Waterfall (move)
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| Waterfall たきのぼり Waterfall Climb | ||||||||||||
| The user charges the foe at an awesome speed. It can also be used to climb a waterfall. | ||||||||||||
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Waterfall (Japanese: たきのぼり Waterfall Climb) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I. It is HM07 starting in Generation II.
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Effect
In battle
Generation I-III
Waterfall does damage.
Generation IV
Along with damage, Waterfall also has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.
Outside of battle
Generation II and on
Allows players to climb waterfalls. Note that in Generations II and III, the HM move Waterfall is not required to go down waterfalls, whereas the first two games of Generation IV requires the HM. However, in Pokémon Platinum, the HM is not required to go down waterfalls anymore, regaining its original behavior.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Waterfall is Squirtle's Special Up move.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 
| Goldeen | Water | 37 | |
| 119 | 
| Seaking | Water | 39 | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 |
| Goldeen | Water | 38 | |
| 119 |
| Seaking | Water | 41 | |
| 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 HM07
| # | Pokémon | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 007 | 
| Squirtle | Water | ||
| 008 | 
| Wartortle | Water | ||
| 009 | 
| Blastoise | Water | ||
| 054 | 
| Psyduck | Water | ||
| 055 | 
| Golduck | Water | ||
| 060 | 
| Poliwag | Water | ||
| 061 | 
| Poliwhirl | Water | ||
| 062 | 
| Poliwrath | Water | Fighting | |
| 086 | 
| Seel | Water | ||
| 087 | 
| Dewgong | Water | Ice | |
| 116 | 
| Horsea | Water | ||
| 117 | 
| Seadra | Water | ||
| 118 |
| Goldeen | Water | ||
| 119 |
| Seaking | Water | ||
| 120 | 
| Staryu | Water | ||
| 121 | 
| Starmie | Water | Psychic | |
| 130 | 
| Gyarados | Water | Flying | |
| 134 | 
| Vaporeon | Water | ||
| 147 | 
| Dratini | Dragon | ||
| 148 | 
| Dragonair | Dragon | ||
| 149 | 
| Dragonite | Dragon | Flying | |
| 151 | 
| Mew | Psychic | ||
| 170 | 
| Chinchou | Water | Electric | |
| 171 | 
| Lanturn | Water | Electric | |
| 183 | 
| Marill | Water | ||
| 184 | 
| Azumarill | Water | ||
| 186 | 
| Politoed | Water | ||
| 211 | 
| Qwilfish | Water | Poison | |
| 226 | 
| Mantine | Water | Flying | |
| 230 | 
| Kingdra | Water | Dragon | |
| 245 | 
| Suicune | Water | ||
| 249 | 
| Lugia | Psychic | 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. | |||||
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 |
| Goldeen | Water | 38 | |
| 119 |
| Seaking | Water | 41 | |
| 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 HM07
Generation IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 |
| Goldeen | Water | 37 | |
| 119 |
| Seaking | Water | 40 | |
| 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 HM07
In the anime
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| User | First Episode Used In | Notes | |
 Finneon
| When underwater, its eyes glow blue and a large, swirling column of water rises up from water's surface. | ||
| Zoey's Finneon | Staging a Heroes' Welcome! | Debut | |
Trivia
- Waterfall is one of two HM moves that Pokémon can learn by level-up. The other is Fly.
- In Generation I, Waterfall was Goldeen and Seaking's signature move. These Pokémon remain the only ones to learn the move by level-up.
- Waterfall was the first move to gain HM status in a generation after it was introduced, doing so in Generation II.
- In the short, Pikachu's Vacation, Pikachu and Raichu push their cheeks together and run up a waterfall. While not classified as the move, this is very similar to in-game descriptions of Waterfall.
In other languages
- French: Cascade
- German: Kaskade
- Spanish: Cascada
- Italian: Cascata
- Brazilian Portuguese: Cascata or Cachoeira
| Variations on the move Waterfall | |
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| Waterfall | Iron Head |
| Extrasensory | Dark Pulse |
| Generation II TMs | |
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| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| Generation II HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | |
| Generation III TMs | |
|---|---|
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | |
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