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The '''birthday''' of the {{player}} can be used to trigger certain in-game events. Birthdays are also prevalent in other Pokémon media and, like in the real world, are of great importance to people.

==In the games==
[[File:Mt Silver Diamond Dust HGSS.png|right|thumb|200px|Diamond dust on [[Mt. Silver]] in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}]]
Beginning with the original [[Nintendo DS]]'s birthday function, all Pokémon games have, so far, had something inclusive for just this function, the most well known of which is the appearance of {{weather|diamond dust}}, wherein on [[Junichi Masuda]]'s birthday (January 12), it will appear in [[Snowpoint City]], [[Mt. Silver]], and [[Icirrus City]] (in their respective versions). <!--Confirmation for HGSS onwards needed -->

===In Generation I===
In the [[Pokémon Project Studio Red and Blue|Pokémon Project Studio]] computer design programs, there are various images and templates for birthday cards and invitations.

===In Generation I and III===
The [[Pokémon Mansion journals|journals]] found in the {{ka|Pokémon Mansion}} on [[Cinnabar Island]] reveal that {{p|Mewtwo}} was born on February 6.

===In Generation IV===
The description of {{OBP|Gracidea|flower}} states that it is sometimes given out in bouquets for birthdays.

In {{3v2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}:
* After defeating the [[Elite Four]], {{ga|Lucas}}/{{ga|Dawn}} in [[Sandgem Town]] will ask the player if it is his or her birthday.
* Diamond dust appears in [[Snowpoint City]] on January 12, [[Junichi Masuda]]'s birthday.

In [[Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]:
* It is revealed over the course of the game that on [[Blake Hall]]'s sixteenth birthday he drove his father, [[Brighton Hall]], from Altru.
* The [[Go-Rock Quads]] rehearse on the grandstand at [[Altru Park]] for a performance to celebrate the opening of [[Altru Tower]] on Altru's Birthday.
* After the ending, [[Melody (Ranger)|Melody]] asks the player to bring her musical Pokémon to help her perform a song to her brother {{ra|Isaac}} for his birthday.

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky]]:
* One of the personality questions that can be presented at the beginning of the game asks, ''The people at the next table are singing for someone's birthday. What do you do?''

In [[My Pokémon Ranch]]:
* [[Hayley]]'s birthday is November 18.
* In the Platinum update, a new toy was added for when it is the player's birthday, the Birthday Cake, when activated, confetti falls from the sky around it.

===In Generation V===
In {{v2|Black and White|s}} and {{2v2|Black|White|2}}:
* The owner of the [[Pokémon Musical]] Theater will give the player the [[Prop]] Toy Cake.
* The nurse in the [[Pokémon Center]] will ask the player if it is his or her birthday every time she is spoken to.
* The mist on {{rt|14|Unova}} and {{rt|15|Unova}} will clear.{{sup/5|BW}}
* In [[Icirrus City]], [[Icirrus City#Aha, Wye, and Ditoh's house|Aha, Wye, and Ditoh]] will give a special quiz.{{sup/5|B2W2}}

On [[Pokémon Global Link]]:
* From December 1, 2010 onwards, Japanese players could obtain {{DL|List of Pokémon Global Link promotions/Pokémon|Togekiss}} on the day registered as their birthday on the [[Pokémon Daisuki Club]].
* From September 1, 2011 onwards, international players could obtain {{DL|List of Pokémon Global Link promotions/Pokémon|Togekiss}} on the day registered as their birthday on their [[Pokémon Trainer Club]] account.

===In Generation VI===
In {{v2|X and Y}}:
*Upon entering a [[Pokémon Center]], the lights will be dimmed, a party popper goes off and confetti falls from the ceiling. In all Centers, the nurse will tell the player happy birthday, a birthday cake will be shown on the screen above the counter and a special version of the Pokémon Center theme will play.

