Petal Dance (move)

Petal Dance はなびらのまい Petal Dance

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  90 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes 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 I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty 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

Petal Dance (Japanese: はなびらのまい Petal Dance) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I-II

Petal Dance inflicts damage for 2 to 3 turns (chosen at random). Once selected, even if it misses, the user will only be able to use Petal Dance, and will not be able to switch out. At the end of this duration, the user will become confused.

If the Petal Dance duration is disrupted, such as by full paralysis or by hurting itself due to confusion, it will immediately end. The user will only become confused if Petal Dance is fully executed, without its duration being disrupted. Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Petal Dance.

In Stadium, after the duration of Petal Dance ends, there will be a notice that the user becomes confused.

This move has a power of 70.

Generation III

The move remains the same. However, in double battles its target is a randomly selected enemy.

Generation IV

The power of Petal Dance increases to 90. All other effects are the same.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 33 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 38 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 39 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 44 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0192 Sunflora Grass 31 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0001 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Sunflora

|- | 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. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0054 Psyduck Water New York City Pokémon Center 0152 Chikorita Grass New York City Pokémon Center 0172 Pichu Electric New York City Pokémon Center 0173 Cleffa Normal New York City Pokémon Center 0174 Igglybuff Normal New York City Pokémon Center 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 39 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 44 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 44 0182 Bellossom Grass 44 0192 Sunflora Grass 37 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 49 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0001 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Sunflora
Roselia

|- | 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. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0052 Meowth Normal PokePark Event Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 32 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 41 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 53 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 53 0154 Meganium Grass 32 0192 Sunflora Grass 33 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 40 0421 Cherrim Grass 25 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0001 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume
Meganium
Sunflora
Roselia
Cherrim

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

File:Vileplume Petal Dance.jpg Vileplume File:DrewsRoseliaPetalDance.PNG Roselia File:BulbasaurPetalDance.jpg Bulbasaur File:Roserade Petal Dance.jpg Roserade
Pink petals are released by the Pokémon and fly out towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Roselia spins around quickly and pink petals fly out of it and spiral towards the opponent, or Roselia holds out its hands and pink petals come out of the roses.
Drew's Roselia	Now That's Flower Power!		Debut
	Bulbasaur releases multiple pink petals in a twister like fashion at the opponent from the opening in its bulb.
May's Bulbasaur	Where's Armaldo?		None
	Skitty lifts up its paw and a white orb appears around it. It then shoots a spiral of pink petals from the orb at the opponent.
May's Skitty	Pacifidlog Jam		Used via Assist
	Vileplume stretches the opening on its flower at the opponent and releases pink petals in a spiraling fashion at the opponent. When hit, the opponent becomes confused.
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
A Coordinator's Vileplume	Weekend Warrior		None
	Bellossom releases a spiral of pink petals at the opponent from the flowers on its head.
A Coordinator's Bellossom	Weekend Warrior		None
	Roserade spins around quickly and releases pink petals from all around its body at the opponent.
Forsythia's Roserade	Oh Do You Know the Poffin Plan!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user attacks by scattering petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Vileplume releases a swirl of spiraling petals from the hole on its flower at the opponent. Sometimes it spins around to use the attack.
Erika's Vileplume	Blame it on Eevee		Debut

Trivia

• Despite it being classified as a Special move, Petal Dance can still activate abilities like a physical attack (i.e. Flame Body (ability), Cute Charm (ability)).

In other languages

• French: Danse-fleur
• German: Blättertanz
• Spanish: Danza Pétalo
• Italian: Petalo Danza
• Dutch: Bloemendans
• Hindi: Phoolon Ka Naach
• Brazilian Portuguese: Dança de Pétalas

Variations of the move Thrash
Thrash • Outrage • Raging Fury Petal Dance