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[[Image:Pokeball.jpg|right|The Poké Ball is a very important item in the '' Pokémon'' series.]]
In the fictional world of the ''[[Pokémon]]'' [[video game]]s and [[anime]] [[television series]], a '''Poké Ball''' (known as "Monster Ball" in Japan) is a spherical device used by [[Pokémon Trainer]]s to capture new [[Pokémon]] and store them when they are not in use. The Poké Ball is also the [[symbol]] that represents Pokémon, and it can easily be found on Pokémon-themed products.

=Basic information=

==Design==
A Poké Ball is a small, pocketable sphere (This is where the name Poké Ball or Pocket Ball comes from) with a white button on its middle.  It easily fits in a 10-year-old's hand, which makes it possible to estimate its size at about 4-58 centimeters (1½-22.5 inches) in diameter normally, and can shrink to about 12 centimeter (12/3 of an inch) upon pressing the button in the middle to be carried on a belt. Despite its small size, a Poké Ball can carry Pokémon as large as [[Steelix]] ("Haganeeru" (Japan)) or [[Wailord]] ("Hoeruou/Whaleoh" (Japan)) inside it.

Inside, the Poké Ball features lots of what appear to be mirror panels. The inside of a Poké Ball is supposedly designed to make the Pokémon feel as comfortable as possible while inside it. It is unknown how this is managed and how the Pokémon can tell.

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==Functions==
===Capturing===
When a Poké Ball is thrown at a Pokémon and comes into contact with it, the Pokémon is converted into pure energy and sucked inside.  It will then struggle, trying to break free.  If the Pokémon has been sufficiently weakened in battle and/or the Poké Ball model is sufficiently strong, the Pokémon is captured and henceforth can only be stored in that Poké Ball.  If the Pokémon breaks free, the Poké Ball is destroyed/used up in the games or, in the case of the television series,(contracted; show full)#x27;', a non-Pokémon creature, such as a [[Goomba]] ("Kuribo" (Japan)), will very rarely appear.  Another rare occurrence in the game is an empty Poké Ball.  Quite a few Pokémon were added to the Poké Ball item ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', including two Pokémon that could harm the player that released them, namely [[Electrode (Pokémon)|Electrode]] ("Marumain" (Japan)) and [[Wobbuffet]] ("Sounansu" (Japan)). 

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