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Vivillon (Japanese: ビビヨン Viviyon) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves from Spewpa starting at level 12. It is the final form of Scatterbug.

There are a total of 20 known Vivillon patterns, one of which is event-exclusive.

In Generations VI and VII, Vivillon's wing pattern depends on the real-world geographic location set on the game the Pokémon was generated in.

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Spewpa will always evolve into Fancy Pattern Vivillon, except if the Spewpa was transferred from another game via Pokémon HOME, or when the pattern Spewpa can evolve into has been changed by receiving a Postcard from Pokémon GO.

(Refer to Game data→Form data for more details.)

Biology

Vivillon is a butterfly-like Pokémon with wings that come in a large variety of patterns. It has a round, grayish head with large, black, pixelated eyes and a pair of skinny antennae. The tips of the antennae each have an ovoid scale that is dark gray on the upper half and beige on the lower half. Vivillon's thorax is an ovoid and divided into three segments; each segment is a different shade of gray. Its legs are also ovoid and are dark gray on the lower half, beige on the upper half, and have a black band in the middle. It has two black, circular hands and no visible arms. While Vivillon's wings come in a wide variety of colors and patterns, they always have black edges and pixelated markings. It can spread its scales to poison its opponents during battle or, as shown in the anime, to calm an opponent's fighting spirit. It is highly capable of finding sources of water, such as springs.

Vivillon is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Powder by leveling up.

Forms

Vivillon has 20 separate forms; the pattern of Vivillon's wings is affected by the climate and topography of the environment it lives and is born in.

Evolution

Vivillon evolves from Spewpa and is the final form of Scatterbug.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Poké Ball Pattern

Fancy Pattern

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Meadow Pattern

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds Base HP: 55 Base Attack: 75 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Attack Power: ★★★★★ Power of Five Increases the damage dealt by matching five Pokémon.
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #001 The patterns on a Vivillon's wings adapt to the environment. Even on the same island, you can find different Vivillon in areas with different climates.

Poké Ball Pattern

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #001 The patterns on a Vivillon's wings adapt to the environment. Even on the same island, you can find different Vivillon in areas with different climates.

Other Patterns

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #001 The patterns on a Vivillon's wings adapt to the environment. Even on the same island, you can find different Vivillon in areas with different climates.

Form data

Vivillon has 20 separate forms; each having different patterns on its wings. Scatterbug and Spewpa have the pattern of Vivillon they will evolve into already set when the Pokémon is generated; for Eggs, this means the game in which the Egg was created, regardless of parents. This form cannot be changed.

In Generation VI and Generation VII, its pattern depends on which geographic location the user specified on the Nintendo 3DS at the time the save file was created. This affects all Vivillon encountered within the game and can only be changed later by deleting the save file and creating a new one. Due to region locking, a Nintendo 3DS system can only pick from a certain subset of geographic locations, depending on which region the system is from. For a comprehensive list, see List of Nintendo 3DS country and region settings.

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, all wild Vivillon will have the Fancy Pattern by default (though other patterns are used by some NPCs). However, transferring a Postcard from Pokémon GO using the Mystery Gift feature in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will change the pattern of all wild Vivillon, to match the location the Postcard came from. Wild Scatterbug and Spewpa caught after receiving the Postcard will also evolve into Vivillon matching the Postcard's pattern. Scatterbug and Spewpa caught prior to receiving the postcard will not evolve with the Postcard's pattern. After 24 hours, the wild Pokémon will revert back to Fancy Pattern unless another Postcard has been used. Changing the time and date of the Nintendo Switch system may end the effect prematurely. An account cannot send more than one Postcard in a day, however multiple accounts can be linked each day and can each send a postcard. Furthermore, a Pokémon Scarlet and Violet save file may not receive the same Postcard more than once. All hatched Scatterbug will evolve into the Fancy Pattern regardless of Postcard effects. Using the Union Circle feature, players are able to see and catch wild Vivillon from other players' games, allowing them to catch various patterns of Vivillon regardless of whether they own a matching Postcard. Additionally, if the Scatterbug or Spewpa came from another game like Pokémon GO, it will retain the pattern it was assigned in its original game.

18 of the patterns correspond to certain regions, while the other two do not. The regions corresponding to each pattern differ somewhat between the Nintendo 3DS and Pokémon GO.

