Espeon, the Sun Pokémon, resembles a cat in build and possesses purple fur, a forked tail, and what appears to be a red jewel on its forehead. Espeon made its debut in Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver. It made is movie debut in the movie Pokemon Heroes . Espeon is one of the starter Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum, as it comes paired with an Umbreon. Espeon is one of the five evolutions of Eevee, which evolves into Espeon if it is happy during the day.

Name Origin

If one splits up the name, one gets "ESP" and "eon." ESP is an acronym for Extrasensory Perception, that outside of normal sensory activity, as in telepathy and clairvoyance. "Eon" is hazy, but it might refer to the fact that Eevee is in another "stage," or era of its life (as opposed to the stages of Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Umbreon).

Pokédex Descriptions

Gold: "It uses the fine hairs that cover its body to sense air currents and predict its enemy's actions."

Silver: "By reading air currents, it can predict things such as weather or its foe's next move."

Crystal: "The tip of its forked tail quivers when it is predicting its opponent's next move."

Ruby/Sapphire: "Espeon is extremely loyal to any Trainer it considers to be worthy. It is said that this Pokémon developed its precognitive powers to protect its Trainer from harm."

FireRed/LeafGreen: "By reading air currents, it can predict things such as weather or its foe's next move."

Strengths / weaknesses

As a Psychic type Pokémon, Espeon is offensively strong against Fighting and Poison types and defensively weak against Bug, Ghost, and Dark types.