Edition differences: original GBA and Nintendo Switch (2026)
Battle data describes Generation III rules. Availability notes distinguish native catches, evolution and breeding from original GBA imports. GBA games can trade with compatible Generation III games after the network quest; Switch supports local FireRed/LeafGreen trading and cannot import Pokémon from other games. Transfers to Pokémon HOME are one way.
GBA: AuroraTicket and MysticTicket required historical event distributions. Switch: both tickets are added after entering the Hall of Fame, providing access to Deoxys on Birth Island and Lugia/Ho-Oh on Navel Rock. Other event Pokémon and GBA imports are not made available by these tickets.
Original GBA: a roaming Entei or Raikou that successfully ends an encounter with Roar disappears permanently because of a game bug. The Switch editions fix this Roar disappearance bug.
Celebi
#251 in the National Pokédex • Time Travel Pokémon
Pokédex entries
FireRed
When CELEBI disappears deep in a forest, it is said to leave behind an egg it brought from the future.
LeafGreen
This Pokémon wanders across time. Grass and trees flourish in the forests in which it has appeared.
Details
Types
Category
Ability
Height
Weight
National Pokédex
Stats
Min
Max
HP
100
310
404
Attack
100
184
328
Defense
100
184
328
Sp. Atk
100
184
328
Sp. Def
100
184
328
Speed
100
184
328
Total
600
Ranges are for Level 100. Max assumes a beneficial nature, 252 EVs, and 31 IVs; min assumes a hindering nature, 0 EVs, and 0 IVs.
Game availability
GBA: requires importing from another Generation III game.Switch: unavailable. This page documents the supported Generation III Pokémon.
Growth
| EV yield | 3 HP |
|---|---|
| Catch rate | 45 |
| Base Exp. | 64 |
Eggs
| Egg groups | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Genderless |
| Egg cycles | 120 (30,975 steps) |
Evolution
Celebi
#251
No evolution stages listed for this game.
Held Items
Moves
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Leech Seed | |  Status | - | 90 | 10 | A seed is planted on the foe to steal some HP for the user on every turn. |
| Start | Confusion | |  Special | 50 | 100 | 25 | A weak telekinetic attack that may also leave the foe confused. |
| Start | Recover |  | Status | - | - | 20 | A self-healing move that restores HP by up to half of the user’s maximum HP. |
| Start | Heal Bell | | Status | - | - | 5 | A soothing bell chimes to heal the status problems of all allies. |
| 10 | Safeguard | | Status | - | - | 25 | It protects the user’s party from all status problems for five turns. |
| 20 | Ancient Power |  |  Physical | 60 | 100 | 5 | An ancient power is used to attack. It may also raise all the user’s stats. |
| 30 | Future Sight | | Special | 80 | 90 | 15 | Two turns after this move is used, the foe is attacked psychically. |
| 40 | Baton Pass | | Status | - | - | 40 | The user switches out, passing along any stat changes to the new battler. |
| 50 | Perish Song | | Status | - | - | 5 | Any battler that hears this faints in three turns unless it switches. |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM03 | Water Pulse |  | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 | An attack with a pulsing blast of water. It may also confuse the foe. |
| TM04 | Calm Mind | | Status | - | - | 20 | The user focuses its mind to raise the SP. ATK and SP. DEF stats. |
| TM06 | Toxic |  | Status | - | 85 | 10 | A move that badly poisons the foe. Its poison damage worsens every turn. |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | | Physical | - | 100 | 15 | An attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the user. |
| TM11 | Sunny Day |  | Status | - | - | 5 | The sun blazes for five turns, powering up FIRE-type moves. |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | A severely damaging attack that makes the user rest on the next turn. |
| TM16 | Light Screen | | Status | - | - | 30 | A wall of light cuts damage from SP. ATK attacks for five turns. |
| TM17 | Protect | | Status | - | - | 10 | Enables the user to evade all attacks. It may fail if used in succession. |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | | Status | - | - | 5 | A heavy rain falls for five turns, powering up WATER-type moves. |
| TM19 | Giga Drain | | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 | A harsh attack that absorbs half the damage it inflicted to restore HP. |
| TM20 | Safeguard | | Status | - | - | 25 | It protects the user’s party from all status problems for five turns. |
| TM21 | Frustration | | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | This attack move grows more powerful the less the user likes its TRAINER. |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | A 2-turn move that blasts the foe with absorbed energy in the 2nd turn. |
| TM27 | Return | | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | This attack move grows more powerful the more the user likes its TRAINER. |
| TM29 | Psychic | | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | A strong telekinetic attack. It may also lower the foe’s SP. DEF stat. |
| TM30 | Shadow Ball |  | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | A shadowy blob is hurled at the foe. May also lower the foe’s SP. DEF. |
| TM32 | Double Team | | Status | - | - | 15 | The user creates illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness. |
| TM33 | Reflect | | Status | - | - | 20 | A wall of light cuts damage from physical attacks for five turns. |
| TM34 | Shock Wave |  | Special | 60 | - | 20 | A rapid jolt of electricity strikes the foe. It can’t be evaded. |
| TM37 | Sandstorm | | Status | - | - | 10 | A 5-turn sandstorm that damages all types except ROCK, GROUND, and STEEL. |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace |  | Physical | 60 | - | 20 | An extremely fast attack against one target. It can’t be evaded. |
| TM42 | Facade | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | An attack that is boosted if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed. |
| TM43 | Secret Power | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | An attack that may have an additional effect that varies with the terrain. |
| TM44 | Rest | | Status | - | - | 10 | The user sleeps for two turns to fully restore HP and heal any status problem. |
| TM48 | Skill Swap | | Status | - | - | 10 | The user employs its psychic power to swap abilities with the foe. |
| HM01 | Cut | | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 | A basic attack. It can be used to cut down thin trees and grass. |
| HM05 | Flash | | Status | - | 70 | 20 | A blast of light that cuts the foe’s accuracy. It also illuminates caves. |
Tutors
| Class | Description | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double-Edge | | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | A reckless, life-risking tackle that also hurts the user a little. |
| Dream Eater | | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 | Absorbs half the damage it inflicted on a sleeping foe to restore HP. |
| Metronome | | Status | - | - | 10 | Waggles a finger and stimulates the brain into using any move at random. |
| Mimic | | Status | - | - | 10 | The user copies the move last used by the foe for the rest of the battle. |
| Substitute | | Status | - | - | 10 | The user creates a decoy using one-quarter of its full HP. |
| Swords Dance | | Status | - | - | 30 | A frenetic dance of fighting. It sharply raises the ATTACK stat. |
Traits
Natural Cure
Heals upon switching out.
Cures any major status ailment upon switching out.
