Flabébé
Flabébé is a Fairy-type Pokémon, the Single Bloom Pokémon, number 669 (#0669) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 0.1 m tall and weighs 0.1 kg.
Flabébé is the Single Bloom Pokémon, a tiny fairy that spends its whole life with one flower it chose just after being born. The Pokédex suspects the flower is part of its body, and says Flabébé is defenceless until it has one.
How to pronounce Flabébé
Flabébé is pronounced flah-BAY-bay. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Flabébé said out loud:
In Japanese it is フラベベ (Flabebe).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Flabébé is 0.1 m tall and 0.1 kg, the lightest Fairy type. It has a white head and body, a pale green lower half, heart-shaped ears and a pink blush on each cheek, and it wears a crown of yellow pollen balls that the Ultra Moon Pokédex says has hidden healing properties. Its flower comes in five colours: red, yellow, orange, blue and white. All Flabébé are female.
Behaviour
Right after birth, Flabébé flies around looking for a flower with the shape and colour it wants. Once it finds one it stays with that flower for life, floating on the wind with an untroubled heart. Bulbapedia says each colour form is particularly fond of its own flower colour, except White Flower Flabébé.
Habitat
The Pokédex says it keeps travelling until it finds a flower it likes. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in South Province, the East Paldean Sea and West Province Area One, and in Legends: Z-A across Lumiose and in Hyperspace Lumiose in the Mega Dimension DLC.
Powers
Its Abilities are Flower Veil, which protects friendly Grass Pokémon from having their stats lowered by other Pokémon, and the hidden Symbiosis, which passes its held item to an ally that has used up theirs. The Pokédex says it draws the power for its moves out of its flower. It starts with Vine Whip and Tackle, learns Fairy Wind at level 6 and Moonblast at level 41. Special Defense 79 is its best base stat.
Name origin
Flabébé may combine 'flower' (furawā in Japanese) and 'bébé', French for 'baby'. The Japanese name is Flabebe (フラベベ), the same word without accents.
Design inspiration
Fairies and nymphs seem to be the model for Flabébé, in particular Antheia, a Greek spirit of flowers, since its flower crown resembles a wreath, and possibly Chloris. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Flabébé evolves into Floette at level 19, and the colour of its flower stays with it through the whole line.
In the games
In X and Y, its first games, Flabébé is found among the flowers of Routes 4 and 7. In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon it lives in Melemele Meadow.
In the anime
Mairin's Yellow Flower Flabébé, nicknamed Bébé, debuted in 'Mega Evolution Special I'. In 'A Festival Reunion!' Goh catches four Flabébé in different colours in Shalour City.
Fun facts
- No other Pokémon evolves at the level Flabébé does.
- Bulbapedia notes that Flabébé alone among Pokémon has accented letters in its English name.
- In the Battle Chateau of X and Y, Baroness Francine's Flabébé uses Floette's cry.
Base stats
- HP: 44
- Attack: 38
- Defense: 39
- Sp. Atk: 61
- Sp. Def: 79
- Speed: 42
Flabébé’s base stat total is 303. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.
Type matchups
What is Flabébé weak to?
Flabébé takes extra damage from Poison (2×), Steel (2×) moves.
It resists Fighting (½×), Bug (½×), Dark (½×).
It is immune to Dragon moves.
Evolution
How does Flabébé evolve?
Flabébé evolves into Floette at level 19.
The whole family: Flabébé, Floette, Florges.
Abilities
- Flower Veil: Protects friendly Grass Pokémon from having their stats lowered by other Pokémon.
- Symbiosis (hidden ability): Passes the bearer's held item to an ally when the ally uses up its item.
Moves
Moves Flabébé learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vine Whip | Grass | Physical | 45 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 6 | Fairy Wind | Fairy | Special | 40 |
| 10 | Safeguard | Normal | Status | — |
| 15 | Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 |
| 20 | Wish | Normal | Status | — |
| 22 | Magical Leaf | Grass | Special | 60 |
| 24 | Grassy Terrain | Grass | Status | — |
| 28 | Petal Blizzard | Grass | Physical | 90 |
| 33 | Synthesis | Grass | Status | — |
| 37 | Misty Terrain | Fairy | Status | — |
| 41 | Moonblast | Fairy | Special | 95 |
| 45 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 120 |
| 48 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 |
TM moves (34)
Flabébé can learn 34 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Charm, Protect, Disarming Voice, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Swift, Magical Leaf, Draining Kiss, Stored Power, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Grass Knot, Rest, Substitute, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, Psychic, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Pollen Puff, Baton Pass, Grassy Terrain, Misty Terrain, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Endeavor, Petal Blizzard, Alluring Voice.
Egg moves (3):Copycat, Endeavor, Tearful Look.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 0% male, 100% female.
- Egg groups: Fairy.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 225 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Def effort value.
- Base experience yield: 61.
Pokédex entries
Flabébé wears a crown made from pollen it's collected from its flower. The crown has hidden healing properties. (Ultra Moon)
It's not safe without the power of a flower, but it will keep traveling around until it finds one with the color and shape it wants. (Ultra Sun)
When it finds a flower it likes, it dwells on that flower its whole life long. It floats in the wind's embrace with an untroubled heart. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)
It draws out and controls the hidden power of flowers. The flower Flabébé holds is most likely part of its body. (X, Omega Ruby)
Names around the world
| Japanese | フラベベ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Flabebe |
| French | Flabébé |
| German | Flabébé |
| Spanish | Flabébé |
| Italian | Flabébé |
| Korean | 플라베베 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 花蓓蓓 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 花蓓蓓 |
Trivia
- Lightest Fairy type: 0.1 kg.
- Shortest Fairy type: 0.1 m, shared with 2 others.
- Lightest Pokémon in Gen 6: 0.1 kg.
- Shortest Pokémon in Gen 6: 0.1 m.
- Lightest Fairy type in Gen 6: 0.1 kg.
- Shortest Fairy type in Gen 6: 0.1 m.
- Lowest base stat total among Fairy types in Gen 6: 303.
- Taller than 0% of all Pokémon (0.1 m).
- Heavier than 0% of all Pokémon (0.1 kg).
- Base stat total 303, ranked #852 of 1,025.
- One of 64 Fairy-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 88 white Pokémon.
- Number 20 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 45 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 225: about 29.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 4 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Flabébé (Pokémon), Serebii: Flabébé (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (flah-BAY-bay): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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