#0096 · Kanto · Generation 1

Drowzee

Hypnosis Pokémon · Psychic-type

Drowzee is a Psychic-type Pokémon, the Hypnosis Pokémon, number 96 (#0096) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 32.4 kg.

Drowzee is the Hypnosis Pokémon, a tapir-like Psychic type that puts people to sleep, sniffs out their dreams and eats them. The Pokédex says it remembers every dream it has eaten.

How to pronounce Drowzee

Drowzee is pronounced DROW-zee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Drowzee said out loud:

In Japanese it is スリープ (Sleepe).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Drowzee is a bipedal, tapir-like Pokémon, 1 m tall and 32.4 kg, with a short trunk, tired-looking eyes and triangular ears. Its upper body is yellow and its lower half brown, split by a wavy line. The Pokédex says it reads dreams by sniffing with its big nose, and that it is thought to be related to Munna and Musharna.

Behaviour

Drowzee puts its enemies to sleep before eating their dreams. If it makes friends with someone, it may show them the tastiest dream it has ever eaten. Several entries add that an itchy nose while you sleep is a sure sign one is standing over your pillow, eating your dream through your nostrils.

Habitat

The game data lists it as a grassland Pokémon; Bulbapedia adds savannas. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Paldea's South Province and appears in 1-star Tera Raid Battles. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

Dreams, mostly children's, which the Pokédex says taste better than adults'. Bad dreams taste sour, and eating only those can make it ill.

Powers

Its Abilities are Insomnia, which keeps it from falling asleep itself, Forewarn, and the hidden Inner Focus. Hypnosis puts foes to sleep, backed by Psychic, Zen Headbutt, Future Sight and Calm Mind. With 90 base Special Defense it is built to soak up special hits.

Name origin

Drowzee may combine 'drowsy' with 'zzz', the sound of snoring. Its Japanese name is Sleepe (スリープ), which may come from 'sleep'.

Design inspiration

Drowzee may be based on the baku, a Japanese spirit that eats bad dreams. Baku began as composite animals and later became tapir-like, and Drowzee's two-tone colouring is especially close to the Malayan tapir. The FireRed Pokédex itself calls it a descendant of the baku.

Evolution notes

Drowzee evolves into Hypno at level 26.

In the games

Drowzee's best-known game role is a Treasure Town resident in Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness who takes Azurill hostage until the player's team has him arrested. In Pokémon Ranger, a man called the Drowsy Guy stands at Fiore Temple with two Drowzee after the credits. It is a Generation I original.

In the anime

Drowzee debuted alongside Hypno in 'Hypno's Naptime', where a club uses the pair to help its members sleep. In 'Healing the Healer!', Goh catches a Drowzee and uses it to help defend Suicune.

Fun facts

• Despite its link to Dream Eater, neither Drowzee nor Hypno can learn it by levelling up outside the Let's Go games, and it is not a TM in Scarlet and Violet.
• In the Red and Green beta, Drowzee's English working name was Sleeper.
• In 'Pikachu Re-Volts', Butch and Cassidy use a stolen Drowzee's psychic powers to brainwash Pokémon into obeying them.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Drowzee (Pokémon) · Serebii: Drowzee (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 48
• Defense: 45
• Sp. Atk: 43
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 42

Drowzee’s base stat total is 328. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Drowzee weak to?

Drowzee takes extra damage from Bug (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

How does Drowzee evolve?

Drowzee evolves into Hypno at level 26.

The whole family: Drowzee, Hypno.

Abilities

• Insomnia: Prevents sleep.
• Forewarn: Reveals the opponents' strongest move upon entering battle.
• Inner Focus (hidden ability): Prevents flinching.

Moves

Moves Drowzee learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (59)

Drowzee can learn 59 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Low Kick, Psybeam, Thief, Trailblaze, Facade, Swift, Draining Kiss, Low Sweep, Stored Power, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Foul Play, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Reflect, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Metronome, Grass Knot, Thunder Wave, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Encore, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Psychic Terrain, Nasty Plot, Focus Blast, Trick Room, Tera Blast, Haze, Toxic, Knock Off, Focus Punch, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Future Sight, Expanding Force, Curse, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (8):Fire Punch, Flatter, Guard Swap, Ice Punch, Power Split, Psycho Cut, Role Play, Thunder Punch.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Human-Like.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Def effort value.
• Base experience yield: 66.

Pokédex entries

It can be spotted near recreational facilities, intending to eat the pleasant dreams of children who enjoyed themselves there that day. (Ultra Sun)

If you sleep by it all the time, it will sometimes show you dreams it had eaten in the past. (Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

It puts its prey to sleep and devours their dreams. It seems that bad dreams taste sour, so Drowzee doesn't particularly like eating them. (Ultra Moon)

It finds really fun dreams tasty. When it makes friends with people, it may show them the most delicious dreams it's ever eaten. (Moon)

A Pokémon that nourishes itself by eating dreams, it is thought to share common ancestry with Munna and Musharna. (Sun)

If your nose becomes itchy while you are sleeping, it's a sure sign that one of these Pokémon is standing above your pillow and trying to eat your dream through your nostrils. (Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
• Heavier than 55% of all Pokémon (32.4 kg).
• Base stat total 328, ranked #759 of 1,025.
• One of 102 Psychic-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 96 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 71 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 15 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Drowzee (Pokémon), Serebii: Drowzee (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (DROW-zee): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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