Stun Spore (move)

Stun Spore しびれごな Numbing Powder

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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 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  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

Stun Spore paralyzes the target.

Description

Games Description Stad A special move that causes paralysis. When paralyzed, the victim has a one-in-four chance of immobility. Stad2 Special move that causes paralysis. The victim has a one-in-four chance of immobility. GSC A move that may paralyze the foe. RSE Scatters a powder that may paralyze the foe. FRLG Paralyzing dust is scattered wildly. It may paralyze the foe. Colo.XD Scatters a powder that may paralyze the target. DPPtHGSS The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder. It may paralyze the target. BWB2W2 The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder. It may leave the target with paralysis.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	16	14	14			14			12				12
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	17			16			16			15				15
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	--, 17			16			16			15				15
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	--, 17			--			--			--				--
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	13			7			7			6				6
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	--, 13			--, 7			--, 7			--, 6				--
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	30			28			28			23				23
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	--, 30			28			28			23				23
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	21			19			19			17				17
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	23			19			19			17				17
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	32			25			25			19				19
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	36			34			37			29				29	30
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass	no			--			--			--				--
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying	no			15			15			14				14
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying	no			15			15			14				14
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	no			15			15			14				14
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying	no			no			17			17				17
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying	no			no			40			33				33
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass	no			no			7			9				9
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	no			no			--, 7			--, 9				--, 9
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	no			no			13			10				10
406		Budew	Grass	Poison	no			no			no			10				10
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			29				29	30
546		Cottonee	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				10
548		Petilil	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				22
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
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass	no			no
590		Foongus	Grass		Grass	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.

In the anime

Breloom	Amoonguss	Parasect	Venomoth
The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Butterfree	Butterfree flies over the opponent and an orange mist comes out of its wings, paralyzing it.
Ash's Butterfree	The Water Flowers of Cerulean City		Debut
Multiple Butterfree	Battle Aboard the St. Anne		None
Multiple wild Butterfree	Mewtwo Returns		None
Jeremy's Butterfree	Weekend Warrior		None
Tangela	Tangela shakes its body and waves of orange powder comes out of it and hits the opponent, paralyzing it.
Erika's Tangela	Pokémon Scent-sation		None
Venonat	Venonat shakes its fur and an orange mist is released from its body. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.
Aya's Venonat	The Ninja Poké-Showdown!		None
A Venonat Conway trained briefly	Camping it Up!		None
Venomoth	Venomoth flaps its wings and an orange powder comes out of them. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.
Koga's Venomoth	The Ninja Poké-Showdown!		None
A wild Venomoth	The Bug Stops Here!		None
Chaz's Venomoth	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
Katie's Venomoth	Shocks and Bonds		None
Paras	Paras shakes its mushrooms and an orange powder comes out of them and at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Cassandra's Paras	The Problem with Paras		None
Vileplume	A tornado of topaz mist comes out of the hole on Vileplume's head, paralyzing anyone who comes into contact with the dust, or Vileplume releases a ball of orange dust into the air that lands on the opponent, paralyzing them.
Jessiebelle's Vileplume	Holy Matrimony!		None
A wild Vileplume	A Stun Spore Detour		None
Multiple wild Vileplume	Whichever Way the Wind Blows		None
A Coordinator's Vileplume	A Hurdle for Squirtle		None
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
A wild Vileplume	Bucking the Treasure Trend!		None
Oddish	Oddish lowers the leaves in front on its head and an orange powder is released from them, paralyzing anyone who comes into contact with the dust.
Mariah's Oddish	Foul Weather Friends		None
Victreebel	Victreebel releases an orange mist from its mouth at the opponent.
James's Victreebel	The Fortune Hunters		None
A wild Victreebel	BW124		None
Bellossom	Bellossom releases an orange mist from the flowers on its head.
Multiple wild Bellossom	Whichever Way the Wind Blows		None
Noelle's Bellossom	Strategy Begins at Home!		None
Parasect	Parasect shakes its mushroom and an orange powder comes out of it at the opponent, or Parasect releases an orange powder from under its mushroom at the opponent.
A wild Parasect	Hocus Pokémon		None
Officer Jenny's Parasect	Gulpin it Down		None
Shroomish	Shroomish releases a stream or cloud of orange powder from the hole on its head at the opponent.
Alex's Shroomish	Taming of the Shroomish		None
A wild Shroomish	A Corphish Out of Water		None
A Coordinator's Shroomish	Win, Lose or Drew!		None
Roselia	Roselia releases an orange powder from the flowers on its hands at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Drew's Roselia	Now That's Flower Power!		None
Gloom	Gloom shakes its head and an orange powder comes out of the flower on its head at the opponent.
A wild Gloom	Grass Hysteria!		None
A wild Gloom	Pinch Healing!		None
Breloom	Breloom releases an orange mist from the holes on its head at the opponent, or Breloom shakes its body and releases a brown mist from its body all around it.
Fighting Dojo's Breloom	Pasta La Vista!		None
Kenny's Breloom	Team Shocker!		None
Dustox	Dustox flaps its wings and releases a mist of orange powder at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Jessie's Dustox	Gymbaliar!		Dustox cannot legally learn Stun Spore
Jumpluff	Jumpluff releases a sparkling yellow powder from the three dandelions on its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Jumpluff	Dressed for Jess Success!		None
Cottonee	Cottonee turns to its side and waves one of its leaves upward, releasing a wave of sparkling golden powder from it that falls on the opponent.
A wild Cottonee	Cottonee in Love!		None
Foongus	Foongus releases sparkling orange powder from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Foongus	Expedition to Onix Island!		None
Petilil	Petilil releases white sparkling powder at the opponent.
Nursery's Petilil	Unrest at the Nursery!		None
Amoonguss	Amoonguss waves its arms, releasing sparkling orange powder from them at the opponent, paralyzing it.
James's Amoonguss	New Places... Familiar Faces!		None

