Thunder Wave (move)

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Thunder Wave
でんじは Electromagnetic Wave
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Type  Electric
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  1
Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Thunder Wave (Japanese: でんじは Electromagnetic Wave) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. It is TM45 in Generation I and TM73 in Generation IV.

Effect

Thunder Wave paralyzes the target. Thunder Wave can't affect a target that already has a major status ailment, and will not work against Template:Type2s or Pokémon that have Volt Absorb or Motor Drive.

From Stadium onwards, Thunder Wave can't affect a target that has a Substitute.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric 8
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric 9
0026 Raichu Raichu
Electric --
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
Electric 35
0082 Magneton Magneton
Electric 38
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric 40
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric 42
0147 Dratini Dratini
Dragon 10
0148 Dragonair Dragonair
Dragon --
10
0149 Dragonite Dragonite
Dragon Flying --
10
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 TM45

#   Pokémon Type
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric
0026 Raichu Raichu
Electric
0035 Clefairy Clefairy
Normal
0036 Clefable Clefable
Normal
0039 Jigglypuff Jigglypuff
Normal
0040 Wigglytuff Wigglytuff
Normal
0063 Abra Abra
Psychic
0064 Kadabra Kadabra
Psychic
0065 Alakazam Alakazam
Psychic
0079 Slowpoke Slowpoke
Water Psychic
0080 Slowbro Slowbro
Water Psychic
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
Electric
0082 Magneton Magneton
Electric
0096 Drowzee Drowzee
Psychic
0097 Hypno Hypno
Psychic
0100 Voltorb Voltorb
Electric
0101 Electrode Electrode
Electric
0113 Chansey Chansey
Normal
0120 Staryu Staryu
Water
0121 Starmie Starmie
Water Psychic
0122 Mr. Mime Mr. Mime
Psychic
0125 Electabuzz Electabuzz
Electric
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric
0137 Porygon Porygon
Normal
0145 Zapdos Zapdos
Electric Flying
0147 Dratini Dratini
Dragon
0148 Dragonair Dragonair
Dragon
0149 Dragonite Dragonite
Dragon Flying
0150 Mewtwo Mewtwo
Psychic
0151 Mew 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
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric 8
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
Electric Steel 21
0082 Magneton Magneton
Electric Steel 21
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric 42
0145 Zapdos Zapdos
Electric Flying 13
0147 Dratini Dratini
Dragon 8
0148 Dragonair Dragonair
Dragon --
8
0149 Dragonite Dragonite
Dragon Flying --
8
0170 Chinchou Chinchou
Water Flying --
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
Water Electric --
0172 Pichu Pichu
Electric 8
0179 Mareep Mareep
Electric 16
0180 Flaaffy Flaaffy
Electric 18
0181 Ampharos Ampharos
Electric --
18
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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric 8
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
Electric Steel 21
0082 Magneton Magneton
Electric Steel 21
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric 42
0145 Zapdos Zapdos
Electric Flying 13
0147 Dratini Dratini
Dragon 8
0148 Dragonair Dragonair
Dragon --
8
0149 Dragonite Dragonite
Dragon Flying --
8
0170 Chinchou Chinchou
Water Electric --
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
Water Electric --
0172 Pichu Pichu
Electric 8
0179 Mareep Mareep
Electric 16
0180 Flaaffy Flaaffy
Electric 18
0181 Ampharos Ampharos
Electric --
18
0299 Nosepass Nosepass
Rock 22
0309 Electrike Electrike
Electric 4
0310 Manectric Manectric
Electric --
4
0311 Plusle Plusle
Electric 4
0312 Minun Minun
Electric 4
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" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Remoraid | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Gyarados
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Chinchou, Lanturn
Qwilfish

