
She had been forced to say goodbye to it several days before the events of the episode, leaving Tiara distraught. In Star Night, Star Flight!, a Cleffa that Tiara once befriended appeared in flashbacks and as an illusion.

In The Brockster Is In!, Normajean's Cleffa was badly poisoned by a Tentacruel, alongside several of her other baby Pokémon. In A Real Cleffa-Hanger, multiple Cleffa were revealed to be living at Mt. Ash and his friends had to get the Star Shape Pokémon back to its group before Team Rocket and the Pokémon Mystery Club could get their hands on it. In Wish Upon a Star Shape, a Cleffa fell from a spaceship that belonged to the kleptomaniac Clefairy from Clefairy Tales.

Lillie then held her in a flashback in Night of a Thousand Poses!.

In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and A Glaring Rivalry!, Lusamine's Clefable was seen as a Cleffa held by Gladion in a photo. The anime showed that its evolved forms (and therefore Cleffa itself) are actually extraterrestrial Pokémon.Ī Cleffa Egg in the anime Major appearances Lusamine's Cleffa Because of this, as well as its own star-shaped silhouette, Cleffa is commonly believed to have arrived on a shooting star. It is fascinated by anything resembling stars and meteors, such as Minior. They quench their thirst the next morning by drinking dew. Sightings of Cleffa become more likely during nights illuminated by shooting stars, where they dance the night away this dance is said to bring good fortune to any who witness it. It has a curl on its forehead and a curled up tail.Ĭleffa lives in mountainous regions, typically found at meteor impact sites.

It possesses stubby arms and legs, which have no defined digits and come to a point. Cleffa has two small black eyes, a small mouth, and it appears to have a small, permanent blush on its cheeks.
