Yawn (move)

Yawn あくび Yawn

The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the foe into falling asleep on the next turn.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% 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 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).

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

In the anime

Snorlax using Yawn

Hippopotas using Yawn

Pokémon

Slugma. Slugma belches up a large bubble which drifts into someone's face, bursts, and then makes the target drift into slumber a few seconds later.

• Used by Flannery's Slugma, Meg, in Going, Going, Yawn. Debut.

Snorlax. Snorlax spits many pink bubbles, each of which drifts into someone's face, bursts, and then makes the target drift into a slumber a few seconds later.

• Used by Marcel's Snorlax in The Garden of Eatin!.

Hippopotas. Hippopotas belches up a large bubble which drifts into someone's face, bursts, and then makes the target drift into slumber a few seconds later.

• Used by Hippopotas in Mass Hi-Po-Sis.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 079 Slowpoke Water Psychic -- 080 Slowbro Water Psychic -- 143 Snorlax Normal --RSE 143 Snorlax Normal 21FRLG 175 Togepi Normal 13FRLG 175 Togepi Normal 16RSE 176 Togetic Normal Flying 13FRLG 176 Togetic Normal Flying 16RSE 194 Wooper Water Ground 31 195 Quagsire Water Ground 35 199 Slowking Water Psychic -- 206 Dunsparce Normal 11 218 Slugma Fire -- 219 Magcargo Fire Rock -- 287 Slakoth Normal -- 289 Slaking Normal -- 316 Gulpin Poison 6 317 Swalot Poison -- 6 358 Chimecho Psychic 25 369 Relicanth Water Rock 22 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 007 Squirtle Water Psyduck, Golduck Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Kingdra Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein Relicanth 216 Teddiursa Normal Psyduck, Golduck Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Kingdra Slakoth,Vigoroth,Slaking Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein 261 Poochyena Dark Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking 324 Torkoal Fire Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking 363 Spheal Ice Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Kingdra Slakoth,Vigoroth,Slaking Relicanth 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 079 Slowpoke Water Psychic -- 080 Slowbro Water Psychic -- 143 Snorlax Normal 20 175 Togepi Normal 15 176 Togetic Normal Flying 15 194 Wooper Water Ground 29 195 Quagsire Water Ground 31 199 Slowking Water Psychic -- 206 Dunsparce Normal 9 218 Slugma Fire -- 219 Magcargo Fire Rock -- 230 Kingdra Water Dragon -- 287 Slakoth Normal -- 289 Slaking Normal -- 316 Gulpin Poison 6 317 Swalot Poison 6 358 Chimecho Psychic 25 369 Relicanth Water Rock 22 399 Bidoof Normal 25 400 Bibarel Normal Water 28 449 Hippopotas Ground 13 450 Hippowdon Ground -- 13 480 Uxie Psychic 31 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 007 Squirtle Water Psyduck, Golduck Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Kingdra Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein Relicanth 054 Psyduck Water Slowpoke, Slowbro Wooper, Quagsire Slowking Kingdra Slakoth, Slaking Relicanth Bidoof, Bibarel Hippopotas, Hippowdon 133 Eevee Normal Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking Bidoof, Bibarel Hippopotas, Hippowdon 216 Teddiursa Normal Psyduck, Golduck Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Kingdra Slakoth,Vigoroth,Slaking Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein 258 Mudkip Water Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Kingdra Relicanth Bidoof, BibarelHGSS 261 Poochyena Dark Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking 322 Numel Fire Ground Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Slakoth,Vigoroth,Slaking Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Bidoof, Bibarel Hippopotas,Hippowdon 324 Torkoal Fire Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking 363 Spheal Ice Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Kingdra Slakoth,Vigoroth,Slaking Relicanth 393 Piplup Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Dunsparce Kingdra Slakoth,Vigoroth,Slaking Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein Relicanth Bidoof, Bibarel Shellos, Gastrodon Hippopotas,Hippowdon 422 Shellos West Sea Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Slugma, Magcargo Kingdra Gulpin, Swalot Chimecho Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein Relicanth Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Bidoof, Bibarel 422 Shellos East Sea Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Slugma, Magcargo Kingdra Gulpin, Swalot Chimecho Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein Relicanth Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Bidoof, Bibarel 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.

By event

#   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.

Trivia

• 400 years before the events of Generation I, a drought hit Azalea Town in Johto. A Slowpoke yawned, and the rain came. This is why it is so honored in Azalea. This, however, has nothing to do with the in-game effect of the move Yawn, nor the innate abilities of Slowpoke.
  • Similarly, Kingdra's yawn is said to cause whirlpools to form, which is not the case in battle.

In other languages

• Spanish: Bostezo
• German: Gähner
• Italian: Sbadiglio

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