Vine Whip (move)

Vine Whip つるのムチ Vine Whip

The foe is struck with slender, whiplike vines to inflict damage.

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  35 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 I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0 A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Vine Whip on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Vine Whip on Eevee's Movedex

Vine Whip (Japanese: つるのムチ Vine Whip) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I – III

Vine Whip inflicts damage, has no secondary effect, and has 10 PP.

Generation IV

The PP of Vine Whip increases to 15. All other effects are the same.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Vine Whip is Ivysaur's Special Up move.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 13 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 13 003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 13 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 114 Tangela Grass 29Y 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 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 10 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 10 003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 10 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 114 Tangela Grass 19 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 152 Chikorita Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Tangela 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 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 10 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 10 003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 10 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 114 Tangela Grass 22 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 152 Chikorita Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Tangela 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 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 9 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 9 003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 9 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 114 Tangela Grass 19 455 Carnivine Grass 11 465 Tangrowth Grass 19 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 152 Chikorita Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Tangela, Tangrowth Carnivine 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

Bayleef	Bulbasaur	Venusaur	Carnivine
The foe is struck with slender, whiplike vines to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Bulbasaur	Two vines come out of Bulbasaur's bulb and hit the opponent.
Ash's Bulbasaur	Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village		Debut
Duplica's Ditto in the form of Bulbasaur	Ditto's Mysterious Mansion		None
Multiple wild Bulbasaur	Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden		None
Mayor of Trovitopolis's Bulbasaur	The Mystery Menace		None
A Bulbasaur brought by Professor Oak	A Six Pack Attack!		None
May's Bulbasaur	Grass Hysteria!		None
Venusaur	Several vines come out from under the leaves on Venusaur's back and hit the opponent.
A wild Venusaur	Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden		None
Mewtwo's cloned Venusaur	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
Drake's Venusaur	Enter the Dragonite		None
A Venusaur James borrowed from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None
A wild Venusaur	Grass Hysteria!		None
Jeremy's Venusaur	Weekend Warrior		None
Spenser's Venusaur	Cutting the Ties That Bind!		None
May's Venusaur	Pruning a Passel of Pals!		None
Ivysaur	Two vines come out of Ivysaur's bulb and hits the opponent.
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor	The Ultimate Test		None
Assunta's Ivysaur	Friends to the End		None
Crystal's Ivysaur	Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!		None
Jimmy's Ivysaur	Judgement Day!		None
Victreebel	Victreebel uses the vine on its head to strike or ensnare the opponent, or it can get two more green ones that come out from in between its body and its leaves.
James's Victreebel	Forest Grumps		None
Chikorita	Two green vines come from Chikorita's bud necklace and hit the opponent.
Casey's Chikorita	The Double Trouble Header		None
Ash's Chikorita	The Chikorita Rescue		None
Silver's Chikorita	The Search for the Legend		None
Unknown Trainer's Chikorita	Arriving in Style!		None
Sudowoodo	Two green vines come out from Sudowoodo's hands.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		Used via Mimic.
Bellsprout	Two green vines come out from in between Bellsprout's leaves and body and strike the opponent.
Multiple wild Bellsprout	Pikachu and Pichu		None
Old Man Shuckle's Spoopy	A Better Pill to Swallow		None
Anthony's Bellsprout	You Said a Mouthful!		None
Roderick's Bellsprout	Who, What, When, Where, Wynaut?		None
Bayleef	Two dark green vines come from the plants on its neck and strike the opponent.
Ash's Bayleef	Current Events		None
Tangela	Tangela hits the opponent with two blue vines from its body.
Multiple wild Tangela	For Ho-Oh the Bells Tolls!		None
Officer Jenny's Tangela	Gulpin it Down		None
A Coordinator's Tangela	A Hurdle for Squirtle		None
Meganium	Two green vines come out from the flower on Meganium's neck and strike the opponent.
Casey's Meganium	Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid		None
Jackson's Meganium	Tie One On!		None
Weepinbell	Weepinbell extends the brown vine on its head and hits the opponent with it.
James's second Weepinbell	Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid		None
A wild Weepinbell	Grass Hysteria!		None
Skitty	Skitty lifts its paw up and a white orb appears around it. Two dark green vines come out of the orb on its paw and hits the opponent.
May's Skitty	Pacifidlog Jam		Used via Assist
Carnivine	Two green vines come out of its neck to strike its opponent.
James's Carnivine	Saving the World from Ruins!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The foe is struck with slender, whiplike vines to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Bulbasaur	A single vine comes out of the hole of the bulb on Bulbasaur's back and strikes the opponent.
Red's Saur	Bulbasaur, Come Home!		Debut
Ivysaur	A single vine comes out of the side of the flower stem on Ivysaur's back and strikes the opponent.
Red's Saur	The Jynx Jinx		None
Tangela	A single vine rises off Tangela's body and strikes the opponent.
Erika's Angela	Meanwhile... Vileplume!		None

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Chicote de Cipó, Chicote de Vinha
• French: Fouet Lianes
• German: Rankenhieb
• Italian: Frustata
• Danish Slyngpisk
• Norwegian: Slyngepisk
• Spanish: Látigo Cepa
• Portuguese: Chicote de Cipó
• Dutch: Roede
• Hindi: लाताक की रस्सी Lataak Ki Rassi

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