Tickle (move)

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Tickle
くすぐる Tickle
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Cute
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Tickle (Japanese: くすぐる Tickle) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Tickle reduces the target's Attack and Defense stat by one stat level each.

Description

Games Description
RSE Makes the foe laugh to lower Attack and Defense.
FRLG The foe is made to laugh, reducing its Attack and Defense stats.
Makes the target laugh to lower Attack and Defense.
The user tickles the foe into laughing, reducing its Attack and Defense stats.
The user tickles the target into laughing, reducing its Attack and Defense stats.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
114   Tangela Grass Grass 46 47 47 46 '
138   Omanyte Rock Water 43 43 43 '
139   Omastar Rock Water 46 48 48 '
190   Aipom Normal Normal 25 15 15 '
340   Whiscash Water Ground -- -- -- '
424   Ambipom Normal Normal   15 15 '
439   Mime Jr. Psychic Psychic   -- -- '
465   Tangrowth Grass Grass   47 47 46 '
572   Minccino Normal Normal     9 '
573   Cinccino Normal Normal     -- '
574   Gothita Psychic Psychic     7 '
575   Gothorita Psychic Psychic     --, 7 '
576   Gothitelle Psychic Psychic     --, 7 '
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
043   Oddish Grass Poison        
066   Machop Fighting Fighting        
069   Bellsprout Grass Poison        
072   Tentacool Water Poison       
098   Krabby Water Water        
131   Lapras Water Ice         
133   Eevee Normal Normal          
172   Pichu Electric Electric          
173   Cleffa Normal Normal          
263   Zigzagoon Normal Normal          
270   Lotad Grass Water            
287   Slakoth Normal Normal         
298   Azurill Normal Normal         
300   Skitty Normal Normal          
303   Mawile Steel Steel          
320   Wailmer Water Water             
345   Lileep Rock Grass        
349   Feebas Water Water        
387   Turtwig Grass Grass        
420   Cherubi Grass Grass        
456   Finneon Water Water      
511   Pansage Grass Grass         
513   Pansear Fire Fire         
515   Panpour Water Water         
546   Cottonee Grass Grass       
587   Emolga Electric Flying         
594   Alomomola Water Water        
631   Heatmor Fire Fire         
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By event

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0174   Igglybuff Normal PokéPark Eggs
0360   Wynaut Psychic PokéPark Eggs
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0300   Skitty Normal Dream World - Pleasant Forest
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In the anime

 
Minccino
 
Mime Jr.
 
Mime Jr.
 
Whiscash
The user tickles the foe into laughing, reducing its Attack and Defense stats.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Whiscash tickles the opponent with its whiskers.
Juan's Whiscash Eight Ain't Enough Debut
  Mime Jr. tickles the opponent with its hands, or Mime Jr. makes tickling gestures in the air and blue energy comes off its body and tickles the opponent.
James's Mime Jr. Spontaneous Combusken! None
  Minccino jumps onto the opponent's back and tickles the opponent with its tail, or Minccino runs up to the opponent, turns around and tickles it with its tail.
Bianca's Minccino Minccino—Neat and Tidy! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 搔癢 Sāoyǎng*
利爪 Lìzhuǎ*
  Czech Šimravý útok
  Dutch Kietel
  Finnish Kutitus
  French Chatouille
  German Spasskanone
  Greek Γαργάλημα
  Indonesian Gelitik
  Italian Solletico
  Korean 간지르기 Ganjireugi
  Polish Łaskotki
Portuguese   Brazil Cócegas
  Portugal Cócegas
  Romanian Gâdilatul
  Serbian Golicanje
  Spanish Cosquillas


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.