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Physiology
Palkia looks dinosaur-like, similar to Dialga, though it seems to be based off of a theropod, the bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs. Palkia’s body is mainly a shade of light purple, although it has stripes and markings of a darker shade and a grayish-colored arm underside and waist. Despite possessing wings and the ability to fly on its own, it is not able to learn the move Fly through any legal means. It has round purple-striped plates on its shoulder area, where two pink pearls lie encrusted with a gray rim encircling them. Palkia’s arms have somewhat gauntlet-like extended formations and a purple band of coloration at the wrist. Palkia has a long neck, a pointed white crest on the top of its head that extends to its wings, two strong horn-like tusks on the sides of its jaw, and a powerful tail.
Gender differences
Palkia is a genderless species.
Palkia has the ability to warp space. An example of this was shown in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, in which Palkia was able to shuffle the landscape of Almia around at a whim, allowing doors to connect to places miles away and for large forests to fit inside tiny houses. In the Pearl version of the game, it is mentioned on the statue in Eterna City that it can create alternate realities.
Palkia's skills in battle are mostly the same as Dialga's, except that Palkia can learn a handful of Water-type moves. Palkia is also slightly faster than Dialga and has weaker defensive stats. Palkia is one of the rare species that knows the move Aura Sphere.
Special abilities
Palkia's powers can be amplified with the Lustrous Orb.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Palkia travels by creating a large yellow sphere from its two pearls, then using it to fly very fast.
Palkia is the only known Pokémon that learns Spacial Rend (apart from an event Darkrai released for the tenth movie in Japan, another released in US, an event Arceus released for the twelfth movie in Japan, and Smeargle who can Sketch it).
Behavior
Like Dialga, Palkia lives in a different dimension, making its behavior nearly impossible to study. However, Palkia has been seen in violent conflicts with Dialga. It as well has been shown to be very protective of its home. Palkia punishes whoever attempts to distort the fabric of Space.
Habitat
Legends say that it lives "in a gap in the spatial dimension parallel to ours." The twelfth movie shows Palkia living in a pink-colored dimension containing floating bubbles.
Palkia's first appearances were in the Diamond & Pearl series's Dragon Trilogy. It was first shown, along with Dialga and Darkrai, in The Rise of Darkrai, where it fought with Dialga and nearly destroyed Alamos Town. It was shown in a flashback in Giratina and the Sky Warrior, and finally, in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, alongside Dialga and Giratina, started a battle which awoke an ancient power.
Statues of Palkia have appeared in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, Journey to the Unown!, Losing Its Lustrous!, Double Team Turnover!, Steeling Peace of Mind!, Saving the World From Ruins!, and Bagged Then Tagged!. Palkia made its anime debut in The Battle Finale of Legend!, although a silhouette of Palkia appeared in All Dressed up with Somewhere to Go. This could possibly be the one from the dragon trio movies since there's only one Palkia in existence.
Palkia also makes a cameo in the Together and Diamond and Pearl openings.
Palkia is a major character from The Rise of Darkrai. Palkia reappeared alongside the other members of its trio in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
In The Rise of Darkrai, Palkia engages in a massive battle with its enemy, Dialga in another dimension. Palkia ends up getting injured by Dialga's Roar of Time and flees to the normal dimension, its destination being Alamos Town. Due to this, all the Pokémon having nightmares wake up. Simultaneously, the presence of Palkia causes the dimension Dialga and Palkia were fighting in to disintegrate the normal dimension little by little.
Dialga later arrives, enraged that Palkia was a coward for fleeing. The two engage battle, causing enormous damage to Alamos Town. Ash and Dawn manage to magnify the volume of the song "Oración", soothing Dialga and Palkia mid-fight. After that, Ash and Dawn insisted Palkia repair the town and send it to the correct dimension. Palkia then flew away.
In Giratina and the Sky Warrior, Palkia did not appear but was mentioned in a flashback of its battle in Alamos Town. However, its counterpart Dialga played a minor role in the movie.
In Arceus and the Jewel of Life, it was revealed that the reason why Dialga and Palkia clashed in Alamos Town was because their dimensions, which are not meant to ever intersect, intersected due to Arceus preparing to awaken. As a result, Palkia believed that Dialga had invaded its territory, a mistake shared by Dialga. Sheena used her powers to touch a Pokémon's heart to reach Palkia and explain, ending the feud with Dialga once and for all. Later Palkia helped to protect Ash and friends from Arceus's attacks, however it was seriously injured by the Alpha Pokémon alongside Dialga and Giratina. Eventually, when Ash and the others had successfully changed the timeline for the better,
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