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Bubble Beam (Japanese: バブルこうせん Bubble Beam), formatted as BubbleBeam prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM11 in Generation I.
Contents
- 1 Effect
- 2 Description
- 3 Learnset
- 4 In other games
- 5 In the anime
- 6 In the manga
- 6.1 In the Ash & Pikachu manga
- 6.2 In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
- 6.3 In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
- 6.4 In the movie adaptations
- 6.5 In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- 6.6 In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga
- 6.7 In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
- 6.8 In the Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom manga
- 6.9 In the Pokémon Try Adventure manga
- 7 In other generations
- 8 Trivia
- 9 In other languages
Effect
Generation I
BubbleBeam does damage and has a 33.2% chance of lowering the target's Speed stat by one stage.
Generation II onward
Bubble Beam now has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed stat by one stage.
Bubble Beam can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if the move Rain Dance was used in the prior turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
By breeding
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Poliwag |
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Water 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
090 | ![]() |
Shellder |
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Water 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
138 | ![]() |
Omanyte |
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Water 1 | Water 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
140 | ![]() |
Kabuto |
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Water 1 | Water 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
211 | ![]() |
Qwilfish |
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Water 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
550 | ![]() |
Basculin |
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Water 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
592 | ![]() |
Frillish |
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Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||
692 | ![]() |
Clauncher |
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Water 1 | Water 3 | ✔ | ||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
By TM
By event
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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138 | ![]() |
Omanyte |
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Water 1 | Water 3 | Pokémon Adventure Camp Omanyte |
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
In other games
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Bubblebeam has 6 base power, 19PP and 100% accuracy. The attack travels up to 10 tiles away and hits the first Pokémon it encounters, ally or enemy, possibly lowering its Movement Speed by one level.
In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move's PP has been decreased to 10, and its accuracy to 83.6%.
Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★★★
Power: 38
Accuracy: 100%
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Effect: Has a 10% chance of lowering each target's speed. |
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Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
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Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- July 30, 2016
- Power: 25 → 30
- February 16, 2017
- Power: 30 → 45
- Energy cost: 25 → 33
- Duration: 2.9 → 1.9 seconds
- Damage window: 2.6 - 2.8 → 1.45 - 1.7 seconds
- Trainer Battles
- September 27, 2019
- Power: 45 → 25
- Secondary effect added
Description
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In the anime
In the main series
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Swanna | Popplio | Suicune | Tentacruel |
The user releases bubbles from its mouth. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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Squirtle blows multiple clear bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Ash's Squirtle | Mewtwo Strikes Back | Debut | |
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Mantine releases a stream of light blue or clear bubbles from its mouth at the opponent at a great speed. | ||
Molly's Mantine | Spell of the Unown: Entei | None | |
Dorian's Mantine | Just Add Water | None | |
Lola's Mantine | A Family That Battles Together Stays Together! | None | |
Multiple wild Mantine | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | None | |
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Marill releases white bubbles from its mouth at the opponent at a great speed. | ||
Pietra's Marill | Right On, Rhydon! | None | |
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A blue ball forms in Suicune's mouth. Suicune then shoots multiple amounts of blue bubbles at the opponent from the blue ball. When the attack is over, the last bubble explodes and sends the opponent back. | ||
Suicune (M04) | Celebi: The Voice of the Forest | None | |
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Azumarill releases white bubbles from its mouth at a great speed or the inside of Azumarill's mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A Trainer's Azumarill | Dueling Heroes | None | |
Jackson's Azumarill | Tie One On! | None | |
Officer Jenny's Azumarill | The Pirates of Decolore! | None | |
A wild Azumarill | The Power of Us | None | |
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A blue ball forms in Corsola's mouth and it releases a steam of blue bubbles from the orb. | ||
Misty's Corsola | Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias | None | |
Juan's Corsola | The Great Eight Fate! | None | |
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Tentacruel releases multiple blue bubbles from under the large blue stinger on its face. | ||
Kim's Tentacruel | Cerulean Blues | None | |
Kail's Tentacruel | Cerulean Blues | None | |
A Coordinator's Tentacruel | A Cacturne for the Worse | None | |
A Trainer's Tentacruel | Making Battles in the Sand! | None | |
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Crawdaunt opens its pincers and releases light blue, multicolored, or blue bubbles at the opponent from both or one pincer. | ||
A Team Aqua Grunt's Crawdaunt | Stairway to Devon | None | |
Shelly's Crawdaunt | Fight for the Meteorite! | None | |
Brodie's Ditto in the form of Crawdaunt | Unfair Weather Friends | Used via Transform | |
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt | On Olden Pond | None | |
A Coordinator's Crawdaunt | Battling The Generation Gap! | None | |
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Corphish opens its pincers and fires light blue, multicolored, orange, or blue bubbles at the opponent from one or both of them. | ||
Ash's Corphish | Gone Corphishin' | None | |
Rocko's Corphish | A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team! | None | |
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Surskit raises its front two legs and a light blue ball forms between them. It then lowers the ball and multiple light blue bubbles come out and hit the opponent. | ||
Max's Surskit | Maxxed Out! | None | |
Viola's Surskit | Breaking Titles at the Chateau! | None | |
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The jewel in the middle of Staryu's body glows orange and it releases orange or blue bubbles from it at the opponent. | ||
Misty's Staryu | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | None | |
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Piplup opens its beak and releases a stream of blue bubbles at the opponent. Sometimes its beak glows light blue when it uses the attack. | ||
A Piplup Dawn imagined | Following A Maiden's Voyage! | None | |
Dawn's Piplup | Following A Maiden's Voyage! | None | |
Piplup of Team Poképals | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness | None | |
Professor Rowan's Piplup | DPS01 | None | |
Verity's Piplup | I Choose You! | None | |
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The inside of Prinplup's beak glows light blue and it fires light blue bubbles at the opponent from its beak. | ||
Kenny's Prinplup | Getting the Pre-Contest Titters! | None | |
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The inside of Mime Jr.'s mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles at the opponent from its mouth. | ||
James's Mime Jr. | All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go! | Used via Mimic | |
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Mantyke fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A Coordinator's Mantyke | Dawn of a Royal Day! | None | |
