Anime move errors: Difference between revisions
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(but Jynx can learn Ice Punch. This page is for Pokémon using moves they cannot in the games. However, I think listing something like that would not be a bad idea) |
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Revision as of 03:10, 3 August 2011
In the Pokémon anime, there will often come up a Pokémon that knows a move it cannot learn legally in any of the games. It is unknown whether these are actual mistakes, a writing policy of not having to stick to the games too closely, or merely the Pokémon using an attribute that shares the name of a move in the games.
Occasionally, in-game event Pokémon that can be transferred onto the main series games have a move that is not normally included in that Pokémon's moveset (a prime example being Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, which gave away four separate Pokémon with moves that were not normally available to that specific Pokémon).
List of anime Pokémon with moves they can't learn in the games
Japanese version only
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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Roxanne's Nosepass | Hyper Beam | Winner By a Nosepass! | Roxanne commands her Nosepass to use Hyper Beam, which it cannot learn. These errors were picked up on in the dub, and the references to Hyper Beam were replaced with Thunder Wave and Zap Cannon. However, there is evidence that there was an error in the original script, and it was meant to be an Electric attack. This is seen in Pikachu being able to absorb "Hyper Beam" as if it were an Electric attack, and it had physical similarities to Electric attacks. | File:Nosepass Hyper Beam.png | |
Ash's Starly | Gust | Two Degrees of Separation! | Changed to Whirlwind in the dub, a move that Starly can learn. However, after it evolved into Staravia, it began using Gust in the dub as well. | File:Starly Gust.png | |
Brock's Bonsly | Take Down | Leave It To Brocko! | Changed to Double-Edge in the dub, a move that Bonsly can learn. |
Dub only
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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Brock's Vulpix | Agility | The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis | Quick Attack in the Japanese version, a move that Vulpix can learn. | ||
Gary's Umbreon | Agility | Power Play! | File:Alakazam DynamicPunch.png | ||
Morty's Gastly | Confusion | From Ghost to Ghost | File:Gastly Confusion.png | ||
Ash's Heracross | Fury Swipes | The Ties That Bind! | Fury Attack in the Japanese version, a move that Heracross can learn. |
Similar examples that are not anime move errors
Pokémon performing an action which resembles a move
Sprite | Name | Resembled move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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Misty's Staryu | Fly | Tentacool & Tentacruel | Misty's Staryu was shown to be capable of remaining airborne while carrying two sailors. However, it is debatable whether or not it was actually using the move Fly. | File:Starmie Staryu levitating.png | |
Misty's Starmie | Fly | Tentacool & Tentacruel | In Tentacool & Tentacruel, Misty's Starmie was shown to be capable of remaining airborne while carrying two sailors. However, it is debatable whether or not it was actually using the move Fly. Also, in The Flame Pokémon-athon!, Misty's Starmie was seen carrying Misty through a long Pokémon race using a combination of swimming when faced with a river and hovering when on land. | File:Starmie Staryu levitating.png | |
Tentacool | Tentacool & Tentacruel | Multiple Tentacool are seen using an unidentified red beam attack. Tentacool's Pokédex entries state that it absorbs sunlight and converts it into beam energy, similar to SolarBeam. However, not only does this attack bear no resemblance to SolarBeam, Tentacool has never been able to learn this move. In fact, the only Beam moves Tentacool can learn are BubbleBeam, Ice Beam and Aurora Beam*, none of which resemble this attack. | |||
Ash's Bulbasaur | Lick and Tickle | Who Gets to Keep Togepi? | Ash has Bulbasaur "lick" Psyduck's head and use its "tickle attack" with its vines. This is not to be confused with the actual moves Lick and Tickle, the latter of which was introduced in Generation III. Bulbasaur cannot learn either move. | ||
Meowth of Team Rocket | Tickle | Bound for Trouble | Pikachu and TRMeowth ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) fight against a giant Rhydon. When Meowth jumps on Rhydon's back, he states that he should try a Tickle attack. However, Meowth cannot learn Tickle in any generation yet, and Tickle was not introduced until Generation III. | ||
Politoed | Lick | I Politoed Ya So! | Misty's Politoed uses its tongue to attack. However, it did not use Lick. | ||
James's Weezing | Fly | A Poached Ego! | Weezing was shown to be capable of remaining airborne while carrying James. However, it is debatable whether or not it was actually using the move Fly. | ||
Nuzleaf | GrassWhistle | Turning Over a Nuzleaf | A wild Nuzleaf blew on a leaf to make Ash and his friends' Pokémon drowsy, though Nuzleaf cannot learn GrassWhistle. However, some of Nuzleaf's Pokédex entries do state that it uses the leaf on its head as a flute. | File:Nuzleaf GrassWhistle.png | |
Lunatone | Moonlight | Crazy as a Lunatone! | A Lunatone is seen using the moonlight to restore itself, though it cannot learn Moonlight. However, Lunatone's Pokédex entries do state that it gains its power from the moon. | ||
Jessie's Starmie | Fly | From Cradle to Save | Jessie was seen riding on a Starmie. | ||
Drifloon | Fly | Drifloon on the Wind! | Some Drifloon were used to fly around the area. The Pokédex states that a Drifloon cannot carry the weight of children. However, three are used at any given time. Similarly, it is also possible for Drifloon to carry players across short distances in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. |
Pokémon which can learn a move in a future generation
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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James's Koffing | Poison Gas | The Ghost of Maiden's Peak | James ordered his Koffing to use Poison Gas. However, Koffing was unable to learn Poison Gas until Generation II. | ||
Jessie's Lickitung | Lick | Princess vs. Princess | Jessie's Lickitung uses Lick multiple times in the original series. However, Lickitung was unable to learn Lick until Generation II. |
Pokémon which can learn a move in a previous generation
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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Ash's Charizard | DragonBreath | The Symbol Life | Ash's Charizard uses DragonBreath, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Charizard by TM24 in Generation II. | ||
Anabel's Espeon | Zap Cannon | Second Time's the Charm | Anabel's Espeon uses Zap Cannon, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Espeon by TM07 in Generation II. | File:Espeon Zap Cannon.png |
This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime. |