Return (move)

Return おんがえし Return

A full-power attack that grows more powerful the more the user likes its Trainer.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  Varies 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 anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM27 in Generation II TM27 in Generation III TM27 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 Excites the audience in any contest.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Return on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Return on Eevee's Movedex

Return (Japanese: おんがえし Return) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Return inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. The base power of Return is dependant on the Happiness of the user. The greater the user's Happiness, the greater the base power. The base power can be calculated using the following formula:

Base Power = Happiness / 2.5

The base power of Return varies between 0 (minimum Happiness) and 102 (maximum Happiness).

Learnset

Generation II

By TM27

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Return.

Generation III

By TM27

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Return.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 428 Lopunny Normal 13 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 TM27

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Return.

Trivia

• In the Spanish version of the games, Return is called Retroceso, which is likely due to a direct translation of the word Return. A correct translation should be Recompensa.
• Lopunny is the only Pokémon to learn Return by leveling.

In other languages

• Italian: Ritorno
• Spanish: Retroceso
• German: Rückkehr
• Korean: 은혜갚기 Eunhyegapgi

Variations on the move Frustration
	Frustration | Return

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