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Lunatone and Solrock are among the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. Their main purposes in the games, as with all other Pokémon, are to battle both "wild" Pokémon, which are untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and "tamed" Pokémon that are owned by Pokémon trainers.
is a floating, sentient meteorite in the iconic shape of a crescent moon. Its body is a stone-like beige color, and it has two large, intimidating eyes, one on either side. It also sports a rather odd, beak-like protuberance in the middle of the crescent, shaped like a tuning fork, to which "tone" refers.
Lunatone was first discovered forty years ago in Meteor Falls, a cave in Hoenn, its only known habitat. Meteor Falls, as its name suggests, is full of meteorites and the craters left by them as they impacted the planet's surface, suggesting that Lunatone (and Solrock) have their origins in outer space. As one would guess, Lunatone is greatly connected to the moon, and its vitality ebbs and flows depending on the lunar cycle. Lunatone's power and activity is greatest during the full moon, and weakest during the day and when the moon is new. Anyone who looks at its glowing red eyes becomes transfixed with fear.
resembles a large orange spherical rock with yellow outgrowths all around and a pair of flat, textured eyes. The appearance of the Pokémon is the iconic shape of the Sun.
Solrock, apparently a meteorite whose origins appear to be from outer space, is expressionless, yet is somewhat sentient. It was discovered along with Lunatone in Meteor Falls, a site where a rain of meteorites impacted the ground. The Pokémon’s solar connections are apparent in battle: It absorbs solar power during the day and unleashes the sunlight as a concentrated beam of energy as its main weapon (compare with Venusaur). Since it also carries Psychic powers, Solrock can also sense what the foe is thinking.
Solrock is not Lunatone's evolution; rather, Solrock and Lunatone are counterparts. Lunatone represents the moon and Solrock represents the sun. "Luna," is also Latin for "moon," whereas "Sol," is Latin for "Sun."
Like most Pokémon creatures, Lunatone and Solrock can be found and captured in random encounters in various Pokémon video games. To emphasize their roles as counterparts, Solrock was exclusive to Ruby version and Lunatone was exclusive to Sapphire version in their original appearances. They are both found in the same location in their respective games. Like many other Pokémon creatures, both Lunatone and Solrock might carry an item when they are randomly generated. Both of them have a chance of holding an Evolution Stone; appropriately, Solrock might carry a Sun Stone while Lunatone might carry a Moon Stone.
Further emphasizing their roles as counterparts, Lunatone and Solrock have the same statistics, with the sole distinction that their special and physical stats are inverted: Lunatone's special attack and defense are equivalent to Solrock's physical attack and defense and vice versa. In spite of these differences, Lunatone and Solrock are both part Psychic- and part Rock-type Pokémon. Furthermore, they both share the same ability.
A wild Lunatone is the featured Pokémon in one episode where it demonstrated its ability to draw energy from the moonlight. It was badly injured when discovered by Nurse Joy, Ash and his friends. Team Rocket also intervened and Jesse tried to catch it, when Ash prevented her from doing so, apparently for no reason other than his age-old feud with Team Rocket.
Solrock has appeared in the episode "Take The Lombre Home". In it, a Solrock falls from the sky, and a superstitious village tries to banish it, relying on Brock's Lombre. With some help from Ash and friends, it saves the village from a drought, and becomes their new idol.
Solrock and Lunatone appear together for the first time in the anime as Tate and Liza's Pokémon. The two gym leaders use Solrock and Lunatone to battle Ash Ketchum's Pikachu and Swellow. Though dysfunctional at first, Tate and Liza soon discover how to work as a team, as do their Solrock and Lunatone. Despite this, Ash defeats them and earns a Mind Badge.
Solrock makes one more appearance in the anime. At the Battle Pyramid, Brandon reveals his Solrock in his final battle against Ash. It managed to take down Ash's Squirtle, but fell to Ash's Bulbasaur, who also fainted.