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Hypnosis (Japanese: さいみんじゅつ Hypnosis) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I to III

Hypnosis puts the target to sleep.

Hypnosis cannot affect a target that already has a major status ailment.

In Stadium, Hypnosis cannot affect a target that has a substitute.

Hypnosis has an accuracy of 60%.

Generation IV

In Diamond and Pearl, Hypnosis's accuracy was changed to 70%. In Platinum, it was changed back to 60%. In link battles between Diamond and Pearl and other versions, the accuracy is set to 60%.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	16			7			7			8				8			8
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	1, 16			1, 7			1, 7			1, 8				1, 8			1, 8
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	1, 16			1, 7			1, 7			1, 8				1			1
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	27			1			1			1				1			1
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	29			1			1			1				1			1
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	29			1			1			1				1			1
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic	1			1			1			1				1			1
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic	1			1			1			1				1			1
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	1			1			1			1				1			1
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	1			1			1			1				1			1
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying				16			16			5		9	5			5
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying				16			16			1, 5		1, 9	1, 5			1, 5
186		Politoed	Water		Water				1			1			1				1			1
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying								23	38				38			38
234		Stantler	Normal		Water				15			19	17	10				10			10
280		Ralts	Psychic	Fairy							41			43				45			45 37
281		Kirlia	Psychic	Fairy							47			50				53			53 44
282		Gardevoir	Psychic	Fairy							51			60				65			65 49
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal							23			23				23			23 19
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic							19			12				12	9	9 5
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal										13				13			13
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal										13				13			13
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic										7				7	5	5
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic										1, 7				1, 7	1, 5	1, 5
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark										13				13			13
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark										20				20			20
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal														18			18
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal														18			18
517		Munna	Psychic		Normal														19			19
518		Musharna	Psychic		Psychic														1			1
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying														4			4
686		Inkay	Dark	Psychic																	18
687		Malamar	Dark	Psychic																	18
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal
054		Psyduck	Water		Water
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic	Fairy
349		Feebas	Water		Water
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying
433		Chingling	Psychic		Psychic
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic	Fairy
519		Pidove	Normal	Flying
653		Fennekin	Fire		Fire
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					FRLG	E	XD
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic						✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0151 Mew Psychic My Pokémon Ranch Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0041 Zubat Poison Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 0052 Meowth Normal Dream World - Spooky Manor 0358 Chimecho Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 0519 Pidove Normal Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 0561 Sigilyph Psychic Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0200 Misdreavus Ghost New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation VI

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0686 InkayLv.10 Dark Psychic Pokémon Center Tokyo Bay Inkay Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

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Stars:  Power: 0 Accuracy: 60%

Effect: Puts each target to sleep.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Description

