Stun Spore (move)

Stun Spore しびれごな Numbing Powder

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  75% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that successfully showed their appeal.

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

Stun Spore (Japanese: しびれごな Numbing Powder) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

It appears to be a paralyzing counterpart to Poison Powder and Sleep Powder, as the accuracy, Contest group, appeal, effects, Japanese names and animation are the same or very similar. They are also usually learned at the same level or in a similar pattern.

Effect

Generations I and II

Stun Spore paralyzes the target.

Generations III to V

Stun Spore cannot affect targets with Limber as their Ability.

Generation VI

Grass-type and Electric-type Pokémon, Pokémon with Overcoat, and Pokémon holding the Safety Goggles are now immune to Stun Spore.

Description

Games Description Stad A special move that causes paralysis. When paralyzed, the victim has a one-in-four chance of immobility. Stad2 Special move that causes paralysis. The victim has a one-in-four chance of immobility. GSC A move that may paralyze the foe. RSE Scatters a powder that may paralyze the foe. FRLG Paralyzing dust is scattered wildly. It may paralyze the foe. ColoXD Scatters a powder that may paralyze the target. DPPtHGSS The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder. It may paralyze the target. BWB2W2 The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder. It may leave the target with paralysis. XYORAS The user scatters a cloud of numbing powder that paralyzes the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	16	14	14			14			12				12			12
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	17			16			16			15				15			15 14
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	1, 17			16			16			15				15			15 14
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	1, 17			1			1			1				1			1
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	13			7			7			6				6			6
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	1, 13			1, 7			1, 7			1, 6				1, 6			1, 6
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	30			28			28			23				23			23
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	30			28			28			23				23			23
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	21			19			19			17				17			17
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	23			19			19			17				17			17
071		Victreebel	Grass	Poison	1
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	32			25			25			19				19			19
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	36			34			37			29				29	30	30
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass				1			1			1				1			1
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying				15			15			14				14			14
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying				15			15			14				14			14
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying				15			15			14				14			14
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying							17			17				17			17 15
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying							40			33				33			33 26
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass							7			9				9			9 5
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting							1, 7			1, 9				1, 9			1, 9 1, 5
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison							13			10				10			10
406		Budew	Grass	Poison										10				10			10
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass										29				29	30	30
546		Cottonee	Grass	Fairy														10			10
548		Petilil	Grass		Grass														22			22
664		Scatterbug	Bug		Bug																	6
666		Vivillon	Bug	Flying																	1
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
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass
590		Foongus	Grass	Poison
664		Scatterbug	Bug		Bug
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 other games

Description

Games Description MDRB Causes paralysis in surrounding foes. A Pokémon affected by paralysis is incapable of attacking or using moves.

