While it is not known to evolve into or from any Pokémon, it has a second Forme which is activated by some unknown method. Its original Forme, Statue Forme, will then become Space Forme. While in the Space Forme, Quetzar's secondary type changes from Rock to Psychic.
Quetzar is the heaviest Pokémon in the Sage Pokédex.
Design origin[]
Early concept art for Quetzar.
Quetzar, like Tozecko, is based on Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec deity typically depicted as a feathered serpent. The Feathered Serpent appears in many Mesoamerican religions as one of the central deities, being a god responsible for the creation of mankind and the cosmos. In contrast to Tozecko, Quetzar represents the fact that Quetzalcoatl was worshipped as a patron god of learning and knowledge.
Quetzar's Space Forme is also based on the concept of constellations, and the extensive study of astronomy undertaken by various ancient Mesoamerican societies, particularly the Maya and their meticulous astronomical observations.
Name origin[]
Quetzar's name is a combination of Quetzalcoatl and quasar, the extremely brightly glowing central point of a galaxy, where a supermassive black hole is surrounded by an enormous disk of gases.