Eevee
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Eevee (イーブイ Ibui in Japanese, Evoli in German and French) is a fictional species of the Pokémon franchise.
Eevee's name is a shortening of the word evolution, which this Pokémon specializes in. Eevee's evolved forms are often known as "Eeveelutions" or "Eons" to fans. It is interesting to note that in beta versions of the first Pokémon games, this Pokémon bore the name Eon. This may explain why the names of all of its evolutionary forms end with those same three letters.
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Appearance
Eevee is a small quadrupedal mammal that bears traits of a dog and possibly a red fox, fennec fox or a Blanford's fox. It is mostly covered with brown fur, with light tufts of tan fur around its neck. Its ears are long and thin, easily longer than its head alone. Its tail fur is very thick, and the fur on the tip of its tail is the same color as its neck tufts.
Eevee and the eeveelutions also bear a resemblance to rabbits, which would make sense because before lab rats, many scientists experimented on rabbits.
Biology
At first glance, Eevee seems to be just an unremarkable Normal-type Pokémon, with above average intelligence and excellent eyesight, smell, and hearing. However, its DNA is uniquely structured, allowing an it to evolve permanently into one of many different forms to adapt to its environment. Domesticated Eevee are made to evolve using elemental stones, but it is believed that wild Eevee, if any exist, evolve depending on the environment.
For example, an Eevee living in an area with many lakes or oceans may naturally evolve into the Water-type Vaporeon, while an Eevee whose habitat is near active volcanoes may evolve into the Fire-type Flareon. Likewise, an Eevee living in a region where thunderstorms are common may evolve into Jolteon, an Electric-type. These same Pokémon are evolved from domesticated Eevee using a Water Stone, a Fire Stone, or a Thunder Stone, respectively. It is theorized that natural sediments of these elemental stones may be what cause wild Eevee to evolve in the first place.
Eevee's evolutionary path can also be affected by its relationship with its trainer or other caretaker, in combination with the environment. Eevee that have strong relationships with their trainers have been reported to evolve into the Psychic-type Espeon while it is daytime, or into the Dark-type Umbreon during the night.
In the video games
Only a single Eevee can be found in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen. The player must enter Celadon Mansion in Celadon City by the back entrance and climb to the top floor. A Poké Ball containing a trainerless Eevee will be sitting on a table to be taken.
The rival in Pokémon Yellow has an Eevee, one of the very few unevolved Eevees owned by a computer-controlled trainer.
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Bill will give the player an abandoned Eevee that he found while working on the Time Capsule, a machine that allows Gold, Silver, and Crystal to trade with Red, Blue, and Yellow. Eevee can also be obtained by trading in 6666 coins at the Game Corner in Goldenrod City.
Eevee cannot be found in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and Pokémon Colosseum, although the player starts with a male Espeon and a male Umbreon that can be traded to another version and bred with a Ditto to create an Eevee. In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, the player starts with an Eevee, which can later be evolved into any of its five evolutions with the elemental stones or the newly discovered Sun Shard and Moon Shard, although this currently works in Pokemon XD only.
Eevee's stats are about average for a Basic Pokémon, but it should be evolved to exploit its full potential. The many choices in ways to train this Pokémon make its evolutions a popular occurrence in trainers' teams.
Eevee is also notable for being the first pokemon to completely lose its original type (normal) when it evolves.
It may seem surprising but all the stone evolutions of Eevee have an ability that does not allow a move of the same type to hurt it, instead, it may raise its power (Flareon's Flash Fire) or restore HP (Vaporeon's Water Absorb and Jolteon's Volt Absorb). Both Espeon and Umbreon's ability is Synchronize.
In the anime
Eevee's first appearance in the Pokémon anime was in Episode 40, "The Battling Eevee Brothers". In this episode, Ash's party comes upon a family of four brothers who all have Eevee evolutions. The three older brothers have Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon, and they are pressuring their youngest brother Mike to evolve his Eevee, too. What they fail to notice is that he doesn't want to. When Team Rocket steals all of the Pokémon, however, Mike proves that his Eevee doesn't need evolving by beating Team Rocket when his brothers' Pokémon couldn't.
In Episode 118, "The Rivalry Revival", Ash's longtime rival Gary Oak uses his Eevee in battle against him. Brock remarks that the Eevee has bright eyes and a shiny coat of fur, revealing its high level of experience. Gary ends up defeating Ash, but they part amicably. Gary's Eevee later evolves into an Umbreon.
In Episode 185, "Trouble's Brewing!", a family of sisters in Ecruteak City, like the Eevee Brothers in Episode 40, are trainers of most of the different Eevee evolutions, including Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Umbreon. These Pokémon help in fighting off Team Rocket. These same Pokémon reappear, with Eevee having since evolved into Espeon, in Episode 228, "Espeon Not Included!", when Team Rocket kidnaps all of them. The Pokémon end up being rescued by Ash's party with help from the Espeon and its trainer, Sakura.
In Japanese Episode 434, May's Pokémon Egg hatches into an Eevee near end of the show.
References
- Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2, Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Books
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1930206585
External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Eevee as a species.
- Serebii.net’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Eevee
- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke Pokédex entry
- Smogon Pokédex entryes:Eevee