Fezandipiti

Fezandipiti
Munkidori
1016
Ogerpon
Ability	Toxic Chain Technician (Hidden)
First game	Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)
Creator	Game Freak

Fezandipiti <sup>(JPJapanese: キチキギス

Romaji: Kichikigisu)</sup> is a Poison/Fairy-type Legendary Pokémon in the franchise of the same name. It debuted in Part 1 of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet DLC, The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero. It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon. Fezandipiti is a member of the Loyal Three, alongside Okidogi and Munkidori.

Physiology and Behavior

Fezandipiti is an avian Pokémon with a small head, a short beak with a magenta tip, and a long neck and legs. Its plumage is primarily black, with white on its head and neck, and bronze accents on its face, collar, and wing tips. It stands atop a pair of long slender bronze-colored legs having three-toed feet with sharp claws, and its tail consists of a long train of bronze-colored feathers ending in forked tips that gently curl outwards. A single white stripe accents each of its legs and tail. A crest of black feathers resembling a cap sits atop Fezandipiti's head, with golden feathers sticking out resembling a royal crown. A pair of magenta plumes also sits just above each of Fezandipiti's eyes like eyebrows and extend like long streamers with forked ends. Hanging from Fezandipiti's chest is a pair of magenta Toxic Chains, protruding from a shawl-like feature that wraps its body. Fezandipiti is a male-only species with no female counterpart.

In Kitakami myth, it is said that Fezandipiti was once a Pokémon with short, dull feathers, but a wish to be beautiful led it to the Mythical Pokémon, Pecharunt, gaining one of its Toxic Chains, which granted Fezandipiti the beauty it wished. This resulted in the Toxic Chain being wrapped around its waist, chaining Fezandipiti to Pecharunt's will. Fezandipiti transformed, enhancing its capabilities and giving it beautiful looks and a lovely voice. It possesses powerful pheromones, capable of captivating both humans and Pokémon with a beat of its glossy wings to scatter them through the air. It traveled from a distant land with Okidogi, Munkidori and Pecharunt to steal Ogerpon's four masks and claim them for their leader, the four sneaked into Ogerpon's cave and managed to steal three of them while Ogerpon's friend managed to protect one of them. After finding out, Ogerpon discovered what had happened and beat the trio up, Fezandipiti lost its life in the fight along with its partners except for Pecharunt, who managed to escape. In the villagers' eyes though, it looked like the trio had fallen protecting the village from the enraged ogre, nicknaming them the Loyal Three and giving them a proper burial while Ogerpon retreated to Oni Mountain.

Fezandipiti, together with Okidogi and Munkidori, are known as the Loyal Three, the heroes of Kitakami. The three are beloved by the people of Kitakami as heroes that once protected the land from the "evil ogre", and stone statues bearing their likenesses were made by the people as an expression of their gratitude right where the three had been buried. According to locals, worshipping Fezandipiti leads to both good luck and serendipitous things happening. Even with its greedy and arrogant personality, Fezandipiti has a great relationships with its teammates, talking to each other in private and acting together to defeat their opponents. By consuming the Kitakami Mochis, Fezandipiti can become a Titan Pokémon.

Origin & Inspiration

Fezandipiti may be based on the copper pheasant, a pheasant endemic to Japan and chosen as the prefectural bird of Akita Prefecture. Both the male and the female of the copper pheasant have a similar brown color, but the male has a brighter hue with coppery luster.

Fezandipiti's plumage resembles a kimono, its crest resembles a collection of kanzashi, and its white face is reminiscent of oshiroi. These combined with its looks being described as beautiful and its voice being described as lovely could point to geisha—female Japanese performance artists—as a possible inspiration. Given that Fezandipiti is male-only, its design may also hint at male kabuki performers who assumed the role of female characters (particularly oiran) on stage and also used oshiroi. Its crest and plumage also bears resemblance to the hoatzin, whose consumption of toxic plants and emission of malodor may in turn inspired its Poison-type.

Pecharunt and its Loyal Three of Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti, and their relationship to Ogerpon, may reference the Japanese folktale of Momotarō. The tale relates the titular Momotarō, a boy born from inside a peach, who traveled alongside a talking dog, monkey, and pheasant to fight a band of oni (a Japanese folkloric creature commonly equated to ogres in translations). The chains binding the Loyal Three may be based on shimenawa, woven ropes used in Shinto purification rituals; on Fezandipiti, the chain resembles an obi belt used to tie a kimono, such as a knotted maruobi.

Fezandipiti may be a combination of pheasant and serendipity (an unexpected but auspicious happening).

Kichikigisu may be a combination of 吉 kichi (fortune) and 雉子 kigisu (archaic reading of pheasant).

In-game Information

Pokédex Entries

Title	Entry
Ninth Pokémon generation
Pokémon Scarlet	Fezandipiti owes its beautiful looks and lovely voice to the toxic stimulants emanating from the chain wrapped around its body.
Pokémon Violet	Fezandipiti beats its glossy wings to scatter pheromones that captivate people and Pokémon.

Game Locations

Title	Location(s)
Ninth Pokémon generation
Pokémon Scarlet	Oni Mountain
Pokémon Violet	Oni Mountain

Base Stats

Base Stats
HP	88
Attack	91
Defense	82
Sp. Attack	70
Sp. Defense	125
Speed	99
Total	555

Gallery

Teal Mask Pokédex image

Menu icon (Scarlet and Violet)

Fezandipiti as a Titan Pokémon

Fezandipiti and Pecharunt

Fezandipiti releasing its pheromones

Renders

Renders
Scarlet Violet File:PKMNSV1016-S.png