Palkia (movie)

Palkia パルキア Palkia

Palkia's debut appearance in The Rise of Darkrai

Debuts in The Rise of Darkrai Gender Unknown Ability Pressure* Nature Hasty* Current location Palkia's dimension

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Palkia N/A

Palkia (Japanese: パルキア Palkia) is a major character from The Rise of Darkrai. Palkia reappeared alongside the other members of the Pokémon of Myth in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

In the movies

In The Rise of Darkrai, Palkia engaged in a massive battle with its enemy Dialga in the Unown Dimension. Palkia ended up getting injured by Dialga's Roar of Time and fled to the normal dimension, its destination being Alamos Town. Due to this, all of the Pokémon having nightmares woke up. Simultaneously, Palkia's presence caused the dimension Dialga and Palkia were fighting in to disintegrate the normal dimension little by little.

Palkia in Arceus and the Jewel of Life

Dialga later arrived, enraged that Palkia fled, and the two engage battle, causing enormous damage to Alamos Town. Despite its injury, Palkia was still able to put up a serious fight, even throwing Dialga to the ground several times. Eventually, Palkia became fed up with the battle, charging up its Spacial Rend and daring Dialga to give it its best shot. Before the two combatants could finish each other off, however, Ash and Dawn manage to magnify the volume of the song "Oración", soothing Dialga and Palkia in mid-fight. Palkia realised what it had done, and hung its head in sorrow. Ash and Dawn insisted Palkia repair the town and send it to the correct dimension, which Palkia proceeded to do.

In Giratina and the Sky Warrior, Palkia did not physically appear, but it was mentioned and seen in a flashback depicting its battle in Alamos Town.

In Arceus and the Jewel of Life, it was revealed that the reason why Dialga and Palkia clashed in Alamos Town was because their dimensions, which were never meant to meet, intersected due to Arceus's preparations to awaken. As a result, Palkia believed that Dialga had invaded its territory, a mistake shared by Dialga. Sheena used her powers to touch a Pokémon's heart to reach Palkia and explain, ending the feud with Dialga once and for all. Later, Palkia helped to protect Ash and friends from Arceus's attacks, however it was seriously injured by the Alpha Pokémon alongside Dialga and Giratina. Eventually, when Ash and the others had successfully changed the timeline for the better, Arceus healed Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina, and Palkia returned to its own dimension to live peacefully once more.

Personality and characteristics

Palkia appears to be a very territorial Pokémon, as it battled with Dialga when it had believed that Dialga was invading its territory. It is very intelligent and strategic in battle, favoring the supereffective Aura Sphere in its battle against Dialga. It is also very tough and resistant to injury; even when its pearl was damaged, it did not seem to be affected and was able to battle just fine and use Spacial Rend normally. It did, however, run away from Dialga due to this injury. It can also be helpful, protecting Ash and his friends from Arceus when it prepared to unleash judgment on humanity and saving Dialga from a spacetime distortion.

Moves used

Palkia bending space

Using Aura Sphere	Move First Used In Spacial Rend The Rise of Darkrai Aura Sphere The Rise of Darkrai Hyper Beam The Rise of Darkrai Protect The Rise of Darkrai
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

Palkia was distributed in Japan from August 26 to September 8, 2022 as part of the 25th anniversary screenings of The Rise of Darkrai.

Wonder Card 144 | アラモス's Palkia Gift
#0484  Palkia (パルキア) Dynamax Level: 0 Level 70 Type: Ability: Pressure Held item: Lustrous Orb	ID: 070714 OT: アラモス Met: a 2022 Pokémon Movie (fateful encounter) Nature: Hasty Ribbons / Marks:  Wishing Ribbon
Spacial Rend Dragon Hydro Pump Water Aura Sphere Fighting Earth Power Ground
Games Method Location Duration Sw serial code hide August 26 to September 30, 2022
This Pokémon can be redeemed multiple times per save file by using differing valid serial codes.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is Japanese in origin, regardless of the language of the game.

In the manga

Palkia in the manga

In the movie adaptations manga

Palkia appeared in the manga adaptations for The Rise of Darkrai and Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Palkia in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Palkia Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Palkia					Movie Commemoration Random Pack		008/022

Trivia

• Palkia's cry is similar to that of Boga, the varactyl ridden by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
• In the Russian dub, Palkia was referred to as a female.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Palkia.

• Dialga (movie)
• Giratina (movie)
• Arceus (M12)

This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.