Drowzee (Pokémon)

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Drowzee スリープ Sleep #096 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Psychic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Insomnia or Forewarn Cacophony Cacophony Inner Focus Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 190 (35.2%)
Breeding Egg Group Human-Like Hatch time 21 cycles
Height 3'03" 1.0 m Drowzee 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 71.4 lbs. 32.4 kg Drowzee 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 102 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 66 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Drowzee 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Yellow	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Drowzee (Japanese: スリープ Sleep) is a Psychic-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Hypno starting at level 26.

Biology

Drowzee is a bipedal Pokémon that resembles a tapir. It has tired-looking eyes, a short trunk above its mouth, and triangular ears. The upper half of Drowzee's body is yellow and the lower half is brown. A wavy line separates the two halves. It has a round belly and short legs. Its feet are brown, except for its two toes, which are the same yellow as the upper half of the body. The bottom of each foot has a small, round, pink pad in the middle of it. There are three fingers on each of its hands.

Drowzee is able to put people to sleep, and can then sense the person's dreams. This is so it knows what kind of dream it would be eating. It eats dreams through the victim's nose, so it is said that Drowzee is standing over a person's pillow if their nose itches while they are asleep. Drowzee has certain preferences for the dreams it eats, and it is known to love fun dreams and become ill from bad dreams. It will rarely eat the dreams of adults, as the dreams of children are seemingly tastier. Drowzee remembers every dream it has eaten, and may show past meals to a person that often sleeps by it. Drowzee lives in very tall grass, by muddy rivers, in savannahs, and occasionally in ancient temples and tombs.

In the anime

Major appearances

Drowzee in the anime

Drowzee first appeared alongside its evolved form in Hypno's Naptime. Both of the Hypnosis Pokémon were used to help the members of the Pokémon Lover's Club get sleep. Hypno was causing children to act like Pokémon and draining the energy from the Pokémon in the local Pokémon Center. Drowzee was used to fix the problem Hypno created.

Drowzee made another appearance in Pikachu Re-Volts. Butch and Cassidy used a Drowzee to brainwash Pokémon into turning against their Trainers and obeying Butch and Cassidy instead.

Drowzee was living in an abandoned mining town with several other Psychic Pokémon in Fear Factor Phony. The Psychic Pokémon had parties in order to help them forget their sadness due to fact that the miners had left the town long ago. However, the constant partying was disturbing the Ghost Pokémon that lived in the abandoned mine.

In Beating the Bustle and Hustle!, a Drowzee appeared under the ownership of Azure.

Minor appearances

A Drowzee appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

A Drowzee made a brief appearance in A Friend In Deed.

Drowzee also appeared in The Power of One.

A Drowzee was one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Tricks of the Trade.

A Drowzee was one of the Pokémon living in Len Town in The Psychic Sidekicks!.

A Drowzee appeared in Beauty and the Breeder where it participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.

A Drowzee made a brief cameo as a thief in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness.

A Drowzee also appeared under the ownership of a scientist in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part One.

A Drowzee appeared in Camping It Up!.

Another one appeared in Old Rivals, New Tricks under the ownership of a Coordinator who was participating in the Sandalstraw Contest.

In A Marathon Rivalry!, it was used by a Trainer in the Pokéathlon.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP027 Drowzee Ash's Pokédex Drowzee. Said to be a descendant of a dream-eating tapir. It was the first Pokémon to use a combination attack like Hypnosis and Dream Eater. Original series entries continue below.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP086 Drowzee Ash's Pokédex Drowzee, the Hypnotic Pokémon. It is said to feed on the dreams of its opponents. It is also known for its powerful Psychic attack.

In the manga

Drowzee in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Drowzee has appeared twice in the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc. One particular Drowzee was seen in Gold's house. The other was part of Keane's team in Chapter 110.

Sabrina has Drowzee which was used to sneak up on Erika prior to the showdown in Saffron City. However, it was noticed by the Grass-type Gym Leader and was easily defeated by Erika's Vileplume's Petal Dance in Blame It On Eevee!.

