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Vaporeon (Japanese: シャワーズ Showers) is a  introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from when exposed to a Water Stone. It is one of Eevee's final forms, the others being, , , , , , and.

Biology
Vaporeon is a Pokémon that shares physical traits with both aquatic and land animals. Vaporeon's body is light blue with a dark blue marking around its head and a spiky ridge down its spine. It has black eyes and a tiny black nose. There a white fin encircling its neck and three fins with cream-colored webbing on its head. One of these fins is on each side of its head similar to ears and one is directly on top of its head similar in appearance to a. Vaporeon is a quadruped with three small toes on each foot and dark blue paw pads on the hind feet. Its split tail fin has been mistaken for a mermaid's in the past. It can detect moisture with its fins, which vibrate when rain will fall soon.

Vaporeon is mostly found in under the ownership of a. It is rarely seen in the wild, but it prefers clean freshwater lakes. It has developed gills to become better suited to an aquatic lifestyle, and its cell composition's similarity to water allows it to melt into the water. This ability enables Vaporeon to remain camouflaged while swimming and ambush its prey: fish Pokémon.

Major appearances
In The Battling Eevee Brothers, 's Vaporeon was targeted in one of 's schemes.

In The Ultimate Test, battled a Vaporeon during the Pokémon League entrance exam. He used a provided to him, only for Vaporeon to defeat Meowth with.

In Mewtwo Strikes Back and its remake Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, Fergus's Vaporeon was captured and cloned by. The Vaporeon clone reappeared in Mewtwo Returns.

In Trouble's Brewing and Espeon, Not Included, Sumomo, one of the Kimono Sisters, owns a Vaporeon. It was used in a match against and, and it was able to defeat Poliwhirl with.

In On Olden Pond, Galea's agile Vaporeon helped Ash train his.

In Last Call — First Round!, Ursula's evolved into a Vaporeon as part of the Performance Stage of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.

Virgil's male Vaporeon debuted in Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!, along with an Eevee and her other evolutions at the time. In Curtain Up, Unova League!, it battled Ultimo's during the first round of the Vertress Conference and ultimately won in the next episode.

In Eevee & Friends, a dramatic Vaporeon was with an Eevee and its other evolutions, including the newly introduced.

In Mystery on a Deserted Island!, one of three Eevee evolved into a Vaporeon with a Water Stone found on the.

In Turning Heads and Training Hard!, a Vaporeon was summoned to help Ilima's Eevee perform. In the Poké Problem segment of the next episode, it saw Ilima and Eevee off.

Minor appearances
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Vaporeon was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In Pikachu Re-Volts, a Vaporeon fell under the control of Cassidy and Butch via their at Mandarin Island North.

In The Power of One, a Vaporeon sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

A Vaporeon appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In The Fire-ing Squad!, four Vaporeon competed in the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix.

In The Legend of Thunder!, a Vaporeon was at the Pokémon Center.

In Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, a Trainer's Vaporeon competed in the Tour de Alto Mare. Another Trainer's Vaporeon was given bath from a fountain.

In Johto Photo Finish, Gary's demonstration featured a Vaporeon evolving from an Eevee.

A Vaporeon appeared in A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, under the ownership of Lola. It reappeared in a fantasy in Grating Spaces!.

In A Bite to Remember, Brock's demonstration featured a Vaporeon evolving from an Eevee.

Multiple Vaporeon appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

A 's Vaporeon appeared in Deceit and Assist.

In Giratina and the Sky Warrior, a Vaporeon was together with an Eevee and the other six Eeveelutions at the time.

In Tag Team Battle Inspiration!, 's fantasy featured a Vaporeon as she imagined what Serena's Eevee could evolve into.

In I Choose You!, a Trainer's Vaporeon was injured trying to battle and was subsequently brought to a Pokémon Center.

A Trainer's Vaporeon appeared in The Power of Us.

In Battling on the Wing!, a Trainer's Vaporeon watched the Manalo Conference s.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
A Vaporeon belonging to Rainer appeared in To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!, where it battled, but was easily defeated.

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
A Vaporeon appears in The Master Plan... for Romance!.



In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Blame it on Eevee, a mutated Eevee could switch between his evolved forms, one of which is a Vaporeon. him, adds him to his team, and nicknames him Vee. Later, it used the Fire, Water, and Thunder Stones of Vermilion Harbor, which were given to him by, to evolve and devolve him freely and faster. Eventually, he lost the ability to devolve after permanently becoming an, but Red felt more content now that he'd been freed from the pain that Team Rocket's experiments had dealt.

A Vaporeon appeared in The Kindest Tentacruel as one of the Pokémon in 's fantasy about evolution via Evolution stone.

A Vaporeon by  and lent to  for his Battle Pike challenge appeared in Moving Past Milotic.

A Vaporeon appeared in Pleased as Punch With Parasect, under the ownership of a Kimono Girl.

A Vaporeon appeared in a fantasy in PS553.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Vaporeon appeared in Seize The Unmanned Power Plant!!.

A Vaporeon appeared in Clefairy Evolves... At Last?!.

A Vaporeon appeared in Curry Showdown! Which is the Most Delicious? as one of the participants of a curry cooking competition.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga
A Vaporeon appeared in a fantasy in PZ04.

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Trivia

 * Vaporeon is the only that appears in the  of Pal Park.
 * In Generation I, Vaporeon had a notably different design with the backs of its ears being all black, fins on each leg, and a fin running down the entire length of its back. All of these details were removed in Generation II. Notably, these details weren't present in its original artwork.
 * In, Vaporeon is programmed to learn both and  at level 42; however, a bug prevents a Pokémon from learning more than one move at the same level, so Vaporeon cannot learn Mist in Yellow.
 * Vaporeon was designed by Atsuko Nishida.
 * Vaporeon has the highest base stat of all Eeveelutions.

Origin
Vaporeon's origins are uncertain, though it could be based on a cross between aquatic creatures,, and. The fins and dorsal lining may be based on different types of. Its ears resemble a mix between a fish's fin and a 's ears. Its tail also shares characteristics with s or s.

Vaporeon may also be inspired by the of, or the , a national symbol of. Its ability to become invisible and turn into water might be inspired by the. Vaporeon's resemblance to both ns and ns could be based on, such as . Its fringe around its neck resembles a and gives it a resemblance to a.

Name origin
Vaporeon is a combination of vapor (a gaseous form of water) and eon (an immeasurably long period of time, possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). Eon is a suffix all evolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.

Showers is literally showers, as in rain showers.

Related articles

 * Vee
 * Vaporeon (MPJ)
 * Eeveelution