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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 onward

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%.

If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Hypnosis, the user's Speed stat raises one stage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0060		Poliwag		Water 1		Water 1	16	7	7	8	8	8	8
0061		Poliwhirl		Water 1		Water 1	1, 16	1, 7	1, 7	1, 8	1, 8	1, 8	1, 8
0062		Poliwrath		Water 1		Water 1	1, 16	1, 7	1, 7	1, 8	1	1	1
0092		Gastly		Amorphous		Amorphous	27	1	1	1	1	1	1
0093		Haunter		Amorphous		Amorphous	29	1	1	1	1	1	1
0094		Gengar		Amorphous		Amorphous	29	1	1	1	1	1	1
0096		Drowzee		Human-Like		Human-Like	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0097		Hypno		Human-Like		Human-Like	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0102		Exeggcute		Grass		Grass	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0103		Exeggutor		Grass		Grass	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
103A		Exeggutor Alola Form		Grass		Grass							1
0163		Hoothoot		Flying		Flying		16	16	5DP 9PtHGSS	5	5	4
0164		Noctowl		Flying		Flying		16	16	1, 5DP 1, 9PtHGSS	1, 5	1, 5	1, 4
0186		Politoed		Water 1		Water 1		1	1	1	1	1	1
0193		Yanma		Bug		Bug			23FRLG	38	38	38	38
0234		Stantler		Field		Field		15	19RSE 17FRLG	10	10	10	10
0280		Ralts		Amorphous		Amorphous			41	43	45	45XY 37ORAS	37
0281		Kirlia		Amorphous		Amorphous			47	50	53	53XY 44ORAS	44
0282		Gardevoir		Amorphous		Amorphous			51	60	65	65XY 49ORAS	49
0327		Spinda		Field	Human-Like			23	23	23	23XY 19ORAS	19
0337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral			19	12	12BW 9B2W2	9XY 5ORAS	5
0431		Glameow		Field		Field				13	13	13	13
0432		Purugly		Field		Field				13	13	13	13
0436		Bronzor		Mineral		Mineral				7	7BW 5B2W2	5	5
0437		Bronzong		Mineral		Mineral				1, 7	1, 7BW 1, 5B2W2	1, 5	1, 5
0442		Spiritomb		Amorphous		Amorphous				13	13	13	13
0491		Darkrai		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				20	20	20	20
0504		Patrat		Field		Field					18	18	18
0505		Watchog		Field		Field					18	18	18
0517		Munna		Field		Field					19	19	19
0518		Musharna		Field		Field					1	1	1
0561		Sigilyph		Flying		Flying					4	4	4
0686		Inkay		Water 1	Water 2						18	18
0687		Malamar		Water 1	Water 2						18	18
0769		Sandygast		Amorphous		Amorphous							27
0770		Palossand		Amorphous		Amorphous							27
0792		Lunala		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered							1
0796		Xurkitree		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered							43
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0037		Vulpix		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
037A		Vulpix Alola Form		Field		Field						✔
0041		Zubat		Flying		Flying			✔	✔	✔	✔
0052		Meowth		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
052A		Meowth Alola Form		Field		Field						✔
0054		Psyduck		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0077		Ponyta		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0122		Mr. Mime		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0349		Feebas		Water 1	Dragon		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0358		Chimecho		Amorphous		Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0425		Drifloon		Amorphous		Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔
0433		Chingling		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered			✔	✔	✔	✔
0439		Mime Jr.		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered			✔	✔	✔	✔
0519		Pidove		Flying		Flying				✔	✔	✔
0653		Fennekin		Field		Field					✔	✔
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		Types	Egg Groups		Game
						FRLG	E	XD
0151		Mew		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔
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.

Special move

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0151		Mew		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	My Pokémon Ranch
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.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0041		Zubat		Flying		Flying	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0052		Meowth		Field		Field	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0358		Chimecho		Amorphous		Amorphous	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0425		Drifloon		Amorphous		Amorphous	Dream World - XY
0519		Pidove		Flying		Flying	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0561		Sigilyph		Flying		Flying	Dream World - Windswept Sky
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 event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0200		Misdreavus		Amorphous		Amorphous	New York City Pokémon Center
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.

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0686		InkayLv. 10		Water 1	Water 2	Pokémon Center Tokyo Bay Inkay
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.

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
Alva'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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