Hypno

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**Hypno** (Japanese: **スリーパー** *Sleeper*) is a Psychic Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Drowzee starting at level 26.

## Biology

Hypno is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon that has yellow skin. It has two triangular, ears on the top of its head and two sleepy looking eyes with a large nose underneath. On its neck, it has a ruff of white fur, which is longer on the female. Hypno has five fingers on each hand and holds a pendulum in its left. The pendulum is used for hypnotism, and Hypno is never seen without it. There are three toes on each of its feet, which have a pink pad on the undersides.

Hypno is able to put people to sleep. It can then sense the dreams the victim is having, so it knows what kind of dream it would be eating. It is known to reside away from humans and on less traveled roads. If anyone comes by, Hypno will hypnotize them and eat their dreams. While it awaits its prey, it polishes its pendulum.

### Major appearances

Hypno debuted in *Hypno's Naptime*. The Pokémon Lover's Club of HopHopHop Town were using Hypno and Drowzee to help them with their sleeping problems. The "Sleep Waves" from Hypno were causing children to act like Pokémon and draining the energy from the Pokémon in the local Pokémon Center. Drowzee managed to fix this problem.

A Hypno in appeared *Playing with Fire*, under the ownership of Template:Jo. He used it against Template:Ash during the Silver Conference, and it was able to defeat Totodile before losing to Snorlax.

A Hypno appeared in *Fear Factor Phony*. It lives in an abandoned mining colony with several other Pokémon of {{Psychic|*<its type>*}}.

A Hypno appeared in SM049, under the ownership of Faba.

### Minor appearances

A Hypno appeared in *The Power of One*.

A Hypno was one of the Pokémon living in Len Town in *The Psychic Sidekicks!*.

A Hypno appeared in *Beauty and the Breeder*, where it participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.

A Hypno appeared at the Pokémon Jujitsu Academy in *Ariados, Amigos*, under the ownership of a Trainer named Mickey. It was defeated by Ralph's Houndour.

A Coordinator's Hypno appeared in *Spontaneous Combusken!*, where it participated in the Chrysanthemum Island Pokémon Contest.

### Pokédex entries

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### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Hypno's debut appearance in *The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually)* as one of the Pokémon of Al of the Team Rocket trio that attempted to recapture S.S. Anne.

A Hypno was one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest in *The Last Battle XIII*.

A Hypno belonging to the Battle Factory appeared in *Interesting Interactions Involving Illumise*.

### In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Sabrina signed up her Hypno to perform on stage at the No. 1 Pokémon competition in *Aim to be the No. 1 Pokémon!*.

## Merchandise

Hypno was one of the first four Pokémon designs revealed when the Pokémon 151 brand was first announced. The shirt design features an image of Hypno swinging its pendulum from the left side of the shirt.

## Game data

### Stats

#### Base stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

* This Pokémon's  Special  base stat in Generation I was **115**.

### Learnset

#### By a prior evolution

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hypno
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hypno
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

### Side game data

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 Boosts damage done by combos if the foe is asleep.

### Sprites

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## Trivia

* Hypno's Red, Blue, and LeafGreen Pokédex entries make reference to it using "PSI moves", possibly indicating an early name for the {{Psychic}} type in English.

### Origin

Hypno is based on a tapir, hypnotist, and baku, or dream eater spirit, of Japanese mythology. It also looks similar to a proboscis monkey. Hypno's long, hooked nose and white frill could also be based on a vulture, such as Rüppell's Vulture.

#### Name origin

Hypno is a shortening of *hypnosis*. It could also be derived from Hypnos (Greek: **Ὕπνος** *Sleep*), the personification of sleep in Greek mythology.

Sleeper is literally *sleeper*, one who sleeps.

## Notes

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