===Events===
[[File:Birthday Ribbon.png|frame]]
Players who take their [[Nintendo 3DS]] console and a copy of an eligible Pokémon game to {{OBP|Pokémon Center|store}} stores in Japan can receive a gift Pokémon up to two weeks before or after their birthday. Since [[Generation V]], there is a special Birthday Ribbon which is exclusively for Pokémon received as birthday presents from Pokémon Center stores.

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| data-sort-value=531 | {{MSP|531|Audino}}
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| data-sort-value=0 | ???
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| data-sort-value=133 | {{MSP|133|Eevee}}
| {{DL|List of local Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation VI|Eevee|Birthday Eevee}}
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| data-sort-value=0 | ???
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| data-sort-value=0 | ???
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==In the anime==
[[File:Young Brock Onix.png|220px|thumb|right|Brock receiving Onix on his tenth birthday]]
On a youth's tenth birthday or at any point after, they can register for a [[Pokédex]] and pick up a starter Pokémon from their local [[Pokémon professor]] or [[Pokémon Center]] free of charge.

In the dub, [[Jessie's Arbok]] was revealed to be a birthday gift in ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]''. In the Japanese version, it was a {{wp|chūgen}} gift.

The Japanese ending theme for ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', ''[[Together With the Wind]]'' makes a reference to birthday candles.

{{an|Brock}} tells [[Max]] in ''[[AG034|Having a Wailord of a Time]]'' that he received his [[Brock's Steelix|Onix]] for his tenth birthday, from his father {{ka|Flint}}.

In the dub of ''[[DP142|Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!]]'', [[James]] reveals he received a rocket for his tenth birthday.

During the [[Boss fantasy]] in ''[[DP170|An Elite Coverup!]]'', {{MTR}} says that they would steal {{p|Magby}} to light {{an|Giovanni|the boss}}'s birthday candles, among other things.

In the [[Pikachu short]] [[PK20]], {{p|Bellossom}}'s birthday present is missing, and {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} help {{p|Smoochum}} and the [[Spiky-eared Pichu]] find it, whilst at the same time {{MTR}} and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} try to find it first.

{{mov|Layla}} mentions in ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'' that her great-grandmother recently celebrated her hundredth birthday.

The plot of ''[[SS013|Celebi and Joy]]'' revolves around the birthday of both a [[Nurse Joy]] and the opening of a [[Pokémon Center]]. The plots for both ''[[EP219|Hi Ho Silver... Away!]]'' and ''[[AG138|Rough, Tough Jigglypuff]]'' also revolve around the birthday of one of the [[character of the day|characters of the day]].

==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
In the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, on {{adv|Ruby}}'s birthday [[Norman]] moved his son over to [[Hoenn]] to allow him to take part in [[Pokémon Contests]]. Along with this gift, Norman also presented him with a pair of [[Running Shoes]] and a {{key|III|Pokéblock Case}}. This is also the first day of Ruby and {{adv|Sapphire}}'s [[Timeline of Ruby and Sapphire's 80-day challenge|80-day challenge]] which is to last through to Sapphire's birthday, both birthdays are celebrated in ''[[PS267|The Final Battle VIII]]''.

[[Hugh]] gives a {{p|Purrloin}} to his sister for her birthday.

The main characters all have their birthdays revealed throughout the series in their biographies.


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| August 8
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| {{adv|Blue}}
| November 22
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| June 1
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| March 3
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| {{adv|Gold}}
| July 21
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| {{adv|Silver}}
| December 24
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| {{adv|Crystal}}
| April 30
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| {{adv|Ruby}}
| July 2
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| {{adv|Sapphire}}
| September 20
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| {{adv|Emerald}}
| May 31
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| {{adv|Diamond}}
| December 4
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| {{adv|Pearl}}
| February 12
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| {{adv|Platinum}}
| October 27
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| {{adv|Bill}}
| December 31
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| {{adv|Giovanni}}
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| {{DL|Lorelei|In the Pokémon Adventures manga|Lorelei}}
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| {{DL|Celio|In the Pokémon Adventures manga|Celio}}
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===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
In ''[[PPP12|Even an Arbok Falls in Love!]]'', {{MPJ|Arbok}} and his friends build a statue of {{MPJ|Wigglytuff}} and cover it in roses for her birthday. During the [[PPPB03|third bonus chapter]], just before [[Almond]]'s birthday party, [[Hazel]] and Almond have a fight, and the Pokémon have to get them back together.

