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'''Obedience''' (Japanese: '''{{ruby|言|い}}うことを{{ruby|聞|き}}く''' ''obey'') is a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}'s willingness to listen to its {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s commands. While Pokémon usually obey their Trainers, a Pokémon may disobey if it does not respect its Trainer.

==In the core series games==

{{incomplete|section|Clarify if Obedience does apply to [[Let's Go!]] (and its Auto Battle)}}

A Pokémon will often not obey the player's commands if its [[level]] is too high and the player does not have the appropriate [[Badge]], {{DL|Trainer Card (game)|Stamps|Stamp}}, or number of Badges. Having all eight Badges or the [[island challenge|Island Challenge]] Completion stamp always makes all Pokémon obey the player. This mechanic exists to prevent players from trading in a high-leveled Pokémon from another game and easily beating the game.

 

The Badges or number of Badges that the player has affects their Pokémon's behavior. From Generation I to IV, usually the maximum level at which outsider Pokémon will obey the player is increased every second Badge (in Badge case order); from Generation V onward (except in {{g|Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl}}), this increase occurs for every Badge instead of every other Badge. In {{game2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]], Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and {{g|Scarlet and Violet}} obedience is determined by the number of Badges, not which specific Badges the player has. This can be attributed to the non-linear way the player can obtain badges in those games; the {{badge|Cobble|Cobble}} and {{badge|Fen}}s in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, the {{badge|Thunder|Thunder}}, {{badge|Rainbow|Rainbow}}, {{badge|Soul|Soul}}, {{badge|Marsh|Marsh}}, and {{badge|Volcano}}s in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, and all of them in Scarlet and Violet.

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When using a move, if it is possible for the Pokémon to disobey, a random integer <math>R_1</math> from 0 to <math>T</math> is generated, where <math>T = PokemonLevel + ObedienceCap - 1</math>. If <math>R_1</math> is greater than or equal to <math>ObedienceCap</math>, the Pokémon disobeys. If a Pokémon disobeys, the effect of {{m|Encore}} immediately ends.

If the disobedient Pokémon was trying to use {{m|Snore}} or {{m|Sleep Talk}} while {{status|sleep|asleep}}, the Pokémon will ignore orders and do nothing. Otherwise, <math>R_2</math>, a second random integer from 0 to <math>T</math>, is independently generated. If <math>R_2</math> is less than <math>ObedienceCap</math>, the Pokémon uses another possible move instead (if any move is {{m|disable}}d, or if no other move has [[PP]] remaining, the Pokémon will simply not attack). Otherwise, another random integer <math>R_3</math> is generated, but this time ranging from 0 to 255.

* If <math>R_3 < (PokemonLevel - ObedienceCap)</math>, the Pokémon takes a nap and goes to {{status|sleep}} (potentially overriding other status conditions).

* Otherwise, if <math>R_3 < 2 \cdot (PokemonLevel - ObedienceCap)</math>, the Pokémon inflicts {{status|confusion}} damage to itself.

* Otherwise, the Pokémon does not attack.

In battles in which [[experience]] can be earned, in the [[Trainer Tower]], and on the [[Trainer Hill]], an [[outsider Pokémon]] may disobey the player if its level is greater than the maximum controllable level <math>ObedienceCap</math> granted by the player's Badges. In {{game2|FireRed|LeafGreen|Emerald}}, this value is treated as 0 for the obedience check of a {{p|Deoxys}} or {{p|Mew}} that is not met in a [[fateful encounter]], regardless of the player's Badges.

If it is possible for the Pokémon to disobey, when using a move, the following value is calculated. (<math>R_1</math> is a random integer between 0 and 255.)

 

 

If the disobedient Pokémon was trying to use {{m|Snore}} or {{m|Sleep Talk}} while {{status|sleep|asleep}}, the Pokémon will ignore orders and do nothing. Otherwise, a second value is calculated to determine what disobedience action the Pokémon should take. (<math>R_2</math> is a random integer between 0 and 255, independent of the previous random integer.)

