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Night Shade (move)

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{{MoveInfobox
|n=101
|name=Night Shade
|jname=ナイトヘッド
|jtranslit=Naito Heddo
|jtrans=Night Head
|gameimage=Night Shade VIII.png
|gameimage2=Night Shade VIII 2.png
|gameimagewidth=300
|type=Ghost
|damagecategory=Special
|basepp=15
|maxpp=24
|power=—
|accuracy=100
|gen=I
|mtxd=yes
|na=no
|category=Smart
|appeal=2
|jam=1
|cdesc=Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.
|appealsc=3
|scdesc=A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
|category6=Clever
|appeal6=3
|jam6=0
|cdesc6=An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.
|touches=no
|protect=yes
|magiccoat=no
|snatch=no
|mirrormove=yes
|kingsrock=yes
|sound=no
|target=anyadjacent
}}
'''Night Shade''' (Japanese: '''ナイトヘッド''' ''Night Head'') is a damage-dealing {{type|Ghost}} [[move]] introduced in [[Generation I]]. Prior to [[Generation II]], it was the [[signature move]] of the {{p|Gastly}} evolutionary line.

==Effect==
===Generation I===
Night Shade inflicts damage equal to the user's level.

Although Night Shade is a Ghost-type move, its type does not alter the amount of damage it inflicts. Night Shade is not affected by type immunities, so can hit both {{type|Normal}} and {{type|Psychic}} Pokémon, both of which have immunities to Ghost-type moves during Generation I.

===Generation II onward===
Night Shade is now affected by type immunities; therefore, it cannot usually affect Normal-type Pokémon (but it can affect Psychic-type Pokémon, who are no longer immune to Ghost-type moves).

==Description==
{{movedesc|Ghost}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevss|Stad}}|A <sc>Ghost</sc>-type attack. Highly accurate, it inflicts damage regardless of the target's type.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevss|Stad2}}|A <sc>Ghost</sc>-type attack. Highly accurate, it always inflicts damage.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev2|GSC}}|The user's level equals damage HP.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|RSE}}{{gameabbrevss|Colo}}{{gameabbrevss|XD}}|Inflicts damage identical to the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|An attack with a mirage that inflicts damage matching the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev4|DPPtHGSS}}{{gameabbrevss|PBR}}|The user makes the foe see a mirage. It inflicts damage matching the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev5|BWB2W2}}|The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage matching the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev6|XYORAS}} {{gameabbrev7|SMUSUMPE}} {{gameabbrev8|SwSh}}|The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.}}
|}
|}{{left clear}}

==Learnset==
===By [[Level|leveling up]]===
{{Movehead/Level|Ghost|1}}
{{Moveentry/8|064|Kadabra|type=Psychic|1|Human-Like|Human-Like|||||||19{{sup/7|PE}}}}
{{Moveentry/8|065|Alakazam|type=Psychic|1|Human-Like|Human-Like|||||||19{{sup/7|PE}}}}
{{Moveentry/8|092|Gastly|type=Ghost|type2=Poison|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|1|21|21{{sup/3|RSE}} 16{{sup/3|FRLG}}|15|15|15|15{{sup/7|SM}}{{sup/7|USUM}} 12{{sup/7|PE}}|28}}
{{Moveentry/8|093|Haunter|type=Ghost|type2=Poison|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|1|21|21{{sup/3|RSE}} 16{{sup/3|FRLG}}|15|15|15|15{{sup/7|SM}}{{sup/7|USUM}} 12{{sup/7|PE}}|30}}
{{Moveentry/8|094|Gengar|type=Ghost|type2=Poison|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|1|21|21{{sup/3|RSE}} 16{{sup/3|FRLG}}|15|15|15|15{{sup/7|SM}}{{sup/7|USUM}} 12{{sup/7|PE}}|30}}
{{Moveentry/8|167|Spinarak|type=Bug|type2=Poison|1|Bug|Bug||17|17|15|15|15|15}}
{{Moveentry/8|168|Ariados|type=Bug|type2=Poison|1|Bug|Bug||17|17|15|15|15|15}}
{{Moveentry/8|177|Natu|type=Psychic|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying||10|10|6|6|6|6|20}}
{{Moveentry/8|178|Xatu|type=Psychic|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying||1, 10|10|6|6|6{{sup/6|XY}} 1, 6{{sup/6|ORAS}}|1, 6|20}}
{{Moveentry/8|198|Murkrow|type=Dark|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying||26|27|21|21|21|21}}
{{Moveentry/8|222G|Corsola|type=Ghost|2|Water 1|Water 3||||||||45|form=Galarian Form}}
{{Moveentry/8|302|Sableye|type=Dark|type2=Ghost|1|Human-Like|Human-Like|||9|8|8|8{{sup/6|XY}} 6{{sup/6|ORAS}}|6|21}}
{{Moveentry/8|353|Shuppet|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||13|8|8{{sup/5|BW}} 7{{sup/5|B2W2}}|7|7}}
{{Moveentry/8|354|Banette|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||1, 13|1, 5|1, 8{{sup/5|BW}} 1, 7{{sup/5|B2W2}}|1, 7|1, 7}}
{{Moveentry/8|355|Duskull|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||1|1|1|1|1|16}}
{{Moveentry/8|356|Dusclops|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||1|1|1|1|1|16}}
{{Moveentry/8|386|Deoxys|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||5|9|9|9{{sup/6|XY}} 7{{sup/6|ORAS}}|7|form=Normal Forme}}
{{Moveentry/8|386A|Deoxys|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||5|9|9|9{{sup/6|XY}} 7{{sup/6|ORAS}}|7|form=Attack Forme}}
{{Moveentry/8|386D|Deoxys|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||5|9|9|9{{sup/6|XY}} 7{{sup/6|ORAS}}|7|form=Defense Forme}}
{{Moveentry/8|386S|Deoxys|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||5|9|9|9{{sup/6|XY}} 7{{sup/6|ORAS}}|7|form=Speed Forme}}
{{Moveentry/8|442|Spiritomb|type=Ghost|type2=Dark|1|Amorphous|Amorphous||||||||1}}
{{Moveentry/8|477|Dusknoir|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous||||1|1|1|1|16}}
{{Moveentry/8|491|Darkrai|type=Dark|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered||||1{{sup/4|DP}}|||}}
{{Moveentry/8|562|Yamask|type=Ghost|2|Mineral|Amorphous|||||13|13|13|8}}
{{Moveentry/8|562G|Yamask|type=Ground|type2=Ghost|2|Mineral|Amorphous||||||||8|form=Galarian Form}}
{{Moveentry/8|563|Cofagrigus|type=Ghost|2|Mineral|Amorphous|||||13|13|13|1}}
{{Moveentry/8|592|Frillish|type=Water|type2=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||||9|9|9|8}}
{{Moveentry/8|593|Jellicent|type=Water|type2=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||||1, 9|1, 9|1, 9|1}}
{{Moveentry/8|607|Litwick|type=Ghost|type2=Fire|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||||13|13|13|28}}
{{Moveentry/8|608|Lampent|type=Ghost|type2=Fire|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||||13|13|13|28}}
{{Moveentry/8|609|Chandelure|type=Ghost|type2=Fire|1|Amorphous|Amorphous||||||||1}}
{{Moveentry/8|622|Golett|type=Ground|type2=Ghost|1|Mineral|Mineral|||||35|35|40|20}}
{{Moveentry/8|623|Golurk|type=Ground|type2=Ghost|1|Mineral|Mineral|||||35|35|40|20}}
{{Moveentry/8|792|Lunala|type=Psychic|type2=Ghost|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||||||7|7}}
{{Moveentry/8|806|Blacephalon|type=Fire|type2=Ghost|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||||||23{{sup/7|USUM}}|15}}
{{Moveentry/8|864|Cursola|type=Ghost|2|Water 1|Water 3||||||||45}}
{{Moveentry/8|867|Runerigus|type=Ground|type2=Ghost|2|Mineral|Amorphous||||||||1}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|8}}

===By {{pkmn|breeding}}===
{{Movehead/Breed|Ghost|2}}
{{Moveentry/7|163|Hoothoot|type=Normal|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying|||✔|✔|✔|✔|✔}}
{{Moveentry/7|441|Chatot|type=Normal|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying|||✔|✔|✔|✔}}
{{Moveentry/7|577|Solosis|type=Psychic|1|Amorphous|Amorphous||||✔|✔|✔}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|7}}

===By [[Move Tutor]]===
{{Movehead/Tutor|Ghost|1}}
{{Movehead/Tutor/3|no|no|yes}}
{{Moveentry/1|151|Mew|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|✔}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|1}}

===Special move===
====[[Generation V]]====
{{Movehead/Special|Ghost}}
{{Moveentry/1|163|Hoothoot|type=Normal|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying|{{pkmn|Dream World}} - {{dwa|Windswept Sky}}}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|1}}

====[[Generation VII]]====
{{Movehead/Special|Ghost}}
{{Moveentry/1|578|Duosion|type=Psychic|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|{{DL|QR Scanner|Island Scan}} - {{rt|16|Alola}}{{sup/7|SM}}}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|1}}

===By {{pkmn2|event}}===
====[[Generation II]]====
{{Movehead/Special|Ghost}}
{{Moveentry/1|163|Hoothoot|type=Normal|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying|[[List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation II#Hoothoot|Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #3]] [[List of Gotta Catch 'Em All event Pokémon#Night Shade Hoothoot|New York Pokémon Center]]}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|1}}

==In other games==
===[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]]===
In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]], Night Shade is a move with 17PP and 100% accuracy. The user attacks adjacent enemies, dealing damage equal to the user's level.

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers of Time, Darkness]] and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky]], the move's PP has been decreased to 8, and its accuracy to 88%.
===[[Pokémon GO]]===
In Pokémon GO, Night Shade is a Charged Attack that has been available since February 16, 2017.

{{GoChargedAttack
|id=265
|move=Night Shade
|type=Ghost
|pow=60
|energy=50
|duration=2.6
|damage_window=2.1 - 2.5
|pow_trainer=60
|energy_trainer=55
|users={{MSP/GO|092|Gastly}}{{MSP/GO|163|Hoothoot}}{{MSP/GO|164|Noctowl}}{{MSP/GO|177|Natu}}{{MSP/GO|353|Shuppet}}{{MSP/GO|355|Duskull}}{{MSP/GO|441|Chatot}}{{MSP/GO|562G|Yamask|Galarian Form}}{{MSP/GO|577|Solosis}}{{MSP/GO|578|Duosion}}{{MSP/GO|592|Frillish}}{{MSP/GO|622|Golett}}
|snapshot_users={{MSP/GO|235|Smeargle}}
}}

===Description===
{{movedesc|Ghost}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|RB}}|Damages all foes around the user. The amount of damage depends on the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|TDS}}|Inflicts damage on all enemies within a 1-tile range. The amount of damage is equal to the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|BSL}}|{{tt|まわりのてきポケモンにじぶんのレベルとおなじだけのダメージをあたえる|Inflicts damage on all enemies within a 1-tile range. The amount of damage is equal to the user's level}}}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|GTI}}|It does damage matching your level to your enemies.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|SMD}} {{gameabbrevmd|RTDX}}|The amount of damage done matches your level.}}
|}
|}{{left clear}}

==In the anime==
{{moveanime|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user fires a black beam at the opponent.|image3=Ash Gengar Night Shade.png|image3p=Ash's Gengar|image1=Trip Frillish Night Shade.png|image1p=Frillish|image2=Deoxys purple crystal Night Shade.png|image2p=Attack Forme Deoxys|image4=Corey Gengar Night Shade.png|image4p=Corey's Gengar}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=094|pkmn=Gengar|method=Gengar fires a black or dark crimson beam, outlined in red, blue, purple, or pink from its eyes or hands at the opponent; or, from its eyes, Gengar fires purple energy waves shaped like its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Giant Pokémon|user1=A giant Gengar|startcode=EP072|startname=The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis|notes=Debut}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Drake (Orange League)|user1=Drake's Gengar|startcode=EP111|startname=Hello, Pummelo!}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Morty's Gengar|startcode=EP181|startname=A Ghost of a Chance}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Team Meanies|user1=Gengar of Team Meanies|startcode=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!|startname=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Fantina|user1=Fantina's Gengar|startcode=DP102|startname=Shield with a Twist!}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Corey|user1=Corey's Gengar|startcode=M20|startname=I Choose You!}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Pokémon Trainer|user1=A Trainer's Gengar|startcode=JN002|startname=Legend? Go! Friends? Go!}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Ash's Gengar|startcode=JN011|startname=Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=092|pkmn=Gastly|method=Gastly fires a light purple beam from its body at the opponent, or Gastly fires two black beams outlined in dark red from its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Captain (EP095)|user1=Captain's Gastly|startcode=EP095|startname=A Shipful of Shivers}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Gastly (Pokémon)|user1=Multiple wild Gastly|startcode=EP181|startname=A Ghost of a Chance}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Morty|user1=Morty's Gastly|startcode=EP182|startname=From Ghost to Ghost}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=093|pkmn=Haunter|method=Haunter's eyes glow red, and it fires multiple black beams outlined in streaks of dark red from its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Morty|user1=Morty's Haunter|startcode=EP182|startname=From Ghost to Ghost}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Haunter (Pokémon)|user1=Four wild Haunter|startcode=EP274|startname=Hoenn Alone!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=168|pkmn=Ariados|method=Ariados's horn glows black and it fires a black beam streaked with dark red lines from its horn at the opponent, or Ariados shoots two black beams outlined in dark red from its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Oakley|user1=Oakley's Ariados|startcode=M05|startname=Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Forrester Franklin|user1=Forrester Franklin's Ariados|startcode=AG014|startname=All in a Day's Wurmple}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=302|pkmn=Sableye|method=Sableye's eyes glow red and it fires two black beams outlined in dark red from them at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Sableye (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Sableye|startcode=AG029|startname=Ready, Willing, and Sableye}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=356|pkmn=Dusclops|method=A black-purple energy with a blue outline covers Dusclops's eye and it releases it at the opponent as a beam or Dusclops fires a black beam from its eye, with an outline of pink energy, at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Butler|user1=Butler's Dusclops|startcode=M06|startname=Jirachi: Wish Maker}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Rocket Prize Master|user1=Team Rocket's two Dusclops|startcode=JN016|startname=A Chilling Curse!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=386A|pkmn=Deoxys|method=Attack Forme Deoxys releases a black energy beam outlined in dark red at the opponent from the crystal on its chest.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Deoxys (M07)|user1=Deoxys (Purple Crystal)|startcode=M07|startname=Destiny Deoxys}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=386|pkmn=Deoxys|method=Deoxys releases a black energy beam outlined in dark red at the opponent from the crystal on its chest.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Deoxys (M07)|user1=Deoxys (Green Crystal)|startcode=M07|startname=Destiny Deoxys}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=592|pkmn=Frillish|method=Frillish's eyes become surrounded in a purple aura. The aura then becomes replaced with a bright pink glow and Frillish's body glows pale pink. Frillish then holds out its tentacles and waves both of them up and down in a fast-paced hypnotic pattern. It then releases multiple pink rings from the outline of its body at the opponent . When the opponent is hit by the rings, its body becomes outlined in light purple, damaging it.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Trip|user1=Trip's Frillish|startcode=BW010|startname=A Rival Battle for Club Champ!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=562|pkmn=Yamask|method=Yamask's eyes start to glow bright pink and its body glows pale purple. Then, it releases multiple crimson rings from its face at the opponent. The rings grow larger as they travel, and when the opponent gets hit by the crimson rings, its body becomes outlined in light purple, damaging it.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=James's Yamask|startcode=BW027|startname=The Dragon Master's Path!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=577|pkmn=Solosis|method=Solosis's eyes start to glow bright pink and its body turns pale purple. It then releases multiple crimson rings from its body at the opponent. When the rings hit the opponent, its body becomes surrounded in pale purple, damaging it.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Doyle|user1=Doyle's Solosis|startcode=BW035|startname=Where Did You Go, Audino?}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=354|pkmn=Banette|method=Banette's eyes start to glow bright pink and its body turns pale purple. It then releases multiple crimson rings from its body at the opponent. When the rings hit the opponent, its body becomes surrounded in pale purple, damaging it.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Banette (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Banette|startcode=BW137|startname=Celebrating the Hero's Comet!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=177|pkmn=Natu|method=Natu fires a dark crimson beam outlined in pink from its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movebtm|type=ghost|user=Pokémon Trainer|user1=A Trainer's Natu|startcode=JN024|startname=A Little Rocket R & R!}}

