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{{samename|the [[Trading Card Game]] Set that uses this abbreviation|Triumphant (TCG)}}
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[[File:TM set FRLG.png|250px|thumb|Using a TM in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}]]
A '''Technical Machine''', or '''TM''' for short (Japanese: '''わざマシン''' ''Move Machine''), is an [[item]] that can be used to teach a Pokémon a [[move]].

At the top of the [[Celadon Mansion]] in the [[Kanto]] region, there is a pamphlet that contains information on TMs and HMs, indicating that Silph Co. are involved in the development of TMs.

==Appearance==
{{incomplete|section|Missing TM sprites from the games of the core series.}}
[[File:RG TM.png|200px|thumb|TM artwork for {{game|Red and Green|s}}]]
TMs are most commonly depicted as discs, but their appearance has varied over time.

In artwork for {{game|Red and Green|s}}<!--in the manual?-->, TMs are depicted as a band that can be attached to a Pokémon.

In the TCG, Technical Machines have the appearance of small boxes which a Pokémon's [[Poké Ball]] can be inserted into. This depiction was also used in [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]] {{pkmn|manga}}, though in that manga, the box was actually a device that had to be separated and the two halves positioned around the Pokémon's head.

Starting in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, TMs are depicted as {{wp|compact disc}}s. This depiction was carried over to the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]].

In [[Pokémon Origins]], TMs and HMs resemble {{wp|floppy disk}}s.

In [[Pokémon GO]], TMs are depicted as digital paper that retracts into a tube.

<gallery>
TM in EToP.png|TM in The Electric Tale of Pikachu
WillTM01VS121.jpg|Technical Machine in the TCG
TM artwork PMD RTDX.png|TM in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Technical Machine PO.png|TM in Pokémon Origins
GO Fast TM.png|TM in Pokémon GO
</gallery>

==In the core series games==
From [[Generation I]] through [[Generation IV]], TMs are single-use items that are consumed after use, with some TMs being available only once per game. From [[Generation V]] to {{g|Sword and Shield}}, TMs can be used multiple times without being consumed (though single-use alternatives exist in [[TR]]s or [[Move Tutor]] moves). In [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]], as well as [[Generation IX]], TMs return to being single-use, but can be obtained multiple times through [[Poké Mart|shops]], [[TM Machine|trading items]], or other means.

Prior to [[Generation VI]], TM moves will also be passed down through {{pkmn|breeding}} if the baby Pokémon can learn that TM (such as passing {{m|Flamethrower}} from a father {{p|Typhlosion}} to a baby {{p|Torchic}}). Prior to Generation V, there were also several Pokémon that could not learn certain TM moves directly from a TM but could learn them via breeding, such as {{p|Vulpix}} with {{m|Energy Ball}}.

TMs are absent in {{g|Legends: Arceus}}, and replaced with a [[Move Tutor]].

===List of TMs===
{{main|List of TMs}}

===Locations===
{{main|List of TM and HM locations}}
TMs can be found on the ground or bought at [[department store]]s or [[Game Corner]]s. Some are also given away by [[Gym Leader]]s as prizes for defeating them in addition to a [[Badge]].

===Changes between generations===
====Generation I====
[[Generation I]] includes 50 TMs, with an additional five HMs.

====Generation II====
[[Generation II]] includes 50 TMs, with an additional seven HMs. Many of the TMs differ from Generation I, with most of the newly-introduced TMs teaching newly-introduced moves. In fact, moves contained in all but thirteen TMs (that is, all except [[TM06]], [[TM14]], [[TM15]], [[TM22]], [[TM25]], [[TM26]], [[TM28]], [[TM29]], [[TM32]], [[TM38]], [[TM39]], [[TM42]] and [[TM44]]) were changed.

====Generation III====
[[Generation III]] includes 50 TMs, with an additional eight HMs (although only seven are available in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}). Many of the TMs differ from previous generations, with some moves that were TMs in Generation I but not II once again being taught by TMs.

[[TM13]], [[TM24]] and [[TM33]] all teach the same moves as in Generation I but different from Generation II. The following TMs that were changed in Generation II contain the same moves as then: [[TM05]], [[TM10]], [[TM11]], [[TM17]]-[[TM19|19]], [[TM21]], [[TM23]], [[TM27]], [[TM30]], [[TM36]]-[[TM37|37]], and [[TM45]]-[[TM47|47]]. Moves taught by all other TMs now teach {{cat|Generation III moves}} or existing moves that are completely new to being taught by TMs, such as {{m|Safeguard}} or {{m|Flamethrower}}.

In {{3v2|FireRed|LeafGreen|Emerald}}, [[Move Tutor]]s teach several moves that were TMs in Generation I. In Pokémon Emerald, Move Tutors also teach several moves that were TMs in Generation II.

====Generation IV====
[[Generation IV]] includes 92 TMs, with an additional eight HMs. Due to the fact that TMs can be transferred from the Generation III games, the first 50 TMs teach the same moves as in Generation III.

Out of the new TMs, [[TM54]], [[TM58]], [[TM61]]-[[TM62|62]], [[TM64]], [[TM67]], [[TM70]], [[TM73]], [[TM75]], [[TM77]], [[TM80]], [[TM82]], [[TM85]], and [[TM90]] teach existing moves. All other new TMs teach new moves.

====Generation V====
[[Generation V]] includes 95 TMs, with an additional six HMs. Many of them teach different moves to their corresponding TMs in Generation IV. In {{game|Black and White|s}}, [[TM95]] was originally intended to be obtainable by using the [[Lock Capsule]], an [[event item]] which was intended to be distributed to {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, and then transferred to Black and White via the [[Relocator]]. However, the Lock Capsule was never distributed, rendering it, and subsequently TM95, [[List of unobtainable items|unobtainable]] in these games. It can be obtained in regular gameplay in {{2v2|Black|White|2}}.

New moves are taught by [[TM01]], [[TM03]], [[TM09]], [[TM19]], [[TM23]], [[TM43]], [[TM47]]-[[TM49|49]], [[TM51]], [[TM55]], [[TM58]]-[[TM60|60]], [[TM62]], [[TM67]], [[TM72]], [[TM76]], [[TM78]]-[[TM79|79]], [[TM82]]-[[TM83|83]], [[TM93]], and TM95. [[TM94]] is the only new TM that teaches {{m|Rock Smash|an existing move}}.

