Eevee is a fan favorite when it comes to the Pokémon franchise and it's not difficult to see why as this Normal-type Pokémon is absolutely adorable. Eevee debuted in the first generation of Pokémon games and even featured as the rival character's main Pokémon in Pokémon Yellow.
Given its popularity, many players look to catch their own Eevee as soon as possible when starting a new game. If you're currently playing Pokémon Sword and Shield and wondering where to find one, read on to find out, as well as a few interesting facts that you may not already know.
10 Location
In Pokémon Sword and Shield, wild Eevees can be found in abundance on Route 4. Additionally, Eevee can sometimes be found in any of the following Max Raid dens: Bridge Field, East Lake Axewell, Motostoke Riverbank, and Rolling Fields.
If players have a save of Pokémon Let's Go, Eevee! on their Nintendo Switch profile, they can also obtain a special Eevee from an NPC in the train station in the Wild Area/ the Meetup Spot. This particular Eevee is capable of Gigantamaxing.
9 First Branching Evolution Pokémon
Eevee was the first-ever Pokémon to have a branched evolutionary line, with it having three different options to evolve into in generation one. Eevee evolved into Vaporeon when given the Water Stone, Jolteon when given the Thunder Stone, and Flareon when given the Fire Stone.
Eevee has had other evolved forms added since, making it the Pokémon with the most evolutionary branches to date. Later forms added were Espeon and Umbreon in generation two, Leafeon and Glaceon in generation four, and finally Sylveon in generation six.
8 Eeveelutions
Eevee has many different branching evolutions and so fans coined the term "Eeveelutions" to encompass all of its forms. This term was made official by Game Freak and Nintendo with the release of the strategy guide for Pokémon Stadium 2.
In Sword and Shield, one of Eevee's evolved forms can be found wandering around in the overworld each day on an island in the Lake of Outrage in the Wild Area. This can make it a lot easier to fill your Pokédex rather than fulfilling some of the Eeveelution requirements, such as raising friendship or evolving at a certain time of day.
7 Unique Eevee
When a Pokémon evolves, it cannot revert to its previous form. However, in the Pokémon Adventures manga series, there was a special Eevee that broke this rule. In "Blame It on Eevee", Team Rocket attempted to merge the three legendary birds, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, into one Pokémon, and these experiments led to them giving an Eevee the ability to evolve into three of its evolved forms and back again.
This Eevee could evolve into Flareon, Jolteon, or Vaporeon, though it still needed a Stone item to do so. Red eventually catches this Eevee and calls it "Vee". When Red later evolves Vee into Espeon, it loses its ability to evolve into various forms and revert back to Eevee.
6 Eevee Almost Wasn't a Let's Go! Mascot
Pikachu and Eevee were the mascots for the Pokémon Let's Go! games, with each one receiving their own version. However, Eevee very nearly wasn't chosen as the counterpart mascot to Pikachu, with Psyduck being the first option considered.
The only reason that Psyduck wasn't chosen in the end is due to its coloring being deemed too similar to that of Pikachus, and so Eevee was chosen instead. Though Eevee is far more popular than Psyduck, this original idea is likely due to Psyduck being the favorite Pokémon of Junichi Masuda, one of the founding members of Game Freak and the Director of the Board.
5 In the Anime
Eevee has proven to be a popular Pokémon choice even in the anime, as it has appeared in the teams of three of its main characters, with May, Serena, and Lana all having one. This makes Eevee the only Pokémon to have ever been owned by more than two main characters in the anime.
Despite having many evolved forms and the anime showing many of its evolved versions, Eevee was not shown actually evolving in the anime until the episode "Last Call — First Round!" in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. This was over 13 years into the anime.
4 Design Origin
Eevee's design was created by Motofumi Fujiwara, who stated in the 2018 artbook EVs that he had based the design on a vague childhood memory he had of a similar creature he saw in the forest.
Though Fujiwara can't recall exactly what the animal was, meaning Eevee isn't exactly influenced by a certain species, Fujiwara has expressed that Eevee reminds him of a fluffy dog or cat-like animal. Fujiwara also designed the appearance of Jolteon and Flareon, though notably didn't design Vaporeon, who was instead designed by Atsuko Nishida.
3 Guest Appearances
Eevee cameoed in Super Smash Bros. Melee as a trophy and was also mentioned in the trophy descriptions of Leafeon and Glaceon in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. By the time Super Smash Bros. launched for Wii U and 3DS, Eevee appeared as a Pokéball summon that players could use to attack other characters.
Eevee reprised its role of Pokéball summon in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as appearing as a Spirit. Additionally, Eevee was one of the few Pokémon chosen by Build-a-Bear to feature in their Pokémon stuffed toy range.
2 Moves
Eevee has the most signature moves out of all of the Pokémon with a total of nine: Baddy Bad, Bouncy Bubble, Buzzy Buzz, Freezy Frost, Glitzy Glow, Sappy Seed, Sizzly Slide, Sparkly Swirl, and Veevee Volley. Additionally, Eevee is the only Gigantamax Pokémon to currently be able to use the exclusive G-Max Move called G-Max Cuddle.
Signature moves are special moves that can generally only be learned by a certain type of Pokémon, legendary group, or evolutionary family, and are generally learned while leveling up. Some Pokémon are able to learn the signature moves of other species, such as Smeargle, which can permanently learn the moves of its opponents with its Sketch ability.
1 Name
Eevee's English name is a palindrome and also only consists of two unique characters, making it the least amount in any English Pokémon name. In early promotional media for the first generation of games, Eevee's English name was "Eon", referring to the suffix at the end of each of its evolved forms.
Both "Eevee" and its Japanese name of "Eievui" are pronunciations of "E-V", the first two letters in the world "evolution" and likely a nod to this Pokémon being the first to have multiple evolved form options.