Psychic (move)
Psychic サイコキネシス Psychokinesis | ||||||||||||
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Psychic (Japanese: サイコキネシス Psychokinesis) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
Psychic does damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Special by one stage. Psychic will not be able to lower the target's Special if it is at a stage of -6 or a value of 1, or if the target has a Substitute.
Generation II and on
Same as Generation I, but with a 10% chance of lowering Special Defense.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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By TM29
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By TM29
By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Espeon
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By TM29
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Espeon
Girafarig
Spoink, Grumpig
Gorebyss
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By TM29
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Espeon
Girafarig
Spoink, Grumpig
Gorebyss
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0307
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Meditite
| colspan="1" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Kadabra, Alakazam
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation V
By leveling up
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By TM29
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Espeon
Girafarig
Spoink, Grumpig
Gorebyss
Woobat, Swoobat
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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In the anime
The foe is hit by a strong telekinetic force. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Kadabra's eyes flash red. The opponent then becomes surrounded by a light blue aura and Kadabra can control it with its mind, or Kadabra's eyes glow light blue, and the opponent becomes outlined in light blue. Kadabra can then control the opponent. | |||
Sabrina's Kadabra | Abra and the Psychic Showdown | Debut | |
A wild Kadabra | Fear Factor Phony | None | |
Mewtwo's eyes and body glow light blue. The opponent becomes surrounded by a light blue aura and Mewtwo can control it. | |||
Mewtwo (anime) | The Battle of the Badge | None | |
Exeggutor's eyes glow light green and it can control the opponent. | |||
Mandi's Exeggutor | Round One - Begin! | None | |
Drowzee sticks its arms out and deflects an attack with its mind, or Drowzee's eyes glow light blue and the opponent glows light blue. Drowzee can then control the opponent with its mind. | |||
Cassidy's Drowzee | Pikachu Re-Volts | None | |
Golduck's eyes glow blue, and it raises its finger and that glows blue as well. The opponent then becomes surrounded in a blue aura and Golduck can control it. | |||
A wild Golduck | Bye Bye Psyduck | None | |
Haunter's eyes and body glow purple. The opponent then becomes surrounded in light purple and Haunter can control it. | |||
Captain's Haunter | A Shipful of Shivers | None | |
Alakazam crosses its spoons and it becomes surrounded in a orange or blue aura. The opponent then becomes frozen and under Alakazam's control, or Alakazam releases a invisible blast towards the opponent, or Alakazam's eyes flash blue, then its whole body as it crosses its spoons, and it sends light blue shockwaves at the opponent. Once the shockwaves hit the opponent, Alakazam can control it. | |||
Luana's Alazakam | Pokémon Double Trouble | None | |
Unknown Trainer's Alakazam | Flower Power | None | |
Alex Davis's Alakazam | Power Play! | None | |
Vito Winstrate's Alakazam | Candid Camerupt! | None | |
A Coordinator's Alakazam | Deceit and Assist | None | |
A Coordinator's Alakazam | A Hurdle for Squirtle | None | |
A wild Alakazam | Fear Factor Phony | None | |
Alakazam of Team A.C.T. | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate | None | |
Anabel's Alakazam | Talking a Good Game! | None | |
Abra puts its hands in front of it and fires a light blue energy beam from them at the opponent. | |||
Mrs. Bellows's Abra | The Psychic Sidekicks! | None | |
Celebi's eyes or whole body glow light green. The opponent becomes surrounded in light blue and Celebi can control it. | |||
Celebi (movie 4) | Celebi: Voice of the Forest | None | |
Multiple wild Celebi | Celebi: Voice of the Forest | None | |
Psyduck's eyes glow blue and it send out an invisible blast of power that hits the opponent. | |||
Misty's Psyduck | Just Add Water | None | |
Espeon's eyes glow red and the opponent becomes surrounded in a red aura that hurts them, or the gem on Espeon's forehead glows multicolored, its body becomes outlined in light green, and a multicolored shadow reaches around it. Anything caught in the shadow becomes outlined in blue and can be controlled by Espeon, or Espeon's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes outlined in light blue. Espeon can then control the opponent. | |||
Annie's Espeon | Pokémon Heroes | None | |
Lilian Meridian's Espeon | The Saffron Con | None | |
Anabel's Espeon | Second Time's the Charm! | None | |
Hypno's eyes glow light blue. The opponent then becomes surrounded in light blue and Hypno can control it. | |||
Harrison's Hypno | Playing with Fire! | None | |
A wild Hypno | Fear Factor Phony | None | |
Dusclops's eye glows red and it can control the opponent. Sometimes the opponent becomes surrounded by blue, or Dusclops fires a light blue energy beam from its eye at the opponent. | |||
Butler's Dusclops | Jirachi: Wish Maker | None | |
Timmy Grimm's Dusclops | Disguise Da Limit | None | |
Medicham's body becomes surrounded in light blue. Then, the opponent becomes surrounded in light blue and Medicham can control it. | |||
Grace's Medicham | Pros and Con Artist | None | |
Meredith's Medicham | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | None | |
