Fake Tears (move)

Fake Tears うそなき Fake Crying

Battles Type  Dark Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) 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 Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before it.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Fake Tears (Japanese: うそなき Fake Crying) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

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

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 41 0216 Teddiursa Normal 19 0217 Ursaring Normal 19 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 37 0303 Mawile Steel 6 0311 Plusle Electric 28 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" | 0174 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Igglybuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0285 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shroomish
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle

|- | 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 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 25 0216 Teddiursa Normal -- 0217 Ursaring Normal -- 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 25 0303 Mawile Steel 6 0311 Plusle Electric 21 31 0312 Minun Electric 31 0438 Bonsly Rock -- 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" | 0133 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0173 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cleffa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0174 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Igglybuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0285 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shroomish
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0417 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pachirisu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0431 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Glameow
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile

|- | 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 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 28 0216 Teddiursa Normal -- 0217 Ursaring Normal -- 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 28 0303 Mawile Steel 6 0311 Plusle Electric 21 35 0312 Minun Electric 35 0570 Zorua Dark 9 0574 Gothimu Gothimu Psychic 10 0575 Gochimiru Gochimiru Psychic -- 10 0576 Gothitelle Psychic -- 10 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" | 0133 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0158 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Totodile
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Whismur, Loudred, Exploud |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0173 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cleffa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0174 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Igglybuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0285 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shroomish
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Whismur | style="background: #FFF" | Whismur
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0314 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Illumise
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Jynx, Gothimu, Gochimiru, Gothitelle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0327 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Jynx, Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua
Gothimu, Gochimiru, Gothitelle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0417 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pachirisu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0431 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Glameow
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0509 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Purrloin
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0527 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Woobat
| colspan="1" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0546 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Monmen | style="background: #FFF" | Monmen
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0562 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yamask
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt, Glalie, Froslass |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0572 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Minccino
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0585 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Deerling
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | 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" | Woobat, Kokoromori

|- | 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 0174 Igglybuff Normal Dream World 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

File:Sudowoodo fake tears.png Sudowoodo File:Bonsly Fake Tears.png Bonsly
The user feigns crying to make the foe feel flustered.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	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 pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Battling a Cute Drama!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Plusle Fake Tears Adventures.png Plusle
The user pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Plusle licks its paws and dabs them around it eyes, making its saliva look like tears. It then pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel bad for it.
Ruby's Plusle	VS. Spoink II		Debut

In other languages

• Dutch: Neptranen
• French: Croco Larme
• German: Trugträne
• Greek: Ψεύτικα Δάκρυα
• Italian: Falselacrime
• Korean: 거짓울음 Geojit Ul'eum
• Portuguese (Brasil): Lágrimas de Crocodilo
• Spanish: Llanto Falso
• Serbian: Lažne Suze

Variations of the move Charm
Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.