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Tickle (move)

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Tickle
くすぐる Tickle
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect any foe, but not allies
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Cute
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Tickle (Japanese: くすぐる Tickle) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Tickle reduces the target's Attack and Defense stat by one stat level each.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0114 Tangela Tangela
 Grass 46
0138 Omanyte Omanyte
 Rock Water 43
0139 Omastar Omastar
 Rock Water 46
0190 Aipom Aipom
 Normal 25
0340 Whiscash Whiscash
 Water Ground --
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" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Lapras | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0133 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Eevee | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0263 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Zigzagoon | style="background: #FFF" | Zigzagoon
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Azurill | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Skitty | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
Whiscash |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Mawile | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0320 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Wailmer | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
Whiscash

|- | 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. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0174 174 Igglybuff Normal PokéPark Events
0360 360 Wynaut Psychic PokéPark Events
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
0114 Tangela Tangela
 Grass 47
0138 Omanyte Omanyte
 Rock Water 43
0139 Omastar Omastar
 Rock Water 48
0190 Aipom Aipom
 Normal 15
0340 Whiscash Whiscash
 Water Ground --
0424 Ambipom Ambipom
 Normal 15
0439 Mime Jr. Mime Jr.
 Psychic --
0465 Tangrowth Tangrowth
 Grass 47
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" | 0043 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Oddish | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Bellsprout | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Krabby | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Lapras | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0133 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Eevee | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0172 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Pichu | style="background: #FFF" | Pichu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0263 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Zigzagoon | style="background: #FFF" | Zigzagoon
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Lotad | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth
Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Azurill | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Skitty | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Mawile | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0320 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Wailmer | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Whiscash |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0345 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Lileep | style="background: #FFF" | Lileep
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Feebas | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0387 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Turtwig | style="background: #FFF" | Turtwig
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela , Tangrowth
Lapras
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Cherubi, Cherrim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0420 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Cherubi | style="background: #FFF" | Cherubi
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0456 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Finneon | style="background: #FFF" | Finneon
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord
Whiscash

|- | 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
0114 Tangela Tangela
 Grass 47
0138 Omanyte Omanyte
 Rock Water 43
0139 Omastar Omastar
 Rock Water 48
0190 Aipom Aipom
 Normal 15
0340 Whiscash Whiscash
 Water Ground --
0424 Ambipom Ambipom
 Normal 15
0439 Mime Jr. Mime Jr.
 Psychic --
0465 Tangrowth Tangrowth
 Grass 47
0572 Minccino Minccino
 Normal 9
0573 Chillaccino Chillaccino
 Normal --
0574 Gothimu Gothimu
 Psychic 7
0575 Gochimiru Gochimiru
 Psychic --
7
0576 Gothitelle Gothitelle
 Psychic --
7
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" | 0043 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Oddish | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0066 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Machop | style="background: #FFF" | Machop
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Gothimu, Gochimiru, Gothitelle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Bellsprout | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Tentacool | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Krabby | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Lapras | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0133 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Eevee | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0172 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Pichu | style="background: #FFF" | Pichu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0173 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Cleffa | style="background: #FFF" | Cleffa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Skitty, Delcatty
Mawile
Cherubi, Cherrim
Monmen, Erufuun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0263 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Zigzagoon | style="background: #FFF" | Zigzagoon
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Lotad | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth
Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Slakoth | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Azurill | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Skitty | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Mawile | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0320 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Wailmer | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Whiscash
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0345 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Lileep | style="background: #FFF" | Lileep
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Feebas | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0387 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Turtwig | style="background: #FFF" | Turtwig
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela , Tangrowth
Lapras
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Cherubi, Cherrim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0420 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Cherubi | style="background: #FFF" | Cherubi
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0456 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Finneon | style="background: #FFF" | Finneon
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord
Whiscash |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0511 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Pansage | style="background: #FFF" | Pansage
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0513 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Pansear | style="background: #FFF" | Pansear
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0515 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Panpour | style="background: #FFF" | Panpour
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0546 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Monmen | style="background: #FFF" | Monmen
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0587 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Emonga | style="background: #FFF" | Emonga
| colspan="1" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0594 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Mamanbou | style="background: #FFF" | Mamanbou
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Whiscash |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0631 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Kuitaran | style="background: #FFF" | Kuitaran
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom, Ambipom
Minccino, Chillachino

|- | 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

The user tickles the foe into laughing, reducing its Attack and Defense stats.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Whiscash Whiscash tickles the opponent with its whiskers.
Juan's Whiscash Eight Ain't Enough Debut
Mime Jr. Mime Jr. tickles the opponent with its hands, or Mime Jr. makes tickling gestures in the air and blue energy comes off its body and tickles the opponent.
James's Mime Jr. Spontaneous Combusken! None
Minccino Minccino latches itself onto its opponent's back and wriggles its tail around the opponent's arm pit.
Bianca's Minccino BW013 None


In other languages

  • Czech: Šimravý útok
  • Dutch: Kietel
  • French: Chatouille
  • German: Spasskanone
  • Greek: Γαργάλημα
  • Italian: Solletico
  • Korean: 간지르기 Ganjireugi
  • Portuguese (European): Cócegas
  • Spanish: Cosquillas
  • Serbian: Golicanje


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