Sleep Powder (move)

Sleep Powder ねむりごな Sleep Powder

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) 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 any foe, but not allies

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

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

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Sleep Powder (Japanese: ねむりごな Sleep Powder) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

It appears to be a sleep counterpart to PoisonPowder and Stun Spore, as the accuracy, contest group, appeal, effects, Japanese names and animation are the same or very similar. They are also usually learned at the same level or in a similar pattern.

Effect

Generation I-II

Sleep Powder puts the target to sleep. It will not affect a target that already has a major status ailment. In Stadium, Sleep Powder can't affect a target that has a Substitute.

Generation III and on

Sleep Powder's effects remain the same, except that now it can't affect targets with Insomnia or Vital Spirit as their ability.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 41 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 46 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 55 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 15 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 17 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 19 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 19 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 19 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 38 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 43 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 18 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 18 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 18 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 48 0114 Tangela Grass 39 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 15 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 15 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 15 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 15 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 18 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 18 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 36 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 42 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 15 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 15 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 37 0114 Tangela Grass 4 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 17 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 17 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 17 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 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 15 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 15 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 15 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 15 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 18 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 18 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 36 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 42 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 15 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 15 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 37 0114 Tangela Grass 4 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 17 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 17 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 17 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 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 13 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 13 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 13 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 12 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 17 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 17 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 29 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 29 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 13 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 13 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 23 0114 Tangela Grass 5 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 16 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 16 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 16 0465 Tangrowth Grass 5 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" | 0315 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Carnivine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0406 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Budew
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Carnivine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0455 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Carnivine
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Roselia, Roserade

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 13 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 13 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 13 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 12 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 17 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 17 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 29 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 29 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 13 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 13 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 23 0114 Tangela Grass 5 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 16 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 16 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 16 0465 Tangrowth Grass 5 0548 Churine Churine Grass 10 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" | 0315 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Carnivine
Churine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0406 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Budew
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Carnivine
Churine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0455 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Carnivine
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Roselia, Roserade
Churine

|- | 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:Butterfree Sleep Powder.png Butterfree Venonat Oddish
The user scatters a big cloud of sleep-inducing dust around the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Butterfree flaps its wings above the opponent and blue, shining powder comes is released from them, instantly putting the opponent to sleep.
Ash's Butterfree	Challenge of the Samurai		Debut
Ritchie's Happy	Friend and For Alike		None
Lisa's Butterfree	Spell of the Unown		None
	Venomoth flaps it wings and a light tan powder comes out, putting the opponent to sleep.
Koga's Venomoth	The Ninja Poké-Showdown		None
	Venonat shakes its body and blue powder falls out of its fur, putting the opponent to sleep.
Tracey's Venonat	Tracey Gets Bugged		None
	Victreebel opens the large leaf on its head and a shining blue powder is released from its mouth, putting the opponent to sleep.
James's Victreebel	A Way Off Day Off		None
	A sparkling, light blue powder is released from the bulb on Bulbasaur's back. Anything who comes into contact with the powder instantly fall asleep.
Ash's Bulbasaur	Misty Meets Her Match		None
	The two large flowers on Bellossom's head spin around and a shining blue powder comes out of them, putting the opponent to sleep.
Bailey's Belle	Flower Power		None
Bailey's Bella	Flower Power		None
	Oddish releases a blue, sparkling powder from the leaves on top of its head. Anything that goes into this powder will instantly fall asleep.
Mariah's Oddish	Foul Weather Friends		None
Multiple wild Oddish	Jump for Joy!		None
A wild Oddish	Gettin' Twiggy with It!		None
	Venusaur releases a sparkling blue powder out from the flower on its back, putting the opponent to sleep.
A wild Venusaur	Houndoom's Special Delivery		None
	Parasect shakes the large mushroom on its back and a shining blue powder is released from it.
Multiple wild Parasect	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		Parasect cannot legally learn Sleep Powder.
A wild Parasect	Hocus Pokémon		Parasect cannot legally learn Sleep Powder
	Gloom releases an indigo powder from the flower on its head, putting the opponent to sleep.
A Coordinator's Gloom	Once More with Reeling!		None
	Tangrowth puts its hands together so that the tips of its index fingers and thumbs are touching each other and a bright light pink light forms in between them. An indigo powder with light blue and pink sparkles in it is then released from the light and surrounds the opponent. When the opponent breathes in the powder, it falls asleep.
Tammy's Tangrowth	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Venusaur File:Sleep Powder effect.png Hitting Pikachu
The user scatters a big cloud of sleep-inducing dust around the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bulbasaur releases a seed from the back of its bulb at the opponent. The seed explodes above the opponent and releases spores from it, making the opponent fall asleep.
Red's Saur	Sigh for Psyduck		Debut
	Venusaur releases a seed from the back of its bulb at the opponent. The seed explodes above the opponent and releases spores from it, making the opponent fall asleep.
Red's Saur	Ponyta Tale		None
	Venomoth flaps its wings and a powder comes out of them. When the opponent breathes in the powder, it goes to sleep.
Sabrina's Venomoth	Valiant Venomoth!		None
	Dustox flaps its wings and an unseeable powder comes out of them. When the opponent breathes in the powder, it falls asleep.
A wild Dustox	VS. Dustox		None

In other languages

• Dutch: Slaappoeder
• Finnish: Unijauhe
• French: Poudre Dodo
• German: Schlafpuder
• Greek: Υπνωτική Σκόνη
• Hindi: Neend Ka Powder
• Italian: Sonnifero
• Korean: 수면가루 Sumyeon Garu
• Portuguese: Pó do Sono
• Spanish: Somnifero
• Serbian: Uspavljujući Prah

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

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