Pokémon of Myth

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Dialga, Palkia and Giratina at Spear Pillar (art by Ken Sugimori)

The dragon trio is a term used to refer to three powerful legendary Pokémon of the Sinnoh region: Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina.

Much like members of other legendary trios, the three Pokémon have similar appearances. Each has Dragon as their secondary type, as well as a base stat total of 680, divided among the stats as 150-120-120-100-100-90, in different orders.

Dialga controls time and Palkia controls space, two aspects of the four-dimensional universe that the Pokémon world, like our own, is a part of. The final member, Giratina, apparently has control over other dimensions like the Distortion World, which may itself be a location with a fourth spacial dimension.

The three members of this trio share the ability Pressure, however Giratina's Origin Forme has Levitate. Likewise, the three are the version mascots of the three Generation IV Sinnoh-based games, and have similar level-up learnsets.

Similar movesets

Lv.	Dialga  Steel  Dragon	Palkia  Water  Dragon	Giratina  Ghost  Dragon
Start	DragonBreath
	Scary Face
10	Metal Claw	Water Pulse	Ominous Wind
20	AncientPower
30	Dragon Claw
40	Roar of Time	Spacial Rend	Shadow Force
50	Heal Block
60	Earth Power
70	Slash
80	Flash Cannon	Aqua Tail	Shadow Claw
90	Aura Sphere
Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage.

Trivia

• Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina all have footprints that look like crowns. Dialga's looks like a king's crown, Palkia's looks like a queen's, and Giratina's is smaller than that, possibly a prince's.
• Of the three, Palkia is the only member of its trio to share its type with Template:P2.
• Giratina (in Platinum), has its own unique battle music, is able to change forms (between Altered Forme and Origin Forme), and has two different menu sprites. Also, Giratina is the only member whose box art differs from its original sprite in Diamond and Pearl.
• This trio is the only one whose members are not all in a direct National Dex sequence: Heatran and Regigigas divide Dialga and Palkia from Giratina.
• No two members of the trio have the same number of legs. Even when one considers Giratina Origin Forme this remains true, as Giratina Origin Forme has no legs, Palkia has two, Dialga has four, and Giratina Altered Forme has six.
  • Furthermore, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina are also the only group of version mascots within the same generation that exhibit such an occurrence.

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  Dialga at Spear Pillar

• Spear Pillar Palkia.png

  Palkia at Spear Pillar

• Spring Giratina.png

  Giratina at the Turnback Cave

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  Giratina in the Distortion World

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  Giratina at Spear Pillar, with Dialga and Palkia in the background