TMs now have unlimited uses like [[HM]]s, rather than being single-use items. In this generation only, when a Pokémon learns a move from a TM or HM by overwriting an old one, the new move takes on the current PP of the forgotten move, preventing repeated usage of machines for [[PP]] restoration. The prices of the purchasable TMs are also much higher to reflect the fact they can be reused. TMs can no longer be [[held item|held]] (indicating that they can't be [[trade]]d) or sold.

====Generation VI====
[[Generation VI]] includes 100 TMs, with an additional 5 HMs in [[Pokémon X and Y]] and 7 HMs in [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]. One of the two additional HMs in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire—{{m|Rock Smash}}—was a TM in Pokémon X and Y; in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, [[TM94]]—the TM that teaches Rock Smash in Pokémon X and Y—instead teaches {{m|Secret Power}}. Most TMs contain the same moves that they did in Generation V, with the exceptions of [[TM19]], [[TM51]], [[TM83]], [[TM88]], and (in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire) TM94.

====Generation VII====
[[Pokémon Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun, Moon]], [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon]] include 100 TMs. HMs no longer exist, although the former HM moves {{m|Fly}}, {{m|Waterfall}}, and {{m|Surf}} became TMs instead. This is because the overworld uses of the HMs are replaced with the [[Poké Ride]] feature. The only TMs that were changed between [[Generation VI]] and [[Generation VII]] are [[TM01]], [[TM28]], [[TM59]], [[TM67]], [[TM70]], [[TM76]], [[TM94]], and [[TM98]].

[[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]] include 60 TMs, with no HMs, as they are replaced with [[Secret Technique]]s. Every TM teaches a different move to what it taught in the [[Alola]] games.

====Generation VIII====
=====Sword and Shield=====
In [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]], TMs remain virtually identical to how they work in the previous generation, with no HMs and 100 TMs in total. However, this generation prompted the inclusion of 100 new [[TR|Technical Records]] (known as TRs for short), which function as single-use items similar to how TMs worked prior to Generation V. The moves contained in TRs are all different from TM moves. Unlike in previous generations, TMs and TRs are numbered starting from 00, not 01; to make up for this, [[TM100]] has been removed.
=====Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl=====
In [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]], TMs are single-use again, but unlike in {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}, <!--all TMs have repeatable acquisition methods. -->[[Gym Leader]]s now give five of the same TM.

Unlike in previous games, TMs stayed the same as in Diamond and Pearl, with the exception of:
* [[TM10]], which now teaches {{m|Work Up}} instead of {{m|Hidden Power}}.
* [[TM21]], which now teaches {{m|Dazzling Gleam}} instead of {{m|Frustration}}.
* [[TM27]], which now teaches {{m|Low Sweep}} instead of {{m|Return}}.
* [[TM43]], which now teaches {{m|Volt Switch}} instead of {{m|Secret Power}}.
* [[TM49]], which now teaches {{m|Scald}} instead of {{m|Snatch}}.
* [[TM62]], which now teaches {{m|Bug Buzz}} instead of {{m|Silver Wind}}.
* [[TM63]], which now teaches {{m|Nasty Plot}} instead of {{m|Embargo}}.
* [[TM78]], which now teaches {{m|Snarl}} instead of {{m|Captivate}}.
* [[TM83]], which now teaches {{m|Bulldoze}} instead of {{m|Natural Gift}}.

The eight HMs from Diamond and Pearl are now TM93 through TM100, in the same order.

====Generation IX====
TMs return to being single-use. Once a TM is obtained, they can be crafted at a [[Pokémon Center]] using the [[TM Machine]], using [[League Points]] and [[TM Material]]s dropped by defeating or catching [[wild Pokémon]]. Like [[TR]]s, if a Pokémon forgets a move taught by a TM, it can now be relearned for free without using another TM. Unlike previous generations, TMs have a 3-digit number rather than a 2-digit number. There are 201 TMs in {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}: only the first 171 were present since the game's launch.

[[TM016]], [[TM017]], [[TM026]], [[TM031]], [[TM173]], [[TM174]], and [[TM185]] all teach existing moves that weren't available outside of leveling up or breeding. [[TM020]], [[TM021]], [[TM022]], [[TM052]], [[TM124]], and [[TM171]] teach new moves.

The [[Move Tutor]]s for Hyper Beam variations for fully evolved Starter Pokémon, Pledge moves, {{m|Draco Meteor}}, and {{m|Steel Beam}} were repurposed as TMs.

===Incompatible Pokémon===
Although most Pokémon are able to learn a wide range of TM moves, there are 24 Pokémon that cannot learn any move through TM that isn't available to them through other means, with a few exceptions. Typically, these Pokémon are low in their evolutionary line or rely on a specific set of moves. Starting in [[Generation VI]], several of these Pokémon that were able to learn TM moves by leveling up are now able to learn the moves through TM as well.

