Fake Tears (move)

Fake Tears
うそなき Fake Crying

Battles

Type	Dark
Category	Status
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
Priority	0
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range

Opponent	Opponent	Opponent
Self	Ally	Ally
Unknown

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	0
Works well if it's the same type as the one before it.

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:

Fake Tears (Japanese: うそなき Fake Crying) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Fake Tears lowers the target's Special Defense stat by two stages.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0124	Jynx	Ice	Psychic	41
0216	Teddiursa	Normal		19
0217	Ursaring	Normal		19
0238	Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	37
0303	Mawile	Steel		6
0311	Plusle	Electric		28
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

|- | 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 IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0124	Jynx	Ice	Psychic	25
0216	Teddiursa	Normal		--
0217	Ursaring	Normal		--
0238	Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	25
0303	Mawile	Steel		6
0311	Plusle	Electric		21 31
0312	Minun	Electric		31
0438	Bonsly	Rock		--
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

|- | 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
0124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	28
0216		Teddiursa	Normal		--
0217		Ursaring	Normal		--
0238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	28
0303		Mawile	Steel		6
0311		Plusle	Electric		21 35
0312		Minun	Electric		35
0570		Zorua	Dark		9
0574	Gothimu	Gothimu	Psychic		10
0575	Gochimiru	Gochimiru	Psychic		-- 10
0576		Gothitelle	Psychic		-- 10
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" | 0133 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0158 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Totodile
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Whismur, Loudred, Exploud |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0173 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cleffa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0174 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Igglybuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0285 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shroomish
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Whismur | style="background: #FFF" | Whismur
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0314 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Illumise
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Jynx, Gothimu, Gochimiru, Gothitelle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0327 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Jynx, Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua
Gothimu, Gochimiru, Gothitelle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0417 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pachirisu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0431 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Glameow
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0509 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Purrloin
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0527 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Woobat
| colspan="1" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0546 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Monmen | style="background: #FFF" | Monmen
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0562 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yamask
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt, Glalie, Froslass |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0572 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Minccino
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0585 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Deerling
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Zorua |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0629 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Baruchai | style="background: #FFF" | Baruchai
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Woobat, Kokoromori

|- | 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. |} |}

By event

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained with
0174		Igglybuff	Normal		Dream World
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 the anime

Pokémon	Method
File:Sudowoodo fake tears.png Sudowoodo File:Bonsly Fake Tears.png Bonsly
The user feigns crying to make the foe feel flustered.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Bonsly pretends to cry, making actual tears come out of its eyes. It can also cry loudly, distorting the air around it.
A wild Bonsly	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	Debut
A wild Bonsly	Pikachu's Ghost Carnival	None
Brock's Bonsly	From Cradle to Save	None
	Sudowoodo pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Battling a Cute Drama!	None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
File:Plusle Fake Tears Adventures.png Plusle
The user pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Plusle licks its paws and dabs them around it eyes, making its saliva look like tears. It then pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel bad for it.
Ruby's Plusle	VS. Spoink II	Debut

In other languages

Dutch: Neptranen
French: Croco Larme
German: Trugträne
Greek: Ψεύτικα Δάκρυα
Italian: Falselacrime
Korean: 거짓울음 Geojit Ul'eum
Portuguese (Brasil): Lágrimas de Crocodilo
Spanish: Llanto Falso
Serbian: Lažne Suze

Variations of the move Charm

Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse

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