Trick (move)

Trick トリック Trick

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  0   Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Trick on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Trick on Eevee's Movedex

Trick (Japanese: トリック Trick) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III-IV

The user switches held items with the target. It fails if neither has a held item, if either Pokémon is holding Griseous Orb or Mail, if the target has a Substitute, or if either Pokémon has Sticky Hold. It also fails if either Pokémon has Multitype and either of the swapped items is a Plate. In link battles, Secret Bases, and the Trainer House items stolen will be returned at the end of the battle.

Generation V

Trick no longer switches a Trainer's Pokémon's items permanently; however, items switched in wild battles are permanently switched. Trick will now succeed with a Griseous Orb as long as neither the user nor the target is Giratina.

Trick cannot exchange a Drive if the user or the target is a Genesect.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Trick fails if either Pokémon is not holding an item.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	43			46				52
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	43			46				52
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	37	36	36				36
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	no			50				55
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	no			66				75
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	no			36				36
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	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 breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic
161		Sentret*	Normal		Normal
263		Zigzagoon*	Normal		Normal
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	no				no
313		Volbeat	Bug		Bug
325		Spoink*	Psychic		Psychic
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
352		Kecleon*	Normal		Normal
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	no
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic	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 move tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
036		Clefable	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
063		Abra	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic						✔	✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic						✔	✔
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison						✔	✔
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison						✔	✔
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison						✔	✔
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic						✔	✔
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic						✔	✔
137		Porygon	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
175		Togepi	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
176		Togetic	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying						✔	✔
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying						✔	✔
196		Espeon	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic						✔	✔
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost						✔	✔
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic						✔	✔
233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic						✔	✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying						✔	✔
251		Celebi	Psychic	Grass						✔	✔
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
282		Gardevoir	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost						✔	✔
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost						✔	✔
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic						✔	✔
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic						✔	✔
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
326		Grumpig	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic						✔	✔
344		Claydol	Ground	Psychic						✔	✔
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost						✔	✔
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost						✔	✔
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost						✔	✔
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost						✔	✔
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic						✔	✔
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic						✔	✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic						✔	✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic						✔	✔
385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic						✔	✔
386		Deoxys	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying						✔	✔
426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying						✔	✔
429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost						✔	✔
433		Chingling	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic						✔	✔
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic						✔	✔
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark						✔	✔
468		Togekiss	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting						✔	✔
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost						✔	✔
478		Froslass	Ice	Ghost						✔	✔
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost						✔	✔
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
482		Azelf	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark						✔	✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 263 Zigzagoon Normal Dream World - Pleasant Forest 313 Volbeat Bug Dream World - Spooky Manor 355 Duskull Ghost Dream World - Spooky Manor 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

	Mr. Mime
The user catches the foe off guard and swaps the foe's held item with its own.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Mr. Mime	Mr. Mime's body becomes outlined in light blue, and an item it's holding glows white and disappears. It is then replaced with a item the opponent was holding.
Rhonda's Mr. Mime	Hail to the Chef!		Debut

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

	Mime Jr.
The user switches its held item with the opponent's.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Mime Jr.	Mime Jr. glows brightly and any item it is holding teleports into the opponents hand and vice versa.
Hiori's Mime Jr.	Seven's Real Identity In Peril		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

	Volbeat
The user switches its held item with the opponent's.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Volbeat	Volbeat opens its arms and legs wide and a wide beam of light comes off its body and covers the opponent. The held items of both Pokémon then switch.
Amber's Volbeat	VS. Volbeat		Debut
Linoone	Linoone quickly switches its held item with the opponent's.
The Battle Factory's Linoone	VS. Pinsir		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)	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 騙術 Piànshù Dutch Truc Finnish Temppu French Tourmagik German Trickbetrug Greek Ταχυδακτυλουργικό Italian Raggiro Korean 트릭 Trick Serbian Trik Spanish Truco

Variations of the move Trick
Trick • Switcheroo

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