Unown

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#201 Unown

Unown's artwork for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Category

Symbol Pokémon

Original Region

Johto

National Dex Nr.

#201

Johto Dex Nr.

#061

Sinnoh

#114

Generation

2

Pokémon Color

Black

Type(s)

Psychic

Ability/ies

Levitate

Average Height

1'08"

Average Weight

11.0 lbs.

Evolves From

N/A

Evolves Into

N/A

Unown, known in Japan as アンノーン (Unknown) is an intriguing Psychic-type Pokémon, first discovered in Johto. Markings of it are found on the walls of the Ruins of Alph in Johto, the Tanobi Ruins on one of the Sevii Islands, and the Solaceon Ruins on Sinnoh, usually forming words. Unown are also only found in the previously mentioned ruins.

Biology

Unown are flat, thin Pokémon. Their body consist of a white eye with a black-blue pupil, a black skin covering said eye, and random appendages that form an alphabetic character, but for some Unown, a punctuation as well. Twenty-six Unown appear to resemble the Latin alphabet, and they also have their eye fully open. The other two, the ones resembling punctuation marks, have their eye rather half-closed. It has yet to be uncovered whether written language or the Unown came first.

It has quite its association with the Mythical Pokémon Arceus. When Arceus recreates time, space or antimatter, dozens of Unown appear to cooperate with the Alpha Pokémon. Also, Unown's form of communication (what is debated on to be either telepathy or electromagnetic waves) can be caught on via the Pokégear, which forms a melody out of it. Said melody is the same as the one played on the Azure Flute, a special item that allows its player to visit Arceus's abode.

Multitudes of Unown are capable of altering the reality and unleash great power, but a single Unown on its own is next to worthless.

Despite not legendary or mythical, Unown are quite rare and mysterious, said to live in their own Dimension and visiting the Pokémon world rarely.

Fanon

Mega Evolution

At some point, Unown recieved Mega Evolutions for all 28 Formes. Each Form changed its typing to some combination and each gained a new ability called Mysterious Power which gives the Unown 2 moves for each of its types.

Rock - Rock Slide, Ancient Power
Water - Water Pulse, Bubblebeam
Electric - Thunderbolt, Parabolic Charge
Grass - Giga Drain, Leaf Blade
Poison - Sludge Bomb, Poison Jab
Psychic - Psychic, Zen Headbutt
Fire - Flamethrower, Incinerate
Ground - Earth Power, Mud Bomb
Flying - Aerial Ace, Sky Attack
Bug - Bug Buzz, X-Scissor
Normal - Body Slam, Hyper Voice
Ghost - Shadow Ball, Phantom Force
Fighting - Hammer Arm, Focus Blast
Steel - Iron Head, Flash Cannon
Ice - Ice Beam, Avalanche
Dragon - Dragon Pulse, Dragon Claw
Dark - Dark Pulse, Night Slash
Fairy - Dazzling Gleam, Play Rough

Base Stats
HP		48
Attack		100
Defense		60
Sp. Attack		100
Sp. Defense		60
Speed		68
Total		436

Unown Letter	Type 1	Type 2
A	Electric	Poison
B	Psychic	Fairy
C	Ghost	Poison
D	Water	Ice
E	Rock	Bug
F	Flying	Electric
G	Ground	Normal
H	Steel	Fighting
I	Grass	Flying
J	Poison	Fairy
K	Dragon	Flying
L	Normal	Fighting
M	Dark	Dragon
N	Rock	Ground
O	Ice	Psychic
P	Grass	Fairy
Q	Ground	Fighting
R	Fire	Steel
S	Rock	Psychic
T	Bug	Flying
U	Water	Ghost
V	Ice	Normal
W	Ghost	Rock
X	Dragon	Grass
Y	Bug	Electric
Z	Fighting	Fire
!	Steel	Dark
?	Water	Dark

Statistics

Base Stats
HP		48
Attack		72
Defense		48
Sp. Attack		72
Sp. Defense		48
Speed		48
Total		336

Trivia

Out of all the official Pokémon, Unown has the most forms regarded as alternate appearances.

Origin

All of Unown's formes are shaped after the 26 letters of the modern Latin Alphabet, with the addition of the Exclamation and Question marks. Their ancient history also makes connections to ancient writing and hieroglyphs in the real world.

Name Origin

Unown's English and Japanese names are based on the same word, the English "unknown". However, the Japanese name literally is Unknown, while the English name is a corruption of said word.