#035 - Clefairy

CLEFAIRY

IN SHOW

People remember Clefairy for one reason; Mt. Moon. That impassable beast of a mountain was littered with rare Clefairy in the show, which people would think meant that you would never see one. Ash happens across one the moment he steps foot on the path leading to the mountain, and he does this not once but twice. Clefairy would be just jumping around being lost and scared, or trying to find a member of its clan that was lost or scared and Ash would have no choice but to help it. It showed where the Moon Stone was in Mt. Moon, which was actually more like a giant meteorite and less like the stone we were expecting. Clefairy also showed up in another town trying to gather parts for its space ship. Oh right, did I forget to mention that? Clefairy is from space! It’s a proven fact because at the end of the episode you see them go up into space. No wonder they’re so lost down here on Poke-Earth.

WHY YOU WANT A CLEFAIRY

Despite the fact that Clefairy apparently gets lost even when it’s in the only location in Kanto where you can find it so you’d think it’d know its way around the place, Clefairy actually happens to be a pretty useful pokemon. Easy to evolve, as almost all pokemon found around Mt. Moon are because hey, the Moon Stone is just within the mountain, and even as a Clefairy it can still learn some interesting moves. Maybe not any moves that would actually be particularly useful for fighting, but it does learn Sing which can make it pretty useful for catching other pokemon. Also, the picture is definitely a Clefairy. Bonus points!

WHY YOU DO NOT WANT A CLEFAIRY

If you caught a Clefairy it was because you actually happened to come across one, harder to do than Ash Ketchum makes it appear, and you were so stunned that you couldn’t help but catch it. It’s from outer space! You’re not gonna let that one pass you by. But if you were looking for damage dealing moves, Clefairy is not the pokemon. Sure it gets a bonus to Pound and Double Slap, but other than Metronome which (as many trainers would tell you) is better for a laugh than relying on it to be useful, those will be the only damage dealing moves it will learn. Forever.

IN SUMMARY

Clefairy was hard to get in the games, and thinking in turns of flavour, it’s because they’re peaceful shy little things that don’t want to hurt anyone. And guess what? They’re move set actually shows that. They don’t want to be caught and it’s not because they don’t like you, but they just don’t want to hurt your feelings when you expect the pokemon you catch to be able to hold their own in a tough fighting world and all they can do is gently sing your opponents to sleep. Clefairy is actually a really neat addition to the pokemon games because their move set reflects what they’re personalities are supposed to be like.