Sleep

Sleep, also known as Asleep and Sleeping and abbreviated SLP, is a status condition. It prevents the affected Pokémon from being able to attack.
==Description==
===Generation I===
In Generation I, Sleep lasts for 1 to 7 turns (1 to 3 in Pokémon Stadium). The Pokémon in question cannot make any moves during this duration of Sleep. Pokémon cannot make a move the turn they wake up.
Three Z's flash over the Sleeping Pokémon while asleep.
===Generation II===
In Generation II, Sleep lasts 1 to 5 turns. A Pokémon can make a move the turn they wake up now.
One Z will flash over the Sleeping Pokémon while asleep.
===Generation III===
In Generation III, Sleep lasts 1 to 4 turns.
A Z will fly from the mouth of the asleep Pokémon while sleeping.
===Generation IV===
In Generation IV, Sleep lasts 1 to 5 turns. In the Japanese edition of , the minimum and maximum Sleep counter is raised by 1 (2 to 6 turns).
A Z will fly from the mouth of the asleep Pokémon while sleeping.
===Generation V===
In Generation V, Sleep lasts 1 to 3 turns. The Pokémon's sleep counter will reset when switched out.
A "Z" will fly from the mouth of the asleep Pokémon while sleeping, and its eyes will close.
===Generation VI===
===Generation VII===
=== Generation VIII ===
=== Generation IX ===
==Causes==
===Moves===
*Relic Song - Has a 10% chance of falling Asleep.
*Secret Power - Has a 30% chance that causes Sleep in Tall Grass or Very Tall Grass.
*Dark Void - Causes Sleep on contact.
*GrassWhistle - Causes Sleep on contact.
*Hypnosis - Causes Sleep on contact.
*Lovely Kiss - Causes Sleep on contact.
*Sing - Causes Sleep on contact.
*Spore - Causes Sleep on contact.
*Yawn - After one turn, causes Sleep.
*Rest - Makes the User fall asleep and heals all status effects.
*Sleep Powder
===Abilities===
Effect Spore - Has a 10% chance of causing Sleep. It can also, however, cause Poisoning or Paralysis.
===Other===
Disobedient Pokémon will fall asleep sometimes.
==Cures, immunity, and prevention==
===Items===
*Awakening
*Full Heal
*Full Restore
*Old Gateau
*Sacred Ash
*Casteliacone
*Heal Powder
*Chesto Berry
*Lum Berry
*SLPCureBerry
*Blue Flute
*Poké Flute
===Moves===
*Heal Bell
*Aromatherapy
*Safeguard
*Wake-Up Slap
*Uproar
===Abilities===
*Vital Spirit
*Insomnia
*Leaf Guard
*Natural Cure
*Shed Skin
*Healer
*Hydration
*Early Bird
===Other===
In , you can use the "Call" button to awake a sleeping Pokémon.
==Appearances==
===Pokémon Stadium series===
In Pokémon Stadium, sleep lasts for 1 to 3 turns (Its randomly chosen). The Pokémon in question cannot make any moves during this duration of Sleep. Pokémon cannot make a move the turn they wake up.
In Pokémon Stadium 2, Sleep is exactly the same as in Pokémon Stadium, except a Pokémon can make a move the turn they wake up now.
In Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, and Pokémon Battle Revolution, sleep lasts for 1 to 5 turns. The Pokémon in question cannot make any moves during this duration of Sleep.
===Pokémon Trading Card Game series===
In Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Card GB2 Here Comes Team Great Rocket!, while a Pokémon is asleep, it cannot attack or retreat. Every turn, the trainer must flip a coin. If Heads, the Pokémon wakes up. If Tails, the Pokémon remains asleep. When it is asleep, the card is turned counterclockwise.
Sleeping has the same effect as in the Pokémon Trading Card Game itself.
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, there are many versions of Sleeping. The first is Asleep, where the Pokémon cannot act for 3 to 6 turns (Its randomly changes). The next is Napping, which is just like Asleep, but once you awaken, all other status effects are healed. The next is Nightmare, where you cannot attack for 4 to 7 turns, and once you awake, it takes 8 HP. The next is Yawning, where it causes Asleep in three turns. The final is Sleepless, which prevents any of the former from occurring.
===Anime===
In the Anime, Pokémon and People often fall asleep, though not always with an effect. The following lists only times when they fall asleep through an attack.
*In Pokémon! I Choose You!, a Gengar uses Hypnosis put the opponent's Nidorino to sleep, forcing the Nidorino's trainer to switch.
*In Challenge of the Samurai, Ash's Butterfree used Sleep Powder to calm a swarm of Beedrill. He later tried to use Sleep Powder on Misty's Staryu in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, but Staryu avoided its effects by diving underwater.
*In Hypno's Naptime, the abuse of Hypno's Hypnosis had been causing the Pokémon of HopHopHop Town to fall asleep without warning. It put the town's children, as well as Misty under a trance, in which they would run away to a pond and start acting like Pokémon.
*In The Ninja Poké-Showdown, Koga's Venomoth used Sleep Powder on Ash's Pidgeotto during their gym battle, forcing Ash to switch.
*A Jigglypuff that followed Ash and his friends almost always used Sing whenever it appeared. When it discovered that its "audience" slept through it song, the balloon Pokémon doodled on the sleeping Pokémon, and people, before leaving in a huff. However, its songs have still helped out Ash and the people he has met from time to time. In its debut episode, its song helped the cranky people of Neon Town finally fall asleep, after which, they woke up much more agreeable and friendly. In the following episode, Jigglypuff's song was able to put back to sleep the angry ancient Pokémon that slept there.
*In Friend and Foe Alike, Ritchie's Butterfree, Happy, used Sleep Powder on Ash's Squirtle during their league battle. Squirtle, already tired from a previous attack by Jessie, James, and Meowth, was declared unable to battle.
*In The Rise of Darkrai, Darkrai used its Dark Void in order to warn the people of Alamos Town about the coming attack of Dialga and Palkia. Unfortunately, the Bad Dreams that it caused led Baron Alberto to see Darkrai as a threat.
*In League Unleashed!, Nando's Kricketune used Sing to put Ash's Heracross to sleep. However, Heracross was able to counter it with Sleep Talk.
*In The Semi-Final Frontier!, Tobias' Darkrai used a combination of Dark Void and Dream Eater against Ash's Heracross, quickly knocking it out. Darkrai also put Sceptile to sleep, but it managed to wake up just in time to take it out with Leaf Blade.
===Manga===
====The Electric Tale of Pikachu====
In Chapter 2: Play with me Misty, after Ash's Metapod evolves, it uses Sleep Powder to make Misty's Gyarados fall asleep.
Category:Status conditions