| There have been only 10 shiny Pokémon seen in the Anime Series so far. These Pokémon are listed below. |
Pokémon Name |
Picture |
Description |
First Seen |
Magneton |
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Magneton's shiny form appeared in the Johto League, Jackson from New Bark Town had one and used it in his battle against Ash. It was a formiddable foe for Ash as it took down Ash's Pikachu & Cyndaquil without even sweating. However Ash's Bulbasaur managed to take it out. The Magneton hasnt been seen from again. |
Episode 270: Tie One On |
Magikarp |
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Magikarp's shiny form appeared in Mid-Late Hoenn with a Cameo role. In it, a trainer called Jimmy accidentally caught one while fishing. However as soon as he did that, a trainer came along and offered to trade it for his Charmeleon. Jimmy accepted and Magikarp was given to the random trainer. |
Episode 368: The Three Animal Appearence! The Referee School Island!! |
Gyarados |
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Gyarados's shiny form appeared in late Johto, however it wasn't officially a Shiny form. In it, Team Rocket were forcing evolutions of Magikarp into Gyarados but the Gyarados failed to change Colour during evolution. It got very angry and started a Rampage in the Lake of Rage and Mahogany time. Luckily Lance Captured it and stopped it. He later on used it in Hoenn to help stop Kyogre & Groudon's battle. |
Episode 237: Talkin Bout An Evolution |
Noctowl |
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This Pokémon was seen in early Johto. It was being researched by a Pokémon Researcher. he tried to catch it but failed. Ash however managed to successfully battle it with Pikachu and caught it. It became a very important member of Ash's team and helped him win many Gym Battles & League Matches in the Johto League. It currently spends it's time at Oak's Lab in Pallet Town. |
Episode 156: Fowl Play |
Pichu |
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Pichu's shiny form has technically yet to appear in the animé. It features in the recent ending based upon the Notched Ear Pichu. In this ending, it is shown to be the rival of the Notched-Ear Pichu. No further appearances have been slated. |
Get Fired Up - Notched-Ear Pichu |
Shuckle |
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Shuckle's shiny form appeared in Early-Mid Johto. In it, Old Man Shuckle was looking for it to get the best Berry Juice's possible, a Love Potion, aswell as the batch from the rest of his Shuckles. However Team Rocket tried stealing it and use it for their own uses...but rest assured it got returned to Old Man Shuckle in time. |
Episode 172: A Better Pill To Swallow |
Donphan |
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Donphan's shiny form appeared in Mid-Late Hoenn. In it, it seemed that many of the Standard Donphan were falling in love with it and were trying to impress it with displaying their Rollout Attacks. |
Episode 391: Rollout! Loving Donphan!! |
Dustox |
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Dustox's shiny form appeared in Sinnoh. When the gang reach Lake Valor, they find it is time for the Dustox Crossing. Within the Dustox is a special Dustox owned by a trainer called Austin. This Dustox captures the eye of Jessie's Dustox and eventually leaves its trainer to mate with Jessie's Dustox. |
Episode 541: Crossing Paths |
Swellow |
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Swellow's shiny form appeared in the Fortree Gym in Hoenn. Winona, the Gym Leader, had one and used it in a battle against Ash. It knew Aerial Ace and was hard to stop. It managed to take out Ash's Grovyle, however Ash's own Swellow managed to stop it in it's tracks after a hard long battle. |
Episode 361: Fortree Gym! Sky Battle! |
Metagross |
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Metagross's shiny form appeared in Sinnoh. After going their seperate ways following another failed attempt to capture Pikachu, Jessie & James encounter the shiny Metagross within a cave. The Metagross quickly attacked them until they managed to make it go into a canyon. |
Episode 585: Noodles: Roamin' Off |