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{| border="1" style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid #{{TMs and HMs color}}; border-collapse:collapse; background:#FFF; min-width:600px"
|- style="background:#{{TMs and HMs color dark}}"
! rowspan=2 | #
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Pokémon
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Type
! colspan=4 | Exceptions
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! style="background:#{{Kalos color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VI|VI}}
! style="background:#{{Alola color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VII|VII}}
! style="background:#{{Galar color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VIII|VIII}}
! style="background:#{{Paldea color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Generation IX|IX}}
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0010 || {{ArtP|010|Caterpie}} || {{p|Caterpie}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || [[TM82]]{{sup/8|SwSh}}: {{m|Electroweb}} || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0011 || {{ArtP|011|Metapod}} || {{p|Metapod}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || [[TM82]]{{sup/8|SwSh}}: {{m|Electroweb}} || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0013 || {{ArtP|013|Weedle}} || {{p|Weedle}} |{{typetable|Bug}}{{typetable|Poison}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0014 || {{ArtP|014|Kakuna}} || {{p|Kakuna}} |{{typetable|Bug}}{{typetable|Poison}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0129 || {{ArtP|129|Magikarp}} || {{p|Magikarp}} |{{typetable2|Water}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || [[TM52]]{{sup/8|SwSh}}: {{m|Bounce}} || &mdash;
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0132 || {{ArtP|132|Ditto}} || {{p|Ditto}} |{{typetable2|Normal}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0201 || {{ArtP|201|Unown}} || {{p|Unown}} |{{typetable2|Psychic}} || [[TM10]]: {{m|Hidden Power}} || [[TM10]]: {{m|Hidden Power}} || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0202 || {{ArtP|202|Wobbuffet}} || {{p|Wobbuffet}} |{{typetable2|Psychic}} || [[TM20]]: {{m|Safeguard}} || [[TM20]]: {{m|Safeguard}} || [[TM19]]{{sup/8|SwSh}}/[[TM20]]{{sup/8|BDSP}}: {{m|Safeguard}}<br>[[TM29]]{{sup/8|SwSh}}: {{m|Charm}} || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0235 || {{ArtP|235|Smeargle}} || {{p|Smeargle}} |{{typetable2|Normal}} || &mdash;{{tt|*|Can't use any TM but can learn any move that has a TM by Sketch}} || &mdash;{{tt|*|Can't use any TM but can learn any move that has a TM by Sketch}} || &mdash;{{tt|*|Can't use any TM but can learn any move that has a TM in BDSP by Sketch}} || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0265 || {{ArtP|265|Wurmple}} || {{p|Wurmple}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0266 || {{ArtP|266|Silcoon}} || {{p|Silcoon}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0268 || {{ArtP|268|Cascoon}} || {{p|Cascoon}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0360 || {{ArtP|360|Wynaut}} || {{p|Wynaut}} |{{typetable2|Psychic}} || [[TM20]]: {{m|Safeguard}} || [[TM20]]: {{m|Safeguard}} || [[TM19]]{{sup/8|SwSh}}/[[TM20]]{{sup/8|BDSP}}: {{m|Safeguard}}<br>[[TM29]]{{sup/8|SwSh}}: {{m|Charm}} || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0374 || {{ArtP|374|Beldum}} || {{p|Beldum}} |{{typetable|Steel}}{{typetable|Psychic}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0401 || {{ArtP|401|Kricketot}} || {{p|Kricketot}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || [[TM76]]: {{m|Struggle Bug}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || [[TM015]]: {{m|Struggle Bug}}<br>[[TM171]]: {{m|Tera Blast}}
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0412 || {{ArtP|412|Burmy}} || {{p|Burmy}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || [[TM10]]: {{m|Hidden Power}}<br>[[TM17]]: {{m|Protect}} || [[TM10]]: {{m|Hidden Power}}<br>[[TM17]]: {{m|Protect}} || [[TM17]]{{sup/8|BDSP}}: {{m|Protect}} || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0415 || {{ArtP|415|Combee}} || {{p|Combee}} |{{typetable|Bug}}{{typetable|Flying}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || [[TM24]]{{sup/8|SwSh}}: {{m|Snore}}<br>[[TM62]]{{sup/8|BDSP}}: {{m|Bug Buzz}} || [[TM015]]: {{m|Struggle Bug}}<br>[[TM070]]: {{m|Sleep Talk}}<br>[[TM162]]: {{m|Bug Buzz}}<br>[[TM171]]: {{m|Tera Blast}}<br>[[TM182]]: {{m|Bug Bite}}<br>[[TM185]]: {{m|Lunge}}
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0602 || {{ArtP|602|Tynamo}} || {{p|Tynamo}} |{{typetable2|Electric}} || [[TM57]]: {{m|Charge Beam}}<br>[[TM73]]: {{m|Thunder Wave}} || [[TM57]]: {{m|Charge Beam}}<br>[[TM73]]: {{m|Thunder Wave}} || N/A || [[TM023]]: {{m|Charge Beam}}<br>[[TM082]]: {{m|Thunder Wave}}<br>[[TM171]]: {{m|Tera Blast}}
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0664 || {{ArtP|664|Scatterbug}} || {{p|Scatterbug}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A || [[TM015]]: {{m|Struggle Bug}}<br>[[TM021]]: {{m|Pounce}}<br>[[TM171]]: {{m|Tera Blast}}<br>[[TM182]]: {{m|Bug Bite}}
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0665 || {{ArtP|665|Spewpa}} || {{p|Spewpa}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || [[TM17]]: {{m|Protect}} || [[TM17]]: {{m|Protect}} || N/A || [[TM007]]: {{m|Protect}}<br>[[TM015]]: {{m|Struggle Bug}}<br>[[TM021]]: {{m|Pounce}}<br>[[TM104]]: {{m|Iron Defense}}<br>[[TM171]]: {{m|Tera Blast}}<br>[[TM182]]: {{m|Bug Bite}}
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0789 || {{ArtP|789|Cosmog}} || {{p|Cosmog}} |{{typetable2|Psychic}} || N/A || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0790 || {{ArtP|790|Cosmoem}} || {{p|Cosmoem}} |{{typetable2|Psychic}} || N/A || &mdash; || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0824 || {{ArtP|824|Blipbug}} || {{p|Blipbug}} |{{typetable2|Bug}} || N/A || N/A || &mdash; || N/A
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| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0840 || {{ArtP|840|Applin}} || {{p|Applin}} |{{typetable|Grass}}{{typetable|Dragon}} || N/A || N/A || [[TM31]]: Attract || [[TM021]]: {{m|Pounce}}<br>[[TM171]]: {{m|Tera Blast}}
|}
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===Near-universal TMs===
With few exceptions, all Pokémon who are compatible with TMs can learn the following moves:

