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[[File:Sleeping Pokémon.png|right|thumb|250px|{{AP|Heracross}} sleeping]]
The '''sleep''' condition (SLP) (Japanese: '''ねむり''' ''Sleeping'') causes a Pokémon to be unable to make a move. In [[Generation V]], Pokémon close their eyes when they are asleep, and their movement slows down.

==Effect==
Sleep causes a Pokémon to be unable to make a move for an indeterminate number of moves. The specifics vary between generations.

===Generation I===
Sleep lasts for a randomly chosen duration of 1 to 7 turns (1 to 3 in Stadium). A Pokémon cannot move on the turn it wakes up. A Pokémon can inflict self-induced sleep using the move {{m|Rest}}, which will restore all of the Pokémon's health and remove any other non-volatile status condition. A {{DL|Level|Disobedience|disobedient}} Pokémon may also nap during battle. 

Sleeping Pokémon are vulnerable to {{m|Dream Eater}}.

===Generation II onwards===
A Pokémon can move on the turn it woke up.

In addition to Dream Eater, sleeping Pokémon are now vulnerable to {{m|Nightmare}}.

[[Roaming Pokémon]] do not [[escape#Wild Pokémon|flee]] while asleep.

===Generation III===
Sleep lasts for a random duration from 1 to 6 turns.

[[Roaming Pokémon]] now attempt to flee in the usual way while asleep.

===Generation IV===
Sleep lasts for a random duration from 1 to 4 turns.

In the Japanese version of {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}, the minimum and maximum sleep count are 1 turn higher.<ref>[http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=648215&postcount=24 DP Battle Tower Records]</ref>

In addition to Dream Eater and Nightmare, sleeping Pokémon are now vulnerable to {{p|Darkrai}}'s Ability, {{a|Bad Dreams}}.

===Generation V===
Sleep lasts for a random duration from 1 to 3 turns. In addition, a Pokémon's sleep counter is reset to its original amount when switched out; this also applies for self-induced sleep. Also in Generation V, most Pokémon close their eyes while sleeping, and their animation moves more slowly as well.

===Generation VI===
A Pokémon's sleep counter no longer resets to its original amount when switched out.

===Appearance===
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|genII=Sleep II
|genIII=Sleep III
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|genIV=Sleep IV
|genV=Sleep
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==Causes==
===Moves===
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! Move
! width="15%" | [[Type]]
! width="15%" | [[Damage category|Category]]
! Probability
! [[Power]]
! [[Accuracy]]
! width="40%" | Notes
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| class="l" | {{m|Dark Void}}
{{typetable|Dark}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| 80%
| class="l" | Causes Sleep on both opponents in a Double Battle.
|-
| class="l" | {{m|GrassWhistle}}
{{typetable|Grass}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| 55%
| class="l" | Will not affect Pokémon with {{a|Soundproof}}.
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Hypnosis}}
{{typetable|Psychic}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| {{tt|60%|70% in Diamond and Pearl only}}
|
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Lovely Kiss}}
{{typetable|Normal}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| 75%
|
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Relic Song}}
{{typetable|Normal}}
{{statustable|Special}}
| 10%
| 75
| 100%
| class="l" | Hits all opponents in Double Battles and all adjacent opponents in Triple Battles. Causes {{p|Meloetta}} to change [[Form differences#Meloetta|Forme]]. Will not affect Pokémon with {{a|Soundproof}}.
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Rest}}
{{typetable|Psychic}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| —
| class="l" | Puts user to sleep, restoring HP to 100% and removing any other non-volatile [[status condition]]. Sleep will only last 2 turns.
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Secret Power}}
{{typetable|Normal}}
{{statustable|Physical}}
| 30%
| 70
| 100%
| class="l" | Causes Sleep when used in tall grass (Generation {{gen|IV}} and {{gen|V}}) and very tall grass ([[Generation III]]).
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Sing}}
{{typetable|Normal}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| 55%
| class="l" | Will not affect Pokémon with {{a|Soundproof}}.
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Sleep Powder}}
{{typetable|Grass}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| 75%
|
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Spore}}
{{typetable|Grass}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| 100%
|
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Yawn}}
{{typetable|Normal}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 100%
| —
| 100%
| class="l" | Takes effect at end of the next turn after use. If the afflicted switches, the move does not take effect.
|}
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===Other causes===
The [[Ability]] {{a|Effect Spore}} can cause sleep, {{status|poison}}, or {{status|paralysis}}. A disobedient [[outsider Pokémon]] may take a nap instead of obeying commands.

