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Espeon (Pokémon)
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Espeon is a quadruped, mammalian Pokémon with slender legs and dainty paws. It is covered in fine, lilac fur. This velvety fur is sensitive for Espeon to sense minute shifts in the air, thus allowing it to predict the weather. Its ears are large, and it has purple eyes with white pupils. There are tufts of fur near its eyes, and a small, red gem embedded in its forehead. The gem boosts the psychic powers that it gained to protect its Trainer from harm. It also has a thin, forked tail that quivers when it predicts its opponent's moves. Espeon is rare in the wilderness, and is more commonly found in urban areas.
An Espeon appeared in Second Time's the Charm, under the ownership of Anabel. It was the third and final Pokémon used during her rematch against Ash for the Ability Symbol. The Sun Pokémon was defeated by Pikachu.
An Espeon appeared in Eevee & Friends with an Eevee and its other evolved forms, including the newly introduced Sylveon. It has a vain personality and dislikes getting its appearance ruined in any way.
Red's genetically-altered Eevee, nicknamed Vee, evolves into Espeon permanently sometime after the battle against the Kanto Elite Four and prior to the events of Forretress of Solitude.
Espeon is extremely loyal to any trainer it considers to be worthy. It is said that this Pokémon developed its precognitive powers to protect its trainer from harm.
An Espeon is extremely loyal to any trainer it considers to be worthy. It is said to have developed precognitive powers to protect its trainer from harm.
Espeon is extremely loyal to any Trainer it considers to be worthy. It is said that this Pokémon developed its precognitive powers to protect its Trainer from harm.
Espeon appears to be based on legend of the nekomata, also known as bake-neko, which are mysterious, intelligent, fork-tailed goblin cats. It additionally resembles a carbuncle, a Latin-American mythological beast which had a jewel on its forehead. It also has traits of caracals, sphynx cats, lynxes, and due to its large ears, fennec foxes.
Name origin
Espeon is a combination of ESP (a branch of psychic abilities) and eon (an immeasurably long period of time, possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). Eon is a suffix all Eeveeevolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.
Eifie is a combination of エスパー esupaa (ESPer, a person with psychic powers) and フィール fiiru (feel), referring to its extraordinary sensory abilities. It is very similar to Eevee, in both writing and sound (イーブイ/エーフィ).
In other languages
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Title
Meaning
Japanese
エーフィ Eifie
From エスパー esper and フィール feel. Also from イーブイ Eievui
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