Cure

According to Ash Ketchum's Pokédex, the effects of Stun Spore are cured by consuming a dose of salveyo weed.

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

	Oddish
The user releases a powder at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Oddish	Oddish releases a powder from its body at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Ash's Oddish	You Gotta Have Friends		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Paras
The user fires a seed at the opponent. The seed then bursts into a powder that makes the opponent unable to move.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Paras	Paras releases spores from the mushrooms on its back at the opponent. The spores paralyze it, and makes it unable to move its body.
Miles's Paras	Purrrr-sian		Debut
Skiploom	Skiploom fires a stream of powder into the air from the middle of the flower on its head. The powder then floats over the battlefield, and anything that breathes in the powder becomes paralyzed.
Erika's Skiploom	Bringing up Bellossom		None
Masquerain	Masquerain waves its front two feet and releases a powder from them that paralyzes the opponent when it breathes it in.
Winona's Masquerain	VS. Masquerain		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

	Budew
The user sprays spores at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Budew	Budew sprays spores from its vines.
A wild Budew	The Mystery Boy, Jun!!		Debut
A wild Budew	The Pokémon Super Contest!!		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

• Most of Stun Spore's in-game descriptions state that it may paralyze the target. The word choice is likely alluding to its 75% accuracy, since it will always paralyze the target if the move is successful.
• Stun Spore is the only Grass-type move able to paralyze the opponent.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 麻痹粉 Mábì Fěn Dutch Verdeelspoor Finnish Pökräitiö (original series) Tyrmäysitiö (AG series) French Para Spore German Stachelspore Greek Παραλυτικός Σπόρος Hindi Stun Spore बेहोशी का धुआ Behoshi ka dhua Indonesian Serbuk Kesemutan Italian Paralizzante Korean 저리가루 Jeori Garu Norwegian Sjokkbølger Polish Drażniący Pyłek Portuguese Brazil Pó Atordoante Portugal Esporos Paralizantes Romanian Sporul Orbitor Serbian Ošamućujuća Spora Spanish Paralizador

Variations of the move PoisonPowder
PoisonPowder • Stun Spore Formerly a variation Glare

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