Fake Tears (move)

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Fake Tears うそなき Fake Crying

Battles Type  Dark Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) 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 Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   The appeal works great if performed last.

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

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

Fake Tears (Japanese: うそなき Fake Crying) is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Fake Tears lowers the target's Special Defense stat by two stages.

Description

Games Description RSE Feigns crying to sharply lower the foe’s Sp. Def. Feigns crying to sharply lower the target’s Sp. Def. FRLG The user feigns crying to sharply lower the foe’s Sp. Def. The user feigns crying to make the foe feel flustered, sharply lowering its Sp. Def stat. The user feigns crying to fluster the target, harshly lowering its Sp. Def stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	41			25				28			28
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	19			--				--			--
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	19			--				--			--
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	37			25				28			28
303		Mawile	Steel	Fairy	6			6				6			6 5
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric	28			21, 31				21, 35			35
312		Minun	Electric		Electric				31				35			35 25
438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock				--				--			--
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark								9			9
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic								10			10
575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic								--, 10			10
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic								--, 10			10
684		Swirlix	Fairy		Fairy											10
685		Slurpuff	Fairy		Fairy											10
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
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal
158		Totodile*	Water		Water
173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy
174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy
209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal
298		Azurill	Normal	Fairy
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric
427		Buneary	Normal		Normal
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying
546		Cottonee	Grass	Fairy
562		Yamask*	Ghost		Ghost
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass
629		Vullaby*	Dark	Flying
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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0174 Igglybuff Normal Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0314 Illumise Bug Dream World - Spooky Manor 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

Sudowoodo Bonsly
The user feigns crying to make the foe feel flustered.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Bonsly pretends to cry, making actual tears come out of its eyes. It can also cry loudly, distorting the air around it.
A wild Bonsly	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		Debut
A wild Bonsly	Pikachu's Ghost Carnival		None
Brock's Bonsly	From Cradle to Save		None
	Sudowoodo pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Battling a Cute Drama!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Plusle
The user pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel sorry for it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Plusle licks its paws and dabs them around its eyes, making its saliva look like tears. It then pretends to cry, causing the opponent to feel bad for it.
Ruby's Plusle	With a Spoink in Your Step II		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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 假哭 Jiǎkū Dutch Neptranen Finnish Tekokyyneleet French Croco Larme German Trugträne Greek Ψεύτικα Δάκρυα Indonesian Air Mata Buaya Italian Falselacrime Korean 거짓울음 Geojit Ul'eum Polish Fałszywe łzy Portuguese Brazil Lágrimas de Crocodilo Portugal Lágrimas Falsas Romanian Lacrimile False Serbian Lažne Suze Spanish Llanto Falso

Variations of the move Charm
Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse

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