritual life force in Polynesian culture) and fay (fairy).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | मैनफ़ी Manaphy | Transcription of its English/Japanese name |  Russian | Манафи Manafi | Transcription of English name |  Thai | มานาฟี Manafi | Transcription of Japanese name |
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