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! colspan=11 | {{color2|000|Generation}}
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! style="background:#{{Kanto color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation I|I}}
! style="background:#{{Johto color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation II|II}}
! style="background:#{{Hoenn color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation III|III}}
! style="background:#{{Sinnoh color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation IV|IV}}
! style="background:#{{Unova color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation V|V}}
! style="background:#{{Kalos color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VI|VI}}
! style="background:#{{Alola color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VII|VII}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Sun and Moon|SM}}{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|USUM}}</small>
! style="background:#{{Kanto color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VII|VII}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee|LGPE}}</small>
! style="background:#{{Galar color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VIII|VIII}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Sword and Shield|SwSh}}</small>
! style="background:#{{Sinnoh color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VIII|VIII}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl|BDSP}}</small>
! style="background:#{{Paldea color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation IX|IX}}
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| {{m|Attract}} || &mdash; || 45 || 45 || 45 || 45 || 45 || 45 || &mdash; || 31 || 45 || &mdash;
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| {{m|Bide}} || 34 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Captivate}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 78 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
|-
| {{m|Confide}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 100 || 100 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
|-
| {{m|Curse}} || &mdash; || 03 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Double Team}} || 32 || 32 || 32 || 32 || 32 || 32 || 32 || &mdash; || &mdash; || 32 || &mdash;
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| {{m|Double-Edge}} || 10 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Endure}} || &mdash; || 20 || &mdash; || 58 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 58 || 047
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| {{m|Facade}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || 42 || 42 || 42 || 42 || 42 || 12 || 39 || 42 || 025
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| {{m|Frustration}} || &mdash; || 21 || 21 || 21 || 21 || 21 || 21 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
|-
| {{m|Headbutt}} || &mdash; || &mdash;{{tt|*|While Headbutt is TM02 in this generation, it was not near-universal until LGPE}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 01 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Helping Hand}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;{{tt|*|While Helping Hand is TM03 in LGPE, it was not near-universal until SV}} || &mdash;{{tt|*|While Helping Hand is TM41 in SwSh, it was not near-universal until SV}} || &mdash; || 130
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| {{m|Hidden Power}} || &mdash; || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Mimic}} || 31 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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|{{m|Natural Gift}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 83 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Protect}} || &mdash; || 17 || 17 || 17 || 17 || 17 || 17 || 07 || 25 || 17 || 007
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| {{m|Rage}} || 20 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Rest}} || 44 || 44 || 44 || 44 || 44 || 44 || 44 || 05 || 21 || 44 || 085
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| {{m|Return}} || &mdash; || 27 || 27 || 27 || 27 || 27 || 27 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Round}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 48 || 48 || 48 || &mdash; || 76 || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Secret Power}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || 43 || 43 || &mdash; || 94{{sup/6|ORAS}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Sleep Talk}} || &mdash; || 35 || &mdash; || 82 || &mdash; || 88 || 88 || &mdash; || &mdash; || 82 || 070
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| {{m|Snore}} || &mdash; || 13 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 24 || &mdash; || &mdash;
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| {{m|Substitute}} || 50 || &mdash; || &mdash; || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 08 || &mdash; || 90 || 103
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| {{m|Swagger}} || &mdash; || 34 || &mdash; || 87 || 87 || 87 || 87 || &mdash; || &mdash; || 87 || &mdash;
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| {{m|Take Down}} || 09 || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 001
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| {{m|Tera Blast}} || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || &mdash; || 171
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| {{m|Toxic}} || 06 || 06 || 06 || 06 || 06 || 06 || 06 || 27 || &mdash; || &mdash;{{tt|*|While Toxic is TM06 in these games, it is no longer near-universal}} || &mdash;
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===TM-exclusive moves===
In every generation, there have been moves exclusively taught by TMs:

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{| border="1" style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid #{{TMs and HMs color}}; border-collapse:collapse; background:#FFF; min-width:600px"
|- style="background:#{{TMs and HMs color dark}}"
|-
! style="background:#{{Kanto color}}" colspan=2 | {{color2|FFF|Generation I}}
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{m|Thunderbolt}}{{sup/1|RB}} • {{m|Bubble Beam|BubbleBeam}} • {{m|Mega Drain}} • {{m|Fissure}} • {{m|Mimic}} • {{m|Bide}}<br>{{m|Egg Bomb}} • {{m|Fire Blast}} • {{m|Soft-Boiled|Softboiled}} • {{m|Psywave}} • {{m|Rock Slide}} • {{m|Razor Wind}} • {{m|Toxic}}
|-
! style="background:#{{Johto color}}" colspan=2 | {{color2|FFF|Generation II}}
| style="background:#FFF" | {{m|Razor Wind}}{{tt|*|While not a TM in this generation, it can only be obtained by transferring a Pokémon that knows the move from Generation I}} • {{m|Toxic}} • {{m|Dynamic Punch|DynamicPunch}} • {{m|Icy Wind}} • {{m|Iron Tail}} • {{m|Dragon Breath|DragonBreath}} • {{m|Shadow Ball}} • {{m|Mud-Slap}}<br>{{m|Sleep Talk}} • {{m|Attract}} • {{m|Thief}} • {{m|Nightmare}} • {{m|Fury Cutter}} • {{m|Rock Smash}} • {{m|Return}} • {{m|Frustration}}
|-
! style="background:#{{Hoenn color}}" colspan=2 | {{color2|FFF|Generation III}}
| style="background:#FFF" | {{m|Return}} • {{m|Frustration}} • {{m|Shock Wave}} • {{m|Facade}} • {{m|Overheat}} • {{m|Secret Power}} • {{m|Skill Swap}}
|-
! style="background:#{{Sinnoh color}}" colspan=2 | {{color2|FFF|Generation IV}}
| style="background:#FFF" | {{m|Overheat}}{{sup/4|DP}} • {{m|Secret Power}} • {{m|Skill Swap}} • {{m|Stealth Rock}} • {{m|Grass Knot}} • {{m|Drain Punch}} • {{m|Focus Blast}}
|-
! style="background:#{{Unova color}}" colspan=2 | {{color2|FFF|Generation V}}
| style="background:#FFF" | {{m|Focus Blast}} • {{m|Snarl}} • {{m|Frost Breath}}
|-
! style="background:#{{Kalos color}}" colspan=2 | {{color2|FFF|Generation VI}}
| style="background:#FFF" | {{m|Frost Breath}}{{sup/6|XY}} • {{m|Dazzling Gleam}} • {{m|Infestation}}
|-
! style="background:#{{Alola color}}" rowspan=2 | {{color2|FFF|Generation VII|Generation VII}}
! style="background:#{{Alola color}}" | <small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Sun and Moon|SM}}{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|USUM}}</small>
| style="background:#FFF" | {{m|Smart Strike}} • {{m|Aurora Veil}} • {{m|Surf}}
|-
! style="background:#{{kanto color}}" | <small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|PE}}</small>
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{m|Foul Play}} • {{m|Scald}}
|-
! style="background:#{{Galar color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VIII}}
! style="background:#{{Sinnoh color}}" | <small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl|BDSP}}</small>
| style="background:#FFF" | {{m|Flash}} • {{m|Rock Climb}} • {{m|Focus Blast}} • {{m|Scald}}
|-
! style="background:#{{Paldea color}}" colspan=2 | {{color2|FFF|Generation IX}}
| style="background:#FFF" | {{m|Hydro Cannon}} • {{m|Blast Burn}} • {{m|Frenzy Plant}} • {{m|Draco Meteor}} • {{m|Focus Blast}} • {{m|Fire Pledge}} • {{m|Water Pledge}}<br>{{m|Grass Pledge}} • {{m|Pollen Puff}} • {{m|Smart Strike}} • {{m|Steel Beam}} • {{m|Body Press}} • {{m|Tera Blast}} • {{m|Trailblaze}} • {{m|Pounce}} • {{m|Chilling Water}}
|}
|}

