Bonemerang (move)

Bonemerang ホネブーメラン Bone Boomerang

The user throws the bone it holds. The bone loops to hit the foe twice, coming and going.

Battles Type  Ground Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  50 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0 A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Bonemerang on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Bonemerang on Eevee's Movedex

Bonemerang (Japanese: ホネブーメラン Bone Boomerang) is a damage-dealing Ground-type move introduced in Generation I. It is one of the signature moves of the Cubone evolutionary line.

Effect

Generation I

Bonemerang inflicts damage, striking twice per use. Although only the first hit can technically cause a critical hit, each hit per use will do the same amount of damage.

Bonemerang will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation II onward

Same as before, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 104 Cubone Ground 43 105 Marowak Ground 48 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 104 Cubone Ground 25 105 Marowak Ground 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 104 Cubone Ground 25 105 Marowak Ground 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 104 Cubone Ground 21 105 Marowak Ground 21 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Bonemerang returning	Marowak	Cubone
The user throws the bone it holds. The bone loops to hit the foe twice, coming and going.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Cubone	Cubone throws the bone that it is holding. The bone hits the opponent once, then returns to Cubone.
Giselle's Cubone	The School of Hard Knocks		Debut
Marowak	Marowak throws the bone that it is holding. The bone hits the opponent once, loops around, and then hits the opponent again.
Otoshi's Marowak	Bad to the Bone		None
Luana's Marowak	Pokémon Double Trouble		None
Jeffrey's Marowak	Gymbaliar!		None

In other languages

• Italian: Ossomerang
• German: Knochmerang
• French: Osmerang
• Latin American Spanish: huesorang
• Brazilian Portuguese: Ossomerangue
• European Portuguese: Bomerangue de Osso

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