Fake Tears (move)

Fake Tears うそなき Fake Crying

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Battles Type  Dark Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% 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 anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   The appeal works great if performed last.

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

Fake Tears on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Fake Tears on Eevee's Movedex

Fake Tears (Japanese: うそなき Fake Crying) is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Fake Tears lowers the target's Special Defense stat by two stages.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	41			25				28
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	19			--				--
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	19			--				--
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	37			25				28
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	6			6				6
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric	28			21, 31				21, 35
312		Minun	Electric		Electric	no			31				35
438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock	no			--				--
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	no			no				9
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				10
575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				--, 10
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				--, 10
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
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	no
158		Totodile	Water		Water	no				no
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal	no
174		Igglybuff	Normal		Normal
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal	no				no
298		Azurill	Normal		Normal	no
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug	no				no
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal	no				no
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice	no				no
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric	no
427		Buneary	Normal		Normal	no
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal	no
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	no				no
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying	no				no
546		Cottonee	Grass		Grass	no				no
562		Yamask*	Ghost		Ghost	no				no
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal	no				no
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass	no				no
629		Vullaby*	Dark	Flying	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.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 174 Igglybuff Normal Dream World - Pleasant Forest 314 Illumise Bug Dream World - Spooky Manor 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

	Sudowoodo	Bonsly
The user feigns crying to make the foe feel flustered.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Bonsly	Bonsly pretends to cry, making actual tears come out of its eyes. It can also cry loudly, distorting the air around it.
A wild Bonsly	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		Debut
A wild Bonsly	Pikachu's Ghost Carnival		None
Brock's Bonsly	From Cradle to Save		None
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Battling a Cute Drama!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Plusle
The user pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Plusle	Plusle licks its paws and dabs them around it eyes, making its saliva look like tears. It then pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel bad for it.
Ruby's Plusle	VS. Spoink II		Debut

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)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 假哭 Jiǎkū Dutch Neptranen French Croco Larme German Trugträne Greek Ψεύτικα Δάκρυα Indonesian Air Mata Buaya Italian Falselacrime Korean 거짓울음 Geojit Ul'eum Portuguese Lágrimas de Crocodilo Serbian Lažne Suze Spanish Llanto Falso

Variations of the move Charm
Captivate • Charm • Fake Tears • FeatherDance

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