Tickle (move)

Tickle くすぐる Tickle

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) 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 III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.

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

Tickle on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Tickle on Eevee's Movedex

Tickle (Japanese: くすぐる Tickle) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Tickle reduces the target's Attack and Defense stat by one stat level each.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	46			47				47
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	43			43				43
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	46			48				48
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal	25			15				15
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground	--			--				--
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal	no			15				15
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	no			--				--
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass	no			47				47
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal	no			no				9
573		Cinccino	Normal		Normal	no			no				--
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				7
575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				--, 7
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				--, 7
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
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	no
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting	no				no
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	no
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	no				no
098		Krabby	Water		Water	no
131		Lapras	Water	Ice
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric	no
173		Cleffa*	Normal		Normal	no				no
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal
270		Lotad	Grass	Water	no
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	no				no
298		Azurill	Normal		Normal
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel
320		Wailmer	Water		Water
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	no
349		Feebas	Water		Water	no
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass	no
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass	no
456		Finneon	Water		Water	no
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass	no				no
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire	no				no
515		Panpour	Water		Water	no				no
546		Cottonee	Grass		Grass	no				no
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying	no				no
594		Alomomola	Water		Water	no				no
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire	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.

By event

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 174 Igglybuff Normal PokéPark Events 360 Wynaut Psychic 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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 300 Skitty Normal Dream World - Pleasant Forest Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Minccino	Mime Jr.	Mime Jr.	Whiscash
The user tickles the foe into laughing, reducing its Attack and Defense stats.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Whiscash	Whiscash tickles the opponent with its whiskers.
Juan's Whiscash	Eight Ain't Enough		Debut
Mime Jr.	Mime Jr. tickles the opponent with its hands, or Mime Jr. makes tickling gestures in the air and blue energy comes off its body and tickles the opponent.
James's Mime Jr.	Spontaneous Combusken!		None
Minccino	Minccino jumps onto the opponent's back and tickles the opponent with its tail, or Minccino runs up to the opponent, turns around and tickles it with its tail.
Bianca's Minccino	Minccino-Neat and Tidy!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Whiscash
The user tickles the opponent, causing it to become incapable of furthur using any attacks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Whiscash	Whiscash jumps onto the opponent and tickles it using its whiskers, making it incapable of using any more attacks.
Wallace's Phillipe	VS. Kyogre & Groudon XII		Debut

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)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 搔癢 Sāoyǎng Czech Šimravý útok Dutch Kietel French Chatouille German Spasskanone Greek Γαργάλημα Indonesian Gelitik Italian Solletico Korean 간지르기 Ganjireugi Portuguese Cócegas Serbian Golicanje Spanish Cosquillas

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