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Lovely Kiss あくまのキッス Demon's Kiss

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  75% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Makes the audience quickly grow bored when an appeal move has little effect.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Lovely Kiss (Japanese: あくまのキッス Demon's Kiss) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It appears to be a sleep counterpart to Sweet Kiss. It is the signature move of Jynx.

Effect

Generations I and II

Lovely Kiss causes the target to fall asleep.

Generation III

Targets with Insomnia or Vital Spirit as their Ability are unaffected by Lovely Kiss.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	--			--, 9			--, 9			--, 8				--, 8			--, 8
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
238		Smoochum*	Ice	Psychic
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 Type Obtained with 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison New York Pokémon Center 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison New York Pokémon Center 0060 Poliwag Water New York Pokémon Center 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison New York Pokémon Center 0143 Snorlax Normal New York Pokémon Center 0209 Snubbull Normal New York 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.

In the anime

Santa Claus's Jynx Santa Claus's Jynx Nurse Joy's Jynx Erica's Jynx
The user forces a kiss on the foe. It may make the target fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Jynx's lips glow pink and it kisses the opponent. Seconds later, the opponent falls asleep, or Jynx's blows a kiss at the opponent, releasing a pink heart-shaped or lip-shaped wave at the opponent. When the wave hits the opponent, it falls asleep.
Santa Claus's Jynx	Holiday Hi-Jynx		Debut
Nurse Joy's Jynx	EP250		None
Erica's Jynx	Pacifidlog Jam		None

• The Pichu Posse's Smoochum was confirmed to know Lovely Kiss in the Pichu Bros. mini.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Jynx
The user sends a pair of giant lips at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Jynx releases a pair of huge lips from its body at the opponent. When the lips hit it, the opponent falls asleep.
Lorelei's Jynx	Bang the Drum, Slowbro		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Jynx
The user uses its lips and kisses the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Jynx uses its lips and kisses the opponent. When the lips hit it, the opponent falls asleep.
Lorelei's Jynx	To the Pokémon League!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Jynx
Unknown
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Unknown
An Unknown Trainer's Jynx	GDZ78		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

• Its Japanese name correlates with its animations in the Generation II and III games in which a demon floats down from the top of the screen and kisses the opponent.
  • A similar situation occurs with Sweet Kiss, which stays this way in later generations.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 惡魔之吻 Èmó-zhī Wěn Danish Kissemisse Dutch Nachtkus Finnish Suukkonen (season 1) Sulosuudelma (AG) French Grobisou German Todeskuss Greek Γλυκό Φιλί Italian Demonbacio Korean 악마의키스 Akma-yi Kiss Brazilian Portuguese Beijo Adorável Russian Прекрасный поцелуй Serbian Divan Poljubac Spanish Latin America Beso Amoroso (Holiday Hi-Jynx) Beso de Amor (AG116) Spain Beso Amoroso

Variations of the move Lovely Kiss
Lovely Kiss • Sleep Powder • Sweet Kiss Formerly a variation Will-O-Wisp

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