 

<math>DisobedienceAction = {(PokemonLevel + ObedienceCap) \times R_2 \over 256}</math>

 

If <math>DisobedienceAction</math> is less than <math>ObedienceCap</math>, the Pokémon uses another possible move instead. Otherwise, <math>R_3</math>, another independent random integer between 0 and 255, is generated.

* If <math>R_3 < (PokemonLevel - ObedienceCap)</math>, the Pokémon takes a nap and goes to {{status|sleep}}, unless it already has a major status condition, an {{m|uproar}} is occurring, or it has the [[Ability]] {{a|Vital Spirit}} or {{a|Insomnia}}.

* Otherwise, if <math>R_3 < 2 \cdot (PokemonLevel - ObedienceCap)</math>, the Pokémon inflicts {{status|confusion}} damage to itself.

* Otherwise, the Pokémon does not attack.

In [[Pokémon Colosseum]], [[Shadow Pokémon]] may disobey commands to use any moves but [[Shadow moves]] if they are in [[Hyper Mode]].

{{Incomplete|2=Needs screenshot from Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!}}

[[Ash's Charmander]] refused to obey him after evolving into {{p|Charmeleon}}, and continued to disobey as a {{AP|Charizard}}. When Ash commanded him, he would either ignore Ash's orders and use a different move, go to {{status|sleep}}, leave the battlefield, or attack Ash. In [[M01|one case]], he even attacked [[Mewtwo (M01)|a Pokémon]] without Ash telling him to do so. The rare instances where Charizard does express any obedience towards Ash is when fighting against another Pokémon that he sees as a worthy opponent, namely other {{type|Fire}} Pokémon such as [[Zippo]], a [[Mewtwo (M01)#Created|cloned Charizard]], or [[Blaine's Magmar]]. Charizard's disobedience ultimately cost Ash the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]] when he deemed [[Sparky]] an unworthy opponent and refused to battle, causing the Mouse Pokémon and its {{pkmn|Trainer}}, [[Ritchie]], to win by default. In addition, his lack of respect for Ash during that time was such that even after Ash [[EP063|won his Earth Badge]], he still refused to obey. After Ash stayed up all night to look after Charizard when he had become frozen in ''[[EP105|Charizard Chills]]'', Charizard regained his respect for Ash and from then on obeyed him without question. This character trait was severely downplayed in the remake to ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', ''[[M22|Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution]]'', only really being showcased twice in the film: when attacking Mewtwo like in the original film and when he attacked Dragonite when it appeared.

In ''[[AG046|Candid Camerupt!]]'', [[Ash's Corphish]] attacked [[Winstrate family|Vivi]]'s {{p|Marill}} at full force even though [[Max]], who borrowed Corphish, had explicitly told him to go easy on the {{pkmn|category|Aqua Mouse Pokémon}}.

In ''[[DP059|Luxray Vision!]]'', {{OBP|Marble|DP059}} had trouble getting her {{p|Luxray}} to obey her due to it having trouble with its Electric-type attacks since evolving from {{p|Luxio}}. Once Luxray was able to utilize its Electric-type attacks again, it had no trouble obeying Marble.

In ''[[DP148|Try For the Family Stone!]]'', [[Mitchell (DP148)|Mitchell]]'s {{P|Murkrow}} stopped obeying and ran away from him when he, out of both desperation to beat his sister [[Rhyanna]] and her {{P|Misdreavus}} and frustration out of his and Murkrow's previous failures to beat them, pushed Murkrow too hard in training it to learn [[Wing Attack]] by continuously pelting it with stones and denying it the chance to recover when it got hit; this also resulted in Murkrow starting to use its {{m|Confuse Ray|hypnosis power}} on unsuspecting travelers in its anger, which Rhyanna believed Mitchell to be responsible for. Murkrow started listening to Mitchell again after he apologized to it.

In ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', {{an|Iris}} had recurring problems with disobedient Pokémon. Prior to her introduction, her {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}} had closed himself off from her, as he was ashamed of when he lost to [[Drayden]]'s {{p|Haxorus}} and distrustful of her guidance in battle (due to her having pushed him to keep battling even though he knew he couldn't win). When sent out of his {{i|Poké Ball}}, he would simply stay curled up as a drill. Following {{an|Cilan}}'s advice in ''[[BW033|Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!]]'', Iris apologized to him; as a result, he regained his respect for Iris and began to obey her again.

