Cute Charm (Ability)

Cute Charm (Japanese: メロメロボディ Mad Love Body) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking Pokémon will become infatuated if it is of the opposite gender to the Pokémon with this Ability. This Ability will not activate if the Pokémon with this Ability is genderless.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multi-strike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit has an independent chance to activate this Ability.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Cute Charm is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), there is a 66.7% chance that the game will force an encountered Pokémon to be the opposite gender from the Pokémon with Cute Charm if it can be that gender. This does not affect a swarming Pokémon species or Pokémon found in Hidden Grottos.

Effects on personality value

In Generation IV only, when Cute Charm forces a Pokémon to be a specific gender, it does so by setting its personality value to one out of 25 possible values that correspond to the forced gender (one value per nature). The set of possible values depends on the gender of the Pokémon with Cute Charm, and if the Pokémon with Cute Charm is female, the wild Pokémon's gender ratio. This has significant consequences for properties determined by personality value.

As a result, when the encountered species can be affected by Cute Charm (i.e., when it is not a male-only, female-only, or genderless species), the chances of encountering a Shiny Pokémon differ from the usual 1/8192, depending on how many of the 25 possible values forced by Cute Charm result in a Shiny Pokémon (in conjunction with the Trainer ID number and Secret ID): they may be as low as 1/24546 (if none of the 25 values forced by Cute Charm result in Shiny Pokémon, so the Pokémon can only be Shiny if Cute Charm fails), or as high as 21.34% (if 8 out of the 25 values forced by Cute Charm result in Shiny Pokémon).

Additionally, Spinda whose gender has been forced by Cute Charm in Generation IV only have one of 50 patterns (25 for male, 25 for female).

Pokémon with Cute Charm

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0036		Clefable	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Unaware
0039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0040		Wigglytuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Frisk
0173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Normalize	Wonder Skin
0301		Delcatty	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Normalize	Wonder Skin
0350		Milotic	Water		Water	Marvel Scale	Competitive	Cute Charm
0428		Lopunny	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Klutz	Limber
0572		Minccino	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Technician	Skill Link
0573		Cinccino	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Technician	Skill Link
0700		Sylveon	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	None	Pixilate
0759		Stufful	Normal	Fighting	Fluffy	Klutz	Cute Charm
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Delcatty Being affected Jigglypuff
The opponent becomes mesmerized when it directly hits the Pokémon with an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The opponent falls in love when it directly hits Jigglypuff with an attack and it is of the opposite gender of Jigglypuff. While in love, the opponent's eyes become replaced with hearts.
Lisa Mitchum's Jigglypuff	Rough, Tough Jigglypuff		Debut
	When Delcatty gets hit by a physical attack and the opponent is of the opposite gender, the opponent falls in love with Delcatty. While in love, its eyes are replaced with hearts.
Lila's Delcatty	Battling the Generation Gap!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Skitty Lopunny
The opponent falls in love with the Pokémon when they make contact with each other.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sometimes when Skitty makes contact with the opponent while the opponent is of the opposite gender of Skitty, it falls in love with it. While in love, its eyes are replaced with hearts.
Ruby's Kiki	Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt II		Debut
	Sometimes when Lopunny makes contact with the opponent while the opponent is of the opposite gender of Lopunny, it falls in love with it, making it hard for it to attack female Pokémon. While it is in love, its eyes are replaced with hearts and it drools slightly.
Platinum's Lopunny	Getting the Drop on Gallade II		None

• In volume 24, Green's Jiggly and Clefy were each revealed to have Cute Charm as their Ability.
• In the Japan Mini-volume 6 for the X & Y arc, Y's Veevee was revealed to have Cute Charm as her Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 迷人之軀 Màihyàhn-jī Kēui * 迷人身軀 Màihyàhn Sānkēui * 瞌睡 Hahpseuih * Mandarin 迷人之軀 / 迷人之躯 Mírén-zhī Qū * 迷人身軀 Mírén Shēnqū * 瞌睡 Kēshuì * 迷人的身体 Mírén-de Shēntǐ* 颓废的身体 Tuífèi-de Shēntǐ* Dutch Warme charme Finnish Söpöily French Joli Sourire German Charmebolzen Italian Incantevole Korean 헤롱헤롱 바디 Herongherong Body Polish Słodki Wdzięk Portuguese Charme Adorável Romanian Șarmul Drăguț Spanish Gran Encanto Vietnamese Cơ thể quyến rũ

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