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[[File:Held items anime.png|thumb|200px|A pile of held items in the anime]] | [[File:Held items anime.png|thumb|200px|A pile of held items in the anime]] | ||
[[File:Held icon IV.png|Icon for a | [[File:Held icon IV.png|Icon for a held item in Generations II-IV]] | ||
[[File:Held icon.png|Icon for a | [[File:Held icon.png|Icon for a held item in Generation V]] | ||
A '''held item''' is an [[item]] that may be carried by a Pokémon. This capability was first introduced in [[Generation II]]; however, when a Pokémon obtained in [[Generation I]] is traded to a [[Generation II]] game through the [[Time Capsule]], it may be holding an item, such as a [[TM09]] held by an {{p|Abra}}. Likewise, items held by Pokémon traded to Generation I will not be lost. | A '''held item''' is an [[item]] that may be carried by a Pokémon. This capability was first introduced in [[Generation II]]; however, when a Pokémon obtained in [[Generation I]] is traded to a [[Generation II]] game through the [[Time Capsule]], it may be holding an item, such as a [[TM09]] held by an {{p|Abra}}. Likewise, items held by Pokémon traded to Generation I will not be lost. | ||
Held items range from [[Berry|Berries]], which can be used in battle for recovery of {{stat|HP}} | Held items range from [[Berry|Berries]], which can be used in battle for recovery of {{stat|HP}} curing of a [[status ailment]], raising of a stat, and other effects; to the {{DL|Out-of-battle effect item|Soothe Bell}}, which boosts [[friendship]] gained. All items except [[key item]]s can be held; a Pokémon can hold a [[Poké Ball]] or [[Revive]], although it will never use either. | ||
During the same generation that held items were introduced, the move {{m|Thief}} was introduced, enabling players to steal held items from wild Pokémon (assuming the wild Pokémon was holding an item, and the Pokémon using the move was not). In Generation III, {{m|Covet}} was introduced, which | During the same generation that held items were introduced, the move {{m|Thief}} was introduced, enabling players to steal held items from wild Pokémon (assuming the wild Pokémon was holding an item, and the Pokémon using the move was not). In Generation III, {{m|Covet}} was introduced, which has the same effect as Thief{{tt|*|From Generation V onward, Covet has 20 more power than Thief}}, as well as {{m|Knock Off}}, which disables the target's held item for the rest of the {{pkmn|battle}}. Another Generation III move, {{m|Trick}}, swaps the user's and target Pokémon's held items. Then, in Generation IV, {{m|Switcheroo}} was introduced, which has the same effect as Trick, along with {{m|Embargo}}, which disables any item use on or by the target (including held items), and {{m|Fling}}, which consumes the user's held item and deals damage to the opponent depending on the item flung. Generation IV also introduced the Ability {{a|Klutz}}, which disables the battle effect of most held items for the Pokémon with Klutz. In Generation V, {{m|Bestow}} was introduced, which gives the user's held item to the target. | ||
Held items were eventually introduced in the {{Trading Card Game}} as well, first as {{TCG|Pokémon Tool}}s, then later on the cards themselves, to mimic [[wild Pokémon]] that hold an item when found. | Held items were eventually introduced in the {{Trading Card Game}} as well, first as {{DL|Trainer card (TCG)|Pokémon Tool}}s, then later on the <!--Pokémon?--> cards themselves, to mimic [[wild Pokémon]] that hold an item when found. | ||
==List of held items== | ==List of held items== | ||