Disable (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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Disable (Japanese: かなしばり Temporary Binding) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

	This move effect may be in need of research. Reason: How does Disable interact with Thrash, Outrage, and Petal Dance? From gen 2 onwards, can it disable a move that currently has no PP? You can discuss this on the talk page.

Disable temporarily prevents the target from using a specific move.

The affected Pokémon will use Struggle if it has no other usable moves with PP remaining besides the disabled move. For instance, it will use Struggle if it is forced to use a single move because of Encore or choice items but that move is disabled.

The affected Pokémon can still use the disabled move as a result of Sleep Talk, Metronome, or Mirror Move. An ally Pokémon's Assist can also call the disabled move.

Disable fails if one of the target's moves is already disabled. Disable does not affect Pokémon under the protection of Aroma Veil.

Disable's effect ends after a number of turns that varies by generation, or when the Pokémon is switched out, faints, or the battle ends.

In Generation I and II, the turns are only counted if the affected Pokémon attempts to use a move. Turns spent flinching, fast asleep, frozen solid, recharging, or bound will not count towards the Disable duration length. From Generation III onwards, all turns are counted regardless of attempting to use a move or not.

Disable's effect cannot be transferred via Baton Pass.

Generation I

The disabled move is randomly selected among the target's moves whose current PP is greater than 0. Disable fails if the target has no PP for any of its moves.

While the move is disabled, a message of "disabled!" will appear in place of the disabled move's PP, and the target will be unable to use the move until the round after Disable wears off (attempting to select the move will just result in a notice that the move is disabled).

If the target does manage to select the move (such as if it knows the move twice because of Mimic, or if the user is faster than the target and disables the attack that the target was going to use during that round) and attempts to execute it before the disable duration is over, it will only result in a wasted turn and a message that the move is disabled. Since the check to see if a move is disabled happens after the duration reduction, it is possible to disable the move the target was about to use for only 1 turn and as a result have Disable end immediately, still allowing the target to use said move during that round.

Even if unsuccessful (for any reason), using Disable against a Pokémon using Rage will cause its rage to build.

In Pokémon Stadium, Disable will cause a Pokémon's rage to build only if successful. The disabled move's PP is not replaced with a "disabled!" message, though attempting to select the move will still result in a notice that the move is disabled.

Generation II onwards

Disable now disables the last move that the target used. It fails if the target has not used a move yet, or if the last move it used was Struggle.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Disable, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

If the last move the target used was a Max Move, Disable will fail.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII		VIII		IX
0037				Field		−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	4	4	4
0037				Field								−	−	4	4	4
0038				Field		−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	1	1	Rem.
0038				Field								−	−	1	1	Rem.
0039				Fairy		14	14	14	13	13	13XY 15ORAS	14	16	1	1	1
0040				Fairy		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	−	1	1	1
0048				Bug		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4		1	1
0049				Bug		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1, 4		1	1
0054				Water 1	Field	31	10	10	14	14BW 11B2W2	11XY 22ORAS	19	23	15	15	15
0055				Water 1	Field	1, 31	1, 10	1, 10	14	14BW 11B2W2	11XY 22ORAS	19	23	15	15	15
0064				Human-Like		1, 20RGB 20Y	18	18	18	18	18	18	1, 6	1	1
0065				Human-Like		1, 20RGB 20Y	18	18	18	18	18	18	1, 6	1	1
0079				Monster	Water 1	18	29	29RSE 24FRLG	20	19	19	19	24	15	15	15
0079				Monster	Water 1									15		15
0080				Monster	Water 1	1, 18	29	29RSE 24FRLG	20	19	19	19	24	15	15	15
0080				Monster	Water 1									15		15
0088				Amorphous		1	10	8	12	12	12	12	18		12	12
0088				Amorphous								12	18			12
0089				Amorphous		1	37	8	12	12	12	12	18		12	12
0089				Amorphous								12	18			12
0094				Amorphous		−	−	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	−
0096				Human-Like		12	10	10RSE 7FRLG	7	5	5	5	4		5	5
0097				Human-Like		1, 12	1, 10	1, 10RSE 1, 7FRLG	1, 7	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 4		1, 5	1
0108				Monster		15	31	34	25	25	25	25	20	24	24
0117				Water 1	Dragon	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	−
0150				No Eggs Discovered		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0174				No Eggs Discovered			−	−	−	−	−	−		16	16	16
0199				Monster	Water 1		29	29RSE 24FRLG	20	19	19	19		15	15	15
0199				Monster	Water 1									15		15
0222				Water 1	Water 3									10
0302				Human-Like				−	−	−	−	−		15	15	15
0335				Field				−	−	−	−	−			−	Rem.
0352				Field				−	−	−	−	−			16
0355				Amorphous				5	6	6	6	6		4	4	4
0356				Amorphous				1, 5	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6		1	1	1
0463				Monster					25	25	25	25		24	24
0477				Amorphous					1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6		1	1	1
0491				No Eggs Discovered					1	1	1	1			1	1
0562				Mineral	Amorphous					5	5	5		12
0562				Mineral	Amorphous									12
0563				Mineral	Amorphous					1, 5	1, 5	1, 5		12
0717				No Eggs Discovered							35	35		15
0758				Monster	Dragon							1		1		1
0779				Water 2								20				20
0787				No Eggs Discovered								1		10
0864				Water 1	Water 3									1
0867				Mineral	Amorphous									12
0897				No Eggs Discovered										60		60
0898				No Eggs Discovered										1		1
0946				Grass												29
0947				Grass												29
0985				No Eggs Discovered												1
1006				No Eggs Discovered												1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

Special move

Generation V

By event

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0683				Fairy		Shigeki Morimoto's Aromatisse
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In the Rescue Team, Explorers and Adventure Squad series, Disable inflicts paralysis on the enemy. From Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, the move is affected by Magic Coat.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity onwards, Disable seals the move that its target most recently used on the floor.

Super Smash Bros. series

Mewtwo uses Disable as its down special move. Rather than disabling a move, Disable stuns the opponent, leaving them vulnerable for a short period of time. The move only works if the opponent is making eye contact with Mewtwo. Also, the opponent has to be standing on the ground, or they take weak knockback instead.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

In Pokémon Rumble Rush, all status moves including Disable could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Disable could be seen as a move used by Boss Kadabra and Slowbro.

Description

In the anime

In the manga

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

How I Became a Pokémon Card

Drowzee
The user stops the opponent from moving.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Drowzee closes its eyes and a wave of psychic energy freezes the opponent in motion.
A wild Drowzee	PW22		Debut

• In PW18, Slowpoke was revealed to have known Disable, but it was not shown using it.

Magical Pokémon Journey

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Psyduck Hypno
The user uses its psychic powers to prevent the opponent from moving.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Psyduck uses its psychic powers to prevent the opponent from moving.
A wild Psyduck	The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!		Debut
	Hypno prevents itself from getting hurt from the last attack used by the opponent, and that attack cannot be used during the duration of the battle.
Eusine's Hypno	Farewell To Pikachu?!		None

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

Slowpoke
The user disables the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Slowpoke fires a beam at the opponent, preventing them from moving.
Shu's Slowpoke	GDZ44		Debut

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

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