Recycle (move)

Recycle リサイクル Recycle

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM67 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Can be repeatedly used without boring the Judge.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  0   Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Recycle on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Recycle on Eevee's Movedex

Recycle (Japanese: リサイクル Recycle) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Recycle allows the user to regain a held item, such as a Berry, once it has been consumed. Consumed items are not forgotten when the Pokémon is switched out. Recycle can recover items consumed by Bug Bite, Fling, Natural Gift, and Pluck, but not items lost by Thief, Covet, Trick, Switcheroo, or Bestow. Recycle will fail if the item is collected by a Pokémon with Pickup.

Recycle can recover items consumed that were originally another Pokémon's, but transferred to the Pokémon with Recycle via Thief, Covet, Trick, Switcheroo, Bestow, or Pickup. However, a Pokémon may only have one consumed item at a time; if a Pokémon consumes an item, obtains another and consumes it, the original consumed item cannot be restored, even if the second item is restored and swapped away. If the Pokémon that knows Recycle obtains an item after consuming one, it can still use Recycle to restore the old item as long as it has no hold item and did not consume any other items since consuming the old item.

Generation V

Recycle can now be affected by Snatch. Recycle can no longer restore items lost via Bug Bite and Pluck.

Mystery Dungeon

Recycle repairs a Used TM to its original state so it can be used again. In Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, it cannot be used on a Used TM that contained Recycle.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	33			32				32
137		Porygon	Normal		Normal	44			34				34
233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal	44			34				34
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	no			32				32
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal	no			17				17
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass	no			no				37
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire	no			no				37
515		Panpour	Water		Water	no			no				37
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	no			no				3
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison	no			no				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV TM67		V --
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal				✔
036		Clefable	Normal		Normal				✔
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		Normal				✔
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		Normal				✔
063		Abra	Psychic		Psychic				✔
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic				✔
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic				✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic				✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic				✔
081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel				✔
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel				✔
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic				✔
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic				✔
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal				✔
120		Staryu	Water		Water				✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic				✔
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic				✔
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic				✔
137		Porygon	Normal		Normal				✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal				✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic				✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic				✔
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying				✔
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying				✔
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal				✔
174		Igglybuff	Normal		Normal				✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic				✔
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic				✔
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying				✔
233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal				✔
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic				✔
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal				✔
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic				✔
281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic				✔
282		Gardevoir	Psychic		Psychic				✔
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic				✔
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic				✔
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic				✔
326		Grumpig	Psychic		Psychic				✔
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal				✔
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic				✔
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic				✔
343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic				✔
344		Claydol	Ground	Psychic				✔
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal				✔
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic				✔
385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic				✔
386		Deoxys	Psychic		Psychic				✔
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying				✔
426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying				✔
433		Chingling	Psychic		Psychic				✔
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic				✔
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic				✔
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic				✔
440		Happiny	Normal		Normal				✔
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal				✔
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel				✔
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal				✔
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting				✔
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic				✔
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic				✔
482		Azelf	Psychic		Psychic				✔
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic				✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal				✔
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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 081 Magnemite Electric Steel Dream World - Rugged Mountain 120 Staryu Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 325 Spoink Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Porygon2
The user reuses the effect of an item it already used.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Porygon2	Porygon2 reuses the effect of an item that it has already used.
Blue's Porygon2	Tower of Will		Debut

In other generations

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing sections and complete it. Reason: missing 3rd generation image(s).

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

In other languages

Language Title French Recyclage German Aufbereitung Greek Ανακύκλωση Italian Riciclo Korean 리사이클 Recycle Serbian Recikliranje Spanish Reciclaje

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