Hypno in Pokémon Adventures Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Vatonage - the ComicĪ Hypno appeared in Team Dim Sun as one of the Pokémon Heath controlled. It carries a pendulum-like device and performs hypnotic attacks. In Destination: Coronation!, a Trainer's Hypno battled Visquez's Raichu, only to be defeated by its Volt Tackle. In Spontaneous Combusken!, a Coordinator's Hypno competed in the Chrysanthemum Island Pokémon Contest. In Ariados, Amigos, Mickey used a Hypno during his battle with Ralph at the Pokémon Jujitsu Academy. In Beauty and the Breeder, a Pokémon Breeder's Hypno participated in a Pokémon breeding competition. In The Psychic Sidekicks!, a Hypno was living in Len Town. In The Power of One, a Hypno sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III. It made further appearances in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. Gladion stopped it by defeating it with his Silvally. In Mission: Total Recall!, Faba first used a Hypno in an attempt to wipe Lillie's memories. In Fear Factor Phony, a Hypno lived in an abandoned mining colony with other Psychic-types. It was able to defeat Totodile before losing to Snorlax. In Playing with Fire, Harrison used a Hypno during his Silver Conference battle against Ash. Drowzee eventually managed to fix this problem. However, the "Sleep Waves" from Hypno were also causing children to act like Pokémon and draining the energy of Pokémon in the local Pokémon Center. In Hypno's Naptime, the members of the Pokémon Lover's Club of HopHopHop Town were using a Hypno and Drowzee to help them with their sleeping problems. Some Hypno are even known to assist doctors in hospitals when their patients cannot sleep at night. However, in the Alola region, it preys primarily on Komala, and cases of Hypno targeting humans are notably rare. It carries away people having good dreams and is even known to have stolen a child at one point. If anyone comes by, Hypno will hypnotize them and eat their dreams. While it awaits its prey, it polishes its pendulum.
It is known to reside away from humans and on less traveled roads. Hypno is able to put people to sleep by swinging its pendulum. It has three toes on each foot, which also have a pink pad on the undersides. The pendulum resembles a flat, silver ring and is used for hypnotism. Hypno has five fingers on each hand and holds a pendulum in its left. On its neck, it has a ruff of white fur, which is longer on the female.
It has triangular ears with brown interiors, sleepy-looking eyes, and a large nose. Hypno is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon that has yellow skin.