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Scary Face (Japanese: こわいかお Scary Face) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. It was TM26 in Pokémon Sword and Shield, and is TM006 in Generation IX.

Effect

Generation II

Scary Face lowers the target's Speed stat by two stages. Scary Face's accuracy is 90%.

In the Generation II core series games, when an in-game opponent outside of the Battle Tower uses Scary Face, the move has a 25% chance to fail in addition to its normal chance to miss.

Generations III to IV

Scary Face can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Bite, Crunch, Leer, and Super Fang to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn. It can also be used to finish a combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if Leer or Rage was used in the previous turn.

Generation V onwards

Scary Face's accuracy was changed from 90% to 100%.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Scary Face, the user's Speed stat is raised by one stage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
0004				Monster	Dragon	25	25	19	19	19	19	28	28	28
0005				Monster	Dragon	27	27	21	21	21	21	37	37	37
0006				Monster	Dragon	27	27	21	21	21	21	39	39	39
0020				Field		20	20	20	20	20	1, Evo.		1, Evo.
0020				Field							1, Evo.
0066				Human-Like		43	43	43	46	46XY 43ORAS	43	20	20
0067				Human-Like		52	51	44	51	51XY 53ORAS	53	20	20
0068				Human-Like		52	51	44	51	51XY 53ORAS	53	20	20
0111				Monster	Field	31	24	21	19	19XY 9ORAS	9	20	20	20
0112				Monster	Field	31	24	21	19	19XY 1, 9ORAS	1, 9	20	20	20
0126				Human-Like		−	−	−	−	−	−	24	24	24
0128				Field		19	19RSE 13FRLG	11	11	11	11	25	25	25
0128		Tauros Paldean Form (Combat Breed)		Field										25
0128		Tauros Paldean Form (Blaze Breed)		Field										25
0128		Tauros Paldean Form (Aqua Breed)		Field										25
0130				Water 2	Dragon	−	−	−	−	−	33	16	16	16
0136				Field		−	−	64	64BW 29B2W2	29	29	45	45	45
0142				Flying		36	36	1	1	1	1	15	15
0158				Monster	Water 1	27	27	15	15	15	15		15	13
0159				Monster	Water 1	28	28	15	15	15	15		15	15
0160				Monster	Water 1	28	28	15	15	15	15		15	15
0167				Bug		6	6	5	5	5	12		12	12
0168				Bug		1, 6	1, 6	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	12		12	12
0209				Field	Fairy	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
0210				Field	Fairy	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
0217				Field		−	−	38	38	38	38		38	35
0232				Field		−	−	39	39	39XY 37ORAS	37		37	37
0240				No Eggs Discovered		−	−	−	−	−	−	24	24	24
0244				No Eggs Discovered		−	−	−	−	−	−	36	36	36
0246				Monster		36	36	19	23	23	23	12	12	12
0247				Monster		38	38	19	23	23	23	12	12	12
0248				Monster		38	38	19	23	23	23	12	12	12
0261				Field			29	33	33	33XY 25ORAS	25		25	25
0262				Field			32	37	37	37XY 28ORAS	28		28	28
0263				Field								27
0264				Field								33
0284				Water 1	Bug		33	26	26	26XY 22ORAS	22		22	22
0318				Water 2			16	11	11	11XY 29ORAS	29	12	12
0319				Water 2			16	11	11	11XY 29ORAS	29	12	12
0367				Water 1			29	19	19	19XY 9ORAS	9		9
0371				Dragon			37	40	40	40XY 39ORAS	39	20	20	20
0372				Dragon			47	43	43	43XY 42ORAS	42	20	20	20
0373				Dragon			47	43	43	43XY 42ORAS	42	20	20	20
0375				Mineral			26	24	24BW 35B2W2	35	35	42	42	42
0376				Mineral			1, 26	24	24BW 35B2W2	35	35	42	42	42
0382				No Eggs Discovered			5	5	5	5	5	1	1	1
0383				No Eggs Discovered			5	5	5	5	5	1	1	1
0384				No Eggs Discovered			5	5	5	5	5	1	1	1
0403				Field				37	37	37	37	28	28	28
0404				Field				43	43	43	43	36	36	36
0405				Field				49	49	49	49	40	40	40
0408				Monster				19	19	19	19		19	19
0409				Monster				19	19	19	19		19	19
0451				Bug	Water 3			28DP 23PtHGSS	23BW 41B2W2	41	41	27	27
0452				Bug	Water 3			28DP 23PtHGSS	23BW 43B2W2	43	43	27	27
0464				Monster	Field			21	19	19XY 1, 9ORAS	1, 9	20	20	20
