# Hypno, Daily Pokémon for 2026-10-27

> Day 1514 of the Daily Pokémon archive. Hypno is a psychic-type Pokémon from Kanto (Generation 1). Swings its pendulum to lull unsuspecting victims into a deep sleep, sometimes putting them under in just three seconds. It feeds on dreams and is said to become particularly fascinated by those who experience vivid nightmares.

*Source: https://pokedaily.net/archive/2026-10-27*

## Pokédex facts

- **Name:** Hypno
- **Pokédex number:** #0097
- **Types:** psychic
- **Category:** Hypnosis
- **Generation:** 1 (Kanto)
- **Height:** 1.6 m
- **Weight:** 75.6 kg
- **Abilities:** Insomnia, Forewarn
- **Color:** yellow

## Base stats

- **HP        :**  85 `███████████░░░░░░░░░`
- **Attack    :**  73 `██████████░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Defense   :**  70 `█████████░░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Sp. Attack:**  73 `██████████░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Sp. Defense:** 115 `███████████████░░░░░`
- **Speed     :**  67 `█████████░░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Total:** 483

## Transcript

What if I told you the Pokémon you were told to look away from comes from a spirit people called for after a nightmare?

This is Hypno, and for decades its Pokédex wrote it like the villain in a bedtime story. 

Its entries tell you to avoid eye contact. It waits out on the roads nobody uses, polishing a silver pendulum. 

One look at that pendulum swinging can put you to sleep in three seconds. And when it's hungry, it eats your dreams, which is exactly as creepy as it sounds.

But the dream eating comes from somewhere. Hypno was inspired by the baku, a dream-eating spirit from Japanese folklore, and the dreams the baku ate were the bad ones.

If you woke up from a nightmare in Japan, the custom was to say three times, "Baku-san, come eat my dream."

And the baku would come and take the bad dream away, so you could fall back asleep. People even kept a little baku charm by the bed.

The Pokédex left that part out for a long time. 

Then the games went to Alola, and Hypno's entries finally started sounding like the baku. 

They still call Hypno extremely dangerous, but they say people who need a good, sound sleep call it their savior. 

And there are some Hypno that help doctors with patients who can't sleep at night in hospitals.

Somewhere, at three in the morning, a doctor brings a Hypno into the room of somebody who hasn't slept in days. It swings that silver pendulum, slow and steady, and it does the same job the baku always did. It takes the bad night away.

Maybe you had somebody who did that job for you, who came in after a bad dream and stayed until you fell asleep. 

Maybe now you're the one getting up at three in the morning to do it.

Would you want a Hypno to deal with your nightmares? Let's discuss in the comments!

## Pokédex entry

When it locks eyes with an enemy, it will use a mix of PSI moves such as HYPNOSIS and CONFUSION.

## Video

- **Self-hosted MP4:** https://v.pokedaily.net/2026-10-27.mp4
- **YouTube:** https://youtube.com/shorts/I8_sWdAjBlM
- **TikTok:** https://www.tiktok.com/@mydailypokemon/video/7701365316982476045
- **Instagram:** https://www.instagram.com/mydailypokemon/reel/DfAK2FLpn4_/
- **Duration:** 90s

## See also

- **Full Pokédex entry:** https://pokedaily.net/pokedex/97-hypno
- **Pokédex (markdown):** https://pokedaily.net/raw/hypno.md
- **This date in Pokémon (Pokémanac):** https://pokedaily.net/pokemanac/10-27
- **This date markdown:** https://pokedaily.net/raw/pokemanac/10-27.md

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*Daily Pokémon archive entry for 2026-10-27. Original publish: 2026-10-27T10:00:00.000Z. Names and likenesses are © The Pokémon Company / Nintendo / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK.*