Scary Face (move)

Scary Face こわいかお Scary Face

File:Scary Face.png

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the judge's attention.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Scary Face (Japanese: こわいかお Scary Face) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Scary Face lowers the target's Speed stat by two stages.

Generation V

Scary Face's accuracy changed from 90% to 100%.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 25 0005 Charmeleon Fire 27 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 27 0020 Raticate Normal 20 0066 Machop Fighting 43 0067 Machoke Fighting 52 0068 Machamp Fighting 52 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 31 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 31 0128 Tauros Normal 19 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 36 0158 Totodile Water 27 0159 Croconaw Water 28 0160 Feraligatr Water 28 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 6 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 6 0209 Snubbull Normal -- 0210 Granbull Normal -- 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground 36 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground 38 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 38 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0172 Pichu Electric New York City Pokémon Center 0173 Cleffa Normal New York City Pokémon Center 0174 Igglybuff Normal New York City Pokémon Center 0183 Marill Normal New York City Pokémon Center 0194 Wooper Water Ground New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 25 0005 Charmeleon Fire 27 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 27 0020 Raticate Normal 20 0066 Machop Fighting 43 0067 Machoke Fighting 52 0068 Machamp Fighting 52 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 31 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 31 0128 Tauros Normal 19 0128 Tauros Normal 13 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 36 0158 Totodile Water 27 0159 Croconaw Water 28 0160 Feraligatr Water 28 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 6 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 6 0209 Snubbull Normal -- 0210 Granbull Normal -- 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground 36 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground 38 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 38 0261 Poochyena Dark 29 0262 Mightyena Dark 32 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 33 0318 Carvanha Water Dark 16 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 16 0367 Huntail Water 29 0371 Bagon Dragon 37 0372 Shelgon Dragon 47 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 47 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 26 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic --,26 0382 Kyogre Water 5 0383 Groudon Ground 5 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 5 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon
Raticate
Tauros
Snubbull, Granbull
Poochyena, Mightyena

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 19 0005 Charmeleon Fire 21 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 21 0020 Raticate Normal 20 0066 Machop Fighting 43 0067 Machoke Fighting 44 0068 Machamp Fighting 44 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 21 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 21 0128 Tauros Normal 11 0136 Flareon Fire 64 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying -- 0158 Totodile Water 15 0159 Croconaw Water 15 0160 Feraligatr Water 15 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 5 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 5 0209 Snubbull Normal -- 0210 Granbull Normal -- 0217 Ursaring Normal 39 0232 Donphan Ground 21 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground 19 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground 19 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 19 0261 Poochyena Dark 33 0262 Mightyena Dark 37 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 26 0318 Carvanha Water Dark 11 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 11 0367 Huntail Water 19 0371 Bagon Dragon 40 0372 Shelgon Dragon 43 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 43 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 24 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 24 0382 Kyogre Water 5 0383 Groudon Ground 5 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 5 0403 Shinx Electric 37 0404 Luxio Electric 43 0405 Luxray Electric 49 0408 Cranidos Rock 19 0409 Rampardos Rock 19 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 28 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 23 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 28 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 23 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 21 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 65 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon -- 0484 Palkia Water Dragon -- 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 41 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Flareon
Snubbull, Granbull
Ursaring
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Flareon
Snubbull, Granbull
Ursaring
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Flareon
Snubbull, Granbull
Ursaring
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0410 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shieldon
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#60A1B8" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Cranidos, Rampardos |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0434 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Flareon
Snubbull, Granbull
Ursaring
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Cranidos, Rampardos

