Stun Spore (move)

Stun Spore しびれごな Numbing Powder

The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder. It may paralyze the target.

Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  75% 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

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  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

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

Stun Spore on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Stun Spore on Eevee's Movedex

Stun Spore (Japanese: しびれごな Numbing Powder) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

It appears to be a paralyzing counterpart to PoisonPowder and Sleep Powder, as the accuracy, contest group, appeal, effects, Japanese names and animation are the same or very similar. They are also usually learned at the same level or in a similar pattern.

Effect

Generation I

Stun Spore paralyzes the target.

Stun Spore can't affect a target that already has a major status ailment.

In Stadium, Stun Spore can't affect a target that has a substitute.

In the anime

Aya commanding her Venonat to use Stun Spore	Koga commanding his Venomoth to use Stun Spore
Parasect using Stun Spore	Venonat using Stun Spore.

Pokémon

Butterfree. Butterfree flies over the foe and a orange mist comes out of its wings, paralyzing it.

• Used by Ash's Butterfree from The Water Flowers of Cerulean City to Bye-Bye Butterfree. Debut.

Tangela. Tangela shakes its body and waves of orange powder comes out of it and hits the opponent, paralyzing it.

• Used by Erika's Tangela in Pokémon Scent-Sation.

Venonat. Venonat shakes its fur and an orange mist is released from. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.

• Used by Aya's Venonat in The Ninja Poké-Showdown!.
• Used by a Venonat temporarily trained by Conway in Camping it Up!.

Venomoth. An orange mist is released by the flapping of its wings. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.

• Used by Koga's Venomoth in The Ninja Poké-Showdown!.
• Used by Chaz's Venomoth in All Things Bright and Beautifly.

Paras. Paras shakes its mushrooms and a orange powder comes out of them.

• Used by Cassandra's Paras in The Problem with Paras.

Vileplume. A tornado of topaz mist comes of the hole on Vileplume's head, paralyzing anyone who comes into contact with the dust.

• Used by Jessiebelle's Vileplume in Holy Matrimony!.

Dustox. Same as above.

• Used by Jessie's Dustox from ??? to ???.

Vileplume. An orange mist is released Vileplume's opening in it's flower on its head. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.

• Used by Jessiebelle's Vileplume in Holy Matrimony.
• Used by a wild Vileplume in The Stun Spore Detour.
• Used by Nicolette's Vileplume in May's Egg-Cellent Adventure!.

Parasect. An orange mist is released, paralyzing anyone hit by it.

• Used by Officer Jenny's Parasect in Gulpin it Down.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	16RGB
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	14Y
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	17
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	--
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	17
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	--
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	17
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	13
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	--
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	13
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	30
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	--
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	30
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	21
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	23
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	32
114		Tangela	Grass		36
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
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	14
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	16
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	16
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	--
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	7
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	--
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	7
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	28
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	28
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	19
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	19
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	25
114		Tangela	Grass		34
182		Bellossom	Grass		--
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying	15
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying	15
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	15
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
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	14
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	16
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	16
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	--
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	7
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	--
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	7
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	28
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	28
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	19
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	19
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	25
114		Tangela	Grass		37
182		Bellossom	Grass		--
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying	15
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying	15
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	15
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying	17
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying	40
285		Shroomish	Grass		7
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	--
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	7
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	12
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	15
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	15
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	--
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	6
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	--
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	6
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	23
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	23
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	17
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	17
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	19
114		Tangela	Grass		29
182		Bellossom	Grass		--
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying	14
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying	14
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	14
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying	17
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying	33
285		Shroomish	Grass		9
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	--
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	9
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	10
406		Budew	Grass	Poison	10
465		Tangrowth	Grass		29
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
455		Carnivine	Grass		Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom Paras, Parasect Exeggcute , Exeggutor Tangela , Tangrowth Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff Shroomish, Breloom Roselia, Roserade
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.

In other languages

• French: Para Spore
• German: Stachelspore
• Italian: Paralizzante
• Norwegian: Sjokkbølger ("Shock Waves")
• Spanish: Paralizador
• Portuguese: Esporos Paralizantes

Variations on the move Glare
	Glare | Stun Spore

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