In the TCG

Main article: Drowzee (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Ranger: After the credits, a man calling himself the Drowsy Guy stands on the Fiore Temple with two Drowzee. His Drowzee allow the player to reexperience the events of the end of the game.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Drowzee is a resident of Treasure Town who takes Azurill hostage and makes him get treasure for him. The player's team saves Azurill and gets Drowzee arrested. Later, when Azurill cannot wake up from a nightmare, the player's team looks for Drowzee's help. He sends the player's team into Azurill's dream to find out the problem.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Generation I Red Puts enemies to sleep, then eats their dreams. Occasionally gets sick from eating bad dreams. Blue Yellow If you sleep by it all the time, it will sometimes show you dreams it has eaten in the past. Stadium It puts its enemy to sleep and eats the victim's dreams. Said to have descended from the legendary beast, Baku.
Generation II Gold If you think that you had a good dream, but you can't remember it, a Drowzee has probably eaten it. Silver It remembers every dream it eats. It rarely eats the dreams of adults because children's are much tastier. Crystal When it twitches its nose, it can tell where someone is sleeping and what that person is dreaming about. Stadium 2 If you think that you had a good dream, but you can't remember it a Drowzee has probably eaten it.
Generation III Ruby If your nose becomes itchy while you are sleeping, it's a sure sign that one of these Pokémon is standing above your pillow and trying to eat your dream through your nostrils. Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald If your nose becomes itchy while you are sleeping, it's a sure sign that a Drowzee is standing above your pillow and trying to eat your dream through your nostrils. FireRed A descendant of the legendary animal baku, which is said to eat dreams. It is skilled at hypnotism. LeafGreen Puts enemies to sleep, then eats their dreams. Occasionally gets sick from eating bad dreams.
Generation IV Diamond It can tell what people are dreaming by sniffing with its big nose. It loves fun dreams. Pearl {{{pearldex}}} Platinum {{{platinumdex}}} HeartGold If you think that you had a good dream, but you can't remember it, a Drowzee has probably eaten it. SoulSilver It remembers every dream it eats. It rarely eats the dreams of adults because children's are much tastier.
Generation V Black It can tell what people are dreaming by sniffing with its big nose. It loves fun dreams. White {{{whitedex}}} Black 2 It can tell what people are dreaming by sniffing with its big nose. It loves fun dreams. White 2 {{{white2dex}}}
Generation VI X Puts enemies to sleep, then eats their dreams. Occasionally gets sick from eating only bad dreams. Y If you think that you had a good dream but you can't remember it, a Drowzee has probably eaten it.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Generation I Red Blue Uncommon Route 11 Blue (Japan) Unknown Route 11 Yellow Uncommon Route 11
Generation II Gold Silver Common Routes 11, 34, and 35 Crystal Common Routes 6, 11, 34, and 35Night
Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen Uncommon Route 11, Berry Forest Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Swarm Route 215 Platinum Swarm Route 215 HeartGold SoulSilver Common Routes 11, 34, and 35; Johto Safari Zone Pal Park Forest Pokéwalker None
Generation V Black White None Trade Black 2 White 2 None Breed Hypno Dream World Spooky Manor
Generation VI X Y None Trade

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball	Vermilion City Seaside Vermilion City Streets
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 7 Secret Storage 18 Endless Level 3 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team	Buried Relic (9F-14F) Solar Cave (1F-5F)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Spacial Rift (B15) Deep Spacial Rift (B1-B4)
Pokémon Ranger	Waterworks
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Cargo Ship
Pokémon Rumble	Eternal Tower
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Tower: Challenger's Ground, Soothing Shore

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
	Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Amnesia Drowzee	English	United States	5	November 29 to December 5, 2002
FRLG	Wish Egg Drowzee	English	United States	5	December 16, 2004 to January 2, 2005

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Berry (100%)
Yellow*

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 60		120 - 167	230 - 324
Attack: 48		47 - 110	90 - 214
Defense: 45		45 - 106	85 - 207
Sp. Atk: 43		43 - 104	81 - 203
Sp. Def: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Speed: 42		42 - 103	80 - 201
Total: 328	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature. This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 90.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 1/2 ★☆	Power 3/4 ★★★☆
Skill 2/3 ★★☆	Stamina 4/5 ★★★★☆
Jump 2/3 ★★☆	Total 12/17 ★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Notes: In Generation I, the effectiveness of  Ghost-type  moves is 0×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation VI Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VII - VIII - IX

