Sing (move)

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-II

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

Generation III and on

Sing's effects remain the same, except that now it can't affect targets with Insomnia, Vital Spirit, or Soundproof as their ability.

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.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 172 PichuLv 5 Electric New York City 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.

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.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 327 SpindaLv 5 Normal PokéPark Events 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 11PtHGSS 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.

In the anime

Delcatty	Jigglypuff	Kricketune	Jigglypuff 2
A soothing lullaby is sung in a calming voice that puts the foe into a deep slumber.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff sings a beautiful song, or releases colored musical notes from its mouth that make the opponent fall asleep.
A wild Jigglypuff	The Song of Jigglypuff		Debut
A giant Jigglypuff	The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis		None
Marina's Little Pink	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Lisa Mitchum's Jigglypuff	Rough, Tough Jigglypuff		None
A Coordinator's Jigglypuff	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!		None
Chansey	Chansey puts its hands in front of it and sings, making the opponent drowsey and go to sleep.
Multiple Nurse Joy's Chansey	Ignorance is Blissey		None
Nurse Joy's Chansey	Ignorance is Blissey		None
Swablu	Swablu sings a soothing melody and transparent circles come out of its mouth. Anything that hears the song and is hit with the shockwave instantly falls asleep.
A wild Swablu	True Blue Swablu		None
Kricketune	Kricketune puts its scythes together and rubs them back and forth with each other. Then, its body starts to glow white and golden music notes come out of its body.
Nando's Kricketune	Dawn's Early Night!		None
Delcatty	Delcatty sings and colored musical notes are released from its mouth.
Lila's Delcatty	Battling the Generation Gap!		None
Chimecho	Chimecho sings and colored musical notes are released from its mouth.
Coordinator's Chimecho	DP161		Chimecho can not legally learn Sing.
Chingling	Chingling sings and colored musical notes are released from its mouth.
Coordinator's Chingling	DP161		Chingling can not legally learn Sing.

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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