0467				Human-Like				−	−	−	−	24	24	24
0473				Field				65	65BW 58B2W2	1, 58	1, 58	−	−	−
0483				No Eggs Discovered				1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0484				No Eggs Discovered				1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0485				No Eggs Discovered				41	41	41	41	24	24	24
0487				No Eggs Discovered				1	1	1	1	35	35	35
0532				Human-Like					37	37	37	28		28
0533				Human-Like					41	41	41	30		30
0534				Human-Like					41	41	41	30		30
0550				Water 2					41	41	30	20		20
0550				Water 2										20
0551				Field					34	34	34	12		12
0552				Field					36	36	36	12		12
0553				Field					36	36	36	12		12
0559				Field	Dragon				34	34	34	28		28
0560				Field	Dragon				34	34	34	28		28
0563				Mineral	Amorphous				34	34	1, Evo.	1
0566				Flying	Water 3				11	11	11	27
0567				Flying	Water 3				11	11	11	27
0570				Field					21	21	21	16		16
0571				Field					21	21	21	16		−
0588				Bug					40	40	40	28
0589				Bug					−	−	−	1
0610				Monster	Dragon				16	16	16	21		21
0611				Monster	Dragon				16	16	16	21		21
0612				Monster	Dragon				16	16	16	21		21
0621				Dragon	Monster				13	13	13	20
0624				Human-Like					22	22	22	20		20
0625				Human-Like					22	22	22	20		20
0626				Field					21	21	21	20
0627				Flying					19	19	19	24		24
0628				Flying					19	19	19	24		24
0628				Flying										24
0633				Dragon					52	50	50	36		36
0634				Dragon					55	55	55	36		36
0635				Dragon					55	55	55	36		36
0646				No Eggs Discovered					43	43	43	48		48
0710				Amorphous						4	4	24
0711				Amorphous						4	1, 4	24
0721				No Eggs Discovered						−	−	30		30
0725				Field							39	24		24
0726				Field							46	30		30
0727				Field							49	30		30
0734				Field							31			31
0735				Field							35			35
0744				Field							37	40		40
0745				Field							37	48		48
0745				Field							37	48		48
0745				Field							37USUM	48		48
0766				Field							18	20		20
0772				No Eggs Discovered							30	10
0773				No Eggs Discovered							30	1
0782				Dragon							21	12		12
0783				Dragon							21	12		12
0784				Dragon							21	12		12
0787				No Eggs Discovered							20	35
0821				Flying								24		24
0822				Flying								28		28
0823				Flying								28		28
0849				Human-Like								12		12
0862				Field								35
0867				Mineral	Amorphous							1
0891				No Eggs Discovered								16		16
0892				No Eggs Discovered								16		16
0892				No Eggs Discovered								16		16
0893				No Eggs Discovered								30		30
0901				Field										35
0901				Field										35
0902				Water 2										20
0911				Field										12
0942				Field										1
0943				Field										1
0983				Human-Like										20
1005				No Eggs Discovered										21
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 TM

By breeding

By event

Generation II

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Scary Face lowers the target's Travel Speed by one stage. This move is affected by Magic Coat.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

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

Description

In the anime

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Snubbull
The user stares at the opponent in a scary way.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Snubbull's pupils disappear and it stares at the opponent in a scary way. The opponent then becomes afraid to move.
Green's Snubbull	The Last Battle VII		Debut

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

Larvitar
The user stares at the opponent in a scary way.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Larvitar stares at the opponent in a scary-looking way.
Nagi's Larvitar	GDZ53		Debut

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

In other languages

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