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The legendary rainbow phoenix of Johto's Tin Tower — the mythical bird Ash saw on the first day of his journey, an omen no one else has ever confirmed.
Ho-Oh resurrects fallen Pokémon and watches over the living. It roosts atop Johto's Tin Tower. Its appearance before Ash on day one — a dawn flyover outside Viridian City — is the anime's opening oracular moment, a blessing or a commission Ash has spent twenty-six years fulfilling.
A great phoenix-like bird, wingspan over twelve feet, feathers in glowing rainbow hues tipped in gold, a hooked beak, long trailing tail-plumes that leave a rainbow afterimage in flight. Warmth radiates from it visibly — air distorts around its wings.
Also known as: Ho-Oh, The Rainbow Pokémon