Ho-oh (#250) - Celebi - Treecko (#252)
General
Name (Japanese), Number	Celebi (Serebii), 251
Stage	Basic
Evolves from	(none)
Evolves to	(none)
Battle¹
Hit points	100
Attack	100
Defense	100
Speed	100
Special attack²	100
Special defense²	100
Biological
Species	Time Travel Pokémon
Types	,
Height	2'0" (0.61 m)
Weight	11.0 lb (4.95 kg)
Pokédex Color	Green
Shiny color	The body is shaded in pink, rather than green
Gender distribution	Genderless
¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary. ² Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

Celebi, known as Cerebi (セレビィ Serebii) in Japan, is listed as Pokémon #251 in the National Pokédex, and #386 in the Hoenn Pokédex. It is said to have the power to travel through time.

Name origin

Celebi probably originated from the word "celestial".

Information

Celebi wanders across time. Grass and trees flourish in the forests in which it has appeared. When it disappears deep in a forest, it is said to leave behind an egg it brought from the future. This Pokémon came from the future by crossing over time. It is thought that so long as Celebi appears, a bright and shining future awaits us.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Celebi is one of the Pokémon that comes out of a Pokéball. It just flies away once released. Whoever sees it gets a bonus of 10,000 points and gets a Celebi trophy.

Availability

Celebi is not available in any English version of the Pokémon game, and is not obtainable at all in Pokémon Red and Blue. Like Mew, you would have obtain it by a Nintendo giveaway event or by using Gameshark. However, it is also available in the Japanese bonus disc for Pokemon Colliseum, as Jirachi is available on the american version.

Obtaining Celebi in the game

In the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, Celebi can be caught by obtaining the GS ball (the same one that Ash had to carry around while in the Orange Islands). However, this requires a cable to connect the Game Boy Color with a cell phone.
After letting the Pokéball Expert, Kurt, take a look at it, he will ask you to take it to the Ilex Forest shrine where the forest's protector, Celebi, is honored. Upon placing the GS ball there, Celebi will appear and go to you. Only then will you be able to try to capture it.

To do this in the English version, it is necessary to use a cheat code to obtain the GS ball since it is not possible to get the cable that connects the Game Boy Color to the cell phone outside of Japan, nor did the game keep its full compatibility with it once translated.

Movie appearance

Celebi is one of the main characters in the movie Pokémon 4 Ever.

In this movie, Celebi is running away from a hunter. He crashes into young Samuel Oak who protects him, and in return, Celebi transports them 40 years into the future (bringing them to the present) to save them from a Team Rocket member who turns Celebi into a Shadow Pokémon. See Pokémon Colosseum

See also:

• Time Travel

External links

• Celebi Pokédex Entry