Sleep Powder (move)

Sleep Powder
ねむりごな Sleep Powder

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
Does not affect any Pokémon*

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	3 ♥♥♥
???

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:

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

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

Effect

Sleep Powder puts the opponent to sleep.

Sleep Powder can't affect an opponent that already has a major status ailment.

In Stadium, Sleep Powder can't affect an opponent that has a substitute.

In the anime

VenonatSleepPowder.jpg

Tracey's Venonat using Sleep Powder.
Oddish Sleep Powder.JPG

A wild Oddish using Sleep Powder.

Pokémon

Venonat. Venonat shakes its body and blue powder falls out of its fur.

Used by Tracey's Venonat in Tracey Gets Bugged.

Oddish. A blue, sparkling smoke is released from the top of Oddish's head. Any Pokémon or human that goes into this smoke will instantly fall asleep.