Unown

#201 Unown
Unown's artwork for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Category	Symbol Pokémon
Original Region	Johto
National Dex Nr.	#201
Johto Dex Nr.	#061
Other Regional Dex Nr(s).
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.

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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.

1. Rock - Rock Slide, Ancient Power
2. Water - Water Pulse, Bubblebeam
3. Electric - Thunderbolt, Parabolic Charge
4. Grass - Giga Drain, Leaf Blade
5. Poison - Sludge Bomb, Poison Jab
6. Psychic - Psychic, Zen Headbutt
7. Fire - Flamethrower, Incinerate
8. Ground - Earth Power, Mud Bomb
9. Flying - Aerial Ace, Sky Attack
10. Bug - Bug Buzz, X-Scissor
11. Normal - Body Slam, Hyper Voice
12. Ghost - Shadow Ball, Phantom Force
13. Fighting - Hammer Arm, Focus Blast
14. Steel - Iron Head, Flash Cannon
15. Ice - Ice Beam, Avalanche
16. Dragon - Dragon Pulse, Dragon Claw
17. Dark - Dark Pulse, Night Slash
18. Fairy - Dazzling Gleam, Play Rough

Statistics

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.

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