Amnesia (move)

Amnesia ドわすれ Memory Lapse

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

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

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Amnesia on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Amnesia on Eevee's Movedex

Amnesia (Japanese: ドわすれ Memory Lapse) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Amnesia increases the user's Special by two stages.

Generation II and on

Raises the user's Special Defense two stages instead.

Pokémon Rumble Blast

The user's Defense rises.

Description

Games Description Stad Sharply raises the user's Special stat. Also increases protection against special attacks. Stad2 A move that increases the user's Spcl.Def. stat. It is normally used up to three times. GSC Sharply raises the user's Spcl.Def. RSEFRLGColo.XD Forgets about something and sharply raises Sp. Def. DPPtHGSSBWB2W2 The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. It sharply raises the user's Sp. Def stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	no			no			no			44				48	43
055		Golduck	Water		Water	no			no			no			50				56	49
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	38			no			no			no				no
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	41			no			no			no				no
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	40			43			43	36	43				41
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	44			46			46	36	47				43
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	--			8			6	5	9				9
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	81			77			77	99	57				50
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			60				60
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal	no			41			49			36				36
162		Furret	Normal		Normal	no			48			59			42				42
194		Wooper	Water	Ground	no			21			21			23				23
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	no			23			23			24				24
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire	no			29			29			31				32
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	no			29			29			31				32
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground	no				55	55			49				49	48
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground	no				70	70			65				65	58
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	no			no			25			25				25
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	no			no			25			25				25
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	no			no			17			17				17
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	no			no			17			17				17
320		Wailmer	Water		Water	no			no			46			37				37
321		Wailord	Water		Water	no			no			52			37				37
322		Numel	Fire	Ground	no			no			31			25				31	19
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground	no			no			31			25				31	19
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire	no			no			40			49				49
339		Barboach	Water	Ground	no			no			21			18				18
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground	no			no			21			18				18
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	no			no			36			29				29
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass	no			no			36			29				29
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water	no			no			26			19				19
378		Regice	Ice		Ice	no			no			41			41				41
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel	no			no			41			41				41
386		Deoxys Defense Forme	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			35			73				73
399		Bidoof	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			29				29
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water	no			no			no			33				33
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying	no			no			no			no					40
426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying	no			no			no			no					46
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			9				9
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			46				46
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire	no			no			no			no				25
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying	no			no			no			no				29
528		Swoobat	Psychic	Flying	no			no			no			no				29
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	no			no			no			no				40
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison	no			no			no			no				46
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire	no			no			no			no				46
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire	no			no			no			no				80
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	no			no
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal
098		Krabby*	Water		Water
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal	no			no
114		Tangela*	Grass		Grass
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	no
173		Cleffa*	Normal		Normal
183		Marill	Water		Water
187		Hoppip*	Grass	Flying
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic
222		Corsola	Water	Rock
226		Mantine	Water	Flying	no			no			no
273		Seedot	Grass		Grass	no
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic	no			no
351		Castform	Normal		Normal	no			no
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock	no
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass	no			no
422		Shellos	Water		Water	no			no
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	no			no			no
531		Audino*	Normal		Normal	no			no			no
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	no			no			no
626		Bouffalant	Normal		Normal	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation I

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 054 Psyduck Water Pokémon Stadium 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

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 096 Drowzee Psychic New York Pokémon Center 223 Remoraid Water 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.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 098 Krabby Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 170 Chinchou Water Electric Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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

	Slowbro
The user makes the foe or itself forget how to use a move.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Slowbro	Slowbro temporarily forgets how to use a move.
Professor Westwood V's Slowbro	The Evolution Solution		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Slowbro	Slakoth
The user forgets all about the pain it took from an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Slowbro	Slowbro forgets all about the pain it took from the previous attack.
Lorelei's Slowbro	Bang the Drum, Slowbro		Debut
Slakoth	Slakoth scratches its head and looks around blankly, forgetting what it was doing.
Mr. Dutch's Dwarf	VS. Torkoal		None

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Despite several Pokédex entries, especially in the anime, state that Psyduck can't remember while using mysterious power, it could not learn this move until Generation IV, except via a Pokémon Stadium Nintendo event.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 瞬間失憶 Shùnjiān Shīyì Dutch Geheugenverlies Finnish Muistinmenetys French Amnésie German Amnesie Greek Αμνησία Italian Amnesia Korean 망각술 Manggaksul Norwegian Amnesi/Hukommelsestap Brazilian Portuguese Amnésia Serbian Amnezija Spanish Amnesia

Variations of the move Amnesia
Amnesia • Autotomize • Iron Defense • Minimize • Nasty Plot • Rock Polish

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