Dream Eater (move)

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Dream Eater (Japanese: ゆめくい Dream Eat) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I.
It is:
* TM42 in Generations I and II. 
* TM85 from Generation IV to , and in .
* TM59 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
==Effect==
Dream Eater only works if the target is ; otherwise, it does nothing. Dream Eater inflicts damage, and 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user as HP (up to the user's maximum HP). However, if this attack deals 1 HP of damage, 1 HP will be restored to the user.
Dream Eater also affects targets with the Ability, which act as though they are asleep without the status condition.
If the user is holding a Big Root, the HP restored is increased by 30% (making the restored HP 65% of the damage dealt). Big Root does not increase the damage dealt.
When used on a Pokémon with the Ability, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.
A Pokémon under the effect of is unable to use Dream Eater. If there are no other usable moves, it will use .
If HP is restored to the user when its current HP is greater than its maximum HP, its current HP will be set equal to its maximum HP.
===Generation I===
In the localized versions of the Generation I games, if Dream Eater breaks a , no HP will be restored to the user. In the Japanese version of Generation I games and all versions of the Pokémon Stadium series games, Dream Eater will always miss if the target has a substitute.
===Generations II to IV===
Dream Eater fails if the target has a substitute.
Dream Eater can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if or was used in the previous turn.
===Generation V onwards===
Dream Eater can now hit a substitute and will properly heal the user when damaging a substitute, even if it was broken.
Dream Eater can be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if a sleep-inducing status move (except and ) was used in the prior turn.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By ===
===By TM/Move Tutor===
===Special move===
====Generation IV====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Dream Eater inflicts damage, and 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user as HP, including excess damage. The move will fail if the target is not affected by a sleep-related . The move is affected by the status condition.
In Gates to Infinity, the user will heal based on how much HP the target lost, with excess damage not being accounted for. This is changed back to what it previously was in Super Mystery Dungeon.
===Pokémon Conquest===
===Pokémon Masters EX===
This move is only known by certain opponents.
 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base	Max 	 	Target 	Effect tag 	Description	Playable
3	— 	146 	175 	100%	An opponent	Absorbs	The more damage dealt to the target, the more it restores the user's HP. Fails when the target is not asleep.	None 	
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In Pokémon UNITE, Dream Eater is 's second move. It is obtained by evolving into at level 5 and upgrading into it instead of . The user shoots forward a mysterious orb, sleeping enemies when it hits. If used again when a nearby enemy is asleep, the user teleports behind them and attacks: dealing damage to the enemy, healing the user, and reducing the cooldown of Shadow Ball or Sludge Bomb. At level 11, its damage and healing is increased.
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
===How I Became a Pokémon Card===
===Pokémon Adventures===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* Before Generation V, Dream Eater was the only unaffected by the effects of .
* Dream Eater is the only HP-draining move.
* Dream Eater has the highest base power of all HP-draining moves.
* Dream Eater is the only draining move that still didn't work on a in Generation III; instead, it's worked on a substitute since Generation V
* Despite being heavily associated with Dream Eater, and cannot learn the move by leveling up outside of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
** Notably, as the move is not a TM in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Drowzee and Hypno cannot legally learn Dream Eater in these games, despite both them and the move itself being present.
==In other languages==
Category:HP-draining moves
Category:Moves that can jam
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves that require use of mouth
Category:Moves in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Category:Moves in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
de:Traumfresser
es:Comesueños
fr:Dévorêve
it:Mangiasogni
ja:ゆめくい
zh:食梦（招式）