Kinesis

Kinesis (スプーンまげ Spoon Bend) is a Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I. It is the signature move of Kadabra and Alakazam.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	Reduces the foe's accuracy.
RSE	Distracts the foe. May lower accuracy.
FRLG	The user distracts the foe by bending a spoon. It may lower accuracy.
DPPtHGSS	The user distracts the foe by bending a spoon. It may lower the target's accuracy.
BWB2W2	The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. It lowers the target's accuracy.
XYORAS SMUSUMPE	The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. This lowers the target's accuracy.
	This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered. The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. This lowers the target's accuracy.

Effect

The user distracts the foe by bending a spoon. It may lower the target's accuracy.

Contests

Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

Super Contests

Earn double the score in the next turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon

Type

Egg groups

Level

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

Kadabra

psychic

Human-Like

1

1

1

1

1

1

1, Evo.

1

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Alakazam

psychic

Human-Like

1

1

1

1

1

1

1, Evo.SMUSUM 1PE

1

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Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

v · d · e List of Psychic-type moves
Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX
A	Agility Ally Switch Amnesia
B	Barrier
C	Calm Mind Confusion Cosmic Power
D	Dream Eater
E	Eerie Spell Esper Wing Expanding Force Extrasensory
F	Freezing Glare Future Sight
G	Glitzy Glow Gravity Guard Split Guard Swap
H	Heal Block Heal Pulse Healing Wish Heart Stamp Heart Swap Hyperspace Hole Hypnosis
I	Imprison Instruct
K	Kinesis
L	Light Screen Lumina Crash Lunar Blessing Lunar Dance Luster Purge
M	Magic Coat Magic Powder Magic Room Meditate Miracle Eye Mirror Coat Mist Ball Mystical Power
P	Photon Geyser Power Split Power Swap Power Trick Prismatic Laser Psybeam Psyblade Psychic Psychic Fangs Psychic Noise Psychic Terrain Psycho Boost Psycho Cut Psycho Shift Psyshield Bash Psyshock Psystrike Psywave
R	Reflect Rest Role Play
S	Skill Swap Speed Swap Stored Power Synchronoise
T	Take Heart Telekinesis Teleport Trick Trick Room Twin Beam
W	Wonder Room
Z	Zen Headbutt
See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Normal-type Poison-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type
Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I
Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type
A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam
B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam
C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut
D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck
E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion
F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes
G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust
H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis
I	Ice Beam Ice Punch
J	Jump Kick
K	Karate Chop Kinesis
L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick
M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist
N	Night Shade
P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave
Q	Quick Attack
R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick
S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance
T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle
V	Vine Whip ViceGrip
W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap
See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX
Generation I