Mr. Mime's eyes glow red or light blue and its hands glow blue. The opponent also becomes outlined in blue and Mr. Mime can control them with its mind. | |||
Delia's Mimey | Journey to the Starting Line! | None | |
Rhonda's Mr. Mime | Hail to the Chef! | None | |
Clayton's Mr. Mime | Short and To the Punch! | None | |
Spoink's entire body glows light blue. The opponent also glows blue and Spoink can control it. | |||
A wild Spoink | Pearls Are a Spoink's Best Friend | None | |
Shuppet's eyes glow blue and the opponent becomes outlined in blue. Shuppet can then control the opponent. Sometimes, its body glows light blue as well. | |||
A wild Shuppet | Take this House and Shuppet | None | |
Grings Kodai's Shuppet | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
Deoxys becomes outlined in blue and releases a powerful blast of invisible energy at the opponent, or Deoxys's eyes glow light blue and its body becomes outlined in a blue aura. The opponent becomes outlined in a blue aura and Deoxys can control it. | |||
Deoxys (Purple Crystal) | Destiny Deoxys | None | |
Deoxys (Green Crystal) | Destiny Deoxys | None | |
A wild Deoxys | Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1) | None | |
Lunatone's eyes glow blue, then the opponent becomes outlined in blue and is lifted into the air. | |||
A wild Lunatone | Crazy as a Lunatone | None | |
Liza's Lunatone | It's Still Rocket Roll to Me | None | |
Grumpig's eyes and the pearls on its head glow light blue. The opponent becomes surrounded by a light blue aura and Grumpig can control them. | |||
Kelly's Grumpig | Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry | None | |
Solrock's eyes glow blue and the opponent becomes outlined in blue. Solrock can then control the opponent. | |||
Tate's Solrock | It's Still Rocket Roll to Me | None | |
All of Claydol's eyes glow light blue. The opponent then becomes surrounded in light blue and Claydol can control it. | |||
A giant Claydol | Claydol Big and Tall | None | |
Ralts's eyes glow blue and it fires two light blue beams of energy at the opponent. | |||
Max's Ralts | Do I Hear a Ralts? | None | |
Kirlia's eyes glow light blue, and it crosses its arms. When it opens them, two light blue waves of energy fire at the opponent, or Kirlia's eyes glow light blue, and the opponent becomes surrounded by light blue. Kirlia can then control the opponent. | |||
A wild Kirlia | Do I Hear a Ralts? | None | |
Zoey's Kirlia | Double-Time Battle Training! | None | |
Jynx's eyes glow blue and the opponent becomes surrounded in light blue. Jynx can then control the opponent. | |||
Erica's Jynx | Mean with Envy | None | |
Three wild Jynx | Three Jynx and a Baby! | None | |
The X on Metagross's face glows multicolored. A multicolored shadow reaches out from behind Metagross's body and covers the opponent, hurting it, or the 'X' on Metagross's face glows light blue and it can take control of the opponent with its mind. | |||
Tyson's Metagross | At the End of the Fray | None | |
Anabel's Metagross | Talking a Good Game! | None | |
Unknown Trainer's Metagross | Glory Blaze! | None | |
A wild Metagross | Noodles! Roamin' Off! | None | |
Slowbro's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes outlined in light blue. Slowbro can then control the opponent. | |||
Solidad's Slowbro | May, We Harley Drew'd Ya! | None | |
Meditite becomes outlined in light blue and it can control the opponent. | |||
Meredith's Meditite | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | None | |
Beautifly's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes outlined in light blue. Beautifly can then control the opponent, or Beautifly's eyes glow light blue and it fires a light blue beam of energy from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
May's Beautifly | The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing! | None | |
Jigglypuff's eyes glow light blue and it can control the opponent with its mind. | |||
Marina's Little Pink | A Stand-up Sit-Down! | None | |
Slowking's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes surrounded by light blue as well. Slowking can then control the opponent with its mind. | |||
Conway's Slowking | Tag! We're it...! | None | |
Venonat's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes outlined in light blue. Venonat can then control the opponent. | |||
A Venonat Conway used briefly | Camping it Up! | None | |
Dusknoir's eye glows light blue and the opponent becomes outlined in light blue. Dusknoir can then control the opponent, or Dusknoir's eye and the yellow markings on its body glow gold and it fires a light blue beam of energy from its body at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, Dusknoir can control it. | |||
A wild Dusknoir | Ghoul Daze! | None | |
Drifloon's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes surrounded by light blue. Drifloon can then control the opponent. | |||
Fantina's Drifloon | Playing the Leveling Field! | None | |
Drifblim's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes surrounded in light blue. Drifblim can then control the opponent. | |||
Fantina's Drifblim | Shield with a Twist! | None | |
Froslass's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes surrounded in a light blue aura. Froslass can then control the opponent. | |||
A wild Froslass | The Drifting Snorunt! | None | |
Togepi's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes outlined in light blue. Togepi can then control the opponent. | |||
A wild Togepi | Where No Togepi Has Gone Before! | None | |
Umbreon's eyes glow light blue and Umbreon can then control the opponent. | |||
Gary's Umbreon | The Needs of Three! | None | |
Bronzor's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes surrounded in a light blue outline for a moment. Bronzor can then control the opponent. | |||
Karl's Bronzor | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
