Hyper Beam (move)
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| Hyper Beam はかいこうせん Destruction Beam | ||||||||||||
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Hyper Beam (Japanese: はかいこうせん Destruction Beam) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. It can be learned via TM by many fully evolved Pokémon that can learn TMs, including Pokémon that were fully evolved at one point but later received one or more evolved forms (such as Porygon or Seadra).
Effect
Generation I
Hyper Beam inflicts damage. A recharge turn is required on the turn after damage is done, during which no action may be performed. Though its power is 150, the target's Defense will be halved when damage from this attack is calculated, giving it an effective power of 300.
Hyper Beam will not require a recharge turn if it misses, breaks a Substitute, defeats the target, or if the user is targeted by a partial trapping move (even if it misses), flinches, or is put to sleep after the attack but before the recharge turn. However, freeze does not negate the recharge turn of Hyper Beam. If the user is confused, the recharge turn of Hyper Beam will not count towards the number of turns the user will remain confused.
In a round where the target attacks before a user which must recharge, if the opponent uses a partial trapping move that misses, the user will automatically use Hyper Beam during that turn. If at such a time Hyper Beam has 0 PP, Hyper Beam will still be used, and afterward its PP will roll over to 63, and full PP ups will be applied to it.
If a frozen Pokémon that has not yet recharged is defrosted via Haze, it will remain unable to attack, switch, or do anything, and nothing (not even being refrozen and then defrosted by a Template:Type2 move) will be able to change this.
In Stadium, Hyper Beam requires a recharge turn every time it is used.
Generation II and on
The target's Defense is not halved anymore for the damage calculation of this move. Hyper Beam will always recharge if it hits, even if the target is knocked out, unless the battle is completed in that turn.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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By TM15
Generation II
By leveling up
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Generation III
By leveling up
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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In the anime
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Gyarados shoots out a yellow-orange beam from its mouth. | ||
| A wild Gyarados | The Pi-Kahuna | Debut | |
| Fergus's Gyarados | Mewtwo Strikes Back | None | |
| Trinity's Gyarados | The Perfect Match! | None | |
| Lance's Gyarados | Rage of Innocence | None | |
| Clair's Gyarados | Beauty is Skin Deep | None | |
| Misty's Gyarados | Cerulean Blues | None | |
| A wild Gyarados | Sandshrew's Locker | None | |
| A wild Gyarados | The Mother of All Battlers! | None | |
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Kingler's eyes glow light blue, then fires a charged beam of orange light from its left claw. | ||
| Ash's Kingler | Round One, Begin! | None | |
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Nidoking's horn glows orange. Then, a orange beam is shot out of it, or Nidoking fires an orange beam from its mouth. | ||
| A wild Nidoking | In the Pink | None | |
| Oscar's Nidoking | The Bicker the Better | None | |
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Golduck puts its two fingers up to its gem on its head and it starts glowing orange. A large orange beam is then released from it. | ||
| A wild Golduck | Bye Bye Psyduck | None | |
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Snorlax gathers energy in its mouth and fires a yellow-orange beam at the opponent. | ||
| Ash's Snorlax | Pokémon Food Fight! | None | |
| Marcel's Snorlax | The Garden of Eatin' | None | |
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A orange-yellow or white beam charges in front of Alakazam's mouth. Then, the beam is fired at the opponent. | ||
| Luana's Alakazam | Pokémon Double Trouble | None | |
| Alex Davis's Alakazam | Power Play! | None | |
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Dragonite's eyes glow white and a white or orange ball forms in front of Dragonite's mouth. The ball turns into a beam and it fires at the opponent. | ||
| Drake's Dragonite | Hello, Pummelo! | None | |
| Lance's Dragonite | Rage of Innocence | None | |
| A wild Dragonite | Fangs for Nothin' | None | |
| Professor Oak's Dragonite | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | None | |
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A white or orange beam shoots out of Ursaring's mouth. | ||
| Multiple wild Ursaring | Forest Grumps | None | |
| A wild Ursaring | Entei at Your Own Risk | None | |
| A wild Ursaring | Going for a Spinda | None | |
| Paul's Ursaring | Different Strokes for Different Blokes! | None | |
| A wild Ursaring | Promoting Healthy Tangrowth! | None | |
| A wild Ursaring | An Egg Scramble! | None | |
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A blue or orange ball appears in front of Tyranitar's mouth, and it shoots a orange beam from it. | ||
| Iron-Masked Marauder's Tyranitar | Celebi: Voice of the Forest | None | |
| Larvitar's mother | Mother of All Battles | None | |
| Rico's Tyranitar | A Poached Ego! | None | |
| J's client's henchmen's Tyranitar | Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2 | None | |
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Fearow releases a orange beam from its beak at the foe. | ||
| Tyson's two Fearow | Rage of Innocence | None | |
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Dragonair releases a orange beam of energy from its horn. | ||
| Clair's Dragonair | Great Bowls of Fire! | None | |
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Kingdra gathers energy and shoots out a orange beam from its mouth. | ||
| Clair's Kingdra | Better Eight Than Never | None | |
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Aerodactyl fires a orange beam from its mouth. | ||
| A wild Aerodactyl | Pokémon Heroes | None | |
| A wild Aerodactyl | Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl! | None | |
| Dr. Kenzo's Aerodactyl | Wild in the Streets! | None | |
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Nidoqueen charges a orange ball in front of its mouth. It then fires a beam from it at the opponent. | ||
| Gary's Nidoqueen | The Ties that Bind | None | |
| Andi's Nidoqueen | The Bicker the Better | None | |
