Imprison (move)

Imprison ふういん Seal

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all foes

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

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

Imprison (Japanese: ふういん Seal) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Imprison prevents opponents from using any move which is also known by the user. In double battles, the move targets the user and affects both opponents. However, if no opponent knows a move the user knows when the user attempts to use Imprison, it will fail. The effect of Imprison lasts until the user switches out or faints. If the user's moveset changes while Imprison is in effect, such as by Mimic, Sketch or Transform, opponents are prevented from using the new moves.

If the target of this move runs out of PP of the rest of its usable moves, it will start to Struggle.

Generation V

Imprison no longer fails if no opponent knows a move the user knows when the user attempts to use Imprison.

Imprison can now be affected by Snatch.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0037 Vulpix Fire 25 0280 Ralts Psychic 31 0281 Kirlia Psychic 33 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 33 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" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir |- | 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" | Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0355 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Duskull
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0037 Vulpix Fire 21 0234 Stantler Normal 43 0280 Ralts Psychic 32 0281 Kirlia Psychic 36 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 40 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 12 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic -- 12 0480 Uxie Psychic 6 0481 Mesprit Psychic 6 0482 Azelf Psychic 6 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" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir |- | 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" | Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0355 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Duskull
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0442 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | 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. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0037 Vulpix Fire 21 0234 Stantler Normal 49 0280 Ralts Psychic 34 0281 Kirlia Psychic 39 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 45 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 12 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic -- 12 0480 Uxie Psychic 6 0481 Mesprit Psychic 6 0482 Azelf Psychic 6 0517 Munna Psychic 13 0527 Woobat Psychic Flying 19 0528 Swoobat Psychic Flying 19 0570 Zorua Dark 53 0571 Zoroark Dark 59 0605 Elgyem Psychic 25 0606 Beheeyem Psychic 25 0607 Litwick Ghost Fire 24 0608 Lampent Ghost Fire 24 0643 Reshiram Dragon Fire 8 0644 Zekrom Dragon Electric 8 0645 Landorus Ground Flying 9 0646 Kyurem Dragon Ice 8 64 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" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | 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" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0355 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Duskull
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0442 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0562 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yamask
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0577 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Solosis
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" |
|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0582 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vanillite
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | 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. |} |}

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Ruru Imprison.png Kirlia
The user creates a forcefield around the enemies body that prevents it from moving.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Kirlia creates a forcefield around its body that prevents it from moving.
Ruby's Ruru	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut

Trivia

• In the European and American versions of the game, Imprision had its animation changed.

In other languages

• Chinese: 封印 Fēngyìn
• French: Possessif
• German: Begrenzer
• Greek: Επισφράγιση
• Italian: Esclusiva
• Korean: 봉인 Bong'in
• Spanish: Cerca
• Serbian: Zatvaranje

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