Regional patterns[1]
Archipelago	Puerto Rico, Anguilla, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, northern Venezuela, the Atlántico, La Guajira, and Magdalena Departments of Colombia, the state of Yucatán in Mexico, and the tip of South Africa.
Continental	China, Denmark, Germany, some provinces of Argentina, South Korea, and the Netherlands.
Elegant	Most areas of Japan.
Garden	United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand.
High Plains	Western United States, British Columbia province of Canada, and northern Mexico.
Icy Snow	Far northern regions of Norway and Russia, all of Finland except Åland, and Canada's Northwest and Yukon Territories.
Jungle	Malaysia, all of Colombia except the Atlántico, La Guajira, and Magdalena Departments, central and southern Venezuela, northern Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Singapore, some states in northern Brazil (namely Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Rondônia, and Roraima), French Guiana, and the state of Kerala in southwest India.
Marine	All of Chile except the Magallanes region, all of Spain except the Catalonia region, Portugal, and Italy.
Meadow	Large sections of France and the Catalonia region of Spain.
Modern	Central and southeastern United States.
Monsoon	India, Hong Kong, Okinawa, Tibet, and Taiwan.
Ocean	Hawaii and Réunion.
Polar	Alaska, the region of Magallanes in Chile, the provinces of Tierra del Fuego and Santa Cruz in Argentina, the northeastern United States, large sections of Canada, and areas of Sweden.
River	Most regions of Australia, the Canary Islands of Spain, and several African countries.
Sandstorm	Throughout the Middle East and parts of Turkey.
Savanna	Various provinces of Argentina, all of Brazil except some northern states, southern Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia.
Sun	Throughout southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Zimbabwe, and the Northern Territory of Australia.
Tundra	Norway, Iceland, and the Hokkaido region of Japan.
Event patterns
Fancy	The Fancy Pattern was originally an event-exclusive Pokémon and was distributed in Pokémon X and Y via the Nintendo Network from July 8 to 31, 2014 to celebrate the GTS's 100 millionth trade. By default, all Vivillon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have the Fancy Pattern, regardless of the set geographic location of the Nintendo Switch system; however, receiving a Postcard changes the pattern of wild Vivillon for 24 hours.
Poké Ball	This event-exclusive pattern resembles a standard Poké Ball. It was first distributed in Paris, France to promote the temporary Pokémon Center store.

Evolution data

Sprites

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Vivillon debuted in its Meadow Pattern form in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!, under the ownership of Viola. Viola used it in the Gym battle against Ash and in the rematch that took place in the following episode; particularly, it defeated Ash's Fletchling in both instances. It reappered in a flashback in To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler! and physically in Rocking Kalos Defenses! and Forming a More Perfect Union!, during which it partook in the fight against the Giant Rock.

Multiple Vivillon appeared in To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!. They debuted in their Continental, Elegant, Garden, Icy Snow, Savanna, and Sun Pattern forms in this episode, having evolved from a group of Spewpa that had been targeted by Dolan.

Multiple Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad. They were among the Pokémon residing in a forest.

A Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in Performing a Pathway to the Future!, under the ownership of Aria. It was used in the final round of the Gloire City Master Class Pokémon Showcase.

A Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in Battling With a Clean Slate!, under the ownership of Alvin. He used it his Gym battle against Clembot, where it defeated Magnemite, but then lost against Magneton.

Minor appearances

Multiple Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as residents of Allearth Forest.

Three Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!.

Two Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!, in which they were fleeing from Team Flare as they conducted an experiment.

Six Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in Seeing the Forest for the Trees!, having all evolved from a group of Spewpa.

Multiple Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Vivillon debuted in its Jungle Pattern form in The Mew from Here!.

Vivillon debuted in its Fancy Pattern form in HZ044, as part of the wild Pokémon dislocated by the Explorers's newly-built tower.

Four Fancy Pattern Vivillon appeared in HZ047.

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  Meadow Pattern Vivillon in the anime

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  Jungle Pattern Vivillon in the anime

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  Fancy Pattern Vivillon in the anime

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Generations

A Meadow Pattern Vivillon appeared in The Beauty Eternal, where it briefly flew past Café Soleil.

In the manga

Movie adaptations

A Vivillon appeared in the manga adaptation of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a resident of Allearth Forest.

Pokémon Adventures

Viola owns a Meadow Pattern Vivillon that she uses in her Gym. It first appeared in Kangaskhan...Kangascan't.

