* Giratina is one of very few non-{{type2|Flying}} Pokémon that is able to learn {{m|Fly}}. The others are:
* Giratina is one of very few non-{{type2|Flying}} Pokémon that is able to learn {{m|Fly}}. The others are:
** {{p|Vibrava}}, {{p|Flygon}}, {{p|Latios}}, and {{p|Latias}} (all four of which have the [[ability]] {{a|Levitate}})
** {{p|Vibrava}}, {{p|Flygon}}, {{p|Latios}}, and {{p|Latias}} (all four of which have the [[ability]] {{a|Levitate}})
** {{p|Mew}} and {{p|Smeargle}} (both of which can learn all {{cat|machine moves}})
** {{p|Mew}}, {{p|Smeargle}}, and {{p|Arceus}} (both of which can learn all {{cat|machine moves}})
* It is interesting to note that in addition to appearing to be a member of the [[dragon trio]], Giratina also shares qualities with the [[lake trio]], as it is found in a cave near [[Sendoff Spring]], also known as the "fourth lake of [[Sinnoh]]," with the [[lake trio]] also being located in caves near (or in their case, on) lakes.
* It is interesting to note that in addition to appearing to be a member of the [[dragon trio]], Giratina also shares qualities with the [[lake trio]], as it is found in a cave near [[Sendoff Spring]], also known as the "fourth lake of [[Sinnoh]]," with the [[lake trio]] also being located in caves near (or in their case, on) lakes.
[[Image:Giratina_Origine_Platinum.png|thumb|Lucas VS Giratina|right]]
[[Image:Giratina_Origine_Platinum.png|thumb|Lucas VS Giratina|right]]
As first revealed Japan's CoroCoro Magazine, Giratina has two forms. The first (Another Forme) is the form seen in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions. In this form, Giratina is a large, gray, centipede-like creature with six short legs. Its legs have golden claws and a gold band on them. It has a tail and a thick black stripe running vertically along the front of its body. There is a series of red horizontal stripes running across the large black one. Three golden half-rings circle the back half of Giratina's neck at the same points that three of the red stripes are at on its front, resembling a ribcage. On its back are two large, black wings that are decorated with red, conical objects. The wings seem oddly out of place, due to the fact that Giratina seems far too heavy to fly effectively. Giratina's head and eyes resemble those of Dialga and Palkia, making many have a theory that it is related to the two. Giratina's shiny form is almost a perfect negative of the original.
The second is a new Origin Forme which will debut in Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin; it uses this form when traveling through different dimensions. This form is more serpentine than Giratina's Another Forme. The Origin Forme of Giratina has six black streamers on its back that each have a red spike at the end. Giratina's legs have been reduced to looking like spikes. There are four more golden spikes near the edge of the tail. This version of Giratina will make an in-game appearance in the upcoming Pokémon Platinum.
Gender differences
Giratina is genderless.
Special abilities
As to be expected with other Template:Type2 Pokémon, Giratina is capable of using Ghost, Dark, Psychic and Electrical attacks. Unlike other Dragon Pokémon, Giratina lacks the ability to wield Ice- and Template:Type2 attacks (save for Will-O-Wisp). Giratina is one out of seven Pokémon that is capable using Aura Sphere. Since Giratina is a "true" Dragon Pokémon, it is also capable of using Draco Meteor.
Giratina is a very rare (one-of-a-kind) Pokémon due to its "legendary" status. Legends claim that Giratina shows up at cemeteries and that this Pokémon supposedly lives in the spirit world, on the reverse side of this one.
It is interesting to note that in addition to appearing to be a member of the dragon trio, Giratina also shares qualities with the lake trio, as it is found in a cave near Sendoff Spring, also known as the "fourth lake of Sinnoh," with the lake trio also being located in caves near (or in their case, on) lakes.
It is one of six Pokémon which can change into forms specific to itself, the other five being Castform, Deoxys, Cherrim, Burmy, and Arceus. Like Deoxys's other forms were not available in the original two versions of its generation, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, but later became available in the rest of Generation III, Giratina's Origin Forme will be available in Pokémon Platinum.
The Another Forme is shorter and heavier than the Origin Forme.[1]
Giratina is the only version mascot to share one of its types with those of all other versions in its generation. It is also the first version mascot that does not appear in the regional Pokédex of the region in which its game takes place.
When CoroCoro revealed Giratina's two forms, they were spelled "Origine Forme" and "Another Forme," the E's on the ends of the words being reminiscent of Middle English. On the official website for Pokémon Platinum, however, the forms are named as "Origin Forme" and "Another Forme". Due to the revelation made by Pokémon.com, where, in their online Pokédex, Deoxys's different forms are named as Normal Forme, Attack Forme, Defense Forme, and Speed Forme, it is likely that this spelling of the word "Form" will carry on into the English translation of both Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin and Pokémon Platinum.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Giratina images on Bulbagarden Archives.
