Cute Charm (Ability)

Cute Charm	メロメロボディ
	Mad Love Body
Flavor text Generation III Infatuates on contact. Generation IV Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation. Generation V Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation. Generation VI Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Cute Charm (Japanese: メロメロボディ Mad Love Body) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Thirteen Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking Pokémon will become infatuated, if it is of the opposite gender to the Pokémon with this Ability. This Ability will not activate if the Pokémon with this Ability is genderless.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multi-strike move that makes contact, each hit has an independent chance to activate this Ability.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Cute Charm is first in the party, even if it has fainted, the chance of encountering a Pokémon of the opposite gender is 66.7%, regardless of gender ratios. This does not affect a swarming Pokémon species or Pokémon found in Hidden Grottos.

Pokémon with Cute Charm

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0036		Clefable	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Unaware
0039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0040		Wigglytuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Frisk
0173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic Guard	Friend Guard
0174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Normalize	Wonder Skin
0301		Delcatty	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Normalize	Wonder Skin
0350		Milotic	Water		Water	Marvel Scale	Competitive	Cute Charm
0428		Lopunny	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Klutz	Limber
0572		Minccino	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Technician	Skill Link
0573		Cinccino	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Technician	Skill Link
0700		Sylveon	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	None	Pixilate
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Delcatty Being affected Jigglypuff
The opponent becomes mesmerized when it directly hits the user with an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The opponent falls in love when it directly hits Jigglypuff with an attack and it is of the opposite gender of Jigglypuff. While in love, the opponent's eyes become replaced with hearts.
Lisa Mitchum's Jigglypuff	Rough, Tough Jigglypuff		Debut
	When Delcatty gets hit by a physical attack and the opponent is of the opposite gender, the opponent falls in love with Delcatty. While in love, its eyes are replaced with hearts.
Lila's Delcatty	Battling the Generation Gap!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Crawdaunt affected
The opponent falls in love with the user when they make contact with each other.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sometimes when Skitty makes contact with the opponent while the opponent is of the opposite gender of Skitty, it falls in love with it. While in love, its eyes are replaced with hearts.
Ruby's Kiki	Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt II		Debut
	Sometimes when Lopunny makes contact with the opponent while the opponent is of the opposite gender of Lopunny, it falls in love with it, making it hard for it to attack female Pokémon. While it is in love, its eyes are replaced with hearts and it drools slightly.
Platinum's Lopunny	Getting the Drop on Gallade II		None

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 迷人身軀 Mírén Shēnqū* 瞌睡 Kēshuì* 颓废的身体 Tuífèi-de Shēntǐ* Finnish Söpöily French Joli Sourire German Charmebolzen Italian Incantevole Korean 헤롱헤롱 바디 Herongherong Body Polish Słodki Wdzięk Portuguese Charme Adorável Romanian Șarmul Drăguț Spanish Gran Encanto

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