|- | 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.
|} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
#   Pokémon Type
0019 Rattata Rattata
Normal
0020 Raticate Raticate
Normal
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric
0026 Raichu Raichu
Electric
0035 Clefairy Clefairy
Normal
0036 Clefable Clefable
Normal
0039 Jigglypuff Jigglypuff
Normal
0040 Wigglytuff Wigglytuff
Normal
0063 Abra Abra
Psychic
0064 Kadabra Kadabra
Psychic
0065 Alakazam Alakazam
Psychic
0079 Slowpoke Slowpoke
Water Psychic
0080 Slowbro Slowbro
Water Psychic
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
Electric Steel
0082 Magneton Magneton
Electric Steel
0096 Drowzee Drowzee
Psychic
0097 Hypno Hypno
Psychic
0100 Voltorb Voltorb
Electric
0101 Electrode Electrode
Electric
0113 Chansey Chansey
Normal
0120 Staryu Staryu
Water
0121 Starmie Starmie
Water Psychic
0122 Mr. Mime Mr. Mime
Psychic
0125 Electabuzz Electabuzz
Electric
0130 Gyarados Gyarados
Water Flying
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric
0137 Porygon Porygon
Normal
0145 Zapdos Zapdos
Electric Flying
0147 Dratini Dratini
Dragon
0148 Dragonair Dragonair
Dragon
0149 Dragonite Dragonite
Dragon Flying
0150 Mewtwo Mewtwo
Psychic
0151 Mew Mew
Psychic
0170 Chinchou Chinchou
Water Electric
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
Water Electric
0172 Pichu Pichu
Electric
0173 Cleffa Cleffa
Normal
0174 Igglybuff Igglybuff
Normal
0175 Togepi Togepi
Normal
0176 Togetic Togetic
Normal Flying
0177 Natu Natu
Psychic Flying
0178 Xatu Xatu
Psychic Flying
0179 Mareep Mareep
Electric
0180 Flaaffy Flaaffy
Electric
0181 Ampharos Ampharos
Electric
0190 Aipom Aipom
Normal
0198 Murkrow Murkrow
Dark Flying
0199 Slowking Slowking
Water Psychic
0200 Misdreavus Misdreavus
Ghost
0203 Girafarig Girafarig
Normal Psychic
0206 Dunsparce Dunsparce
Normal
0209 Snubbull Snubbull
Normal
0210 Granbull Granbull
Normal
0211 Qwilfish Qwilfish
Water Poison
0223 Remoraid Remoraid
Water
0224 Octillery Octillery
Water
0233 Porygon2 Porygon2
Normal
0234 Stantler Stantler
Normal
0239 Elekid Elekid
Electric
0241 Miltank Miltank
Normal
0242 Blissey Blissey
Normal
0243 Raikou Raikou
Electric
0248 Tyranitar Tyranitar
Rock Dark
0249 Lugia Lugia
Psychic Flying
0250 Ho-Oh Ho-Oh
Fire Flying
0263 Zigzagoon Zigzagoon
Normal
0264 Linoone Linoone
Normal
0280 Ralts Ralts
Psychic
0281 Kirlia Kirlia
Psychic
0282 Gardevoir Gardevoir
Psychic
0299 Nosepass Nosepass
Rock
0300 Skitty Skitty
Normal
0301 Delcatty Delcatty
Normal
0306 Aggron Aggron
Steel Rock
0309 Electrike Electrike
Electric
0310 Manectric Manectric
Electric
0311 Plusle Plusle
Electric
0312 Minun Minun
Electric
0313 Volbeat Volbeat
Bug
0314 Illumise Illumise
Bug
0335 Zangoose Zangoose
Normal
0351 Castform Castform
Normal
0352 Kecleon Kecleon
Normal
0353 Shuppet Shuppet
Ghost
0354 Banette Banette
Ghost
0359 Absol Absol
Dark
0377 Regirock Regirock
Rock
0378 Regice Regice
Ice
0379 Registeel Registeel
Steel
0380 Latias Latias
Dragon Psychic
0381 Latios Latios
Dragon Psychic
0382 Kyogre Kyogre
Water
0383 Groudon Groudon
Ground
0384 Rayquaza Rayquaza
Dragon Flying
0385 Jirachi Jirachi
Steel Psychic
0386 Deoxys Deoxys
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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric 10
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
Electric Steel 17
0082 Magneton Magneton
Electric Steel 17
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric 57
0145 Zapdos Zapdos
Electric Flying 8
0147 Dratini Dratini
Dragon 5
0148 Dragonair Dragonair
Dragon --
5
0149 Dragonite Dragonite
Dragon Flying --
5
0170 Chinchou Chinchou
Water Electric 6
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
Water Electric --
6
0172 Pichu Pichu
Electric 10
0179 Mareep Mareep
Electric 14
0180 Flaaffy Flaaffy
Electric 14
0181 Ampharos Ampharos
Electric --
14
0299 Nosepass Nosepass
Rock 25
0309 Electrike Electrike
Electric 4
0310 Manectric Manectric
Electric --
0311 Manectric Manectric
Electric 4
0312 Plusle Plusle
Electric 3
0313 Minun Minun
Electric 3
0462 Magnezone Magnezone
Electric Steel 17
0476 Probopass Probopass
Rock Steel 25
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Ghost 25
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 TM73

