Early Bird (Ability)

Early Bird	はやおき
	Early Rising
Flavor text Generation III Awakens quickly from sleep. Generation IV The Pokémon awakens quickly from sleep. Generation V The Pokémon awakens quickly from sleep. Generation VI The Pokémon awakens quickly from sleep. Generation VII The Pokémon awakens twice as fast as other Pokémon from sleep.

Early Bird (Japanese: はやおき Early Rising) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Early Bird causes quick awakening from sleep. In the turn the Pokémon is put to sleep, the number of turns it will remain asleep is preset. If it is 6 turns, it will be halved to 3. If 3, it will be rounded to 1. If only 1 turn is preset, it is rounded to 0, causing the Pokémon to instantly wake up at the end of the same turn. This also applies to the self-induced sleep from Rest, reducing its length from 3 to 1 turn.

Outside of battle

Early Bird has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Early Bird

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Doduo	Normal	Flying	Run Away	Early Bird	Tangled Feet
	Dodrio	Normal	Flying	Run Away	Early Bird	Tangled Feet
	Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	Early Bird	Scrappy	Inner Focus
	Ledyba	Bug	Flying	Swarm	Early Bird	Rattled
	Ledian	Bug	Flying	Swarm	Early Bird	Iron Fist
	Natu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
	Xatu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
	Sunkern	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Solar Power	Early Bird
	Sunflora	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Solar Power	Early Bird
	Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	Inner Focus	Early Bird	Sap Sipper
	Houndour	Dark	Fire	Early Bird	Flash Fire	Unnerve
	Houndoom	Dark	Fire	Early Bird	Flash Fire	Unnerve
	Seedot	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Early Bird	Pickpocket
	Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark	Chlorophyll	Early Bird	Pickpocket
	Shiftry	Grass	Dark	Chlorophyll	Early Bird	Pickpocket
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation VII games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Early Bird

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Black Door	Grass		Grass	Early Bird	None	None
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation VII games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

• In volume 25, Yellow's Dody was revealed to have Early Bird as his Ability.
• In volume 42, Crystal's Natee was revealed to have Early Bird as her Ability.

In other languages

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