Imprison (move)

Imprison ふういん Seal

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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Other Side: Affects the opponent's side of the field

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Imprison (Japanese: ふういん Seal) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Imprison prevents opponents from using any move which is also known by the user. In double battles, the move targets the user and affects both opponents. However, if no opponent knows a move the user knows when the user attempts to use Imprison, it will fail. The effect of Imprison lasts until the user switches out or faints. If the user's moveset changes while Imprison is in effect, such as by Mimic, Sketch or Transform, opponents are prevented from using the new moves.

If the target of this move runs out of PP of the rest of its usable moves, it will start to Struggle.

In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Imprison will afflict the target with a Paused status.

Generation V

Imprison no longer fails if no opponent knows a move the user knows when the user attempts to use Imprison.

Imprison can now be affected by Snatch.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	25			21				21			'
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal				43				49			'
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic	31			32				34			'
281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic	33			36				39			'
282		Gardevoir	Psychic		Psychic	33			40				45			'
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic				12				12			'
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic				--, 12				--, 12			'
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic				6				6			'
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic				6				6			'
482		Azelf	Psychic		Psychic				6				6			'
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic								13			'
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying								19			'
528		Swoobat	Psychic	Flying								19			'
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark								53			'
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark								59			'
605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic								25			'
606		Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic								25			'
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire								24			'
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire								24			'
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire								8			'
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric								8			'
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying								9			'
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice								8, 64			'
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
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark
562		Yamask	Ghost		Ghost
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice
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 IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0355 Duskull Ghost Pokéwalker - Winner's Path 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Ruru Imprison.png Kirlia
The user creates a forcefield around the enemies body that prevents it from moving.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Kirlia creates a forcefield around its body that prevents it from moving.
Ruby's Ruru	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut

In other generations

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Gen III Jpn

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

• In the European and American versions of the game, Imprison had its animation changed.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 封印 Fēngyìn French Possessif German Begrenzer Greek Επισφράγιση Italian Esclusiva Korean 봉인 Bong'in Serbian Zatvaranje Spanish Cerca

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