Amnesia (move)

Amnesia
ドわすれ Memory Lapse
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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 King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Cute
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
The user gains a star if their condition is good, and they receive the number of stars in appeal points next round. Every star they have (up to three) lessens the chance of the Pokémon becoming nervous.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

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

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0060   Poliwag
Water 38
0061   Poliwhirl
Water 41
0079   Slowpoke
Water Psychic 40
0080   Slowbro
Water Psychic 44
0143   Snorlax
Normal --
0150   Mewtwo
Psychic 81
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 Nintendo Event

#   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.


Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0079   Slowpoke
Water Psychic 43
0080   Slowbro
Water Psychic 46
0143   Snorlax
Normal 8
0150   Mewtwo
Psychic 77
0161   Sentret
Normal 41
0162   Furret
Normal 48
0194   Wooper
Water Ground 21
0195   Quagsire
Water Ground 23
0218   Slugma
Fire 29
0219   Magcargo
Fire Rock 29
0220   Swinub
Ice Ground 55
0221   Piloswine
Ice Ground 70
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" | 0032 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff |- | 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" | Marill, Azumarill
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0183 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Marill
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0187 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
Clefairy, Clefable
Marill, Azumarill |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0203 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking

|- | 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0079   Slowpoke
Water Psychic 43
0079   Slowpoke
Water Psychic 36
0080   Slowbro
Water Psychic 46
0080   Slowbro
Water Psychic 36
0143   Snorlax
Normal 6
0143   Snorlax
Normal 5
0150   Mewtwo
Psychic 77
0150   Mewtwo
Psychic 99
0161   Sentret
Normal 49
0162   Furret
Normal 59
0194   Wooper
Water Ground 21
0195   Quagsire
Water Ground 23
0218   Slugma
Fire 29
0219   Magcargo
Fire Rock 29
0220   Swinub
Ice Ground 55
0221   Piloswine
Ice Ground 70
0287   Slakoth
Normal 25
0289   Slaking
Normal 25
0316   Gulpin
Poison 17
0317   Swalot
Poison 17
0320   Wailmer
Water 46
0321   Wailord
Water 52
0322   Numel
Fire Ground 31
0323   Camerupt
Fire Ground 31
0324   Torkoal
Fire 40
0339   Barboach
Water Ground 21
0340   Whiscash
Water Ground 21
0345   Lileep
Rock Grass 36
0346   Cradily
Rock Grass 36
0368   Gorebyss
Water 26
0378   Regice
Ice 41
0379   Registeel
Steel 41
0386   Deoxys
Psychic 35
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" | 0032 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Wailmer, Wailord
Numel, Camerupt
Torkoal |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Slakoth, Slaking
Wailmer, Wailord
Numel, Camerupt
Torkoal |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Lileep, Cradily |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0170 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit, Masquerain |- | 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" | Marill, Azumarill
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Castform |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0183 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Marill
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Wooper, Quagsire
Barboach, Whiscash
Castform
Gorebyss
Relicanth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0187 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
Clefairy, Clefable
Marill, Azumarill
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0203 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Gorebyss |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0273 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Seedot
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0369 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Relicanth
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Barboach, Whiscash
Gorebyss

|- | 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
0054   Psyduck
Water 44
0055   Golduck
Water 50
0079   Slowpoke
Water Psychic 43
0080   Slowbro
Water Psychic 47
0143   Snorlax
Normal 9
0150   Mewtwo
Psychic 57
0151   Mew
Psychic 60
0161   Sentret
Normal 36
0162   Furret
Normal 42
0194   Wooper
Water Ground 23
0195   Quagsire
Water Ground 24
0218   Slugma
Fire 31
0219   Magcargo
Fire Rock 31
0220   Swinub
Ice Ground 49
0221   Piloswine
Ice Ground 65
0287   Slakoth
Normal 25
0289   Slaking
Normal 25
0316   Gulpin
Poison 17
0317   Swalot
Poison 17
0320   Wailmer
Water 37
0321   Wailord
Water 37
0322   Numel
Fire Ground 25
0323   Camerupt
Fire Ground 25
0324   Torkoal
Fire 49
0339   Barboach
Water Ground 18
0340   Whiscash
Water Ground 18
0345   Lileep
Rock Grass 29
0346   Cradily
Rock Grass 29
0368   Gorebyss
Water 19
0378   Regice
Ice 41
0379   Registeel
Steel 41
0386   Deoxys
Psychic 73
0399   Bidoof
Normal 29
0400   Bibarel
Normal Water 33
0446   Munchlax
Normal 9
0480   Uxie
Psychic 46
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" | 0001 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0032 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Wailmer, Wailord
Numel, Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Slakoth, Slaking
Wailmer, Wailord
Numel, Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Lileep, Cradily |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0108 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0170 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord
Barboach, Whiscash |- | 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" | Marill, Azumarill
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Castform |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0183 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Marill
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Wooper, Quagsire
Barboach, Whiscash
Castform
Gorebyss
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel
Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0187 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Tangela, Tangrowth
Clefairy, Clefable
Marill, Azumarill
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Castform
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0203 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Wooper, Quagsire
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Gorebyss
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0273 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Seedot
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0325 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Spoink
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0351 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Castform
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0351 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Castform
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0351 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Castform
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0351 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Castform
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0369 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Relicanth
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Barboach, Whiscash
Gorebyss
Bidoof, Bibarel
Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0387 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Turtwig
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry |- | 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" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot
Castform
Gorebyss
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel |- | 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" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot
Castform
Gorebyss
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel

|- | 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

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


Trivia

In other languages

  • Spanish: Amnesia
  • French: Amnésie
  • German: Amnesie
  • Italian: Amnesia

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