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ThunderShock でんきショック
A jolt of electricity is hurled at the foe to inflict damage. It may also leave the foe paralyzed.
Battles
Type	Electric
Category	Special
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	40
Accuracy	100%
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
???
Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam	0
???
Super Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
ThunderShock on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex ThunderShock on Eevee's Movedex

ThunderShock (Japanese: でんきショック Electric Shock) is an Electric-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 2 In the anime 2.1 Pokémon 3 Learnset 3.1 Generation I 3.1.1 By leveling up 3.2 Generation II 3.2.1 By leveling up 3.3 Generation III 3.3.1 By leveling up 3.4 Generation IV 3.4.1 By leveling up 4 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

ThunderShock does damage and has a 9.8% chance of paralyzing the opponent.

ThunderShock can't paralyze an opponent that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.

In the anime

Pokémon

Pikachu Pikachu lights up and then releases a lighting bolt. ThunderShock was one of Pikachu's first moves, and often used it on Ash. The visual effect varies, from being a ball of electricity to an electrical wave.

• Used by Ash's Pikachu from Pokémon, I choose You! to ??? Debut.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

French: Eclair, German: Donnerschock, Italian: Tuonoshock, Spanish: Impactrueno

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