Return

Return

おんがえし Return Favor

Generation:	II

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	Varies
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	20, max: 32
Affects:	Selected Target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Type:
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Return (おんがえし Return) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

In Battle

A full-power attack that grows more powerful the more the user likes its trainer.

Return's total damage (denoted by ξ (xi)) is calculated by the following formula, based on the Pokémon's current friendship:

${\displaystyle \xi = (\frac{h}{2.5}, 1)}$

• ξ is the Return's damage.
• h is the current happiness of a Pokémon.

The possible damage values that can be attained by Return is between ξ = 1 (lowest damage) to ξ = 102 (highest damage).

Contests

Excites the audience in any contest.

Super Contests

Earn +2 if Pokémon the performs first in the turn.

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

By TM27

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

Generation V

By Leveling Up

By TM27

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

Trivia

• This move is the counterpart of the move Frustration, which is a move that grows more powerful the more the user hates it's trainer.

Gallery

• Games

Main games

Return depicted in Generation II

Return depicted in Generation V

Return depicted in Generation VII

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