Sketch (move)

Sketch (Japanese: スケッチ Sketch) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation II. It is the signature move of .
==Effect==
Sketch allows the user to learn the target's last move permanently, replacing Sketch in the process.
It bypasses checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as or . Sketch is not affected by , , or . Sketch will fail if used against a target protected by .
Although they can be sketched, , , and (starting in Generation VII) cannot be used in battle. These moves can only be used by , Unbound, or respectively, or by a Pokémon that has ed into them.
These moves cannot be sketched: , , Sketch itself, Shadow moves, Z-Moves, and others depending on the generation.
===Generation II===
Sketch cannot be used to copy , , , , or . Because the move fails if there is no target on the field (or the turn immediately ends in certain generations, such as Generation IV), and also cannot be sketched.
Sketch will fail if:
* The move tries to copy a move the user already knows.
* The battle does not allow experience points to be earned (such as link battles or battle facility battles).
* The target is transformed.
If used by a transformed Pokémon, Sketch will allow the Pokémon to permanently learn the sketched move; this is known as the Sketch glitch.
===Generation III===
Sketch can now be used to copy and like any other move. It can also copy and if a Pokémon with the Ability is on the field.
In only, Sketch can copy a move a Pokémon attempted to use, but failed to due to . This allows the moves , , and to be copied (which otherwise cannot be)—this means that in the Generation III games, these moves can only be copied by Sketch in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
If the battle does not allow experience points to be earned (such as link battles or Battle Tower battles), any moveset changes caused by Sketch will be reverted at the end of the battle.
Sketch will fail if:
* Used by a transformed Pokémon.
* A Pokémon somehow uses it without having Sketch in its current moveset.
===Generation IV to VII===
Sketch can now be used to copy , , and like any other move (without the need for the move to fail due to sleep).
If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Sketch, the user's , , , , and are raised by one stage each. 
===Generation VIII===
====Pokémon Sword and Shield====
Sketch cannot be selected in a battle.
===Generation IX===
In Versions 1.0 to 2.0.2 of , Sketch could not be selected in a battle. 
Starting with Version 3.0.0, Sketch is once again usable. Sketch can no longer copy or , nor can it copy the newly introduced moves , , or the Starmobiles' signature moves. Despite being both inaccessible and unusable, is also specified as a move that cannot be copied by Sketch.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Sketch targets the Pokémon in front and will copy their last used move, replacing Sketch with it. Sketch does not copy the Ginseng boost. 
Sketch will fail if the target's last move had since been forgotten, or if it is Sketch or . In the Rescue Team series, Sketch cannot copy moves that call other moves (except , , and ); although Sketch can technically copy itself if bounced back by . From Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move can now sketch moves that call other moves. 
Sketch cannot be used in a in the Adventure Squad series. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Sketch will always fail when used against Gigantic Pokémon, since they use completely different versions of the same move.
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In , all status moves including Sketch could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Sketch could be seen as a move used by opposing .
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
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==Trivia==
* Sketch is the first Generation II move in index number order.
* Sketch holds the record for being learned the most times via leveling up by a single Pokémon, being learned ten times by Smeargle. It is also the only move that can be learned more than four times via leveling up.
* Sketch is one of two moves (excluding ), whose base PP is not a multiple of 5, the other being .
==In other languages==
Category:Signature moves
Category:Moves that cannot miss
Category:Moves that can fail
Category:Moves unusable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
de:Nachahmer
es:Esquema
fr:Gribouille
it:Schizzo
ja:スケッチ
zh:写生（招式）