Teeter Dance (move)

Teeter Dance フラフラダンス Dizzy Dance

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally All Others: Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Makes the order of contestants random in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Teeter Dance (Japanese: フラフラダンス Dizzy Dance) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. It was the signature move of Spinda until Generation V.

Effect

Teeter Dance confuses the target in a single battle. In a double battle, it confuses all Pokémon on the field other than the user, and in triple battles, all Pokémon adjacent to the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal	34			37				37			'
549		Lilligant	Grass		Grass								10			'
648		Meloetta	Normal	Psychic								21			'
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						*		*
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic
270		Lotad	Grass	Water									*
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic
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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison Pokémon Center Events 0172 Pichu Electric Stamp Pichu 0293 Whismur Normal PokéPark Events 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 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

File:Mime Jr Teeter Dance.png Mime Jr. File:Teeter Dance 2.png Being confused
The user performs a wobbly dance that confuses all the Pokémon in battle.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Spinda starts dancing by jumping from one leg to the other. The opponent then starts to dance the same dance uncontrollably.
Claire and Kain's Spinda	Going for a Spinda		Debut
	Clefable dances by jumping back and forth, making the opponent do a hula dance.
Multiple wild Clefable	A Real Cleffa-Hanger		Used via Metronome
	Mime Jr. does a hula-like dance, making everyone around it, people and Pokémon, do the same dance.
James's Mime Jr.	King and Queen for a Day!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Spinda Teeter Dance Adventures.png Spinda
The user does a wobbly dance. After a while, the opponent becomes confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Spinda does a wobbly dance. After some time passes, the opponent becomes confused.
Norman's Spinda	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Waggeldans French Danse-Folle German Taumeltanz Greek Χορός Ζάλης Italian Strampadanza Korean 흔들흔들댄스 Heundeulheundeul Dance Portuguese Chuva da Confusão Russian Пьяный танец Serbian Teturajući Ples Spanish Danza Caos

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