==Prevention and curing==
===Items===
Being put to sleep can be cured with the use of an {{DL|Status condition healing item|Awakening}} or a [[Chesto Berry]] ([[Mint Berry]] in [[Generation II]]). In addition, like all other major [[status condition]]s, it can be cured by the items {{DL|Status condition healing item|Full Heal}}, {{DL|Status condition healing item|Lava Cookie}}, {{DL|Potion|Full Restore}}, {{DL|Status condition healing item|Old Gateau}}, {{DL|Herbal medicine|Heal Powder}}, [[Lum Berry]], {{DL|Status condition healing item|Casteliacone}}, and [[Sacred Ash]]. In [[Generation I]] games and its {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|remakes}}, [[Poké Flute]] can be reused indefinitely, while {{DL|Flute|Blue Flute}} can be used in [[Generation III]] and {{gen|IV}} games.

===Moves===
{{m|Heal Bell}} and {{m|Aromatherapy}} also removes it from all Pokémon in the party. {{m|Safeguard}} will prevent the user's team from being afflicted by any status condition for five turns and a Pokémon behind a {{m|substitute}} cannot be put to sleep (other than using Rest). {{m|Wake-Up Slap}}'s [[base power]] increases when used on sleeping targets, but wakes them up. Pokémon hit with {{m|Worry Seed}} have their Ability temporarily changed to {{a|Insomnia}}, effectively preventing them from sleeping, and waking already asleep targets. It can target both friends and foes, but not the user, or Pokémon with the Abilities {{a|Truant}} or {{a|Multitype}}. No Pokémon can sleep while one of them is using the continuous move {{m|Uproar}}.

===Abilities===
Pokémon with the Abilities {{a|Vital Spirit}} and {{a|Insomnia}} or active allies of Pokémon with the Ability {{a|Sweet Veil}} cannot be put to sleep. In a similar vein, Pokémon with the Ability {{a|Leaf Guard}} cannot be put to sleep if the weather is [[weather conditions|intensely sunny]]. A Pokémon with {{a|Natural Cure}} will be cured upon switching out, one with the {{a|Hydration}} Ability will be cured while it is [[weather conditions|raining]] (even if {{m|Rest|self-afflicted}}), one with {{a|Early Bird}} halves the amount of turns it is asleep, one with {{a|Shed Skin}} has a 1/3 chance of being cured every turn. An ally with {{a|Healer}} has a 1/3 chance of curing an ally's condition every turn during [[Double battles|double]] and [[Triple Battle]]s, while an ally with {{a|Sweet Veil}} prevents allies from sleeping altogether.

===Miscellaneous===
In [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and {{XD}}, the Call option replaces the usual [[escape|Run]] option, as most battles in Orre are {{pkmn|battle|Trainer battles}}. The Call option is mainly used to snap [[Shadow Pokémon]] out of [[Hyper Mode]] or [[Reverse Mode]], but it can also awaken sleeping Pokémon.

==Benefits==
The moves {{m|Snore}} and {{m|Sleep Talk}} can only be used while asleep. Pokémon with {{a|Guts}} and {{a|Quick Feet}} will have their {{stat|Attack}} or {{stat|Speed}} boosted respectively while they are asleep, but must use the aforementioned moves to completely reap their benefits. On the other hand, Pokémon with the Ability {{a|Marvel Scale}} will have their {{stat|Defense}} boosted, and do not need to use these moves.

