Spore (move)

Spore redirects here. For the ability named Spore in Japanese, see Effect Spore (ability).

Spore キノコのほうし Mushroom Spore

Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% 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 Many Others: Affects all adjacent opponents, but not allies

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 ♥♥ Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

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

Spore (Japanese: キノコのほうし Mushroom Spore) is a non-damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Up until Generation III, it was Paras and Parasect's signature move.

Effect

Generation I-II

Spore puts the target to sleep. It will not affect a target that already has a major status ailment. In Stadium, Spore can't affect a target that has a Substitute.

Generation III and on

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

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

The user will make all Pokémon in the room fall asleep, all other effects are the same.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0046 Paras Bug Grass 27 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0046 Paras Bug Grass 25 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 28 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 0046 Paras Bug Grass 25 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 27 0285 Shroomish Grass 54 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 0046 Paras Bug Grass 17 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 17 0285 Shroomish Grass 45 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 0046 Paras Bug Grass 22 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 22 0285 Shroomish Grass 45 0590 Foongus Grass Poison 50 0591 Amoonguss Grass Poison 62 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

Parasect
The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Parasect releases a yellow powder from the hole under its mushroom at the opponent, putting it to sleep.
Cassandra's Parasect	The Problem with Paras		Debut
	Paras releases a white powder from the mushrooms on its back at the opponent that puts it to sleep.
A Coordinator's Paras	Borrowing on Bad Faith!		None
	Shroomish releases a sparkling, pale tan colored powder from the hole on its head at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Shroomish	Playing the Performance Encore!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Adventures Paras Spore.png Paras
The user releases a bunch of spores that puts the opponent to sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Paras puts its claws together and forms spores in between them. When the opponent is hit with the spores, they fall asleep.
William's Paras	Purrrr-sian		Debut
	Parasect releases spores into the air from the mushroom on its back. The spores float into the air and drop down onto the opponent, making it go to sleep.
Crys's Parasee	Slugging it Out with Slugma		None

Trivia

• As its English and Japanese names imply, Spore can only be learned by mushroom-based Pokémon, with the obvious exception of Smeargle.
• Every odd numbered Generation has introduced a new evolutionary line that can learn Spore.
• Spore is the only sleep-inducing move with 100% accuracy, without aids such as held items or other moves.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Spoor European French Spore German Pilzspore Greek Σπόριο Italian Spora Korean 버섯포자 Beoseot Poja Brazilian Portuguese Esporos Serbian Spora European Spanish Espora

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