==In the manga==
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
{{movemanga|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user raises its arms in the air and damages the foe.|image1=Gengar Night Shade EToP.png|image1p=Gengar|image2=Black Fog Night Shade.png|image2p=Haunter}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=094|pkmn=Gengar|method=Gengar raises both of its arms in the air, firing an invisible blast of energy from its body and hitting the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Pokémon Trainer|user1=A Trainer's Gengar|startcode=ET01|startname=Pikachu, I See You!|notes=Debut}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=093|pkmn=Haunter|method=Haunter's eyes glint and it releases a dark wave of spiritual energy from its body at the opponent.}}
{{movebtmManga|type=ghost|user=Black Fog|startcode=ET04|startname=Haunting My Dreams}}

===How I Became a Pokémon Card===
{{movemanga|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user spooks the opponent.|image1=Haunter Night Shade HIBAPC.png|image1p=Haunter}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=093|pkmn=Haunter|method=Haunter spooks the opponent.}}
{{movebtmManga|type=ghost|user=Haunter (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Haunter|startcode=PW22|notes=Debut}}

===Pokémon Adventures===
{{movemanga|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user makes the opponent see a mirage.|image1=Al Gengar Night Shade Adventures.png|image1p=Al's Gengar|image2=Agatha Gengar Night Shade Adventures.png|image2p=Agatha's Gengar}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=094|pkmn=Gengar|method=Gengar fires a beam from its body at the opponent. When the beam hits them, it makes them hold their head in pain.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Team Rocket Elite Trio|user1=Al's Gengar|startcode=PS026|startname=Holy Moltres|notes=Debut}}
{{movebtmManga|type=ghost|user=Agatha's Gengar|startcode=PS051|startname=Electro Magneton}}

===Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All===
{{movemanga|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user blasts the opponent with a beam of energy.|image1=Haunter Night Shade GDZ.png|image1p=Haunter}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=093|pkmn=Haunter|method=Haunter fires a beam of bright energy from its body at the opponent.}}
{{movebtmManga|type=ghost|user=Haunter (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Haunter|startcode=GDZ34|notes=Debut}}

==In other generations==
===Core series games===
{{Movegen
|type=ghost
|genI=Night Shade I
|genII=Night Shade II
|genIII=Night Shade III
|genIV=Night Shade IV
}}

{{Movegen
|type=ghost
|genV=Night Shade V
|genVI=Night Shade VI
|SMUSUM=Night Shade VII
|SMUSUM2=Night Shade VII 2
|LGPE=Night Shade PE
|LGPE2=Night Shade PE 2
}}

===Side series games===
{{Movegen
|type=Ghost
|Stad=Night Shade Stad
|Stad2=Night Shade Stad2
|Colo=Night Shade Colo
|XD=Night Shade XD
}}

{{Movegen
|type=ghost
|PBR=Night Shade PBR
}}
===Spin-off series games===
{{Movegen
|type=ghost
|PMDRB=Night Shade PMD RB
|PMDGTI=Night Shade PMD GTI
|PSMD=Night Shade PSMD
}}

==In other languages==
{{Langtable|color={{ghost color}}|bordercolor={{ghost color dark}}
|zh_yue=黑夜魔影 ''{{tt|Hākyeh Mōyíng|Nocturnal Specter}}'' {{tt|*|Games}} 黑夜詛咒 ''{{tt|Hākyeh Jojau|Night Curse}}'' {{tt|*|Pre-Gen VII Media}}
|zh_cmn=黑夜魔影 ''{{tt|Hēiyè Móyǐng|Nocturnal Specter}}'' {{tt|*|Games}} 黑夜詛咒 ''{{tt|Hēiyè Zǔzhòu|Night Curse}}'' {{tt|*|Pre-Gen VII Media}} 暗夜遥感 ''{{tt|Ànyè Yáogǎn|Remote Night Sensing}}'' {{tt|*|Manga (21st Century edition)}} 黑夜幽灵 ''{{tt|Hēiyè Yōulíng|Nocturnal Phantom}}'' {{tt|*|Manga (21st Century edition)}}
|cs=Noční stín
|da=Natskygge
|nl=Nachtschade
|fi=Yövarjo Varjomäjäys ([[AG014]])
|fr=Ombre Nocturne{{tt|*|Generation VI onwards}} Ténèbres{{tt|*|Generations I-V}}
|de=Nachtnebel
|el=Νυχτερινό Σύνδρομο ''Nuchterinó Súndromo''
|id=Bayangan Malam
|it=Ombra Notturna{{tt|*|Generation VI onwards}} Ombra Nott.{{tt|*|Generations I-V}}
|ko=나이트헤드 ''{{tt|Naiteuhedeu|Night head}}''
|pl=Cień Nocy{{tt|*|Diamond and Pearl series onwards, Diamond and Pearl (TCG)}} Mocna Osłona{{tt|*|AG014}} Nocny Cień{{tt|*|EP095, EP112-EP182}} Ciemna Mgła{{tt|*|EP111}}
|pt_br=Sombra Noturna (games, anime, TCG, Adventures) Escuridão Noturna ([[ET01]]) Sombra da Noite ([[ET04]], The Official Pokémon Handbook) Sombras da Noite (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
|pt_eu=Sombra Noturna
|ro=Umbra Nopții
|sr=Noćna Senka
|es_la=Sombra de la Noche ([[EP095]]) Tinieblas ([[EP111]], [[EP182]], [[BW010]]) Rayo Nocturno ([[M05]], [[AG014]]) Sombra Nocturna ([[DP102]], [[BW035]]-present)
|es_eu=Tinieblas
|sv=Nattskugga{{tt|*|EP095}} Skuggattack{{tt|*|EP072}}
|th=ไนท์เฉด
|vi=Cái Bóng Trong Đêm
}}

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Night Shade (move)

2021-03-08T23:04:25Z

Fyda: /* Generation I */ Should be Fighting, not Psychic, that would normally be immune to Ghost.

{{MoveInfobox
|n=101
|name=Night Shade
|jname=ナイトヘッド
|jtranslit=Naito Heddo
|jtrans=Night Head
|gameimage=Night Shade VIII.png
|gameimage2=Night Shade VIII 2.png
|gameimagewidth=300
|type=Ghost
|damagecategory=Special
|basepp=15
|maxpp=24
|power=—
|accuracy=100
|gen=I
|mtxd=yes
|na=no
|category=Smart
|appeal=2
|jam=1
|cdesc=Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.
|appealsc=3
|scdesc=A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
|category6=Clever
|appeal6=3
|jam6=0
|cdesc6=An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.
|touches=no
|protect=yes
|magiccoat=no
|snatch=no
|mirrormove=yes
|kingsrock=yes
|sound=no
|target=anyadjacent
}}
'''Night Shade''' (Japanese: '''ナイトヘッド''' ''Night Head'') is a damage-dealing {{type|Ghost}} [[move]] introduced in [[Generation I]]. Prior to [[Generation II]], it was the [[signature move]] of the {{p|Gastly}} evolutionary line.

==Effect==
===Generation I===
Night Shade inflicts damage equal to the user's level.

Although Night Shade is a Ghost-type move, its type does not alter the amount of damage it inflicts. Night Shade is not affected by type immunities, so can hit both {{type|Normal}} and {{type|Fighting}} Pokémon, both of which have immunities to Ghost-type moves during Generation I.

===Generation II onward===
Night Shade is now affected by type immunities; therefore, it cannot usually affect Normal-type Pokémon (but it can affect Psychic-type Pokémon, who are no longer immune to Ghost-type moves).

==Description==
{{movedesc|Ghost}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevss|Stad}}|A <sc>Ghost</sc>-type attack. Highly accurate, it inflicts damage regardless of the target's type.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevss|Stad2}}|A <sc>Ghost</sc>-type attack. Highly accurate, it always inflicts damage.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev2|GSC}}|The user's level equals damage HP.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|RSE}}{{gameabbrevss|Colo}}{{gameabbrevss|XD}}|Inflicts damage identical to the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|An attack with a mirage that inflicts damage matching the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev4|DPPtHGSS}}{{gameabbrevss|PBR}}|The user makes the foe see a mirage. It inflicts damage matching the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev5|BWB2W2}}|The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage matching the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev6|XYORAS}} {{gameabbrev7|SMUSUMPE}} {{gameabbrev8|SwSh}}|The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.}}
|}
|}{{left clear}}

==Learnset==
===By [[Level|leveling up]]===
{{Movehead/Level|Ghost|1}}
{{Moveentry/8|064|Kadabra|type=Psychic|1|Human-Like|Human-Like|||||||19{{sup/7|PE}}}}
{{Moveentry/8|065|Alakazam|type=Psychic|1|Human-Like|Human-Like|||||||19{{sup/7|PE}}}}
{{Moveentry/8|092|Gastly|type=Ghost|type2=Poison|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|1|21|21{{sup/3|RSE}} 16{{sup/3|FRLG}}|15|15|15|15{{sup/7|SM}}{{sup/7|USUM}} 12{{sup/7|PE}}|28}}
{{Moveentry/8|093|Haunter|type=Ghost|type2=Poison|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|1|21|21{{sup/3|RSE}} 16{{sup/3|FRLG}}|15|15|15|15{{sup/7|SM}}{{sup/7|USUM}} 12{{sup/7|PE}}|30}}
{{Moveentry/8|094|Gengar|type=Ghost|type2=Poison|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|1|21|21{{sup/3|RSE}} 16{{sup/3|FRLG}}|15|15|15|15{{sup/7|SM}}{{sup/7|USUM}} 12{{sup/7|PE}}|30}}
{{Moveentry/8|167|Spinarak|type=Bug|type2=Poison|1|Bug|Bug||17|17|15|15|15|15}}
{{Moveentry/8|168|Ariados|type=Bug|type2=Poison|1|Bug|Bug||17|17|15|15|15|15}}
{{Moveentry/8|177|Natu|type=Psychic|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying||10|10|6|6|6|6|20}}
{{Moveentry/8|178|Xatu|type=Psychic|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying||1, 10|10|6|6|6{{sup/6|XY}} 1, 6{{sup/6|ORAS}}|1, 6|20}}
{{Moveentry/8|198|Murkrow|type=Dark|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying||26|27|21|21|21|21}}
{{Moveentry/8|222G|Corsola|type=Ghost|2|Water 1|Water 3||||||||45|form=Galarian Form}}
{{Moveentry/8|302|Sableye|type=Dark|type2=Ghost|1|Human-Like|Human-Like|||9|8|8|8{{sup/6|XY}} 6{{sup/6|ORAS}}|6|21}}
{{Moveentry/8|353|Shuppet|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||13|8|8{{sup/5|BW}} 7{{sup/5|B2W2}}|7|7}}
{{Moveentry/8|354|Banette|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||1, 13|1, 5|1, 8{{sup/5|BW}} 1, 7{{sup/5|B2W2}}|1, 7|1, 7}}
{{Moveentry/8|355|Duskull|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||1|1|1|1|1|16}}
{{Moveentry/8|356|Dusclops|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||1|1|1|1|1|16}}
{{Moveentry/8|386|Deoxys|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||5|9|9|9{{sup/6|XY}} 7{{sup/6|ORAS}}|7|form=Normal Forme}}
{{Moveentry/8|386A|Deoxys|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||5|9|9|9{{sup/6|XY}} 7{{sup/6|ORAS}}|7|form=Attack Forme}}
{{Moveentry/8|386D|Deoxys|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||5|9|9|9{{sup/6|XY}} 7{{sup/6|ORAS}}|7|form=Defense Forme}}
{{Moveentry/8|386S|Deoxys|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||5|9|9|9{{sup/6|XY}} 7{{sup/6|ORAS}}|7|form=Speed Forme}}
{{Moveentry/8|442|Spiritomb|type=Ghost|type2=Dark|1|Amorphous|Amorphous||||||||1}}
{{Moveentry/8|477|Dusknoir|type=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous||||1|1|1|1|16}}
{{Moveentry/8|491|Darkrai|type=Dark|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered||||1{{sup/4|DP}}|||}}
{{Moveentry/8|562|Yamask|type=Ghost|2|Mineral|Amorphous|||||13|13|13|8}}
{{Moveentry/8|562G|Yamask|type=Ground|type2=Ghost|2|Mineral|Amorphous||||||||8|form=Galarian Form}}
{{Moveentry/8|563|Cofagrigus|type=Ghost|2|Mineral|Amorphous|||||13|13|13|1}}
{{Moveentry/8|592|Frillish|type=Water|type2=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||||9|9|9|8}}
{{Moveentry/8|593|Jellicent|type=Water|type2=Ghost|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||||1, 9|1, 9|1, 9|1}}
{{Moveentry/8|607|Litwick|type=Ghost|type2=Fire|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||||13|13|13|28}}
{{Moveentry/8|608|Lampent|type=Ghost|type2=Fire|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|||||13|13|13|28}}
{{Moveentry/8|609|Chandelure|type=Ghost|type2=Fire|1|Amorphous|Amorphous||||||||1}}
{{Moveentry/8|622|Golett|type=Ground|type2=Ghost|1|Mineral|Mineral|||||35|35|40|20}}
{{Moveentry/8|623|Golurk|type=Ground|type2=Ghost|1|Mineral|Mineral|||||35|35|40|20}}
{{Moveentry/8|792|Lunala|type=Psychic|type2=Ghost|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||||||7|7}}
{{Moveentry/8|806|Blacephalon|type=Fire|type2=Ghost|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|||||||23{{sup/7|USUM}}|15}}
{{Moveentry/8|864|Cursola|type=Ghost|2|Water 1|Water 3||||||||45}}
{{Moveentry/8|867|Runerigus|type=Ground|type2=Ghost|2|Mineral|Amorphous||||||||1}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|8}}

===By {{pkmn|breeding}}===
{{Movehead/Breed|Ghost|2}}
{{Moveentry/7|163|Hoothoot|type=Normal|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying|||✔|✔|✔|✔|✔}}
{{Moveentry/7|441|Chatot|type=Normal|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying|||✔|✔|✔|✔}}
{{Moveentry/7|577|Solosis|type=Psychic|1|Amorphous|Amorphous||||✔|✔|✔}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|7}}

===By [[Move Tutor]]===
{{Movehead/Tutor|Ghost|1}}
{{Movehead/Tutor/3|no|no|yes}}
{{Moveentry/1|151|Mew|type=Psychic|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|✔}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|1}}

===Special move===
====[[Generation V]]====
{{Movehead/Special|Ghost}}
{{Moveentry/1|163|Hoothoot|type=Normal|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying|{{pkmn|Dream World}} - {{dwa|Windswept Sky}}}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|1}}

====[[Generation VII]]====
{{Movehead/Special|Ghost}}
{{Moveentry/1|578|Duosion|type=Psychic|1|Amorphous|Amorphous|{{DL|QR Scanner|Island Scan}} - {{rt|16|Alola}}{{sup/7|SM}}}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|1}}

===By {{pkmn2|event}}===
====[[Generation II]]====
{{Movehead/Special|Ghost}}
{{Moveentry/1|163|Hoothoot|type=Normal|type2=Flying|1|Flying|Flying|[[List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation II#Hoothoot|Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #3]] [[List of Gotta Catch 'Em All event Pokémon#Night Shade Hoothoot|New York Pokémon Center]]}}
{{Movefoot|Ghost|1}}

==In other games==
===[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]]===
In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]], Night Shade is a move with 17PP and 100% accuracy. The user attacks adjacent enemies, dealing damage equal to the user's level.

