Bubble Beam (move)

BubbleBeam (Japanese: バブルこうせん Bubble Beam) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Misty will give the player the TM for this move after her defeat in Generation I.

Effect

BubbleBeam does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's speed by one stage. BubbleBeam will not be able to lower the target's speed if it has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, or if the target has a Substitute.

In Stadium, BubbleBeam has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense.

Learnset

Generation I

By TM11

#   Pokémon Type 0007 Squirtle Water 0008 Wartortle Water 0009 Blastoise Water 0019 Rattata Normal 0020 Raticate Normal 0030 Nidorina Poison 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0033 Nidorino Poison 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0052 Meowth Normal 0053 Persian Normal 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0060 Poliwag Water 0061 Poliwhirl Water 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0086 Seel Water 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0098 Krabby Water 0099 Kingler Water 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0108 Lickitung Normal 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0113 Chansey Normal 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0118 Goldeen Water 0119 Seaking Water 0120 Staryu Water 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0134 Vaporeon Water 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0143 Snorlax Normal 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 0147 Dratini Dragon 0148 Dragonair Dragon 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 25 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 25 0120 Staryu Water 31 0121 Starmie Water Psychic -- 0183 Marill Water 21 0184 Azumarill Water 25 0222 Corsola Water Rock 25 0223 Remoraid Water 22 0224 Octillery Water 22 0226 Mantine Water Flying 18 0245 Suicune Water 41 0245 Suicune Water 11 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0060 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 25 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 25 0120 Staryu Water 28 0183 Marill Water 21 0184 Azumarill Water 25 0222 Corsola Water Rock 23 0223 Remoraid Water 22 0224 Octillery Water 22 0226 Mantine Water Flying 15 0245 Suicune Water 11 0283 Surskit Bug Water 25 0341 Corphish Water 20 0341 Corphish Water 19 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 20 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0060 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Corsola
Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 25 0061 Poliwhirl Water 27 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 19 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 19 0098 Krabby Water 15 0099 Kingler Water 15 0116 Horsea Water 18 0117 Seadra Water 18 0120 Staryu Water 28 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 28 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 30 0183 Marill Water 21 0184 Azumarill Water 25 0186 Politoed Water -- 0222 Corsola Water Rock 23 0223 Remoraid Water 22 0224 Octillery Water 22 0226 Mantine Water Flying -- 0226 Mantine Water Flying 10 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 18 0245 Suicune Water 8 0270 Lotad Water Grass 25 0271 Lombre Water Grass 25 0283 Surskit Bug Water 25 0341 Corphish Water 20 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 20 0393 Piplup Water 22 0393 Piplup Water 18 0394 Prinplup Water 24 0394 Prinplup Water 19 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 24 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 19 0458 Mantyke Water Flying 10 0489 Phione Water 24 0490 Manaphy Water 24 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Corsola
Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Chinchou, Lanturn

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 25 0061 Poliwhirl Water 27 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 19 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 19 0098 Krabby Water 15 0099 Kingler Water 15 0116 Horsea Water 18 0117 Seadra Water 18 0120 Staryu Water 28 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 28 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 30 0183 Marill Water 21 0184 Azumarill Water 25 0186 Politoed Water -- 0222 Corsola Water Rock 23 0223 Remoraid Water 22 0224 Octillery Water 22 0226 Mantine Water Flying -- 0226 Mantine Water Flying 10 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 18 0245 Suicune Water 8 0270 Lotad Water Grass 25 0271 Lombre Water Grass 25 0283 Surskit Bug Water 25 0341 Corphish Water 20 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 20 0393 Piplup Water 18 0394 Prinplup Water 19 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 19 0458 Mantyke Water Flying 10 0489 Phione Water 24 0490 Manaphy Water 24 0535 Otamaro Otamaro Water 12 0536 Gamagaru Gamagaru Water Ground 12 0537 Gamageroge Gamageroge Water Ground 12 0580 Koaruhie Koaruhie Water Flying 19 0581 Swanna Water Flying 19 0592 Pururiru Pururiru Water Ghost 13 0593 Burungel Burungel Water Ghost 13 0647 Keldeo Water Fighting 13 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Corsola
Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Otamaro, Gamagaru, Gamageroge
Koaruhie, Swanna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Otamaro, Gamagaru, Gamageroge
Koaruhie, Swanna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Chinchou, Lanturn |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0550 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Basslao | style="background: #FFF" | Basslao
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Chinchou, Lanturn