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Aggron gathers energy in its mouth that forms into an orange ball. The ball turns into a beam and is then fired at the opponent. | ||
| Steven Stone's Aggron | A Hole Lotta Trouble | None | |
| James's Aggron | Grating Spaces! | None | |
| J's Client's Aggron | Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2 | None | |
| A wild Aggron | Trials and Adulations! | None | |
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Dusclop gathers blue energy in its eye. Then it fires the energy as an orange beam at the opponent. | ||
| Butler's Dusclops | Jirachi: Wish Maker | None | |
| Timmy Grimm's Dusclops | Disguise Da Limit | None | |
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An orange ball forms in front of Flygon's mouth. It fires the ball as a beam towards the opponent. | ||
| A wild Flygon | Jirachi: Wish Maker | None | |
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An orange ball appears in front of Mightyena's mouth. It then fires the ball as a beam at the opponent. | ||
| Tabitha's Mightyena | The Spheal of Approval | None | |
| Team Magma Grunt's Mightyena | The Spheal of Approval | None | |
| Butch's Mightyena | Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing! | None | |
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An orange ball appears in between Ninjask's hands. It then fires a orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Colonel Hansen's Ninjask | A Togepi Mirage! | None | |
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Ludicolo fires an orange beam from its mouth. | ||
| Poncho's Ludicolo | Go Go Ludicolo! | None | |
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An orange ball appears in front of Slaking's mouth and it fires a orange beam at the opponent. | ||
| Norman's Slaking | Balance of Power | None | |
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Swellow gathers energy in its mouth as a ball and fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Winona's Swellow | Sky High Gym Battle! | None | |
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A orange ball appears in front of Rayquaza's mouth. It then fires an red-orange fire-like beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Rayquaza (movie 7) | Destiny Deoxys | None | |
| An illusion created by Mismagius | Malice In Wonderland! | None | |
| A wild Rayquaza | Where No Togepi Has Gone Before! | None | |
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Salamence opens its mouth and a blue or orange ball appears in front of its mouth. It then fires a beam of orange energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| Silver's Salamence | The Search for the Legend | None | |
| J's Salamence | Mutiny in the Bounty! | None | |
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Kyogre gathers energy in a orange ball in front of its mouth. Then, it fires the ball as a fiery beam at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Kyogre | Gaining Groudon | None | |
| A wild Kyogre | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | None | |
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Scizor fires two orange beams from its claws, or Scizor just fires one orange beam from one of its claws. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Scizor | Vanity Affair | None | |
| Luna's Red Lightning | Curbing the Crimson Tide! | None | |
| Mitsuzō's Scizor | DP154 | None | |
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Claydol points one or both of its arms at the opponent, and a orange ball appears at the point at the end of its arms. It then fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A giant Claydol | Claydol Big and Tall | None | |
| Robert's Claydol | Rhapsody in Drew | None | |
| Spenser's Claydol | Ka Boom with a View! | None | |
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Absol opens its mouth and a orange ball appears in front of it. It then fires an orange beam at the opponent from the ball. | ||
| A wild Absol | Absol-ute Disaster | None | |
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Seaking fires an orange beam at the opponent. | ||
| Juan's Seaking | The Great Eight Fate! | None | |
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Whiscash creates a giant orange ball in front of its mouth and fires an orange beam from it at the opponent. | ||
| Juan's Whiscash | Eight Ain't Enough | None | |
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Jynx opens its mouth and a orange ball appears in front of it. Its hair rises up and it fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Erica's Jynx | Mean With Envy | None | |
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A orange ball forms between the top of Metagross's head and the 'X' on its face, in front of the 'X' on its face, or its mouth and a orange beam is fired from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Tyson's Metagross | At the End of the Fray | None | |
| Anabel's Metagross | Talking a Good Game! | None | |
| A wild shiny Metagross | Noodles! Roamin' Off! | None | |
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The braille pattern on Regirock's face glow orange, and a orange ball appears in front of them. Regirock then fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent, or Regirock holds out its arms and static electricity appears between them. A orange ball then appears in the static electricity, and Regirock fires a beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Regirock | Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | None | |
| Brandon's Regirock | Battling the Enemy Within! | None | |
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The bralle pattern on Registeel's face glows white and it fires an orange beam from it at the opponent, or Registeel holds out its hands and creates an orange ball in between them. It then fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Registeel | Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | None | |
| Brandon's Registeel | Pace - The Final Frontier | None | |
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Mewtwo sticks out its hand and it morphs into Rayquaza's head. It then fires an orange beam from Rayquaza's mouth. | ||
| A mirage Mewtwo | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | None | |
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Donphan opens its mouth and a orange ball apears in front of it. It then fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Ash's Donphan | Reversing the Charges | None | |
