Spore (move)

Spore redirects here. For the Ability named Spore in Japanese, see Effect Spore (Ability).

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Spore キノコのほうし Mushroom Spore

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) 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 I Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

Spore on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Spore on Eevee's Movedex

Spore (Japanese: キノコのほうし Mushroom Spore) is a non-damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation I. Up until Generation III, it was Paras and Parasect's signature move.

Effect

Spore puts the target to sleep.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

The user will make all Pokémon in the room fall asleep, all other effects are the same.

Description

Games Description Stad Special spores are scattered from mushrooms. If the opponent inhales the spores, it will fall asleep. Stad2 Special spores are scattered from mushrooms. If the foe inhales them, it will fall asleep. GSC A move that induces sleep. RSEColo. Scatters a cloud of spores that always induce sleep. FRLG The user scatters bursts of fine spores that induce sleep. DPPtHGSSBWB2W2 The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	27			25			25			17				22
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	30			28			27			17				22
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass	no			no			54			45				45
590		Foongus	Grass	Poison	no			no			no			no				50
591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison	no			no			no			no				62
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Shroomish	Parasect	Paras	Foongus
The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Parasect	Parasect releases a yellow powder from the hole under its mushroom at the opponent, putting it to sleep.
Cassandra's Parasect	The Problem with Paras		Debut
Paras	Paras releases a white powder from the mushrooms on its back at the opponent, putting it to sleep.
A Coordinator's Paras	Borrowing on Bad Faith!		None
Shroomish	Shroomish releases a sparkling, pale tan colored powder from the hole on its head at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Shroomish	Playing the Performance Encore!		None
Foongus	Foongus releases a sparkling, yellow powder from its mouth at the opponent, putting it to sleep.
A wild Foongus	BW127		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Paras
The user releases a bunch of spores that puts the opponent to sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Paras	Paras puts its claws together and forms spores in between them. When the opponent is hit with the spores, they fall asleep.
Miles's Paras	Purrrr-sian		Debut
Parasect	Parasect releases spores into the air from the mushroom on its back. The spores float into the air and drop down onto the opponent, making it go to sleep.
Crys's Parasee	Slugging it Out with Slugma		None
Amoonguss	Amoonguss releases multiple spores from its mouth at the opponent, or Amoonguss releases a stream of spores from its mouth at the opponent. When the opponent breathes in the spores, it falls asleep.
A Plasma Grunt's Amoonguss	Big City Battles		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

• Spore can only be learned by Mushroom Pokémon.
  • All Pokémon capable of learning the move can also have the Ability Effect Spore.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 蘑菇孢子 Mógu Bāozǐ Dutch Spoor Finnish Itiö French Spore German Pilzspore Greek Σπόριο Indonesian Spora Spora Jamur Italian Spora Korean 버섯포자 Beoseot Poja Brazilian Portuguese Esporos Serbian Spora European Spanish Espora

Variations of the move Spore
Spore • Thunder Wave • Teeter Dance

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