Drowzee (Pokémon)

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Drowzee スリープ Sleep #096
Art by Ken Sugimori from FireRed and LeafGreen
Type Psychic ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Hypnosis Pokémon
Abilities Insomnia or Forewarn Forewarn Blue-Striped ----- Inner Focus Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #096 Johto #087 Hoenn #266 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-090 Almia R-166 Oblivia
Height 3'03" Imperial 1.0 m Metric 3'03"/1.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 71.4 lbs. Imperial 32.4 kg Metric 71.4 lbs./32.4 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Yellow	Catch rate 190 (24.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Humanshape group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 102 Battle Exp.: 1021*
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 Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves into Hypno starting at level 26.

Biology

Physiology

Drowzee is a bipedal Pokémon that resembles a tapir. Its eyes are tired looking and it has a trunk above its mouth. Its arms are quite short in length and its hands each have three fingers. The upper half of a Drowzee's body is yellow and the lower half is brown, the two of which are separated by a wavy line. It has a round belly and its legs are quite stubby. Its feet are brown, except for its two toes, which are the same yellow color as the upper half of the body, and the bottom, which has a small, round, pink colored pad in the middle of it.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Its special abilities allow it to put people to sleep and then sense the dreams they are having, so they know what kind of dream they would be eating. Drowzee is also known to inexplicably conjure up poisonous gas.

Behavior

Drowzee may hypnotize its enemies to eat their dreams, but it may also eat the dreams of persons that are naturally sleeping. When it twitches its nose, it can tell where someone is sleeping and what that person is dreaming about. If a person’s nose becomes itchy when they are sleeping, it is said to be a sure sign that a Drowzee is standing above their pillow and trying to eat their dream through the person’s nostrils. Drowzee has certain preferences for the dreams it eats, and it is known to love fun dreams and rarely eat the dreams of adults, as the dreams of children are seemingly tastier. Drowzee remembers every dream it has eaten, and may show dreams it has eaten in the past to a person that often sleeps by it.

Habitat

File:Grassland.gif

Grassland Pokémon

Wild Drowzee live in very tall grass, by muddy rivers, in savannahs, and occasionally in ancient temples and tombs. Drowzee are most commonly found in Kanto and Johto, but have been sighted in Sinnoh on some occasions.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

It feeds on dreams.

In the anime

Major appearances

File:Drowzee anime.png

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 mess 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.

Minor appearances

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

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

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP027 Drowzee Ash's Pokédex 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 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 つきでた　はなを　ひくひくさせると　みている　ユメが　わかるという。だいこうぶつは　たのしい　ユメだ。 White {{{whitedex}}} Black 2 {{{black2dex}}} White 2 {{{white2dex}}}
Generation VI X Unknown Y Unknown

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Generation I Red Blue Uncommon Route 11 Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow Uncommon Route 11
Generation II Gold Silver Common Routes 11, 34, and 35 Crystal Common Routes 6, 11, 34, and 35 (Night)
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 Trade Dream World None
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

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 V, 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× 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× 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× 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× None

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

Learnset

By leveling up

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

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  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— 08080% 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 Synchro Noise Psychic Special 07070 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 Psycho Shock Psychic Special 08080 100100% 10 6161 Future Sight Psychic Special 100100 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 V Other generations: I - II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM03	Psycho Shock	Psychic	Special	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM04	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM19	Telekinesis	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	25
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	04040	100}}100%	10
	TM47	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM92	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
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
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
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

TCG-only moves

• Confuse Ray
• Tackle

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 N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A 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 26 →

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.

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.
• Although Drowzee could learn Snore by move tutor in Pokémon Emerald, it was unable able to use it due to its sole ability in Generation III, Insomnia. Oddly, in Pokémon Platinum, it cannot be tutored Snore despite gaining a second ability in Generation IV that would not prevent the use of Snore.
• Although its artwork depicts it having three fingers, Drowzee's Red/Blue sprite depicts it having five fingers.

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.

Name origin

Drowzee's name is a corruption of the word drowsy, which means dull with sleepiness. The zee could also be a reference to the saying "catching some Zs", meaning to sleep. Its Japanese name simply refers to sleep, but could also be named after Hypnos (Greek: Ὕπνος Sleep), the personification of sleep in Greek mythology.

In other languages

• German: Traumato - From Traum (dream) and traumatisch (traumatic).
• French: Soporifik - From soporifique (narcotic). The spelling was likely changed intentionally to stay within 10 characters.
• Korean: 슬리프 Seullipeu
• Chinese (Taiwan): 素利普 Sù Lì Pǔ - Transliteration of its Japanese name.

Notes

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Pokémon

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