Beheeyem is a brown extraterrestrial Pokémon with an oblong head that features depressions on both sides. It has black, symmetrical lines going down the front of its head. Under the rim of its head, there lay two green eyes with small black pupils. It has a lighter brown "collar" and 4 dots on its chest of the same color. Beheeyem's arms have three finger-like digits: one red, one green, and one yellow. It has a rim underneath its main body, under which are two small legs. It communicates by flashing its multi-colored fingers. Beheeyem can manipulate the memories of its opponents, being able to erase or even rewrite them.
Beheeyem debuted in Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!, under the ownership of Leon, a.k.a. the "Dream Thief". Leon's Beheeyem had befriended Meowth so that Leon could lure Ash and his friends into a trap. It later kidnapped Pikachu, Axew, and Meowth while they were sleeping, replacing them with dolls. It also stole Ash, Iris, and Cilan's on hand Pokémon while they slept.
Multiple Beheeyem appeared in Capacia Island UFO!, searching for a koban that fell in Capacia Island when their flying saucer crashed there. They had hypnotized the town's population to help them in their search.
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Three Beheeyem first appeared when they attacked the player when they first appeared in the world. One of them was responsible for the memory loss the player suffered and were under the control of Dark Matter.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Beheeyem is based on greys, one of the more popular kinds of alien. Judging from Elgyem's Pokédex entry, it and its evolution may also be based on the Area 51alien conspiracies or the Roswell incident. Additionally, Beheeyem's design resembles a person wearing a hat and trenchcoat and is likely based on stereotypical spies, shady figures, "Men in Black", or government agents in connection with alien sightings. The colored dots on its hands resemble the colorful faces of the invaders in the 1953 War of the Worlds film; the aliens in the film had green, blue and red dots just like Beheeyem's Shiny coloration. Considering its species names, physical appearance, and powers, it may also be based on a brain.
Name origin
Beheeyem is a corruption of the abbreviation BEM, an old-fashioned term used to refer to extraterrestrials.
Ohbem may be a combination of orb and BEM (pronounced as a single word in Japanese). Oh may also refer to 大 ō (large) and bem may also refer to beam (referencing tractor beams from UFOs).
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