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 19 0005 Charmeleon Fire 21 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 21 0020 Raticate Normal 20 0066 Machop Fighting 46 0067 Machoke Fighting 51 0068 Machamp Fighting 51 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 19 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 19 0128 Tauros Normal 11 0136 Flareon Fire 64 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying -- 0158 Totodile Water 15 0159 Croconaw Water 15 0160 Feraligatr Water 15 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 5 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 5 0209 Snubbull Normal -- 0210 Granbull Normal -- 0217 Ursaring Normal 38 0232 Donphan Ground 39 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground 23 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground 23 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 23 0261 Poochyena Dark 33 0262 Mightyena Dark 37 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 26 0318 Carvanha Water Dark 11 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 11 0367 Huntail Water 19 0371 Bagon Dragon 40 0372 Shelgon Dragon 43 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 43 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 24 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 24 0382 Kyogre Water 5 0383 Groudon Ground 5 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 5 0403 Shinx Electric 37 0404 Luxio Electric 43 0405 Luxray Electric 49 0408 Cranidos Rock 19 0409 Rampardos Rock 19 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 23 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 23 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 19 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 65 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon -- 0484 Palkia Water Dragon -- 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 41 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- 0532 Timburr Fighting 37 0533 Dotekkotsu Dotekkotsu Fighting 41 0534 Roobushin Roobushin Fighting 41 0550 Basculin Water 41 0550 Basculin Water 41 0551 Sandile Ground Dark 34 0552 Waruvile Waruvile Ground Dark 36 0553 Waruvial Waruvial Ground Dark 36 0559 Zuruggu Zuruggu Dark Fighting 34 0560 Zuruzukin Zuruzukin Dark Fighting 34 0563 Cofagrigus Ghost 34 0566 Aaken Aaken Rock Flying 11 0567 Archeos Archeos Rock Flying 11 0570 Zorua Dark 21 0571 Zoroark Dark 21 0588 Kaburumo Kaburumo Bug 40 0610 Axew Dragon 16 0611 Fraxure Dragon 16 0612 Haxorus Dragon 16 0621 Crimgan Crimgan Dragon 13 0624 Komatana Komatana Dark Steel 22 0625 Kirikizan Kirikizan Dark Steel 22 0626 Buffalon Buffalon Normal 21 0627 Washibon Washibon Normal Flying 19 0628 Braviary Normal Flying 19 0633 Monozu Monozu Dark Dragon 52 0634 Jiheddo Jiheddo Dark Dragon 55 0635 Sazandora Sazandora Dark Dragon 55 0646 Kyurem Dragon Ice 43 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
Aaken, Archeos
Washibon, Braviary |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Flareon
Snubbull, Granbull
Ursaring
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Mamoswine
Sandile, Waruvile, Waruvial
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin
Zorua, Zoroark
Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus
Crimgan
Buffalon
Monozu, Jiheddo, Sazandora |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Cofagrigus |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Cofagrigus |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Flareon
Snubbull, Granbull
Ursaring
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Mamoswine
Sandile, Waruvile, Waruvial
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin
Zorua, Zoroark
Buffalon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Flareon
Snubbull, Granbull
Ursaring
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Mamoswine
Sandile, Waruvile, Waruvial
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin
Zorua, Zoroark
Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus
Crimgan
Buffalon
Monozu, Jiheddo, Sazandora |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0410 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shieldon
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#60A1B8" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Cranidos, Rampardos
Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus
Crimgan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0434 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Flareon
Snubbull, Granbull
Ursaring
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Mamoswine
Sandile, Waruvile, Waruvial
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin
Zorua, Zoroark
Buffalon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Cranidos, Rampardos
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin
Zorua, Zoroark
Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus
Crimgan
Monozu, Jiheddo, Sazandora |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0629 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Baruchai | style="background: #FFF" | Baruchai
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
Aaken, Archeos
Washibon, Braviary

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

Snubbull File:Flareon Scary Face.png Flareon
The user frightens the foe with a scary face.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Snubbull makes a scary face that frightens the opponent.
Madame Muchmoney's Snubbull	Snubbull Snobbery		Debut
	Totodile makes a scary face that frightens the opponent.
Duplica's Mini-Dit in the form of Totodile	Imitation Confontation		Used via Transform
Ash's Totodile	One Trick Phony!		None
	Charizard makes a scary face that frightens the opponent.
A Charizard Jessie borrowed from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None
	Ariados makes a scary face, frightening the opponent, or Ariados covers itself with string, making only the eyes on its abdomen showing.
Harley's Ariados	A Hurdle for Squirtle		None
	Flareon's eyes glow red. Then, a large illusion of its face appears and fires at the opponent.
Ursula's Flareon	Opposites Interact!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Snubbull
The user stares at the opponent in a scary way.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Snubbull's pupils disappear and it stares at the opponent in a scary way. The opponent then becomes afraid to move.
Green's Snubbull	The Last Battle VII		Debut

In other languages

• French: Grimace
• German: Grimasse
• Greek: Τρομακτικός Μορφασμός
• Hindi: Daravna Chehra
• Italian: Visotruce
• Korean: 겁나는얼굴 Geopna-neun Eolgul
• Spanish: Cara Susto
• Serbian: Zastrašujuća Grimasa

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