Petal Dance (move)

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Petal Dance
はなびらのまい Petal Dance

The user attacks by scattering petals for two to three turns. The user then becomes confused.

Battles

Type	Grass
Category	Special
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	90
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
May affect either foe, but not the ally

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 (Japanese: はなびらのまい Petal Dance) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I — II

Petal Dance inflicts damage for 2 - 3 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.

In Generation I - III, this move has a power of 70.

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.

In the anime

Roselia using Petal Dance.	Bulbasaur using Petal Dance.
Vileplume using Petal Dance.	Roserade using Petal Dance.

Pokémon

Roselia. Roselia spins around and pink petals fly out and spiral towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.

Used by Drew's Roselia in Now That's Flower Power!.

Bulbasaur. Petals are released from the opening in Bulbasaur's bulb. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.

Used by May's Bulbasaur from Where's Armaldo! to present.

Vileplume. Petals are released from the opening in Vileplume's flower. The petals then spiral towards the opponent and once hit, the opponent is confused.

Used by Nicolette's Vileplume in May's Egg-Cellent Adventure!.

Roserade. Roserade spins around and pink petals fly out and spiral towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.

Used by Forsythia's Roserade in Oh Do You Know the Poffin Plan!

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
043	Oddish	Grass	Poison	33
044	Gloom	Grass	Poison	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.

Generation II

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
043	Oddish	Grass	Poison	39
044	Gloom	Grass	Poison	44
045	Vileplume	Grass	Poison	--
182	Bellossom	Grass		--
192	Sunflora	Grass		31
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
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom Sunflora
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.