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In the Pokémon anime, there will often come up a Pokémon that knows a move it cannot learn legally in any of the games. It is unknown whether these are actual mistakes, a writing policy of not having to stick to the games too closely, or merely the Pokémon using an attribute that shares the name of a move in the games.
Occasionally, in-game event Pokémon that can be transferred onto the main series games have a move that is not normally included in that Pokémon's moveset (a prime example being Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, which gave away four separate Pokémon with moves that were not normally available to that specific Pokémon).
List of anime Pokémon with moves they cannot learn in the games
Japanese version only
Sprite
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Name
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Move
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First use
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Notes
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Picture
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Roxanne's Nosepass
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Hyper Beam
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2016Winner By a Nosepass!
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Roxanne commands her Nosepass to use Hyper Beam, which it cannot learn. These errors were picked up on in the dub, and the references to Hyper Beam were replaced with Thunder Wave and Zap Cannon. However, there is evidence that there was an error in the original script, and it was meant to be an Electric attack. This is seen in Pikachu being able to absorb "Hyper Beam" as if it were an Electric attack, and it had physical similarities to Electric attacks.
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File:Roxanne Nosepass Hyper Beam.png
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Ash's Starly
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Gust
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3002Two Degrees of Separation!
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Changed to Whirlwind in the dub, a move that Starly can learn. However, after it evolved into Staravia, it began using Gust in the dub as well.
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Brock's Bonsly
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Take Down
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3014Leave It To Brocko!
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Changed to Double-Edge in the dub, a move that Bonsly can learn.
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Ash's Tranquill
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Wing Attack
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4068An Amazing Aerial Battle!
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In the dub, Ash merely commanded Tranquill to "attack now", without specifying a move.
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Dub only
Former errors
Similar examples that are not anime move errors
Pokémon which can learn a move in a previous generation
Sprite
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Name
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Move
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First use
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Notes
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Picture
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Andi's Nidoqueen and Oscar's Nidoking
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Submission
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2072The Bicker the Better
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Andi's Nidoqueen and Oscar's Nidoking use Submission, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Nidoqueen and Nidoking by TM17 in Generation I.
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Ash's Charizard
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DragonBreath
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2136The Symbol Life
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Ash's Charizard uses DragonBreath, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Charizard by TM24 in Generation II.
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Ash's Snorlax
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Harden
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2149Wheel of Frontier
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Ash's Snorlax uses Harden, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Snorlax by level-up in Generation I.
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File:Ash Snorlax Harden.png
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Anabel's Espeon
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Zap Cannon
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2170Second Time's the Charm
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Anabel's Espeon uses Zap Cannon, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Espeon by TM07 in Generation II.
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Virgil's Vaporeon
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BubbleBeam
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4102Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!
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Virgil's Vaporeon uses BubbleBeam, which, though impossible to have in Generation III onwards, was available to teach to Vaporeon by TM11 in Generation I.
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See also