Yawn (move)

Yawn あくび Yawn

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% 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  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.

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

Yawn on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Yawn on Eevee's Movedex

Yawn (Japanese: あくび Yawn) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In the turn that Yawn is used, the only effect will be the user yawning at the target. At the end of the next turn, the target will fall asleep unless it gets affected by another status condition before or a status-protecting move is used (like Safeguard or Uproar).

If a Pokémon falls asleep through some other means while affected by Yawn, then wakes up, Yawn's effect proceeds as normal at the end of the next turn.

Yawn will fail immediately if the target is under a Substitute, any other major status condition, or when used against a Pokémon with Insomnia or Vital Spirit as its ability.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	--			--				--
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	--			--				--
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	--	21	20				20
175		Togepi	Normal		Normal	16	13	15				13
176		Togetic	Normal	Flying	16	13	15				13
194		Wooper	Water	Ground	31			29				29
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	35			31				31
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic	--			--				--
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	11			9				8
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire	--			--				--
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	--			--				--
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	no			--				--
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	--			--				--
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	--			--				--
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	6			6				6
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	--, 6			--, 6				--, 6
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic	25			25				25
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock	22			22				22
399		Bidoof	Normal		Normal	no			25				25
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water	no			28				28
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground	no			13				13
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground	no			--, 13				--, 13
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic	no			31				31
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire	no			no				16
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	no			no				7
616		Shelmet	Bug		Bug	no			no				25
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
007		Squirtle	Water		Water
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	no
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	no
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal
258		Mudkip	Water		Water	no
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark
322		Numel	Fire	Ground	no
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire
363		Spheal	Ice	Water
393		Piplup	Water		Water	no
422		Shellos	Water		Water	no
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire	no				no
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal	no				no
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	no				no
531		Audino	Normal		Normal	no				no
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire	no				no
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice	no				no
618		Stunfisk	Ground	Electric	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.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 054 Psyduck Water Pokéwalker - Stormy Beach 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 event

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Wish Events 115 Kangaskhan Normal Wish 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 IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 025 Pikachu Electric Onemuri Event 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 422 Shellos Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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

Slowbro	Snorlax	Hippopotas
The user lets loose a huge yawn, releasing varying amounts of bubbles that float over and pop in the opponent's face, causing them to fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Slugma	Slugma opens its mouth and releases a large pink bubble from its mouth. The bubble floats over to the opponent and pops in its face, making it fall asleep.
Flannery's Meg	Going, Going, Yawn		Debut
Snorlax	Snorlax opens its mouth and releases multiple pink bubbles. When the bubbles burst in the opponent's face, it becomes drowsy and falls asleep.
Marcel's Snorlax	The Garden of Eatin'		None
Slowbro	Slowbro opens its mouth and releases a blue bubble at the opponent. The bubble then pops in the opponent's face. When it pops, its body glows yellow-green and it falls asleep.
Solidad's Slowbro	Channeling the Battle Zone!		None
Hippopotas	Hippopotas opens its mouth and releases a clear bubble from it at the opponent. The bubble pops in the opponent's face, and after a couple minutes, the opponent falls asleep.
A wild Hippopotas	Mass Hip-Po-Sis!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Torkoal
The user yawns loudly, making the opponent fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Torkoal	Torkoal faces its head towards the opponent and yawns widely. A beam of light flashes from its mouth and hits the opponent, causing it to fall asleep instantly.
Tabitha's Torkoal	VS. Volbeat		Debut
Swalot	Swalot yawns and stretches its arms, causing the opponent to yawn, and then fall asleep.
The Battle Frontier's Swalot	VS. Swalot		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

Trivia

• The history of the Slowpoke Well in Azalea Town would suggest that Yawn can summon rain. This, however, is not the in-game effect of the move Yawn.
  • Similarly, Kingdra's yawn is said to cause whirlpools to form, which is not the case in battle.

In other languages

Language Title French Bâillement German Gähner Greek Χασμουρητό Hindi ओबासी Obasi Indonesian Menguap Italian Sbadiglio Korean 하품 Hapum Brazilian Portuguese Bocejo Serbian Zevanje Spanish Bostezo

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