DoubleSlap (move)

DoubleSlap おうふくビンタ Round Trip Slap

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  15 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the judge's attention.

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

DoubleSlap on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex DoubleSlap on Eevee's Movedex

DoubleSlap (Japanese: おうふくビンタ Round Trip Slap) is a damage-dealing Normal-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

DoubleSlap inflicts damage, hitting 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. This gives the attack an average power of 45, ignoring the possibility of missing. Although only the first hit can be a critical hit, each successive hit will deal the same amount of damage.

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

Generation II

Same as Generation I, but all hits will do damage independently, consequently enabling any of them to be critical.

Generation III

If the target has an Ability which activates upon contact, each hit counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate multiple times.

Generation IV

Same as previous generations, except it will continue attacking after a substitute is broken.

Due to the introduction of the Ability Skill Link, a Pokémon with said Ability will always hit five times when using DoubleSlap, if it does not miss. However, no Pokémon could naturally obtain Skill Link and DoubleSlap until Generation V.

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint; however, Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one. Each hit will cause Weak Armor to activate.

If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each hit.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 Although each slap is weak, this attack hits the target two to five times in succession. GSC Repeatedly slaps 2-5 times. RSE Repeatedly slaps the foe 2 to 5 times. FRLG The foe is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times. Colo.XD Repeatedly slaps the target 2 to 5 times. DPPtHGSS The foe is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times in a row. BWB2W2Conq The target is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times in a row.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	18			13			13			13				10
036		Clefable	Normal		Normal	--			--			--			--				--
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		Normal	24			24			24			24				25
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		Normal	--			24			24			24				--
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	25			19			19			19				15
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	26			19			19			19				15
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	--			19			19			19				--
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	--	12	17			17			17				12
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	31			21			17	15	15				15	11
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	23			21			21			21				15
186		Politoed	Water		Water	no			19			19			19				--
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal	no			13			13			13				12
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	no			no			15			15				15
301		Delcatty	Normal		Normal	no			no			--			--				--
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			15				15	11
531		Audino	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				10
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	no			no			no			no				14
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison	no			no			no			no				14
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				13
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			no				14
575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			no				14
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			no				14
594		Alomomola	Water		Water	no			no			no			no				13
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			no			no				17
620		Mienshao	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			no			no				17
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric
190		Aipom*	Normal		Normal
418		Buizel	Water		Water	no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 108 Lickitung Normal New York Pokémon Center 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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

DoubleSlap is the only move of Jigglypuff and Minccino.

In the anime

Clefairy	Minccino	Skitty	Gothita
The user slaps the opponent repeatedly with a hand, tail, ears, etc.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff slaps the opponent's face many times.
Recurring Jigglypuff	The Song of Jigglypuff		Debut
Chansey	Chansey slaps the opponent's face many times. Sometimes its arms glow white when using the move.
Nurse Joy's Chansey	A Chansey Operation		None
Cheryl's Chansey	Some Enchanted Sweetening!		None
Clefairy	Clefairy slaps its opponent in the face many times.
A wild Clefairy	Clefairy Tales		None
Wigglytuff	Wigglytuff slaps the opponent on the face multiple times with its hands or ears.
Unknown Trainer's Wigglytuff	Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!		None
Harley's Wigglytuff	Thinning the Hoard!		None
Poliwag	Poliwag slaps the opponent many times with its tail.
Misty's Poliwag	The Stun Spore Detour		None
Poliwhirl	Poliwhirl slaps the opponent many times with one or both hands.
Misty's Poliwhirl	The Fortune Hunters		None
A wild Poliwhirl	Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!		None
Poliwrath	Poliwrath slaps the opponent many times with both hands.
Andrea's Poliwrath	Hook, Line, and Stinker		None
Chuck's Poliwrath	Machoke, Machoke Man!		None
Delaney's Poliwrath	Outrageous Fortunes		None
Politoed	Politoed slaps the opponent many times with both hands.
Misty's Politoed	Outrageous Fortunes		None
Tammy's Bean	I Politoed Ya So!		None
Mr. Mime	Mr. Mime slaps the opponent twice with its hands.
Delia's Mimey	Showdown at the Oak Corral		None
Skitty	Skitty slaps the opponent many times with its paws or its tail.
May's Skitty	Maxxed Out!		None
Dr. Abby's Johnny	Delcatty Got Your Tongue		None
Minccino	Minccino's entire tail glows white and it slaps the opponent across the face with it twice or several times.
Bianca's Minccino	Minccino-Neat and Tidy!		None
Gothita	One of Gothita's arms glow white and it repeatedly slaps the opponent, or one of Gothita's arms glow white and it waves its arm, releasing white waves of energy which repeatedly hit the opponent.
Katharine's Gothita	Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!		None
Gothorita	Gothorita's hand glows white and it hits the opponent multiple times with them.
Flora's Gothorita	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None
Garbodor	Garbodor's hand glows white and it hits the opponent with them.
Roxie's Garbodor	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2		None

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

	Jigglypuff
The user repeatedly slaps the opponent with one of its hands.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff repeatedly slaps the opponent back and forth with one of its hands.
Mimi's Jigglypuff	Clefairy in Space		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Bellsprout	Poliwrath	Politoed
The user slaps the opponent many times.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Poliwrath	Poliwrath slaps the opponent across the face many times with one hand.
Red's Poli	Meanwhile... Vileplume!		Debut
Bellsprout	Bellsprout slaps the opponent across the face many times with one leaf.
Erika's Bellsprout	Meanwhile... Vileplume!		Used via Mimic
Politoed	Politoed slaps the opponent's face with one of its hands multiple times.
Gold's Polibo	Raise the Red Gyarados		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Like most multi-strike moves, this move can hit the opponent up to five times, despite the move's name being DoubleSlap, suggesting that it would only hit up to two times.
  • However, the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean names for DoubleSlap do not indicate a certain number of strikes.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 連環巴掌 Liánhuán Bā zhǎng Dutch Dubbelslag Finnish Kaksoisläpsy (original series) Tuplaläimäys (Advanced Generation) French Torgnoles German Duplexhieb Greek Διπλό Χαστούκι Hindi दुगना थप्पड़ Dugna Thappad Italian Doppiasberla Korean 연속뺨치기 Yeonsok Ppyamchigi Polish Podwójny cios(original series and The Official Pokémon Handbook) Dwuklask(DP and BW series) Portuguese Brazil Duplo Tapa Portugal Palmada Dupla (Pokémon Chronicles) Romanian Lovitura Dublă Serbian Dvostruko Šamaranje Spanish Doblebofetón

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