===Returning moves===
Several moves taught by TM in an earlier generation returned as TMs later on after being absent but assigned with a different TM number.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background:#{{TMs and HMs color}}; border:5px solid #{{TMs and HMs color dark}}"
|-
|
{| border="1" style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid #{{TMs and HMs color}}; border-collapse:collapse; background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#{{TMs and HMs color dark}}"
! rowspan=2 | {{color2|000|Move}}
! colspan=11 | {{color2|000|Generation}}
|-
! style="background-color:#{{Kanto color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation I|I}}
! style="background-color:#{{Johto color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation II|II}}
! style="background-color:#{{Hoenn color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation III|III}}
! style="background-color:#{{Sinnoh color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation IV|IV}}
! style="background-color:#{{Unova color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation V|V}}
! style="background-color:#{{Kalos color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VI|VI}}
! style="background-color:#{{Alola color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VII|VII}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Sun and Moon|SM}}{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|USUM}}</small>
! style="background-color:#{{Kanto color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VII|VII}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee|LGPE}}</small>
! style="background-color:#{{Galar color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VIII|VIII}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Sword and Shield|SwSh}}</small>
! style="background-color:#{{Sinnoh color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation VIII|VIII}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl|BDSP}}</small>
! style="background-color:#{{Paldea color}}; width:50px" | {{color2|FFF|Generation IX|IX}}<br/><small>{{color2|FFF|Pokémon Scarlet and Violet|SV}}</small>
|-
| {{m|Acrobatics}} || — || — || — || — || 62 || 62 || 62 || — || 78 || — || 014
|-
| {{m|Aerial Ace}} || — || — || 40 || 40 || 40 || 40 || 40 || — || — || 40 || 027
|-
| {{m|Air Slash}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 95 || — || 065
|-
| {{m|Attract}} || — || 45 || 45 || 45 || 45 || 45 || 45 || — || 31 || 45 || —
|-
| {{m|Avalanche}} || — || — || — || 72 || — || — || — || — || 64 || 72 || 046
|-
| {{m|Blizzard}} || 14 || 14 || 14 || 14 || 14 || 14 || 14 || 51 || — || 14 || 143
|-
| {{m|Body Slam}} || 08 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 066
|-
| {{m|Brine}} || — || — || — || 55 || — || — || — || — || 55 || 55 || —
|-
| {{m|Brutal Swing}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || 59 || — || 97 || — || —
|-
| {{m|Bulldoze}} || — || — || — || — || 78 || 78 || 78 || — || 81 || 83 || 028
|-
| {{m|Bullet Seed}} || — || — || 09 || 09 || — || — || — || — || 50 || 09 || 056
|-
| {{m|Charge Beam}} || — || — || — || 57 || 57 || 57 || 57 || — || — || 57 || 023
|-
| {{m|Dark Pulse}} || — || — || — || 79 || — || 97 || 97 || 20 || — || 79 || 094
|-
| {{m|Dazzling Gleam}} || — || — || — || — || — || 99 || 99 || 32 || — || 21 || 079
|-
| {{m|Dig}} || 28 || 28 || 28 || 28 || 28 || 28 || — || 10 || 15 || 28 || 055
|-
| {{m|Dragon Claw}} || — || — || 02 || 02 || 02 || 02 || 02 || — || — || 02 || 078
|-
| {{m|Dragon Pulse}} || — || — || — || 59 || — || — || — || 34 || — || 59 || 115
|-
| {{m|Dragon Tail}} || — || — || — || — || 82 || 82 || 82 || 17 || — || — || 044
|-
| {{m|Drain Punch}} || — || — || — || 60 || — || — || — || — || 63 || 60 || 073
|-
| {{m|Draining Kiss}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 87 || — || 037
|-
| {{m|Dream Eater}} || 42 || 42 || — || 85 || 85 || 85 || 85 || 59 || — || 85 || —
|-
| {{m|Drill Run}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 58 || — || — || 106
|-
| {{m|Endure}} || — || 20 || — || 58 || — || — || — || — || — || 58 || 047
|-
| {{m|Eerie Impulse}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 93 || — || 096
|-
| {{m|Explosion}} || 47 || — || — || 64 || 64 || 64 || 64 || — || — || 64 || —
|-
| {{m|False Swipe}} || — || — || — || 54 || 54 || 54 || 54 || — || 94 || 54 || 057
|-
| {{m|Fire Punch}} || — || 48 || — || — || — || — || — || 31 || 03 || — || 067
|-
| {{m|Fling}} || — || — || — || 56 || 56 || 56 || 56 || — || 59 || 56 || 043
|-
| {{m|Focus Punch}} || — || — || 01 || 01 || — || — || — || — || — || 01 || 192
|-
| {{m|Giga Drain}} || — || 19 || 19 || 19 || — || — || — || — || 28 || 19 || 111
|-
| {{m|Gyro Ball}} || — || — || — || 74 || 74 || 74 || 74 || — || — || 74 || 180
|-
| {{m|Hail}} || — || — || 07 || 07 || 07 || 07 || 07 || — || 35 || 07 || —