In the anime

Drowzee Malamar Drifloon Sigilyph
The user releases hypnotic waves which cause the foe to fall asleep or put in a trance.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gengar puts its hands together and releases black circles that expand as they move towards the opponent, or Gengar waves its arms in hypnotic patterns and the opponent falls asleep, or Gengar's body becomes outlined in light blue, and illusions of its eyes come out and hit the opponent, confusing it, or Gengar's eyes glow red. It holds out its hands and red orbs appear at the end of them. Gengar then brings the two orbs together to form one big red orb in front of it. Gengar then fires red beams from the orb at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Gengar	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
Drake's Gengar	Hello, Pummelo!		None
Agatha's Gengar	The Scheme Team		None
Fantina's Gengar	Shield With a Twist!		None
Jarvis's Gengar	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel		None
	Hypno swings its pendulum in front of its target's face until it falls asleep. On occasion, the pendulum glows.
Pokémon Lover's Club's Hypno	Hypno's Naptime		None
Mickey's Hypno	Ariados, Amigos		None
Harrison's Hypno	Playing with Fire!		None
	Drowzee waves its hands, releasing multiple multicolored circles from its face at the hypnotized target, causing it to fall asleep. Drowzee then claps its hands together, waking up the target and freeing them from hypnosis, or Drowzee makes signs with its arms and hands and the opponent becomes hypnotized, or Drowzee raises both of its arms in the air. Multiple pink shapes of energy then float off its body and shoot at the opponent. A giant transparent pendulum then waves back and forth in front of Drowzee's body. The shapes of energy then form into purple blobs of energy and they hit the opponent. When the blobs hit the opponent, Drowzee can control it with its mind.
Pokémon Lover's Club's Drowzee	Hypno's Naptime		None
Butch & Cassidy's Drowzee	Pikachu Re-Volts		None
	Exeggcute's eyes glow yellow and hypnosis waves are shot out of them, putting the opponent in a trance and making it do whatever Exeggcute tells them to do.
Melvin's Exeggcute	The March of the Exeggutor Squad		None
	Exeggutor's eyes glow yellow or blue and hypnosis waves are shot out of them, putting the opponent in a trance.
Melvin's multiple Exeggutor	The March of the Exeggutor Squad		None
Multiple wild Exeggutor	Got Miltank?		None
	Poliwrath's eyes glow light blue and the opponent falls asleep.
Tad's Poliwrath	Charizard Chills		None
	Stantler's antlers release a pinkish purple smog that can't be seen by humans and it causes them to see an illusion, or Stantler's antlers glow bright pink and they release purple waves, making the opponent see illusions.
A wild Stantler	The Little Big Horn		None
Multiple wild Stantler	Different Strokes for Different Blokes!		None
Noctowl	Noctowl's eyes glow red and it releases red circles that expand as they move towards the opponent, confusing them if the circles hit them.
Ash's Noctowl	Fowl Play!		None
	Gastly's eyes glow red and it confuses the opponent.
Multiple wild Gastly	From Ghost to Ghost		None
	Haunter's eyes glow red and it waves its hands back and forth. As the opponent becomes confused, the hands grow bigger.
Morty's Haunter	From Ghost to Ghost		None
	Kirlia's irises glow red. Then, the opponent's eyes glow red and they fall asleep.
Butler's Kirlia	Jirachi: Wish Maker		None
	Spinda's eyes glow blue and it releases multiple transparent rings of energy from its face at the opponent, causing it to fall asleep.
Claire and Kain's Spinda	Going for a Spinda		None
	Lunatone's eyes glow red and the opponent's eyes becomes a shade of red, hypnotizing it.
A wild Lunatone	Crazy as a Lunatone		None
	Ralts looks at the opponent and light blue silhouettes of its eyes shoot and hit the opponent, making them fall asleep.
Max's Ralts	Do I Hear a Ralts?		Boss fantasy only
	Psyduck says its name over and over again, and when the opponent hears it, its eyes glow light blue, then become faded, putting it in a trance.
A wild Psyduck	Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!		None
	Hoothoot's eyes glow bright red. The opponent's eyes glow red as well and Hoothoot can control the opponent.
A wild Hoothoot	A Staravia is Born!		None
	Drifloon's body becomes outlined in light blue and its eyes glow yellow. It then fires a yellow 'X' from the 'X' on its face at the opponent. When the opponent gets hit, it falls asleep.
Fantina's Drifloon	Playing the Leveling Field!		None
	Drifblim grabs the opponent's face and its body becomes outlined in light blue. It then fires a yellow 'X' from the 'X' on its face at the opponent. When the opponent gets hit, it falls asleep.
Fantina's Drifblim	Playing the Leveling Field!		None
	Bronzor's body becomes surrounded by a red aura and the opponent falls asleep.
Saturn's Bronzor	Losing its Lustrous!		None
Mars's Bronzor	Double Team Turnover!		None
	Bronzong's eyes glow multicolored and multicolored circles are released off its body at the opponent. When hit, the opponent's eyes glow multicolored and it gets put in a trance.
Marcus's Bronzong	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
	Sigilyph's three eyes light up blue and each of them releases a blue sphere of light in the pattern of a triangle. The opponent falls asleep once the three spheres make contact with it.
A wild Sigilyph	Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!		None
	The yellow part on Malamar's body shine a bright yellow light, putting the opponent in a trance and making it do whatever Malamar tells them to do.
A wild Malamar	A Conspiracy to Conquer!		None

• In Round One - Begin!, Mandi ordered his Exeggutor to use Hypnosis, but it was unable to execute the order due to being in pain by Ash's Krabby's Vice Grip.

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Watchog
The foe is put to sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Watchog releases waves from its body and places the opponent to sleep.
Monta's Watchog	Let's Master Pokémon Capturing!		Debut

