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The Poké Flute (Japanese: ポケモンのふえ Pokémon Flute) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I. It has the appearance of a yellow recorder with a Poké Ball near the bottom.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

Outside of battle

The Poké Flute is used to wake up sleeping Pokémon in the overworld.

In the Generation I core series games, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it is used to wake the two Snorlax sleeping on Route 12 and Route 16. This initiates a battle with the wild Snorlax.
In Pokémon Yellow, the Poké Flute can be used to wake up the player's Pikachu.
In Pokémon X and Y, the player has to deliver the Poké Flute from the Parfum Palace to its owner, a Black Belt, who uses it to wake up a Snorlax that is blocking Route 7. The player does not get to keep the Poké Flute after they deliver it.

If the player uses the Poké Flute outside of battle, it will play a "catchy tune", but does not wake up any of the player's Pokémon.

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, the Pokégear's radio is used to wake up wild Snorlax. If the player has the EXPN Card, they can tune in to channel 20 in Kanto to hear the Poké Flute.

In battle

A Poké Flute is a reusable item that cures all Pokémon in the battle of sleep, including the opponent's Pokémon. If no Pokémon are asleep, it will have no effect on the battle, but still counts as the player's turn.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon with Soundproof cannot be woken up by the Poké Flute. In Pokémon X and Y and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the Poké Flute cannot be used in battle.

Description

Games	Description
Stad	Plays a pleasant melody that rouses Pokémon from sleep.
FRLG	A flute that is said to instantly awaken any Pokémon. It has a lovely tone.
E	A sweet-sounding flute that awakens Pokémon.
XY ORAS	A flute which can play with such a beautiful tone that even sleeping Pokémon find themselves roused.
SM USUM	A flute that can play with such a beautiful tone that even sleeping Pokémon find themselves roused.
PE SwSh BDSP LA SV	A flute that can play with such a beautiful tone that even sleeping Pokémon find themselves woken up.

Acquisition

Appearance

In the spin-off games

Poké Flute in Snap

Pokémon Snap

In Pokémon Snap, Professor Oak will reward the player with a Poké Flute after obtaining a total score of 125,000 points or higher for all the photos in the Pokémon Report.

Playing the Poké Flute will wake up sleeping Pokémon and may make them dance or pose for the player. There are three songs that can be played by the Poké Flute in this game, and Pokémon respond differently to each.

In New Pokémon Snap, the Poké Flute is replaced by a similar melody function.

Pokémon Trading Card Game series

The Pokémon Flute card is available in Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!.

In the anime

A Poké Flute in the anime

Main series

A Poké Flute belonging to a hippie appeared in Wake Up Snorlax!. He uses it to perform musical numbers in exchange for food. He also used it to wake up a Snorlax that turned out to be his Pokémon and was believed to be blocking a river.

Another Poké Flute appeared in Awakening the Sleeping Giant!, under the ownership of Lord Shabboneau. It is used in an annual festival involving a Snorlax living in the area near Camphrier Town, but, unfortunately, it had been taken away by the egocentric Princess Allie from the Parfum Palace. After a series of many-sided events, Ash and his friends managed to get the Flute back and return it to Lord Shabboneau so he could start the festival. Team Rocket, believing the Flute could actually control Snorlax, tried to steal it in order to gather themselves an army of Sleeping Pokémon, but the Flute was soon recovered, allowing the festival to be successfully completed.

A Poké Flute appeared in Supereffective Type, a Japanese ending song for Pokémon Journeys: The Series.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Subject	Source	Entry
EP041	Poké Flute	Ash's Pokédex	The Poké Flute is used to wake sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax will only awaken to this flute.

Pokémon Origins

The Poké Flute in Pokémon Origins

The Poké Flute was seen two times, although briefly, in Pokémon Origins. It first appeared close to the end of File 2: Cubone, where Mr. Fuji gave it to Red as a thanks for saving him and the Pokémon Tower from Team Rocket. Red later used the Flute in File 3: Giovanni to wake up a Snorlax, which he then presumably caught.

POKÉTOON

A Poké Flute appeared in The Slugma-Powered Home on a fireplace at Anna's grandparents' house.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Red, Green & Blue arc

A Poké Flute owned by Red appeared in A Hollow Victreebel. It was used to help him escape from a group of Victreebel that had been about to eat him at the Safari Zone.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

A Poké Flute appeared in Get Snorlax!!.

Pokémon Zensho

A Poké Flute appeared in Celadon City, where it was given to Satoshi by Mr. Fuji.

Gallery

In the TCG

Pokémon Flute Main article: Pokémon Flute (Base Set 86)

Pokémon Flute was introduced as a Trainer card at the beginning of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. First released in the initial Japanese Expansion Pack, it later debuted in English in the Base Set, with both prints featuring an illustration by Keiji Kinebuchi. Pokémon Flute allows the player to choose a Basic Pokémon from their opponent's discard pile and add it to their opponent's Bench.