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The inside of Tympole's mouth glows light blue and it takes in a deep breath. It then releases multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Multiple wild Tympole | Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! | None | |
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The inside of Swanna's beak glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its beak at the opponent. | ||
Skyla's Swanna | Cilan Takes Flight! | None | |
Cameron's Swanna | Cameron's Secret Weapon! | None | |
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The inside of Frillish's mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A wild Frillish | A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team! | None | |
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The inside of Frillish's mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A wild Frillish | A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team! | None | |
Jessie's Frillish | New Places... Familiar Faces! | None | |
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The inside of Vaporeon's mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Virgil's Vaporeon | Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad! | Vaporeon cannot legally learn Bubble Beam in Generation V | |
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Clauncher shoots a beam of blue bubbles from one of its pincers at the opponent. | ||
Rodman's Clauncher | Going for the Gold! | None | |
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Lombre shoots a beam of blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Multiple wild Lombre | One for the Goomy! | None | |
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Crabrawler shoots a beam of blue bubbles from the inside of its pincers at the opponent. | ||
Hala's Crabrawler | Trial and Tribulation! | None | |
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Popplio shoots a stream of blue bubbles from in front of its nose at the opponent. | ||
Lana's Popplio | They Might Not Be Giants! | None | |
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Dewpider shoots a stream of blue bubbles out of its stinger at the opponent. | ||
A wild Dewpider | Dewpider Ascending! | None | |
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Brionne shoots a stream of blue bubbles from in front of its nose at the opponent. | ||
Lana's Brionne | The One That Didn't Get Away! | None | |
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Tentacool shoots a stream of blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent | ||
A wild Tentacool | The Sinnoh Iceberg Race! | None |
- In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, Corphish of Wigglytuff's Guild mentioned that he was capable of using Bubble Beam, but he was never shown using the move.
- In the dubbed version of Enter The Dragonite, Ash commanded his Squirtle to use Bubble. In the original version, it was commanded to use Bubble Beam instead.
In the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
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Piplup | |||
The user releases bubbles from its mouth. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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Piplup opens its beak and releases a stream of blue bubbles at the opponent. | ||
Barry's Piplup | Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer | None |
In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
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Marill | |||
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The user fires one big bubble. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Marill fires one big bubble from its mouth. | ||
Pietra's Marill | The Grand Rhydon Plan. | Debut |
In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
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Jellicent | Swanna | ||
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The user blasts the foe with several bubbles in a row. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Swanna blasts the foe with several bubbles in a row coming from its mouth. | ||
Pokémon Ranger's Swanna | The Battle for More Friends! | Debut | |
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Jellicent blasts the foe with several bubbles in a row coming from its mouth. | ||
Muteki's Jellicent | Victini - A New Friend! | None |
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
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Marill | |||
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The user sprays a stream of bubbles which traps the foe. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Marill sprays a stream of bubbles, trapping the opponent. | ||
Marimaru | Apricot, the Super Heroine!! | Debut |
In the movie adaptations
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Piplup | |||
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The user fires multiple bubbles | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Piplup fires multiple bubbles in a straight line. | ||
Dawn's Piplup | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | Debut | |
Verity's Piplup | I Choose You! | None |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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Brionne | Swanna | Gyarados and Dragonair | Suicune |
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A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Staryu releases multiple bubbles out of the gem of the center of its body at the opponent. | ||
Misty's Staryu | Gyarados Splashes In! | Debut | |
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Starmie releases multiple bubbles out of the gem of the center of its body at the opponent. | ||
Misty's Starmie | Suddenly Starmie | None | |
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Dragonair's horn glows and it fires a stream of bubbles from the horn at the opponent. | ||
Lance's two Dragonair | Rhyhorn Rising | None | |
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Gyarados opens its mouth and releases a stream of bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Lance's Gyarados | Rhyhorn Rising | None | |
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Suicune releases a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. The beam then breaks apart into millions of bubbles that hit the opponent. | ||
Misty's Suicune | Debonaire Dragonair | None | |
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Swanna opens its mouth and releases a stream of bubbles from it at the opponent. | ||
Skyla's Swanna | The Battle Within | None | |
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Brionne opens its mouth and releases a stream of bubbles from it at the opponent. | ||
Hau's Brionne | PASM34 | None |
In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga
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Piplup | |||
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A stream of bubbles are shot by the user one by one. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Piplup sprays a stream of bubbles one by one. | ||
Dawn's Piplup | Piplup's Special Training | Debut |
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
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Piplup | |||
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The user fires a powerful spray of bubbles at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Piplup shoots a powerful blast of bubbles out of its beak. | ||
Hareta's Piplup | In Search of the Legendary Pokémon Dialga!! | None |
In the Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom manga
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Lombre | |||
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The user fires bubbles at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Lombre fires bubbles at the opponent. | ||
Omega's Lombre | Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom | Debut |
In the Pokémon Try Adventure manga
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Piplup | |||
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Multiple bubbles are shot. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Piplup shoots multiple bubbles from its mouth. | ||
Katsuya's Chacha | TA07 | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- If Secret Power is used on a pond in Generation III, it will have the animation of Bubble Beam.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Aurora Beam | ||||
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Generation I 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 | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 |
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