#   Pokémon Type
0019 Rattata Rattata
Normal
0020 Raticate Raticate
Normal
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
Electric
0026 Raichu Raichu
Electric
0035 Clefairy Clefairy
Normal
0036 Clefable Clefable
Normal
0039 Jigglypuff Jigglypuff
Normal
0040 Wigglytuff Wigglytuff
Normal
0063 Abra Abra
Psychic
0064 Kadabra Kadabra
Psychic
0065 Alakazam Alakazam
Psychic
0079 Slowpoke Slowpoke
Water Psychic
0080 Slowbro Slowbro
Water Psychic
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
Electric Steel
0082 Magneton Magneton
Electric Steel
0096 Drowzee Drowzee
Psychic
0097 Hypno Hypno
Psychic
0100 Voltorb Voltorb
Electric
0101 Electrode Electrode
Electric
0113 Chansey Chansey
Normal
0120 Staryu Staryu
Water
0121 Starmie Starmie
Water Psychic
0122 Mr. Mime Mr. Mime
Psychic
0125 Electabuzz Electabuzz
Electric
0130 Gyarados Gyarados
Water Flying
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric
0137 Porygon Porygon
Normal
0145 Zapdos Zapdos
Electric Flying
0147 Dratini Dratini
Dragon
0148 Dragonair Dragonair
Dragon
0149 Dragonite Dragonite
Dragon Flying
0150 Mewtwo Mewtwo
Psychic
0151 Mew Mew
Psychic
0170 Chinchou Chinchou
Water Electric
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
Water Electric
0172 Pichu Pichu
Electric
0173 Cleffa Cleffa
Normal
0174 Igglybuff Igglybuff
Normal
0175 Togepi Togepi
Normal
0176 Togetic Togetic
Normal Flying
0177 Natu Natu
Psychic Flying
0178 Xatu Xatu
Psychic Flying
0179 Mareep Mareep
Electric
0180 Flaaffy Flaaffy
Electric
0181 Ampharos Ampharos
Electric
0190 Aipom Aipom
Normal
0198 Murkrow Murkrow
Dark Flying
0199 Slowking Slowking
Water Psychic
0200 Misdreavus Misdreavus
Ghost
0203 Girafarig Girafarig
Normal Psychic
0206 Dunsparce Dunsparce
Normal
0209 Snubbull Snubbull
Normal
0210 Granbull Granbull
Normal
0211 Qwilfish Qwilfish
Water Poison
0223 Remoraid Remoraid
Water
0224 Octillery Octillery
Water
0233 Porygon2 Porygon2
Normal
0234 Stantler Stantler
Normal
0239 Elekid Elekid
Electric
0241 Miltank Miltank
Normal
0242 Blissey Blissey
Normal
0243 Raikou Raikou
Electric
0248 Tyranitar Tyranitar
Rock Dark
0249 Lugia Lugia
Psychic Flying
0250 Ho-Oh Ho-Oh
Fire Flying
0251 Celebi Celebi
Psychic Grass
0263 Zigzagoon Zigzagoon
Normal
0264 Linoone Linoone
Normal
0280 Ralts Ralts
Psychic
0281 Kirlia Kirlia
Psychic
0282 Gardevoir Gardevoir
Psychic
0299 Nosepass Nosepass
Rock
0300 Skitty Skitty
Normal
0301 Delcatty Delcatty
Normal
0306 Aggron Aggron
Steel Rock
0309 Electrike Electrike
Electric
0310 Manectric Manectric
Electric
0311 Plusle Plusle
Electric
0312 Minun Minun
Electric
0313 Volbeat Volbeat
Bug
0314 Illumise Illumise
Bug
0325 Spoink Spoink
Psychic
0326 Grumpig Grumpig
Psychic
0351 Castform Castform
Normal
0352 Kecleon Kecleon
Normal
0353 Shuppet Shuppet
Ghost
0354 Banette Banette
Ghost
0358 Chimecho Chimecho
Psychic
0359 Absol Absol
Dark
0377 Regirock Regirock
Rock
0378 Regice Regice
Ice
0379 Registeel Registeel
Steel
0380 Latias Latias
Dragon Psychic
0381 Latios Latios
Dragon Psychic
0382 Kyogre Kyogre
Water
0383 Groudon Groudon
Ground