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers of Time, Darkness]] and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky]], the move's PP has been decreased to 8, and its accuracy to 88%.
===[[Pokémon GO]]===
In Pokémon GO, Night Shade is a Charged Attack that has been available since February 16, 2017.

{{GoChargedAttack
|id=265
|move=Night Shade
|type=Ghost
|pow=60
|energy=50
|duration=2.6
|damage_window=2.1 - 2.5
|pow_trainer=60
|energy_trainer=55
|users={{MSP/GO|092|Gastly}}{{MSP/GO|163|Hoothoot}}{{MSP/GO|164|Noctowl}}{{MSP/GO|177|Natu}}{{MSP/GO|353|Shuppet}}{{MSP/GO|355|Duskull}}{{MSP/GO|441|Chatot}}{{MSP/GO|562G|Yamask|Galarian Form}}{{MSP/GO|577|Solosis}}{{MSP/GO|578|Duosion}}{{MSP/GO|592|Frillish}}{{MSP/GO|622|Golett}}
|snapshot_users={{MSP/GO|235|Smeargle}}
}}

===Description===
{{movedesc|Ghost}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|RB}}|Damages all foes around the user. The amount of damage depends on the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|TDS}}|Inflicts damage on all enemies within a 1-tile range. The amount of damage is equal to the user's level.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|BSL}}|{{tt|まわりのてきポケモンにじぶんのレベルとおなじだけのダメージをあたえる|Inflicts damage on all enemies within a 1-tile range. The amount of damage is equal to the user's level}}}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|GTI}}|It does damage matching your level to your enemies.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|SMD}} {{gameabbrevmd|RTDX}}|The amount of damage done matches your level.}}
|}
|}{{left clear}}

==In the anime==
{{moveanime|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user fires a black beam at the opponent.|image3=Ash Gengar Night Shade.png|image3p=Ash's Gengar|image1=Trip Frillish Night Shade.png|image1p=Frillish|image2=Deoxys purple crystal Night Shade.png|image2p=Attack Forme Deoxys|image4=Corey Gengar Night Shade.png|image4p=Corey's Gengar}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=094|pkmn=Gengar|method=Gengar fires a black or dark crimson beam, outlined in red, blue, purple, or pink from its eyes or hands at the opponent; or, from its eyes, Gengar fires purple energy waves shaped like its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Giant Pokémon|user1=A giant Gengar|startcode=EP072|startname=The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis|notes=Debut}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Drake (Orange League)|user1=Drake's Gengar|startcode=EP111|startname=Hello, Pummelo!}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Morty's Gengar|startcode=EP181|startname=A Ghost of a Chance}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Team Meanies|user1=Gengar of Team Meanies|startcode=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!|startname=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Fantina|user1=Fantina's Gengar|startcode=DP102|startname=Shield with a Twist!}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Corey|user1=Corey's Gengar|startcode=M20|startname=I Choose You!}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Pokémon Trainer|user1=A Trainer's Gengar|startcode=JN002|startname=Legend? Go! Friends? Go!}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Ash's Gengar|startcode=JN011|startname=Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=092|pkmn=Gastly|method=Gastly fires a light purple beam from its body at the opponent, or Gastly fires two black beams outlined in dark red from its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Captain (EP095)|user1=Captain's Gastly|startcode=EP095|startname=A Shipful of Shivers}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Gastly (Pokémon)|user1=Multiple wild Gastly|startcode=EP181|startname=A Ghost of a Chance}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Morty|user1=Morty's Gastly|startcode=EP182|startname=From Ghost to Ghost}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=093|pkmn=Haunter|method=Haunter's eyes glow red, and it fires multiple black beams outlined in streaks of dark red from its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Morty|user1=Morty's Haunter|startcode=EP182|startname=From Ghost to Ghost}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Haunter (Pokémon)|user1=Four wild Haunter|startcode=EP274|startname=Hoenn Alone!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=168|pkmn=Ariados|method=Ariados's horn glows black and it fires a black beam streaked with dark red lines from its horn at the opponent, or Ariados shoots two black beams outlined in dark red from its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Oakley|user1=Oakley's Ariados|startcode=M05|startname=Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Forrester Franklin|user1=Forrester Franklin's Ariados|startcode=AG014|startname=All in a Day's Wurmple}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=302|pkmn=Sableye|method=Sableye's eyes glow red and it fires two black beams outlined in dark red from them at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Sableye (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Sableye|startcode=AG029|startname=Ready, Willing, and Sableye}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=356|pkmn=Dusclops|method=A black-purple energy with a blue outline covers Dusclops's eye and it releases it at the opponent as a beam or Dusclops fires a black beam from its eye, with an outline of pink energy, at the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Butler|user1=Butler's Dusclops|startcode=M06|startname=Jirachi: Wish Maker}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Rocket Prize Master|user1=Team Rocket's two Dusclops|startcode=JN016|startname=A Chilling Curse!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=386A|pkmn=Deoxys|method=Attack Forme Deoxys releases a black energy beam outlined in dark red at the opponent from the crystal on its chest.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Deoxys (M07)|user1=Deoxys (Purple Crystal)|startcode=M07|startname=Destiny Deoxys}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=386|pkmn=Deoxys|method=Deoxys releases a black energy beam outlined in dark red at the opponent from the crystal on its chest.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Deoxys (M07)|user1=Deoxys (Green Crystal)|startcode=M07|startname=Destiny Deoxys}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=592|pkmn=Frillish|method=Frillish's eyes become surrounded in a purple aura. The aura then becomes replaced with a bright pink glow and Frillish's body glows pale pink. Frillish then holds out its tentacles and waves both of them up and down in a fast-paced hypnotic pattern. It then releases multiple pink rings from the outline of its body at the opponent . When the opponent is hit by the rings, its body becomes outlined in light purple, damaging it.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Trip|user1=Trip's Frillish|startcode=BW010|startname=A Rival Battle for Club Champ!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=562|pkmn=Yamask|method=Yamask's eyes start to glow bright pink and its body glows pale purple. Then, it releases multiple crimson rings from its face at the opponent. The rings grow larger as they travel, and when the opponent gets hit by the crimson rings, its body becomes outlined in light purple, damaging it.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=James's Yamask|startcode=BW027|startname=The Dragon Master's Path!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=577|pkmn=Solosis|method=Solosis's eyes start to glow bright pink and its body turns pale purple. It then releases multiple crimson rings from its body at the opponent. When the rings hit the opponent, its body becomes surrounded in pale purple, damaging it.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Doyle|user1=Doyle's Solosis|startcode=BW035|startname=Where Did You Go, Audino?}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=354|pkmn=Banette|method=Banette's eyes start to glow bright pink and its body turns pale purple. It then releases multiple crimson rings from its body at the opponent. When the rings hit the opponent, its body becomes surrounded in pale purple, damaging it.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Banette (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Banette|startcode=BW137|startname=Celebrating the Hero's Comet!}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=177|pkmn=Natu|method=Natu fires a dark crimson beam outlined in pink from its eyes at the opponent.}}
{{movebtm|type=ghost|user=Pokémon Trainer|user1=A Trainer's Natu|startcode=JN024|startname=A Little Rocket R & R!}}

==In the manga==
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
{{movemanga|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user raises its arms in the air and damages the foe.|image1=Gengar Night Shade EToP.png|image1p=Gengar|image2=Black Fog Night Shade.png|image2p=Haunter}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=094|pkmn=Gengar|method=Gengar raises both of its arms in the air, firing an invisible blast of energy from its body and hitting the opponent.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Pokémon Trainer|user1=A Trainer's Gengar|startcode=ET01|startname=Pikachu, I See You!|notes=Debut}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=093|pkmn=Haunter|method=Haunter's eyes glint and it releases a dark wave of spiritual energy from its body at the opponent.}}
{{movebtmManga|type=ghost|user=Black Fog|startcode=ET04|startname=Haunting My Dreams}}

===How I Became a Pokémon Card===
{{movemanga|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user spooks the opponent.|image1=Haunter Night Shade HIBAPC.png|image1p=Haunter}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=093|pkmn=Haunter|method=Haunter spooks the opponent.}}
{{movebtmManga|type=ghost|user=Haunter (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Haunter|startcode=PW22|notes=Debut}}

===Pokémon Adventures===
{{movemanga|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user makes the opponent see a mirage.|image1=Al Gengar Night Shade Adventures.png|image1p=Al's Gengar|image2=Agatha Gengar Night Shade Adventures.png|image2p=Agatha's Gengar}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=094|pkmn=Gengar|method=Gengar fires a beam from its body at the opponent. When the beam hits them, it makes them hold their head in pain.}}
{{movemid|type=ghost|user=Team Rocket Elite Trio|user1=Al's Gengar|startcode=PS026|startname=Holy Moltres|notes=Debut}}
{{movebtmManga|type=ghost|user=Agatha's Gengar|startcode=PS051|startname=Electro Magneton}}

===Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All===
{{movemanga|type=ghost|exp=yes|gen=The user blasts the opponent with a beam of energy.|image1=Haunter Night Shade GDZ.png|image1p=Haunter}}
{{movep|type=ghost|ms=093|pkmn=Haunter|method=Haunter fires a beam of bright energy from its body at the opponent.}}
{{movebtmManga|type=ghost|user=Haunter (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Haunter|startcode=GDZ34|notes=Debut}}

==In other generations==
===Core series games===
{{Movegen
|type=ghost
|genI=Night Shade I
|genII=Night Shade II
|genIII=Night Shade III
|genIV=Night Shade IV
}}

{{Movegen
|type=ghost
|genV=Night Shade V
|genVI=Night Shade VI
|SMUSUM=Night Shade VII
|SMUSUM2=Night Shade VII 2
|LGPE=Night Shade PE
|LGPE2=Night Shade PE 2
}}

===Side series games===
{{Movegen
|type=Ghost
|Stad=Night Shade Stad
|Stad2=Night Shade Stad2
|Colo=Night Shade Colo
|XD=Night Shade XD
}}

{{Movegen
|type=ghost
|PBR=Night Shade PBR
}}
===Spin-off series games===
{{Movegen
|type=ghost
|PMDRB=Night Shade PMD RB
|PMDGTI=Night Shade PMD GTI
|PSMD=Night Shade PSMD
}}

==In other languages==
{{Langtable|color={{ghost color}}|bordercolor={{ghost color dark}}
|zh_yue=黑夜魔影 ''{{tt|Hākyeh Mōyíng|Nocturnal Specter}}'' {{tt|*|Games}} 黑夜詛咒 ''{{tt|Hākyeh Jojau|Night Curse}}'' {{tt|*|Pre-Gen VII Media}}
|zh_cmn=黑夜魔影 ''{{tt|Hēiyè Móyǐng|Nocturnal Specter}}'' {{tt|*|Games}} 黑夜詛咒 ''{{tt|Hēiyè Zǔzhòu|Night Curse}}'' {{tt|*|Pre-Gen VII Media}} 暗夜遥感 ''{{tt|Ànyè Yáogǎn|Remote Night Sensing}}'' {{tt|*|Manga (21st Century edition)}} 黑夜幽灵 ''{{tt|Hēiyè Yōulíng|Nocturnal Phantom}}'' {{tt|*|Manga (21st Century edition)}}
|cs=Noční stín
|da=Natskygge
|nl=Nachtschade
|fi=Yövarjo Varjomäjäys ([[AG014]])
|fr=Ombre Nocturne{{tt|*|Generation VI onwards}} Ténèbres{{tt|*|Generations I-V}}
|de=Nachtnebel
|el=Νυχτερινό Σύνδρομο ''Nuchterinó Súndromo''
|id=Bayangan Malam
|it=Ombra Notturna{{tt|*|Generation VI onwards}} Ombra Nott.{{tt|*|Generations I-V}}
|ko=나이트헤드 ''{{tt|Naiteuhedeu|Night head}}''
|pl=Cień Nocy{{tt|*|Diamond and Pearl series onwards, Diamond and Pearl (TCG)}} Mocna Osłona{{tt|*|AG014}} Nocny Cień{{tt|*|EP095, EP112-EP182}} Ciemna Mgła{{tt|*|EP111}}
|pt_br=Sombra Noturna (games, anime, TCG, Adventures) Escuridão Noturna ([[ET01]]) Sombra da Noite ([[ET04]], The Official Pokémon Handbook) Sombras da Noite (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
|pt_eu=Sombra Noturna
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Talk:Experience-affecting item

2010-06-05T18:32:49Z

Fyda: Moving my new talk section to the bottom of the page. Sorry about that! :(

== Does the Exp Share gives the same amount of EVs or is it shared? ==
'''[[User:Optimatum|<sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]]|[[User:Optimatum/sig/Pikachu|Links]] 02:25, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
:Shared. [[User:Ht14|''ht'']][[User talk:Ht14|''14'']] 02:28, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
::Same as switching does. Both Pokémon get the same effort points. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 02:33, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
:::Does that mean that both Pokemon get the full amount of EV? Like, say I fought a Golduck--would both Pokemon get the 2 Sp. Attack EVs, or would each only get 1? [[User:HerbieHero|HerbieHero]] 19:15, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

== Daycare ==

As a pokemon recieves experience at around 1exp per step, would using an exp share make it 1.5 which rounds to 2?---Just Asking---[[User:Mattrules161|Mattrules161]] 10:16, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
:I don't think exp share has any uses outside of battle, and since its in the daycare there is no other Pokémon to share exp with. So i dont think you would earn double exp by giving a pokémon a n expshare in the daycare ---> [[User:223david|<big>'''223'''</big>]][[User talk:223david|<big>'''david'''</big>]] 13:57, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
::A poke can't share experience with itself, either. -- '''[[User:evkl|evkl]]''' [[User_talk:evkl|(need to talk?)]] 14:04, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

== Exp. Share, Pokérus, and EV gain ==
I have a Milotic infected with the Pokérus, and holding the Exp. Share. It is the only Pokémon in my party, and I use it to beat Fisherman Andrew (who has 6 Magikarps). Magikarps normally give 1 EV to Speed each. How many EVs does my Milotic receive in this case, and how is this amount calculated?

