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''Pokémon (Japanese: ポケットモンスター Pocket Monsters; ポケモン Pokémon for short) are 495 known species of creature that inhabit the Pokémon world. Inherent to them are several fantastic powers not demonstrated by normal animals, such as manipulation of electricity and fire. For the most part, Pokémon are shown to exist instead of animals in their world, although animals are still found there and mentioned in several places.

Many Pokémon are known to evolve from or into other Pokémon, a process that typically makes them larger and stronger, and could be seen as the equivalent to "growing up". Pokémon typically know several techniques that they can use in battle or elsewhere, either to defend themselves or their Trainer, or to perform a task. Most Pokémon are known only to say their name.''