Manga move errors

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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 manga Pokémon with moves that they cannot learn in the games

Pokémon Adventures

Sprite Name Move First use Picture
064.png Sabrina's Kadabra Hypnosis 1030Zap! Zap! Zapdos! File:Sabrina Kadabra Hypnosis Teleport Adventures.png
064.png Sabrina's Kadabra Slash 1032A Little Kadabra'll Do It Sabrina Kadabra Slash Adventures.png
068.png Blue's Machamp Slam 1040A Charizard... and a Champion Blue Machamp Slam.png
022.png Pokémon Fan Club Chairman's Fearow Pay Day 1056The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually) File:Fearow Rapidash Pay Day Adventures.png
078.png Pokémon Fan Club Chairman's Rapidash Pay Day 1056The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually) File:Fearow Rapidash Pay Day Adventures.png
012.png Kitty Fly 1089The Might of... Metapod!? File:Kitty Fly.png
083.png Azalean Boy's Farfetch'd Wing Attack 1103You Ain't Nothin' But a Houndour File:Farfetch'd Wing Attack Adventures.png
177.png Natee Fly 1119A Flaaffy Kerfuffle File:Natee Natu Fly.png
189.png Eusine's Jumpluff Fly 1126Jumping Jumpluff File:Eusine Jumpluff Fly Adventures.png
203.png Al's Girafarig Bite 1030Great Girafarig File:Al Girafarig Bite.png
012.png Wilton's Butterfree Fly 1152Buzz Off, Butterfree! File:Wilton Butterfree Fly Adventures.png
053.png Sham's Persian Roar 1164Slick Slowking Carl Houndoom Sham Persian Roar.png
370.png Elizabeth Flash 1223VS. Luvdisc I File:Elizabeth Flash.png
393.png Platinum's Piplup Water Gun 1342A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium File:Platinum Piplup Water Gun.png
462.png Cyrus's Magnezone Rock Slide 1349Passing by Probopass and Maneuvering around Magnezone File:Cyrus Magnezone Probopass Rock Slide Adventures.png
418.png Uji's Buizel Sandstorm 1359Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank II File:Uji Buizel Sandstorm.png
395.png Platinum's Empoleon Vacuum Wave 1366VS. Floatzel Platinum Empoleon Vacuum Wave.png
445.png Cynthia's Garchomp Fly 1367VS. Psyduck File:Cynthia Garchomp Fly Adventures.png
472.png Gliscor Crunch 1030VS. Gliscor File:Gliscor Crunch Adventures.png
469.png Mars's Yanmega Fly 1397VS. Octillery File:Mars Yanmega Fly Adventures.png
462.png Cyrus's Magnezone Fly 1410VS. Cradily Cyrus Magnezone Adventures.png
448.png Riley's Lucario Bonemerang 1418VS. Porygon-Z Riley Lucario Bonemerang Adventures.png
042.png Petrel's Golbat Lick HGSSHeartGold & SoulSilver arc

Pokémon Get da ze!

Sprite Name Move First use Picture
129.png Magikarp Dragon Rage Challenge at Celadon University! Magikarp Dragon Rage GDZ.png

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Sprite Name Move First use Picture
032.png Nidoran♂ Flamethrower Take Out The Rival Onix!!
095.png Brock's Onix Constrict Take Out The Rival Onix!! File:Brock Onix Constrict PM.png

Pokémon Zensho

Sprite Name Move First use Picture
004.png Satoshi's Charmander Tackle Prologue: Pallet Town Satoshi Charmander Tackle Zensho.png

Be a Master!! Pokémon BW

Sprite Name Move First use Picture
495.png Monta's Snivy Whirlwind PBW02
495.png Monta's Snivy Pound PBW03

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.

See also


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