I ask this because I am uncertain whether the Exp. Share doubles EVs like it doubles Exp when it is held by the sole combatant in the party. This makes it hard for me to track EVs, as I don't know if I'm getting 24 EVs (1 EV × 2 from Exp. Share × 2 from Pokérus × 6 Magikarps) or 12 EVs (no effect from Exp. Share). [[User:Fyda|Fyda]] 23:10, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Pokémon breeding

2010-06-05T07:18:49Z

Fyda: /* Everstone and Nature inheritance from non-Ditto males in Diamond/Pearl */

OOps. [[User:Evkl|Evkl]] 01:45, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Should this be listed under Pokémon Breeding or simply Breeding? -[[user:greengiant|greengiant]]

Probably Poke breeding with a redirect from "breeding"

A picture says more than tousand words

== Everstone and Nature inheritance from non-Ditto males in Diamond/Pearl ==
Under the "Inheriting Natures" section, it says: "In Generation IV inheriting Nature was changed a little. Whichever Pokémon is holding an Everstone will pass down its nature, '''regardless of gender''', or whether it is breeding with a ditto."

The "regardless of gender" bit is problematic. It contradicts Smogon University's Breeding Guide (Part II), which states:

"In EDP, if a '''female''' Pokémon is holding the item Everstone and breeds with a male Pokémon, the baby will have a 50% chance of having the same nature as the female Pokémon. This also works if the Pokémon holding Everstone is Ditto."

I am playing Diamond. To test, I've attempted to breed a Cubone with the Lonely nature by using a male Nidoran (Lonely nature) and a female Cubone (Hardy nature). The male Nidoran is holding an Everstone while in the Daycare. So far, it has produced '''29''' Cubones, spanning '''17''' different natures, '''none of which have the Lonely nature'''.

While some players may have been successful with this method on HG/SS, I think the page should say that it may work in HG/SS but not in D/P. [[User:Fyda|Fyda]] 22:10, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
:I think you might just be misreading the paragraph... it's pretty widely known and obvious that males will never have a 50% chance of passing natures, in any game. Paragraph probably just needs rewording for clarification... unfortunately I'm terrible at that. orz ▫▫'''[[User:Tina|ティナ]]'''[[User talk:Tina|♫]][[Special:Contributions/Tina|★]] 22:20, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
::Yes, that's the thing—I didn't expect it to be true, and testing it proved that it was definitely not true in Diamond. I think the offending sentence on the page is just plain ''wrong'', but there's a ''citation'' for it, which points to a forum thread where people claim to have gotten the Everstone trick to work on males for passing down their natures. Assuming they're not posting misinformation, I was wondering if this was a recent change to the Everstone trick that only occurred in HG/SS, while still not working in D/P/Pt. Right now the paragraph needs to be changed, and what I'd like to determine is whether it's A) completely false for any game in the series, or B) true only for specific games. [[User:Fyda|Fyda]] 07:18, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

== Strange Breeding: How did these things happen? ==

A couple of strange things happened to me when I was breeding a male Blaziken with a female Phanpy (which is strange enough in itself, I guess)
#When the egg hatched, the Phanpy knew Rock Smash. This shouldn't have been able to happen because I had previously deleted Rock Smash from Blaziken via the Move Deleter guy.
#The Phanpy hatched holding a PP Up! Needless to say, I was thrilled, but is there any reason for this occurance? Is it random or predictable?
Thanks a lot →[[User:Evin290|Evin290]] 12:18, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

:I don;t know about the first, but I believe the second is because of Phanphy's ability "Pickup".--[[User:Skully Collins|Skully Collins]] 08:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah the PP Up is definetly a result of the pick-up. As for the rock smash, no clue. --[[User:Blaziken=Tahu|Blaziken=Tahu]] 02:58, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Could be something intentional. I would assume that Phanpy could learn Strength if you taught that to Blaziken then removed it. [[User:Learner4|Learner4]] 20:26, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Im actually thinking that Phanphy can learn Rock Smash, so if Blaziken knew it then there are still "reminints" of Rock Smash there, as shown by the move relearner guy. Maybe when the breeding happened the data some how got mixed and BAM, you have a Phanphy that knows Rock Smash. Did you use any cheats (earlier on) at all?--[[User:Sorou|sorou]] 17:11, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

== Abilities ==
I have seen, and the D/P Nintendo power guide states that, you can pass on abilities via breeding. This would be important to note, wouldn't it? It seems like something that big should be listed. Especially when you consider the possibilities! (I personally love my wonder-guarded sableye) Also, I think this should possibly be noted in the "chain breeding" section as well.
--[[User:TheCakeIsALie|TheCakeIsALie]] 02:51, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

True. Good eye. You may place it in the article in the appropriate place. And don't forget your sig or people won't know who you are.{{ani|486}}[[User:Pokemaniac102|<big>'''''Poke'''''</big>]][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|'''''Maniac''''']][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|<big>'''''102'''''</big>]]{{ani|492}} 06:28, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
:No! Abilities are NOT PASSED ON. By Abilities they meant Natures. Go on, try it. ABILITIES CANNOT BE PASSED ON. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]{{ani|155|Fire echy}}[[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 06:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
:Plus, the only Pokémon with Wonder Guard can't breed with anything but Ditto, so it'd never pass it on to Sableye. If you got that thing in a trade, it's hacked, man. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]{{ani|155|Fire echy}}[[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 06:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Crap, thanks for pointing that out. Dang... But on another note, you CAN pass abilities legitimately, but I misread: they are passed along by the mother, so it would stay in the proper species. (the example given in NP's guide is 2 bibarel breed. Mother has Simple, father has Unaware, so offspring is a Bidoof with Simple.) So I was halfway right, but again, thanks for poiinting that out. I guess I ought to not use it much then, huh?--[[User:TheCakeIsALie|TheCakeIsALie]] 02:51, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
:I just did a test run breeding two Kadabras, both with the ability [[Inner Focus (ability)|Inner Focus]]. They successfully bred an Abra with the ability [[Synchronize (ability)|Synchronize]]. This proves that, at least for HeartGold, ability is ''not'' passed down by either parent. --[[User:Kerrick|Kerrick]] 17:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

I can't actually PROVE this, but in my experience, the Everstone seems to have a similar effect on Abilities to the one it has on Natures. So, assuming that the mother is not a Ditto, and there is a chance between the two Abilities, and the mother is holding an Everstone, there appears to be a better than 50% chance that the child will have the same ability. I have no idea how to formally prove this, but if someone could either explain to me how to prove it, or simply look into it themselves, it would be appreciated.--[[User:Xatu|Xatu]] 03:49, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

== Tauros & Miltank ==

Can anybody confirm for certain that their eggs are supposed to be 50% Tauros and 50% Miltank? I've personally hatched 11 eggs from a Tauros and a Ditto, and all of them were Tauros, which means I must be exceptionally unlucky if half of them are supposed to be Miltank. FYI, I'm playing Diamond where Miltank are rarer than Tauros (the opposite is true in Pearl). I thought it would be easier to breed a Miltank than catch one. [[User:Drapion|Drapion]] 17:28, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the 50-50 chance thing is only if you breed a Miltank with Ditto; all of Tauros's kids with Ditto will be Tauros. [[User:Fsilone|Fsilone]] 22:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

:There is no way in any of the games for Tauros to hatch from a Miltank egg, or for Miltank to hatch from a Tauros egg. MorningStar edited this page with a note indicating otherwise as early as in March 2006, which is to say without knowledge of Diamond and Pearl. I believe no one bothered to fix it then due to the possibility of that holding true in the upcoming games, and since their release everyone has assumed the statement to be true because it was on the page so early on. Regardless of the reason, this note should have long been removed; it is easy to verify that even when breeding Miltank and Tauros ''together'' in the latest games, the product is still always a Miltank. I have done so for the sake of being on the safe side. [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]] 13:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

::I've changed this section of the page. I can confirm empirically (hatched 41 eggs: 28 from a Miltank + Ditto, 13 from a Miltank + various Ground-group Pokes) that you cannot hatch a Tauros from a Miltank egg in Pokemon Pearl, and I assume the same goes for Diamond; based on Unown Lord's comments I am assuming this applies to all the games. If it turns out you can, then feel free to revert the page - I haven't hacked the code, this is entirely based on testing, so it's possibly that I was ''extremely'' unlucky and happened to get 41 eggs that all hatched Miltank purely by chance, but I think that's unlikely.

::The only sources I can find online that support the Miltank/Tauros breeding line are either questionable (user FAQs on the Marriland forum that contain other errors) or based on this site. [[User:Castorquinn|Castorquinn]] 22:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

== Ditto + Ditto? ==

Someone settle something for me: Can you breed Ditto with Ditto? - [[User:Cassius335|Cassius335]]

No. I tried. - [[User:MacGyver|MacGyver]]

Thanks. *notices the Discussion page for Ditto and wonders why he didn't look there in the first place*. - [[User:Cassius335|Cassius335]]

Then how are there wild ditto if they can't breed together?
Do they spontaneously appear or something? [[User:Chuck67322|Chuck67322]] 05:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Ditto looks like a big pile of goo, maybe over time they split in half like bacteria. [[User:Darkcloud1111|Darkcloud1111]] 00:57, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

== Technical Question ==

Do the natures of the parents make any difference on whether or not they will produce an egg? I'm trying to get my Dragonite to give Outrage to a new Gible, and the old man in Solaceon says they don't like eachother at all... Obviously that's not good, but why, and what can I do to change it?
:At all? ..are you sure you're breeding a Dragonite with a <s>complete haxxmacheen</s> Garchomp? Cause I do believeth that Garchomp and Dragonite can breed. o_o; {{ani|281}}[[User:TinaTheKirlia|Tina]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Sandbox|☆]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Favorites|♥]][[User talk:TinaTheKirlia|♫]]{{Ani|380}} 04:07, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
::Not at all? You sure? Pretty much always when they're in the same egg group, they'll breed. '''[[User:TTEchidna|TTE]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 05:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
:I have had similar problems. Sometimes I always make sure to check the Egg Groups before I attempt breeding, but every once in a while, the Daycare Man in Diamond tells me that they dislike each other. (oops, forgot to sign) --[[User:Dual|Dual]] 05:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

There's no problem at all, peeps! If 'They don't like each other very much' it doesn't matter! AS long as they don't totally despise each other that's okay. I tried Ditto with my Lucario (TTE said it would work) and it worked altough they didn't like each other! [[Image:Ani475MS.gif]] '''[[User:Optimus35|Agent]] [[User talk:Optimus35|#448]]''' [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Optimus35&namespace=0&year=&month=-1 ☆] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZPMmUEHFIU ♥][[Image:Ani282MS.gif]] 09:52, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
::Why do I feel compelled to respond to this comment by saying "Rape!"[[User:Mystrich|Mystrich]] 06:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

The message “They don´t seem to like each other much.” indicates that the Pokémon are of different species but have the same trainer IDs, which means that out of all breedable Pokémon pairs, they have the lowest chance of producing an egg. This lower chance translates to a statistically longer period of waiting until the Daycare man hands you the egg, but nothing beyond that. [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]] 10:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I think it means that it's sort of like when two people pretend to hate each other but they really love each other but don't know it themselves. Eventually they find what they have in common and fall in love. [[User:TorchicBlaziken|TorchicBlaziken]] ([[User_talk:TorchicBlaziken|talk]]) 15:24, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
== Question ==

"However, there are two pairs of Pokémon species where the male and female are treated as different Pokémon. In these cases, the egg may hatch into either the male or female species:

*[[Nidoran♀ (Pokémon)|Nidoran♀]] and [[Nidoran♂ (Pokémon)|Nidoran♂]]
*[[Illumise (Pokémon)|Illumise]] and [[Volbeat (Pokémon)|Volbeat]]"

Would this also be true in the case of Tauros and Miltank? Could a Miltank have an egg containing Tauros? Just asking cause it's not listed in the article. --[[Special:Contributions/Kenji-girl|☆]][[Tracey Sketchit|ケンジ]][[User:Kenji-girl|ガール]] 10:17, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Would it be true to say that only the female can lay and egg that could be either? I tried breeding a Nidoran♂ with a Ditto to get a [[Nidoran♀ (Pokémon)|♀]] but I just ended up with a dozen [[Nidoran♂ (Pokémon)|♂]]s. I did succesfully get a [[Volbeat (Pokémon)|Volbeat]] from an [[Illumise (Pokémon)|Illumise]].
Oh, and [[Tauros (Pokémon)|Tauros]] and [[Miltank (Pokémon)|Miltank]] are also linked.. [[User:Woodland Mudkip|Woodland Mudkip]] ☆{{MS|001|Bulbasaur}} 11:02, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

:Your first assertion is correct, and has thus been added to the page. As noted in a paragraph above by myself, Tauros and Miltank are simply not linked. It seems to me that the disillusion of not having a calf-like Pokémon as a pre-evolution to both, has caused a multitude of fans to believe in some fabricated indication that one is forthcoming. [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]] 06:24, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

== TMs ==

Can you pass down TM moves that weren't learned by TM? I'm going to breed my male Banette with Will-O-Wisp (Learned naturally) with a female Drifloon, and I'm wondering if it'll pass down Will-O-Wisp... {{ani|281}}[[User:TinaTheKirlia|Tina]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Sandbox|☆]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Favorites|♥]][[User talk:TinaTheKirlia|♫]][http://freewebs.com/thepixelcafe δ]{{MS|281|Kirlia}} 20:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
:Yep. It's what I do so as to save TMs from being used. '''[[User:TTEchidna|TTE]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 23:47, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

== Languages ==

Is this encyclopedia in American English or Commonwealth English? Becuase the most recent edit was from "travelling" to "traveling", or Commonwealth to American.

