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[[Category:Psychic-type Pokémon]][[Category:Generation I Pokémon]] [[Category:Yellow Pokémon]]Hypno (Japanese: スリーパー Sleeper) is a Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

Appearance

Hypno is a human-like Pokémon with yellow skin. On the top of its head are large, cat-like ears. Its eyes are usually squinted, and lower down. It also has a large nose. On its neck, Hypno have a large white mane, which stretches completely around. Hypno also have human-like arms and hands, which both have five digits. It is also always carrying a small pendulum, which it uses in most of its Psychic based attacks.

File:Hypno(E)Sprite.gif

Special abilities

Seeing its sweeping pendulum can induce sleep in three seconds, even in someone who just woke up. Hypno have both the abilities Forewarn and Insomnia. Insomnia will prevent the user from falling asleep while Forewarn will show the attack of an opponent with the highest attack power.

All Hypno also have the skills to cause anything to fall asleep, and also have a high amount of power in hypnotic abilities.

Evolution

Hypno is the evolved form of Drowzee, as of level 26.

In the anime

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Hypno in the anime

Hypno first appeared in the anime episode Hypno's Naptime. In this episode, Hypno's abilities had a strange side effect on many of the children in the local town, causing them to run off to a secluded garden and act like various Pokémon.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s) Area(s) Rarity
Red and Blue Cerulean Cave Uncommon
Yellow Evolve Drowzee None
Gold and Silver Route 11 Rare
Crystal Route 11 Rare
Ruby and Sapphire Trade None
FireRed and LeafGreen Berry Forest Common
Emerald Trade None
Diamond and Pearl Evolve Drowzee None
Platinum Evolve Drowzee None
HeartGold and SoulSilver Route 11, Safari Zone Rare
Black and White Poké Transfer, Dream World None

Pokédex entries

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Origins

Hypno's English name is taken from the part, Hypno of the word of Hypnosis.

Trivia

  • Hypno's PokéDex entry tells about it accidentally taking a child away. A shirt was released in Japan showing it doing this very thing.
  • Hypno's voice in the TV series bears a striking resemblance to horror film icon Peter Lorre's, just as its pre-evolutionary form Drowzee's voice resembles Bela Lugosi's.

See also

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