Manga move errors: Difference between revisions

In the Pokémon manga, a situation will sometimes occur where a Pokémon 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 Pokémon Adventures Pokémon with moves they can't learn in the games

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Sabrina's Kadabra	Hypnosis	1004Zap! Zap! Zapdos!
	Sabrina's Kadabra	Slash	1004A Little Kadabra'll Do It
	Blue's Machamp	Slam	1004A Charizard... and a Champion
	Platinum's Piplup	Water Gun	1004A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium
	Platinum's Empoleon	Vacuum Wave	1004VS. Floatzel
	Riley's Lucario	Bonemerang	1004VS. Porygon-Z	File:Lucario Bonemerang Adventures.png

List of Pokémon Pocket Monsters Pokémon with moves they can't learn in the games

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Brock's Onix	Constrict	1004Take Out The Rival Onix!!	File:Brock Onix Constrict PM.png

How I Became a Pokémon Card

Pokémon in How I Became a Pokémon Card will often use moves that they cannot learn in the games. These are generally not errors, though, because this series is based on the Pokémon TCG; the "illegal" moves Pokémon use in this series are moves from their TCG cards.