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. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

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
0084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	Run Away	Early Bird	Tangled Feet
0085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying	Run Away	Early Bird	Tangled Feet
0115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	Early Bird	Scrappy	Inner Focus
0165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	Swarm	Early Bird	Rattled
0166		Ledian	Bug	Flying	Swarm	Early Bird	Iron Fist
0177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
0178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
0191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Solar Power	Early Bird
0192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Solar Power	Early Bird
0203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	Inner Focus	Early Bird	Sap Sipper
0228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	Early Bird	Flash Fire	Unnerve
0229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	Early Bird	Flash Fire	Unnerve
0273		Seedot	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Early Bird	Pickpocket
0274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark	Chlorophyll	Early Bird	Pickpocket
0275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	Chlorophyll	Early Bird	Pickpocket
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.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Early Bird

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0000	Black Door	Black Door	Grass		Grass	Early Bird	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 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 Xatee was revealed to have Early Bird as her Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 早起 Jóuhéi Mandarin 早起 Zǎoqǐ Dutch Vroege vogel French Matinal German Frühwecker Italian Sveglialampo Korean 일찍 기상 Iljjik Gisang Portuguese Ave Matinal Spanish Madrugar Turkish Erkenci Kuş Vietnamese Dậy sớm

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