Sing (move)

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Sing うたう Sing

A soothing lullaby is sung in a calming voice that puts the foe into a deep slumber.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  55% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

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

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Sing on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sing on Eevee's Movedex

Sing (Japanese: うたう Sing) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Sing puts the target to sleep. It will not affect an target that already has a major status ailment. In Stadium, Sing can't affect a target that has a Substitute.

Generation III

The move is the same, but it can't affect targets with Insomnia, Vital Spirit, or Soundproof as their ability.

In the anime

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A wild Jigglypuff using Sing	Mitch Mitchum's Jigglypuff using Sing
Kricketune using Sing in a Contest	Delcatty using Sing

Pokémon

Jigglypuff. Jigglypuff sings a song into its marker, or releases colored musical notes from its mouth.

• Used by a wild Jigglypuff as a running gag throughout the series since The Song of Jigglypuff. Debut
• Used by a giant Jigglypuff in The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis.
• Used by Mitch Mitchum's Jigglypuff in Rough, Tough Jigglypuff.

Swablu. Swablu releases a soothing melody with its mouth. The melody is accompanied by semi-transparent and circular sound waves.

• Used by a wild Swablu in True Blue Swablu to protect itself from May when it was injured.

Kricketune. Kricketune uses its scythes to create sound waves.

• Used by Nando's Kricketune in Dawn's Early Night.

Delcatty. Delcatty sings and colored musical notes are released from its mouth.

• Used by Lila's Delcatty in Battling the Generation Gap!.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
035		Clefairy	Normal		13
036		Clefable	Normal		--
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		--
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		--
113		Chansey	Normal		24
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	16
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
035		Clefairy	Normal		8
036		Clefable	Normal		--
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		--
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		--
113		Chansey	Normal		29
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	--
173		Cleffa	Normal		8
174		Igglybuff	Normal		--
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	25
242		Blissey	Normal		23
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

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
035		Clefairy	Normal		9
036		Clefable	Normal		--
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		--
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		--
113		Chansey	Normal		29
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	--
173		Cleffa	Normal		8
174		Igglybuff	Normal		--
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	25
242		Blissey	Normal		23
300		Skitty	Normal		13
301		Delcatty	Normal		--
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	11
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	-- 11
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
298		Azurill	Normal		Clefairy, Clefable Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff Skitty, Delcatty Lapras
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.

By purification

#		Pokémon	Type		Game
052		Meowth	Normal		XD
105		Marowak	Ground		XD
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		XD
280		Ralts	Psychic		XD
303		Mawile	Steel		XD
316		Gulpin	Poison		XD
361		Snorunt	Ice		XD
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 IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
035		Clefairy	Normal		7
036		Clefable	Normal		--
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		--
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		--
113		Chansey	Normal		23
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	--
173		Cleffa	Normal		7
174		Igglybuff	Normal		--
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	18
242		Blissey	Normal		23
300		Skitty	Normal		8DP
300		Skitty	Normal		11Pt
301		Delcatty	Normal		--
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	9
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	-- 9
402		Kricketune	Bug		18
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying	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 breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
298		Azurill	Normal		Clefairy, Clefable Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff Skitty, Delcatty Lapras
311		Plusle	Electric		Clefairy, Clefable Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff Skitty, Delcatty
312		Minun	Electric		Clefairy, Clefable Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff Skitty, Delcatty
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.

Other appearances

Jigglypuff uses Sing as its up B attack in the Super Smash Bros. series. The move puts all ground-bound users near Jigglypuff to sleep; it does not affect players in the air.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Yellow, there is a Trainer in the Pewter City Pokémon Center whose Jigglypuff puts the protagonist's Pikachu to sleep after singing.

In other languages

• Spanish: Canto
• French: Berceuse
• German: Gesang
• Italian: Canto

Variations on the move Sing
	Sing | GrassWhistle

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