Petal Dance (move)

Petal Dance はなびらのまい Petal Dance

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect any adjacent foe, but not allies

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

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Petal Dance on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Petal Dance on Eevee's Movedex

Petal Dance (Japanese: はなびらのまい Petal Dance) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation I. It was the signature move of Oddish and Gloom in that Generation.

Effect

Generation I

Petal Dance inflicts damage for 3 to 4 turns (chosen at random). Once selected, even if it misses, the user will only be able to use Petal Dance, and will not be able to switch out. At the end of this duration, the user will become confused.

If the Petal Dance duration is disrupted, such as by full paralysis or by hurting itself due to confusion, it will immediately end. The user will only become confused if Petal Dance is fully executed, without its duration being disrupted. Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Petal Dance.

In Stadium, after the duration of Petal Dance ends, there will be a notice that the user becomes confused.

This move has a power of 70 and has 20 PP.

Generation II

The duration of Petal Dance is decreased to 2-3 turns.

Generation III

The move remains the same. However, in double battles its target is a randomly selected enemy.

Generation IV

The power of Petal Dance increases to 90. All other effects are the same.

Generation V

The power of Petal Dance increases to 120, and its PP is reduced to 10. All other effects are the same.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison	no			no			no			32				32
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	33			39			39			41				41
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	38			44			44			53				53
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	no			--			44			53				53
154		Meganium	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			32				32
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass	no			--			44			no
192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass	no			31			37			33				33
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	no			no			49			40				40
421		Cherrim	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			25				25
549		Lilligant	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				46
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				38
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
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 054 Psyduck Water New York Pokémon Center 152 Chikorita Grass New York Pokémon Center 172 Pichu Electric New York Pokémon Center 173 Cleffa Normal New York Pokémon Center 174 Igglybuff Normal New York Pokémon Center 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic New York Pokémon Center 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 III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 052 Meowth Normal Pokémon Center Meowth 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 anime

Maractus	Roselia	Bulbasaur	Roserade
Pink petals are released by the Pokémon and fly out towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Roselia	Roselia spins around quickly and pink petals fly out of it and spiral towards the opponent, or Roselia holds out its hands and pink petals come out of the roses.
Drew's Roselia	Now That's Flower Power!		Debut
Bulbasaur	Bulbasaur releases multiple pink petals in a twister like fashion at the opponent from the opening in its bulb.
May's Bulbasaur	Where's Armaldo?		None
Skitty	Skitty lifts up its paw and a white orb appears around it. It then shoots a spiral of pink petals from the orb at the opponent.
May's Skitty	Pacifidlog Jam		Used via Assist
Vileplume	Vileplume stretches the opening on its flower at the opponent and releases pink petals in a spiraling fashion at the opponent. When hit, the opponent becomes confused.
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
A Coordinator's Vileplume	Weekend Warrior		None
Bellossom	Bellossom releases a spiral of pink petals at the opponent from the flowers on its head.
A Coordinator's Bellossom	Weekend Warrior		None
Roserade	Roserade spins around quickly and releases pink petals from all around its body at the opponent.
Forsythia's Roserade	Oh Do You Know the Poffin Plan!		None
Maractus	Maractus spins around quickly and releases pink petals from all around its body at the opponent.
Tobio's Maa-kun	BW053		None
Tobio's Raa-kun	BW053		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Vileplume
The user attacks by scattering petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Vileplume	Vileplume releases a swirl of spiraling petals from the hole on its flower at the opponent. Sometimes it spins around to use the attack.
Erika's Vileplume	Blame it on Eevee		Debut
Bellossom	Bellossom spins its body around and multiple petals come out of its body and float into the air. The petals then bloom into flowers and the flowers slice the opponent.
Erika's Bellossom	Cherry Bellossom		None

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

• A Lilligant with Own Tempo is the only Pokémon that can naturally use this move without becoming confused.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 花之舞 Huā​-zhī​ Wǔ​ Dutch Bloemendans French Danse-Fleur German Blättertanz Greek Χορός Πετάλων Hindi फूलों का नाच Phoolon Ka Naach पंखुड़ियों का नाच Pankhoodiyon kaa naach Indonesian Tarian Kelopak Bunga Italian Petalodanza Korean 꽃잎댄스 Kkoch'ip Dance Portuguese Dança de Pétalas Serbian Ples Latica Spanish Danza Pétalo

Variations of the move Petal Dance
Thrash • Outrage Petal Dance

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