Manaphy
Manaphy is a Water-type Pokémon, the Seafaring Pokémon, number 490 (#0490) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 1.4 kg.
Manaphy is the Seafaring Pokémon, a small Mythical Water type born with a wondrous power to form a bond with every kind of Pokémon. It is also one of the very few Mythicals that can breed, though its Eggs always hatch into Phione.
How to pronounce Manaphy
Manaphy is pronounced MAN-uh-fee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Manaphy said out loud:
In Japanese it is マナフィ.
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Manaphy is 0.3 m tall and weighs 1.4 kg. It is a small, blue, aquatic Pokémon with stubby feet, club-like arms longer than its body, a red gem set in its chest and an onion-shaped head with two long antennae ending in small spheres. The Pokédex says 80% of its body is water.
Behaviour
The Pokédex says Manaphy is easily affected by its environment and swims great distances back to the cold seafloor where it was born. Legends: Arceus rumours that it migrates across the oceans and only rarely visits Hisui's coastal waters. In the film 'Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea' it can even speak human language.
Habitat
Born on the cold seafloor, according to the Diamond Pokédex. In Legends: Arceus it is met at Seaside Hollow in the Cobalt Coastlands during the Request called 'The Sea's Legend'. Scarlet and Violet have it through Pokémon HOME, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.
Powers
Its Ability Hydration cures a status condition after each turn in rain. It is the only known Pokémon that can learn Heart Swap, which swaps stat changes with the target, and it knows it from level 1 along with Tail Glow. Take Heart is shared only by Manaphy and Phione. With 100 in every base stat, it is a balanced 600-total Pokémon.
Name origin
Manaphy may combine mana, the spiritual life force in Polynesian cultures, with fay, meaning fairy. The Japanese name is マナフィ (Manafi), which the games write Manaphy in Latin letters.
Design inspiration
Ken Sugimori designed Manaphy. Bulbapedia says it may be modelled on sea angels, which are tiny, see-through molluscs of the open ocean, and that its Egg is similar to Turritopsis dohrnii, a species of jellyfish. These are fan readings.
In the games
Manaphy reaches the main series as an Egg: it first came from a Pokémon Ranger game and hatched in Diamond and Pearl. In Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness a Wonder Egg hatches into a Manaphy that later joins your team.
In the anime
Manaphy is the star of the film 'Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea', where it hatches from an Egg in May's hands and guides the People of the Water to the Sea Temple Samiya. Its first full appearance in the series came in the Journeys episode 'Getting More Than You Battled For!'.
Fun facts
- Its Egg is the only Egg in the games with a unique sprite, and it has its own hatching animation in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
- Manaphy closes the Sinnoh Pokédex, in the very last slot, in Diamond and Pearl, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Bulbapedia says.
- Its English name leaked on 2 November 2006 from the internal data of Pokémon Ranger, alongside the English name of Sinnoh.
- The Ranger games call it the 'Prince of the Sea' in British English, but the American English versions call it the 'Princess of the Sea'.
Base stats
- HP: 100
- Attack: 100
- Defense: 100
- Sp. Atk: 100
- Sp. Def: 100
- Speed: 100
Manaphy’s base stat total is 600. Its highest stat is HP and Attack and Defense and Sp. Atk and Sp. Def and Speed.
Type matchups
What is Manaphy weak to?
Manaphy takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.
It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
Manaphy does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.
Abilities
- Hydration: Cures any major status ailment after each turn during rain.
Moves
Moves Manaphy learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Gun | Water | Special | 40 |
| 1 | Tail Glow | Bug | Status | — |
| 1 | Heart Swap | Psychic | Status | — |
| 9 | Charm | Fairy | Status | — |
| 16 | Supersonic | Normal | Status | — |
| 24 | Bubble Beam | Water | Special | 65 |
| 31 | Acid Armor | Poison | Status | — |
| 39 | Whirlpool | Water | Special | 35 |
| 46 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 |
| 54 | Aqua Ring | Water | Status | — |
| 61 | Dive | Water | Physical | 80 |
| 69 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — |
| 76 | Take Heart | Psychic | Status | 0 |
TM moves (48)
Manaphy can learn 48 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Charm, Fake Tears, Mud-Slap, Protect, Water Pulse, Psybeam, Disarming Voice, Chilling Water, Facade, Swift, Icy Wind, Stored Power, Fling, Endure, Rain Dance, Zen Headbutt, U-turn, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Waterfall, Dazzling Gleam, Grass Knot, Rest, Skill Swap, Substitute, Liquidation, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Psychic, Surf, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Haze, Knock Off, Scald, Weather Ball, Flip Turn, Psych Up, Whirlpool, Alluring Voice.
Breeding & training
- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Water 1, Fairy.
- Egg cycles: 10 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,280).
- Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 3 HP effort values.
- Base experience yield: 270.
Pokédex entries
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. (Legends: Arceus)
It starts its life with a wondrous power that permits it to bond with any kind of Pokémon. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y, Alpha Sapphire)
It is born with a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X, Omega Ruby)
Water makes up 80% of its body. This Pokémon is easily affected by its environment. (Pearl)
Born on a cold seafloor, it will swim great distances to return to its birthplace. (Diamond)
Names around the world
| Japanese | マナフィ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Manaphy |
| French | Manaphy |
| German | Manaphy |
| Spanish | Manaphy |
| Italian | Manaphy |
| Korean | 마나피 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 玛纳霏 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 瑪納霏 |
Trivia
- Lightest Water type in Gen 4: 1.4 kg.
- Shortest Water type in Gen 4: 0.3 m, shared with 1 other.
- Highest Defense among Water types in Gen 4: 100, shared with 1 other.
- Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
- Heavier than 5% of all Pokémon (1.4 kg).
- Base stat total 600, ranked #25 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is HP, ranked #95 of 1,025.
- One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 104 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
- Can learn 57 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 5 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: Manaphy (Pokémon), Serebii: Manaphy (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (MAN-uh-fee): 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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