In Dancing Vivillon and Burning Fletchinder, fifteen Sky Trainers were hypnotized by Malva and used fifteen Vivillon, each with a different Pattern. The Vivillon Patterns which debuted were the Archipelago, Continental, Elegant, Garden, High Plains, Icy Snow, Jungle, Modern, Monsoon, Polar, River, Sandstorm, Savanna, Sun, and Tundra Patterns. The leader of these Sky Trainers, Yvette, has mentioned that she has 18 of the Vivillon Patterns, including the Poké Ball and Fancy Patterns. After their defeat and no longer being hypnotized the Vivillon safely land the Sky Trainers down in Shooting Frogadier. Yvette later uses a Marine Pattern Vivillon with her other Vivillon and in conjunction with Viola's Meadow Pattern Vivillon.

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  Archipelago, Sun, Savanna, Monsoon, Modern, High Plains, Icy Snow, River, Tundra, Polar, Sandstorm, Modern, Marine, Garden and Elegant Pattern Vivillon in Pokémon Adventures

In the TCG

Trivia

• Vivillon and its pre-evolved forms are the only Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.
• Vivillon and its pre-evolved forms are the only Generation VI Pokémon in the Bug Egg Group.
• Vivillon's effort value yield of 1 HP, 1 Special Attack, and 1 Speed is unique.
• Vivillon's Pokédex color has changed between generations:
  • In Generation VI, Vivillon's Pokédex color is black.
  • In Generation VII, Vivillon's Pokédex color is white.
  • In Pokémon HOME, each of Vivillon's forms are listed under distinct color groupings based on the color of their wings.
    • Since the release of Pokémon HOME, Vivillon is listed under the most Pokédex color groupings, with a total of nine.
    • Meadow Pattern and Fancy Pattern Vivillon are the only pink Bug-type Pokémon.
    • There currently exists a Vivillon form for every Pokédex color group, except black.
• Until Generation IX, Vivillon could not learn Iron Defense directly, even though its pre-evolution, Spewpa, was able to learn this move from a Move Tutor.
• As of Generation IX, Vivillon has the most Pokédex entries for a single Pokémon, with 20 per game (one for each form).
  • Prior to Version 1.2.0, only some of these 20 entries were accessible, as Spewpa could only evolve into Fancy Pattern Vivillon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and only a few other entries could be gained from NPC encounters.

Origin

Considering the many different varieties of Vivillon that differ depending on the player's geographic location, Vivillon may have been based on Papilio dardanus, which is known for having over 14 known morphs, each of which mimics a different distasteful species of butterfly. Its block-like wing patterns may be based on pixel art. Modern Pattern Vivillon in particular may be based on modern art, specifically the De Stijl movement.

Name origin

Vivillon and Viviyon may be a combination of vivid and papillon (French for butterfly). It may also involve 美 bi (Japanese for beauty) or brillant (French for brilliant).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ビビヨン Viviyon From 美 bi, vivid, and papillon French Prismillon From prisme and papillon Spanish Vivillon Same as English name German Vivillon Same as English name Italian Vivillon Same as English name Korean 비비용 Vivillon Transcription of English name Mandarin Chinese 彩粉蝶 Cǎifěndié* 碧粉蝶 Bìfěndié* From 彩 cǎi, 鱗粉 línfěn, and 蝶 dié From 碧 bì, 鱗粉 línfěn, and 蝶 dié Cantonese Chinese 彩粉蝶 Chóifándihp* 碧粉蝶 Bīkfándihp* From 彩 chói, 鱗粉 lèuhnfán, and 蝶 dihp From 碧 bīk, 鱗粉 lèuhnfán, and 蝶 dihp

More languages Hebrew ויוולון Vivilon Transcription of English name Hindi विवलीयॉन Vivillion Similar to English name Russian Вивийон Viviyon Transcription of English name Thai วิวิญอง Wiwiyong Transcription of Japanese name

Icy Snow Pattern

Polar Pattern

Tundra Pattern

Continental Pattern

Garden Pattern

Elegant Pattern

Meadow Pattern

Modern Pattern

Marine Pattern

Archipelago Pattern

High Plains Pattern

Sandstorm Pattern

River Pattern

Monsoon Pattern

Savanna Pattern

Sun Pattern

Ocean Pattern

Jungle Pattern

Fancy Pattern

Poké Ball Pattern

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