Transform

Transform is a normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description[]

Games	Description
GSC	The user assumes the foe's guise.
RSE	Alters the user's cells to become a copy of the foe.
FRLG	The user transforms into a copy of the foe with even the same move set.
DPPtHGSS	The user transforms into a copy of the foe right down to having the same move set.
BWB2W2 XYORAS	The user transforms into a copy of the target right down to having the same move set.
SMUSUMPE	The user transforms into a copy of the opponent right down to having the same move set.

Effect[]

In battle[]

Transform allows the user to become a copy of other or opposing Pokémon. By becoming a copy of that Pokémon, the user attains their type and moves as well. However, the copied moves will only have a PP of 5. In a Double Battle, the user can become copy of any Pokémon around them. In a Triple Battle, the user can only become a copy of a Pokémon that's adjacent to them.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon

Type

Egg groups

Level

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

Ditto

Normal

Ditto

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

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Mew

Psychic

Undiscovered

10

10

10

1

1

1

1SMUSUM 99PE

80

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Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Trivia[]

• A Pokémon that knows Transform can copy into and use a Pokémon's exclusive Z-Move, excluding Light That Burns the Sky.
• A Pokémon using transform can turn into a Mega Pokémon
• However, they can't turn into a Dynamax or Gigantamax Pokémon

Gallery[]

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Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX
A	Acupressure After You Assist Attract
B	Barrage Baton Pass Belly Drum Bestow Bide Bind Bite Block Blood Moon Body Slam Boomburst
C	Camouflage Captivate Celebrate Charm Chip Away Comet Punch Confide Constrict Conversion Conversion 2 Copycat Court Change Covet Crush Claw Crush Grip Cut
D	Defense Curl Disable Dizzy Punch Doodle Double Hit Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge
E	Echoed Voice Egg Bomb Encore Endeavor Endure Entrainment Explosion Extreme Speed
F	Facade Fake Out False Swipe Feint Fillet Away Flail Flash Focus Energy Follow Me Foresight Frustration Fury Attack Fury Swipes
G	Giga Impact Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust
H	Happy Hour Harden Head Charge Headbutt Heal Bell Helping Hand Hidden Power Hold Back Hold Hands Horn Attack Horn Drill Howl Hyper Beam Hyper Drill Hyper Fang Hyper Voice
J	Judgment
K	Karate Chop
L	Laser Focus Last Resort Leer Lock-On Lovely Kiss Lucky Chant
M	Me First Mean Look Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Milk Drink Mimic Mind Reader Minimize Moonlight Morning Sun Multi-Attack
N	Natural Gift Nature Power Noble Roar
O	Odor Sleuth
P	Pain Split Pay Day Perish Song Play Nice Population Bomb Pound Power Shift Present Protect Psych Up
Q	Quick Attack
R	Rage Raging Bull Rapid Spin Razor Wind Recover Recycle Reflect Type Refresh Relic Song Retaliate Return Revelation Dance Revival Blessing Roar Rock Climb Round
S	Safeguard Sand Attack Scary Face Scratch Screech Secret Power Self-Destruct Sharpen Shed Tail Shell Smash Simple Beam Sing Sketch Skull Bash Slack Off Slam Slash Sleep Talk Smelling Salts Smokescreen Snore Soft-Boiled Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Spit Up Splash Spotlight Stockpile Stomp Strength Struggle Stuff Cheeks Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Swagger Swallow Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Swift Swords Dance
T	Tackle Tail Slap Tail Whip Take Down Tearful Look Teatime Techno Blast Teeter Dance Tera Blast Tera Starstorm Terrain Pulse Thrash Tickle Tidy Up Transform Tri Attack Trump Card
U	Uproar
V	Vise Grip
W	Weather Ball Whirlwind Wish Work Up Wrap Wring Out
Y	Yawn
See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type
Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I
Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type
A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam
B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam
C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut
D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck
E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion
F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes
G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust
H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis
I	Ice Beam Ice Punch
J	Jump Kick
K	Karate Chop Kinesis
L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick
M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist
N	Night Shade
P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave
Q	Quick Attack
R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick
S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance
T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle
V	Vine Whip ViceGrip
W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap
See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX
Generation I