|-
| {{m|Headbutt}} || — || 02 || — || — || — || — || — || 01 || — || — || —
|-
| {{m|Ice Beam}} || 13 || — || 13 || 13 || 13 || 13 || 13 || 55 || — || 13 || 135
|-
| {{m|Ice Punch}} || — || 33 || — || — || — || — || — || 35 || 04 || — || 069
|-
| {{m|Icy Wind}} || — || 16 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 27 || — || 034
|-
| {{m|Iron Tail}} || — || 23 || 23 || 23 || — || — || — || 19 || — || 23 || —
|-
| {{m|Low Sweep}} || — || — || — || — || 47 || 47 || 47 || — || 75 || 27 || 039
|-
| {{m|Mega Drain}} || 21 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 53 || — || — || —
|-
| {{m|Mega Kick}} || 05 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 01 || — || —
|-
| {{m|Mega Punch}} || 01 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 00 || — || —
|-
| {{m|Pay Day}} || 16 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 57 || 02 || — || —
|-
| {{m|Payback}} || — || — || — || 66 || 66 || 66 || 66 || — || 57 || 66 || —
|-
| {{m|Psych Up}} || — || 09 || — || 77 || 77 || 77 || 77 || — || — || 77 || —
|-
| {{m|Rain Dance}} || — || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || — || 33 || 18 || 050
|-
| {{m|Reflect}} || 33 || — || 33 || 33 || 33 || 33 || 33 || 09 || 18 || 33 || 074
|-
| {{m|Retaliate}} || — || — || — || — || 67 || 67 || — || — || 79 || — || —
|-
| {{m|Roar}} || — || 05 || 05 || 05 || 05 ||05 || 05 || — || — || 05 || 172
|-
| {{m|Rock Slide}} || 48 || — || — || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || — || 22 || 80 || 086
|-
| {{m|Rock Smash}} || — || 08 || — || — || 94 || 94{{sup/6|XY}} || — || — || — || 98 || —
|-
| {{m|Rock Tomb}} || — || — || 39 || 39 || 39 || 39 || 39 || — || 48 || 39 || 036
|-
| {{m|Roost}} || — || — || — || 51 || — || 19 || 19 || 22 || — || 51 || —
|-
| {{m|Round}} || — || — || — || — || 48 || 48 || 48 || — || 76 || — || —
|-
| {{m|Sandstorm}} || — || 37 || 37 || 37 || 37 || 37 || 37 || — || 32 || 37 || 051
|-
| {{m|Scald}} || — || — || — || — || 55 || 55 || 55 || 29 || — || 49 || 188
|-
| {{m|Secret Power}} || — || — || 43 || 43 || — || 94{{sup/6|ORAS}} || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| {{m|Seismic Toss}} || 19 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 15 || — || — || —
|-
| {{m|Self-Destruct}} || 36 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 42 || 20 || — || —
|-
| {{m|Shadow Claw}} || — || — || — || 65 || 65 || 65 || 65 || — || 65 || 65 || 061
|-
| {{m|Sleep Talk}} || — || 35 || — || 82 || — || 88 || 88 || — || — || 82 || 070
|-
| {{m|Smack Down}} || — || — || — || — || 23 || 23 || 23 || — || — || — || 179
|-
| {{m|Smart Strike}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || 67 || — || 96 || — || 053
|-
| {{m|Snarl}} || — || — || — || — || 95 || 95 || 95 || — || 85 || 78 || 030
|-
| {{m|Snore}} || — || 13 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 24 || — || —
|-
| {{m|Solar Blade}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 12 || — || 190
|-
| {{m|Stealth Rock}} || — || — || — || 76 || — || — || — || 56 || — || 76 || 116
|-
| {{m|Steel Wing}} || — || 47 || 47 || 47 || — || 51 || 51 || — || 30 || 47 || —
|-
| {{m|Substitute}} || 50 || — || — || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 08 || — || 90 || 103
|-
| {{m|Sunny Day}} || — || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || — || 34 || 11 || 049
|-
| {{m|Surf}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || 94 || 47 || — || 95 || 123
|-
| {{m|Swagger}} || — || 34 || — || 87 || 87 || 87 || 87 || — || — || 87 || —
|-
| {{m|Swift}} || 39 || 39 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 40 || — || 032
|-
| {{m|Swords Dance}} || 03 || — || — || 75 || 75 || 75 || 75 || — || — || 75 || 088
|-
| {{m|Take Down}} || 09 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 001
|-
| {{m|Teleport}} || 30 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 04 || — || — || —
|-
| {{m|Thief}} || — || 46 || 46 || 46 || 46 || 46 || 46 || — || 23 || 46 || 018
|-
| {{m|Tri Attack}} || 49 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 28 || — || — || —
|-
| {{m|Trick Room}} || — || — || — || 92 || 92 || 92 || 92 || — || 70 || 92 || 161
|-
| {{m|Thunderbolt}} || 24 || — || 24 || 24 || 24 || 24 || 24 || 36 || — || 24 || 126
|-
| {{m|Thunder Wave}} || 45 || — || — || 73 || 73 || 73 || 73 || 16 || 14 || 73 || 082
|-
| {{m|Toxic}} || 06 || 06 || 06 || 06 || 06 || 06 || 06 || 27 || — || 06 || 175
|-
| {{m|Venoshock}} || — || — || — || — || 09 || 09 || 09 || — || 74 || — || 045
|-
| {{m|Volt Switch}} || — || — || — || — || 72 || 72 || 72 || — || 80 || 43 || 048
|-
| {{m|Waterfall}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || 98 || 25 || — || 99 || 077
|-
| {{m|Weather Ball}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 46 || — || 193
|-
| {{m|Work Up}} || — || — || — || — || 83 || — || 01 || — || — || 10 || —
|}
|}

