Pay Day (move)

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Pay Day
ネコにこばん Coin for a Cat
Pay Day.png
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  40
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
The appeal works best the more the crowd is excited.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1
Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Pay Day (Japanese: ネコにこばん Coin for a Cat) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

The Japanese name of Pay Day is a Japanese proverb akin to Pearls Before Swine.

Effect

Generations I and II

Pay Day does damage, and scatters coins on the ground with a value equal to twice the user's level for each time it's used. These coins are picked up afterwards if the player wins the battle.

Generations III and IV

Same as above, except the move scatters coins equal to five times the user's level each time. The Amulet Coin now doubles the number of coins picked up. However, in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the wrong amount of money will be displayed, leaving the impression that the Amulet Coin does not affect Pay Day. Yet, upon checking the Trainer card, the player will discover that the money earned from Pay Day has been doubled and added to their total savings. Starting with Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, this error has been corrected.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0052 Meowth Meowth
Normal 17
0053 Persian Persian
Normal 17
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 TM16

#   Pokémon Type
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric
0026 Raichu Raichu
Electric
0031 Nidoqueen Nidoqueen
Poison Ground
0034 Nidoking Nidoking
Poison Ground
0052 Meowth Meowth
Normal
0053 Persian Persian
Normal
0054 Psyduck Psyduck
Water
0055 Golduck Golduck
Water
0056 Mankey Mankey
Fighting
0057 Primeape Primeape
Fighting
0079 Slowpoke Slowpoke
Water Psychic
0080 Slowbro Slowbro
Water Psychic
0086 Seel Seel
Water
0087 Dewgong Dewgong
Water Ice
0112 Rhydon Rhydon
Rock Ground
0143 Snorlax Snorlax
Normal
0151 Mew 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0052 Meowth Meowth
Normal 20
0053 Persian Persian
Normal 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" | 0187 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Hoppip | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu

|- | 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
0225 225 Delibird Ice Flying 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
0052 Meowth Meowth
Normal 20
0052 Meowth Meowth
Normal 18
0053 Persian Persian
Normal 20
0053 Persian Persian
Normal 18
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0300 Skitty Skitty
Normal Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire
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
0052 Meowth Meowth
Normal 30
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Other appearances

When a Meowth appears in a Poké Ball in Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it uses Pay Day.

In the anime

Numerous coins are hurled at the foe to inflict damage.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Meowth Meowth crosses its arms, then opens them quickly and multiple glowing white balls come out of the charm on its head.
The Black Archanid's Meowth Spinarak Attack Debut


Trivia

  • In Generation I, Pay Day was one of only three methods (the other two being Elite Four rematches and selling items obtained through a glitch) for players to earn money once all Trainers were defeated. Further generations introduced areas in which rematches could be held, decreasing the usefulness of this move.

In other languages

  • Dutch: Betaaldag
  • French: Jackpot
  • German: Zahltag
  • Italian: Giornopaga
  • Spanish: Día de Pago
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Dia do Pagamento


Generation I TMs
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Generation I HMs
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