Morning Sun (move)

Morning Sun (Japanese: あさのひざし Morning Sunlight) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Morning Sun restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions and time of day. Normal conditions will restore ½ of the total HP.

Generations III and IV

Morning Sun restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions in the battle. Sunny conditions restore full HP, normal conditions restore ½ HP, and other conditions restore ¼ HP.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0196 Espeon Psychic 52 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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0196 Espeon Psychic 52 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 20 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 purification

#   Pokémon Type Game 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying XD 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison XD 0114 Tangela Grass XD 0123 Scyther Bug Flying XD 0146 Moltres Fire Flying XD 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0196 Espeon Psychic 71 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 20 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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree
Scyther, Scizor
Beautifly |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0058 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Espeon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Espeon

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Morning Sun Anime.jpg Beautifly
Sparkles and rays of light surround the Pokémon's body, restoring HP.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Beautifly's whole body glows white, then all around it glows yellow, or yellow rays of light shine outward from Beautifly's body.
Janet's Beautifly	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		Debut
May's Beautifly	Cruisin' for a Losin'		None

Trivia

• Morning Sun was Espeon's signature move in Generation II.
• From Generation III onwards, only Espeon and Beautifly can learn Morning Sun by level up. These two Pokémon also have counterparts (Umbreon and Dustox, respectively) that learn Moonlight at the same levels.

In other languages

• Dutch: Morgenzon
• French: Aurore.
• German: Morgengrauen.
• Italian: Mattindoro.
• Spanish: Sol Matinal.

Variations of the move Moonlight
Moonlight • Morning Sun • Shore Up • Synthesis

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