Scratch (move)
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| Scratch ひっかく Scratch | ||||||||||||
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Scratch (Japanese: ひっかく Scratch) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.
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Effect
Scratch inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | V | ||||||||||
| 004 | 
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Charmander | Fire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 005 | 
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Charmeleon | Fire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 006 | 
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Charizard | Fire | Flying | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 027 | 
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Sandshrew | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 028 | 
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Sandslash | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 029 | 
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Nidoran♀ | Poison | 8 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 030 | 
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Nidorina | Poison | --, 8 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 031 | 
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Nidoqueen | Poison | Ground | --, 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 046 | 
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Paras | Bug | Grass | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 047 | 
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Parasect | Bug | Grass | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 050 | 
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Diglett | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 051 | 
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Dugtrio | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 052 | 
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Meowth | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 053 | 
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Persian | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 054 | 
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Psyduck | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 055 | 
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Golduck | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 056 | 
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Mankey | Fighting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 057 | 
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Primeape | Fighting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 140 | 
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Kabuto | Rock | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 141 | 
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Kabutops | Rock | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 158 | 
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Totodile | Water | no | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 159 | 
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Croconaw | Water | no | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 160 | 
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Feraligatr | Water | no | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 162 | 
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Furret | Normal | no | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 190 | 
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Aipom | Normal | no | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 215 | 
|
Sneasel | Dark | Ice | no | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 216 | 
|
Teddiursa | Normal | no | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 217 | 
|
Ursaring | Normal | no | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 255 | 
|
Torchic | Fire | no | no | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 256 | 
|
Combusken | Fire | Fighting | no | no | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 257 | 
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Blaziken | Fire | Fighting | no | no | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 287 | 
|
Slakoth | Normal | no | no | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 288 | 
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Vigoroth | Normal | no | no | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 289 | 
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Slaking | Normal | no | no | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 290 | 
|
Nincada | Bug | Ground | no | no | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 291 | 
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Ninjask | Bug | Flying | no | no | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 292 | 
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Shedinja | Bug | Ghost | no | no | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 302 | 
|
Sableye | Dark | Ghost | no | no | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 335 | 
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Zangoose | Normal | no | no | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 347 | 
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Anorith | Rock | Bug | no | no | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 348 | 
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Armaldo | Rock | Bug | no | no | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 352 | 
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Kecleon | Normal | no | no | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 359 | 
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Absol | Dark | no | no | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 390 | 
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Chimchar | Fire | no | no | no | -- | -- | ||||||
| 391 | 
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Monferno | Fire | Fighting | no | no | no | -- | -- | |||||
| 392 | 
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Infernape | Fire | Fighting | no | no | no | -- | -- | |||||
| 424 | 
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Ambipom | Normal | no | no | no | -- | -- | ||||||
| 431 | 
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Glameow | Normal | no | no | no | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 432 | 
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Purugly | Normal | no | no | no | --, 5 | --, 5 | ||||||
| 434 | 
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Stunky | Poison | Dark | no | no | no | -- | -- | |||||
| 435 | 
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Skuntank | Poison | Dark | no | no | no | -- | -- | |||||
| 461 | 
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Weavile | Dark | Ice | no | no | no | -- | -- | |||||
| 509 | 
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Purrloin | Dark | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 510 | 
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Liepard | Dark | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 511 | 
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Pansage | Grass | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 513 | 
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Pansear | Fire | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 515 | 
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Panpour | Water | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 529 | 
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Drilbur | Ground | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 530 | 
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Excadrill | Ground | Steel | no | no | no | no | -- | |||||
| 570 | 