Misdreavus's body becomes surrounded in light blue and its eyes glow light blue as well. The opponent's outline then flashes light blue as well and Misdreavus can control it. | |||
Grings Kodai's Misdreavus | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
Mismagius's body becomes surrounded in light blue and its eyes start to glow light blue as well. The light blue glow around its body then fades and appears around the opponent briefly. Mismagius can then control the opponent. | |||
Grings Kodai's Mismagius | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
Munna's eyes glow light blue and the opponent's body becomes surrounded in light blue. It then damages the opponent using its mind. | |||
Fennel's Munna | Dreams by the Yard Full! | None | |
Darmanitan | Darmanitan's eyes glow light blue and the opponent's body flashes light blue. Its body then becomes surrounded in light blue, and Darmanitan can control it with its mind, or Damanitan's eyes glow light blue and the opponent's body becomes surrounded in light blue. Darmanitan can then control the opponent with its mind. | ||
A wild Darmanitan | Saving Darmanitan From the Bell! | None | |
Yamask surrounds the opponent in a purple light and can control them. | |||
A wild Yamask | BW014 | None | |
Ariados's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes surrounded by light blue. Ariados can then control the opponent. | |||
A wild Ariados | SS024 | None | |
Gothitelle's eyes glow light blue and the opponent becomes surrounded by light blue. Gothitelle can then control the opponent. | |||
Sallie's Gothitelle | BW021 | None | |
Litwick's eye glows light blue and the opponent becomes surrounded by light blue. Litwick can then control the opponent. | |||
[[Litwick (Pokémon]|Litwick]] | BW029 | None |
In the manga
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
The user releases a series of telekinetic waves. Has a 10% chance of confusing the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Butterfree attacks its opponent with a series of telekinetic waves. | |||
Ash's Butterfree | Clefairy Tale | Debut |
Pokémon Adventures
The foe is hit by a strong telekinetic force. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Kadabra holds its spoon out in front of its body and it can take control of the opponent. | |||
Sabrina's Kadabra | Zap! Zap! Zapdos! | Debut | |
Alakazam holds its spoons out like a cross and it fires a blast of psychic energy from them at the opponent. | |||
Sabrina's Alakazam | Bang the Drum, Slowbro | None | |
Espeon fires a blast of psychic energy from its body at the opponent. | |||
Red's Vee | Forretress of Solitude | None | |
Natu releases a blast of psychic energy from its body at the opponent, or Natu's pupils glow brightly and it can then control the opponent. | |||
Crys's Natee | A Flaaffy Kerfuffle | None | |
Will's Natu | Escape!! | None | |
An aura of energy appears around the opponent and Lugia can control them with its mind. | |||
The Masked Man's Lugia | Sandslash Surprise | None | |
Xatu releases two beams of energy from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Will's Xatu | The Last Battle VII | None | |
Slowking controls the opponent with its mind. | |||
Lorelei's Slowking | Red, Man of Failure | None | |
Mewtwo creates an orb of psychic energy and holds it in the palm of one of its hands. It then fires the orb at the opponent. | |||
Mewtwo (Adventures) | Last Shot | None | |
Gardevoir raises its arms into the air and releases a ring of psychic energy from the middle of its body that expands outwards, hitting the opponent. | |||
The Battle Factory's Gardevoir | VS. Pinsir | None | |
Starmie releases a vertical wave of psychic energy from its body that expands outwards until it hits the opponent, or Starmie releases a beam of psychic energy from the gem on the center of its body at the opponent. | |||
Crys's Starmie | VS. Milotic | None | |
Dusclops holds its hands out and fires a large, bright orb of energy at the opponent. | |||
Emerald's Dusclops | VS. Shedinja | None | |
Spiritomb creates a small sphere of psychic energy that can trap objects inside of it. | |||
Cynthia's Spiritomb | VS Roserade II | None | |
Munna waves its arms and a wave of psychic energy shoots out to hit the opponent. | |||
Black's Musha | Unknown | None |
In other generations
Trivia
- Psychic is the only move that shares exactly the same name as its type. If affixes were disregarded, then Fly would share the same name as its type. This is not present in the Japanese version of the games, where Esper is the type and Psychokinesis is the move.
- So far, only Psyduck is able to learn Psychic via breeding.
- Apart from Gorebyss, the only Pokémon that can learn Psychic via level up that do not receive STAB for it are part Template:Type2.
In other languages
- Dutch: Psychisch
- Finnish: Psykovoima, Psyko
- French: Psyko
- German: Psychokinese
- Greek: Ψυχισμός
- Hindi: Mansik Hamla
- Italian: Psichico
- Korean: 사이코키네시스 Psychokinesis
- Spanish: Psíquico
- Serbian: Psihički Napad
Variations of the move Psychic | ||
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Generation I TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation I HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 |
Generation II TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation II HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |
Generation III TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation III HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE |
Generation IV TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
Generation IV HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 |
Generation V TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
Generation V HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 |
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