Bounce (move)

Bounce とびはねる Bounce

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Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  85 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Can avoid being startled by others.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if no other Pokémon has chosen the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Bounce (Japanese: とびはねる Bounce) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III to IV

The user bounces up high on the first turn, avoiding most moves. Gust, Twister, Thunder and Sky Uppercut have normal accuracy against a mid-air Pokémon, with all but Sky Uppercut also gaining doubled power. The user may also be hit in mid-air if it was previously targeted by Lock-On or Mind Reader or if it is attacked by a Pokémon with No Guard. On the second turn, the user slams down onto the target, inflicting damage with a 30% chance of paralyzing it.

Generation V

Bounce can hit non-adjacent opponents in triple battles.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0077 Ponyta Fire 45 0078 Rapidash Fire 50 0325 Spoink Psychic 43 0326 Grumpig Psychic 55 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0077 Ponyta Fire 44 0077 Ponyta Fire 42 0078 Rapidash Fire 49 0078 Rapidash Fire 47 0186 Politoed Water 43 0186 Politoed Water 37 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 40 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 48 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 48 0226 Mantine Water Flying 40 0320 Wailmer Water 44 0321 Wailord Water 54 0325 Spoink Psychic 48 0326 Grumpig Psychic 60 0427 Buneary Normal 46 0428 Lopunny Normal 46 0456 Finneon Water 45 0457 Lumineon Water 53 0458 Mantyke Water Flying 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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0190 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta, Rapidash
Wailmer, Wailord
Spoink, Grumpig
Buneary, Lopunny

|- | colspan="6" | 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. |} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0077 Ponyta Fire 0078 Rapidash Fire 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0118 Goldeen Water 0119 Seaking Water 0129 Magikarp Water 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 0174 Igglybuff Normal 0186 Politoed Water 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 0190 Aipom Normal 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison 0223 Remoraid Water 0224 Octillery Water 0225 Delibird Ice Flying 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 0234 Stantler Normal 0255 Torchic Fire 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0318 Carvanha Water Dark 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 0320 Wailmer Water 0321 Wailord Water 0325 Spoink Psychic 0326 Grumpig Psychic 0339 Barboach Water Ground 0340 Whiscash Water Ground 0359 Absol Dark 0367 Huntail Water 0368 Gorebyss Water 0369 Relicanth Water Rock 0370 Luvdisc Water 0424 Ambipom Normal 0427 Buneary Normal 0428 Lopunny Normal 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0456 Finneon Water 0457 Lumineon Water 0458 Mantyke Water Flying 0489 Phione Water 0490 Manaphy Water Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0129 Magikarp Water Pokéwalker - Stormy Beach, Winner's Path 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0077 Ponyta Fire 45 0078 Rapidash Fire 45 0186 Politoed Water 37 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 46 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 56 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 64 0226 Mantine Water Flying 40 0320 Wailmer Water 44 0321 Wailord Water 54 0325 Spoink Psychic 53 0326 Grumpig Psychic 68 0427 Buneary Normal 56 0428 Lopunny Normal 56 0456 Finneon Water 45 0457 Lumineon Water 53 0458 Mantyke Water Flying 40 0618 Stunfisk Ground Electric 40 0619 Mienfoo Fighting 49 0620 Mienshao Fighting 49 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0190 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta, Rapidash
Wailmer, Wailord
Spoink, Grumpig
Buneary, Lopunny |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0556 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Maractus
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff

|- | colspan="6" | 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. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying Dream World 0320 Wailmer Water Dream World Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Buneary Bounce.png Buneary File:Lopunny Bounce.png Lopunny
The user bounces up high, then drops on the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Grumpig jumps on its tail, using it as a spring and bounces into the air.
Kelly's Grumpig	Lessons in Lilycove		Debut
	Buneary jumps high into the air, front flips as it falls and kicks the opponent, or Buneary repeatedly jumps on the opponent.
Dawn's Buneary	Setting the World on its Buneary!		None
	Lopunny jumps into the air and sticks its leg out, kicking the opponent and bouncing off it after.
Paris's Lopunny	Arriving in Style!		None

Trivia

• In Generation III, the only four Pokémon to learn Bounce were not Flying-type and therefore would not normally receive STAB from it.
• Bounce is the only Flying-type move that Gyarados can learn, despite being a Flying-type Pokémon.

In other languages

• Dutch: Sprong
• French: Rebond
• German: Sprungfeder
• Greek: Αναπήδηση
• Hindi: Uchlo
• Italian: Rimbalzo
• Korean: 뛰어오르다 Ttwieooreuda
• Polish: Skok
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Ricochetear
• Portuguese (European): Salto
• Spanish: Bote
• Serbian: Odskok

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