Role Play (move)

Role Play なりきり Change Appearance

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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 Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Makes the appeal as good as those before it.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Role Play (Japanese: なりきり Change Appearance) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Role Play replaces the user's ability with the target's ability. Role Play cannot copy Wonder Guard or Multitype.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	33			36				42			'
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	40	41	43				43			'
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal		31	33				33			'
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic				43				43			'
648		Meloetta	Normal	Psychic								71			'
648		Meloetta	Normal	Fighting								71			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire
515		Panpour	Water		Water
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

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.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0037 Vulpix Fire 0038 Ninetales Fire 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0063 Abra Psychic 0064 Kadabra Psychic 0065 Alakazam Psychic 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0097 Hypno Psychic 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0128 Tauros Normal 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0173 Cleffa Normal 0174 Igglybuff Normal 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0190 Aipom Normal 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0234 Stantler Normal 0236 Tyrogue Fighting 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0325 Spoink Psychic 0326 Grumpig Psychic 0327 Spinda Normal 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0352 Kecleon Normal 0353 Shuppet Ghost 0354 Banette Ghost 0359 Absol Dark 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0424 Ambipom Normal 0438 Bonsly Rock 0439 Mime Jr. Psychic 0441 Chatot Normal Flying 0447 Riolu Fighting 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0459 Snover Grass Ice 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 0480 Uxie Psychic 0481 Mesprit Psychic 0482 Azelf Psychic 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0488 Cresselia Psychic 0493 Arceus Water 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 event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0185 Sudowoodo Rock Dream World 0441 Chatot Normal 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Alakazam Role Play Adventures.png Copying Pikachu
The user copies the opponent's ability.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Alakazam's face starts to glow brightly and the top half of its face morphs to look like the opponent. It then uses the opponent's ability.
Blue's Alakazam	Hometown Viridian City		Debut

In other languages

Language Title French Imitation German Rollentausch Greek Υπόδυση Italian Giocodiruolo Korean 역할 Yeokhal Serbian Gluma Spanish Imitación

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