==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Conquest===
Sleep prevents a Pokémon from taking any action during their turn, but their Warrior may still use their [[Warrior Skill]] or item. Sleep can be cured through certain Warrior Skills, items, or by ending a Pokémon's turn in a hot spring or a water bucket. There is also a chance for sleeping Pokémon to wake up at the start of their turn. 

Sleep can be inflicted by abilities and attacks, but compared to other status conditions, attacks and abilities that inflict sleep are rare: there is only one attack to inflict Sleep, {{p|Munna}}'s {{m|Hypnosis}}, and only three abilities to inflict sleep, one of which is exclusive to {{p|Musharna}}. Sleep can be inflicted on the player's team by [[Yoshimoto]]'s exclusive Warrior Skill Grace, which fully heals the player's army then puts them to sleep.

==={{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon}}===
{{main|Status conditions in Mystery Dungeon#Sleep-related conditions|Sleep-related conditions in Mystery Dungeon}}
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, there are several different varieties on the sleeping condition. The standard, '''Asleep''', functions similarly to how Sleep does in the main games. When a Pokémon is asleep, he or she cannot act for 3 to 6 turns. The sleeping Pokémon can use {{m|Snore}} and {{m|Sleep Talk}}, and is vulnerable to {{m|Dream Eater}} and {{a|Bad Dreams}}. 

{{m|Rest}} in Mystery Dungeon is turned into a move that causes a variety of Asleep on the user, named '''Napping'''. Napping is similar to Asleep, but when the user wakes, all their negative [[Status conditions in Mystery Dungeon|status conditions]] will be gone.

{{m|Nightmare}} in Mystery Dungeon is turned into a move that causes a variation of Asleep, named after itself, although it can override a Pokémon that's already Asleep or Napping. When a Pokémon is inflicted with '''Nightmare''', he or she cannot act for 4 to 7 turns, and takes 8 HP of damage when he or she awakens.

Other sleep aliments include '''{{m|Yawn}}ing''', which causes Asleep after 3 turns, and '''Sleepless''', which prevent the previous four conditions from occurring for 11 to 12 turns. Like in the main games, Sleeping can be cured early using a [[Chesto Berry]].

==In the anime==
[[File:Dawn Ambipom Sleep.png|right|thumb|{{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} is asleep|200px]]
Sleeping is a status condition that has been present since the early days of the {{pkmn|anime}}. When used in battle, it often forces the afflicted Pokémon to be [[recall]]ed. Uses of sleep in major episodes and movies include:

* Sleeping was first used in battle in ''[[EP001|Pokémon! I Choose You!]]'' by a Trainer's {{P|Gengar}} in the [[Pokémon League]]. Gengar's {{m|Hypnosis}} put the opponent's {{p|Nidorino}} to sleep, forcing the Nidorino's Trainer to switch.
* In ''[[EP003|Challenge of the Samurai]]'', [[Ash's Butterfree]] used {{m|Sleep Powder}} to calm a swarm of {{p|Beedrill}}. He later tried to use Sleep Powder on [[Misty's Staryu]] in ''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]'', but Staryu avoided its effects by diving underwater.
* In ''[[EP027|Hypno's Naptime]]'', the abuse of {{p|Hypno}}'s {{m|Hypnosis}} had been causing the Pokémon of [[HopHopHop Town]] to fall asleep without warning. It put the town's children, as well as {{an|Misty}} under a trance, in which they would run away to a pond and start acting like Pokémon.
* In ''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]'', [[Koga]]'s Venomoth used Sleep Powder on [[Ash's Pidgeot]]to during their [[Gym]] battle, forcing Ash to switch.
* A {{an|Jigglypuff}} that followed {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} almost always used {{m|Sing}} whenever it appeared. When it discovered that its "audience" slept through its song, the balloon Pokémon doodled on the sleeping Pokémon, and people, before leaving in a huff. However, its songs have still helped out Ash and the people he has met from time to time. In [[EP045|its debut episode]], its song helped the cranky people of [[Neon Town]] finally fall asleep, after which, they woke up much more agreeable and friendly. In [[EP046|the following episode]], Jigglypuff's song was able to put back to sleep the angry [[Fossil|ancient Pokémon]] that slept there.
* In ''[[EP072|The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis]]'', a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Jigglypuff}} puts giant battling {{p|Alakazam}} and {{p|Gengar}} asleep with Sing.
* In ''[[EP079|Friend and Foe Alike]]'', [[Ritchie]]'s {{p|Butterfree}}, Happy, used Sleep Powder on [[Ash's Squirtle]] during their league battle. Squirtle, already tired from a previous attack by [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}, was declared {{DL|Fainting|In the anime|unable to battle}}.
* In ''[[EP097|Tracey Gets Bugged]]'', [[Tracey's Venonat]] used Sleep Powder to put a wild {{TP|Tracey|Scyther}} asleep so it could be caught and taken to a [[Pokémon Center]].
* In ''[[EP105|Charizard Chills]]'', [[Tad]]'s {{p|Poliwrath}} put [[Ash's Pikachu]] asleep with Hypnosis.
* In ''[[EP129|Ignorance is Blissey]]'', multiple [[Nurse Joy's Chansey]] put various Pokémon (plus Jessie) asleep with Sing at the [[Pokémon Nurse School]].
* In ''[[EP137|Ariados, Amigos]]'', {{an|Aya}}'s {{p|Venonat}} put itself asleep with {{m|Rest}} during a battle with [[Jessie's Arbok]].
* In ''[[EP237|As Cold as Pryce]]'', [[Pryce]] had his {{TP|Pryce|Piloswine}} use Rest to put itself to sleep.
* In ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', [[Butler]] used his {{p|Kirlia}}'s Hypnosis to put {{p|Absol}} to sleep.
* In ''[[AG056|Going, Going, Yawn]]'', [[Flannery]]'s {{p|Slugma|Meg}} put [[Ash's Corphish]] asleep with {{m|Yawn}}.
* In ''[[AG057|Going for a Spinda]]'', [[Claire]]'s {{p|Spinda}} put {{TRT}} asleep with Hypnosis.
* In ''[[AG088|The Garden of Eatin']]'', a wild {{p|Snorlax}} used Yawn to put various people and Pokémon asleep, including Ash and his friends, while using Rest to heal itself. This move was finally countered when [[Marcel]] used a {{p|Vigoroth}} against Snorlax. With its {{a|Vital Spirit}} protecting it from sleep, Vigoroth was able to defeat Snorlax, allowing Marcel to catch it.
* In ''[[AG138|Rough, Tough Jigglypuff]]'', a wild Jigglypuff put Ash, his friends, Team Rocket, [[Mitch Mitchum]], and several Pokémon, including Ash's Pikachu, asleep with its Sing.
* In ''[[AG149|Wheel of Frontier]]'', [[Ash's Snorlax]] used Rest and went to sleep while being {{status|freeze|frozen}} by {{FB|Arena Tycoon|Greta}}'s {{p|Medicham}}'s {{m|Ice Punch}}.
* In ''[[AG160|Harley Rides Again]]'', {{an|May}}'s {{TP|May|Munchlax}}'s {{m|Metronome}} landed on Rest during the [[Appeal|Appeals Round]] of the {{to|Wisteria}} {{pkmn|Contest}}. She was able to wake Munchlax up by throwing it a [[Pokéblock]].
* In ''[[AG182|Channeling the Battle Zone!]]'', [[Solidad]] used her {{p|Slowbro}}'s Yawn to put [[May's Combusken]] asleep.
* In ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier!]]'', {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}'s {{TP|Brandon|Regice|Regis}} went to sleep twice by using Rest in order to recover from the damage taken while battling with Ash's Pikachu.
* A wild {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Hippopotas}}, which appeared in ''[[DP044|Mass Hip-Po-Sis!]]'' and ''[[DP065|Sleight of Sand!]]'', used Yawn several times, putting several characters, including Ash and Jessie, asleep a couple of times.
* In ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]'', {{OBP|Darkrai|M10}} used its {{m|Dark Void}} in order to warn the people of [[Alamos Town]] about the coming attack of {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}}. Unfortunately, the {{a|Bad Dreams}} that it caused led [[Baron Alberto]] to see Darkrai as a threat.
* In ''[[DP066|Lost Leader Strategy!]]'', [[Reggie]]'s {{p|Bibarel}} put [[Ash's Turtwig]] to sleep using {{m|Secret Power}}.
* In ''[[DP093|Playing the Leveling Field!]]'', [[Fantina]]'s {{p|Drifloon}}, later {{TP|Fantina|Drifblim}}, used Hypnosis to put [[Ash's Buizel]], {{AP|Chimchar}} and Pikachu asleep during Ash's unofficial battle with her. Pikachu and Buizel got affected by Drifblim's Hypnosis again during Ash's Gym battle with Fantina in ''[[DP102|Shield with a Twist!]]''.
* In ''[[DP095|Battling The Generation Gap!]]'', [[Lila]]'s {{p|Delcatty}} put {{an|Dawn}}'s {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} to sleep using Sing.
* In ''[[DP183|League Unleashed!]]'', [[Nando]]'s {{TP|Nando|Kricketune}} used {{m|Sing}} to put [[Ash's Heracross]] to sleep. However, Heracross was able to counter it with {{m|Sleep Talk}}.
* In ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'', {{mov|Tammy}}'s {{p|Tangrowth}} used Sleep Powder to put {{OBP|Zorua|M13}} asleep.
* In ''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]'', {{si|Tobias}}'s {{p|Darkrai}} used a combination of Dark Void and {{m|Dream Eater}} against Ash's Heracross, quickly knocking it out. Darkrai also put {{AP|Sceptile}} to sleep, but it managed to wake up just in time to take it out with {{m|Leaf Blade}}.