The main characters birthdays are revealed throughout the series in their biographies.


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| [[Hazel]]
| July 3
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| [[Almond]]
| September 1
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| [[Coconut]]
| August 7
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| [[Peanut]]
| February 14
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| [[Pistachio]]
| June 4
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| [[Kiaraway]]
| December 3
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| [[Plum]]
| March 14
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| [[Apricot]]
| April 12
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===In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga===
In ''[[PW38|Akari and Pikachu's Birthday]]'', [[Akari]] received a {{p|Pikachu}} for his birthday from his mother. Deciding it wasn't cool enough, he stormed out of his house and into a forest where he stumbled across a herd of {{p|Ariados}}. They were consequently defeated by Pikachu who had followed him inside. Impressed, Akari decided Pikachu was cool after all.

===In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga===
In [[GRT1|the first chapter]] [[Ginji]] is transported to the Pokémon world when he falls asleep whilst searching for his birthday presents.

===In the W Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger - the Comic manga===
The main characters of this manga had their birthdays listed in their profile.


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| [[Solana]]
| September 16
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| [[Lunick]]
| May 18
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===In the Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Batonnage - the Comic manga===
The main characters of this manga had their birthdays listed in their profile.


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| [[Kate]]
| January 1
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| [[Kellyn]]
| May 11
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==In the TCG==
[[File:BlankPikachuWizardsPromo24.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Wizards Promo version of _____'s Pikachu]]
Three cards exist, two of them jumbo sized, called '''_____'s Pikachu''', first released in 1999 in Japan. The nature of their attacks are mostly related to birthdays, and they can deal more damage if it is the user's birthday. These cards are not sold anymore, possibly due to the fact a player can claim any day that it is his or her birthday.

{{cardlist/header|Related cards|Lightning|char=yes}}
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{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Pokémon Center|_____'s Pikachu|promo}}|type=Lightning|jpset=Unnumbered Promotional cards}}
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==In other media==
In the [[Pokémon Learning League]], one of the {{OBP|science|Learning League}} lessons deals with heredity, in the presentation, {{an|May}} and [[Max]] are heading home, where [[Norman]] is setting up a surprise birthday party for his wife [[Caroline]].

The date of {{Ash}}'s birth, according to [[Takeshi Shudo]]'s anime novelizations, is 10 years, 10 months, and 10 days exactly prior to the day he began his Pokémon journey. Being that the same novelization declares that Pokémon Trainers obtain their first Pokémon in April of the year following their 10th birthday, and the anime itself began broadcast on the first of that month in 1997 in Japan, Ash's birthday, if April 1 was the first day of his journey, would be May 22.

The [[Nintendo DS]] on the player's birthday will have a different start up chime, instead of a piano with an echo effect it is a glockenspiel with an echo effect.

There is a book in the [[Pokémon Tales]] picture book series titled ''[[PB13|Diglett's Birthday Party]]''. The story is about a Diglett and his family celebrating his birthday in their underground home.

During the [[Pokémon Live!]] stage show, a large part of the plot revolves around {{Ash}} missing {{an|Misty}}'s birthday.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of {{game|Red and Green|s}}, a musical CD was brought out named [[10th Anniversary Pokémon Happy Birthday Concert]].

Bakery Crafts released a set of {{DL|Pokémon jewelry|Rings|birthday rings}} to be placed on the top of cakes as decorations, and given to guests to take home.

The [[Pokémon Project Studio Red and Blue]] lets people create Pokémon themed mini-projects, such as calendars and cards, one of the templates for a project is called ''Birthday Kits'' and has templates for birthday invitations<!--not sure if there's more-->.

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