Bad Dreams (Ability)

Bad Dreams	ナイトメア
	Nightmare
Flavor text Generation IV Reduces a sleeping foe's HP. Generation V Reduces a sleeping foe's HP. Generation VI Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon. Generation VII Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon. Generation VIII Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon. Generation IX Damages opposing Pokémon that are asleep.

Bad Dreams (Japanese: ナイトメア Nightmare) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. It is the signature Ability of Darkrai.

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• Effect
  • In battle
    • Pokémon Legends: Z-A
  • Outside of battle
• Pokémon with Bad Dreams
• In other games
  • Mystery Dungeon series
  • Description
• In animation
  • Pokémon animated series
• In the manga
  • Pokémon Adventures
  • Movie adaptations
• Trivia
• In other languages

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Effect

In battle

At the end of each turn, each adjacent sleeping opponent takes damage equal to 1/8 of its maximum HP.

Bad Dreams inflicts damage after a Pokémon that is drowsy due to Yawn falls asleep (and thus inflicts damage to a Pokémon the same turn it falls asleep due to drowsiness). Bad Dreams applies after a Pokémon has the opportunity to be woken up by Hydration, Shed Skin, or Healer.

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A

In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Abilities do not occur in normal gameplay. However, during the Rogue Mega Evolution battle against Darkrai, drowsy Pokémon will take damage equal to 1/25 of their maximum HP every second. When Darkrai Rogue Mega Evolves in the second phase of the fight, the damage increases to 1/16 of maximum HP and occurs more frequently. Darkrai does not retain this effect when caught.

	Spoilers end here.

Outside of battle

Bad Dreams has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Bad Dreams

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark	Bad Dreams	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Mystery Dungeon series

At the end of each turn, enemy Pokémon in the same room with a sleep-related status condition (other than Yawning) will receive 15 points of HP damage.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Enables Pokémon to inflict damage on sleeping foes in the same room. BSL おなじへやで ねている てきポケモンに ダメージを あたえる MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon damages enemy Pokémon in the same room and makes them have bad dreams!

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Darkrai (M10) Darkrai (DP104) Darkrai (XY098)
The Pokémon causes the opponent to have nightmares.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	If the opponent falls asleep when Darkrai is near, it starts to have nightmares.
Darkrai (M10)	The Rise of Darkrai		Debut
A wild Darkrai	Sleepless in Pre-Battle!		None
A wild Darkrai	Dream a Little Dream from Me!		None
Darkrai (recurring)	Nightfall? Nightmares!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Being affected
The Pokémon causes the opponent to have a nightmare.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	If a person or a Pokémon is asleep near Darkrai, it suffers from horrible nightmares that can be fatal if the sleeping person or Pokémon doesn't wake up in time. The Ability is active even if Darkrai is inside of a Poké Ball.
Sird's Darkrai	Startling Staraptor		Debut

Movie adaptations

Darkrai
The Pokémon causes the opponent to have a nightmare.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	If the opponent falls asleep when Darkrai is near, it starts to have nightmares.
Darkrai (M10)	The Rise of Darkrai (manga)		Debut

Trivia

• Bad Dreams is the last Generation IV Ability in index number order.
• This Ability originated as a TCG Attack.
• This Ability's Japanese name is the English name of a move with a similar effect.
• In Japanese and English, this Ability shares its name with Mega Darkrai's category.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	夢魘 Muhngyím * 惡夢 Okmuhng *
	Mandarin	夢魘 / 梦魇 Mèngyǎn * 惡夢 Èmèng *
Dutch		Boze Dromen Slechte dromen
French		Mauvais Rêve
German		Alptraum
Indonesian		Mimpi Buruk
Italian		Sogniamari
Korean		나이트메어 Nightmare
Polish		Koszmar
Brazilian Portuguese		Sonhos Ruins
Spanish		Mal Sueño
Vietnamese		Ác mộng

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