Yea, we're American (well, I think. Ask and admin. I'm pretty sure we're American English). --[[Image:Spr 3e 059.gif|70px]][[Image:Spr 3e 132.gif]]'''[[User:Theryguy512|Theryguy]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|5]][[User:Theryguy512/Mission Page|1]][[User:Theryguy512/Sandbox|2]]''' [[Image:Trozeiani025.gif]] 12:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
:Yeah, I as actually gonna do something else on the page after editing that (since Firefox does the red line under words that aren't in its dictionary), but I got distracted by something else and just decided "eh."
:But really, Bulbapedia's got contributors from all over. Though, well, American spelling's used in the games throughout their English release, as far as I know. They don't go through all the text changing the spelling of a few words, and I certainly didn't intend for my edit to be just that. It was more just "hey, look, red line. Fix that and... um... what else was I gonna do?" '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]{{ani|155|Fire echy}}[[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 16:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

== Inbreeding ==

What is it? {{ani|493}}'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]{{{1|11:19 13 Mar 2008}}}'''
:...Don't ask. You don't wanna know. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 05:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Inbreeding is when closely related individuals mate and have children. It's very taboo in human culture but animal breeders do this with certain breeds of an animal, like dogs. It's not a good idea for people inbreed because recessive genes could be more pronounced and genetic defects can occur. - PDL
:Told ya you didn't wanna know. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 00:25, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
::The PRima Games guide states that inbreeding is impossible in Emerald. Proves that you can't trust Prima. '''[[User:Optimatum|<sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]]|[[User:Optimatum/sig/Pikachu|Links]]''13:12 5 Sep 2008'''''

::Well you can in the games, I'm Inbreeding all my Pokémon that I bead in the first place. [[User:Random Chaos|Random]] [[User talk:Random Chaos|Chaos]] [[User:Random Chaos/Sandbox|Was here]][http://chaos-shepherd.deviantart.com/ ☃] 01:07, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

== Uhh yeah ==

Uhm. This is weird, but i've had two weird things happen with breeding that make little sense. Like, first, this happened today, i put my Shieldon and Cranidos in the day-care (one female, the other male) and the old man said "These two prefer too play with other Pokémon" and i like, i came back too get them and they'd had an egg, and last time i checked, "They prefer too play with other Pokémon" meant they weren't going too have an egg (i took the egg anyway). Uhm, the second thing, which is really weird, happened a few months ago on my Pokémon Emerald, i put my male Charizard and male Blaziken in the Daycare (cos i'm too lazy too train them myself) ...and they had an egg |: Last time i checked, Guy + Guy does not = baby/egg |: I'm 100% sure they we're both male. I was pretty sure it was just a glitch in the game, but i was wondering if it's happened too anyone else? (also, the egg was a normal Torchic, normal stats, normal moves, nothing weird/glitch-y about it)

~ [[user:takoto|Takoto]]

Wow... That's really weird [[User:Darkmaster0|Darkmaster]][[User talk:Darkmaster0|0]]

: Obviously {{MS|006|Charizard}} and {{MS|257|Blaziken}} adopted. I guess they don't mind adoption by same-sex couples in Sinnoh. [[User:Zurqoxn|Zurqoxn]] 00:35, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

::The thing that happened with Charizard and Blaziken happened on Emerald (: If they adopted, where did they adopt from? O: [[user:Takoto|Takoto]]

|: It happened, again, only this time; Leafgreen. Someone please tell me that Umbreon and Caterpie are somehow in the same egg group. Scratch what i said earlier, I'm almost sure that the Blaziken/Charizard thing happened on LeafGreen, not Emerald |: *totally remembered after i posted that xD Uh soooo yeah, i think the Breeding's glitch'd up in my LeafGreen...Well, it wasn't even originally mine, it was my Cousins |: But I'm sure he didn't cheat or anything too make every Pokémon breed with every other Pokémon. Plus i did some test; i tried too breed some Pokémon and they didn't breed, the Legendaries didn't (I actually wanted a level 5 Mewtwo xD at one point) But yeah \: Is my games breeding system glitched up or is it just....oddities? [[User:Takoto|Takoto]] 15:35, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
::I would say you somehow glitched your game. Been using AR/GS/whatever? '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 16:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
:::*Shake head* I've never used Action reply or Game shark on my Leafgreen...

==Length of time to breed==
After getting frustrated by the time it took to breed on my old silver version, I looked around for information on how long it takes two pokemon to have an egg, and I found [http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/rossos_pokemon/breeding.html this site]. This is information I think bulbapedia needs. The problem is, I don't have any other sources on it, it doesn't say if the formula holds true for later Gens as well, and the author admits that his numbers are estimates. Does anyone know anything about this topic? [[User:Cheesus Is Lord|Cheesus Is Lord]] 22:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

== Female Eevees ==

Hi I've tried to breed my Eevee several times but everytime time I do I get male Eevees and I kinda wanna have a female one, I was wondering if there's any way to force an egg to hatch into a female pokemon r something, I've tried hatching it in Foarama town like I read somewhere but that didnt work..
Having said that I did get a female Eevee once but it was very random
:12.5% chance of getting female Eevee. You were just unlucky. '''[[User:Optimatum|<sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]]|[[User:Optimatum/sig/Pikachu|Links]]''13:14 5 Sep 2008'''''

== Multiple eggs ==

I've been hatching several eggs at a time (getting three eggs, storing the parents, and then running up and down), and the number of steps in between hatches is always a multiple of 255, with 510 as the minimum (recent numbers are 510 and 1275). The steps between picking up the eggs are as low as 256, and I was carrying around Camerupt with Magma Armor. The numbers don't make sense unless there's some delay added to the other eggs when picking up eggs or hatching them, or some other weird hidden factor. Game is Pearl, by the way, and I've been using a Mach Bike. --[[User:Raijinili|Raijinili]] 04:55, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

== Tutored moves ==

Can they be passed on to children like [[TM]] moves? I know I tried it once, but I can't remember the result. Anybody know for certain? Either way, whether it works or not, it should probably be mentioned in this article or [[move tutor]] (or both). [[User:Zurqoxn|Zurqoxn]] 13:42, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
:I don't think they can unless they're egg moves (Outrage from Salamence to baby Charmander) or shared by both father and child, the child's in its level-up set, while the mother also knows it. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 14:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
::Off the top of my head, I believe that it's possible in {{v2|Crystal}}, but '''only''' in Crystal. At least, that's what I remember, maybe I should double-check this for myself though... --[[User:Blaziken257|'''Blaz''']][[User talk:Blaziken257|'''iken''']][[Special:Contributions/Blaziken257|'''257''']] 18:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
:::The article is a bit ambiguous on this point, it says "And starting in crystal, move tutor moves" in brackets under section 1.3.3 (passing moves down) - which could mean "only in crystal", or it could mean "from crystal onwards". Currently, in Soul Silver, I'm breeding a Cyndaquil with extrasensory, and I tried to teach it heat wave at the same time (to save me tutoring it later) by breeding a Vulpix that knows it from Growlithe (egg move). Vulpix had Extrasensory and Heat Wave (and flamethrower and fire spin) when I bred it with Quilava, but the resulting Cyndaquil only knew extrasensory and flamethrower, despite the fact that Cyndaquil can be tutored Heat Wave (I wasn't expecting Fire Spin though). I think this means that move tutor moves are NOT passed down, but TMs are passed down no problem. I'd quite like to hear from anyone who's done a bit more research into this though - it might just be a flaw in the way I did the breeding (though I doubt it, since Extrasensory worked out fine). Oh - and I think that section should also include information about ditto-move-breeding. I know moves held by females aren't carried down when breeding with ditto - do male+ditto couples pass on moves held by the male, like normal? [[User:NLawson|NLawson]] 04:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

==POSSIBLE SPADING SOLUTION!!!==

I don't know, but according to Smogon, there's some sort of step counter that resets at 255. Follow this link for more info. http://www.smogon.com/dp/articles/breeding_guide_part2#steps_required
[[User:TorchicBlaziken|TorchicBlaziken]] ([[User_talk:TorchicBlaziken|talk]]) 15:24, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
:Wow. I'm surprised that Smogon has a guide on stuff that has nothing to do with battling, and it has stuff that this wiki doesn't have. Anyway, I'll read it and try to incorporate it into this page.
:What's the policy on crediting, anyway? --[[User:Raijinili|Raijinili]] 01:49, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

== Confused ==

On this page, it says that Nidorina and Nidoqueen can't be breed whatsoever, but [[No eggs (egg group)#Trivia|here]] it says that they can. Which one is true? [[User:Jacce|Jacce]] 19:11, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

You misread the trivia, it says that "for some reason their male counterparts can", which, of course, does not make sense. '''''[[User:GuyNamedSean|Sean...]] [[Dialga (Pokémon)|Lord]] [[User talk:GuyNamedSean|of the]] [[Darkrai (Pokémon)|Shadows!!!]]''''' 23:13, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

== Shiny breeding ==

Hey, I got a shiny male Tentacruel, and a female Corsola, the shine-effect will be given to the baby Corsola? 
[[User:Homie|Homie]] 15:26, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
:Not unless you're playing Gold/Silver, in which case there would be a higher chance of shininess. '''[[User:Optimatum|Θρtιmαtum]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]] 15:27, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

== Everstone ==

Can we punt/delete the Gen IV sentence that says that the Everstone trick doesn't work anymore? It still does and I've done it several times. [[User:Rappak|Rappak]] 20:54, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
:Are you sure? Notice that it says it doesn't work when the two Pokémon are from different language cartridges. E.g., it doesn't work if you try to breed an American Pokémon and a Japanese Pokémon together. — [[User:Laoris|Laoris]] ([[User_Talk:Laoris|Blah]]) 20:56, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
::Let me double check the foriegn, but I know it works with two pokemon of the same cartridges. I'm almost positive it still works. [[User:Rappak|Rappak]] 21:20, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
:::Yes, it does work with two Pokémon from the same cartridge, but not with two foreign Pokémon, and that is what the article is referring to. — [[User:Laoris|Laoris]] ([[User_Talk:Laoris|Blah]])

== Inbreedible Pokemon? ==
Okay so I have this male Charizard that I want to breed so I can send the Charmander over to my Leaf Green Version. I put it in the daycare with SEVERAL DIFFERENT Dittos, each with a different nature. All of them did not have interest in my Charizard or vice-versa. I looked up the nature and noticed that it had a LAX nature (Charizard). Do I need a certain natured ditto or something to be able to breed? --[[User:Blaziken=Tahu|Blaziken=Tahu]] 03:02, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
:Lack of interest does not mean they won't make an egg. [[User:The Dark Fiddler|The Dark Fiddler]] - [[User talk:The Dark Fiddler|¿Nos hablamos?]] 22:25, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
::Just wait a bit longer and take any further "how do I/what do I/where do I" game related questions to {{BMGf||the forums}}. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 22:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

what was the exact message the guy said? if he said "they dont seem to like each other" that means they will still breed but it just takes a little while longer, if he said "they prefer to play with other pokemon" then they cant breed and never will [[User:Happizelpom|Happi]][[User talk:Happizelpom|zel]][[Special:Contributions/Happizelpom|pom]] 22:54, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
:These quotations need to go in the article. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 22:59, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

yep, they'll still breed. Thanks alot everyone. --[[User:Blaziken=Tahu|Blaziken=Tahu]] 23:48, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

== Genders ==

When are they defined for the egg, when it is received or when it hatches? [[User:Anastius|Anastius]] 10:15, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
:What do you mean by "defined".--[[User:Clarky13|'''Clarky''']][[User talk:Clarky13|'''13''']] 10:18, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
::In the game data - the user wishes to know if once the player receives the egg, the gender of the hatched Pokemon has already been set. In my experience, yes, along with the nature. But I could have just been really unlucky. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 20:54, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
::: It is definitely set when it hatches. I have hatched an army of Scyther (trying to get one with a "Rash" nature) and the gender and nature were always the same for the pokemon, even if i saved the game before it hatched, had it do so, and restarted it. So yes, gender and nature are determined when the Egg is conceived. Also, if makes since if you think about the hereditary moves, TM it can learn, etc when you pick which Pokémon you want to breed to get the egg. --[[User:Blaziken=Tahu|Blaziken=Tahu]] 20:50, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

== Egg Moves ==
How are egg moves determined? I mean, theres a list of moves that can be learned by pokemon by breeding for each pokemon. Was that found out by testing, and so its possible there are others it could learn, or is there a certain list of moves that a pokemon can use determined by the game and so anything thats not listed can't ever be learned? ([[User:MaoDaAmargura|MaoDaAmargura]] 01:30, 4 February 2009 (UTC))
:its shown in the official Guide books, and some are made off of users testing it. EG tangela has an unlisted move[[User:DCM|DCM]][[User talk:DCM|((Mock Me]][[Special:Contributions/DCM|Edits))]] 02:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
::It's also in the game's internal coding. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 06:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Yes, but i think hes referring to how we found it. Not all of us can access the coding, I assure you.[[User:DCM|DCM]][[User talk:DCM|((Mock Me]][[Special:Contributions/DCM|Edits))]] 01:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

== I dont get it........ ==
I had a male machamp which knew Revenge, cross chop, karete chop and dynamicunch
but when i bred it with a ditto the baby only knew its starting moves(low kick and leer) i'mpretty sure machop can learn all of my machamps moves what happend--[[User:Bulbsur-ivysaur-venusaur|Bulbsur-ivysaur-venusaur]] 20:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
:try breeding with a female machoke [[User:Ultamatecharizard|Ultamate]][[User Talk:Ultamatecharizard|Charizard]] 20:56, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

== Need Explaination ==

In the Trivia section it reads, "No negative effects occur from inbreeding Pokémon in Generation III and Generation IV, despite this being impossible in Generation II." Can someone please explain this statement? - [[User:Zedd|Zedd]] 17:49, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
:It may be referencing that, in real life, inbreeding can lead to developmental problems in the newborns, and so no such issues (always poor IVs, for example, or crappy natures) would occur in the Pokemon games. The second part is straightforward; you cannot breed a parent Pokemon with its offspring in G/S/C. I'm not sure if sibling breeding is allowed, however. [[User:Starscream|Starscream]] 14:05, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
::Is it mentioned anywhere in the article, other than in the trivia, about inbreeding being impossible in Generation II? I skimmed over the article and saw nothing, but I might be wrong. I suggest, if it isn't already there, someone do a little segment on this, as I didn't really notice this in-game and it's kinda interesting. I'd do it myself, but I don't know much about the breeding of Generation II, and I've lost Crystal right now, and my emulators are too laggy to play on my laptop. [[User:Takoto|~~Takoto]] - [[User_talk:Takoto|サソデイ]] 15:01, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
:::@Star - Sibling breeding is allowed, the mechanics that prevent Parent-child breeding are related to IVs (or DV, as they were caled back then) and there is no relation on opposite sex siblings' IVs in GSC.
:::@It does, in the "Inheriting stats" section. [[User:Mr. Charlie|'''Mr. Charlie''']]([[User_Talk:Mr. Charlie|''TalkToMe'']]) 15:38, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
::Actually, there is debate among scientific circles as to the validity of superstitions that inbreeding causes developmental defects. While more recent articles focus more on how this does lead to homozygosity and an increase in recessive alleles, an article from the Dept of Biostatistics study concludes that, "No significant differences existed in the incidence of congenital anomalies among offspring between the consanguineous and non-consanguineous marriages in the rural or in the urban area." (Rao and Inbaraj, 1980). This doesn't necessarily write out its nature as a taboo subject in non-scholarly circles, but please enjoy just one of many scholarly articles on the subject, this one by the Dept of Biostatistics found in the Journal of Medical Genetics: [http://jmg.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/1/27 Inbreeding effects on fetal growth and development] I admit it's an older article, but newer articles tend to focus on studied genetic changes other than "defects".- ''unsigned comment from {{u|PharosAM}} ([[User talk:PharosAM|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/PharosAM|contribs]]) ''

