Infatuation

Infatuation (Japanese: メロメロ Mad Love) is a volatile status condition introduced in Generation II, which causes the affected Pokémon to be unable to use moves half the time.
==Effect==
If an infatuated Pokémon attempts to use a move, it will fail 50% of the time, even when targeting Pokémon other than the one it is infatuated with. This failed move does not spend PP.
If a Pokémon attempts to use the consecutively executed moves , , , or , but fails in any turn because of infatuation, the move will be interrupted. This also prevents the user from becoming confused after the move's last turn, except from Generation V onwards the user still becomes confused if interrupted when would be the last turn nonetheless.
In Generation II and III, if the Pokémon is infatuated, confused, and paralyzed at the same time, it checks the statuses in the order of confusion, infatuation, and paralyzed.
In Generation IV, it checks in the order of confusion, paralyzed, and infatuation.
The stallized opponent in a Tera Raid Battle cannot be infatuated by any means.
==Causes==
Infatuation is caused when is used on a target of the opposite gender, is used by Gigantamax on all opponents of the opposite gender, may be caused when a Pokémon makes contact with a Pokémon of the opposite gender that has as its Ability, and is caused to a Pokémon that infatuates a Pokémon holding a Destiny Knot.
A gender-unknown Pokémon is unable to infatuate or be infatuated by any known means. Infatuation cannot be passed with .
===Moves===
A Pokémon can be infatuated when struck by any of the following moves.
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Move	Type	Category	Probability	Power 	Accuracy	Notes
 	100%	— 	100% 	Opponent of the opposite gender of the user become infatuated 	 	
 	100%	— 	—% 	All opponents of the opposite gender of the user become infatuated	 	
==Prevention and cure==
Infatuation ends as soon as either the affected Pokémon or the Pokémon it is infatuated with is removed from the battle.
As long as a Pokémon is already infatuated, it is immune to new infatuation attempts (including any attempts to change the infatuation target from a Pokémon to another).
Pokémon with the Ability are immune to infatuation. If a Pokémon receives Oblivious in battle (such as from ), it is cured of infatuation. If a Pokémon with Oblivious is infatuated while holding a Destiny Knot, this item will be activated before Oblivious cures this Pokémon of infatuation.
If a Pokémon is infatuated while holding a Mental Herb or an Eggant Berry, the item will be consumed and the infatuation will end.
In Generation III, if a Pokémon with Oblivious is holding a Mental Herb or an Eggant Berry, this Ability will take priority and the item will not be consumed. From Generation IV onwards, the item will be consumed before Oblivious has a chance to take effect.
If the player plays a Red Flute, their Pokémon's infatuation ends.
==Glitches==
===Transform gender change glitch===
In Generation II, if the opposing Pokémon uses a glitch to change its own gender when it is already infatuated with an opposite-gender Pokémon, the infatuation remains (as a same-gender infatuation).
This is doable if the opponent (a or non-player character's Pokémon) uses twice in the same battle, which causes its DVs to be replaced by the player's Pokémon's DVs, and a result its gender changes if the correct DVs for the opposite gender are copied.
===Rage glitch===
In Generation IV only, due to the Rage glitch, if an infatuated Pokémon has used and then successfully selects a different move, the Pokémon will no longer be infatuated, but its rage will still be building.
==In spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
:See also: Status condition (Mystery Dungeon) → Infatuated
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, infatuation can be caused by , , as well as by eating or being hit by a Decoy Seed. Unlike in the core series games, infatuation is not cured if the Pokémon causing the infatuation faints.
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, and Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, infatuation lasts 5 to 6 turns. The infatuated Pokémon is unable to do anything. If in the middle of a linked move, the rest of the linked move is skipped.
Since Gates to Infinity, infatuation lasts 6 turns. The infatuated Pokémon has a one in two chance of being unable to use a move.
In all Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games other than the Explorers series, Attract and Cute Charm are able to infatuate any Pokémon due to the lack of gender as a mechanic (even those whose gender is unknown in the core series games).
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In , Pokémon that are infatuated have their eyes replaced with hearts.
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In Rough, Tough Jigglypuff, a then- used its Ability to make Mitch Mitchum's infatuated with it after the latter hit it with .
