Hypno (Pokémon)

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Hypno スリーパー Sleeper #097
Art by Ken Sugimori from FireRed and LeafGreen
Type  Psychic   Psychic   Psychic   Psychic   Psychic   Psychic	Species Hypnosis Pokémon
Abilities Insomnia or Forewarn Forewarn Inner Focus Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #097 Johto #088 Hoenn #267* Sinnoh #— Unova #— Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-091 Almia R-167 Oblivia R— Oblivia (past) N— Not in any regional Browser
Height 5'03" Imperial 1.6m Metric 5'03"/1.6m 0.0m	Weight 166.7lbs Imperial 75.6kg Metric 166.7lbs/75.6kg 0.0kg
Dex color Yellow	Footprint
Body style	Catch rate 75 9.8%
Gender ratio Genderless Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Human-Like group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 165 Battle Exp.: 1651*
External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex Generation IV Generation V Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Hypno (Japanese: スリーパー Sleeper) is a Psychic-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Drowzee starting at level 26.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 2.1 Major appearances 2.2 Minor appearances 2.3 Pokédex entries 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Merchandise 6 Game data 6.1 Pokédex entries 6.2 Game locations 6.2.1 In side games 6.3 Held items 6.4 Stats 6.4.1 Base stats 6.4.2 Pokéathlon stats 6.5 Type effectiveness 6.6 Learnset 6.6.1 By leveling up 6.6.2 By TM/HM 6.6.3 By breeding 6.6.4 By tutoring 6.6.5 By a prior evolution 6.6.6 Special moves 6.6.7 TCG-only moves 6.7 Side game data 6.8 Evolution 6.9 Sprites 7 Trivia 7.1 Origin 7.1.1 Name origin 8 In other languages 9 External links 10 Notes

Biology

Physiology

Hypno is a bipedal human-like Pokémon that has yellow colored skin. It has two triangular, cat-like ears on the top of its head and two sleepy looking eyes with a giant nose underneath. On its neck, it has a ruff of white fur. Hypno has five fingers on each hand and holds a pendulum in its left. (It is worthy to note that no explanation has been given as to where the pendulum Hypno carries comes from.) Hypno has three toes on its feet, which have a pink colored pad on the undersides.

Gender differences

The fur on a female's mane is longer than a male's mane.

Special abilities

Hypno are able to put people to sleep. They can then sense the dreams they are having, so they know what kind of dream they would be eating. Hypno is also known to inexplicably conjure up Poison Gas.

Behavior

Hypno is known to reside away from humans and on less traveled roads. If anyone comes by, the Hypno will hypnotize it and presumably eat its dreams. It carries around a pendulum, the item it uses to hypnotize victims, everywhere it goes. Hypno hypnotizes its victims by rocking its pendulum back and forth steadily, with the arcing movement and glitter of the pendulum lulling the victim to sleep, even if they just woke up. Hypno's Hypnosis technique is so effective, it can induce sleep in only three seconds, although the longer it swings its pendulum, the longer the effects of Hypnosis will last. Since eye contact is required for Hypno’s Hypnosis technique to work, the effect is negated if the victim quickly closes its eyes. While it waits for victims, it polishes its pendulum using its mane.

Habitat

Wild Hypno live in very tall grass, by muddy rivers, in savannahs, and occasonally in ancient temples and tombs. Wild Hypno are quite rare, only found in Kanto.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

It feeds on dreams. Its special abilities allow it to put people to sleep and then sense the dreams they are having, so they know what kind of dream they would be eating.

In the anime

Major appearances

Hypno first appeared in Hypno's Naptime. The Pokémon Lover's Club of HopHopHop Town were using Hypno and Drowzee to help them with their sleeping problems. The "Sleep Waves" from Hypno were causing children to act like Pokémon and draining the energy from the Pokémon in the local Pokémon Center. Drowzee managed to fix this problem.

Harrison used a Hypno against Ash during the Silver Conference in Playing with Fire.

Hypno also appeared in Fear Factor Phony. It lives in an abandoned mining colony with several other Pokémon of its type.

