Memento (move)

Memento
おきみやげ Memento

Battles

Type	Dark
Category	Status
PP	10 (max. 16)
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 adjacent to the user

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Tough
Appeal	8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam	0
Makes a great appeal, but allows no more until the end.

Super Contests

Condition	Tough
Appeal	0
Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Tough
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Memento (Japanese: おきみやげ Memento) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Memento causes the user to faint but lowers the Attack and Special Attack stat of the target by two stages each.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

The user sharply lowers Attack and Special Attack for all opposing Pokémon in the room, then the user warps to a different location in the floor and is left with 1 HP instead of fainting.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0088	Grimer	Poison		53
0089	Muk	Poison		61
0109	Koffing	Poison		49
0110	Weezing	Poison		58
0381	Latios	Dragon	Psychic	5
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
0088	Grimer	Poison		49
0089	Muk	Poison		65
0109	Koffing	Poison		51
0110	Weezing	Poison		63
0187	Hoppip	Grass	Flying	43
0188	Skiploom	Grass	Flying	52
0189	Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	52
0381	Latios	Dragon	Psychic	60
0434	Stunky	Poison	Dark	37
0434	Stunky	Poison	Dark	38
0435	Skuntank	Poison	Dark	41
0435	Skuntank	Poison	Dark	42
0442	Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	43
0480	Uxie	Psychic		76
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" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0218 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0280 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0355 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Duskull
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0425 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Drifloon
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing

|- | 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
0088	Grimer	Poison		52
0089	Muk	Poison		64
0109	Koffing	Poison		55
0110	Weezing	Poison		65
0187	Hoppip	Grass	Flying	49
0188	Skiploom	Grass	Flying	60
0189	Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	69
0381	Latios	Dragon	Psychic	85
0434	Stunky	Poison	Dark	43
0435	Skuntank	Poison	Dark	51
0442	Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	43
0480	Uxie	Psychic		76
0607	Litwick	Ghost	Fire	33
0608	Lampent	Ghost	Fire	33
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" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0218 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0280 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0355 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Duskull
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0425 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Drifloon
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0546 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cottonee
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff |- | 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" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0570 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zorua
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky, Skuntank

|- | 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
File:MW Arm Thrust Memento Adventures.png Weezing
The user causes itself to faint, but lowers the opponent's Attack and Special Attack.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Weezing knocks itself out and a oval aura surrounds the battlefield, lowering the opponent's Attack and Special Attack.
Mikiya's Weezing	VS. Vileplume I	Debut

Trivia

This move's name (particularly its name in German) is a reference to the Latin phrase memento mori, meaning "remember that you will die".
Memento is the only stat lowering status move that is not reflected by Magic Bounce.

In other languages

French: Souvenir
German: Memento-Mori
Greek: Ενθύμιο
Italian: Memento
Korean: 추억의선물 Chueok-yi Seonmul
Spanish: Legado
Serbian: Uspomena

Variations of the move Destiny Bond

Destiny Bond • Grudge

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