Trick-or-Treat (move)

Trick-or-Treat
ハロウィン Halloween
Trick-or-Treat VIII.png
Trick-or-Treat VIII 2.png
Type  Ghost
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 VI
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Condition  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  1
Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type.

Trick-or-Treat (Japanese: ハロウィン Halloween) is a non-damaging Ghost-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist.

Effect

Trick-or-Treat adds the Ghost type to the target, in addition to the Pokémon's original type(s). If it is used against a dual-type Pokémon, that Pokémon will have three types at once. If the target already has an additional type added to it by Forest's Curse, that type is replaced with the Ghost type. Trick-or-Treat will fail if the target Pokémon is already Ghost type. This additional type can be copied by Reflect Type.

If powered up by a Ghostium Z into Z-Trick-or-Treat, the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed are raised by one stage each.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Trick-or-Treat cannot be selected in a battle.

Generation IX

Trick-or-Treat cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShLA
SV
The user takes the target trick-or-treating. This adds Ghost type to the target's type.
BDSP This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0710  
Pumpkaboo
All forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 6, 23, 40 6, 23, 40 1, 12,
24, 36
0711  
Gourgeist
All forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 6, 23,
40, 63
6, 23,
40, 63
1, 12, 24, 36
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.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Trick-or-Treat adds the Ghost type to the target in front.

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
SMD - - 20 99 100% - Front All No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:


Pokémon Rumble Rush

In Pokémon Rumble Rush, all status moves including Trick-or-Treat could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Trick-or-Treat could be seen as a move used by Boss Gourgeist.

  Trick-or-Treat
Charge time 0.58 seconds
Range type Circular (ranged)
Target Enemy
Additional effect Applies the Trick-or-Treat effect to the foe

Pokémon Masters EX

Category Move Gauge MP Base Power Max Power Accuracy Target Effect Tag Description Playable Users
Status 2 2 100% An opponent Lowers the target's Ghost Type Rebuff by one rank. Allister (Fall 2022) & Gourgeist*

Description

Games Description
SMD It adds Ghost type to a target.*
It adds Ghost type to the Pokémon in front of you.*


In the anime

 
Gourgeist


The user takes the target trick-or-treating. This adds Ghost type to the target's type.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Gourgeist forms a white sphere of energy in front of its body while images of jack-o'-lanterns appear behind it. Multiple white ghosts are then released from the sphere and fly into the opponent, adding Ghost to the opponent's type.
Diantha's Gourgeist Pride of a Champion! Debut


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 萬聖夜 Maahnsingyeh
Mandarin 萬聖夜 / 万圣夜 Wànshèngyè
  French Halloween
  German Halloween
  Italian Halloween
  Korean 핼러윈 Haelleowin
  Polish Halloween
Portuguese   Brazil Doces ou Travessuras
  Portugal Doçura ou Travessura
  Spanish Halloween


Variations of the move Forest's Curse
  Forest's CurseTrick-or-Treat


  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.