Sableye (Pokémon)
Sableye (Japanese: ヤミラミ Yamirami) is a dual-type Dark/Ghost Pokémon introduced in Generation III.
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While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Sableye can Mega Evolve into Mega Sableye using the Sablenite.
Biology
Sableye is a bipedal Pokémon with a dark purple body, armed with sharp teeth and claws, which it uses to dig through soil. It has pale blue, gemstone-like eyes, which allow it to see in low light and sparkle in the dark. It also has a red gemstone on its chest, and its back has a blue and green gemstone as well as another red one. These gem-like eyes and adornments on its body are caused by its diet, which consists of rocks and raw gemstones. It also targets Carbink as prey, though they are usually taken by Gabite before Sableye can reach them. It is feared by people since it is said to steal a person's soul if they look into its eyes. It is nocturnal and is rarely seen. It lives in caves.
As Mega Sableye, all the energy from its Mega Evolution is concentrated into the red jewel on its chest, causing it to rip out of Sableye's skin and significantly increase in size; the detached jewel leaves a small hole in Mega Sableye's chest. Its ears elongate, and it gains a spike on the top of its head. Its teeth turn from white to yellow, and its eyes also change from pale blue to a crimson red, with diagonal slits at their inner edges. Its back gains more gems: a second green one, a second red one, and two small yellow gems. The enlarged jewel is said to boast such incredible hardness that no attack can even leave a scratch on it. During battle, Mega Sableye shelters itself behind the jewel, from where it can take advantage of any openings its target leaves exposed.[1] However, being forced to support its massive jewel leaves Sableye unable to turn quickly, making it vulnerable from behind.
In the anime
Major appearances
Sableye debuted in Oaknapped!, under the ownership of Cassidy, where it was used to battle Ritchie. It reappeared in A Date With Delcatty and Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!.
Sableye made its main series debut in Ready, Willing, and Sableye, where it was playing tricks on Ash and his friends.
In PK15, a Sableye was living in a spooky house.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, multiple Sableye tried to stop Team Poképals from getting on the Rainbow Stoneship.
In the Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures short In the Dark, Hoopa's summoning of multiple Litwick rudely awakened four Sableye.
In Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!, Carrie used in a Sableye a battle against Ash, since Carrie believed he was the threat to Kalos that Olympia had predicted.
In Guiding an Awakening!, Nanu used a Sableye in his grand trial against Ash. Despite using Mean Look on Lycanroc to immobilize it, it was defeated by the Wolf Pokémon's Stone Edge.
Minor appearances
A Sableye appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
In Lessons in Lilycove, a Coordinator's Sableye competed in the Lilycove City Contest.
A Coordinator's Sableye appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, a Sableye was living at Pokémon Hills.
In Summer of Discovery!, Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!, and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!, a Trainer's Sableye attended the Pokémon Summer Camp.
A Sableye that can Mega Evolve into Mega Sableye appeared in the ending segment of Mega Evolution Special II.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Mega Evolution Special III.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.
Six Sableye appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, all under the ownership of a different Trainer. One of them appeared in a flashback.
A student's Sableye appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!. It reappeared in the banned episode SM064.
A Sableye appeared in a fantasy in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!.
In Rocking Clawmark Hill!, two Sableye were training up on Clawmark Hill.
Two Trainers' Sableye appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins....
Two Trainers' Sableye appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Faba's Revenge!.
In Smashing with Sketch!, a Sableye competed in the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Sours for the Sweet!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in All They Want to Do is Dance Dance!.
In Securing the Future!, three Trainers' Sableye joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in League Offenders and Defenders!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in The Road to The Semifinals!.
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Z-Move Showdown!.
In Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, a Trainer's Sableye participated in a Raid Battle against a Lugia.
In a flashback in Trials of a Budding Master!, a Trainer's Sableye battled Ash in a World Coronation Series match.
A Sableye appeared on Mega Island in An Adventure of Mega Proportions!.
A Sableye appeared in JN091.
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Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer

In the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer, a Mega Sableye defended itself from a Mega Lopunny.
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in The Gathering of Stars.
In the manga

Movie adaptations
Two Sableye appeared in ICYR2.
Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter
Sableye first appeared in The Last Battle XIV as a wild Pokémon pictured in one of the many photographs of unseen Pokémon that Professor Oak discovered.
Ruby & Sapphire chapter
A Sableye appeared in Dreadful Dealing with Dusclops, where it was attacking Wally inside the Sky Pillar.
Emerald chapter
In Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, a Sableye appeared as a Battle Factory rental Pokémon that Emerald faced. It was stolen by Guile Hideout in Skirting Around Surskit I.
A Sableye appeared in Verily Vanquishing Vileplume I, under the ownership of Hex Maniac Valerie. It took part in the preview Battle Dome tournament.
Diamond & Pearl chapter
A Sableye appears as one of the Pokémon owned by the Team Galactic commander Jupiter. She used it alongside her Gastrodon and Tangrowth to attack Platinum, Candice, and Maylene when they arrived in Lake Acuity. It first appeared in Stopping Sableye.
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire chapter
Draconid Renza owns a Sableye, which appeared in Omega Alpha Adventure 6.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
A Trainer's Sableye appeared in Legend? Check! Friends? Check!.
Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
Sableye is Brawly's only known Pokémon, as seen in The Haunted Gym. It is considered an unusual choice for him as it was not a Fighting-type and it is immune to Fighting moves.
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NPC appearances
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Six Sableye acted as assistants to Dusknoir and had a number of appearances over the course of the game. After the player defeats Dusknoir and the Sableye in the Hidden Land, the Sableye all flee.
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Six Sableye perform the same role as above, and in addition appear in Special Episode 5, which contains the events happening after Grovyle returns to the future with Dusknoir, and play a role in the episode's plot.
- Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: One of Dusknoir's Sableye appears as a recruitable Pokémon but will only post the connection request after Dusknoir is recruited. Sableye's request also leads to Spiritomb's recruitment.
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| RS | Pokémon Center New York Campaign 5 Sableye | English | United States | 18 | August 14 to 20, 2004 |
| RSEFRLG | Gather More Pokémon! Fifth Campaign Sableye | Japanese | Japan | 10 | March 21 to April 9, 2006 |
| BWB2W2 | Chief Golgo's Sableye | Japanese | Japan | 50 | September 15 to 28, 2013 |
| AS | Shigeki Morimoto's Sableye | PAL region | Online | 50 | August 5, 2015 to January 22, 2016 |
| ORAS | Mega Campaign Sableye | All | Japan | 100 | January 1 to 31, 2016 |
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110 - 157 | 210 - 304 | |
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72 - 139 | 139 - 273 | |
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72 - 139 | 139 - 273 | |
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63 - 128 | 121 - 251 | |
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63 - 128 | 121 - 251 | |
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49 - 112 | 94 - 218 | |
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110 - 157 | 210 - 304 | |
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81 - 150 | 157 - 295 | |
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117 - 194 | 229 - 383 | |
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81 - 150 | 157 - 295 | |
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Trivia
- Sableye seems to be the counterpart of Mawile. Both of them are version-exclusive to Ruby and Sapphire, HeartGold and SoulSilver, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and Sword and Shield. Both also have Mega Evolved forms and the same base stat totals, as well as HP and Speed.
- Sableye shares its category with Murkrow. They are both known as the Darkness Pokémon.
- Sableye is the only Ghost-type Pokémon in the Human-Like Egg Group.
- Mega Sableye is the slowest Dark-type Pokémon.
- Prior to the introduction of the Fairy type in Generation VI, Sableye (along with Spiritomb) had no elemental weaknesses under normal battle conditions (using Foresight can expose its Dark-type vulnerability to Fighting). As this occurred without the aid of an Ability, it was commonly hacked to have the ability Wonder Guard, making it immune to all direct damage. This hack is commonly referred to as Wondereye.
Origin
Sableye seems to be a stylization of the Hopkinsville Goblin, a creature from an alleged Kentucky "alien encounter" described as having shining eyes, small legs, clawed arms and swaying hips (a movement that Sableye imitates in the 3D Pokémon games). The Hopkinsville aliens are most famous in Japan, where they have appeared in other anime and video games.
The ruby, sapphire, and emerald on Sableye's body may be a reference to the three games of the generation it debuted in.
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