Hypnosis (move)

Hypnosis (Japanese: さいみんじゅつ Hypnosis) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I-III

Hypnosis puts the target to sleep.

Hypnosis can't affect a target that already has a major status ailment.

In Stadium, Hypnosis can't affect a target that has a Substitute.

Hypnosis has an accuracy of 60%.

Generation IV

In Diamond and Pearl, accuracy was improved to 70%. In Platinum, it was changed back to 60%.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 16 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 16 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 16 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 27 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 29 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 29 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 7 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 7 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 7 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 16 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 16 0186 Politoed Water -- 0234 Stantler Normal 15 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" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler |- | 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" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Stantler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0122 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno

|- | 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 0200 Misdreavus Ghost New York City Pokémon Center 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 7 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 7 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 7 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 16 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 16 0186 Politoed Water -- 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 23 0234 Stantler Normal 17 0234 Stantler Normal 19 0280 Ralts Psychic 41 0281 Kirlia Psychic 47 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 51 0327 Spinda Normal 23 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 19 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" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
Spinda |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
Spinda |- | 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" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Stantler
Spinda |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
Spinda |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0122 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Spinda |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0358 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chimecho
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir

|- | 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 move tutor

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

#   Pokémon Type 0151 Mew Psychic 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 0060 Poliwag Water 8 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 8 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 8 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 5 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 9 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying -- 5 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying -- 9 0186 Politoed Water -- 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 38 0234 Stantler Normal 10 0280 Ralts Psychic 43 0281 Kirlia Psychic 50 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 60 0327 Spinda Normal 23 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 12 0431 Glameow Normal 13 0432 Purugly Normal 13 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 7 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic -- 7 0442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 13 0491 Darkrai Dark 20 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" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
Spinda
Glameow, Purugly |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot, Noctowl |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
Spinda
Glameow, Purugly |- | 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" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Stantler
Spinda
Glameow, Purugly |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
Spinda
Glameow, Purugly |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0122 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Spinda |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0358 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chimecho
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Gallade
Drifloon, Drifblim
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0425 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Drifloon
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Gardevoir, Gallade
Chimecho
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0433 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chingling
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Gallade
Drifloon, Drifblim
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0439 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mime Jr.
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Spinda

|- | 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 0151 Mew Psychic My Pokémon Ranch 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 0060 Poliwag Water 8 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 8 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 5 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying -- 5 0186 Politoed Water -- 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 38 0234 Stantler Normal 10 0280 Ralts Psychic 45 0281 Kirlia Psychic 53 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 65 0327 Spinda Normal 23 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 12 0431 Glameow Normal 13 0432 Purugly Normal 13 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 7 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic -- 7 0442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 13 0491 Darkrai Dark 20 0504 Patrat Normal 18 0505 Watchog Normal 18 0517 Munna Psychic 19 0518 Musharna Psychic -- 0561 Sigilyph Psychic Flying 4 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" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |



|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |



|- | 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" |




|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |



|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0122 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0358 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chimecho
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0425 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Drifloon
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0433 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chingling
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0439 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mime Jr.
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0519 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pidove
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | 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 0041 Zubat Poison Flying Dream World 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 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:Drifloon Hypnosis.png Drifloon Gengar Hypno Stantler
The user releases hypnotic waves which cause the foe to fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gengar puts its hands together and releases black circles that expand as they move towards the opponent, or Gengar waves its arms in hypnotic patterns and the opponent falls asleep, or Gengar's body becomes outlined in light blue, and illusions of its eyes come out and hit the opponent, confusing it, or Gengar's eyes glow red. It holds out its hands and red orbs appear at the end of them. Gengar then brings the two orbs together to form one big red orb in front of it. Gengar then fires red beams from the orb at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Gengar	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
Drake's Gengar	Hello, Pummelo!		None
Agatha's Gengar	The Scheme Team		None
Fantina's Gengar	Shield With a Twist!		None
	Hypno swings its pendulum in front of its target's face until it falls asleep. On occasion, the pendulum glows.
Unknown Trainer's Hypno	Hypno's Naptime		None
Unknown Trainer's Hypno	Ariados, Amigos		None
Harrison's Hypno	Playing with Fire!		None
	Exeggcute's eyes glow yellow and hypnosis waves are shot out of them, putting the opponent in a trance and making it do whatever Exeggcute tells them to do.
Melvin's Exeggcute	The March of the Exeggutor Squad		None
	Exeggutor's eyes glow yellow or blue and hypnosis waves are shot out of them, putting the opponent in a trance.
Melvin's Exeggutor	The March of the Exeggutor Squad		None
Multiple wild Exeggutor	Got Miltank?		None
	Drowzee makes signs with its arms and hands and the opponent becomes hypnotized.
Cassidy's Drowzee	Pikachu Re-Volts		None
	Poliwrath's eyes glow light blue and the opponent falls asleep.
Tad's Poliwrath	Charizard Chills		None
	Stantler's antlers release a pinkish purple smog that can't be seen by humans and it causes them to see an illusion, or Stantler's antlers glow bright pink and they release purple waves, making the opponent see illusions.
A wild Stantler	The Little Big Horn		None
Multiple wild Stantler	Different Strokes for Different Blokes!		None
	Noctowl's eyes glow red and it releases red circles that expand as they move towards the opponent, confusing them if the circles hit them.
Ash's Noctowl	Fowl Play!		None
	Entei's eyes glow red and the opponent becomes hypnotized.
Entei (movie 3)	Spell of the Unown		Entei cannot legally learn Hypnosis.
	Gastly's eyes glow red and it confuses the opponent.
Multiple wild Gastly	From Ghost to Ghost		None
	Haunter's eyes glow red and it waves its hands back and forth. As the opponent becomes confused, the hands grow bigger.
Morty's Haunter	From Ghost to Ghost		None
	Kirlia's irises glow red. Then, the opponent's eyes glow red and they fall asleep.
Butler's Kirlia	Jirachi: Wish Maker		None
	Spinda's eyes glow blue and the opponent falls asleep.
Claire and Kain's Spinda	Going for a Spinda		None
	Lunatone's eyes glow red and the opponent's eyes becomes a shade of red, hypnotizing it.
A wild Lunatone	Crazy as a Lunatone		None
	Ralts looks at the opponent and light blue silhouettes of its eyes shoot and hit the opponent, making them fall asleep.
Max's Ralts	Do I Hear a Ralts?		None
	Psyduck says its name over and over again, putting the opponent in a trance.
A wild Psyduck	Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!		None
	Hoothoot's eyes glow bright red. The opponent's eyes glow red as well and Hoothoot can control the opponent.
A wild Hoothoot	A Staravia is Born!		None
	Drifloon's body becomes outlined in light blue and its eyes glow yellow. It then fires a yellow 'X' from the 'X' on its face at the opponent. When the opponent gets hit, it falls asleep.
Fantina's Drifloon	Playing the Leveling Field!		None
	Drifblim grabs the opponent's face and its body becomes outlined in light blue. It then fires a yellow 'X' from the 'X' on its face at the opponent. When the opponent gets hit, it falls asleep.
Fantina's Drifblim	Playing the Leveling Field!		None
	Bronzor's body becomes surrounded by a red aura and the opponent falls asleep.
Saturn's Bronzor	Losing its Lustrous!		None
Mars's Bronzor	Double Team Turnover!		None
	Bronzong's eyes glow multicolored and multicolored circles are released off its body at the opponent. When hit, the opponent's eyes glow multicolored and it gets put in a trance.
Marcus's Bronzong	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Gengar Hypnosis Adventures.png Gengar Politoed
The user lulls the foe into a deep sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gengar releases a trail of smoke from one of its hands. The smoke wraps around the opponent and lifts them into the air, putting them in a deep trance or sleep.
Agatha's Gengar	Electro Magneton		Debut
	Politoed releases waves of psychic energy off its body at the opponent. The opponent then falls asleep when hit with the waves of energy.
Gold's Polibo	Stop Snoring, Slowking		None
	Kirlia extends its hand and releases a powerful blast of wind from its body at the opponent. When the opponent gets hit with the wind, it gets blown back and falls asleep, or Kirlia stares at the opponent, causing it to get drowsy and go to sleep.
The Battle Pike's Kirlia	VS. Milotic		None
Ruby's Ruru	VS. Kirlia		None

Trivia

• Hypnosis is the only move whose accuracy changed between games of the same generation.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Hypnose Finnish Hypnoosi European French Hypnose German Hypnose Greek Ύπνωση Italian Ipnosi Korean 최면술 Choemyeon Sul European Portuguese Hipnose Serbian Hipnoza European Spanish Hipnosis

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