==In the manga==
[[File:Wally Roselia GrassWhistle Adventures.png|thumb|[[Emerald's Sceptile|Treecko]] sleeping in Pokémon Adventures]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
In [[Pokémon Adventures]], every move that can induce Pokémon to sleep have caused this status condition.

===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
In [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]], in ''[[ET02|Play Misty for Me]]'', {{Ash}}'s {{p|Metapod}} evolves into {{AP|Butterfree}} during his Gym battle with {{an|Misty}}. Butterfree uses {{m|Sleep Powder}} to stop Misty's vicious {{TP|Misty|Gyarados}}, which is the decisive move Ash needs to take back his stolen {{AP|hat}} and win the {{badge|Cascade}}.

===Phantom Thief Pokémon 7===
In [[Phantom Thief Pokémon 7]], the titular Phantom Thief, [[Hiori]], uses his {{p|Tangrowth}}'s {{m|Sleep Powder}} to sneak past the {{tc|Galactic Grunt}}s that guard [[Team Galactic]]'s [[Team Galactic HQ|base]]. <!--Later, in the climax, [[Hiori]] faces off with a wild, enraged {{p|Darkrai}}, (Details?)-->

==In the TCG==
In the {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}}, Sleep, called Asleep, is one of the five [[Special Conditions]] along with Poisoned, Burned, Confused, and Paralyzed. If a Pokémon is Asleep, it cannot attack or retreat by itself. It must also be turned to the left. After each turn, if a player's Pokémon is Asleep, the player must flip a coin: if heads, the Asleep Pokémon "wakes up" and is no longer affected by the Special Condition. However, if the coin lands on tails, the Pokémon is still asleep. Unlike the Pokémon games, a Pokémon can be afflicted with more than one Special Condition at once; however, some special conditions will erase ones already present.

==Trivia==
* Sleep is the status condition with the most moves that always cause it when they hit.

Not counting, fainted, sleep is the only status condition not technically associated with a certain type.  Even so, grass and normal are the two most common types it is affiliated with.

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