0384 Rayquaza Rayquaza
Dragon Flying
0385 Jirachi Jirachi
Steel Psychic
0386 Deoxys Deoxys
Psychic
0386 Deoxys Deoxys
Psychic
0386 Deoxys Deoxys
Psychic
0386 Deoxys Deoxys
Psychic
0399 Bidoof Bidoof
Normal
0400 Bibarel Bibarel
Normal Water
0403 Shinx Shinx
Electric
0404 Luxio Luxio
Electric
0405 Luxray Luxray
Electric
0417 Pachirisu Pachirisu
Electric
0424 Ambipom Ambipom
Normal
0425 Drifloon Drifloon
Ghost Flying
0426 Drifblim Drifblim
Ghost Flying
0427 Buneary Buneary
Normal
0428 Lopunny Lopunny
Normal
0429 Mismagius Mismagius
Ghost
0430 Honchkrow Honchkrow
Dark Flying
0433 Chingling Chingling
Psychic
0439 Mime Jr. Mime Jr.
Psychic
0440 Happiny Happiny
Normal
0462 Magnezone Magnezone
Electric Steel
0466 Electivire Electivire
Electric
0468 Togekiss Togekiss
Normal Flying
0474 Porygon-Z Porygon-Z
Normal
0475 Gallade Gallade
Psychic Fighting
0476 Probopass Probopass
Rock Steel
0478 Froslass Froslass
Ice Ghost
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Ghost
0480 Uxie Uxie
Psychic
0481 Mesprit Mesprit
Psychic
0482 Azelf Azelf
Psychic
0483 Dialga Dialga
Steel Dragon
0484 Palkia Palkia
Water Dragon
0486 Regigigas Regigigas
Normal
0487 Giratina Giratina
Ghost Dragon
0487 Giratina Giratina
Ghost Dragon
0488 Cresselia Cresselia
Psychic
0491 Darkrai Darkrai
Dark
0493 Arceus Arceus
Rock
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" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Remoraid | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Gyarados
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Chinchou, Lanturn
Qwilfish
Bidoof, Bibarel

|- | 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

050Diglett.png This article is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it.

The user releases a charge of electricity at the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Magneton It releases blue bolts of electricity from all of its magnets. The target is encased in a cage made of the electricity and rendered completely immobile.
Jackson's Magneton Tie One On! None
Aggron It releases a charge of electricity from its claw.
A mirage Aggron The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon None
Electrike It release a blue charge of electricity at the opponent.
Wattson's Electrike Watt's with Wattson None
Manectric It releases a blue charge of electricity at the opponent.
Wattson's Manectric Manectric Charge! None


In other languages

  • French: Cage-éclair
  • German: Donnerwelle
  • Italian: Tuononda
  • Norwegian: Tordenbølge
  • Spanish: Onda Trueno
  • Portuguese: Onda do Trovão
Generation I TMs
01020304050607080910111213141516171819202122232425
26272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950
Generation I HMs
0102030405
Generation IV TMs
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
2425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
4748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869
7071727374757677787980818283848586878889909192
Generation IV HMs
01020304 • 05 (DPPtHGSS) • 060708

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