Abra (Pokémon)

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Abra ケーシィ Casey #063
Art by Ken Sugimori from FR/LG
Type Psychic ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Psi Pokémon
Abilities Synchronize or Inner Focus Inner Focus Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #063 Johto #089 Hoenn #039 Sinnoh #020 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-029 Almia R-183 Oblivia
Height 2'11" Imperial 0.9 m Metric 2'11"/0.9 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 43.0 lbs. Imperial 19.5 kg Metric 43.0 lbs./19.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 200 (26.1%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 75% male, 25% female
Breeding Humanshape group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 75 Battle Exp.: Unknown
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

Abra (Japanese: ケーシィ Casey) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves into Kadabra starting at level 16, which evolves into Alakazam when traded.

Biology

Physiology

Abra is a bipedal Pokémon that loosely resembles a fox. It has two short, fox-like ears on the top of its head, and in the middle of its face, it has two eyes which are usually seen shut. It has a somewhat lighter color around its nose and mouth. Abra looks like it is wearing armor, as it has two pauldron-shaped pieces on its shoulders and and a fauld-like piece around its chest. It, like its evolutionary relatives, has three fingers on each hand, although much stubbier, and three toes, two in the front on either side, and one in the back near the ankle. It also has a tail, which is fairly thick and is the same gold color as the rest of its body, except for the brown band that is located around the top of the tail.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Possessing the ability to read minds, Abra can sense danger. When it does, it usually teleports in order to escape danger. It has been observed that once every hour, it will teleport to another location. By hypnotizing itself, it can send itself into sleep and be able to teleport while doing so. If it decides to teleport randomly, it creates the illusion of multiple copies. However, it can sometimes know some of the attacks its evolved forms know (although, they wouldn't be as strong). It also has the ability to levitate over water (though it cannot avoid moves like Earthquake), shown in the Mystery Dungeon games. Although Abra will usually flee when it is in apparent danger, they do have the ability to learn many attacks, both physical and special.

Behavior

Abra spend 18 hours a day sleeping. If it does not obtain enough sleep, it is unable to utilize its teleportation and telekinetic abilities. Despite this, Abra is capable of attacking while asleep, however, Abra usually avoid fighting by using Teleport to escape.

Habitat

Abra live in urban areas, close to humans. Mostly they are found in abandoned buildings left to disrepair. Due to these habits, they are very widespread, found in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Major appearances

Sabrina, the Gym Leader of Saffron City, had an Abra that eventually evolved into a Kadabra in Abra and the Psychic Showdown.

An Abra appeared under the ownership Mira in Sandshrew's Locker!.

Minor appearances

An Abra was one of the stars of the Pokémon Showboat in Stage Fight.

In Fear Factor Phony, an Abra was among the group of Psychic Pokémon living in an abandoned mining town. The little Psi Pokémon was asleep the whole episode in a sound-proof force-field.

An Abra was one of Lucy's pets.

An Abra is owned by one of the students of Snowpoint Trainers' School in Classroom Training!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Abra makes a cameo in Danger: High Voltorb as the stolen Pokémon of the Pokémon Fan Club President.

Green is seen to have an Abra as of Volume 13, using its Teleport attack to transport Silver away to a safer location.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Abra (TCG)

In the TFG

One Abra figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Abra

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal: Before the Elite Four are defeated for the first time, an Abra at the Indigo Plateau will teleport the player back to New Bark Town.
• Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Mt. Battle uses an Abra to teleport challengers back to the entrance.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	TM09 (Psych Up) (100%)
Yellow*
Ruby	Sapphire	TwistedSpoon (5%)
Emerald
FireRed	LeafGreen	TwistedSpoon (5%)
Diamond	Pearl	TwistedSpoon (5%)
Platinum

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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TCG-only moves

• Pound
• Quick Attack
• Scratch
• Confuse Ray

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Pinball RS     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 063.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 10.4% Friend Area: Decrepit Lab Phrases 51%-100% HP Zzz... Zzz... 26%-50% HP Zzz... HP... Half... 1%-25% HP Zzz... HP almost gone... Level up Zzz... Level up... Zzz... 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 Zzz... Level up... Zzz...
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Psychic  Poké Assist: ( Psychic ) Field move: None Loops: 4 Min. exp.: N/A Max. exp.: N/A Browser entry   Using teleportation, Abra moves about while keeping itself levitated.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Psychic  Poké Assist: ( Psychic ) Field move: (Tackle ×1) Browser entry   It warps around to evade capture. Listen for its cries for your chance to catch it.
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 Abra  Psychic

Level 16 →

First evolution Kadabra  Psychic

Trade →

Second evolution Alakazam  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 Abra images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• "Hocus" was Abra's original English name.
• Abra and its evolutions are in all the regional Pokédexes.
• Abra is one of the few Pokémon who cannot learn STAB attacks by level-up.
• For the first three generations, Abra was the first Pokémon alphabetically in the Pokédex. However, in the fourth generation this became Abomasnow.
• Abra is the first Template:Type2 Pokémon in National Pokédex order.
• Abra is one of 5 Kanto Pokémon that had its base experience yield changed in Generation III. Its former base experience was 73. The others are Machop, Geodude, Omanyte, and Kabuto.
• The only sprite of Abra in which either of its eyes are visible is its sprite from Gold and even then, it is only squinting.
• Abra has the highest Special Attack of all unevolved Pokémon.

Origin

It is likely based on a magician. It may also be a reference to Edgar Cayce, a "sleeping prophet" who claimed to have visions in trance-like states. It also has similarities to goats and foxes.

Name origin

Abra's name is part of an incantation used in stage magic, Abracadabra. Its Japanese name may be derived from 消し飛ぶ keshitobu, to scatter away, referring to its tendency to teleport from battle.

In other languages

• German: Abra
• French: Abra
• Korean: 캐이시 Kaeisi
• Chinese (Taiwan): 凱西 Kǎi Xī - Transliteration of Abra's Japanese name, Casey.
• Chinese (Hong Kong): 卡斯 "Ka Si"- Transliteration of Casey, its Japanese name.

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

Notes

← #062: Poliwrath

Pokémon

#064: Kadabra →

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