Lovely Kiss (move)

Lovely Kiss あくまのキッス Demon's Kiss

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  75% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Lovely Kiss (Japanese: あくまのキッス Demon's Kiss) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. It is the signature move of Jynx.

Effect

Generations I and II

Lovely Kiss causes the target to fall asleep. Lovely Kiss cannot affect the target if it already has a major status ailment. In Stadium, Lovely Kiss can't affect the target if it has a Substitute.

Generation III and on

Lovely Kiss' effects remain the same, except that now it can't affect targets with Insomnia or Vital Spirit as their ability.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic -- 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic -- 9 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison New York City Pokémon Center 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison New York City Pokémon Center 0060 Poliwag Water New York City Pokémon Center 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison New York City Pokémon Center 0143 Snorlax Normal New York City Pokémon Center 0209 Snubbull Normal New York City Pokémon Center 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic -- 9 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic -- 8 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:Jynx loevlykiss.jpg Jynx
The user forces a kiss on the foe. It may make the target fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Jynx kisses the opponent and its lips glow pink. Seconds later, the opponent falls asleep, or Jynx's lips glow pink and it blows a kiss at the opponent, releasing a lip-shaped light at the opponent.
Santa Claus's Jynx	Holiday Hi-Jynx		Debut
Erica's Jynx	Pacifidlog Jam		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user sends a pair of giant lips at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Jynx releases a pair of huge lips from its body at the opponent. When the lips hit it, the opponent falls asleep.
Lorelei's Jynx	Bang the Drum, Slowbro		Debut

Trivia

• Its Japanese name correlates with its animation back in the Generation II games in which an imp floats down from the top of the screen and kisses the opponent.

In other languages

• Dutch: Nachtkus
• French: Grobisou
• German: Todeskuss
• Greek: Γλυκό Φιλί
• Spanish: Beso Amoroso
• Italian: Demonbacio