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Zorua | Dark | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 571 | 
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Zoroark | Dark | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 610 | 
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Axew | Dragon | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 611 | 
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Fraxure | Dragon | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 612 | 
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Haxorus | Dragon | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 621 | 
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Druddigon | Dragon | no | no | no | no | -- | ||||||
| 624 | 
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Pawniard | Dark | Steel | no | no | no | no | -- | |||||
| 625 | 
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Bisharp | Dark | Steel | no | no | 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. | ||||||||||||||
In the anime
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| Slakoth | Chimchar | Panpour | Axew |
| The foe is hit by the user's sharp claws | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Used In | Notes | |
| Meowth
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Meowth scratches the opponent with its claws. Sometimes when it uses this move, its claws glow white and leave behind white trails of energy. | ||
| Meowth of Team Rocket | Challenge of the Samurai | Debut | |
| Primeape
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Primeape puts its hand in a fist and repeatedly scratches the opponent with its fist. | ||
| Ash's Primeape | The Punchy Pokémon | None | |
| Psyduck
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Psyduck charges at the opponent with its claws extended and scratches them. | ||
| Misty's Psyduck | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | None | |
| Nidoran♀
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Nidoran♀ repeatedly scratches the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Emily's Maria | Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon | None | |
| Sandslash
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Sandslash repeatedly slashes the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Koji's Sandslash | Good Quil Hunting | None | |
| Totodile
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Totodile scratches the opponent repeatedly with its claws. | ||
| Ash's Totodile | The Totodile Duel | None | |
| Vigoroth
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Vigoroth hits the opponent with its whole hand. | ||
| Norman's Vigoroth | There's no Place like Hoenn | None | |
| Marcel's Vigoroth | The Garden of Eatin' | None | |
| Sableye
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Sableye scratches the opponent with its nails. | ||
| Cassidy's Sableye | Oaknapped | None | |
| Torchic
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Torchic jumps up and scratches the opponent repeatedly with its two feet. | ||
| Nurse Joy's Torchic | Having a Wailord of a Time | None | |
| Slakoth
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Slakoth scratches the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Marcel's Slakoth | The Garden of Eatin' | None | |
| A Coordinator's Slakoth | Playing the Performance Encore! | None | |
| Aipom
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Aipom scratches the opponent with its hands. | ||
| Multiple wild Aipom | Slaking Kong! | None | |
| Dawn's Aipom | Slaking Kong! | None | |
| Weavile
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Weavile scratches the opponent with its claws. | ||
| A wild Weavile | Duels of the Jungle! | None | |
| Chimchar
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Chimchar scratches the opponent with its fingers, leaving behind white trails of energy. | ||
| Ash's Chimchar | When Pokémon Worlds Collide! | None | |
| Zorua
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The end of one of Zorua's paws glows light blue and it swings the paw at the opponent, releasing a crescent blade of energy. | ||
| Zorua (M13) | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
| Panpour
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The tips of one or both of Panpour's hands glow white and it scratches the opponent one or more times, leaving behind a white trail of energy. | ||
| Cress's Panpour | Triple Leaders, Team Threats! | None | |
| Axew
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Axew raises its claws in the air and one of them flashes white. It then scratches the opponent one or more times with both claws, leaving behind a white trail of energy. | ||
| Iris's Axew | The Bloom Is on Axew! | None | |
| Zangoose
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Zangoose's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them. | ||
| Weiss's Zangoose | Saving Braviary! | None | |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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| Nidoqueen | Aipom | Totodile | Meowth |
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| The user scratches the opponent with its claws. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Nidoqueen
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Nidoqueen scratches the opponent with one of its claws. | ||
| Giovanni's Nidoqueen | The Beedrill All and End All | Debut | |
| Aipom
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Aipom scratches the opponent repeatedly with its two hands. | ||
| Gold's Aibo | Murkrow Row | None | |
| Totodile
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Totodile scratches the opponent with one of its claws. | ||
| Silver's Totodile | Totodile Rock | None | |
| Meowth
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Meowth sticks out both of its paws and it scratches the opponent with both of them. | ||
| Sham's Meowth | Escape!! | None | |
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
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| Purugly | |||
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| The user scratches the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Purugly
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Purugly raises its paw and scratches the foe with it. | ||
| Mars's Purugly | The Mystery Boy, Jun!! | Debut | |
In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure manga
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| Totodile | |||
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| The user scratches the foe with its claws. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Totodile
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Totodile scratches the foe leaving behind a trail of light. | ||
| Jou's Totodile | Aim to be the Strongest! The Hot-Blooded Brotherly Combination!! | Debut | |
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
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| Charizard | Totodile | ||
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| The user slams the foe with its claws. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Charizard
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Charizard slams the foe with its claws. | ||
| Green's Charizard | The Pokémon Banana League (Part 2) | Debut | |
| Totodile
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Totodile scratches the foe leaving behind a trail of light. | ||
| Silver's Totodile | Clefairy, the Battle Instructor | None | |
In other generations
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| Generation I | Generation II | Generation III | Generation IV |
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In other languages
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