Yawn — Pokémon Move

Target sleeps at the end of the next turn.

Type: normal; class: status; power: —; accuracy: —; PP: 10; priority: 0.

Effect notes

Puts the target to sleep at the end of the next turn. Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers. If the target leaves the field, this effect is canceled. If the target has a status effect when this move is used, this move will fail. If the target is protected by Safeguard when this move is used, this move will fail. Insomnia and Vital Spirit prevent the sleep if the target has either at the end of the next turn, but will not cause this move to fail on use.

In-game descriptions by version

ruby sapphire	Lulls the foe into yawning, then sleeping next turn.
emerald	Lulls the foe into yawning, then sleeping next turn.
firered leafgreen	A huge yawn lulls the foe into falling asleep on the next turn.
diamond pearl	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the foe into falling asleep on the next turn.
platinum	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the foe into falling asleep on the next turn.
heartgold soulsilver	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the foe into falling asleep on the next turn.
black white	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
black 2 white 2	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
x y	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
omega ruby alpha sapphire	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
sun moon	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
ultra sun ultra moon	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
lets go pikachu lets go eevee	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
sword shield	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
legends arceus	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.
scarlet violet	The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn.

Pokémon that learn this move in scarlet-violet

squirtle — egg
wartortle — egg
blastoise — egg
psyduck — egg
slowpoke — level-up, level 9
slowbro — level-up, level 9
eevee — egg
snorlax — level-up, level 12
wooper — level-up, level 21
quagsire — level-up, level 23
slowking — level-up, level 9
dunsparce — level-up, level 28
teddiursa — egg
slugma — level-up, level 1
magcargo — level-up, level 1
kingdra — level-up, level 1
mudkip — egg
marshtomp — egg
swampert — egg
poochyena — level-up, level 34
mightyena — level-up, level 44
slakoth — level-up, level 1
slaking — level-up, level 1
gulpin — level-up, level 5
swalot — level-up, level 1
numel — egg
camerupt — level-up, level 39
torkoal — egg
chimecho — level-up, level 13
piplup — egg
prinplup — egg
empoleon — egg
shellos — egg
chingling — level-up, level 13
hippopotas — level-up, level 8
hippowdon — level-up, level 1
uxie — level-up, level 56
tepig — egg
pignite — egg
emboar — egg
cubchoo — egg
litleo — egg
espurr — egg
meowstic male — egg
yungoos — level-up, level 37
gumshoos — level-up, level 43
oranguru — egg
komala — level-up, level 16
fuecoco — level-up, level 17
crocalor — level-up, level 15