Talk:Sleep Talk (move)

Sleep Talk in Generation III

"Sleep Talk can only be used while the user is asleep. It will fail if the user is not. Sleep Talk will randomly choose one of the user's moves, other than Sleep Talk. This also means that it's possible for Sleep Talk to choose the move Rest, although the user is already asleep." This implies that the user will restore their HP even though they are already asleep. This was the case in Generation II (and it was annoying, I'll tell you) but in Gen III, using Rest via Sleep Talk failed, although the user would try. The message that would appear on the screen was something along the lines of "(Pokémon name) is already asleep!". So yeah, you might want to elaborate on that. --Nebula 00:38, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Sleep Talk -> Assist -> Rest

The article states that if Rest is called by Sleep Talk, the Rest will fail (in Generations III and IV). What if Sleep Talk calls Assist, which calls Rest? (Or, similarly but less likely, Sleep Talk calls Metronome, which calls Rest?) Will Rest fail under this circumstance or not? Yenreb 03:46, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I would assume Rest would fail in those instances as well. Whenever Metronome's randomizer of all moves calls a move, or Assist's randomizer of the 2-on-2 partner's moves calls a move, that move is used with its full potential properties. The same should hold true of other moves with random-choice and/or copying effects, such as Mirror Move. Hence, if Sleep Talk calls another randomizing or copying move which then calls Rest, Rest should fail. --Shiningpikablu252 03:57, 19 April 2009 (UTC)