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 but 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  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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 Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

It appears to be a paralyzing counterpart to PoisonPowder 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

Stun Spore paralyzes the target.

Stun Spore can't affect a target that already has a major status ailment.

In Stadium, Stun Spore can't affect a target that has a substitute.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 16 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 14 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 17 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 17 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 17 0046 Paras Bug Grass 13 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 13 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 30 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison -- 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 30 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 21 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 23 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 32 0114 Tangela Grass 36 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 14 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 16 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 16 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0046 Paras Bug Grass 7 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 7 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 28 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 28 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 19 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 19 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 25 0114 Tangela Grass 34 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 15 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 15 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 15 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 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 14 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 16 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 16 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0046 Paras Bug Grass 7 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 7 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 28 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 28 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 19 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 19 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 25 0114 Tangela Grass 37 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 15 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 15 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 15 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 17 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 40 0285 Shroomish Grass 7 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting -- 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 7 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 13 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 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 12 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 15 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 15 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0046 Paras Bug Grass 6 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 6 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 23 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 23 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 17 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 17 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 19 0114 Tangela Grass 29 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 14 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 14 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 14 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 17 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 33 0285 Shroomish Grass 9 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting -- 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 9 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 10 0406 Budew Grass Poison 10 0465 Tangrowth Grass 29 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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0455 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Carnivine
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute , Exeggutor
Tangela , Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 12 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 15 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 15 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0046 Paras Bug Grass 6 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 6 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 23 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 23 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 17 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 17 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 19 0114 Tangela Grass 29 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 14 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 14 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 14 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 17 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 33 0285 Shroomish Grass 9 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting -- 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 9 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 10 0406 Budew Grass Poison 10 0465 Tangrowth Grass 29 0546 Monmen Monmen Grass 10 0548 Churine Churine Grass 22 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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0455 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Carnivine
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela , Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Monmen, Erufuun
Churine, Doredia |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0590 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Tamagetake | style="background: #FFF" | Tamagetake
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela , Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Monmen, Erufuun
Churine, Doredia

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Parasect stun spore.png Parasect File:Venonat Stun Spore.png Venonat File:Venomoth Stun Spore.png Venomoth
The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Butterfree flies over the opponent and a orange mist comes out of its wings, paralyzing it.
Ash's Butterfree	The Water Flowers of Cerulean City		Debut
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 it's 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 a 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 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.
Jessiebelle'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
	Oddish lowers the leaves in front on its head and a orange powder is released from them, paralyzing anyone who comes into contact with the dust.
Mariah's Oddish	Foul Weather Friends		None
	Victreebel releases a orange mist from its mouth at the opponent.
James's Victreebel	The Fortune Hunters		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 a 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
	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
	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

Cure

According to Team Rocket, the effects of Stun Spore are cured by consuming a dose of salveyo weed, presumably the anime equivalent of Parlyz Heal.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Adventures Paras Stun Spore.png Paras
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 paralyzes it, and makes it unable to move its body.
William'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	Cherry 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	VS. Masquerain		None

Trivia

• Its description states that it may paralyze the target, despite the fact that it will always paralyze the target if the attack is successful.
• Stun Spore is the only Grass-type move able to paralyze the opponent.

In other languages

• French: Para Spore
• German: Stachelspore
• Greek: Παραλυτικός Σπόρος
• Hindi: Stun Spore (Prior to DP: Battle Dimention) / बेहोशी का धुआ (Behoshi ka dhua)
• Italian: Paralizzante
• Korean: 저리가루 Jeori Garu
• Norwegian: Sjokkbølger
• Polish: Drażniący Pyłek
• Portuguese: Esporos Paralizantes
• Spanish: Paralizador
• Serbian: Ošamućujuća Spora

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