Nightmare (move)

If you were looking for the Mystery Dungeon level, see The Nightmare.

Nightmare あくむ Nightmare

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Battles Type  Ghost Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make 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 but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM50 in Generation II Move Tutor in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Nightmare (Japanese: あくむ Nightmare) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Nightmare only works if the target is asleep. Nightmare will reduce the target's health by one quarter of its maximum HP at the end of each turn. Nightmare will fail if the target is not sleeping. Nightmare will end if the target awakens from its sleep and its effects will not continue if a target is put back to sleep. However, if the target is put to sleep in the same turn it was woken up by an item, the effects will continue.

Learnset

Generation II

By TM50

#   Pokémon Type 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0052 Meowth Normal 0053 Persian Normal 0063 Abra Psychic 0064 Kadabra Psychic 0065 Alakazam Psychic 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0097 Hypno Psychic 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0108 Lickitung Normal 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0137 Porygon Normal 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 0173 Cleffa Normal 0174 Igglybuff Normal 0177 Natu Psychic Flying 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 0190 Aipom Normal 0196 Espeon Psychic 0197 Umbreon Dark 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 0206 Dunsparce Normal 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0233 Porygon2 Normal 0234 Stantler Normal 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 41 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 53 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 53 0097 Hypno Psychic -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By move tutor

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

#   Pokémon Type 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0052 Meowth Normal 0053 Persian Normal 0063 Abra Psychic 0064 Kadabra Psychic 0065 Alakazam Psychic 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0097 Hypno Psychic 0102 Exeggcute Grass 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0108 Lickitung Normal 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0137 Porygon Normal 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 0173 Cleffa Normal 0174 Igglybuff Normal 0177 Natu Psychic Flying 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 0190 Aipom Normal 0196 Espeon Psychic 0197 Umbreon Dark 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 0206 Dunsparce Normal 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0233 Porygon2 Normal 0234 Stantler Normal 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic 0280 Ralts Psychic 0281 Kirlia Psychic 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 0292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0327 Spinda Normal 0353 Shuppet Ghost 0354 Banette Ghost 0355 Duskull Ghost 0356 Dusclops Ghost 0358 Chimecho Psychic 0359 Absol Dark 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 43 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 55 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 55 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0491 Darkrai Dark 38 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Nightmare puts a hostile Pokémon to sleep, and inflicts damage when the Pokémon wakes up. In addition, the Pokémon will not recover its health naturally while put to sleep via this move.

In the anime

The user eyes glow red and a form of itself goes into the opponent that is asleep hurting it on each turn.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Darkrai's eyes glow red and a form of itself comes out of Darkrai and into the opponent who is asleep hurting it bit by bit.
Takuto's Darkrai	DP189		Debut

Trivia

• This move is completely unavailable in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald without trading: not only are the only Pokémon that learn it only available in outside games (being native to Kanto), but their level-up learnsets do not include the move outside of FireRed and LeafGreen.
  • Due to this, a glitch in Ruby and Sapphire where if a Nightmare-inflicted Pokemon rids itself of sleep status through the Shed Skin ability, Nightmare will still remain in effect, went undiscovered until the later games were sold.

In other languages

• French: Cauchemar
• German: Nachtmahr
• Italian: Incubo
• Spanish: Pesadilla
• Brazilian Portuguese: Pesadelos