Smelling Salts (move)

SmellingSalt きつけ Resuscitation

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

SmellingSalt (Japanese: きつけ Resuscitation) is a damage dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. It is one of the signature moves of the Makuhita evolution family.

Effect

SmellingSalt deals damage and will have double the power on a target that is paralyzed. It will also cure the target of paralysis.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	31			22				22			'
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	33			22				22			'
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
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal
304		Aron	Steel	Rock
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting
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.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Hariyama SmellingSalt Adventures.png Hariyama
The user smacks the opponent, waking it up.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hariyama slaps the opponent, waking it up if it's unconscious.
Brawly's Hariyama	VS. Kyogre & Groudon VIII		Debut

Trivia

• Despite real-life smelling salts restoring consciousness, SmellingSalt cures paralysis. Another move, Wake-Up Slap, does this instead.

In other languages

Language Title French Stimulant German Riechsalz Greek Ανάνιψη Italian Maniereforti Korean 정신차리기 Jeongsin Charigi Serbian Mirišljava So Spanish Estímulo

Variations of the move Smelling Salts
Smelling Salts • Wake-Up Slap

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