Return (move)

Return おんがえし Return

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  Varies 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 II TM27 in Generation II TM27 in Generation III TM27 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Excites the audience in any contest.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Return (Japanese: おんがえし Return) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Return inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. The base power of Return is dependant on the Happiness of the user. The greater the user's Happiness, the greater the base power. The base power can be calculated using the following formula:

Base Power = Happiness / 2.5

The base power of Return varies between 0 (minimum Happiness) and 102 (maximum Happiness).

Learnset

Generation II

By TM27

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Return.

Generation III

By TM27

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Return.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0428 Lopunny Normal 13 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 TM27

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Return.

In other languages

• Italian: Ritorno
• Spanish: Retroceso
• German: Rückkehr
• Korean: 은혜갚기 Eunhyegapgi

Variations of the move Return
Return • Frustration