Imprison (move)

Imprison ふういん Seal

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) 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 all foes

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Imprison on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Imprison on Eevee's Movedex

Imprison (Japanese: ふういん Seal) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Imprison prevents opponents from using any move which is also known by the user. In double battles, the move targets the user and affects both opponents. However, if no opponent knows a move the user knows when the user attempts to use Imprison, it will fail. The effect of Imprison lasts until the user switches out or faints. If the user's moveset changes while Imprison is in effect, such as by Mimic, Sketch or Transform, opponents are prevented from using the new moves.

If the target of this move runs out of PP of the rest of its usable moves, it will start to Struggle.

Generation V

Imprison no longer fails if no opponent knows a move the user knows when the user attempts to use Imprison.

Imprison can now be affected by Snatch.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games, Imprison will afflict the target with a Paused status.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	25			21				21
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal	no			43				49
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic	31			32				34
281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic	33			36				39
282		Gardevoir	Psychic		Psychic	33			40				45
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	no			12				12
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	no			--, 12				--, 12
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic	no			6				6
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	no			6				6
482		Azelf	Psychic		Psychic	no			6				6
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				13
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying	no			no				19
528		Swoobat	Psychic	Flying	no			no				19
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	no			no				53
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark	no			no				59
605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				25
606		Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				25
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire	no			no				24
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire	no			no				24
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire	no			no				8, 64
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric	no			no				8, 64
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying	no			no				9
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice	no			no				8, 64
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
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	no
562		Yamask	Ghost		Ghost	no				no
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic	no				no
582		Vanillite*	Ice		Ice	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 IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 355 Duskull Ghost Pokéwalker - Winner's Path 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Kirlia
The user creates a forcefield around the enemies body that prevents it from moving.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Kirlia	Kirlia creates a forcefield around its body that prevents it from moving.
Ruby's Ruru	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut

In other generations

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing sections and complete it. Reason: Gen III Jpn.

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

• Imprison's animation changes from the Japanese game to the American or European versions. This is due to the fact the Japanese animation contain Japanese characters 封, the first kanji of 封印 which means seal.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 封印 Fēngyìn French Possessif German Begrenzer Greek Επισφράγιση Italian Esclusiva Korean 봉인 Bong'in Serbian Zatvaranje Spanish Cerca

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