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP027 Hypno Ash's Pokédex Hypno, a Hypnosis Pokémon. It carries a pendulum-like device and performs hypnotic attacks. This concludes the entries from the original series.

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Hypno had a single major appearance in Chapter 057 as one of the Pokémon of the Team Rocket trio that attempted to recapture S.S. Anne.

In the TCG

Main article: Hypno (TCG)

Merchandise

Hypno was one of the first four Pokémon designs revealed when the Pokémon 151 brand was first announced. The shirt design features an image of Hypno swinging its pendulum from the left side of the shirt.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I. Generation I Red Blue When it locks eyes with an enemy, it will use a mix of PSI moves such as Hypnosis and Confusion. Yellow Avoid eye contact if you come across one. It will try to put you to sleep by using its pendulum. Stadium If you lock eyes with it, it will try to hypnotize you. It is best to close your eyes quickly before you get hypnotized. Generation II Gold When it is very hungry, it puts humans it meets to sleep, then it feasts on their dreams. Silver Always holding a pendulum that it rocks at a steady rhythm, it causes drowsiness in anyone nearby. Crystal The longer it swings its pendulum, the longer the effects of its hypnosis last. Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald {{{rsedex}}} Ruby Sapphire Hypno holds a pendulum in its hand. The arcing movement and glitter of the pendulum lull the foe into a deep state of hypnosis. While this Pokémon searches for prey, it polishes the pendulum. Ruby {{{rubydex}}} Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald The arcing movement and glitter of the pendulum in a Hypno's hand lull the foe into deep hypnosis. While searching for prey, it polishes the pendulum. FireRed LeafGreen {{{frlgdex}}} FireRed It carries a pendulum-like device. There once was an incident in which it took away a child it hypnotized. LeafGreen When it locks eyes with an enemy, it will use a mix of PSI moves such as Hypnosis and Confusion. Generation IV Diamond Pearl {{{dpdex}}} Diamond Pearl Platinum Seeing its swinging pendulum can induce sleep in three seconds, even in someone who just woke up. Diamond {{{diamonddex}}} Pearl {{{pearldex}}} Platinum {{{platinumdex}}} HeartGold SoulSilver {{{hgssdex}}} HeartGold When it is very hungry, it puts humans it meets to sleep, then it feasts on their dreams. SoulSilver Always holding a pendulum that it swings at a steady rhythm, it causes drowsiness in anyone nearby. Generation V Black White Seeing its swinging pendulum can induce sleep in three seconds, even in someone who just woke up. Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}}  ??? No Pokédex data is available.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I. Generation I Red Blue Uncommon Cerulean Cave Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Evolve Drowzee Generation II Gold Silver Rare Route 11 Crystal Rare Route 11Night Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen Common Berry Forest Colosseum None Trade XD One Cipher Key Lair (Shadow) Generation IV Diamond Pearl None Evolve Drowzee Platinum None Evolve Drowzee HeartGold SoulSilver Rare Route 11, Safari Zone Pal Park Forest Generation V Black White None Poké Transfer

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball	Evolve Drowzee
Pokémon Trozei!	Huge Storage 2 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team	Evolve Drowzee
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Deep Spacial Rift (B6-B9)
Pokémon Ranger	Dusk Factory
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Chroma Ruins Altru Building
Pokémon Rumble	Eternal Tower
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Tower: Soothing Shore

