Celebi | |
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Pokémon series character | |
First game | Pokémon Gold and Silver |
Designed by | Ken Sugimori |
Voiced by |
Kazuko Sugiyama (Celebi: Voice of the Forest) Rie Kugimiya (Zoroark: Master of Illusions) |
Celebi (セレビィ Serebī?, /ˈsɛləbiː/) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, it first appeared in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver and later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles, and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. Celebi appears with central roles in the anime movies Pokémon 4Ever and Zoroark: Master of Illusions. In the Pokémon Adventures manga, one of the main antagonists, Pryce, seeks Celebi so he can travel back in time.
Created by Ken Sugimori, Celebi is a green onion-like creature. Celebi has round toeless feet, three-fingered hands, and translucent wings on its back. Celebi has a round head that comes to a point and sticks upward in the back, and resembles the shape of an onion. It has large baby-blue eyes, with thick black rings around them, and a pair of green antennae that are tipped blue. Celebi is a time traveling mythical Pokémon that debuted in Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver. Celebi is a Psychic Grass type Pokémon that has the species category as the "Time Travel" Pokémon. It is known as the guardian of the forest, where it is worshipped as a god. It wanders through time, visiting various undisturbed old-growth forests during peaceful times, leaving behind flourishing grass and trees. It often leaves behind an egg that it brought from the future. Celebi's continuing existence signifies a good future.