==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
In {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team}} and {{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness}} and {{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky}}, the TMs for [[weather]] summoning moves, as well as {{m|Double Team}}, {{m|Rock Tomb}} and {{m|Snatch}}, do not exist, and instead have been replaced by appropriate [[Wonder Orb]]s. After use, a TM becomes a [[Used TM]]; a Used TM can be turned back into a usable TM by a Pokémon with the move {{m|Recycle}}, except for a Used TM of Recycle, which will remain a Used TM permanently. Pokémon can learn the same TMs they can learn in the corresponding core series games, but Pokémon that cannot learn TMs in the core series games can learn moves via TM if they can also learn those moves by level up.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, {{m|Dive}} is a TM, even though it is not a TM in [[Generation IV]] [[core series]] games. However, no Pokémon are specifically coded to learn it, and thus the only Pokémon compatible with it are those that already learn it by level-up.

In {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity}}, all TMs are infinite use. Special TMs for moves usually learned through a [[Move Tutor]] in the core series games are also present. {{m|Wide Slash}} and {{m|Vacuum-Cut}} are no longer available starting from this game.

In {{g|Super Mystery Dungeon}}, there are two types of TMs: single-use regular TMs and reusable rainbow-colored TMs. Rainbow-colored TMs can be purchased from Kecleon shops from certain post-game dungeons, and can also be purchased from Kecleon shops in towns after Kecleon has been [[Connection Orb|connected]] with the Expedition Society, which unlocks the "Treasures" section in the shop.

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, and in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, there are two moves that do not appear in the core series games that can only be learned by TM: {{m|Wide Slash}} and {{m|Vacuum-Cut}}. These moves do not appear in subsequent games.

In Explorers of Sky, TMs can be sold to Kecleon for 250 [[Poké]].

====Appearance====
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color}}; font-size:80%"
|-[[File:MDBag TM Sprite.png|thumb]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag TM RTRB Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag TM TDS Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag TM WW Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag TM V Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag TM VI Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag Rainbow TM VI Sprite.png]]
|-
| TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Red and Blue Rescue Team}}
| TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers series}}
| TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare)|Mystery Dungeon (Wiiware)}}
| TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity|Gates to Infinity}}
| TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|Super Mystery Dungeon}}
| Rainbow TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|Super Mystery Dungeon}}
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}" | [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}" | [[File:Unused MDBag Rainbow TM RTDX Sprite.png]]
|-
| TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX}}
| Rainbow TM sprite (unused) from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX}}
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag Used TM RTRB Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag Used TM TDS Sprite.png]]
|-
| Used TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Rescue Team series}}
| Used TM sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers series}}
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag Tutor TM V Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:Unused MDBag Tutor TM VI Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:Unused MDBag Rainbow Tutor TM VI Sprite.png]]
|-
| TM sprite (for tutor moves) from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity|Gates to Infinity}}
| TM sprite (for tutor moves; unused) from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|Super Mystery Dungeon}}
| Rainbow TM sprite (for tutor moves; unused) from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|Super Mystery Dungeon}}
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag TM icon RTRB Sprite.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:16%" | [[File:MDBag TM icon TDS Sprite.png]]
|-
| TM icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Rescue Team series}}
| TM icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers series}}
|}
{{-}}
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color}}; font-size:80%"
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:96px; height:96px" | [[File:TM PMD GTI.png|80px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:96px; height:96px" | [[File:Tutor TM PMD GTI.png|80px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:96px; height:96px" | [[File:TM PSMD.png|80px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:96px; height:96px" | [[File:Used TM PSMD.png|80px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:96px; height:96px" | [[File:Tutor TM PSMD.png|80px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{md color dark}}; background:#{{md color light}}; width:96px; height:96px" | [[File:Used Tutor TM PSMD.png|80px]]
|-
| Model of TM from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity|Gates to Infinity}}
| Model of TM (for tutor moves)<br>from {{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity|Gates to Infinity}}
| Model of TM from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|Super Mystery Dungeon}}
| Unused model of a<br>used TM from {{color2|000|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|Super Mystery Dungeon}}
| Unused model of TM<br>(for tutor moves)<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|Super Mystery Dungeon}}
| Unused model of used TM<br>(for tutor moves) from {{color2|000|Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon|Super Mystery Dungeon}}
|}

=====Artwork=====
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background:#{{black color dark}}; border:5px solid #{{black color}}"
|-
| width="160px" style="background:#ccc; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:TM artwork TDS.png|100px]]
| width="160px" style="background:#ccc; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:TM artwork PSMD.png|100px]]
| width="160px" style="background:#ccc; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:TM artwork RTDX.png|100px]]
| width="160px" style="background:#ccc; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Used TM artwork RTDX.png|100px]]
|-
| style="background:#{{ice color}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Explorers artwork
| style="background:#{{ice color}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Super Mystery Dungeon artwork
| style="background:#{{ice color}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Rescue Team DX artwork
| style="background:#{{ice color}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Unused Rescue Team DX artwork for Used TM
|}

===Pokémon GO===
In {{g|GO}}, there are four kinds of TMs: [[Fast TM]]s, [[Charged TM]]s, [[Elite Fast TM]]s, and [[Elite Charged TM]]s. TMs were introduced to Pokémon GO on June 22, 2017, and Elite TMs were introduced on April 24, 2020. All TMs are consumed after one use.

Using a Fast or Charged TM on a Pokémon randomly changes its Fast or Charged Attack, respectively, to a different move in the Pokémon's current move pool.

Elite TMs allow players to select the new move that will be learned, even including legacy and event-exclusive moves, such as [[Community Day]] moves.

====Appearance====
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{night color}}; background:#{{blue color light}}; font-size:80%"
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{night color}}; background:#{{grey color light}}; width:80px" | [[File:GO Fast TM.png|80px]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{night color}}; background:#{{grey color light}}; width:80px" | [[File:GO Charged TM.png|80px]]
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| {{color2|000|Fast TM}} from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon GO}}
| {{color2|000|Charged TM}} from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon GO}}
| {{color2|000|Elite Fast TM}} from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon GO}}
| {{color2|000|Elite Charged TM}} from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon GO}}
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==In the anime==
===Main series===
Although TMs have not appeared in the {{pkmn|anime}}, they were mentioned once in the Japanese version of ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!]]''. While talking with the {{p|Kecleon}} Brothers, {{p|Charmander}} of [[Team Go-Getters]] mentioned TMs among other things the [[Kecleon Shop]] was sold out on. This reference was not included in the [[dub]].

[[File:Technical Machine PO.png|250px|thumb|TM34 in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]
===Pokémon Origins===
{{TM|34|Bide}} appeared in ''[[PO01|File 1: Red]]''. Much like in {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, it was given to {{OBP|Red|Origins}} by [[Brock]] as a reward for defeating him in a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}.