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Contest   Appeal   Jamming  00Start Pound Normal Physical 04040 100100% 35 00Start Hypnosis Psychic Status 0000— 06060% 20 055 Disable Normal Status 0000— 100100% 20 099 Confusion Psychic Special 05050 100100% 25 1313 Headbutt Normal Physical 07070 100100% 15 1717 Poison Gas Poison Status 0000— 09090% 40 2121 Meditate Psychic Status 0000— ——% 40 2525 Psybeam Psychic Special 06565 100100% 20 2929 Headbutt Normal Physical 07070 100100% 15 3333 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— ——% 10 3737 Synchronoise Psychic Special 120120 100100% 15 4141 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 09090% 15 4545 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 09090% 15 4949 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100100% 10 5353 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— ——% 20 5757 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100100% 10 6161 Future Sight Psychic Special 120120 100100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drowzee Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drowzee Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation VI Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VII - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Contest   Appeal   Jamming  TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM70 Flash Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM98 Power-Up Punch Fighting Physical 04040 100}}100% 20 TM99 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drowzee Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drowzee Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Assist*	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Barrier	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
	Flatter	Dark	Status	—	100%	15
	Guard Swap	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—%	20
	Role Play	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	Psycho Cut	Psychic	Physical	70	100%	20
	Secret Power‡	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	Skill Swap‡	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Drowzee in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Drowzee in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drowzee Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drowzee Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Game				Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
B	W	B2	W2	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
B	W	B2	W2	Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	—	—%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Magic Room	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Recycle	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Role Play	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Skill Swap	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Snatch	Dark	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Trick	Psychic	Status	—	100%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Drowzee can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Drowzee cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drowzee Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drowzee Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

Dream World moves

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Event	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Spooky Manor	Psycho Cut	Psychic	Physical	70	100%	20
Spooky Manor	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	10
A superscript level indicates that Drowzee can learn this move normally in Generation V at that level Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drowzee Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drowzee Click on the generation numbers at the top to see event moves from other generations

TCG-only moves

Move	Card
Confuse Ray	Drowzee (Base Set 49)
Tackle	Drowzee (Aquapolis 74)

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 096.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 7.9% Friend Area: Wild Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP "You are powerful!" Did my hypnotism work? 26%-50% HP I only have half HP left. 1%-25% HP I can't keep up... I'm drained of hypnotic power... Level up Oh, yes! My level's gone up! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Oh, yes! My level's gone up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Psychic  Poké Assist: ( Psychic ) Field move: None Loops: 6 Min. exp.: 26 Max. exp.: 39 Browser entry   Drowzee looses psychic power from its hands to disrupt your capture attempts.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Psychic  Poké Assist: ( Psychic ) Field move: (Crush ×2) Browser entry   It lets loose strange orbs from the palms of its hands to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ● Defense ●●● Speed ●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ●●● Speed ●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Drowzee  Psychic

Level 28 →

First Evolution Hypno  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Drowzee images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Other sprites

Crystal back	FireRed/LeafGreen back	Platinum and HeartGold/SoulSilver back

Trivia

• In Pokémon Stadium, the Drowzee mini-game (Snore War) involved putting other players to sleep, and in the end, all the Drowzee would end asleep anyway. Ironically, in Generation III, Drowzee is given the Ability Insomnia making it impossible for it to fall asleep.

Origin

Drowzee is based on the Japanese myth of the baku, creatures who eat bad dreams of sleeping people. Originally, they were composite animals, but later became tapirs — pig-like animals with small trunks from South America and Southern Asia. It also shares some traits with elephants.

Name origin

Drowzee is a corruption of drowsy (dull with sleepiness). The zee could also be a reference to zzz (used to represent sleeping).

Sleep is literally sleep, but could also be named after Hypnos (Greek: Ὕπνος Sleep), the personification of sleep in Greek mythology.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese スリープ Sleep From sleep French Soporifik Corruption of soporifique Spanish Drowzee Same as English name German Traumato From Traum and traumatisch Italian Drowzee Same as English name Korean 슬리프 Seullipeu Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 素利普 Sùlìpǔ Transliteration of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 食夢獸 Sihkmuhngsau Literally "Dream-eating beast"

More languages

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

Notes

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