Charm (move)

Charm (Japanese: あまえる Fawn) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a move. It was TM29 in and is TM002 in Generation IX.
==Effect==
===Generation II===
Charm is a move. It lowers the stat of the target by two stages.
In the Generation II core series games, when an in-game opponent outside of the uses Charm, the move has a 25% chance to fail.
===Generations III to V===
Charm can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing , , , , and to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn.
===Generation VI onwards===
Charm is now a move.
If powered up by a Fairium Z into Z-Charm, the user's stat rises by one stage.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM===
	
===By ===
===Special move===
====Generation III====
====Generation IV====
====Generation V====
====Generation IX====
===By ===
====Generation III====
====Generation VI====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Charm reduces the enemy's Attack. Prior to Gates to Infinity, Charm cuts the Attack stat by ½, stacking up to 1/128, with this reduction being separate from stat stages. This characteristic is only shared with and . From Gates to Infinity onwards, the move reduces the Attack stat by two stages.
In , Charm is still classified as a move, despite having been changed to a move in the core series games.
===Pokémon GO===
Charm is a Fast Attack in that has been available since July 9, 2019.
====Updates====
;Trainer Battles
* December 1, 2022
** Power: 16 → 15
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In , all status moves including Charm could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Charm could be seen as a move used by opposing and .
===Pokémon Masters EX===
 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base	Max 	 	Target	Effect Tag(s) 	Description	Playable
2	— 	— 	— 	100%	An opponent	— 	Lowers the target's Attack by two stat ranks.	 	
* Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Sharply lowers the target's Attack.
===Monopoly: Pokémon Exclusive Kanto Edition===
In the exclusive edition of Monopoly: Pokémon Kanto Edition, Charm is the Power Card belonging to . Once per game, during their turn, the player using Eevee may forcibly trade their lowest-valued property for an opponent's highest-valued property. If the opponent complains about the trade, the player using Eevee may take 100 from them in addition to their property. If either property involved in the trade has Poké Marts or a Pokémon Center built on them, the original owner of the property sells them back to the bank, receiving half the price of building them.
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
* In Gligar Glide, 's , Togebo, was revealed to know Charm by his Pokédex.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side games series===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* Charm is one of the four moves from Generation II to have its in a later generation, the others being , , and .
** Excluding Curse, all of them were moves that became moves in Generation VI.
* In , Bulbasaur and Oddish are programmed to learn Charm as an Egg Move, but there was no legitimate father to pass down this move. In Generations and , both can inherit the move from the evolutionary line by chain breeding; from Generation onward, both can get this move directly from . 
** A similar situation occurs for Snorlax in Gold and Silver. In Generation III and IV, Snorlax was able to inherit the move from the Bulbasaur line by chain breeding; from Generation VI onward, Snorlax was able to inherit the move directly from the Tyrunt line.
==In other languages==
Category:Normal-type moves
Category:Moves that can jam
Category:Moves that can lower the target's Attack
Category:Moves learned by purification
Category:Moves that have had their type changed
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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