Mirror Move (move)

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Mirror Move
オウムがえし Parrot Mimicry
The user counters the foe by mimicking the move last used by the foe.
Battles
Type  Flying
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  1
Jam  0
Makes the appeal as good as the one before it.
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earns double the score on the final performance.

Mirror Move (Japanese: オウムがえし Parrot Mimicry) is a non-damaging Flying-type move introduced in Generation I.

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Effect

Mirror Move causes the user to use the last move that the target used. A move called by Mirror Move in this way counts as the last move used.

Mirror Move will fail if the target did not make a move selection in the round before the use of Mirror Move, switches out during the round Mirror Move is used, or if the opponent's last move used was Mirror Move.

Paralysis, confusion, recharging, and building up for a multi-turn move have no effect to the last move used. If Mirror Move is used against an target that was fully paralyzed or hurt itself right before its use, Mirror Move will still use the last move that the target used. If Mirror Move is used during the first turn of a multi-turn move, Mirror Move will use the move that the opponent used before that move (or fail if no move was previously made).

A Pokémon will be able to use a move that is disabled if it is called via Mirror Move.

In Stadium, Mirror Move will copy multi-turn moves during either of the turns they take to execute.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
016 Pidgey Normal Flying 44
017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 49
018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 54
021 Spearow Normal Flying 22
022 Fearow Normal Flying 25
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
016 Pidgey Normal Flying 47
017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 55
018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 61
021 Spearow Normal Flying 31
022 Fearow Normal Flying 32
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
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
175 Togepi Normal Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
Farfetch'd
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Murkrow
198 Murkrow Dark Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
Farfetch'd
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Togetic
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
016 Pidgey Normal Flying 47
017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 55
018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 61
021 Spearow Normal Flying 31
022 Fearow Normal Flying 32
255 Torchic Fire 37
256 Combusken Fire Fighting 43
257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 49
333 Swablu Normal Flying 38
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
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
175 Togepi Normal Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
Farfetch'd
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Murkrow
Taillow, Swellow
Swablu, Altaria
198 Murkrow Dark Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
Farfetch'd
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Togetic
Taillow, Swellow
Swablu, Altaria
276 Taillow Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
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
016 Pidgey Normal Flying 45
017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 52
018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 56
021 Spearow Normal Flying 21
022 Fearow Normal Flying 23
255 Torchic Fire 37
256 Combusken Fire Fighting 43
333 Swablu Normal Flying 38
441 Chatot Normal Flying 9
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
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
084 Doduo Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
175 Togepi Normal Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
Farfetch'd
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Murkrow
Taillow, Swellow
Swablu, Altaria
Chatot
198 Murkrow Dark Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
Farfetch'd
Hoothoot, Noctowl
Togetic
Taillow, Swellow
Swablu, Altaria
Chatot
276 Taillow Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Spearow, Fearow
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 other languages

  • Spanish: Mov. Espejo
  • French: Mimique
  • German: Spiegeltrick
  • Italian: Speculmossa
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Movimento Espelho
Variations on the move Mirror Move
Status Mirror Move | Copycat


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