Nightmare (move)

Nightmare (Japanese: あくむ Nightmare) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation II. It was TM50 in Generation II.

Effect
If the target is, Nightmare afflicts the target with a status that causes it to take damage equal to one quarter of its maximum each turn. If the Pokémon wakes up, the effect of Nightmare ends and does not reoccur if put back to sleep.

Generation II
Nightmare inflicts damage equal to one quarter of the Pokémon's maximum HP every turn, after it attacks or its Trainer uses an item, or at the end of the turn if it did not attack and its Trainer did not use an item. If a Pokémon in a Nightmare causes an opponent to faint, it will not take damage that turn. Nightmare bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of or.

Due to an oversight, if an opponent cures their Pokémon of sleep with a Full Heal or Full Restore, it will not be cured of Nightmare even after waking up; this does not occur if the player cures their own Pokémon of sleep.

Generation III onward
Nightmare inflicts damage equal to one quarter of the Pokémon's maximum HP at the end of each turn. Nightmare now has 100% accuracy.

In only, due to an oversight, if a Pokémon cures itself of sleep with, it will not be cured of Nightmare even after waking up.

Nightmare can be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if a sleep-inducing status move (except and ) was used in the prior turn.

If powered up by a Ghostium Z into Z-Nightmare, the user's stat rises by one stage.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Nightmare puts a hostile Pokémon to, and inflicts damage when the Pokémon wakes up. In addition, the Pokémon will not recover its health naturally while put to sleep via this move.

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Trivia

 * This move is completely unavailable in and  without trading, as no Pokémon can learn it in Generation III outside of  and.
 * This move originated as a TCG TCG Attack.

In other languages
Nachtmahr Pesadilla Cauchemar Incubo あくむ 恶梦（招式）