The Pokemon Race Version 6.0

[ReKoil]

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Safe

The other birb:

10.

 

[CF1994]

11.

It appeared very briefly in the very first episode of the OG anime.

There is a theory that Ash wished to remain youthful forever upon getting a glimpse of Ho-Oh in the sky at the very start of his journey.

 

[VisionofMilotic]

12.

Iconic appearance in the first pokemon episode, striking pokemon with a beautiful concept the Phoenix Hō-ō, love the backstory at the burnt tower, and it's kindness for resurrecting entei, suicune and raikou, awesome gold and white shiny, it's got regenerator, sacred fire, great physical attack and bulky, especially on the special side, even though fire/flying has it's issues- it has heavy duty boots to help it against stealth rock. Ho-oh also gives you a lovely gift of the sacred ash. Sounds like a good pokemon to upvote to me!

 

[CF1994]

13.

Ho-Oh has the best physical Attack of all the Legendary Birds of both Kanto and Johto when grouped together with the Uno, Dos, Tres trio alongside Lugia.

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

14.

I personally like Ho-Oh more than Lugia.

 

[ReKoil]

15.

Ho-Oh is okay.

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

16.

Sacred Fire used to be its signature move.

 

[Orion☆]

17.

It has one of the best Legendary Pokémon battle themes in the whole franchise, if not the best.

 

[ReKoil]

18.

In the Spaceworld '97 demo, Ho-Oh was a pure Flying-type.

 

[CF1994]

19.

It represents the rainbow.

If it were to receive a Regional Variant, I'd imagine it being pinker with some reds, blues and purples in some of its feathers, being a Fairy/Flying-type.

A Regional Variant for Lugia, meanwhile, could be a Ghost/Flying-type, effectively being the true Shadow Lugia.

 

[ReKoil]

20.
Safe.

Time for the time traveling onion and last Johto mon:

10.

 

[CF1994]

11.

In the Virtual Console release of Crystal, you will always have access to the GS Ball sidequest to obtain Celebi once you have defeated Lance and the Elite Four.

 

[Orion☆]

12.

It features in not one, not two, but THREE Pokémon movies - Celebi: Voice of the Forest, Zoroark: Master of Illusion and Secrets of the Jungle. That's not even counting its multiple major anime appearances.

My headcanon is that Celebi multiplies with each split in the timeline, and that it has done that so many times that it's practically impossible to find the original. It's like Queen Amidala's gimmick of traveling alongside her lookalike handmaids for protection, except it involves time travel!

 

[Sweet Serenity]

13. Extremely versatile to use when battling!

 

[Orion☆]

14.

An event Celebi unlocks a sidequest in HG/SS involving Giovanni's whereabouts during the main plot of that game.

Said sidequest is famous for:
1. Confirming that Silver is Giovanni's estranged son, abandoned by his father after Red took down Team Rocket,
2. Spawning a lot of theories about Giovanni possibly having taken his own life by jumping off Tohjo Falls. These rumours promptly got dispelled in B2/W2 and US/UM when Giovanni returned perfectly alive and well.

 

[ReKoil]

15.

Celebi is cute.

I bought the Crystal VC just to be able to catch it.

 

[VisionofMilotic]

16.

I love the 4th Pokemon movie starring Celebi, Voice of the Forest. It's one of my favorites.

 

[CF1994]

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With the VC Crystal to catch Celebi and ORAS to get Deoxys, combined with Legends: Arceus, and save files of SwSh and LGPE, you could legitimately catch 'em all in the first four generations.

 

[Orion☆]

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Pokémon Xenoverse made a Celebi clone named Dielebi, which can travel and move things through dimensions.

Said clone's existence was rendered completely redundant shortly after the fan game's release. Celebi was shown in Masters to also be able to transport people to other universes, as happened to the Team Rocket trio when Celebi took them from the Secrets of the Jungle timeline to Pasio.

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

19.

I've seen the fourth movie on TV a few times.