Double Team
かげぶんしん Shadow Divide
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| By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness.
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| Battles
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Target
| Foe
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| Self
| Ally
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| Affects the user
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| Availability
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| Contests
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| Super Contests
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Double Team (Japanese: かげぶんしん Shadow Divide) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Double Team increases the user's evasion by one stage. Double Team will do nothing if the user's evasion has reached a stage of +6.
Lucario about to use Double Team.
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Lucario using Double Team.
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In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Double Team is Lucario's down Special move. When Lucario uses Double Team, it creates copies of itself for its opponent to attack, while the real Lucario sneaks up from behind to counterattack.
Learnset
All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation I can learn Double Team.
All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Double Team.
All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Double Team.
All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Double Team.
In the anime
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| Ambipom
| Starly
| Aipom
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| By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself.
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| Pokémon
| Method
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| First Episode Used In
| Notes
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 Gloom
| Gloom becomes outlined in blue, then it glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Florinda's Gloom
| Make Room for Gloom
| Debut
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 Golbat
| Golbat creates a copy and uses it as a decoy. After the opponent attacks it, Golbat appears behind the opponent.
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| Mandi's Golbat
| Round One - Begin!
| None
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 Scyther
| Scyther glows multicolored, then creates 2 or more copies of itself.
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| Jeanette Fisher's Scyther
| The Fourth Round Rumble
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| Tracey's Scyther
| Tracey Gets Bugged
| None
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| Bugsy's Scyther
| Gettin' the Bugs Out
| None
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 Poliwrath
| Poliwrath creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Tad's Polirath
| Charizard Chills
| None
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 Eevee
| Eevee creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Gary's Eevee
| The Rivalry Revival!
| None
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 Alakazam
| Alakazam creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Alex Davis's Alakazam
| Power Play!
| None
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 Yanma
| Yanma creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Zachary Evans's Yanma
| Wings 'N' Things
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 Skiploom
| Skiploom creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Ephraim's Skiploom
| The Grass Route
| None
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 Murkrow
| Murkrow flies around so fast it looks like a blur, and it moves fast so it looks like there are multiple other Murkrow.
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| Multiple wild Murkrow
| All That Glitters!
| None
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 Teddiursa
| Teddiursa creates two other copies of itself that does anything it does.
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| A wild Teddiursa
| UnBEARable
| None
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 Golem
| Golem creates two other copies of itself.
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| Goneff's Golem
| The Wayward Wobbuffet
| None
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 Scizor
| Scizor creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Vicious's Scizor
| Celebi: Voice of the Forest
| None
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 Tyrogue
| Tyrogue glows white and creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Kiyo's Tyrogue
| A Tyrogue Full of Trouble
| None
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 Magby
| Magby glows white, then makes multiple copies of itself.
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| Satchel's Magby
| You're a Star, Larvitar!
| None
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 Furret
| Furret glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Salvador's Furret
| A Claim to Flame!
| None
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 Slugma
| Slugma glows white then creates two other copies of itself.
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| Macey's Slugma
| Love, Pokémon Style!
| None
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 Magneton
| Magneton glows white then creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Jackson's Magneton
| Tie One On!
| None
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 Wingull
| Wingull glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Coordinator's Wingull
| Having a Wailord of a Time
| None
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 Mightyena
| Mightyena glows white and creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Tabitha's Mightyena
| The Spheal of Approval
| None
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 Delcatty
| Delcatty glows white, then it creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Georgio's Delcatty
| A Date with Delcatty
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 Ninjask
| When Ninjask is about to get hit with an attack, it disappears.
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| Colonel Hansen's Ninjask
| The Princess and the Togepi
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 Magcargo
| Magcargo glows white then creates multiple copies of itself.
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| Flannery's Mag
| Going, Going, Yawn
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 Taillow
| Taillow glows white then creates five copies of itself.
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| Ritchie's Rose
| Celebi and Joy!
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 Swellow
| Swellow glows white and then creates identical copies of itself. It can also create a copy of its possible rider.
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| Ash's Swellow
| That's Just Swellow
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 Meowth
| Same as above
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| Tyson's Meowth
| Saved by the Beldum!
| None
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 Luvdisc
| Same as above
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| Misty's Caserin
| Luvdisc is a Most Splendored Thing!
| None
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 Shiftry
| Same as above
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| Spenser's Shiftry
| Ka Boom with a View!
| None
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 Aipom
| Same as above
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| Dawn's Aipom
| Aipom and Circumstance
| None
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 Ambipom
| Same as above
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| Dawn's Ambipom
| The Psyduck Stops Here!
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 Starly
| Same as above
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| Paul's Starly
| When Pokémon Worlds Collide!
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 Misdreavus
| Same as above
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| Zoey's Misdreavus
| Pruning a Passel of Pals!
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 Raichu
| Same as above
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| A Raichu Ash trained briefly
| Camping it Up!
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Trivia
- This move's Japanese name is a reference to a ninja technique commonly known in English as shadow clone. Bunshin can mean "one's other self" or clone or duplicate. With kage meaning shadow, you get shadow clone. It's a very common technique in ninja works, such as anime, manga, and novels.
In other languages
- Spanish: Doble Equipo
- French: Reflet
- German: Doppelteam
- Italian: Doppioteam.
- Korean: 그림자분신 geurimjabunshin
- Hindi: Dohri Team / Dugni Team
- Dutch: Dubbelteam
