Legendary beasts

The legendary beasts is the collective term used to refer to the trio of Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. However, many still refer to them as legendary cats or legendary dogs - depending on if they personally see canine or feline features in the individual Pokémon.

The beasts are available in several of the Pokémon games, as opposed to their other legendary trio counterparts. Not only are the three (reduced to just Raikou and Entei in Crystal) available roaming the wilds of Johto in Generation II, but just as well appear in Generation III in both Pokémon Colosseum, where they are transformed into Shadow Pokémon by Cipher and owned by the admins Dakim, Venus, and Ein, and in FireRed and LeafGreen, where one of the three is instead roaming the Kanto region. The one that happens to roam Kanto is affected by the player's choice of a starter Pokémon at the beginning of the game, with Raikou appearing to trainers who chose Squirtle, Entei to those who took Bulbasaur, and Suicune to those who chose to go with Charmander.

A direct counterpart to the Generation I trio, the beasts find their master in Ho-Oh, who revived them when Ecruteak City's Brass Tower burned. They are said to embody the three events that happened to the tower: the lightning that struck the tower, the fire that burned in the tower, and the water that put it out.

Of the three, Suicune finds the most independence, appearing as a version mascot on the boxart of Pokémon Crystal, and taking an expanded role in that game. As well, Suicune appears in Pokémon 4Ever to save the day, though Entei was the first of the three to have a movie appearance, in Spell of the Unown. Raikou was delegated to a more minor role, appearing as the central character in The Legend of Thunder!, where Jimmy, not Ash, encountered it.

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