Splash (move)

Splash はねる Hop

The user just flops and splashes around to no effect at all...

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

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

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 The appeal works great if performed last.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  0 Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Splash on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Splash on Eevee's Movedex

Splash (Japanese: はねる Hop) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It has no effect whatsoever.

Effect

Generation I

The message "No effect!" will appear on the screen following the move's animation. The move has no effect whatsoever.

Generation II and onward

Same as above, except the message now reads "But nothing happened!"

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 129 Magikarp Water -- 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 129 Magikarp Water -- 187 Hoppip Grass Flying -- 188 Skiploom Grass Flying -- 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying -- 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 060 Poliwag Water Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Magikarp, Gyarados 116 Horsea Water Magikarp, Gyarados 173 Cleffa Normal Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff 225 Delibird Ice Flying Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 129 Magikarp Water -- 187 Hoppip Grass Flying -- 188 Skiploom Grass Flying -- 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying -- 298 Azurill Normal -- 320 Wailmer Water -- 321 Wailord Water -- 325 Spoink Psychic -- 326 Grumpig Psychic -- 349 Feebas Water -- 360 Wynaut 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.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 060 Poliwag Water Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Magikarp, Gyarados, Marill, Azumarill, Feebas, Milotic 116 Horsea Water Magikarp, Gyarados Feebas, Milotic 173 Cleffa Normal Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff 225 Delibird Ice Flying Wailmer, Wailord Spoink, Grumpig Feebas 370 Luvdisc Water Wailmer, Wailord Magikarp 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 129 Magikarp Water -- 187 Hoppip Grass Flying -- 188 Skiploom Grass Flying -- 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying -- 298 Azurill Normal -- 320 Wailmer Water -- 321 Wailord Water -- 325 Spoink Psychic -- 326 Grumpig Psychic -- 349 Feebas Water -- 360 Wynaut Psychic -- 427 Buneary Normal -- 428 Lopunny Normal -- 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 060 Poliwag Water Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Magikarp, Gyarados Mantine Marill, Azumarill Feebas, Milotic 116 Horsea Water Magikarp, Gyarados Feebas, Milotic 173 Cleffa Normal Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff 225 Delibird Ice Flying Wailmer, Wailord Spoink, Grumpig Feebas Buneary, Lopunny 226 Mantine Water Flying Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Magikarp, Gyarados Marill, Azumarill Feebas, Milotic 370 Luvdisc Water Wailmer, Wailord Magikarp 456 Finneon Water Magikarp, Gyarados Wailmer, Wailord Luvdisc 458 Mantyke Water Flying Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Magikarp, Gyarados Marill, Azumarill Feebas, Milotic 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

	Magikarp
The user hops or splashes in place uselessly.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Magikarp	Magikarp uselessly splashes on its place.
James's Magikarp	Pokémon Shipwreck		Debut
Unknown Trainer's Magikarp	Octillery the Outcast		None
A Magikarp Jessie trained briefly	One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!		None
Clefairy	Clefairy uselessly bounces in place. (Used via Metronome)
Whitney's Clefairy	A Goldenrod Opportunity		None
Cleffa	Cleffa uselessly bounces in place and also causes its opponent to jump up and down. (Used via Metronome)
Wild Cleffa	A Real Cleffa-Hanger		None

Trivia

• Splash is the only move that has been introduced that does nothing to either the opponent or the user. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, however, Splash will deal 5 damage to both any foe in the way of the attack and the user.
• Splash was originally the signature move of Magikarp, but since Generation II, other Pokémon have been able to learn it.
• Every Pokémon that can learn Splash by leveling up learns it as a starting move.
• While the English name suggests an association with water, the Japanese name, はねる, can mean both "splash" and "hop" (although usually the latter). This explains why the move can be learned naturally by Pokémon such as Spoink and Hoppip, species who have no association with water but are known for hopping or jumping. The translation as "Splash" was likely due to the fact that it was only available to Magikarp when it was introduced.
  • This could also explain why Splash is not Water-type, as well.
• Generation III is the first (and so far only) generation to introduce more than one evolution family that can learn Splash by leveling up.
  • Both baby Pokémon that learn Splash by leveling up were also the only two introduced in Generation III.

In other languages

• Spanish: Salpicadura
• French: Trempette
• Italian: Splash

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.