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Thunderbolt 10まんボルト
A strong electric blast is loosed at the foe. It may also leave the foe paralyzed.
Battles
Type	Electric
Category	Special
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	95
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
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Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam	0
A highly appealing move.
Super Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Thunderbolt on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Thunderbolt on Eevee's Movedex

Thunderbolt (Japanese: 10まんボルト 100,000 Volts) is a very damaging Electric-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 In the anime 1.1 Pokémon 2 Effect 2.1 Generation I 2.2 Generation II and beyond 3 Learnset 3.1 Generation I 3.1.1 By leveling up 3.1.2 By TM24 3.2 Generation II 3.2.1 By leveling up 3.2.2 By breeding 3.2.3 By move tutor 3.2.4 In Pokémon Crystal 3.3 Generation III 3.3.1 By leveling up 3.3.2 By TM24 3.4 Generation IV 3.4.1 By leveling up 3.4.2 By TM24 4 In other languages 5 Trivia

In the anime

Pokémon

Pikachu. It releases a powerful bolt of lightning which zaps the opponent.

• Used by Ash's Pikachu from ??? to ???.

Effect

Generation I

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

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

Generation II and beyond

Same as above, but with a 10% chance of paralysis instead.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

By move tutor

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

• French: Tonnerre
• German: Donnerblitz
• Italian: Fulmine (Superfulmine in the anime)
• Spanish: Rayo (Impactrueno or Attack Trueno in Latin American dub)

Trivia

• In some copies of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, using Thunderbolt or Thunder may freeze the game during the animation sequence. This may be rectified by turning off the battle animations.
• In the console games, Thunderbolt is shown going straight forward to the foes' Pokémon, while in the handheld games it is shown going straight down. This was most likely done to prevent confusion with Thunder.
• Because of Pikachu's early mastery of this move in the anime, it is by far one of the most used moves throughout the entire series, being used since even the earliest episodes. However, such episodes would also use moves simple called "Electric attack" or even "lightning" attack.

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

Variations of Flamethrower
Flamethrower | Ice Beam | Thunderbolt

Generation I TMs
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Generation I HMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05

Generation III TMs
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Generation III HMs
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Generation IV TMs
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Generation IV HMs
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