Trick-or-Treat (move)

Trick-or-Treat ハロウィン Halloween

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact 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 Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Trick-or-Treat (Japanese: ハロウィン Halloween) is a non-damaging Ghost-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist.

Effect

Trick-or-Treat adds Ghost-type damage modifiers to the target, in addition to the Pokémon's original elemental type(s). If it is used against a dual-typed Pokémon, that Pokémon will essentially have three types at once.

Trick-or-Treat will fail if the target Pokémon already possesses a Ghost type.

Description

Games Description The user takes the target trick-or-treating. This adds Ghost type to the target's type.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
710		Pumpkaboo	Ghost	Grass	6, 23, 40
711		Gourgeist	Ghost	Grass	6, 23, 40, 63
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.

Trivia

• Using Trick-or-Treat on a Psychic-type Pokémon is currently the only way to deal 4x supereffective damage with Ghost or Dark attacks.
  • Additionally, using Trick-or-Treat on a Normal-type Pokémon is currently the only way for a Pokémon to have a sole weakness to the Dark type.

In other languages

Language Title French Halloween German Halloween Italian Halloween Korean 핼러윈 Halloween Spanish Halloween

Variations of the move Forest's Curse
Forest's Curse • Trick-or-Treat

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.