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[[File:Sleeping Pokémon.png | [[File:Sleeping Pokémon.png|thumb|250px|{{AP|Heracross}} sleeping in the {{pkmn|anime}}]] | ||
The '''sleep''' condition (SLP) (Japanese: '''{{tt|眠|ねむ}}り''' ''Sleeping'') causes a Pokémon to be unable to make a move. In [[Generation V]] and [[Generation VI]], Pokémon close their eyes when they are asleep, and their movement slows down. | The '''sleep''' condition (SLP) (Japanese: '''{{tt|眠|ねむ}}り''' ''Sleeping'') causes a Pokémon to be unable to make a move. In [[Generation V]] and [[Generation VI]], Pokémon close their eyes when they are asleep, and their movement slows down. | ||
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==In the anime== | ==In the anime== | ||
[[File:Dawn Ambipom Sleep.png|thumb| | [[File:Dawn Ambipom Sleep.png|thumb|250px|{{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} is asleep]] | ||
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 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. | * Sleeping was first used in {{pkmn|battle}} in ''[[EP001|Pokémon! I Choose You!]]'' by a {{pkmn|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 out. | ||
* 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 ''[[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 ''[[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 | * In ''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]'', [[Koga]]'s Venomoth used Sleep Powder on [[Ash's Pidgeotto]] during their [[Gym]] battle, forcing Ash to switch. | ||
* A {{an|Jigglypuff}} that followed {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} almost always used {{m|Sing}} whenever it appeared. | * A {{an|Jigglypuff}} that followed {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} almost always used {{m|Sing}} whenever it appeared. Whenever it discovered that its "audience" slept through its song, the Balloon Pokémon would doodle 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 ''[[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 ''[[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}}. | ||