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Whirlwind ふきとばし
The foe is blown away, to be replaced by another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends.
Battles
Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	—
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
The foe is expelled from the battle. A Trainer will replace it with a random party member while a wild Pokémon will end the battle.
Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jam	0
???
Super Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	0
Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.
Whirlwind on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Whirlwind on Eevee's Movedex

Whirlwind (Japanese: ふきとばし Blow Away) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 1.2 Generation II 1.3 Generation III 2 In the anime 2.1 Pokémon 3 Learnset 3.1 Generation I 3.1.1 By leveling up 3.1.2 By TM04 3.2 Generation II 3.2.1 By leveling up 3.2.2 By breeding 3.3 Generation III 3.3.1 By leveling up 3.3.2 By breeding 3.4 Generation IV 3.4.1 By leveling up 3.4.2 By breeding 4 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Whirlwind can be used to immediately end wild Pokémon battles.

Generation II

Whirlwind can be used to immediately end wild Pokémon battles.

In a battle against a trainer, Whirlwind will force a switch with a randomly chosen Pokémon from the trainer's party. If there are no other Pokémon, Whirlwind will fail.

Generation III

Same effect as Generation II.

Whirlwind will fail when used against Pokémon with the Suction Cups ability.

In the anime

Ash commanding Bulbasaur to use Whirlwind.

Ash's Starly using Whirlwind.

Pokémon

Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur blows a strong wind out of its mouth.

• Used by Ash's Bulbasaur only in The Ninja Poké-Showdown!.

Starly. Starly flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.

• Used by Ash's Starly from Two Degrees of Separation! to ???.

Dustox. Dustox flaps its wings and a strong gust is created.

• Used by Jessie's Dustox from AG028 to DP073.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

• French: Cyclone
• German: Wirbelwind
• Italian: Turbine
• Spanish: Remolino

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

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