Why did Psychic work on Umbreon and Zoroark in the anime?

Jul. 11, 2022

I was watching Pokemon Sun and Moon on Netflix when I saw Alakazam used Psychic on Umbreon and Zoroark, and it worked. Why did that work? I saw Steel-types having immunity to Poison-type moves in the same series. Hypno used Hypnosis too.

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I know that this has consistently happened throughout the anime.commented 9 hours ago by J™

The TV show is a very unfaithful adaptation of the games. There’s no reason to expect them to pay any attention to the game mechanics.commented 4 hours ago by sumwun

While that is indeed true, there is aactual reasonwhy psychic worked:Miracle Eye(if it was Faba’s Alakazam, of course)Miracle Eye is a move that makes the user ignore the target’s evasion boosts and (if the targert is dark type) itsPsychic immunity, meaning Alakazamcanhit opposingDark typeswithPsychicafter it uses Miracle Eye

Source:https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Faba_(anime)#Pok.C3.A9monhttps://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Miracle_Eye_(move)