Yawn (move)

Yawn (Japanese: あくび Yawn) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In the turn that Yawn is used, the only effect will be the user yawning at the target. At the end of the next turn, the target will fall asleep unless it gets affected by another status condition before or a status-protecting move is used (like Safeguard or Uproar).

Yawn will fail immediately if the target is under a Substitute, any other major status condition, or when used against a Pokémon with Insomnia or Vital Spirit as its ability.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic -- 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic -- 0143 Snorlax Normal -- 0143 Snorlax Normal 21 0175 Togepi Normal 13 0175 Togepi Normal 16 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 13 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 16 0194 Wooper Water Ground 31 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 35 0199 Slowking Water Psychic -- 0206 Dunsparce Normal 11 0218 Slugma Fire -- 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock -- 0287 Slakoth Normal -- 0289 Slaking Normal -- 0316 Gulpin Poison 6 0317 Swalot Poison -- 6 0358 Chimecho Psychic 25 0369 Relicanth Water Rock 22 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" | 0007 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Kingdra
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth |- | 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" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Kingdra
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0324 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torkoal
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0363 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spheal
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Kingdra
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Relicanth

|- | 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 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Wish Events 0115 Kangaskhan Normal Wish Events 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic -- 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic -- 0143 Snorlax Normal 20 0175 Togepi Normal 15 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 15 0194 Wooper Water Ground 29 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 31 0199 Slowking Water Psychic -- 0206 Dunsparce Normal 9 0218 Slugma Fire -- 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock -- 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon -- 0287 Slakoth Normal -- 0289 Slaking Normal -- 0316 Gulpin Poison 6 0317 Swalot Poison 6 0358 Chimecho Psychic 25 0369 Relicanth Water Rock 22 0399 Bidoof Normal 25 0400 Bibarel Normal Water 28 0449 Hippopotas Ground 13 0450 Hippowdon Ground -- 13 0480 Uxie Psychic 31 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" | 0007 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Kingdra
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro
Wooper, Quagsire
Slowking
Kingdra
Slakoth, Slaking
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | 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" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | 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" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Kingdra
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Kingdra
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking |- | 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" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0324 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torkoal
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0363 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spheal
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Kingdra
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Relicanth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0393 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Piplup
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Kingdra
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel
Shellos, Gastrodon
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Slugma, Magcargo
Kingdra
Gulpin, Swalot
Chimecho
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Slugma, Magcargo
Kingdra
Gulpin, Swalot
Chimecho
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Bidoof, Bibarel

|- | 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 0025 Pikachu Electric Onemuri Event Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0054 Psyduck Water Pokéwalker - Stormy Beach 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic -- 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic -- 0143 Snorlax Normal 20 0175 Togepi Normal 13 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 13 0194 Wooper Water Ground 29 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 31 0199 Slowking Water Psychic -- 0206 Dunsparce Normal 8 0218 Slugma Fire -- 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock -- 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon -- 0287 Slakoth Normal -- 0289 Slaking Normal -- 0316 Gulpin Poison 6 0317 Swalot Poison -- 6 0358 Chimecho Psychic 25 0369 Relicanth Water Rock 22 0399 Bidoof Normal 25 0400 Bibarel Normal Water 28 0449 Hippopotas Ground 13 0450 Hippowdon Ground -- 13 0480 Uxie Psychic 31 0513 Pansear Fire 16 0517 Munna Psychic 7 0616 Shelmet Bug 25 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" | 0007 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Kingdra
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro
Wooper, Quagsire
Slowking
Kingdra
Slakoth, Slaking
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | 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" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | 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" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Kingdra
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Pansear
Munna |- | 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" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0324 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torkoal
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0363 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spheal
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Kingdra
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Relicanth
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0393 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Piplup
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Kingdra
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel
Shellos, Gastrodon
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Slugma, Magcargo
Kingdra
Gulpin, Swalot
Chimecho
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Slugma, Magcargo
Kingdra
Gulpin, Swalot
Chimecho
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0498 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tepig
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0506 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lillipup
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | 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" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0531 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Audino
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Togetic, Togekiss |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0554 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Darumaka
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0613 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cubchoo
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Dunsparce
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Bidoof, Bibarel
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
Pansear
Munna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0618 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stunfisk
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Kingdra
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Relicanth

|- | 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 0320 Wailmer Water Dream World 0422 Shellos Water 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:Snorlax Yawn.png Snorlax Hippopotas
The user lets loose a huge yawn, releasing varying amounts of bubbles that float over and pop in the opponent's face, causing them to fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Slugma opens its mouth and releases a large pink bubble from its mouth. The bubble floats over to the opponent and pops in its face, making it fall asleep.
Flannery's Meg	Going, Going, Yawn		Debut
	Snorlax opens its mouth and releases multiple pink bubbles. When the bubbles burst in the opponent's face, it becomes drowsy and falls asleep.
Marcel's Snorlax	The Garden of Eatin'		None
	Slowbro opens its mouth and releases a blue bubble at the opponent. The bubble then pops in the opponent's face. When it pops, its body glows yellow-green and it falls asleep.
Solidad's Slowbro	Channeling the Battle Zone!		None
	Hippopotas opens its mouth and releases a clear bubble from it at the opponent. The bubble pops in the opponent's face, and after a couple minutes, the opponent falls asleep.
A wild Hippopotas	Mass Hip-Po-Sis!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Torkoal Yawn Adventures.png Torkoal
The user yawns loudly, making the opponent fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Torkoal faces its head towards the opponent and yawns widely. A beam of light flashes from its mouth and hits the opponent, causing it to fall asleep instantly.
Tabitha's Torkoal	VS. Volbeat		Debut
	Swalot yawns and stretches its arms, causing the opponent to yawn, and then fall asleep.
The Battle Frontier's Swalot	VS. Swalot		None

Trivia

• The history of the Slowpoke Well in Azalea Town would suggest that Yawn can summon rain. This, however, is not the in-game effect of the move Yawn.
  • Similarly, Kingdra's yawn is said to cause whirlpools to form, which is not the case in battle.
• Yawn is the only move to begin with the letter Y in the English name.

In other languages

• French: Bâillement
• German: Gähner
• Greek: Χασμουρητό
• Hindi: Obasi
• Italian: Sbadiglio
• Korean: 하품 Hapum
• Spanish: Bostezo
• Serbian: Zevanje

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.