In the anime

Breloom Amoonguss Parasect Butterfree
The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Butterfree flies over the opponent and an orange mist comes out of its wings, paralyzing it.
Ash's Butterfree	The Water Flowers of Cerulean City		Debut
Multiple Butterfree	Battle Aboard the St. Anne		None
Multiple wild Butterfree	Mewtwo Returns		None
Jeremy's Butterfree	Weekend Warrior		None
	Tangela shakes its body and waves of orange powder comes out of it and hits the opponent, paralyzing it.
Erika's Tangela	Pokémon Scent-sation		None
	Venonat shakes its fur and an orange mist is released from its body. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.
Aya's Venonat	The Ninja Poké-Showdown!		None
A Venonat Conway trained briefly	Camping it Up!		None
	Venomoth flaps its wings and an orange powder comes out of them. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.
Koga's Venomoth	The Ninja Poké-Showdown!		None
A wild Venomoth	The Bug Stops Here!		None
Chaz's Venomoth	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
Katie's Venomoth	Shocks and Bonds		None
	Paras shakes its mushrooms and an orange powder comes out of them and at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Cassandra's Paras	The Problem with Paras		None
	A tornado of topaz mist comes out of the hole on Vileplume's head, paralyzing anyone who comes into contact with the dust, or Vileplume releases a ball of orange dust into the air that lands on the opponent, paralyzing them, or Vilepulme releases a sparkling orange powder with white sparkles in it from the hole on its head
Jessebelle's Vileplume	Holy Matrimony!		None
A wild Vileplume	A Stun Spore Detour		None
Multiple wild Vileplume	Whichever Way the Wind Blows		None
A Coordinator's Vileplume	A Hurdle for Squirtle		None
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
A wild Vileplume	Bucking the Treasure Trend!		None
A Pokémon Performer's Vileplume	A Showcase Debut!		None
	Oddish lowers the leaves in front on its head and an orange powder is released from them, paralyzing anyone who comes into contact with the dust.
Mariah's Oddish	Foul Weather Friends		None
	Victreebel releases an orange mist from its mouth at the opponent.
James's Victreebel	The Fortune Hunters		None
A wild Victreebel	Danger, Sweet as Honey!		None
	Bellossom releases an orange mist from the flowers on its head.
Multiple wild Bellossom	Whichever Way the Wind Blows		None
Noelle's Bellossom	Strategy Begins at Home!		None
	Parasect shakes its mushroom and an orange powder comes out of it at the opponent, or Parasect releases an orange powder from under its mushroom at the opponent.
A wild Parasect	Hocus Pokémon		None
Officer Jenny's Parasect	Gulpin it Down		None
	Shroomish releases a stream or cloud of orange powder from the hole on its head at the opponent.
Alex's Shroomish	Taming of the Shroomish		None
A wild Shroomish	A Corphish Out of Water		None
A Coordinator's Shroomish	Win, Lose or Drew!		None
	Roselia releases an orange powder from the flowers on its hands at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Drew's Roselia	Now That's Flower Power!		None
	Shiftry waves its hand and releases blue sparkling dust at the opponent, putting it to sleep.
A wild Shiftry	Jump for Joy!		Shiftry cannot legally learn Stun Spore
	Gloom shakes its head and an orange powder comes out of the flower on its head at the opponent.
A wild Gloom	Grass Hysteria!		None
A wild Gloom	Pinch Healing!		None
A wild Gloom	A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!		None
	Breloom releases an orange mist from the holes on its head at the opponent, or Breloom shakes its body and releases a brown mist from its body all around it.
Fighting Dojo's Breloom	Pasta La Vista!		None
Kenny's Breloom	Team Shocker!		None
	Dustox flaps its wings and releases a mist of orange powder at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Jessie's Dustox	Gymbaliar!		Dustox cannot legally learn Stun Spore
	Jumpluff releases a sparkling yellow powder from the three dandelions on its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Jumpluff	Dressed for Jess Success!		None
	Cottonee turns to its side and waves one of its leaves upward, releasing a wave of sparkling golden powder from it that falls on the opponent.
A wild Cottonee	Cottonee in Love!		None
	Foongus releases sparkling orange powder from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Foongus	Expedition to Onix Island!		None
	Petilil releases white sparkling powder at the opponent.
Nursery's Petilil	Unrest at the Nursery!		None
	Amoonguss waves its arms, releasing sparkling orange powder from them at the opponent, paralyzing it.
James's Amoonguss	New Places... Familiar Faces!		None
A wild Amoonguss	The Journalist from Another Region!		None
	Vivillon's releases sparkling orange powder from its body, paralyzing the opponent.
A wild Vivillon	To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!		None

Cure

According to Ash Ketchum's Pokédex, the effects of Stun Spore are cured by consuming a dose of salveyo weed.

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Oddish
The user releases a powder at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Oddish releases a powder from its body at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Ash's Oddish	You Gotta Have Friends		Debut
	Gloom releases a powder from its body at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Florinda's Gloom	Days of Gloom and Glory		None

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Masquerain Paras Skiploom
The user fires a seed at the opponent. The seed then bursts into a powder that makes the opponent unable to move.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Paras releases spores from the mushrooms on its back at the opponent. The spores paralyze it, and makes it unable to move its body.
Miles's Paras	Purrrr-sian		Debut
	Skiploom fires a stream of powder into the air from the middle of the flower on its head. The powder then floats over the battlefield, and anything that breathes in the powder becomes paralyzed.
Erika's Skiploom	Bringing up Bellossom		None
	Masquerain waves its front two feet and releases a powder from them that paralyzes the opponent when it breathes it in.
Winona's Masquerain	Master Class with Masquerain		None

• In A Hollow Victreebel, Red's Victreebel was revealed to know Stun Spore, although it was never seen using it.

In The Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Bellsprout
The user releases a powder at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bellsprout releases a powder from its body at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Shu's Bellsprout	Catch Bellsprout!		Debut
	Parasect releases a powder from its backside at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Ran's Parasect	Rin, Ran, and Spinarak, the Big Feud!		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Stun Spore is the only Grass-type move able to paralyze the opponent.
• In the anime, as of the Best Wishes series, Stun Spore was often shown to poison opponents instead of paralyze them.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 麻痹粉 Mábì Fěn Czech Omráčení Danish Lammestøv Dutch Verdeelspoor Finnish Pökräitiö (original series) Tyrmäysitiö (AG series) French Para-Spore German Stachelspore Greek Παραλυτικός Σπόρος Hindi Stun Spore बेहोशी का धुआ Behoshi ka dhua Indonesian Serbuk Kesemutan Italian Paralizzante Korean 저리가루 Jeori Garu Norwegian Sjokkbølger Polish Oszałamiający Proszek Pył Szoku Portuguese Brazil Pó Atordoante Esporos Atordoantes (TCG) Portugal Esporos Paralizantes Esporos Atordoantes Romanian Sporul Orbitor Serbian Ošamućujuća Spora Spanish Paralizador Turkish Sersemleştirme Tozu

Variations of the move Poison Powder
Poison Powder • Stun Spore Formerly a variation Glare

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