Later, she caught an {{TP|Iris|Emolga}} who disliked battling, and would use {{m|Volt Switch}} to force another Pokémon into her place when sent into battle. She was also fond of using {{m|Attract}} to [[Infatuation|infatuate]] the opponent, and avoid actually battling. Since in the [[Club Battle]], only one Pokémon could be used, Emolga could not use Volt Switch without being disqualified; as a result, she actually listened to Iris's commands, and she continued to in later battles.

[[Luke's Zorua]] ran off and refused to listen to him after Luke continued to make Zorua play male characters when as a female, she only wanted to play female characters. Zorua listened to Luke again after he apologized.

[[Iris's Dragonite]] initially refused to listen to her, particularly during the [[Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup]]. He attacked with the moves he wanted to use, rather than the ones Iris commanded, which eventually resulted in Iris's loss against Ash in the semifinals. Slowly but surely, Dragonite started trusting his Trainer, and by ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]'', he started to obey Iris.

In ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'', [[Jessie's Mimikyu]] sometimes refused to listen to its Trainer unless [[Ash's Pikachu]] is around for it to fight; although sometimes Mimikyu will target Pikachu instead if told to attack something else. While their relationship improved over time, Mimikyu continued to prioritize attacking any Pikachu it saw. This habit almost cost Jessie in the preliminary round of the [[Manalo Conference]], as Mimikyu continued to try to attack Ash's Pikachu even after the [[Battle Royal]] ended.

 

In ''[[SM047|A Masked Warning!]]'', Ash discovered that his {{AP|Lycanroc}} would become enraged whenever its fur is dirtied. Later, during a {{pkmn|battle}} with {{an|Gladion}}, Lycanroc landed in a puddle and became enraged by its muddied fur, causing it to attack Gladion's {{p|Type: Null}}, {{TP|Gladion|Silvally}}, without listening to Ash's commands. The same thing occurred again in ''[[SM074|Tough Guy Trials!]]'', during Ash's battle with [[Nanu]]'s {{p|Krookodile}}; Lycanroc was hit by {{m|Mud-Slap}} from Krookodile, causing it to get dirty and enraged once more, leading to its defeat soon after. This happened yet again in [[SM075|the next episode]], after [[Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Bulu]] intentionally hit Lycanroc into the puddle along with Ash's other Pokémon, driving it mad once more. However, Ash was able to calm it down by having it remember everything that they went through together when it was still a {{p|Rockruff}}. Eventually, Lycanroc overcame its rage during the battle with Tapu Bulu, when it got hit by a tree trunk and landed into the puddle again.

===''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''===

In ''[[JN072|Everybody's Doing the Underground Shuffle!]]'', [[Goh]] and Ash's Pikachu battled a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Seismitoad}} underneath [[Driftveil City]] while separated from Ash, [[Chloe]], and the others. Goh tried to [[Caught Pokémon|catch]] it, but Pikachu kept taking the initative before Goh could command him, causing Seismitoad to flee.

===={{MangaArc|Red, Green & Blue}}====

In ''[[PS005|Onix is On!]]'', {{adv|Red}}'s {{p|Pikachu}}, [[Pika]], refused to listen to Red due to Red being an inexperienced Trainer. Only after Red saved Pika from an attack did he begin to listen.

In ''[[PS006|Gyarados Splashes In!]]'', [[Misty]]'s {{p|Gyarados}}, now owned by Red and [[nickname]]d [[Gyara]], did not obey her. This was a result from [[Team Rocket]]'s experiments involving Pokémon in which the Pokémon in question had been used, causing his rage.

===={{MangaArc|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}====

In ''[[PS109|Ampharos Amore]]'', {{adv|Silver}} and {{adv|Gold}} trade their Pokémon. In the next chapter, the Pokémon Gold traded to Silver, [[Polibo]], does not react to his commands.

===={{MangaArc|Diamond & Pearl}}====

===={{MangaArc|Black & White}}====

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