Follow Me (move)

Follow Me このゆびとまれ Stay With This Finger

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +3 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Makes the order of contestants random in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Follow Me (Japanese: このゆびとまれ Stay With This Finger) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III to IV

Follow Me forces opposing Pokémon to attack the user rather than the intended target during double battles. This is an increased priority move, and therefore will always go before attacks during the turn.

If the user's partner is switching out, Follow Me will not divert an opponent from using Pursuit on its partner. Follow Me does not stop the effects of moves which hit multiple Pokémon in a battle.

Generation V

In triple battles, Follow Me will draw the attacks of all adjacent opponents in the field; it will only draw attacks from non-adjacent opponents if they use a move which is able to strike non-adjacent targets (e.g. Aerial Ace, Air Slash).

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0035 Clefairy Normal 17 0161 Sentret Normal 31 0162 Furret Normal 37 0175 Togepi Normal 26 0175 Togepi Normal 25 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 26 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 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 purification

#   Pokémon Type Game 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic XD 0125 Electabuzz Electric XD 0126 Magmar Fire XD 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 event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0172 Pichu Electric PokéPark Events 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 0035 Clefairy Normal 16 0161 Sentret Normal 19 0162 Furret Normal 21 0175 Togepi Normal 24 0175 Togepi Normal 24 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 24 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^HGSS

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0447 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Riolu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Mr. Mime
Electabuzz, Electivire
Magmar, Magmortar
Sentret, Furret

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0035 Clefairy Normal 16 0161 Sentret Normal 19 0162 Furret Normal 21 0175 Togepi Normal 21 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 21 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" | 0417 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pachirisu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0447 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Riolu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Follow Me Tail Whip Adventures.png Clefairy
The user raises one of their arms in the air.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Clefairy raises one of its arms in the air and points one of its fingers above. It then waves its finger around.
Daisy's Clefairy	The Final Showdown II		Debut

Trivia

• A song under the same Japanese name uses this move as the title, as well as Pokémon and move puns.

In other languages

• French: Par Ici
• German: Spotlight
• Greek: Επίκεντρο
• Italian: Sonoqui
• Korean: 날따름 Nalttareum
• Spanish: Señuelo
• Serbian: Traženje Pažnje

Variations of the move Follow Me
Follow Me • Rage Powder

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.