Growth (move)

Growth せいちょう Growth

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch 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  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition and helps prevent nervousness.

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

Growth on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Growth on Eevee's Movedex

Growth (Japanese: せいちょう Growth) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Growth increases the user's Special stat by one stage.

Generation II to Generation IV

The effects of Growth are the same as the previous generation, however, it increases user's Special Attack stat instead.

Generation V

Growth now increases Attack by one stage in addition to increasing Special Attack by one stage. In intense sunlight, Growth raises Attack and Special Attack by two stages each.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	34			32			32			25				25
002		Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	38			38			38			28				28
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison	43			41			41			28				28
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	41			37			37			27				33
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	48			46			43			30				37
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	--			6			6			7				7
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	--			--, 6			--, 6			--, 7				--, 7
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	49	48	46			13			12				12
191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass	no			4			6			--				--
192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass	no			4			6			--				--
273		Seedot	Grass		Grass	no			no			7			7				7
274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark	no			no			7			7				7
275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	no			no			--			no
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass	no			no			36			33				33
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	no			no			5			4				4
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	no			no			9			9				9
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	no			no			--, 9			--, 9				--, 9
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying	no			no			7			7				7
406		Budew	Grass	Poison	no			no			no			4				4
413		Wormadam Plant Cloak	Bug	Grass	no			no			no			29				29
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			7				7
421		Cherrim	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			7				--, 7
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			--				--
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			12				12
492		Shaymin	Grass		Grass	no			no			no					--	--
495		Snivy	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				13
496		Servine	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				13
497		Serperior	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				13
546		Cottonee	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				4
547		Whimsicott	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				--
548		Petilil	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				4
549		Lilligant	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				--
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				6
590		Foongus	Grass	Poison	no			no			no			no				6
591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison	no			no			no			no				--, 6
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
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass	no
459		Snover	Grass	Ice	no
590		Foongus	Grass		Grass	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 II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 060 Poliwag Water New York Pokémon Center 133 Eevee Normal New York Pokémon Center 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 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.

In the anime

Tangrowth	Glowing	Green beam released	Effect
The user releases a green beam and gives its energy to others.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Tangrowth	Tangrowth holds out its hands and two light green orbs appear in front of Tangrowth's hands. It then fires light green beams at the opponent, giving its energy to it.
A wild Tangrowth	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		Debut
Cherrim	The purple stem on Cherrim's head glows light green and it releases a light green beam from the stem at the opponent, giving its energy to it.
A wild Cherrim	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
Seedot	A light green orb forms above the gray stem on Seedot's head. It then fires a light green beam from the orb at the opponent, giving its energy to it.
A wild Seedot	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
Shroomish	A light green orb forms above the hole on Shroomish's head, and it fires a light green beam from the orb at the opponent, giving its energy to it.
A wild Shroomish	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
Bellsprout	Two light green orbs form in front of the leaves on the side of its body and it fires light green beams from the orbs at the opponent, giving its energy to it.
A wild Bellsprout	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Tangela
The user's body doubles in size.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Tangela	Tangela's body size grows larger.
Erika's Angela	Striking Golduck		Debut
Sunkern	Sunkern gets pumped, raising its special attack.
Gold's Sunbo	You Ain't Nothin' But a Houndour		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)	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

Trivia

• Despite this move being a Normal-type move, no Normal-type Pokémon can learn it, apart from a New York Pokémon Center event Eevee in Generation II and Smeargle.
  • In addition, the only other Pokémon that can learn Growth that are not Grass-type are Illumise, Poliwag, and Spinarak; even then, these Pokémon only learn Growth through special New York Pokémon Center events in Generation II or breeding.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 生長 Shēngzhǎng Dutch Groei French Croissance German Wachstum Greek Ανάπτυξη Italian Crescita Korean 성장 Seongjang Portuguese Crescimento Serbian Rast Spanish Desarrollo

Variations of the move Bulk Up
Bulk Up • Calm Mind • Cosmic Power Dragon Dance • Growth • Hone Claws • Stockpile

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