Fake Tears (move)

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Fake Tears
うそなき Fake Crying
Fake Tears V.png
Type  Dark
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
The appeal works great if performed last.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Makes the audience quickly grow bored when an appeal move has little effect.

Fake Tears (Japanese: うそなき Fake Crying) is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Fake Tears lowers the target's Special Defense stat by two stages.

Description

Games Description
RSE Feigns crying to sharply lower the foe’s Sp. Def.
Feigns crying to sharply lower the target’s Sp. Def.
FRLG The user feigns crying to sharply lower the foe’s Sp. Def.
The user feigns crying to make the foe feel flustered, sharply lowering its Sp. Def stat.

The user feigns crying to fluster the target, harshly lowering its Sp. Def stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
124 Jynx Jynx Ice Psychic 41 25 28 28
216 Teddiursa Teddiursa Normal Normal 19 -- -- --
217 Ursaring Ursaring Normal Normal 19 -- -- --
238 Smoochum Smoochum Ice Psychic 37 25 28 28
303 Mawile Mawile Steel Fairy 6 6 6 6
5
311 Plusle Plusle Electric Electric 28 21, 31 21, 35 35
312 Minun Minun Electric Electric   31 35 35
25
438 Bonsly Bonsly Rock Rock   -- -- --
570 Zorua Zorua Dark Dark     9 9
574 Gothita Gothita Psychic Psychic     10 10
575 Gothorita Gothorita Psychic Psychic     --, 10 10
576 Gothitelle Gothitelle Psychic Psychic     --, 10 10
684 Swirlix Swirlix Fairy Fairy       10
685 Slurpuff Slurpuff Fairy Fairy       10
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
133 Eevee Eevee Normal Normal   TeddiursaUrsaringMawile TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua
158 Totodile Totodile* Water Water     Whismur Whismur
173 Cleffa Cleffa Fairy Fairy   MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinunSwirlixSlurpuff
174 Igglybuff Igglybuff Normal Fairy MawilePlusle MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinunSwirlixSlurpuff
209 Snubbull Snubbull Fairy Fairy       TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusleMinunZoruaSwirlixSlurpuff
216 Teddiursa Teddiursa Normal Normal TeddiursaUrsaringMawile TeddiursaUrsaringMawile TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua
285 Shroomish Shroomish Grass Grass MawilePlusle MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinunSwirlixSlurpuff
293 Whismur Whismur Normal Normal     TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua
298 Azurill Azurill Normal Fairy   MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinunSwirlixSlurpuff
300 Skitty Skitty Normal Normal TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusle TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusleMinun TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusleMinunZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusleMinunZoruaSwirlixSlurpuff
314 Illumise Illumise Bug Bug     GothitaGothoritaGothitelle GothitaGothoritaGothitelle
327 Spinda Spinda Normal Normal     TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZoruaGothitaGothoritaGothitelle TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZoruaGothitaGothoritaGothitelle
361 Snorunt Snorunt Ice Ice     MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinunSwirlixSlurpuff
403 Shinx Shinx Electric Electric       TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusleMinunZorua
417 Pachirisu Pachirisu Electric Electric   TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusleMinun TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusleMinunZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawilePlusleMinunZoruaSwirlixSlurpuff
427 Buneary Buneary Normal Normal   TeddiursaUrsaringMawile TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZoruaGothitaGothoritaGothitelle TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZoruaGothitaGothoritaGothitelle
431 Glameow Glameow Normal Normal   TeddiursaUrsaringMawile TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua
509 Purrloin Purrloin Dark Dark     TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua
527 Woobat Woobat Psychic Flying     TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua
546 Cottonee Cottonee Grass Fairy     MawilePlusleMinun MawilePlusleMinunSwirlixSlurpuff
562 Yamask Yamask* Ghost Ghost     Snorunt Snorunt
572 Minccino Minccino Normal Normal     TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua
585 Deerling Deerling Normal Grass     TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua TeddiursaUrsaringMawileZorua
629 Vullaby Vullaby* Dark Flying     Woobat Woobat
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0174 174 Igglybuff Normal Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0314 314 Illumise Bug Dream World - Spooky Manor
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In the anime

Brock Sudowoodo Fake Tears.png
Sudowoodo
Brock Bonsly Fake Tears.png
Bonsly
The user feigns crying to make the foe feel flustered.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Bonsly Bonsly pretends to cry, making actual tears come out of its eyes. It can also cry loudly, distorting the air around it.
A wild Bonsly Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Debut
A wild Bonsly Pikachu's Ghost Carnival None
Brock's Bonsly From Cradle to Save None
Sudowoodo Sudowoodo pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
Brock's Sudowoodo Battling a Cute Drama! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 假哭 Jiǎkū
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Neptranen
Finland Flag.png Finnish Tekokyyneleet
France Flag.png French Croco Larme
Germany Flag.png German Trugträne
Greece Flag.png Greek Ψεύτικα Δάκρυα
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Air Mata Buaya
Italy Flag.png Italian Falselacrime
South Korea Flag.png Korean 거짓울음 Geojit Ul'eum
Poland Flag.png Polish Fałszywe łzy
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Lágrimas de Crocodilo
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Lágrimas Falsas
Romania Flag.png Romanian Lacrimile False
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Lažne Suze
Spain Flag.png Spanish Llanto Falso


Variations of the move Charm
StatusIC HOME.png CharmFeather DanceFake TearsCaptivateEerie Impulse


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