Pay Day (move)

Pay Day ネコにこばん Coin for a Cat

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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 Unknown

Availability Introduced  [[Generation {{{gen}}}]] Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   ???

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 IX

Pay Day (Japanese: ネコにこばん Coin for a Cat, lit. Neko ni Koban) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage.

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

Effect

Generation I

Pay Day does damage, and each use scatters coins on the ground with a value equal to twice the user's level. These coins can't be collected.

In-game, the coins scattered by Pay Day are picked up if the player wins the battle.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

• Meowth at Lv.17
• Persian at Lv.17

By TM16

• Pikachu
• Raichu
• Nidoqueen
• Nidoking
• Meowth
• Persian
• Psyduck
• Golduck
• Mankey
• Primeape
• Slowpoke
• Slowbro
• Seel
• Dewgong
• Rhydon
• Snorlax
• Mew

Generation II

By leveling up

• Meowth at Lv.20
• Persian at Lv.20

By breeding

• Hoppip

Generation III

By leveling up

• Meowth at Lv.20 (R/S/E)
• Meowth at Lv.18 (FR/LG)
• Persian at Lv.20 (R/S/E)
• Persian at Lv.18 (FR/LG)

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Meowth at Lv.30

Other appearances

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

In other languages

• French: Jackpot
• German: Zahltag
• Italian: Giornopaga
• Spanish: Día De Pago