Scary Face (move)

Scary Face こわいかお Scary Face

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the judge's attention.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Scary Face on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Scary Face on Eevee's Movedex

Scary Face (Japanese: こわいかお Scary Face) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Scary Face lowers the target's Speed stat by two stages.

Generation V

Scary Face's accuracy changed from 90% to 100%.

Description

Games Description Stad2 A horrific look that scares the victim, sharply reducing the target's Speed. GSC Sharply reduces the foe's Speed. RSEColo.XD Frightens with a scary face to sharply reduce Speed. FRLG Frightens the foe with a scary face to sharply reduce its Speed. DPPtHGSS The user frightens the foe with a scary face to sharply reduce its Speed stat. BWB2W2 The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly reduce its speed stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	25			25			19				19
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	27			27			21				21
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	27			27			21				21
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal	20			20			20				20
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting	43			43			43				46
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting	52			52			44				51
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting	52			52			44				51
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock	31			31			21				19
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	31			31			21				19
128		Tauros	Normal		Normal	19			19	13	11				11
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire	no			no			64				64	29
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	36			36			--				--
158		Totodile	Water		Water	27			27			15				15
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	28			28			15				15
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	28			28			15				15
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	6			6			5				5
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	--, 6			--, 6			--, 5				--, 5
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal	--			--			--				--
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal	--			--			--				--
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	no			no			39				38
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground	no			no			21				39
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	36			36			19				23
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	38			38			19				23
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	38			38			19				23
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark	no			29			33				33
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark	no			32			37				37
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying	no			33			26				26
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	no			16			11				11
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	no			16			11				11
367		Huntail	Water		Water	no			29			19				19
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	no			37			40				40
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	no			47			43				43
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	no			47			43				43
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic	no			26			24				24	35
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic	no			--, 26			24				24	35
382		Kyogre	Water		Water	no			5			5				5
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	no			5			5				5
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	no			5			5				5
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric	no			no			37				37
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric	no			no			43				43
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric	no			no			49				49
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	no			no			19				19
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	no			no			19				19
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	no			no			28		23	23	41
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	no			no			28		23	23	43
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	no			no			21				19
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground	no			no			65				65	58
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	no			no			--				--
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	no			no			--				--
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	no			no			41				41
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	no			no			--				--
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			no				37
533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			no				41
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			no				41
550		Basculin	Water		Water	no			no			no				41
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark	no			no			no				34
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark	no			no			no				36
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark	no			no			no				36
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	no			no			no				34
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting	no			no			no				34
563		Cofagrigus	Ghost		Ghost	no			no			no				34
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	no			no			no				11
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying	no			no			no				11
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	no			no			no				21
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark	no			no			no				21
588		Karrablast	Bug		Bug	no			no			no				40
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no				16
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no				16
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no				16
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no				13
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel	no			no			no				22
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel	no			no			no				22
626		Bouffalant	Normal		Normal	no			no			no				21
627		Rufflet	Normal	Flying	no			no			no				19
628		Braviary	Normal	Flying	no			no			no				19
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no				52
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no				55
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no				55
646		Kyurem Normal Kyurem	Dragon	Ice	no			no			no				43
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
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	no			no
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	no			no			no
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	no			no			no
322		Numel	Fire	Ground	no
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	no			no
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel	no			no
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	no			no
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	no			no
629		Vullaby	Dark	Flying	no			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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 172 Pichu Electric New York Pokémon Center 173 Cleffa Normal New York Pokémon Center 174 Igglybuff Normal New York Pokémon Center 183 Marill Normal New York Pokémon Center 194 Wooper Water Ground 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.

In the anime

Ariados	Snubbull	Flareon	Totodile
The user frightens the foe with a scary face.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Snubbull	Snubbull makes a scary face that frightens the opponent.
Madame Muchmoney's Snubbull	Snubbull Snobbery		Debut
Totodile	Totodile makes a scary face that frightens the opponent.
Duplica's Mini-Dit in the form of Totodile	Imitation Confrontation		Used via Transform
Ash's Totodile	One Trick Phony!		None
Charizard	Charizard makes a scary face that frightens the opponent.
A Charizard Jessie borrowed from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None
Ariados	Ariados makes a scary face, frightening the opponent, or Ariados covers itself with string, making only the eyes on its abdomen showing.
Harley's Ariados	A Hurdle for Squirtle		None
Flareon	Flareon's eyes glow red. Then, a large illusion of its face appears and fires at the opponent.
Ursula's Flareon	Opposites Interact!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Snubbull
The user stares at the opponent in a scary way.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Snubbull	Snubbull's pupils disappear and it stares at the opponent in a scary way. The opponent then becomes afraid to move.
Green's Snubbull	The Last Battle VII		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

	Clefairy
The user makes a face that scares the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Snubbull	Snubbull makes a face that is very scary towards the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Snubbull	A Finger Lickin' Battle!		Debut
Clefairy	Clefairy puts on a costume and makes a horrid-looking face.
Red's Clefairy	A Finger Lickin' Battle!		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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• In Generation V games, Scary Face and Glare are identical in appearance.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 鬼臉 Guǐliǎn Finnish Rumanaama (original series) Irvistys (Advanced Generation) French Grimace German Grimasse Greek Τρομακτικός Μορφασμός Hindi डरावना चेहरा Daravna Chehra Indonesian Wajah Menakutkan Italian Visotruce Korean 겁나는얼굴 Geopna-neun Eolgul Polish Maszkaron Brazilian Portuguese Cara Assustadora Serbian Zastrašujuća Grimasa Spanish Cara Susto

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