Pay Day (move)

Pay Day ネコにこばん Coin for a Cat

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch 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 TM16 in Generation I

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   The appeal works best the more the crowd is excited.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart 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

Pay Day (Japanese: ネコにこばん Coin for a Cat) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I and is Meowth's Signature move.

The Japanese name of Pay Day is a Japanese proverb akin to Pearls Before Swine.

Effect

Generations I and II

Pay Day does damage, and scatters coins on the ground with a value equal to twice the user's level for each time it's used. These coins are picked up afterwards if the player wins the battle.

Generations III and IV

Same as above, except the move scatters coins equal to five times the user's level each time. The Amulet Coin now doubles the number of coins picked up. However, in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the wrong amount of money will be displayed, leaving the impression that the Amulet Coin does not affect Pay Day. Yet, upon checking the Trainer card, the player will discover that the money earned from Pay Day has been doubled and added to their total savings. Starting with Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, this error has been corrected.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0052 Meowth Normal 17 0053 Persian Normal 17 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 TM16

#   Pokémon Type 0025 Pikachu Electric 0026 Raichu Electric 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0052 Meowth Normal 0053 Persian Normal 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0086 Seel Water 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0112 Rhydon Rock Ground 0143 Snorlax Normal 0151 Mew 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 0052 Meowth Normal 20 0053 Persian Normal 20 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 breeding

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| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0225 Delibird Ice Flying 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 0052 Meowth Normal 20 0052 Meowth Normal 18 0053 Persian Normal 20 0053 Persian Normal 18 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0300 Skitty Normal Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire 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 0052 Meowth Normal 30 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

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0052 Meowth Normal 30 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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0509 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Choroneko | style="background: #FFF" | Choroneko
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Other appearances

When a Meowth appears in a Poké Ball in Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it uses Pay Day.

In the anime

File:Meowth Pay Day.png Meowth
Numerous coins are hurled at the foe to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Meowth crosses its arms, then opens them quickly and multiple glowing white balls come out of the charm on its head.
The Black Archanid's Meowth	Spinarak Attack		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Fearow Rapidash Pay Day Adventures.png Fearow and Rapidash
Numerous coins are hurled at the foe to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Fearow flaps its wings and multiple gold coins that look like a Meowth's charm comes out of them and fly at the opponent.
Pokémon Fan Club Chairman's Fearow	The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually)		Debut Fearow cannot legally learn Pay Day.
	Rapidash points its head towards the opponent and multiple gold coins that look like a Meowth's charm appear and hit the opponent.
Pokémon Fan Club Chairman's Rapidash	The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually)		Debut Rapidash cannot legally learn Pay Day.
	Meowth points one of its paws at the opponent and multiple gold coins that look like its charm appear and shoot at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Meowth	The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually)		None

Trivia

• In Generation I, Pay Day was one of only three methods (the other two being Elite Four rematches and selling items obtained through a glitch) for players to earn money once all Trainers were defeated. Further generations introduced areas in which rematches could be held, decreasing the usefulness of this move.
• Coincidentally, Pay Day can be learned by multiple Glitch Pokémon, including Glitchy Nidorino, A (uppercase), A (lowercase), PkMn and by PkMnaPkMnfPkMnk.

In other languages

• Dutch: Betaaldag
• French: Jackpot
• German: Zahltag
• Greek: Ημέρα Πληρωμής
• Italian: Giornopaga
• Korean: 고양이돈받기 Goyang'i Donbatgi
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Dia do Pagamento
• Spanish: Día de Pago
• Serbian: Isplata