Another TM, {{TM|28|Dig}}, also made a brief appearance in ''[[PO02|File 2: Cubone]]'', where Red retrieved it from a {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}} who had stolen it.
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==In the manga==
[[File:Early TM Adventures.png|thumb|150px|Two early kinds of TMs in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
[[File:TM in EToP.png|thumb|200px|left|TM31 in [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]]]
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
In ''[[ET06|To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question!]]'', {{OBP|Ash Ketchum|EToP|Ash}} used [[TM31]] to teach [[Mikey]]'s {{p|Eevee}} {{m|Mimic}}, allowing it to win a battle against [[Eevee brothers|Sparky]]'s {{p|Jolteon}} and thus let Mikey join the [[Knights of the E Stone]].

===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{chap|Red, Green & Blue}}====
In ''[[PS015|Wartortle Wars]]'', a fake TM was seen amongst the many fake items sold to {{adv|Red}} by {{adv|Green}}.

===={{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}====
In ''[[PS094|Elekid Incorporated]]'', {{adv|Silver}} mentioned that he had used [[TM21]] to teach his {{TP|Silver|Totodile}} {{m|Frustration}} in order to capitalize on the fact that he had only just stolen the Pokémon and it hadn't come to like him yet.

===={{chap|Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire}}====
In [[PS606]], it was explained that TMs are machines that contain the essence of the move they teach to a Pokémon. Before this technology existed, other items served the same purpose. Such items are the rings [[Ultima]] carries on her staff, which contain the ultimate moves {{m|Frenzy Plant}}, {{m|Blast Burn}}, and {{m|Hydro Cannon}}, and a scroll held by the [[Draconid people|Draconids]], which contains the move {{m|Dragon Ascent}}.

===={{chap|Sword & Shield}}====
In ''[[PASS08|Toasty!! Battle Against Toxapex]]'', {{Henry}} revealed he had used a TM for {{m|Sunny Day}} on his [[Twiggy|Thwackey]] in preparation for dealing with [[Nessa]]'s {{p|Toxapex}} during their [[Gym]] battle.
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==In the TCG==
[[File:GrassCube01Aquapolis124.jpg|200px|thumb|An example of a typical Technical Machine card]]
{{main|List of Technical Machine cards}}
In the TCG, Technical Machines are types of {{TCG|Trainer card}}s that are attached to Pokémon in play. The majority of them can only be attached to Pokémon of a specific {{TCG|type}} or those that include an {{TCG|Owner's Pokémon|owner}} in their name. Each card provides an {{TCG|attack}} that can be used in addition to any attacks featured on the Pokémon it is attached to. In most cases, a player is required to discard a Technical Machine card at the end of the turn they played it. Unlike the games, they do not follow any specific numbering. After the {{TCG|Rising Rivals}} expansion, Technical Machine cards were retired in favor of {{TCG|Pokémon Tool card}}s that provide additional attacks. None of these Pokémon Tool cards would feature "Technical Machine" in their name until the {{TCG|Raging Surf}} subset in the {{TCG|Scarlet & Violet Era}}, over 14 years since the last Technical Machine card.
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==Trivia==
* 292 different moves have been available as a TM, adding together the TMs from every generation.
* [[Gym Leader]]s who give out a TM on their defeat typically give out one containing a move of their [[Type expert|specialty type]]. However, in their respective first generation of an appearance each, [[Brock]] and [[Falkner]] do not, giving out {{TM|34|Bide}} (a {{type|Normal}} move) and {{TM|31|Mud-Slap}} (a {{type|Ground}} move), respectively. This is rectified in the [[remake]]s of their debut games, with Brock giving away {{TM|39|Rock Tomb}} while Falkner's prize is {{TM|51|Roost}}. Likewise, [[Cilan]], [[Chili]], and [[Cress]] do not give out TMs matching their specialty type, instead giving out the {{type|Normal}} {{TM|83|Work Up}}, regardless of which of the three is battled.
** Prior to Generation III, TMs given out by the starting region's Gym Leaders teach moves that no Pokémon learns naturally. There is one exception: in {{game|Yellow}}, {{p|Pikachu}} learns {{m|Thunderbolt}} in place of {{m|Swift}}.
* Generation IV is the first generation in which there is at least one TM that teaches a move of each Pokémon type.
** Generation I had no TMs for {{t|Bug}}- or {{type|Ghost}} moves, Generation II had none for {{t|Flying}}, and Generation III had none for {{t|Bug}}.
* Generation IX has the most TMs, with 201, and Generation I, II, and III are tied for the fewest TMs, with 50.
* The largest TM increase across generations was from VIII to IX, adding 101 TMs. The smallest increase was from IV to V, adding only three.

==In other languages==
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|zh_yue=招式學習器 ''{{tt|Jīusīk Hohkjaahphei|Move-Learning Machine}}''
|zh_cmn=招式學習器 / 招式学习器 ''{{tt|Zhāoshì Xuéxíqì|Move-Learning Machine}}''
|da=Teknisk maskin<br>Teknologisk maskine{{tt|*|The Official Pokémon Handbook}}
|nl=Technische machine{{tt|*|Emerald, Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver, Black & White manual}}
|de=Technische Maschine (TM)
|fr_ca=Machine technique{{tt|*|Blue Rescue Team manual}}
|fr_eu=Capsule Technique (CT)
|id=Mesin Serangan (MS)
|it=Macchina Tecnica (MT)
|ko=기술머신 ''{{tt|Gisul Machine|Move Machine}}''
|pt_eu=Máquina de Técnica{{tt|*|Blue Rescue Team manual}}<br>Máquina Técnica{{tt|*|Explorers manual}}
|pt_br=Máquina Técnica (MT)
|es=Máquina Técnica (MT)
|sv=Teknisk maskin<br>Tekniskt fordon{{tt|*|Pokémon Emerald manual}}
|vi=Máy học chiêu thức
|th=แมชชีนทักษะ ''Maetchin Thaksa'' (TM)
}}

==See also==
* [[HM]]
* [[TR]]
* [[List of Technical Machine cards]]
* [[Move Tutor]]
* [[List of TM and HM locations (Mystery Dungeon)]]

{{TM and HM locations}}
{{Mystery Dungeon items}}<br>
{{Project Moves and Abilities notice}}

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