Sweet Kiss (move)

Sweet Kiss てんしのキッス Angel's Kiss

Battles Type  Fairy 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 adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Sweet Kiss (Japanese: てんしのキッス Angel's Kiss) is a non-damaging Fairy-type move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Normal-type move.

It appears to be a confusion counterpart to Lovely Kiss, as the type, PP, accuracy, battle animations, and Japanese names are the same or very similar.

Effect

Generation II

Sweet Kiss causes the target to become confused.

Generations III to V

The effect of Sweet Kiss remains the same, except targets with Own Tempo as their Ability are unaffected.

Generation VI

Sweet Kiss is now a Fairy-type move.

Description

Games Description A sweet little kiss that causes the target to become giddy and confused. A move that causes confusion. RSE Demands a kiss with a cute look. May cause confusion. FRLG The user kisses the foe with sweet cuteness that causes confusion. The user kisses the foe with a sweet, angelic cuteness that causes confusion. The user kisses the target with a sweet, angelic cuteness that causes confusion.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric	11			11			13				13			10
173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	13			13			10				10			10
174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	14			14			13				13			13
175		Togepi	Fairy		Fairy	18			11	9	10				10			9
176		Togetic	Fairy	Flying	18			11	--, 9	--, 10				--, 10			--, 9
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	9			9			8				8			8
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water				36			27				37			37
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric							25				29			29
440		Happiny	Normal		Normal							12				12			12
492		Shaymin	Grass		Grass									82	82			'
682		Spritzee	Fairy		Fairy														6
683		Aromatisse	Fairy		Fairy														6
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
311		Plusle*	Electric		Electric														'
312		Minun*	Electric		Electric														'
427		Buneary*	Normal		Normal														'
456		Finneon	Water		Water														'
531		Audino*	Normal		Normal														'
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.

Special move

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0113 Chansey Normal Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0301 Delcatty Normal Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0315 Roselia Grass Poison Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 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

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison New York Pokémon Center 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison New York Pokémon Center 0060 Poliwag Water New York Pokémon Center 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison New York Pokémon Center 0143 Snorlax Normal New York Pokémon Center 0193 Yanma Bug Flying New York 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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0060 Poliwag Water Egg Pokémon Present 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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0456 Finneon Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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

Smoochum Pachirisu Getting hit Luvdisc
The user kisses the foe with a sweet, angelic cuteness that causes confusion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Smoochum blows kisses at the opponent and releases multiple pink hearts, stunning them.
Brad Van Darn's Smoochum	The Screen Actor's Guilt		Debut
Unknown Trainer's Josephine	One Trick Phony!		None
A Coordinator's Smoochum	Dawn's Early Night!		None
A Smoochum Jessie used briefly	Camping it Up!		None
Coordinator's Smoochum	Old Rivals, New Tricks!		None
	Igglybuff blows a kiss at the opponent and releases a pink heart that confuses them.
Brittany's Gigglybiff	Same Old Song and Dance		None
Brittany's Gigglybuff	Same Old Song and Dance		None
	Luvdisc's mouth glows pink and releases a pink heart from it at the opponent, confusing it.
Daisy's Luverin	Luvdisc is a Most Splendored Thing!		None
Juan's Luvdisc	The Great Eight Fate!		None
	Pachirisu blows a kiss at the opponent, releasing a pink heart at it. When the heart hits the opponent, the opponent becomes confused.
Dawn's Pachirisu	Twice Smitten, Once Shy!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Cleffa and Igglybuff
The user kisses the opponent, causing it to become confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Cleffa kisses the opponent on the cheek, causing it to become dizzy.
Whitney's Fafa	Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa		Debut
	Igglybuff kisses the opponent on the cheek, causing it to become dizzy.
Whitney's Buff Buff	Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Its in-game animations correlate with its Japanese name in which an angel floats down and kisses the opponent. A similar situation occurs with Lovely Kiss, though only in Generation II and Generation III.
• Sweet Kiss is one of the four moves from Generation II to have its type changed in a later Generation along with Charm, Curse and Moonlight.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 天使之吻 Tiānshǐ-zhī Wěn Dutch Zoete Kus Finnish Suudelma French Doux Baiser German Bitterkuss Greek Αγγελικό Φιλί Italian Dolcebacio Korean 천사의키스 Cheonsa-yi Kiss Polish Pocałunek Portuguese Brazil Beijo Doce Portugal Beijo Doce Romanian Sărutul Dulce Serbian Sladak Poljubac Spanish Latin America Dulce Beso Spain Beso Dulce

Variations of the move Lovely Kiss
Lovely Kiss • Sleep Powder • Sweet Kiss Formerly a variation Will-O-Wisp

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