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Prinplup BubbleBeam.png Prinplup File:Staryu bubblebeam.png Staryu File:Suicune Bubblebeam.png Suicune File:PiplupBubblebeam.png Piplup
The user releases bubbles from its mouth.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Squirtle releases multiple glowing white bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Ash's Squirtle	Mewtwo Strikes Back		Debut
	Mantine releases a stream of light blue or clear bubbles from its mouth at the opponent at a great speed.
Molly's Mantine	Spell of the Unown		None
Dorian's Mantine	Just Add Water		None
Lola's Mantine	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!		None
Multiple wild Mantine	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea		None
	Marill releases a white bubbles from its mouth at the opponent at a great speed.
Pietra's Marill	Right On, Rhydon!		None
	A blue ball forms in Suicune's mouth. Suicune then shoots multiple amounts of blue bubbles at the opponent from the blue ball. When the attack is over, the last bubble explodes and sends the opponent back.
Suicune (movie 4)	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
	Azumarill releases white bubbles from its mouth at a great speed.
Unknown Trainer's Azumarill	Dueling Heroes		None
Jackson's Azumarill	Tie One On!		None
	A blue ball forms in Corsola's mouth and it releases a steam of blue bubbles from the orb.
Misty's Corsola	Pokémon Heroes		None
Juan's Corsola	The Great Eight Fate!		None
	Tentacruel releases multiple blue bubbles from under the large blue stinger on its face.
Kim's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
Kail's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
A Coordinator's Tentacruel	A Cacturne for the Worse		None
	Crawdaunt opens its pincers and releases light blue, multicolored, or blue bubbles at the opponent from both or one pincer.
Team Aqua grunt's Crawdaunt	Stairway to Devon		None
Shelly's Crawdaunt	Fight for the Meteorite		None
Brodie's Ditto in the form of Crawdaunt	Unfair-Weather Friends		None
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt	On Olden Pond		None
A Coordinator's Crawdaunt	Battling the Generation Gap!		None
	Corphish opens its pincers and fires light blue or multicolored bubbles at the opponent from one or both of them.
Ash's Corphish	Gone Corphishin'		None
	Surskit raises its front two legs and a light blue ball forms between them. It then lowers the ball and multiple light blue bubbles come out and hit the opponent.
Max's Surskit	Maxxed Out!		None
	The jewel in the middle of Staryu's body glows orange and it releases orange bubbles from it at the opponent.
Misty's Staryu	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon		None
	Piplup opens its beak and releases a stream of blue bubbles at the opponent. Sometimes its beak glows light blue when it uses the attack.
A Piplup Dawn imagined	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Dawn's Piplup	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Piplup of Team Poképals	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness		None
	The inside of Prinplup's beak glows light blue and it fires light blue bubbles at the oppponent from its beak.
Kenny's Prinplup	Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!		None
	The inside of Mime Jr.'s mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles at the opponent from its mouth.
James's Mime Jr.	All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go!		Used via Mimic
	Mantyke fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Mantyke	Dawn of a Royal Day!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Staryu BubbleBeam Adventures.png Staryu File:Gyarados Dragonair BubbleBeam Adventures.png Gyarados and Dragonair
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Staryu releases multiple bubbles out of the gem of the center of its body at the opponent.
Misty's Staryu	Gyarados Splashes In!		Debut
	Starmie releases multiple bubbles out of the gem of the center of its body at the opponent.
Misty's Starmie	Suddenly Starmie		None
	Dragonair's horn glows and it fires a stream of bubbles from the horn at the opponent.
Lance's two Dragonair	Rhyhorn Rising		None
	Gyarados opens its mouth and releases a stream of bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Lance's Gyarados	Rhyhorn Rising		None
	Suicune releases a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. The beam then breaks apart into millions of bubbles that hit the opponent.
Crys's Suicune	Debonaire Dragonair		None

Trivia

• If Secret Power is used on a pond in Generation III, it will have the animation of BubbleBeam.
• Every Pokémon learning BubbleBeam past Generation I is getting STAB from it (counting both leveling up and breeding).

In other languages

• Chinese: 泡沫光線 Pàomò Guāngxiàn
• Danish: Boblestråle
• Dutch: Bubbelstraal
• Finnish: Kuplasäde
• French: Bulles d'O
• German: Blubbstrahl
• Greek: Ακτίνα απο Φούσκες
• Italian: Bollaraggio
• Korean: 거품광선 Geopum Gwangseon
• Norwegian: Boblestråle
• Polish: Bąbelkowy Promień
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Raio de Bolhas, Feixe de Bolhas ("Bubble Bunch"), Jato de Bolhas ("Bubble Jet")
• Portuguese (European): Raio de Bolhas (Pokémon Chronicles); Jacto de Bolhas (Diamond and Pearl Series)
• Spanish: Rayo Burbuja
• Serbian: Mlaz Mehurova

Variations of the move Psybeam
Spark Psybeam • Bubble Beam • Aurora Beam • Sludge

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