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Astonish (move)

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Astonish
おどろかす Astonish
File:Astonish Lucas.jpg
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Type  Ghost
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  30
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Does not affect any Pokémon*
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Astonish (Japanese: おどろかす Astonish) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Astonish inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch if the user attacks before the target.

In the anime

  • Chimechoastonish.jpg

    James's Chimecho using Astonish.

  • Chimechoastonishcontest.jpg

    Jessie pulls Chimecho so it would use Astonish.

  • Chimechoastonishjudges.jpg

    Astonish's effect on the judges.

Pokémon

Chimecho: Chimecho releases a sound wave that scares the foe out of its wits.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0041   Zubat
 Poison Flying 11
0041   Zubat
 Poison Flying 6
0042   Golbat
 Poison Flying --
11
0042   Golbat
 Poison Flying --
6
0169   Crobat
 Poison Flying --
11
0169   Crobat
 Poison Flying --
6
0190   Aipom
 Normal 13
0198   Murkrow
 Dark Flying 9
0200   Misdreavus
 Ghost 11
0203   Girafarig
 Normal Psychic 7
0234   Stantler
 Normal 13
0234   Stantler
 Normal 11
0270   Lotad
 Water Grass --
0271   Lombre
 Water Grass --
0272   Ludicolo
 Water Grass --
0293   Whismur
 Normal 11
0294   Loudred
 Normal --
11
0295   Exploud
 Normal --
11
0302   Sableye
 Dark Ghost 13
0303   Mawile
 Steel --
0320   Wailmer
 Water 23
0321   Wailord
 Water 23
0333   Swablu
 Normal Flying 8
0334   Altaria
 Dragon Flying --
8
0345   Lileep
 Rock Grass --
0346   Cradily
 Rock Grass --
0352   Kecleon
 Normal --
0355   Duskull
 Ghost 16
0356   Dusclops
 Ghost 16
0358   Chimecho
 Psychic 9
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" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow
Swablu, Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops
Chimecho |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops
Chimecho

|- | 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
0041   Zubat
 Poison Flying 9
0042   Golbat
 Poison Flying --
9
0050   Diglett
 Ground 7
0051   Dugtrio
 Ground 7
0169   Crobat
 Poison Flying --
9
0190   Aipom
 Normal 8
0198   Murkrow
 Dark Flying --
0200   Misdreavus
 Ghost 10
0203   Girafarig
 Normal Psychic --
0234   Stantler
 Normal 7
0270   Lotad
 Water Grass --
0271   Lombre
 Water Grass --
0272   Ludicolo
 Water Grass --
0293   Whismur
 Normal 11
0294   Loudred
 Normal --
11
0295   Exploud
 Normal --
11
0302   Sableye
 Dark Ghost 11
0303   Mawile
 Steel --
0320   Wailmer
 Water 17
0321   Wailord
 Water 17
0333   Swablu
 Normal Flying 5
0334   Altaria
 Dragon Flying --
5
0345   Lileep
 Rock Grass --
0346   Cradily
 Rock Grass --
0352   Kecleon
 Normal --
0355   Duskull
 Ghost 14
0356   Dusclops
 Ghost 14
0358   Chimecho
 Psychic 9
0424   Ambipom
 Normal --
8
0425   Drifloon
 Ghost Flying 6
0426   Drifblim
 Ghost Flying --
6
0429   Mismagius
 Ghost --
0430   Honchkrow
 Dark Flying --
0433   Chingling
 Psychic 9
0453   Croagunk
 Poison Fighting --
0454   Toxicroak
 Poison Fighting --
0477   Dusknoir
 Ghost 14
0478   Froslass
 Ice Ghost --
0479   Rotom
 Electric Ghost --
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" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria |- | 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" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Wailmer, Wailord |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0396 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Starly
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria
Spearow, Fearow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0434 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Dunsparce
Stantler
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon

|- | 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. |} |}

Triva

  • Astonish may be based on the concept of kiai.

In other languages

  • French: Etonnement
  • German: Erstauner
  • Italian: Sgomento
  • Spanish: Impresionar

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