== Tauros and Miltank again ==

From the article: ''Note that while Miltank and Tauros are considered to be the female and male of the same species in the canon, for the purposes of breeding they are separate species''

In what canon, exactly, are they considered "male and female of the same species"? Wouldn't, by nature of the fact that they cannot breed with each other to produce baby Tauros or Miltank, they NOT be [[User:Starscream|Starscream]] 20:55, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
:??? They can breed with each other to produce baby Miltank... But I agree, not the same species, would like to hear what canon says so. Also, that bit about Volbeat and Nido♂ breeding with Ditto is interesting, {{tt|Pokémon must have ZW sex chromosomes|and no I am not going to campaign to have that included in the article}}. --[[User:LaprasBoi|LaprasBoi]] 22:48, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

== Hatched Genders ==

Has anyone figured out when a newly-hatched Pokémon's gender is set? Does it happen at the time of the egg's conception, or does it happen when it's hatched? --[[User:Dual|Dual]] 03:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
:When it's received from the daycare. [[User:Tc26/Anime Predictions|tc]][[User:Tc26|²₆]][[User talk:Tc26|tc]][[User:Tc26/Sandbox|26]] 03:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

== A question about IVs... ==

In HGSS, by using the EV Enhancers you can choose to pass a specific IV from a parent to their offspring. My question is this: Is it possible to have the passed down IV overwriten if the other parent passes down a higher IV of the same stat? For example, If I was trying to breed a Bronzong with a speed IV of zero and I used a Power Anklet to pass the zero stat from one parent, could the other parent then pass down it's higher speed IV, overwriting the IV I actually wanted? ~ [[User:Ender Phoenix|Ender Phoenix]] 00:46, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:Yes. Me and some friends confirmed this by accident a while back when trying to breed for IVs. Furthermore, a lower IV can replace a higher one, which is what actually happened in our experiences. In my case, I was trying to breed a perfect Attack/Speed Scyther with Jolly nature from a perfect attack Scyther (holding a Power Bracer) and a perfect speed Volbeat (holding a Power Anklet). The first Jolly Scyther I got had perfect speed, but imperfect attack. Upon checking the Volbeat's IVs, it had indeed inherited the Volbeat's attack IV, overwriting the IV passed on by the Power Bracer. I think what this means is that the EV training items just force the first one or two IVs that are chosen (depending on how many you;re using) and then the last one/two is/are chosen randomly with the possibility of overwriting the previously passed IV(s). Anyway, I'm gonna go ahead and edit this into the article (minus the details of the experiment). - [[User:Sensei Hanzo|Sensei Hanzo]] 15:16, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

== Talking to the daycare ==

Does talking to the daycare man outside to see how your pokémon are getting along have an effect on getting an egg? Cause I was cycling for quite a while and then I figured I should at least see how compatible my pokémon are with each other (which was "They don't seem to like each other very much" or something), then I went back to cycling around. My first lap and he has an egg, so is it just my luck or a requirement? Thanks in advance :) [[User:Adam0935|Adam0935]] 05:55, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:No. The rate of getting an egg from a couple is explained [[Pokémon_breeding#Breeding_Rate.5B1.5D|here]]. It's all to do with species and ID number - you got lucky this time! —'''darklord[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|trom]]''' 05:59, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

== Held Items ==

Can a pokemon carry a held item when it has been hatched? I'm playing on HeartGold and I just caught Chansey in safari zone which took me freaking forever, about 3 hours. so if you kept breeding Chansey could one of the new pokemon be carrying a [[Lucky Egg]]. I really don't want to have to go around and catch another 19 Chansies if it's gonna take as long as the first one. [[User:Greenlikeblue]] 9:52, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
:Er, no. I'm pretty sure that won't work. Sorry [[User:Takharii|<sc>Takharii</sc>]] '''~''' [[User talk:Takharii|<sc>Talk!</sc>]] 23:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Pokémon breeding

2010-06-04T22:10:10Z

Fyda: Everstone and Nature inheritance from non-Ditto males in Diamond/Pearl

OOps. [[User:Evkl|Evkl]] 01:45, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Should this be listed under Pokémon Breeding or simply Breeding? -[[user:greengiant|greengiant]]

Probably Poke breeding with a redirect from "breeding"

A picture says more than tousand words

== Everstone and Nature inheritance from non-Ditto males in Diamond/Pearl ==
Under the "Inheriting Natures" section, it says: "In Generation IV inheriting Nature was changed a little. Whichever Pokémon is holding an Everstone will pass down its nature, '''regardless of gender''', or whether it is breeding with a ditto."

The "regardless of gender" bit is problematic. It contradicts Smogon University's Breeding Guide (Part II), which states:

"In EDP, if a '''female''' Pokémon is holding the item Everstone and breeds with a male Pokémon, the baby will have a 50% chance of having the same nature as the female Pokémon. This also works if the Pokémon holding Everstone is Ditto."

I am playing Diamond. To test, I've attempted to breed a Cubone with the Lonely nature by using a male Nidoran (Lonely nature) and a female Cubone (Hardy nature). The male Nidoran is holding an Everstone while in the Daycare. So far, it has produced '''29''' Cubones, spanning '''17''' different natures, '''none of which have the Lonely nature'''.

While some players may have been successful with this method on HG/SS, I think the page should say that it may work in HG/SS but not in D/P. [[User:Fyda|Fyda]] 22:10, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

== Strange Breeding: How did these things happen? ==

A couple of strange things happened to me when I was breeding a male Blaziken with a female Phanpy (which is strange enough in itself, I guess)
#When the egg hatched, the Phanpy knew Rock Smash. This shouldn't have been able to happen because I had previously deleted Rock Smash from Blaziken via the Move Deleter guy.
#The Phanpy hatched holding a PP Up! Needless to say, I was thrilled, but is there any reason for this occurance? Is it random or predictable?
Thanks a lot →[[User:Evin290|Evin290]] 12:18, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

:I don;t know about the first, but I believe the second is because of Phanphy's ability "Pickup".--[[User:Skully Collins|Skully Collins]] 08:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah the PP Up is definetly a result of the pick-up. As for the rock smash, no clue. --[[User:Blaziken=Tahu|Blaziken=Tahu]] 02:58, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Could be something intentional. I would assume that Phanpy could learn Strength if you taught that to Blaziken then removed it. [[User:Learner4|Learner4]] 20:26, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Im actually thinking that Phanphy can learn Rock Smash, so if Blaziken knew it then there are still "reminints" of Rock Smash there, as shown by the move relearner guy. Maybe when the breeding happened the data some how got mixed and BAM, you have a Phanphy that knows Rock Smash. Did you use any cheats (earlier on) at all?--[[User:Sorou|sorou]] 17:11, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

== Abilities ==
I have seen, and the D/P Nintendo power guide states that, you can pass on abilities via breeding. This would be important to note, wouldn't it? It seems like something that big should be listed. Especially when you consider the possibilities! (I personally love my wonder-guarded sableye) Also, I think this should possibly be noted in the "chain breeding" section as well.
--[[User:TheCakeIsALie|TheCakeIsALie]] 02:51, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

True. Good eye. You may place it in the article in the appropriate place. And don't forget your sig or people won't know who you are.{{ani|486}}[[User:Pokemaniac102|<big>'''''Poke'''''</big>]][[User talk:Pokemaniac102|'''''Maniac''''']][[Special:Contributions/Pokemaniac102|<big>'''''102'''''</big>]]{{ani|492}} 06:28, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
:No! Abilities are NOT PASSED ON. By Abilities they meant Natures. Go on, try it. ABILITIES CANNOT BE PASSED ON. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]{{ani|155|Fire echy}}[[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 06:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
:Plus, the only Pokémon with Wonder Guard can't breed with anything but Ditto, so it'd never pass it on to Sableye. If you got that thing in a trade, it's hacked, man. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]{{ani|155|Fire echy}}[[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 06:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Crap, thanks for pointing that out. Dang... But on another note, you CAN pass abilities legitimately, but I misread: they are passed along by the mother, so it would stay in the proper species. (the example given in NP's guide is 2 bibarel breed. Mother has Simple, father has Unaware, so offspring is a Bidoof with Simple.) So I was halfway right, but again, thanks for poiinting that out. I guess I ought to not use it much then, huh?--[[User:TheCakeIsALie|TheCakeIsALie]] 02:51, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
:I just did a test run breeding two Kadabras, both with the ability [[Inner Focus (ability)|Inner Focus]]. They successfully bred an Abra with the ability [[Synchronize (ability)|Synchronize]]. This proves that, at least for HeartGold, ability is ''not'' passed down by either parent. --[[User:Kerrick|Kerrick]] 17:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

I can't actually PROVE this, but in my experience, the Everstone seems to have a similar effect on Abilities to the one it has on Natures. So, assuming that the mother is not a Ditto, and there is a chance between the two Abilities, and the mother is holding an Everstone, there appears to be a better than 50% chance that the child will have the same ability. I have no idea how to formally prove this, but if someone could either explain to me how to prove it, or simply look into it themselves, it would be appreciated.--[[User:Xatu|Xatu]] 03:49, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

== Tauros & Miltank ==

Can anybody confirm for certain that their eggs are supposed to be 50% Tauros and 50% Miltank? I've personally hatched 11 eggs from a Tauros and a Ditto, and all of them were Tauros, which means I must be exceptionally unlucky if half of them are supposed to be Miltank. FYI, I'm playing Diamond where Miltank are rarer than Tauros (the opposite is true in Pearl). I thought it would be easier to breed a Miltank than catch one. [[User:Drapion|Drapion]] 17:28, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the 50-50 chance thing is only if you breed a Miltank with Ditto; all of Tauros's kids with Ditto will be Tauros. [[User:Fsilone|Fsilone]] 22:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

:There is no way in any of the games for Tauros to hatch from a Miltank egg, or for Miltank to hatch from a Tauros egg. MorningStar edited this page with a note indicating otherwise as early as in March 2006, which is to say without knowledge of Diamond and Pearl. I believe no one bothered to fix it then due to the possibility of that holding true in the upcoming games, and since their release everyone has assumed the statement to be true because it was on the page so early on. Regardless of the reason, this note should have long been removed; it is easy to verify that even when breeding Miltank and Tauros ''together'' in the latest games, the product is still always a Miltank. I have done so for the sake of being on the safe side. [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]] 13:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

::I've changed this section of the page. I can confirm empirically (hatched 41 eggs: 28 from a Miltank + Ditto, 13 from a Miltank + various Ground-group Pokes) that you cannot hatch a Tauros from a Miltank egg in Pokemon Pearl, and I assume the same goes for Diamond; based on Unown Lord's comments I am assuming this applies to all the games. If it turns out you can, then feel free to revert the page - I haven't hacked the code, this is entirely based on testing, so it's possibly that I was ''extremely'' unlucky and happened to get 41 eggs that all hatched Miltank purely by chance, but I think that's unlikely.

::The only sources I can find online that support the Miltank/Tauros breeding line are either questionable (user FAQs on the Marriland forum that contain other errors) or based on this site. [[User:Castorquinn|Castorquinn]] 22:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

== Ditto + Ditto? ==

Someone settle something for me: Can you breed Ditto with Ditto? - [[User:Cassius335|Cassius335]]

No. I tried. - [[User:MacGyver|MacGyver]]

Thanks. *notices the Discussion page for Ditto and wonders why he didn't look there in the first place*. - [[User:Cassius335|Cassius335]]

Then how are there wild ditto if they can't breed together?
Do they spontaneously appear or something? [[User:Chuck67322|Chuck67322]] 05:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Ditto looks like a big pile of goo, maybe over time they split in half like bacteria. [[User:Darkcloud1111|Darkcloud1111]] 00:57, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

== Technical Question ==

Do the natures of the parents make any difference on whether or not they will produce an egg? I'm trying to get my Dragonite to give Outrage to a new Gible, and the old man in Solaceon says they don't like eachother at all... Obviously that's not good, but why, and what can I do to change it?
:At all? ..are you sure you're breeding a Dragonite with a <s>complete haxxmacheen</s> Garchomp? Cause I do believeth that Garchomp and Dragonite can breed. o_o; {{ani|281}}[[User:TinaTheKirlia|Tina]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Sandbox|☆]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Favorites|♥]][[User talk:TinaTheKirlia|♫]]{{Ani|380}} 04:07, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
::Not at all? You sure? Pretty much always when they're in the same egg group, they'll breed. '''[[User:TTEchidna|TTE]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 05:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
:I have had similar problems. Sometimes I always make sure to check the Egg Groups before I attempt breeding, but every once in a while, the Daycare Man in Diamond tells me that they dislike each other. (oops, forgot to sign) --[[User:Dual|Dual]] 05:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

There's no problem at all, peeps! If 'They don't like each other very much' it doesn't matter! AS long as they don't totally despise each other that's okay. I tried Ditto with my Lucario (TTE said it would work) and it worked altough they didn't like each other! [[Image:Ani475MS.gif]] '''[[User:Optimus35|Agent]] [[User talk:Optimus35|#448]]''' [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Optimus35&namespace=0&year=&month=-1 ☆] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZPMmUEHFIU ♥][[Image:Ani282MS.gif]] 09:52, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
::Why do I feel compelled to respond to this comment by saying "Rape!"[[User:Mystrich|Mystrich]] 06:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

The message “They don´t seem to like each other much.” indicates that the Pokémon are of different species but have the same trainer IDs, which means that out of all breedable Pokémon pairs, they have the lowest chance of producing an egg. This lower chance translates to a statistically longer period of waiting until the Daycare man hands you the egg, but nothing beyond that. [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]] 10:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I think it means that it's sort of like when two people pretend to hate each other but they really love each other but don't know it themselves. Eventually they find what they have in common and fall in love. [[User:TorchicBlaziken|TorchicBlaziken]] ([[User_talk:TorchicBlaziken|talk]]) 15:24, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
== Question ==

"However, there are two pairs of Pokémon species where the male and female are treated as different Pokémon. In these cases, the egg may hatch into either the male or female species:

*[[Nidoran♀ (Pokémon)|Nidoran♀]] and [[Nidoran♂ (Pokémon)|Nidoran♂]]
*[[Illumise (Pokémon)|Illumise]] and [[Volbeat (Pokémon)|Volbeat]]"

Would this also be true in the case of Tauros and Miltank? Could a Miltank have an egg containing Tauros? Just asking cause it's not listed in the article. --[[Special:Contributions/Kenji-girl|☆]][[Tracey Sketchit|ケンジ]][[User:Kenji-girl|ガール]] 10:17, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Would it be true to say that only the female can lay and egg that could be either? I tried breeding a Nidoran♂ with a Ditto to get a [[Nidoran♀ (Pokémon)|♀]] but I just ended up with a dozen [[Nidoran♂ (Pokémon)|♂]]s. I did succesfully get a [[Volbeat (Pokémon)|Volbeat]] from an [[Illumise (Pokémon)|Illumise]].
Oh, and [[Tauros (Pokémon)|Tauros]] and [[Miltank (Pokémon)|Miltank]] are also linked.. [[User:Woodland Mudkip|Woodland Mudkip]] ☆{{MS|001|Bulbasaur}} 11:02, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

:Your first assertion is correct, and has thus been added to the page. As noted in a paragraph above by myself, Tauros and Miltank are simply not linked. It seems to me that the disillusion of not having a calf-like Pokémon as a pre-evolution to both, has caused a multitude of fans to believe in some fabricated indication that one is forthcoming. [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]] 06:24, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

== TMs ==

Can you pass down TM moves that weren't learned by TM? I'm going to breed my male Banette with Will-O-Wisp (Learned naturally) with a female Drifloon, and I'm wondering if it'll pass down Will-O-Wisp... {{ani|281}}[[User:TinaTheKirlia|Tina]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Sandbox|☆]][[User:TinaTheKirlia/Favorites|♥]][[User talk:TinaTheKirlia|♫]][http://freewebs.com/thepixelcafe δ]{{MS|281|Kirlia}} 20:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
:Yep. It's what I do so as to save TMs from being used. '''[[User:TTEchidna|TTE]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 23:47, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

== Languages ==

Is this encyclopedia in American English or Commonwealth English? Becuase the most recent edit was from "travelling" to "traveling", or Commonwealth to American.

