Amnesia (move)

Amnesia ドわすれ Memory Lapse

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute 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

Amnesia (Japanese: ドわすれ Memory Lapse) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Amnesia increases the user's Special by two stages. Amnesia will do nothing if the user's Special has reached a stage of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Amnesia is ignored by critical hits.

Generation II and on

Raises the user's Special Defense instead.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
054		Psyduck	Water		Water										44				48			'
055		Golduck	Water		Water										50				56			'
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	38																'
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	41																'
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	40			43			43	36	43				41			'
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	44			46			46	36	47				43			'
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	--			8			6	5	9				9			'
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	81			77			77	99	57				50			'
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic										60				60			'
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal				41			49			36				36			'
162		Furret	Normal		Normal				48			59			42				42			'
194		Wooper	Water	Ground				21			21			23				23			'
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground				23			23			24				24			'
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire				29			29			31				32			'
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock				29			29			31				32			'
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground					55	55			49				49			'
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground					70	70			65				65			'
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal							25			25				25			'
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal							25			25				25			'
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison							17			17				17			'
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison							17			17				17			'
320		Wailmer	Water		Water							46			37				37			'
321		Wailord	Water		Water							52			37				37			'
322		Numel	Fire	Ground							31			25				31			'
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground							31			25				31			'
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire							40			49				49			'
339		Barboach	Water	Ground							21			18				18			'
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground							21			18				18			'
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass							36			29				29			'
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass							36			29				29			'
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water							26			19				19			'
378		Regice	Ice		Ice							41			41				41			'
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel							41			41				41			'
386		Deoxys	Psychic		Psychic								35	73				73			'
399		Bidoof	Normal		Normal										29				29			'
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water										33				33			'
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal										9				9			'
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic										46				46			'
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire														25			'
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying														29			'
528		Swoobat	Psychic	Flying														29			'
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison														40			'
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison														46			'
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire														46			'
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire														80			'
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
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal
098		Krabby	Water		Water
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal
183		Marill	Water		Water
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic
222		Corsola	Water	Rock
226		Mantine	Water	Flying
273		Seedot	Grass		Grass
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic
351		Castform	Normal		Normal
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass
422		Shellos	Water		Water
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying
531		Audino	Normal		Normal
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting
626		Bouffalant	Normal		Normal
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.

Special move

Generation I

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0054 Psyduck Water Pokémon Stadium 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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0096 Drowzee Psychic New York City Pokémon Center 0223 Remoraid Water New York City Pokémon Center 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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0098 Krabby Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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

File:Slowbro Amnesia.png Slowbro
The user makes the foe or itself forget how to use a move.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Slowbro temporarily forgets how to use a move.
Professor Westwood V's Slowbro	The Evolution Solution		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Slowbro Amnesia Adventures.png Slowbro File:Slakoth Amnesia Adventures.png Slakoth
The user forgets all about the pain it took from an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Slowbro forgets all about the pain it took from the previous attack.
Lorelei's Slowbro	Bang the Drum, Slowbro		Debut
	Slakoth scratches its head and looks around blankly, forgetting what it was doing.
Mr. Dutch's Dwarf	VS. Torkoal		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

Trivia

• Although Poliwag and Poliwhirl were able to learn Amnesia in Generation I, they are not able to learn the move in any other generation, and thus they and their evolved forms can only have the move in Generation II if they are traded forward.
• Despite several Pokédex entries, especially in the anime, said that Psyduck can't remember while using mysterious power, it cannot learn this move until Generation IV, except via a Pokémon Stadium Nintendo event.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Geheugenverlies French Amnésie German Amnesie Greek Αμνησία Italian Amnesia Korean 망각술 Manggaksul Portuguese Amnésia Serbian Amnezija Spanish Amnesia

Variations of the move Acid Armor
Acid Armor • Amnesia • Autotomize • Barrier • Iron Defense • Nasty Plot • Rock Polish • Swords Dance Formerly a variation Minimize

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