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[[File:Follow Me VIII 2.png|thumb|250px|{{p|Clefable}} uses {{m|Follow Me}} to become the center of attention]]
'''Center of attention''' (Japanese: '''ちゅうもくのまと''' ''center of attention'') is a {{DL|Status condition|volatile status}} which forces opponents to target their moves on the affected Pokémon.

==Effect==
If a Pokémon is the center of attention, its opponents are forced to target the center of attention rather than their intended target for the rest of the turn, if it is a valid target for those moves; allies are unaffected. If a move cannot target the center of attention, it will be used on its intended target.

The center of attention cannot draw {{cat|moves with a charging turn}}, such as {{m|Sky Drop}} or {{m|Solar Beam}}, during the turn that they are charging; these moves can only be redirected during the attacking turn.

The center of attention draws {{t|Electric}}- and {{type|Water}} moves even if a Pokémon with {{a|Lightning Rod}} or {{a|Storm Drain}} is on the field. If another Pokémon on the same team is already the center of attention, the first user takes priority; if the first user is outside of range or stops being the center of attention, the attack will be drawn to the next center of attention.

If the center of attention [[Fainting|faints]], [[Recall|switches out]], or is taken into the air by {{m|Sky Drop}}, it no longer draws moves.

==Causes==
===Moves===
A Pokémon will be the center of attention when using any of the following moves.

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! Move
! width="15%" | [[Type]]
! width="15%" | [[Damage category|Category]]
! [[Priority]]
! [[Accuracy]]
! width="40%" | Notes
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| class="l" | {{m|Follow Me}}
{{typetable|Normal}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| {{tt|+2|+3 in Generations III-V}}
| —%
| class="l" | Targets self
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Rage Powder}}
{{typetable|Bug}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| {{tt|+2|+3 in Generation V}}
| —%
| class="l" | Targets self
|-
| class="l" | {{m|Spotlight}}
{{typetable|Normal}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| +3
| —%
| class="l" | Targets ally or foe
|-
| class="l" | [[Z-Move|Z-]]{{m|Destiny Bond}}
{{typetable|Ghost}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 0
| —%
| class="l" | Targets self; ''has other effects''
|- 
| class="l" | [[Z-Move|Z-]]{{m|Grudge}}
{{typetable|Ghost}}
{{statustable|Status}}
| 0
| —%
| class="l" | Targets self; ''has other effects''
|}
|}

==Prevention==
From [[Generation VI]] onward, {{type|Grass}} Pokémon, Pokémon with {{a|Overcoat}}, and Pokémon holding [[Safety Goggles]] will not have their moves drawn to a Pokémon that becomes the center of attention due to Rage Powder.

{{m|Snipe Shot}} will ignore these effects and hit its original target.

Pokémon with the {{a|Propeller Tail}} or {{a|Stalwart}} Abilities will ignore these effects and hit their original target.

==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
In the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]], the {{DL|Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)|Decoy}} status condition is equivalent to the center of attention. A Pokémon with the Decoy status will be preferentially attacked by allies and enemies. This status disappears if a new decoy appears. The decoy is still able to move in any direction, but CPU-controlled decoys move randomly.

The Decoy status is caused by {{DL|Wonder Orb|Decoy Orb}}, {{m|Substitute}}{{sup/md|RB}}{{sup/md|TDS}}, {{m|Follow Me}}{{sup/md|RB}}{{sup/md|TDS}}, {{m|Rage Powder}}, and {{a|Illuminate}}{{sup/md|SMD}}.

==In the manga==
[[File:Team Flare Spewpa Rage Powder Adventures.png|thumb|230px|{{p|Spewpa}} drawing attention to itself]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{MangaArc|X & Y}}====
In ''[[PS563|Charging After Electrike]]'', the [[Lumiose Press editor-in-chief]]'s two {{p|Spewpa}} used {{m|Rage Powder}} to make themselves the center of attention and cause [[Marisso]] and [[Salamè]] to ignore {{adv|X}}'s orders.
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