Yea, we're American (well, I think. Ask and admin. I'm pretty sure we're American English). --[[Image:Spr 3e 059.gif|70px]][[Image:Spr 3e 132.gif]]'''[[User:Theryguy512|Theryguy]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|5]][[User:Theryguy512/Mission Page|1]][[User:Theryguy512/Sandbox|2]]''' [[Image:Trozeiani025.gif]] 12:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
:Yeah, I as actually gonna do something else on the page after editing that (since Firefox does the red line under words that aren't in its dictionary), but I got distracted by something else and just decided "eh."
:But really, Bulbapedia's got contributors from all over. Though, well, American spelling's used in the games throughout their English release, as far as I know. They don't go through all the text changing the spelling of a few words, and I certainly didn't intend for my edit to be just that. It was more just "hey, look, red line. Fix that and... um... what else was I gonna do?" '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]{{ani|155|Fire echy}}[[User:TTEchidna/GSDS|GSDS!]]''' 16:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

== Inbreeding ==

What is it? {{ani|493}}'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]{{{1|11:19 13 Mar 2008}}}'''
:...Don't ask. You don't wanna know. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 05:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Inbreeding is when closely related individuals mate and have children. It's very taboo in human culture but animal breeders do this with certain breeds of an animal, like dogs. It's not a good idea for people inbreed because recessive genes could be more pronounced and genetic defects can occur. - PDL
:Told ya you didn't wanna know. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 00:25, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
::The PRima Games guide states that inbreeding is impossible in Emerald. Proves that you can't trust Prima. '''[[User:Optimatum|<sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]]|[[User:Optimatum/sig/Pikachu|Links]]''13:12 5 Sep 2008'''''

::Well you can in the games, I'm Inbreeding all my Pokémon that I bead in the first place. [[User:Random Chaos|Random]] [[User talk:Random Chaos|Chaos]] [[User:Random Chaos/Sandbox|Was here]][http://chaos-shepherd.deviantart.com/ ☃] 01:07, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

== Uhh yeah ==

Uhm. This is weird, but i've had two weird things happen with breeding that make little sense. Like, first, this happened today, i put my Shieldon and Cranidos in the day-care (one female, the other male) and the old man said "These two prefer too play with other Pokémon" and i like, i came back too get them and they'd had an egg, and last time i checked, "They prefer too play with other Pokémon" meant they weren't going too have an egg (i took the egg anyway). Uhm, the second thing, which is really weird, happened a few months ago on my Pokémon Emerald, i put my male Charizard and male Blaziken in the Daycare (cos i'm too lazy too train them myself) ...and they had an egg |: Last time i checked, Guy + Guy does not = baby/egg |: I'm 100% sure they we're both male. I was pretty sure it was just a glitch in the game, but i was wondering if it's happened too anyone else? (also, the egg was a normal Torchic, normal stats, normal moves, nothing weird/glitch-y about it)

~ [[user:takoto|Takoto]]

Wow... That's really weird [[User:Darkmaster0|Darkmaster]][[User talk:Darkmaster0|0]]

: Obviously {{MS|006|Charizard}} and {{MS|257|Blaziken}} adopted. I guess they don't mind adoption by same-sex couples in Sinnoh. [[User:Zurqoxn|Zurqoxn]] 00:35, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

::The thing that happened with Charizard and Blaziken happened on Emerald (: If they adopted, where did they adopt from? O: [[user:Takoto|Takoto]]

|: It happened, again, only this time; Leafgreen. Someone please tell me that Umbreon and Caterpie are somehow in the same egg group. Scratch what i said earlier, I'm almost sure that the Blaziken/Charizard thing happened on LeafGreen, not Emerald |: *totally remembered after i posted that xD Uh soooo yeah, i think the Breeding's glitch'd up in my LeafGreen...Well, it wasn't even originally mine, it was my Cousins |: But I'm sure he didn't cheat or anything too make every Pokémon breed with every other Pokémon. Plus i did some test; i tried too breed some Pokémon and they didn't breed, the Legendaries didn't (I actually wanted a level 5 Mewtwo xD at one point) But yeah \: Is my games breeding system glitched up or is it just....oddities? [[User:Takoto|Takoto]] 15:35, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
::I would say you somehow glitched your game. Been using AR/GS/whatever? '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 16:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
:::*Shake head* I've never used Action reply or Game shark on my Leafgreen...

==Length of time to breed==
After getting frustrated by the time it took to breed on my old silver version, I looked around for information on how long it takes two pokemon to have an egg, and I found [http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/rossos_pokemon/breeding.html this site]. This is information I think bulbapedia needs. The problem is, I don't have any other sources on it, it doesn't say if the formula holds true for later Gens as well, and the author admits that his numbers are estimates. Does anyone know anything about this topic? [[User:Cheesus Is Lord|Cheesus Is Lord]] 22:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

== Female Eevees ==

Hi I've tried to breed my Eevee several times but everytime time I do I get male Eevees and I kinda wanna have a female one, I was wondering if there's any way to force an egg to hatch into a female pokemon r something, I've tried hatching it in Foarama town like I read somewhere but that didnt work..
Having said that I did get a female Eevee once but it was very random
:12.5% chance of getting female Eevee. You were just unlucky. '''[[User:Optimatum|<sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]]|[[User:Optimatum/sig/Pikachu|Links]]''13:14 5 Sep 2008'''''

== Multiple eggs ==

I've been hatching several eggs at a time (getting three eggs, storing the parents, and then running up and down), and the number of steps in between hatches is always a multiple of 255, with 510 as the minimum (recent numbers are 510 and 1275). The steps between picking up the eggs are as low as 256, and I was carrying around Camerupt with Magma Armor. The numbers don't make sense unless there's some delay added to the other eggs when picking up eggs or hatching them, or some other weird hidden factor. Game is Pearl, by the way, and I've been using a Mach Bike. --[[User:Raijinili|Raijinili]] 04:55, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

== Tutored moves ==

Can they be passed on to children like [[TM]] moves? I know I tried it once, but I can't remember the result. Anybody know for certain? Either way, whether it works or not, it should probably be mentioned in this article or [[move tutor]] (or both). [[User:Zurqoxn|Zurqoxn]] 13:42, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
:I don't think they can unless they're egg moves (Outrage from Salamence to baby Charmander) or shared by both father and child, the child's in its level-up set, while the mother also knows it. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 14:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
::Off the top of my head, I believe that it's possible in {{v2|Crystal}}, but '''only''' in Crystal. At least, that's what I remember, maybe I should double-check this for myself though... --[[User:Blaziken257|'''Blaz''']][[User talk:Blaziken257|'''iken''']][[Special:Contributions/Blaziken257|'''257''']] 18:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
:::The article is a bit ambiguous on this point, it says "And starting in crystal, move tutor moves" in brackets under section 1.3.3 (passing moves down) - which could mean "only in crystal", or it could mean "from crystal onwards". Currently, in Soul Silver, I'm breeding a Cyndaquil with extrasensory, and I tried to teach it heat wave at the same time (to save me tutoring it later) by breeding a Vulpix that knows it from Growlithe (egg move). Vulpix had Extrasensory and Heat Wave (and flamethrower and fire spin) when I bred it with Quilava, but the resulting Cyndaquil only knew extrasensory and flamethrower, despite the fact that Cyndaquil can be tutored Heat Wave (I wasn't expecting Fire Spin though). I think this means that move tutor moves are NOT passed down, but TMs are passed down no problem. I'd quite like to hear from anyone who's done a bit more research into this though - it might just be a flaw in the way I did the breeding (though I doubt it, since Extrasensory worked out fine). Oh - and I think that section should also include information about ditto-move-breeding. I know moves held by females aren't carried down when breeding with ditto - do male+ditto couples pass on moves held by the male, like normal? [[User:NLawson|NLawson]] 04:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

==POSSIBLE SPADING SOLUTION!!!==

I don't know, but according to Smogon, there's some sort of step counter that resets at 255. Follow this link for more info. http://www.smogon.com/dp/articles/breeding_guide_part2#steps_required
[[User:TorchicBlaziken|TorchicBlaziken]] ([[User_talk:TorchicBlaziken|talk]]) 15:24, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
:Wow. I'm surprised that Smogon has a guide on stuff that has nothing to do with battling, and it has stuff that this wiki doesn't have. Anyway, I'll read it and try to incorporate it into this page.
:What's the policy on crediting, anyway? --[[User:Raijinili|Raijinili]] 01:49, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

== Confused ==

On this page, it says that Nidorina and Nidoqueen can't be breed whatsoever, but [[No eggs (egg group)#Trivia|here]] it says that they can. Which one is true? [[User:Jacce|Jacce]] 19:11, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

You misread the trivia, it says that "for some reason their male counterparts can", which, of course, does not make sense. '''''[[User:GuyNamedSean|Sean...]] [[Dialga (Pokémon)|Lord]] [[User talk:GuyNamedSean|of the]] [[Darkrai (Pokémon)|Shadows!!!]]''''' 23:13, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

== Shiny breeding ==

Hey, I got a shiny male Tentacruel, and a female Corsola, the shine-effect will be given to the baby Corsola? 
[[User:Homie|Homie]] 15:26, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
:Not unless you're playing Gold/Silver, in which case there would be a higher chance of shininess. '''[[User:Optimatum|Θρtιmαtum]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]] 15:27, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

== Everstone ==

Can we punt/delete the Gen IV sentence that says that the Everstone trick doesn't work anymore? It still does and I've done it several times. [[User:Rappak|Rappak]] 20:54, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
:Are you sure? Notice that it says it doesn't work when the two Pokémon are from different language cartridges. E.g., it doesn't work if you try to breed an American Pokémon and a Japanese Pokémon together. — [[User:Laoris|Laoris]] ([[User_Talk:Laoris|Blah]]) 20:56, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
::Let me double check the foriegn, but I know it works with two pokemon of the same cartridges. I'm almost positive it still works. [[User:Rappak|Rappak]] 21:20, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
:::Yes, it does work with two Pokémon from the same cartridge, but not with two foreign Pokémon, and that is what the article is referring to. — [[User:Laoris|Laoris]] ([[User_Talk:Laoris|Blah]])

== Inbreedible Pokemon? ==
Okay so I have this male Charizard that I want to breed so I can send the Charmander over to my Leaf Green Version. I put it in the daycare with SEVERAL DIFFERENT Dittos, each with a different nature. All of them did not have interest in my Charizard or vice-versa. I looked up the nature and noticed that it had a LAX nature (Charizard). Do I need a certain natured ditto or something to be able to breed? --[[User:Blaziken=Tahu|Blaziken=Tahu]] 03:02, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
:Lack of interest does not mean they won't make an egg. [[User:The Dark Fiddler|The Dark Fiddler]] - [[User talk:The Dark Fiddler|¿Nos hablamos?]] 22:25, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
::Just wait a bit longer and take any further "how do I/what do I/where do I" game related questions to {{BMGf||the forums}}. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 22:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

what was the exact message the guy said? if he said "they dont seem to like each other" that means they will still breed but it just takes a little while longer, if he said "they prefer to play with other pokemon" then they cant breed and never will [[User:Happizelpom|Happi]][[User talk:Happizelpom|zel]][[Special:Contributions/Happizelpom|pom]] 22:54, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
:These quotations need to go in the article. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 22:59, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

yep, they'll still breed. Thanks alot everyone. --[[User:Blaziken=Tahu|Blaziken=Tahu]] 23:48, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

== Genders ==

When are they defined for the egg, when it is received or when it hatches? [[User:Anastius|Anastius]] 10:15, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
:What do you mean by "defined".--[[User:Clarky13|'''Clarky''']][[User talk:Clarky13|'''13''']] 10:18, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
::In the game data - the user wishes to know if once the player receives the egg, the gender of the hatched Pokemon has already been set. In my experience, yes, along with the nature. But I could have just been really unlucky. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 20:54, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
::: It is definitely set when it hatches. I have hatched an army of Scyther (trying to get one with a "Rash" nature) and the gender and nature were always the same for the pokemon, even if i saved the game before it hatched, had it do so, and restarted it. So yes, gender and nature are determined when the Egg is conceived. Also, if makes since if you think about the hereditary moves, TM it can learn, etc when you pick which Pokémon you want to breed to get the egg. --[[User:Blaziken=Tahu|Blaziken=Tahu]] 20:50, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

== Egg Moves ==
How are egg moves determined? I mean, theres a list of moves that can be learned by pokemon by breeding for each pokemon. Was that found out by testing, and so its possible there are others it could learn, or is there a certain list of moves that a pokemon can use determined by the game and so anything thats not listed can't ever be learned? ([[User:MaoDaAmargura|MaoDaAmargura]] 01:30, 4 February 2009 (UTC))
:its shown in the official Guide books, and some are made off of users testing it. EG tangela has an unlisted move[[User:DCM|DCM]][[User talk:DCM|((Mock Me]][[Special:Contributions/DCM|Edits))]] 02:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
::It's also in the game's internal coding. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 06:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Yes, but i think hes referring to how we found it. Not all of us can access the coding, I assure you.[[User:DCM|DCM]][[User talk:DCM|((Mock Me]][[Special:Contributions/DCM|Edits))]] 01:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

== I dont get it........ ==
I had a male machamp which knew Revenge, cross chop, karete chop and dynamicunch
but when i bred it with a ditto the baby only knew its starting moves(low kick and leer) i'mpretty sure machop can learn all of my machamps moves what happend--[[User:Bulbsur-ivysaur-venusaur|Bulbsur-ivysaur-venusaur]] 20:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
:try breeding with a female machoke [[User:Ultamatecharizard|Ultamate]][[User Talk:Ultamatecharizard|Charizard]] 20:56, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

