Spore

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Spore

キノコのほうし Mushroom Spore

Introduced:	Generation I

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	N/A
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15, max: 24
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Condition:	Beauty
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Condition:	Beauty
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Lowers the Voltage of all judges by one each.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Beautiful
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	3 ♥♥♥
Startles all the Pokémon to act before the user.

Spore is a Grass-type move introduced in Generation I. It was the signature move of Paras and Parasect until Generation III.

Description

Games	Description
GS C	A move that induces sleep.
RS E	Scatters a cloud of spores that always induce sleep.
FRLG	The user scatters of fine spores that induce sleep.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE	The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep.

Effect

In battle

Spore causes the target to fall asleep. In a Double Battle, Spore can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Spore can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user. Spore will have no effect on Pokémon with Insomnia or Vital Spirit.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	VII	VIII	IX
	Paras	bug/grass	27	25	25	17
	Parasect	bug/grass	30	28	27	17
	Shroomish	grass			54	45
	Foongus	grass/poison
	Amoonguss	grass/poison
	Morelull	grass/fairy
	Shiinotic	grass/fairy
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Trivia

All of the Pokémon that learn Spore via level up:
- were introduced in an odd-numbered generation.
- are based on mushrooms or incorporate mushrooms into their design.
- are part Grass type.
- have a name in which one letter appears more than once in their name.

Gallery

Main games

Main series

Pokémon Adventures

v · d · e List of Grass-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Absorb Apple Acid Aromatherapy

B	Branch Poke Bullet Seed

C	Chloroblast Cotton Guard Cotton Spore

D	Drum Beating

E	Energy Ball

F	Flower Trick Forest's Curse Frenzy Plant

G	Giga Drain Grass Knot Grass Pledge Grass Whistle Grassy Glide Grassy Terrain Grav Apple

H	Horn Leech

I	Ingrain Ivy Cudgel

J	Jungle Healing

L	Leaf Blade Leaf Storm Leaf Tornado Leafage Leech Seed

M	Magical Leaf Matcha Gotcha Mega Drain

N	Needle Arm

P	Petal Blizzard Petal Dance Power Whip

R	Razor Leaf

S	Sappy Seed Seed Bomb Seed Flare Sleep Powder Snap Trap Solar Beam Solar Blade Spicy Extract Spiky Shield Spore Strength Sap Stun Spore Synthesis Syrup Bomb

T	Trailblaze Trop Kick

V	Vine Whip

W	Wood Hammer Worry Seed

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-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