Ralts has a white body. Its legs give it the appearance of wearing a dress. Ralts has a green "helmet" that has a red horn on the front and one on the back. A Ralts's eyes are normally covered by its "helmet", but a view from the proper angle will reveal a pair of melancholy eyes that look similar to the ones its evolved forms and Roserade have. Despite the fact that Ralts and its evolutions resemble humans, they somehow bear a closer relationship to Template:Type2 Pokémon than with other humanoid Pokémon such as Mime Jr.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Ralts can use its horns to sense the emotions of Pokémon and people. The abilities that Ralts has in battle are similar to what most Template:Type2 Pokémon would have. Ralts is one of the few Pokémon that can learn Magical Leaf.
Behavior
Ralts is a timid Pokémon that will hide if it senses hostility, but becomes a little braver if it senses happy feelings and optimism from others. If its trainer is in a cheerful mood, this Pokémon grows cheerful and joyous in the same way. If its horns capture the warm feelings of people or Pokémon, its body warms up slightly.
Ralts debuted in the anime in the episode Do I Hear a Ralts?. Max found one that was very sick and decided to prove his abilities by taking responsibility for it. With the help of Ash's Snorunt, he rushed it to the nearest Pokémon Center. He later promised to return for Ralts when he is eligible to be a Trainer.
Minor appearances
A Ralts was living with some party-loving psychic Pokémon in an abandoned mining town in Fear Factor Phony.
Ralts, the Feeling Pokémon. Ralts is the pre-evolved form of Kirlia. It can use the horns on its head to read human emotions. Ralts rarely shows itself to humans, but may occasionally approach when it senses positive or happy feelings.
Ruby owns a Ralts nicknamed Ruru. However, for most of the Ruby and Sapphire saga, Ruru is with Wally after Ruby was lost in an earthquake that left him under Briney's care (where he learned of the beautiful Milotic that Mimi eventually evolved into). While training with Wally under Norman's command, Ruru evolves into a Kirlia and is eventually returned to Ruby.
Ralts senses the emotions of people using the horns on its head. This Pokémon rarely appears before people. But when it does, it draws closer if it senses that the person has a positive disposition.
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Ralts' number in the Sinnoh Pokédex (Platinum only) and the Almia Browser is the same: 157. This makes it and its evolution family one of only five families of Pokémon (comprising thirteen Pokémon altogether) to have the same numbers in more than one Pokédex-like listing.
Ralts' evolution family is one of only three evolution families to have a branch evolution in the second evolutionary event, and the only one whose base level was not introduced in Generation I.
Ralts' Pokémon Trozei! sprite is the only one where its eyes are visible. However in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, one can see them if one were to view Ralts from below in the Trainer memo, however, it is not a sprite.
Although Ralts can learn Will-O-Wisp by breeding, it can't learn it by TM.
Ralts is the only Pokémon that has 198 as its base stat total.
Despite the fact that Wally caught his Ralts on Route 102 at level 5 in Ruby/Saphire/Emerald, it is impossible for the player to catch a level 5 Ralts in the entire game, beside by breeding one.
Origin
Ralts' appearance seems to be based slightly on that of a young child, following the theory that young children can sense feelings easier and more thoroughly than adults. It could also be based on the spirits of dead children.
Name origin
Ralts' name may be a partial anagram of astral, as in astral body, missing only another "a", as its other language names seem to follow this as well. It may also be a play on the word waltz, a type of dance; the entire Gardevoir evolutionary family appears to have several similarities to dancers. It is also somewhat similar to relates, referring to the way it will only relate to kind trainers.
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.
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For other sprites and images, please see Ralts images on Bulbagarden Archives.
