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In the Pokémon anime, there will often come up a Pokémon that knows a move it cannot learn legitimately in any of the games.
It is unknown whether these instances 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. In Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, Professor Oak states that in times of need, Pokémon can call upon power that was never known to them previously, such as Ash's Bulbasaur learning Dig.
List of anime Pokémon with moves that they cannot learn in the games
Japanese version only
Mentioned only
Dub only
Former errors
Similar examples that are not anime move errors
Pokémon which can know the move in a previous game
Artwork
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Name
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Move
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First use
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Notes
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Picture
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Andi's Nidoqueen and Oscar's Nidoking
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Submission
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The Bicker the Better
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Andi's Nidoqueen and Oscar's Nidoking use Submission, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Nidoqueen and Nidoking by TM17 in Generation I.
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Skarmory
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Whirlwind
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!
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Skarmory uses Whirlwind, which though impossible for Skarmory to have in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, is available to teach to Skarmory as an Egg move in the core series games.
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Ash's Charizard
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DragonBreath
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The Symbol Life
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Ash's Charizard uses Dragon Breath, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Charizard by TM24 in Generation II.
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Anabel's Espeon
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Zap Cannon
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Second Time's the Charm
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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.
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Virgil's Vaporeon
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Bubble Beam
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Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!
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Virgil's Vaporeon uses Bubble Beam, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Vaporeon by TM11 in Generation I.
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Japanese version only
See also