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Mean Look (move)

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Mean Look
くろいまなざし Dark Look
The user affixes the foe with a dark, arresting look. The target becomes unable to flee.
Battles
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0
Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.
Super Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

Mean Look (Japanese: くろいまなざし Dark Look) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Contents

Effect

Mean Look prevents the foe from switching out. The effect only applies as long as the Pokémon that used it remains in battle. The affected Pokémon can still switch out via Baton Pass, but in that case, the Pokémon that switches in will now be affected. Conversely, the Pokémon that used Mean Look can switch out with Baton Pass and the effects of Mean Look will still apply. Also, if the affected Pokémon is Roared at or hit with a Whirlwind, they will still be switched out.

If a wild Pokémon uses Mean Look on the player's Pokémon, the player will be unable to escape, unless the player's Pokémon has Run Away.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
041 041 Zubat Poison Flying 36
042 042 Golbat Poison Flying 42
092 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 13
093 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 13
094 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 13
124 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 35
169 169 Crobat Poison Flying 42
197 197 Umbreon Dark 42
198 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 41
200 200 Misdreavus Ghost 19
238 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 35
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
088 088 Grimer Poison Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Misdreavus
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
041 041 Zubat Poison Flying 36
042 042 Golbat Poison Flying 42
092 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 13RSE
092 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 48FRLG
093 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 13RSE
093 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 64FRLG
094 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 13RSE
094 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 64FRLG
124 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 35
169 169 Crobat Poison Flying 42
197 197 Umbreon Dark 42
198 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 48
200 200 Misdreavus Ghost 23
238 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 33
302 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 45
355 355 Duskull Ghost 45
356 356 Dusclops Ghost 51
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
088 088 Grimer Poison Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops
280 280 Ralts Psychic Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
041 041 Zubat Poison Flying 29
042 042 Golbat Poison Flying 33
092 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 8
093 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 8
094 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 8
124 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 21
169 169 Crobat Poison Flying 33
197 197 Umbreon Dark 57
198 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 41
200 200 Misdreavus Ghost 19
238 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 21
302 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 57
355 355 Duskull Ghost 38
356 356 Dusclops Ghost 43
477 477 Dusknoir Ghost 43
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
088 088 Grimer Poison Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
280 280 Ralts Psychic Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
359 359 Absol Dark Umbreon
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime


In other languages

  • Spanish: Mal de Ojo
  • German: Horrorblick
  • Italian: Malosguardo
Variations on the move Mean Look
Status Mean Look | Spider Web | Block


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