Bad Dreams (Ability)

Bad Dreams (Japanese: ナイトメア Nightmare) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. It is the signature Ability of Darkrai.

Bad Dreams

ナイトメア

Nightmare

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Generation IV
Reduces a sleeping foe's HP.


Generation V
Reduces a sleeping foe's HP.


Generation VI
Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon.


Generation VII
Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon.


Generation VIII
Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon.

Effect

In battle

At the end of each turn, each adjacent sleeping opponent takes damage equal to 1/8 of its maximum HP.

Bad Dreams inflicts damage after a Pokémon that is drowsy due to Yawn falls asleep (and thus inflicts damage to a Pokémon the same turn it falls asleep due to drowsiness). Bad Dreams applies after a Pokémon has the opportunity to be woken up by Hydration, Shed Skin, or Healer.

Outside of battle

Bad Dreams has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Bad Dreams

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Darkrai	Dark		Dark	Bad Dreams	None	None
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation VIII games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later.

In other games

Mystery Dungeon series

At the end of each turn, enemy Pokémon in the same room with a sleep-related status condition (other than Yawning) will receive 15 points of HP damage.

Description

Games	Description
MDTD S	Enables Pokémon to inflict damage on sleeping foes in the same room.
BSL	おなじへやでねているてきポケモンにダメージをあたえる
MDGtI	Unavailable
SMD	The Pokémon damages enemy Pokémon in the same room and makes them have bad dreams!

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Darkrai (XY098)	Darkrai (M10)	Darkrai (DP104)
The Pokémon causes the opponent to have nightmares.
User	First Used In		Notes
Darkrai	If the opponent falls asleep when Darkrai is near, it starts to have nightmares.
Darkrai (M10)	The Rise of Darkrai		Debut
A wild Darkrai	Sleepless in Pre-Battle!		None
A wild Darkrai	Dream a Little Dream from Me!		None
Darkrai (recurring)	Nightfall? Nightmares!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Being affected

The Pokémon causes the opponent to have a nightmare.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Darkrai	If a person or a Pokémon is asleep near Darkrai, it suffers from horrible nightmares that can be fatal if the sleeping person or Pokémon doesn't wake up in time. The Ability is active even if Darkrai is inside of a Poké Ball.
Sird's Darkrai	Startling Staraptor	Debut

Movie adaptations

	Darkrai

The Pokémon causes the opponent to have a nightmare.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Darkrai	If the opponent falls asleep when Darkrai is near, it starts to have nightmares.
Darkrai (M10)	The Rise of Darkrai (manga)	Debut

Trivia

This Ability originated as a TCG Attack.
This move's Japanese name is the English name of a move which has a similar effect.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	夢魘 Muhngyím * 惡夢 Okmuhng *
Chinese	Mandarin	夢魘 / 梦魇 Mèngyǎn * 惡夢 Èmèng *
Dutch		Boze Dromen Slechte dromen
French		Mauvais Rêve
German		Alptraum
Indonesian		Mimpi Buruk
Italian		Sogniamari
Korean		나이트메어 Nightmare
Polish		Koszmar
Portuguese		Maus Sonhos
Spanish		Mal Sueño
Vietnamese		Ác mộng

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