== Need Explaination ==

In the Trivia section it reads, "No negative effects occur from inbreeding Pokémon in Generation III and Generation IV, despite this being impossible in Generation II." Can someone please explain this statement? - [[User:Zedd|Zedd]] 17:49, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
:It may be referencing that, in real life, inbreeding can lead to developmental problems in the newborns, and so no such issues (always poor IVs, for example, or crappy natures) would occur in the Pokemon games. The second part is straightforward; you cannot breed a parent Pokemon with its offspring in G/S/C. I'm not sure if sibling breeding is allowed, however. [[User:Starscream|Starscream]] 14:05, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
::Is it mentioned anywhere in the article, other than in the trivia, about inbreeding being impossible in Generation II? I skimmed over the article and saw nothing, but I might be wrong. I suggest, if it isn't already there, someone do a little segment on this, as I didn't really notice this in-game and it's kinda interesting. I'd do it myself, but I don't know much about the breeding of Generation II, and I've lost Crystal right now, and my emulators are too laggy to play on my laptop. [[User:Takoto|~~Takoto]] - [[User_talk:Takoto|サソデイ]] 15:01, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
:::@Star - Sibling breeding is allowed, the mechanics that prevent Parent-child breeding are related to IVs (or DV, as they were caled back then) and there is no relation on opposite sex siblings' IVs in GSC.
:::@It does, in the "Inheriting stats" section. [[User:Mr. Charlie|'''Mr. Charlie''']]([[User_Talk:Mr. Charlie|''TalkToMe'']]) 15:38, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
::Actually, there is debate among scientific circles as to the validity of superstitions that inbreeding causes developmental defects. While more recent articles focus more on how this does lead to homozygosity and an increase in recessive alleles, an article from the Dept of Biostatistics study concludes that, "No significant differences existed in the incidence of congenital anomalies among offspring between the consanguineous and non-consanguineous marriages in the rural or in the urban area." (Rao and Inbaraj, 1980). This doesn't necessarily write out its nature as a taboo subject in non-scholarly circles, but please enjoy just one of many scholarly articles on the subject, this one by the Dept of Biostatistics found in the Journal of Medical Genetics: [http://jmg.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/1/27 Inbreeding effects on fetal growth and development] I admit it's an older article, but newer articles tend to focus on studied genetic changes other than "defects".- ''unsigned comment from {{u|PharosAM}} ([[User talk:PharosAM|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/PharosAM|contribs]]) ''

== Tauros and Miltank again ==

From the article: ''Note that while Miltank and Tauros are considered to be the female and male of the same species in the canon, for the purposes of breeding they are separate species''

In what canon, exactly, are they considered "male and female of the same species"? Wouldn't, by nature of the fact that they cannot breed with each other to produce baby Tauros or Miltank, they NOT be [[User:Starscream|Starscream]] 20:55, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
:??? They can breed with each other to produce baby Miltank... But I agree, not the same species, would like to hear what canon says so. Also, that bit about Volbeat and Nido♂ breeding with Ditto is interesting, {{tt|Pokémon must have ZW sex chromosomes|and no I am not going to campaign to have that included in the article}}. --[[User:LaprasBoi|LaprasBoi]] 22:48, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

== Hatched Genders ==

Has anyone figured out when a newly-hatched Pokémon's gender is set? Does it happen at the time of the egg's conception, or does it happen when it's hatched? --[[User:Dual|Dual]] 03:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
:When it's received from the daycare. [[User:Tc26/Anime Predictions|tc]][[User:Tc26|²₆]][[User talk:Tc26|tc]][[User:Tc26/Sandbox|26]] 03:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

== A question about IVs... ==

In HGSS, by using the EV Enhancers you can choose to pass a specific IV from a parent to their offspring. My question is this: Is it possible to have the passed down IV overwriten if the other parent passes down a higher IV of the same stat? For example, If I was trying to breed a Bronzong with a speed IV of zero and I used a Power Anklet to pass the zero stat from one parent, could the other parent then pass down it's higher speed IV, overwriting the IV I actually wanted? ~ [[User:Ender Phoenix|Ender Phoenix]] 00:46, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:Yes. Me and some friends confirmed this by accident a while back when trying to breed for IVs. Furthermore, a lower IV can replace a higher one, which is what actually happened in our experiences. In my case, I was trying to breed a perfect Attack/Speed Scyther with Jolly nature from a perfect attack Scyther (holding a Power Bracer) and a perfect speed Volbeat (holding a Power Anklet). The first Jolly Scyther I got had perfect speed, but imperfect attack. Upon checking the Volbeat's IVs, it had indeed inherited the Volbeat's attack IV, overwriting the IV passed on by the Power Bracer. I think what this means is that the EV training items just force the first one or two IVs that are chosen (depending on how many you;re using) and then the last one/two is/are chosen randomly with the possibility of overwriting the previously passed IV(s). Anyway, I'm gonna go ahead and edit this into the article (minus the details of the experiment). - [[User:Sensei Hanzo|Sensei Hanzo]] 15:16, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

== Talking to the daycare ==

Does talking to the daycare man outside to see how your pokémon are getting along have an effect on getting an egg? Cause I was cycling for quite a while and then I figured I should at least see how compatible my pokémon are with each other (which was "They don't seem to like each other very much" or something), then I went back to cycling around. My first lap and he has an egg, so is it just my luck or a requirement? Thanks in advance :) [[User:Adam0935|Adam0935]] 05:55, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:No. The rate of getting an egg from a couple is explained [[Pokémon_breeding#Breeding_Rate.5B1.5D|here]]. It's all to do with species and ID number - you got lucky this time! —'''darklord[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|trom]]''' 05:59, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

== Held Items ==

Can a pokemon carry a held item when it has been hatched? I'm playing on HeartGold and I just caught Chansey in safari zone which took me freaking forever, about 3 hours. so if you kept breeding Chansey could one of the new pokemon be carrying a [[Lucky Egg]]. I really don't want to have to go around and catch another 19 Chansies if it's gonna take as long as the first one. 9:52, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Experience-affecting item

2010-06-03T23:10:02Z

Fyda:

== Exp. Share, Pokérus, and EV gain ==
I have a Milotic infected with the Pokérus, and holding the Exp. Share. It is the only Pokémon in my party, and I use it to beat Fisherman Andrew (who has 6 Magikarps). Magikarps normally give 1 EV to Speed each. How many EVs does my Milotic receive in this case, and how is this amount calculated?

I ask this because I am uncertain whether the Exp. Share doubles EVs like it doubles Exp when it is held by the sole combatant in the party. This makes it hard for me to track EVs, as I don't know if I'm getting 24 EVs (1 EV × 2 from Exp. Share × 2 from Pokérus × 6 Magikarps) or 12 EVs (no effect from Exp. Share). [[User:Fyda|Fyda]] 23:10, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

== Does the Exp Share gives the same amount of EVs or is it shared? ==
'''[[User:Optimatum|<sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]]|[[User:Optimatum/sig/Pikachu|Links]] 02:25, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
:Shared. [[User:Ht14|''ht'']][[User talk:Ht14|''14'']] 02:28, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
::Same as switching does. Both Pokémon get the same effort points. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 02:33, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
:::Does that mean that both Pokemon get the full amount of EV? Like, say I fought a Golduck--would both Pokemon get the 2 Sp. Attack EVs, or would each only get 1? [[User:HerbieHero|HerbieHero]] 19:15, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

== Daycare ==

As a pokemon recieves experience at around 1exp per step, would using an exp share make it 1.5 which rounds to 2?---Just Asking---[[User:Mattrules161|Mattrules161]] 10:16, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
:I don't think exp share has any uses outside of battle, and since its in the daycare there is no other Pokémon to share exp with. So i dont think you would earn double exp by giving a pokémon a n expshare in the daycare ---> [[User:223david|<big>'''223'''</big>]][[User talk:223david|<big>'''david'''</big>]] 13:57, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
::A poke can't share experience with itself, either. -- '''[[User:evkl|evkl]]''' [[User_talk:evkl|(need to talk?)]] 14:04, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Piplup (Pokémon)

2010-06-01T19:52:42Z

Fyda: Undo revision 1093661 by Fyda (Talk) - Never mind, my mistake.

Hey, guys? The correct romanization for this Pokemon is either "Potchama," "Pottyama" or "Pocchama." "Pochama" is incorrect because the small "tsu" indicates a double consonant sound. I'm not messing with main article names, since I'm sure I'd mess it up, but somebody needs to fix this ASAP.--[[User:ANinyMouse|ANinyMouse]] 20:22, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
: "Pocchama" is not a valid pedantic romanisation, actually. "Pochama", however, is correct '''trademark''' romanisation. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 05:17, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, so that's what's up. I didn't think it was like you guys to goof on a romanization. Still, trademarked or not, it's not correct. I guess just so long as you have enough alternate spellings forwarding to the main article, I don't care.--[[User:ANinyMouse|ANinyMouse]] 19:16, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

== Attacks - Unconfirmed and Likely to be fake ==

The Attacks of new Pokémon were reported on the Blue SkY Blog, right.
It first reported the names of new starters (it was real information). But it recently became infamous of posting FAKE informations. One of them first leader's name, Zack. He was revealed to be named Hyouta few days. And second is three fake Pokémon Names (Marsula, Garinan, Samusamu). There is no sign about these Pokémon and one of the infamous Fake Pokémon was named "Samu" (only two final characters of the name can be seen). So, the most recent informations on this blog are likely to be fake. And they're still unconfirmed. So, they should be removed from Bulbapedia until official announce of the attacks (It will prove if they're real or fake).

Sorry for bad grammar (I am not native english speaker) - Maxim

== Should this have been moved from Pochama? ==

Serebii even says he's not sure, and that it conflicts with other merchandise, and everything still says Pochama anyway... [[User:TTEchidna|Tom Temprotran]] 22:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

::Serebii also said that about {{p|Spinx}}. Personally, I think Piplup is more accurate than Pochama, because I can't really see any reason why it should keep its Japanese name. For now, I think the pages should be left as is until more information is received. Besides, the pages can always be moved back. --[[User:PAK Man|PAK Man]] 22:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

:::Well, true. Eh, Chikorita stayed the same, so I figured maybe. And you're right, I suppose. [[User:TTEchidna|Tom Temprotran]] 23:48, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Keep things as-is, I have a copy of Pokemon Pearl & it uses Piplup.[[User:Gatogirl|Gatogirl]]
:You do realize that this was before we knew everyone's names. --'''[[User:TTEchidna|T]][[User talk:TTEchidna|T]][[wp:Echidna|Echidna]]''' 15:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

== Earth Power ==

Would it be possible to breed into a Piplup the move [[Earth Power]]? [[User:Tesh|Tesh]] 15:55, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
:Not this time around. Maybe in a future generation. '''[[User:TTEchidna|T]][[User talk:TTEchidna|T]][[wp:Echidna|Echidna]]''' 18:57, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Shame... :( [[Image:137.png]]<big>[[User:Tesh|TESH]]</big>[[Image:233.png]] [[User:Tesh/User Talk|TALK]] [[Image:474.png]] 20:15, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

==Platinum==
Should the art of Platinum should be used for all 3 starters? [[User:CoolPikachu!]]

:Where do you find the Platinum art for the three Starters? ~[[User:SaturnYoshi|'''$aturn''']][[User:SaturnYoshi|'''¥oshi''']] [[User talk:SaturnYoshi|THE VOICES]] 19:33, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

::Here ->http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/CoolPikachu/startersplatino13jun08.png
--[[User:CoolPikachu!|CoolPikachu!]]

== more Platinum pokemon ==

HEY!!!!I found more platinum pokemon pics! pokemon.com!!! GO,GO,GO!!!!![[User:Manaphyman1232|Manaphyman1232]] 19:59, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:I dont see any--[[User:David aipom|''デビッド Aipom '']] [[User talk:David aipom|(Speaks To Me):] 秘密の通信 ]] 19:14, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

== most of you are American ==
but when you put something like a pokémon English name do not put American name
becos we all serek English! - ''unsigned comment from [[User:GoldsWigglytuff|GoldsWigglytuff]] ([[User talk:GoldsWigglytuff|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/GoldsWigglytuff|contribs]]){{ #if: | {{{2}}} |}}''

== clear ==

plat shiny sprite as white backing, not clear. [[User:Abcboy|abcboy]] 20:35, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

== Trivia ==

Is it's PokéDex entry for Pearl a piece of trivia? It mentions it living in the north, but Pengiuns live in the south.
- ''unsigned comment from {{u|BlazingInferno}} ([[User talk:BlazingInferno|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/BlazingInferno|contribs]]){{ #if: | {{{2}}} |}}''

== Another possible name origin ==
I take a Greek class and there's a word that looks a lot like piplup- piplos(stem is pipl-), which means cloth or robe. I figure that Emporers where robes pretty much all their lives, Piplup is a baby {{p|Empoleon|emporer}}. And I don't see how it could be impossible. Any thoughts? Me and my fellow torchics agree on this - [[User:Sk8torchic|Sk8torchic]]. 19:30, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
:It's possible. Oh, and it's spelled "emperor". --[[User:Galladeon|Galladeon]] 19:58, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
:I've edited it in as an alternative for you since you haven't done it yet. :) [[User:Lucadan|'''''Lucadan''''']] [[User talk:Lucadan|'''''(Talk)''''']] 19:39, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

== artwork ==

where does the artwork come from? it isn't the official! --[[User:-Samu-|-Samu-]] 14:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
:It says under the picture, it is the official art from Platinum. It is the official artwork, just not the one from Diamond and Pearl. [[User:Takoto|~~Takoto]] - [[User_talk:Takoto|サソデイ]] 14:41, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
::Someone had uploaded a different version, and it wasn't from Pokémon Platinum anymore. It has since been reverted. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 14:43, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
:::Ah, right, sorry. All I saw was the Platinum artwork. [[User:Takoto|~~Takoto]] - [[User_talk:Takoto|サソデイ]] 15:00, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

== Little blue penguin ==

We sould site the litle pinguin as a posoble origien for Piplup. [[User:Random Chaos|Random]] [[User talk:Random Chaos|Chaos]] [[User:Random Chaos/Sandbox|Was here]][http://random-cerberus.deviantart.com/ ☃] 22:25, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

== Barry. ==

Doesn't he have an Empoleon? Has it been confirmed that it was his starter? If so shouldn't be be listed along with Dawn, Tyler and Kenny? [[User:Lovely Rose|Lovely Rose]] 16:38, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
:There is a hidden note in trivia saying that if you add Barry you're blocked. This is because it hasn't been confirmed to be his starter. Barry does have an Empoleon, however. [[User:Turtwig A|Turt]][[wig]] [[Turtwig (Pokémon)|A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 16:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
::Hello, may you look to the trivia section in {{an|Barry}}'s page? It is said that Barry has a Piplup as his starter. Maybe these two articles can be synchronized. Both or none of them should said Piplup is Barry's starter. --[[User:Fikr|Fikr]] 08:10, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
:::Well this discussion ended 3 months ago. ♫♪[[User:Adyniz|'''Ady''']][[User talk:Adyniz|'''Niz''']]♪♫ 08:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

==Flying?==
Should it be put in the Trivia section that Piplup has been seen flying short distances in the anime, but penguins cannot fly? [[User:Littlmiget123|Littlmiget123]] 20:58, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
:What? No.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F''']][[Ho-Oh (Pokémon)|orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F''']][[Lugia (Pokémon)|ire]] 08:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

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