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In Some Enchanted Sweetening!, Cheryl's used to make a then-wild infatuated with her, confirming to her that this particular Burmy was male and thus exactly what she needed.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness, used Attract on , who became infatuated with him.
In Battling The Generation Gap!, during the Celestic Town Pokémon Contest, Lila's used his Cute Charm Ability to make Dawn's Ambipom infatuated with him after she hit him with .
In Strategy Begins at Home!, Dawn's Piplup and became infatuated with Johanna's Glameow and after they both used Attract on them, leaving them open to be defeated by a dual attack.
In DPS02, Brock's Sudowoodo became infatuated with Nurse Joy's Chansey after she used Attract on him, leading to his defeat.
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In Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!, a that was trying to catch used Attract to make Ash's Pikachu, , and infatuated with her. Ash was only able to overcome this by sending out his , who could not be affected by Snivy's use of Attract due to being a female just like Snivy.
In A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, Snivy used Attract on Trip's Servine to make him infatuated with her, leading to his defeat soon after.
In Minccino—Neat and Tidy!, a then-wild used Attract on Ash's Snivy to make her infatuated with him, forcing Ash to recall Snivy.
In Emolga the Irresistible!, Ash's Oshawott became infatuated with a then-wild after taking an Attract attack that was meant for 's Minccino. Later, Emolga used Attract on a group of , but the move only made the male Swoobat infatuated with her. Iris's Excadrill was also accidentally hit with Attract, making him infatuated too. 
In Emolga and the New Volt Switch!, 's Emolga used Attract on Bianca's Pignite during a battle, infatuating him and forcing Bianca to recall him. Later, Emolga used Attract to infatuate , Tepig, Oshawott, and , making them give her the apples they were eating.
In Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!, Iris's Emolga infatuated Jimmy Ray's with Attract, allowing her to easily defeat him afterwards and advancing Iris to the next round of the Club Battle tournament.
In Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!, during Ash's Nimbasa Gym battle against Elesa, Ash's Palpitoad became infatuated with Elesa's after she used Attract on him, leading to his defeat.
In Battling the King of the Mines!, during Ash's Driftveil Gym battle against Clay, Ash's Snivy used Attract to make Clay's infatuated with her, allowing her to defeat him with a flurry of supereffective moves.
In Battling the Leaf Thieves!, Iris's Emolga used Attract to infatuate a group of wild , leaving the only unaffected one alone and allowing Iris to recover her , which had been inadvertently kidnapped by the Durant horde, while the last Durant was defeated by Emolga, , Pikachu, and Scraggy.
In Mission: Defeat Your Rival!, during the second round of the Vertress Conference, Bianca's Emboar used Attract to make 's infatuated with him, allowing him to defeat her despite the type disadvantage.
In Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!, Iris's Emolga used Attract to infatuate Jessie's Woobat and James's Yamask, allowing her to easily defeat them afterwards.
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In Kindergarten Chaos!, 's used Attract to make Ash's Froakie infatuated with it, allowing the to defeat it with .
In Master Class Choices!, during the Rookie Class, 's and used Attract to make a herd of infatuated with them.
In Valuable Experience for All!, during the Lumiose Conference quarterfinals, 's became infatuated with Sawyer's after he used Attract on her, leaving her open to be hit by an . This forced Tierno to switch her out in favor of .
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In The Sweet Taste of Battle!, Ash's Pikachu became infatuated with Opal's after she used Attract on him.
====Gallery====
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In The Last Battle III, Whitney used her and 's to infatuate and immobile several Neo Team Rocket .
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In Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt! II, 's , Kiki, infatuated a that was attacking Mr. Briney's boat with , leaving it immobilized until it was defeated by her. Kiki increased the chance of Cute Charm activating by running around in circles while chasing her tail, causing her to make physical contact with Crawdaunt multiple times in a quick succession while minimizing the damage taken from its attacks.
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In Getting the Drop on Gallade II, Darach's became infatuated with Platinum's Lopunny when his triggered her Cute Charm. Combined with the caused by Lopunny's just before she fainted, this left Gallade unable to attack and allowed Platinum's Empoleon to defeat him afterwards, making the winner of the battle and earning her the Castle Print, her first commemorative print.
==In other languages==
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