It evolves into Floette starting at level 19, which evolves into Florges when exposed to a Shiny Stone. Flabébé also has five separate forms, each named for the color of its flower: Red Flower, Yellow Flower, Orange Flower, Blue Flower, and White Flower.
Flabébé is a small Pokémon with a white upper half and a green lower half. It has beady eyes, a pink blush mark on each cheek, long, notched ears, and a small, pointed nose. On top of its head are several spheres of pollen that form a crown. It has stubby arms and a tail, but no visible legs. Flabébé is a female-only species with no male counterpart. It is one of the shortest and lightest Pokémon in existence.
Flabébé is usually seen holding the yellow stigma of a flower, called a “Fairy Flower” in the anime. The flower has three stamens and rounded petals that can be red, yellow, orange, blue, or white. It also has a short green stem with three small leaves. Its crown is made from the flower's pollen, which has healing properties. Flabébé can control and draw power out of the flower but is unsafe without it. However, it will continue searching until it finds a flower that it likes. Once it does, Flabébé will spend the rest of its life taking care of that flower. The anime has shown that if one of the petals on a Flabébé's flower falls off, it will be unable to float around.
Flabébé have five separate forms, each with one of five different flower colors: red, yellow, orange, blue, and white. The flower color is maintained through evolution into Floette and then Florges, and cannot be changed.
In Pokémon X and Y, Flabébé appear in the wild in flowers, with the colors of Flabébé's flower available depending on the flower patch (although each flower patch has multiple Flabébé flower colors).
In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, wild Yellow Flower Flabébé appear in Melemele Meadow, with Orange and White Flower Flabébé appearing when called as allies in an SOS Battle. Red and Blue Flower Flabébé can be obtained by breeding Floette. Red Flower Floette appear in Ula'ula Meadow, Orange and White Flower Floette appear when called as allies in an SOS Battle, and wild Blue Flower Floette appear in Poni Meadow and do not call for help.
Hatched Flabébé have the same color flower as their mother, or the same form as the Flabébé, Floette, or Florges parent if bred with Ditto.
In Generation VI, as only Red, Yellow, and Blue Flower Floette can be caught in the Friend Safari, it is impossible to obtain a White or Orange Flower Flabébé, Floette, or Florges with the Hidden AbilitySymbiosis. In Generation VII, all forms of the Flabébé evolutionary line can have their Hidden Ability, though the Blue Flower forms cannot be caught with it and must be transferred with it from a prior game in order to have it.
In Pokémon GO, the various forms of Flabébé, and by extension their evolutionary forms, have varied appearances depending on which region the game is at: Yellow Flabébé is found in the Americas, while Red Flabébé is found in Asia-Pacific regions and Blue Flabébé is found in Europe, Africa, and the Middle-East. The Orange and White versions are technically found everywhere, but are considered rare spawns.
In To Find a Fairy Flower!, Grey's Red Flower Flabébé lost her Fairy Flower, prompting her to attach herself to Bonnie's hair until she and her friends found a new Fairy Flower.
In A Festival Reunion!, Goh caught one Blue, Yellow, Red, and Orange Flower Flabébé each in Shalour City. A White Flower Flabébé also appeared in the episode, marking the form's anime debut. The episode ended with Goh running after her to catch her, which he was revealed to have succeeded at in The Cuteness Quotient!. In Under Color of Darkness!, all of the Flabébé evolved into Floette, and Goh released his White Flower Floette in the episode's ending.
Multiple Orange Flower, Yellow Flower, and Blue Flower Flabébé appeared in the opening sequence of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. This movie also marked the Blue Flower Flabébé's debut.
In Facing the Grand Design!, multiple Red Flower, Orange Flower, Yellow Flower, and Blue Flower Flabébé were living near Grace Tower. This episode also marked the main series debuts of the Blue Flower and Yellow Flower Flabébé.
Excluding Mega Evolutions, Flabébé and its evolutions are the only Fairy-type Pokémon introduced prior to Generation VIII that cannot be obtained in any Generation VIII game.
Origin
Flabébé appears to be based on fairies and nymphs, in particular Antheia due to its flower wreath-like "crown" upon its head, as well as possibly Chloris. It may have also been inspired by the concept of insect pollination, considering its small stature and grasp upon the flower's female organ, the stigma - its wreath also resembles the clumps of pollen that gathers on the bodies of pollinator insects.
Name origin
Flabébé may be a combination of フラワー flower and bébé (French for baby).
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