Abra (Pokémon) – Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

Abra (Japanese: ケーシィ Casey) is a Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves into Kadabra starting at level 16, which evolves into Alakazam when traded or when exposed to a Linking CordLA.

Biology

Abra is a bipedal mammalian Pokémon that is primarily yellow. Its face is kite-shaped with a small, pale yellow snout and two short, pointed ears with pale yellow interiors. Its wide eyes are normally closed. Abra’s body is segmented with black skin is visible between its joints and along its neck. It has two brown, pauldron-shaped extensions on its shoulders, as well as a brown, fauld-like piece around its chest. It has three digits on each hand and foot, but its fingers considerably shorter than its toes. Two of its toes face forward and one faces backward. Its tail is thick and long, with a brown band located near the tip.

Abra can sense danger through a telepathic radar. When it does, it teleports to a safe location. However, it sometimes becomes panicked if it wakes in an unknown location. By hypnotizing itself, Abra is able to teleport itself even while sleeping. It can use other extrasensory abilities while sleeping as well and can even teleport into the treetops to pick and eat berries. The deeper Abra sleeps, the farther it teleports. Due to the strain of its telepathic powers, however, Abra sleeps 18 hours each day. If it fails to rest long enough, it will become unable to use its powers. The contents in Abra’s dream can affect its powers. Abra lives in urban areas, but has been observed to teleport to a different location once per hour. If it teleports randomly, it can create illusory copies.

In the anime

Major appearances

Sabrina, the Gym Leader of Saffron City, had an Abra that evolved into a Kadabra in Abra and the Psychic Showdown.

Other

In The Psychic Sidekicks!, Mrs. Bellows’s Abra kept teleporting itself onto other people’s heads.

In Fear Factor Phony, an Abra lived at an abandoned mining colony. The Psi Pokémon was asleep the whole episode in a soundproof force-field.

In Sandshrew’s Locker!, Mira offered to help Ash and his friends get to Hearthome City using her Abra, but only after they helped her retrieve a Sandshrew.

Minor appearances

In Pikachu’s Vacation, an Abra was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, an Abra was set to be the male lead in the movie. However, it kept teleporting away and was eventually replaced by Misty’s Psyduck.

In Stage Fight, an Abra was one of the stars of the Pokémon Showboat.

An Abra appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu’s Rescue Adventure.

An Abra appeared in a fantasy in Going for a Spinda.

In A Double Dilemma, an Abra lived at North Petalburg.

In Queen of the Serpentine!, an Abra was one of Lucy’s pets.

In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator’s Abra competed in the Terracotta Contest.

An Abra appeared in The Champ Twins!.

An Abra appeared in a flashback in Playing The Leveling Field!.

An Abra appeared in Classroom Training!, under the ownership of the Snowpoint Trainers’ School.

An Abra appeared in A Marathon Rivalry!, under the ownership of a competitor in the Pokéathlon held in Camellia Town.

An Abra appeared in A Jolting Switcheroo!.

An Abra appeared in Dreaming a Performer’s Dream!.

Three Abra appeared in Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!, with two under the ownership of different Psychics and the third under the ownership of a Trainer.

Two Trainers’ Abra appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.

A Trainer’s Abra appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.

A Trainer’s Abra appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.

Two Trainers’ Abra appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins….

A Trainer’s Abra appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!.

Three Trainers’ Abra appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!. One of them reappeared in a flashback in A Masked Warning!.

An Abra appeared in I Choose You!.

A Trainer’s Abra appeared in Alola, Kanto!.

A Trainer’s Abra appeared in Faba’s Revenge!.

A Trainer’s Abra appeared in Sours for the Sweet!.

In Securing the Future!, a Trainer’s Abra joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.

In Battling on the Wing!, a Trainer’s Abra watched the battles during the Manalo Conference.

A Trainer’s Abra appeared in To Train, or Not to Train!. It reappeared in Breaking the Ice!.

In Heroes Unite!, Goh spotted a wild Abra which led him to remember an Abra he saw when he was younger that kept Teleporting away from him.

An Abra appeared in These Could be the Starts of Something Big!.

Pokédex entries

Episode

Pokémon

Source

Entry

EP022
Abra

Ash’s Pokédex

Abra, a

Psychic Power Pokémon

. It sleeps eighteen hours a day, but employs telekinesis even while sleeping.

Episode

Pokémon

Source

Entry

DP047
Abra

Dawn’s Pokédex

Abra, the Psi Pokémon. When Abra senses an imminent attack, it escapes by teleporting.

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

An Abra appears in a flashback in A Pokémon Battle Against An Entire Family?!, under the ownership of the Winstrate family.

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Sabrina used her Abra in a Gym match against Ash in Haunting My Dreams. Later, Abra helped Brock and Ash in fighting against a giant Haunter known as the Black Fog.

Pokédex entries

Manga

Chapter

Entry

The Electric Tale of Pikachu
ET04

This strange fellow sleeps 16 hours a day.

Pokémon Adventures

Abra made a cameo in Danger: High Voltorb as the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman’s stolen Pokémon. While undergoing hardship in S.S. Anne in Lt. Surge’s ownership, it evolved all the way into an Alakazam, which the chairman almost fainted upon seeing.

An Abra was seen in a Poké Ball at Oak’s Laboratory in Cherrygrove City in Off Course with Corsola.

Green has an Abra as of Heckled by Hitmontop, using her Teleport attack to transport Silver away to a safer location. The boy was able to take this opportunity to seize a Flower Mail from the Pokémon with his Sneasel, though, and appear in Ilex Forest to participate in the last battle with the Masked Man.

An Abra appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

Saturn has an Abra that he used against Paka and Uji in Crowded by Croagunk & Advanced on by Abra (I). After putting up a tough fight, it eventually lost along with his Croagunk.

An Abra appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.

An Abra appeared in a fantasy in PASS30.

In the TCG

Other appearances

Abra appears as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball. It attacks by using Teleport on an enemy and teleporting it on another part (or even off) of the stage. It also appears as a Spirit.

In the TFG

One Abra figure has been released.

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

Abra in the

Alola Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Abra is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.2.0+, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

SwShBDSP

Generation VIII

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Psychic

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• Bold indicates a move that gets

  STAB

  when used by Abra

• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Abra
• Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

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  when used by Abra

• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Abra
• Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

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This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.

• Bold indicates a move that gets

  STAB

  when used by Abra

• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Abra
• Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

LA

By transfer from another generation

Side game data

In Pokémon GO, Abra can be obtained by completing 1/4 of the Ticketed Special Research, Investigating Illusions.

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Abra may be based on a mystic or psychic. It also has similarities to foxes, animals with ties to magic. Given the rat-like tail of its early sprites and the fact that it sleeps 18 hours a day, Abra could also draw inspiration from opossums. It also shares traits with cats, namely their feline appearances and the fact that they sleep for most of the day.

Name origin

Abra may be derived from abracadabra, an incantation used in stage magic.

Casey may be named after Edgar Cayce, a purported psychic famous for entering self-induced trances.

In other languages

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