Soundproof

Ability

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“Avoids sound-based moves.” — Flavor text^[src]

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Soundproof^{(JPJapanese: ぼうおん

Romaji: Bō'on)} is a Pokémon ability introduced in the third generation.

Description[]

Soundproof prevents all the effects of sound moves on the ability holder, granting them immunity from them. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the Poké Flute cannot be used to wake up a sleeping Pokémon with this ability.

Game Descriptions[]

Third Pokémon generation - Avoids sound-based moves.

Generation IV - VI - Gives full immunity to all sound-based moves.

Affected Moves[]

Boomburst
Bug Buzz
Chatter
Clanging Scales
Confide
Disarming Voice
Echoed Voice
Grass Whistle
Growl
Heal Bell*
Hyper Voice
Metal Sound
Noble Roar
Parting Shot
Perish Song
Relic Song
Roar
Round
Screech
Shadow Panic
Sing
Snarl
Snore
Sparkling Aria
Supersonic
Uproar

Pokémon with the Ability[]

Voltorb	Electrode	Mr. Mime	Whismur	Loudred

Exploud	Mime Jr.	Jangmo-o	Hakamo-o	Kommo-o

As a Hidden Ability[]

Shieldon	Bastiodon	Snover	Abomasnow	Bouffalant

Trivia[]

In generation III, there was an unused ability called Cacophony that had the same exact effect as Soundproof. It has been surmised that the Whismur family was supposed to get this ability instead.

Pokémon Abilities
Third generation	Air Lock • Arena Trap • Battle Armor • Blaze • Chlorophyll • Clear Body • Cloud Nine • Color Change • Compound Eyes • Cute Charm • Damp • Drizzle • Drought • Early Bird • Effect Spore • Flame Body • Flash Fire • Forecast • Guts • Huge Power • Hustle • Hyper Cutter • Illuminate • Immunity • Inner Focus • Insomnia • Intimidate • Keen Eye • Levitate • Lightning Rod • Limber • Liquid Ooze • Magma Armor • Magnet Pull • Marvel Scale • Minus • Natural Cure • Oblivious • Overgrow • Own Tempo • Pickup • Plus • Poison Point • Pressure • Pure Power • Rain Dish • Rock Head • Rough Skin • Run Away • Sand Stream • Sand Veil • Serene Grace • Shadow Tag • Shed Skin • Shell Armor • Shield Dust • Soundproof • Speed Boost • Static • Stench • Sticky Hold • Sturdy • Suction Cups • Swarm • Swift Swim • Synchronize • Thick Fat • Torrent • Trace • Truant • Vital Spirit • Volt Absorb • Water Absorb • Water Veil • White Smoke • Wonder Guard
Fourth generation	Adaptability • Aftermath • Anger Point • Anticipation • Bad Dreams • Download • Dry Skin • Filter • Flower Gift • Forewarn • Frisk • Gluttony • Heatproof • Honey Gather • Hydration • Ice Body • Iron Fist • Klutz • Leaf Guard • Magic Guard • Mold Breaker • Motor Drive • Multitype • No Guard • Normalize • Poison Heal • Quick Feet • Reckless • Rivalry • Scrappy • Simple • Skill Link • Slow Start • Sniper • Snow Cloak • Snow Warning • Solar Power • Solid Rock • Stall • Steadfast • Storm Drain • Super Luck • Tangled Feet • Technician • Tinted Lens • Unaware • Unburden
Fifth generation	Analytic • Big Pecks • Contrary • Cursed Body • Defeatist • Defiant • Flare Boost • Friend Guard • Harvest • Healer • Heavy Metal • Illusion • Imposter • Infiltrator • Iron Barbs • Justified • Light Metal • Magic Bounce • Moody • Moxie • Multiscale • Mummy • Overcoat • Pickpocket • Poison Touch • Prankster • Rattled • Regenerator • Sand Force • Sand Rush • Sap Sipper • Sheer Force • Telepathy • Teravolt • Toxic Boost • Turboblaze • Unnerve • Victory Star • Weak Armor • Wonder Skin • Zen Mode
Sixth generation	Aerilate • Aroma Veil • Aura Break • Bulletproof • Cheek Pouch • Competitive • Dark Aura • Delta Stream • Desolate Land • Fairy Aura • Flower Veil • Fur Coat • Gale Wings • Gooey • Grass Pelt • Magician • Mega Launcher • Parental Bond • Pixilate • Primordial Sea • Protean • Refrigerate • Stance Change • Strong Jaw • Sweet Veil • Symbiosis • Tough Claws
Seventh generation	Battery • Battle Bond • Beast Boost • Berserk • Comatose • Corrosion • Dancer • Dazzling • Disguise • Electric Surge • Emergency Exit • Fluffy • Full Metal Body • Galvanize • Grassy Surge • Innards Out • Liquid Voice • Long Reach • Merciless • Misty Surge • Neuroforce • Power Construct • Power of Alchemy • Prism Armor • Psychic Surge • Queenly Majesty • Receiver • RKS System • Schooling • Shadow Shield • Shields Down • Slush Rush • Soul-Heart • Stakeout • Stamina • Steelworker • Surge Surfer • Tangling Hair • Triage • Water Bubble • Water Compaction • Wimp Out
Eighth generation	As One • Ball Fetch • Chilling Neigh • Cotton Down • Curious Medicine • Dauntless Shield • Dragon's Maw • Gorilla Tactics • Grim Neigh • Gulp Missile • Hunger Switch • Ice Face • Ice Scales • Intrepid Sword • Libero • Mimicry • Mirror Armor • Neutralizing Gas • Pastel Veil • Perish Body • Power Spot • Propeller Tail • Punk Rock • Quick Draw • Ripen • Sand Spit • Screen Cleaner • Stalwart • Steam Engine • Steely Spirit • Transistor • Unseen Fist • Wandering Spirit
Ninth generation	Anger Shell • Armor Tail • Beads of Ruin • Commander • Costar • Cud Chew • Earth Eater • Electromorphosis • Embody Aspect • Good as Gold • Guard Dog • Hadron Engine • Hospitality • Lingering Aroma • Mind's Eye • Mycelium Might • Opportunist • Orichalcum Pulse • Poison Puppeteer • Protosynthesis • Purifying Salt • Quark Drive • Rocky Payload • Seed Sower • Sharpness • Supersweet Syrup • Supreme Overlord • Sword of Ruin • Tablets of Ruin • Tera Shell • Tera Shift • Teraform Zero • Thermal Exchange • Toxic Chain • Toxic Debris • Vessel of Ruin • Well-Baked Body • Wind Power • Wind Rider • Zero to Hero