U-turn (move)

U-turn とんぼがえり Round-trip

After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokémon in waiting.

Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM89 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  0 Jam  0 Points = 4 minus judge voltage.

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

U-turn on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex U-turn on Eevee's Movedex

U-turn (Japanese: とんぼがえり Round-trip) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

U-turn deals damage and then switches the user out. The user will not be switched out if the user is the only Pokémon in the party that is able to battle.

If the foe Pokémon uses Pursuit on the same turn U-turn is used, Pursuit will deal normal damage if the foe is faster, or double damage if the foe is slower than the user.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, if the Pokémon selected after the switch-out is holding a Choice item and also knows the move U-turn, they will be forced to use U-turn as their next attack despite not having made a move.

U-turn may be used to switch out of Ingrain, but Ingrain's effects will not be passed on.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 31 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 36 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 36 193 Yanma Bug Flying 49 207 Gligar Ground Flying 38 456 Finneon Water 42 457 Lumineon Water 48 469 Yanmega Bug Flying 46DP 469 Yanmega Bug Flying 49PtHGSS 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 38 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 TM89

#   Pokémon Type 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 015 Beedrill Bug Poison 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 019 Rattata Normal 020 Raticate Normal 021 Spearow Normal Flying 022 Fearow Normal Flying 041 Zubat Poison Flying 042 Golbat Poison Flying 049 Venomoth Bug Poison 052 Meowth Normal 053 Persian Normal 056 Mankey Fighting 057 Primeape Fighting 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 123 Scyther Bug Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 151 Mew Psychic 161 Sentret Normal 162 Furret Normal 165 Ledyba Bug Flying 166 Ledian Bug Flying 169 Crobat Poison Flying 177 Natu Psychic Flying 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 190 Aipom Normal 193 Yanma Bug Flying 207 Gligar Ground Flying 212 Scizor Bug Steel 251 Celebi Psychic Grass 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 269 Dustox Bug Poison 276 Taillow Normal Flying 277 Swellow Normal Flying 278 Wingull Water Flying 279 Pelipper Water Flying 284 Masquerain Bug Flying 291 Ninjask Bug Flying 313 Volbeat Bug 314 Illumise Bug 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 330 Flygon Ground Dragon 385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 390 Chimchar Fire 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 396 Starly Normal Flying 397 Staravia Normal Flying 398 Staraptor Normal Flying 414 Mothim Bug Flying 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 417 Pachirisu Electric 424 Ambipom Normal 431 Glameow Normal 432 Purugly Normal 441 Chatot Normal Flying 456 Finneon Water 457 Lumineon Water 469 Yanmega Bug Flying 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 480 Uxie Psychic 481 Mesprit Psychic 482 Azelf Psychic 489 Phione Water 490 Manaphy 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.

Trivia

• Despite being spelled with a lowercase "t" (as "U-turn") in the bag as a TM and on the status screen, when used in battle it is displayed as "U-Turn", with a capital "T".

In other languages

• French: Demi-Tour
• Spanish: Ida y Vuelta
• Italian: Retromarcia
• German: Kehrtwende

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