Growth (move)

Growth (Japanese: せいちょう Growth) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Growth
せいちょう Growth

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Affects the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation I
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Generation I

Growth increases the user's Special stat by one stage.

Generations II to IV

Growth instead increases the user's Special Attack stat by one stage.

Growth can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with certain moves (Absorb, Bullet Seed, Frenzy Plant, Giga Drain, Leech Seed, Magical Leaf, Mega Drain, Petal Dance, Razor Leaf, SolarBeam and Vine Whip) having their base appeal points doubled if they are used in the next turn.

Generation V

Growth now increases the user's Attack by one stage in addition to increasing Special Attack by one stage. In harsh sunlight, Growth raises Attack and Special Attack by two stages each.

Generation VI onward

Growth's PP is changed from 40 to 20.

Growth can be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if the move Sunny Day was used in the prior turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Growth, the user's Special Attack stat rises by another stage.

Description

Games	Description
Stad	Raises Special to make special attacks stronger and enhance protection against special moves.
Stad2	A Normal-type move that raises Spcl.Atk. Normally used up to six times.
GS C	Raises the Spcl. Atk rating.
RS EColo.XD	Forces the body to grow and heightens Sp. Atk.
FRLG	The user's body is forced to grow, raising the Sp. Atk stat.
DP Pt HGSSPBR	The user's body is forced to grow all at once. It raises the Sp. Atk stat.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh	The user's body grows all at once, raising the Attack and Sp. Atk stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
001		Bulbasaur		Monster	Grass	34	32	32	25	25	25	25^SM^USUM 27^PE	6
002		Ivysaur		Monster	Grass	38	38	38	28	28	28	28^SM^USUM 39^PE	1
003		Venusaur		Monster	Grass	43	41	41	28	28	28	28^SM^USUM 44^PE	1
043		Oddish		Grass		Grass							1^SM^USUM 4^PE	1
044		Gloom		Grass		Grass							1^SM^USUM 1, 4^PE	1
045		Vileplume		Grass		Grass							1^PE	1
046		Paras		Bug	Grass	41	37	37	27	33	33	33^SM^USUM 12^PE	33^BDSP
047		Parasect		Bug	Grass	48	46	43	30	37	37	37^SM^USUM 12^PE	37^BDSP
069		Bellsprout		Grass		Grass	1	6	6	7	7	7	7^SM^USUM 4^PE	7^BDSP
070		Weepinbell		Grass		Grass	1	1, 6	1, 6	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7^SM^USUM 1, 4^PE	1, 7^BDSP
071		Victreebel		Grass		Grass							1^PE	1^BDSP
114		Tangela		Grass		Grass	49^RGB 48^Y	46	13	12	12^BW 20^B2W2	20	20^SM^USUM 27^PE	8
182		Bellossom		Grass		Grass								1
191		Sunkern		Grass		Grass		4	6	1	1	1	1	1^BDSP
192		Sunflora		Grass		Grass		4	6	1	1	1	1	1^BDSP
273		Seedot		Field	Grass			7	7	7	7^XY 9^ORAS	9	9
274		Nuzleaf		Field	Grass			7	7	7	7^XY 6^ORAS	6	9
275		Shiftry		Field	Grass			1					1
285		Shroomish		Fairy	Grass			36	33	33	33^XY 29^ORAS	29	29^BDSP
286		Breloom		Fairy	Grass								1^BDSP
315		Roselia		Fairy	Grass			5	4	4	4	4	1
331		Cacnea		Grass	Human-Like			9	9	9	9^XY 7^ORAS	7	7^BDSP
332		Cacturne		Grass	Human-Like			1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1, 9^XY 1, 7^ORAS	1, 7	1, 7^BDSP
357		Tropius		Monster	Grass			7	7	7	7^XY 1^ORAS	1	1^BDSP
387		Turtwig		Monster	Grass								10^BDSP
388		Grotle		Monster	Grass								10^BDSP
389		Torterra		Monster	Grass								10^BDSP
406		Budew		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				4	4	4	4	1
407		Roserade		Fairy	Grass								1
413		Wormadam Plant Cloak		Bug		Bug				29	29	29	29	29^BDSP
420		Cherubi		Fairy	Grass				7	7	7	7	10
421		Cherrim		Fairy	Grass				1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1
455		Carnivine		Grass		Grass				1	1	1	1	1^BDSP
465		Tangrowth		Grass		Grass				12	12^BW 20^B2W2	20	20	1
492		Shaymin Land Forme		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				1^PtHGSS	1	1	1	1^BDSP
492		Shaymin Sky Forme		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				1^PtHGSS	1	1	1	1^BDSP
495		Snivy		Field	Grass					13	13	13
496		Servine		Field	Grass					13	13	13
497		Serperior		Field	Grass					13	13	13
546		Cottonee		Grass	Fairy					4	4	4	18^SwSh
547		Whimsicott		Grass	Fairy					1	1	1	1^SwSh
548		Petilil		Grass		Grass					4	4	4	1^SwSh
549		Lilligant		Grass		Grass					1	1	1	1^SwSh
556		Maractus		Grass		Grass					6	6	6	4^SwSh
590		Foongus		Grass		Grass					6	6	6	4^SwSh
591		Amoonguss		Grass		Grass					1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1^SwSh
672		Skiddo		Field		Field						1	1
673		Gogoat		Field		Field						1	1
708		Phantump		Grass	Amorphous						8	8	24^SwSh
709		Trevenant		Grass	Amorphous						8	1, 8	24^SwSh
753		Fomantis		Grass		Grass							14	5^SwSh
754		Lurantis		Grass		Grass							1, 14	1^SwSh
764		Comfey		Grass		Grass							13	1^SwSh
781		Dhelmise		Mineral		Mineral							1	16^SwSh
841		Flapple		Grass	Dragon								1^SwSh
842		Appletun		Grass	Dragon								1^SwSh
893		Zarude		Undiscovered		Undiscovered								18^SwSh
898		Calyrex		Undiscovered		Undiscovered								1^SwSh
898		Calyrex Ice Rider		Undiscovered		Undiscovered								1^SwSh
898		Calyrex Shadow Rider		Undiscovered		Undiscovered								1^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
314		Illumise		Bug	Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
322		Numel		Field		Field					✔	✔	✔^BDSP
387		Turtwig		Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
459		Snover		Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
590		Foongus		Grass		Grass				✔	✔	✔
755		Morelull		Grass		Grass						✔	✔^SwSh
810		Grookey		Field	Grass							✔^SwSh
829		Gossifleur		Grass		Grass							✔^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation II

