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Astonish おどろかす Astonish

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Battles Type  Ghost Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  30 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

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

Astonish (Japanese: おどろかす Astonish) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Astonish inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch if the user attacks before the target.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 11 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 6 0042 Golbat Poison Flying -- 11 0042 Golbat Poison Flying -- 6 0169 Crobat Poison Flying -- 11 0169 Crobat Poison Flying -- 6 0190 Aipom Normal 13 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 9 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 11 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 7 0234 Stantler Normal 13 0234 Stantler Normal 11 0270 Lotad Water Grass -- 0271 Lombre Water Grass -- 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass -- 0293 Whismur Normal 11 0294 Loudred Normal -- 11 0295 Exploud Normal -- 11 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 13 0303 Mawile Steel -- 0320 Wailmer Water 23 0321 Wailord Water 23 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 8 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying -- 8 0345 Lileep Rock Grass -- 0346 Cradily Rock Grass -- 0352 Kecleon Normal -- 0355 Duskull Ghost 16 0356 Dusclops Ghost 16 0358 Chimecho Psychic 9 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" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow
Swablu, Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops
Chimecho |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord |- | 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" | Aipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops
Chimecho

|- | 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 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 9 0042 Golbat Poison Flying -- 9 0050 Diglett Ground 7 0051 Dugtrio Ground 7 0169 Crobat Poison Flying -- 9 0190 Aipom Normal 8 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying -- 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 10 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic -- 0234 Stantler Normal 7 0270 Lotad Water Grass -- 0271 Lombre Water Grass -- 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass -- 0293 Whismur Normal 11 0294 Loudred Normal -- 11 0295 Exploud Normal -- 11 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 11 0303 Mawile Steel -- 0320 Wailmer Water 17 0321 Wailord Water 17 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 5 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying -- 5 0345 Lileep Rock Grass -- 0346 Cradily Rock Grass -- 0352 Kecleon Normal -- 0355 Duskull Ghost 14 0356 Dusclops Ghost 14 0358 Chimecho Psychic 9 0424 Ambipom Normal -- 8 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 6 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying -- 6 0429 Mismagius Ghost -- 0430 Honchkrow Dark Flying -- 0433 Chingling Psychic 9 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting -- 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting -- 0477 Dusknoir Ghost 14 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost -- 10 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 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" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord |- | 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" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0396 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Starly
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria
Spearow, Fearow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0434 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Dunsparce
Stantler
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon

|- | 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 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 9 0042 Golbat Poison Flying -- 9 0050 Diglett Ground 7 0051 Dugtrio Ground 7 0169 Crobat Poison Flying -- 9 0190 Aipom Normal 8 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying -- 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 10 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic -- 0234 Stantler Normal 7 0270 Lotad Water Grass -- 0271 Lombre Water Grass -- 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass -- 0293 Whismur Normal 11 0294 Loudred Normal -- 11 0295 Exploud Normal -- 11 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 11 0303 Mawile Steel -- 0320 Wailmer Water 17 0321 Wailord Water 17 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 5 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying -- 5 0345 Lileep Rock Grass -- 0346 Cradily Rock Grass -- 0352 Kecleon Normal -- 0355 Duskull Ghost 14 0356 Dusclops Ghost 14 0358 Chimecho Psychic 9 0424 Ambipom Normal -- 8 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 6 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying -- 6 0429 Mismagius Ghost -- 0430 Honchkrow Dark Flying -- 0433 Chingling Psychic 9 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting -- 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting -- 0477 Dusknoir Ghost 14 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost -- 10 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Fire -- 0479 Rotom Electric Water -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ice -- 0479 Rotom Electric Flying -- 0479 Rotom Electric Electric -- 0562 Yamask Ghost -- 0563 Cofagrigus Ghost -- 0582 Vanipeti Vanipeti Ice 7 0583 Baniricchi Baniricchi Ice -- 7 0584 Baibanira Baibanira Ice -- 7 0590 Tamagetake Tamagetake Grass Poison 8 0591 Morobareru Morobareru Grass Poison -- 8 0607 Hitomoshi Hitomoshi Ghost Fire -- 0608 Ranpuraa Ranpuraa Ghost Fire -- 0622 Gobitto Gobitto Ground Ghost -- 0623 Goruugu Goruugu Ground Ghost -- 0641 Tornelos Tornelos Flying -- 0642 Thundurus Electric Flying -- 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" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
Yamask, Cofagrigus |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord |- | 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" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
Yamask, Cofagrigus |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0396 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Starly
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria
Spearow, Fearow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0434 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Dunsparce
Stantler
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0511 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pansage
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0513 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pansear
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0515 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Panpour
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0577 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Yuniran | style="background: #FFF" | Yuniran
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
Yamask, Cofagrigus |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0587 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Emolga
| colspan="1" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Dunsparce
Stantler
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0605 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Riguree | style="background: #FFF" | Riguree
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Sableye
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0618 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Maggyo | style="background: #FFF" | Maggyo
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
Yamask, Cofagrigus |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0633 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Monozu | style="background: #FFF" | Monozu
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#5060E1" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Swablu, Altaria

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

File:Chimechoastonish.jpg Chimecho File:Chimecho Astonish Contest.png Releasing red waves File:Chimecho Astonish Judges.png Effect
The user attacks the foe while shouting in a startling fashion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Chimecho releases waves of red energy from its mouth that makes horrible noise, or Chimecho frightens the opponent by making a frightening face.
James's Chimecho	Lessons in Lilycove		Debut
	Misdreavus makes a scary face then shouts loudly, making transparent shock waves come out of its body and at the opponent.
A wild Misdreavus	Ghoul Daze!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Kecleon Astonish Adventures.png Kecleon
The user attacks the opponent, but stops seconds before hitting it, causing it to flinch.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Kecleon opens its mouth and stretches its tongue to the opponent at full speed. It then stops when it is about to hit it, causing the opponent to flinch.
Wally's Kecleon	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut

In other languages

• French: Étonnement
• German: Erstauner
• Greek: Κατάπληξη
• Italian: Sgomento
• Korean: 놀래키기 Nollaekigi
• Spanish: Impresionar
• Portuguese (European): Impressionar
• Serbian: Zastrašivanje

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