Kinesis (move)

Kinesis スプーンまげ Spoon Bend

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  80% 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 I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

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

Kinesis on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Kinesis on Eevee's Movedex

Kinesis (Japanese: スプーンまげ Spoon Bend) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I. It is the signature move of Kadabra and Alakazam.

Effect

Kinesis decreases the target's Accuracy stat by one stage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic		--	--			--			--				--
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	no			--			--			--				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

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

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

• The Japanese name for this move is in reference to the psychokinetic spoon bending tricks popularized by stage psychic Uri Geller. The English name is simply the "-kinesis" suffix from the Greek for "motion" from related words such as psychokinesis and telekinesis.
• Until Pokémon Yellow, it was impossible to learn Kinesis, as it only appeared as a random Metronome move prior.
• Kinesis is one of four moves originating from Generation I that have not been used in the anime (the others being Barrage, Leech Life and Struggle).

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 折彎湯匙 Zhéwān Tāngchí French Télékinésie German Psykraft Greek Τηλεκίνηση Italian Cinèsi Korean 숟가락휘기 Sutgarak Hwigi Serbian Telekineza Spanish Kinético

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