Escape item

An escape item is an item that can be used to distract a wild Pokémon, allowing the player to escape instantly regardless of any factors that would otherwise prevent escape. The items all resemble Pokémon native to the region the items are available in: a , a 's tail, and a 's tail.
==Escape items==
	Name 	DebutGen.
	Poké Doll 	I
	Fluffy Tail	III
	Poké Toy 	V
==In the spin-off games==
===PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond===
The Poké Doll, simply known as "Plush" in-game, makes an appearance in PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond as a gift item found inside crates. It can be given to Pokémon to make them happier, or can be used to distract certain Pokémon from running away. Instead of Clefairy, these Dolls represent , but were also translated to English as Poké Doll (Japanese: ピィにんぎょう Doll).
==Artwork==
This is artwork of the items as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.
		
		
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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A Poké Doll belonging to first appeared in Lulled to La-La Land! and made brief reappearances in each episode from Now You See Them, Now You Don't! to Family Determination!. Lillie used the Poké Doll in Rescuing the Unwilling! to remind Lusamine's Clefable of the good times they had had together, allowing it to break free of 's control.
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In Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, a Poké Doll was seen in 's room, amongst his collection of Badges, trophies, and other awards.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
In A Hollow Victreebel, used a Poké Doll to escape from a group of that were trying to eat him in the .
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 used a Poké Doll as a substitute for himself in Part-Time Job At The Swimming Pool!!. Since then, it became Clefairy's signature item, mostly relying on it to decoy himself or flee from any battle.
==In the TCG==
The Poké Doll has had two dedicated cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The first is , a which gets put into play as a Pokémon card. It only has 10 , does not include any s, and is unable to retreat. However, it cannot be afflicted with s and the opponent does not take any Prize cards for knocking out a Clefairy Doll. The English language release of the card uses the English equivalent of the Japanese name, Clefairy Doll.
The second card featuring Poké Doll is the very imaginatively named , which is named after its owner Lillie. It mostly has the same effect with the upside of being shuffled back into the deck instead of being discarded, although any cards that happen to be attached to the doll do get discarded. It has 30 HP instead of 10, but can be affected by Special Conditions unlike the prior card.
As of writing, the Fluffy Tail and Poké Toy do not have dedicated cards. However, the mechanics used by the above cards were also used on .
The following is a list of cards representing Escape items.
==Trivia==
* In Generation III, the Poké Doll, which resembles a (a Pokémon native to Kanto and Johto), is unavailable in Hoenn, instead being replaced by the Fluffy Tail, which resembles the tail of a (which is native to Hoenn). In Generation III, the Fluffy Tail is likewise only available in Hoenn. In Generation VI, the Poké Doll is available in Hoenn.
** In , since neither Clefairy nor Skitty is native in Unova, they are both replaced by the Poké Toy, which resembles the tail of a (a Pokémon native to Unova). In these games, the Poké Doll and Fluffy Tail can only be obtained in Black City. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, they can be obtained via other means, as Clefairy and Skitty are native to Unova in these games.
* The Poké Toy is the only escape item whose Japanese name does not include a Pokémon's name.
* The Lost Item that must be returned to the in exchange for the Magnet Train Pass in Generations and is implied to be the same Poké Doll given to her by the player in Generations and .
* Due to a glitch in the Generation I games, Poké Dolls can also be used to bypass the ghost Marowak in Pokémon Tower; this glitch was fixed in Generation III.
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