In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga

Drowzee
The user uses its mind to put the opponent to sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Drowzee closes its eyes and uses its mind to put the opponent to sleep.
A wild Drowzee	PW22		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Munna Gengar Politoed Kadabra
The user lulls the foe into a deep sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Kadabra hypnotizes the opponent, causing them to see illusions that it can use to alter the appearance of itself or the space around it.
Sabrina's Kadabra	Kalling Kadabra		Debut Kadabra cannot legally learn Hypnosis
	Gengar releases a trail of smoke from one of its hands. The smoke wraps around the opponent and lifts them into the air, putting them in a deep trance or sleep.
Agatha's Gengar	Electro Magneton		None
	Haunter glares at the opponent, causing it to fall asleep.
Evan's Haunter	Oh, It's Ho-Oh!		None
	Politoed releases waves of psychic energy off its body at the opponent. The opponent then falls asleep when hit with the waves of energy.
Gold's Polibo	Slick Slowking		None
	Kirlia extends its hand and releases a powerful blast of wind from its body at the opponent. When the opponent gets hit with the wind, it gets blown back and falls asleep, or Kirlia stares at the opponent, causing it to get drowsy and go to sleep.
The Battle Pike's Kirlia	Moving Past Milotic		None
Ruby's Rara	Cunning Kirlia		None
	Darkrai releases a spiraling ring of dark energy from its eye at the opponent, putting it to sleep.
Sird's Darkrai	The Final Dimensional Duel VIII		None
	Munna releases a spiraling psychic energy from the front of its body at the opponent, or Munna releases two black beams of energy from its eyes at the opponent. As the beams of energy fire at the opponent, they combine into one large beam.
Black's Musha	Battle at the Museum		None
	Malamar releases a sound wave the puts the target to sleep.
Xerosic's Malamar	PAXY32		None

• A Team Plasma Grunt's Gothitelle was revealed to know Hypnosis in At Liberty on Liberty Garden, but the move was executed off-panel.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Bronzor Purugly Kirlia
The user makes the opponent fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Purugly sends out waves from its mouth and the opponent hit by the waves ends up falling asleep.
Mars's Purugly	The Mystery Boy, Jun!!		Debut
	Bronzor glows and the opponent is put to sleep.
Byron's Bronzor	Challenge! The Fortress If Steel!!		None
	Kirlia holds out its hands and an orb is formed. The orb then makes the opponent fall asleep.
A Battle Girl's Kirlia	Clash! Hareta vs. Koya		None

In the Pokémon Gold and Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Hypno
The user hypnotizes the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hypno swings its pendulum and the opponent watching it falls asleep.
Eusine's Hypno	Farewell To Pikachu?!		Debut

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Hoothoot
The user hypnotizes the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hoothoot's eyes swirl and sends a swirly wave at the opponent, which results in the opponent getting into a daze.
Shu's Hoothoot	Real? Fake? The Scroll of Ho-Oh		Debut

In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga

Noctowl
The opponent falls asleep when the user sends out waves from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Noctowl flaps its wings and waves are sent out.
A wild Noctowl	Walkthrough! Battle Tower!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Clefairy Drowzee Hypno Gastly
The user makes the opponent fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gastly shoots out gas from its pupil which makes the opponent go into a daze.
A wild Gastly	Get Rid Of The Ghost Pokémon!!		Debut
	Haunter twists its eyes and causes the opponent to see illusions.
Blue's Haunter	Get Rid Of The Ghost Pokémon!!		Debut
	Hypno swings its pendulum back and forth. The opponent seeing this falls asleep.
Sabrina's Hypno	Aim to be the No. 1 Pokémon!		None
A wild Hypno	Clefairy, the Wizard		None
A wild Hypno	The Mystery Of A Midsummer's Night		None
	Drowzee holds out its hands and releases soundwaves from its body, putting anybody to sleep who comes in contact with them.
A wild Drowzee	Clefairy's Pikachu Robot		None
	Waves form out of Gengar's body. The opponent seeing them falls in a trance and sees illusions.
Morty's Gengar	The Legendary Ho-oh!!		None
	Clefairy holds out a pendulum and swings it side-to-side. Anyone focusing at the swinging falls asleep.
Red's Clefairy	Great Discovery of the Fossil of the Era!!		Clefairy cannot legally learn Hypnosis

In the Pokémon Try Adventure manga

Bronzong
The user hypnotizes the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bronzong hypnotizes the opponent.
Soro's Bronzong	Guardian of the Volcano		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Hypnosis is the only move whose accuracy changed between games of the same generation.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 催眠術 Cuīmiánshù Danish Hypnose Dutch Hypnose Finnish Hypnoosi French Hypnose German Hypnose Greek Ύπνωση Ýpnosi Indonesian Hipnotis Italian Ipnosi Korean 최면술 Choemyeon Sul Polish Hipnoza Brazilian Portuguese Hipnose Romanian Hipnoză Russian Гипноз Gipnoz Serbian Hipnoza Spanish Hipnosis Swedish Hypnos Vietnamese Thuật Thôi Miên

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