Cute Charm (Ability)

Cute Charm メロメロボディ
Mad Love Body
Flavor text
Generation III
Infatuates on contact.
Generation IV
Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation.
Generation V
Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation.
Generation VI
Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation.
Generation VII
Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation.
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Cute Charm (Japanese: メロメロボディ Mad Love Body) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking Pokémon will become infatuated if it is of the opposite gender to the Pokémon with this Ability. This Ability will not activate if the Pokémon with this Ability is genderless.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multi-strike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit has an independent chance to activate this Ability.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Cute Charm is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), there is a 66.7% chance that the game will force an encountered Pokémon to be the opposite gender from the Pokémon with Cute Charm if it can be that gender. This does not affect a swarming Pokémon species or Pokémon found in Hidden Grottos. This can be exploited in IV to vastly increase the chance of Shiny Pokemon appearing through an exploit.

Pokémon with Cute Charm

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0035   Clefairy
Fairy Fairy Cute Charm Magic Guard Friend Guard
0036   Clefable
Fairy Fairy Cute Charm Magic Guard Unaware
0039   Jigglypuff
Normal Fairy Cute Charm Competitive Friend Guard
0040   Wigglytuff
Normal Fairy Cute Charm Competitive Frisk
0173   Cleffa
Fairy Fairy Cute Charm Magic Guard Friend Guard
0174   Igglybuff
Normal Fairy Cute Charm Competitive Friend Guard
0300   Skitty
Normal Normal Cute Charm Normalize Wonder Skin
0301   Delcatty
Normal Normal Cute Charm Normalize Wonder Skin
0350   Milotic
Water Water Marvel Scale Competitive Cute Charm
0428   Lopunny
Normal Normal Cute Charm Klutz Limber
0572   Minccino
Normal Normal Cute Charm Technician Skill Link
0573   Cinccino
Normal Normal Cute Charm Technician Skill Link
0700   Sylveon
Fairy Fairy Cute Charm None Pixilate
0759   Stufful
Normal Fighting Fluffy Klutz Cute Charm
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
  • For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

 
Delcatty
 
Being affected
 
Jigglypuff
The opponent becomes mesmerized when it directly hits the Pokémon with an attack.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  The opponent falls in love when it directly hits Jigglypuff with an attack and it is of the opposite gender of Jigglypuff. While in love, the opponent's eyes become replaced with hearts.
Lisa Mitchum's Jigglypuff Rough, Tough Jigglypuff Debut
  When Delcatty gets hit by a physical attack and the opponent is of the opposite gender, the opponent falls in love with Delcatty. While in love, its eyes are replaced with hearts.
Lila's Delcatty Battling the Generation Gap! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 迷人之軀 / 迷人之躯 Màihyàhn-jī Kēui *
迷人身軀 Màihyàhn Sānkēui *
瞌睡 Hahpseuih *
Mandarin 迷人之軀 / 迷人之躯 Mírén-zhī Qū *
迷人身軀 Mírén Shēnqū *
瞌睡 Kēshuì *
迷人的身体 Mírén-de Shēntǐ*
颓废的身体 Tuífèi-de Shēntǐ*
  Dutch Warme charme
  Finnish Söpöily
  French Joli Sourire
  German Charmebolzen
  Italian Incantevole
  Korean 헤롱헤롱 바디 Herongherong Body
  Polish Słodki Wdzięk
  Portuguese Charme Adorável
  Romanian Șarmul Drăguț
  Spanish Gran Encanto
  Vietnamese Cơ thể quyến rũ


Variations of the Ability Cute Charm
Cute CharmEffect SporeFlame BodyPoison PointStatic


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