Appearance
Elgyem is a cyan alien with an oblong head dented on both sides. Its eyes are shiny green buttons, and its fingers are red, green, and yellow.
#605
Elgyem
Cerebral Pokémon
Psychic
- Height
- 0.5 m
- Weight
- 9 kg
- Generation
- 5
- Region
- Unova
Elgyem is a Psychic-type Pokémon, No. 605 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 5 (Unova region).
« This Pokémon was discovered about 50 years ago. Its highly developed brain enables it to exert its psychic powers. »
Its story
Lifestyle
Its psychic power squeezes a foe’s brain and causes headaches. Welcoming, it risks its life for what matters, and it evolves into Beheeyem.
In the anime
Professor Icarus’s friend saves Ash from a rotten bridge board, then Team Rocket kidnaps it. Ash, Iris, and Cilan set it free.
Name origin
Elgyem sounds like L.G.M., little green men. It suggests the greys, and its colored fingers recall War of the Worlds.
Did you know?
- Unlike other Pokémon, its eyes stay open while it sleeps.
- Near a television, strange scenery said to be its home appears on screen.
- Its origin is tied to a UFO crash site from fifty years ago.
Found in the Pokédex of:
UnovaAlolaGalar
In other languages
Lewsor
Pygraulon
リグレー리그레小灰怪