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Gold Leaf (100%)
Yellow*

Stats

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 85	145 - 192	280 - 374
Attack: 73	70 - 137	135 - 269
Defense: 70	67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp.Atk: 73	70 - 137	135 - 269
Sp.Def: 115	108 - 183	211 - 361
Speed: 67	64 - 130	125 - 256
Total: 483   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature. This Pokémon's  Special  base stat in Generation I was 115.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 2/3 ★★☆	Power 2/3 ★★☆
Skill 4/5 ★★★★☆	Stamina 3/3 ★★★
Jump 3/3 ★★★	Total 14/17 ★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
Weak to Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None	Resistant against Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None	Unaffected by Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None	Damaged normally by Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None
Notes: In Generation I, the effectiveness of  Ghost-type  moves is 0×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Start	Nightmare	Ghost	Status	—	100%	15
Start	Switcheroo	Dark	Status	—	100%	10
Start	Pound	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35
Start	Hypnosis	Psychic	Status	—	60%	20
Start	Disable	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Start	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
5	Disable	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
9	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
13	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15
17	Poison Gas	Poison	Status	—	80%	40
21	Meditate	Psychic	Status	—	—%	40
25	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100%	20
29	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15
33	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
37	Synchronoise	Psychic	Special	70	100%	15
41	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
45	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
49	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
53	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—%	20
57	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
61	Future Sight	Psychic	Special	100	100%	10
A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Hypno obtained at level 1 in Generation V Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hypno Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hypno Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM03	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
	TM04	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100%	20
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5
	TM19	Telekinesis	Psychic	Status	—	—%	15
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—%	25
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10
	TM47	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	60	100%	20
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100%	20
	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100%	15
	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM92	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	—	—%	5
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hypno Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hypno Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Assist*	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Barrier	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
	Flatter	Dark	Status	—	100%	15
	Guard Swap	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—%	20
	Role Play	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	Psycho Cut	Psychic	Physical	70	100%	20
	Secret Power‡	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	Skill Swap‡	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Hypno in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Hypno in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hypno Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hypno Click on the generation numbers at the top to see egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Game		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Hypno can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Hypno cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hypno Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hypno Click on the generation numbers at the top to see move tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
‡	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hypno Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hypno Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Special moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves		Level 34+	Purified moves
Shadow Down	Shadow		Baton Pass	Normal
Shadow Storm	Shadow		Psychic	Psychic
--			Meditate	Psychic
--			Shadow Ball	Ghost

TCG-only moves

• Night Shade

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball    Acquisition: Evolve	Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Wild Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP "You are invincible!" Did my hypnotism work its magic? 26%-50% HP We may be in trouble. I'm down to half my HP. 1%-25% HP I'm ready to faint... Even hypnotism won't save us now... Level up OK! There's my level! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up OK! There's my level!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Psychic  Poké Assist: ( Psychic ) Field move: None Loops: 9 Min. exp.: 54 Max. exp.: 68 Browser entry   When Hypno spreads its arms wide, it is preparing to attack with psychic waves.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Psychic  Poké Assist: ( Psychic ) Field move: (Psy Power ×2) Browser entry   It lets loose strange orbs from the palms of its hands to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.

Evolution

Unevolved Drowzee  Psychic

Level 26 →

First evolution Hypno  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White				Back

For other sprites and images, please see Hypno images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Although Hypno's Pokédex entries say that it feeds on dreams when it is hungry, Hypno can only learn the move Dream Eater via TM.
• Although Hypno could learn Snore by move tutor in Pokémon Emerald, it was unable to use it due to its sole ability in Generation III, Insomnia (except for switching ability with others using Skill Swap). However, in Pokémon Platinum, it cannot be tutored Snore despite gaining a second ability in Generation IV that does not prevent the use of Snore.
• Hypno's Red and Blue and LeafGreen Pokédex entries make reference to it using "PSI moves", possibly indicating an early name for the Psychic type in English.

Origin

Hypno is based on a tapir, hypnotist, and baku, or dream eater spirit, of Japanese mythology. It also looks similar to a proboscis monkey. Hypno's long, hooked nose and white frill could also be based on a vulture, such as Rüppell's Vulture.

Name origin

Hypno's name is a shortening of hypnosis. It could also be named after Hypnos (Greek: Ὕπνος Sleep), the personification of sleep in Greek mythology. Its Japanese name is simply Sleeper, or one who sleeps.

In other languages

Language Name Name Origin German Hypno French Hypnomade From hypnose and nomade. Korean 슬리퍼 Seullipeo Chinese (Mandarin) 素利拍 Sùlìpāi Transliteration of its Japanese name. Chinese (Cantonese) 催眠獸 Chēuimìhnsau Literally "Hypnotizing beast".

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

Notes

← #096: Drowzee

Pokémon

#098: Krabby →

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