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Slowbro creates an orange ball in its mouth and fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Solidad's Slowbro | Thinning the Hoard! | None | |
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A orange ball appears in front of Pinsir's mouth. It then fires a beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| The Phantom's Pinsir | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | None | |
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A yellow-orange beam is released from Armaldo's mouth at the opponent. | ||
| Dr. Kenzo's Armaldo | Wild in the Streets! | None | |
| Canalave Gym's Armaldo | Dealing With Defensive Types! | None | |
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Steelix opens its mouth and an orange beam appears in front of Steelix's mouth. It then releases a orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Steelix | Faced With Steelix Determination! | None | |
| A wild Steelix | Steeling Peace of Mind! | None | |
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The braille pattern on Regice's face glows orange and it fires an orange beam from its face at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Regice | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
| Brandon's Regice | Pillars of Friendship | None | |
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An orange ball appears in front of Dialga's mouth and it fires it as a beam at the opponent. Sometimes its eyes glow orange | ||
| Dialga (anime) | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Lickilicky opens its mouth and an orange ball appears in front of it. It then fires a orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Baron Alberto's Lickilicky | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Palkia's eyes glow orange and a orange ball appears in front of Palkia's mouth. It then fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Palkia (anime) | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Luxray opens its mouth and an orange ball appears in front of it. It then fires a beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Luxray | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Rhydon opens its mouth and a orange ball appears in front of it. It then fires a orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Rhydon | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Persian opens its mouth and a orange ball appears in front of it. It then fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Multiple illusions created by Mismagius | Malice in Wonderland! | None | |
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Torterra opens its mouth and gathers orange energy, forming a orange ball in front of it. It then fires a orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Paul's Torterra | Glory Blaze! | None | |
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A orange ball appears in front of Spiritomb's mouth. It then fires a orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Spiritomb | The Keystone Pops! | None | |
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Hippowdon opens its mouth and forms an orange ball inside of it. It then fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Hippowdon | Sleight of Sand! | None | |
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Golem opens its mouth and a orange ball appears in front of it. It then fires an orange beam from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| J's Client's Henchman's Golem | Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 1 | None | |
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Same as above. | ||
| Sho's Raichu | Pika and Goliath! | None | |
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A yellow-orange beam is released from in front of its body or arms. | ||
| A wild Regigigas | Giratina and the Sky Warrior | None | |
| A wild Regigigas | Pillars of Friendship! | None | |
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Skuntank shoots out a yellow-orange beam from its mouth. | ||
| Jupiter's Skuntank | Double Team Turnover! | None | |
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Same as above. | ||
| Aaron's Drapion | A Trainer and Child Reunion! | None | |
| Unknown Trainer's Temporary owned Drapion | One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team! | None | |
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Same as above. | ||
| Barry's Empoleon | Barry's Busting Out All Over! | None | |
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Same as above. | ||
| Hunter's Glalie | The Drifting Snorunt! | None | |
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A yellow-orange beam is released in front of its horn. | ||
| Multiple Wild Ariados | Stopped in the Name of Love! | None | |
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Same as above. | ||
| Kanta's Heracross | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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A yellow-orange beam is released from in front of its face. | ||
| Arceus | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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A yellow-orange beam is released from its mouth. | ||
| Marcus's Heatran | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
Trivia
- In Generations I and II, Dratini and Dragonair learn Hyper Beam via level up, but are incompatible with the TM for it.
- Kabuto can learn the move via TM in Pokémon Yellow only, and no other games.
- In Generation I, Clefable is the only fully evolved Pokémon that can learn TMs that can't learn Hyper Beam via TM15. This was changed in subsequent generations.
- In the movies, Hyper Beam is a very common move used by the larger legendary Pokémon.
- In the Brazilian dub of the anime, Hyper Beam has been given many names, such as Hiper-farol, Hiper-fusão, Super-chama and Raio Solar, the latter causing many confusion due to its homonym.
- In the anime, Hyper Beam seems to be a move that could cause serious injuries. However, in A Pyramiding Rage!, the attack didn't seem to do anything.
In other languages
- French: Ultralaser
- German: Hyperstrahl
- Danish: Hyper Stråle
- Italian: Iper Raggio
- Spanish: Hiperrayo, Híper Rayo
- Dutch: Hyperstraal
- Finnish: Hypersäde
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| Generation I TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation I HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 | |
| Generation II TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation II HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 | |
| Generation III TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 | |
