Stun Spore (move)

Stun Spore しびれごな Numbing Powder

File:Stun Spore.png

Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  75% 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 I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

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 I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Stun Spore (Japanese: しびれごな Numbing Powder) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

It appears to be a paralyzing counterpart to PoisonPowder and Sleep Powder, as the accuracy, contest group, appeal, effects, Japanese names and animation are the same or very similar. They are also usually learned at the same level or in a similar pattern.

Effect

Stun Spore paralyzes the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	16	14	14			14			12				12			'
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	17			16			16			15				15			'
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	--, 17			16			16			15				15			'
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	--, 17			--			--			--				--			'
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	13			7			7			6				6			'
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	--, 13			--, 7			--, 7			--, 6				--			'
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	30			28			28			23				23			'
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	--, 30			28			28			23				23			'
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	21			19			19			17				17			'
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	23			19			19			17				17			'
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	32			25			25			19				19			'
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	36			34			37			29				29			'
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass				--			--			--				--			'
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying				15			15			14				14			'
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying				15			15			14				14			'
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying				15			15			14				14			'
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying							17			17				17			'
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying							40			33				33			'
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass							7			9				9			'
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting							--, 7			--, 9				--, 9			'
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison							13			10				10			'
406		Budew	Grass	Poison										10				10			'
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass										29				29			'
546		Cottonee	Grass		Grass														10			'
548		Petilil	Grass		Grass														22			'
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
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass
590		Foongus	Grass		Grass
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.

In the anime

Breloom File:Jessiebelle Vileplume Stun Spore.png Vileplume Parasect Dustox
The user scatters a cloud of paralyzing powder.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Butterfree flies over the opponent and a orange mist comes out of its wings, paralyzing it.
Ash's Butterfree	The Water Flowers of Cerulean City		Debut
Multiple Butterfree	Battle Aboard the St. Anne		None
Multiple wild Butterfree	Mewtwo Returns		None
Jeremy's Butterfree	Weekend Warrior		None
	Tangela shakes its body and waves of orange powder comes out of it and hits the opponent, paralyzing it.
Erika's Tangela	Pokémon Scent-sation		None
	Venonat shakes its fur and an orange mist is released from its body. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.
Aya's Venonat	The Ninja Poké-Showdown!		None
A Venonat Conway trained briefly	Camping it Up!		None
	Venomoth flaps its wings and an orange powder comes out of them. Any Pokémon that gets trapped in the mist becomes paralyzed.
Koga's Venomoth	The Ninja Poké-Showdown!		None
A wild Venomoth	The Bug Stops Here!		None
Chaz's Venomoth	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
Katie's Venomoth	Shocks and Bonds		None
	Paras shakes its mushrooms and a orange powder comes out of them and at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Cassandra's Paras	The Problem with Paras		None
	A tornado of topaz mist comes of the hole on Vileplume's head, paralyzing anyone who comes into contact with the dust, or Vileplume releases a ball of orange dust into the air that lands on the opponent, paralyzing them.
Jessiebelle's Vileplume	Holy Matrimony!		None
A wild Vileplume	A Stun Spore Detour		None
Multiple wild Vileplume	Whichever Way the Wind Blows		None
A Coordinator's Vileplume	A Hurdle for Squirtle		None
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
A wild Vileplume	Bucking the Treasure Trend!		None
	Oddish lowers the leaves in front on its head and a orange powder is released from them, paralyzing anyone who comes into contact with the dust.
Mariah's Oddish	Foul Weather Friends		None
	Victreebel releases a orange mist from its mouth at the opponent.
James's Victreebel	The Fortune Hunters		None
	Bellossom releases an orange mist from the flowers on its head.
Multiple wild Bellossom	Whichever Way the Wind Blows		None
Noelle's Bellossom	Strategy Begins at Home!		None
	Parasect shakes its mushroom and a orange powder comes out of it at the opponent, or Parasect releases an orange powder from under its mushroom at the opponent.
A wild Parasect	Hocus Pokémon		None
Officer Jenny's Parasect	Gulpin it Down		None
	Shroomish releases a stream or cloud of orange powder from the hole on its head at the opponent.
Alex's Shroomish	Taming of the Shroomish		None
A wild Shroomish	A Corphish Out of Water		None
A Coordinator's Shroomish	Win, Lose or Drew!		None
	Roselia releases an orange powder from the flowers on its hands at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Drew's Roselia	Now That's Flower Power!		None
	Gloom shakes its head and an orange powder comes out of the flower on its head at the opponent.
A wild Gloom	Grass Hysteria!		None
A wild Gloom	Pinch Healing!		None
	Breloom releases an orange mist from the holes on its head at the opponent, or Breloom shakes its body and releases a brown mist from its body all around it.
Fighting Dojo's Breloom	Pasta La Vista!		None
Kenny's Breloom	Team Shocker!		None
	Dustox flaps its wings and releases a mist of orange powder at the opponent, paralyzing it.
Jessie's Dustox	Gymbaliar!		Dustox cannot legally learn Stun Spore
	Jumpluff releases a sparkling yellow powder from the three dandelions on its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Jumpluff	Dressed for Jess Success!		None
	Cottonee turns to its side and waves one of its leaves upward, releasing a wave of sparkling golden powder from it that falls on the opponent.
A wild Cottonee	Cottonee in Love!		None

Cure

According to Team Rocket, the effects of Stun Spore are cured by consuming a dose of salveyo weed, presumably the anime equivalent of Parlyz Heal.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Paras
The user fires a seed at the opponent. The seed then bursts into a powder that makes the opponent unable to move.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Paras releases spores from the mushrooms on its back at the opponent. The spores paralyzes it, and makes it unable to move its body.
Miles's Paras	Purrrr-sian		Debut
	Skiploom fires a stream of powder into the air from the middle of the flower on its head. The powder then floats over the battlefield, and anything that breathes in the powder becomes paralyzed.
Erika's Skiploom	Cherry Bellossom		None
	Masquerain waves its front two feet and releases a powder from them that paralyzes the opponent when it breathes it in.
Winona's Masquerain	VS. Masquerain		None

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

The user sprays spores at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Budew sprays spores from its vines.
A wild Budew	The Mystery Boy, Jun!!		Debut
A wild Budew	The Pokémon Super Contest!!		None

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

Trivia

• Its description states that it may paralyze the target, despite the fact that it will always paralyze the target if the attack is successful.
• Stun Spore is the only Grass-type move able to paralyze the opponent.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 麻痹粉 Mábì Fěn Dutch Verdeelspoor French Para Spore German Stachelspore Greek Παραλυτικός Σπόρος Hindi Stun Spore (Prior to DP: Battle Dimension) बेहोशी का धुआ Behoshi ka dhua Indonesian Serbuk Kesemutan Italian Paralizzante Korean 저리가루 Jeori Garu Norwegian Sjokkbølger Polish Drażniący Pyłek European Portuguese Esporos Paralizantes Serbian Ošamućujuća Spora Spanish Paralizador

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