Hypnosis (move)

Hypnosis (Japanese: さいみんじゅつ Hypnosis) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I-III

Hypnosis puts the target to sleep.

Hypnosis can't affect a target that already has a major status ailment.

In Stadium, Hypnosis can't affect a target that has a Substitute.

Hypnosis has an accuracy of 60%.

Generation IV

In Diamond and Pearl, accuracy was improved to 70%. In Platinum, it was changed back to 60%.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	16			7			7			8				8			'
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	--, 16			--, 7			--, 7			--, 8				--, 8			'
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	--, 16			--, 7			--, 7			--, 8				--			'
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	27			--			--			--				--			'
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	29			--			--			--				--			'
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	29			--			--			--				--			'
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic	--			--			--			--				--			'
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic	--			--			--			--				--			'
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	--			--			--			--				--			'
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	--			--			--			--				--			'
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying				16			16			5		9	5			'
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying				16			16			--, 5		--, 9	--, 5			'
186		Politoed	Water		Water				--			--			--				--			'
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying								23	38				38			'
234		Stantler	Normal		Water				15			19	17	10				10			'
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic							41			43				45			'
281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic							47			50				53			'
282		Gardevoir	Psychic		Psychic							51			60				65			'
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal							23			23				23			'
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic							19			12				12			'
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal										13				13			'
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal										13				13			'
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic										7				7			'
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic										--, 7				--, 7			'
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark										13				13			'
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark										20				20			'
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal														18			'
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal														18			'
517		Munna	Psychic		Normal														19			'
518		Musharna	Psychic		Psychic														--			'
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying														4			'
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		Psychic
349		Feebas	Water		Water
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying
433		Chingling	Psychic		Psychic
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic
519		Pidove	Normal	Flying
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.

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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0041 Zubat Poison Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 0052 Meowth Normal Dream World - Spooky Manor 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison Dream World - Spooky Manor 0096 Drowzee Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 0358 Chimecho Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 0425 Drifloon Ghost 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.

In the anime

File:Drifloon Hypnosis.png Drifloon Gengar Hypno Stantler
The user releases hypnotic waves which cause the foe to fall asleep.
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
	Hypno swings its pendulum in front of its target's face until it falls asleep. On occasion, the pendulum glows.
Unknown Trainer's Hypno	Hypno's Naptime		None
Unknown Trainer's Hypno	Ariados, Amigos		None
Harrison's Hypno	Playing with Fire!		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 Exeggutor	The March of the Exeggutor Squad		None
Multiple wild Exeggutor	Got Miltank?		None
	Drowzee makes signs with its arms and hands and the opponent becomes hypnotized.
Cassidy's Drowzee	Pikachu Re-Volts		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'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
	Entei's eyes glow red and the opponent becomes hypnotized.
Entei (movie 3)	Spell of the Unown		Entei cannot legally learn Hypnosis
	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 the opponent falls 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?		None
	Psyduck says its name over and over again, putting the opponent 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

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Gengar Hypnosis Adventures.png Gengar Politoed
The user lulls the foe into a deep sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	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		Debut
	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	Stop Snoring, 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	VS. Milotic		None
Ruby's Ruru	VS. Kirlia		None

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

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 Dutch Hypnose Finnish Hypnoosi French Hypnose German Hypnose Greek Ύπνωση Indonesian Hipnotis Italian Ipnosi Korean 최면술 Choemyeon Sul Portuguese Hipnose Serbian Hipnoza Spanish Hipnosis

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