#		Egg Groups	Obtained with
060	Poliwag	Water 1	Water 1	New York Pokémon Center
133	Eevee	Field	Field	New York Pokémon Center
167	Spinarak	Bug	Bug	New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
495		Snivy^Lv. 5		Field	Grass	Pokémon Center Tohoku Snivy
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Growth is a move with 22PP. The user raises its Special Attack by one stage. This move is affected by Snatch and Taunt.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move's PP has been decreased to 20.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Boosts the user's Special Attack by one level.
MDTD S	Boosts the user's Special Attack by 1 level.
BSL	じぶんのとくこうを１だんかいあげ
MDGtI	It boosts your Attack and Special Attack. Under a Sunny condition, your stats go up even higher. (The stat changes return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.)
SMD	It boosts your Attack and Sp. Atk. When it's sunny, your stats go up even higher. The stat changes return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Tangrowth	Glowing	Green beam released	Effect
The user releases a green beam and gives its energy to others.
User	First Used In		Notes
Tangrowth	Tangrowth holds out its hands and two light green orbs appear in front of them. Light green beams shoot from the orbs at the target, giving Tangrowth's energy to it.
A wild Tangrowth	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		Debut
Cherrim	The purple stem on Cherrim's head glows light green and it releases a light green beam from the stem at the target, giving its energy to it.
A wild Cherrim	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
Seedot	A light green orb forms above the gray stem on Seedot's head. It then fires a light green beam from the orb at the target, giving its energy to it.
A wild Seedot	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
Shroomish	A light green orb forms above the hole on Shroomish's head, and it fires a light green beam from the orb at the target, giving its energy to it.
A wild Shroomish	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
Bellsprout	Two light green orbs form in front of the leaves on the side of its body and it fires light green beams from the orbs at the target, giving its energy to it.
A wild Bellsprout	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Tangela

The user's body doubles in size.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Tangela	Tangela's body size grows larger.
Erika's Angela	Striking Golduck	Debut
Sunkern	Sunkern's body size grows larger.
Gold's Sunbo	You Ain't Nothin' but a Houndour	None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	生長 Sāangjéung
Chinese	Mandarin	生長 / 生长 Shēngzhǎng
Czech		Růst
Danish		Vækst
Dutch		Groei
French		Croissance
German		Wachstum
Greek		Ανάπτυξη
Italian		Crescita
Korean		성장 Seongjang
Polish		Wzrost
Portuguese	Brazil	Crescimento
Portuguese	Portugal	Crescimento
Romanian		Creșterea
Serbian		Rast
Spanish		Desarrollo
Turkish		Büyütme
Vietnamese		Tăng Trưởng

Variations of the move Bulk Up

Bulk Up • Calm Mind • Cosmic Power
Dragon Dance • Growth • Hone Claws • Stockpile • Work Up

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