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Circle Throw ともえなげ Overhead Throw

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  60 Accuracy  90% Priority  -6 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Causes the user to move later on the next turn.

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

Circle Throw (Japanese: ともえなげ Overhead Throw) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Circle Throw inflicts damage and has decreased priority. In a Trainer battle, it will switch out the target to the next Pokémon in line that has not fainted (if there is one). In a wild Pokémon battle with a single wild Pokémon, this move will cause the battle to end if the user's level is equal or greater than the target's; however, if there are multiple wild Pokémon in the battle, it works the same as in a Trainer battle.

If using this move causes the user to faint (such as if the target is holding a Rocky Helmet or has the Ability Rough Skin or Iron Barbs), the target will not be forced to switch.

Circle Throw will fail to end wild Pokémon battles or switch out the opposing Trainer's Pokémon if the target has the Ability Suction Cups, is under the effects of Ingrain, or has Substitute set up.

Circle Throw can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if a certain move (Entrainment, Hold Hands, Play Nice, Spikes, Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes) was used in the prior turn.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0062		Poliwrath		Water 1		Water 1	53	1, 53	1, 53
0538		Throh		Human-Like		Human-Like	37	37	29
0674		Pancham		Field	Human-Like		25	25
0675		Pangoro		Field	Human-Like		25	25
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0115		Kangaskhan		Monster		Monster	✔	✔	✔
0293		Whismur		Monster	Field	✔	✔	✔
0427		Buneary		Field	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
0447		Riolu		Field	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Lucario Throh Riolu
The user grabs the opponent and throws them over their head.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Throh grabs its opponent then turns on its back, throwing the opponent over its head.
Montgomery's Throh	Search for the Clubultimate!		Debut
	Riolu grabs its opponent then turns on its back, throwing the opponent over its head.
Cameron's Riolu	Mission: Defeat Your Rival!		None
	Lucario grabs its opponent then turns on its back, throwing the opponent over its head.
Cameron's Lucario	A Unova League Evolution!		None

Trivia

• In the anime, Circle Throw is uniformly depicted as a wrestling maneuver called a "monkey flip", in which the attacker places both hands around the victim's head, falls back, and uses the combined forces of his legs and inertia to throw the victim over head.
• Circle Throw's effect of forcing the target to switch has never been featured in the anime.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 巴投 Bātàuh Mandarin 巴投 Bātóu French Projection German Überkopfwurf Italian Ribaltiro Korean 배대뒤치기 Baedae Duichigi Polish Rzut Obrotowy Portuguese Brazil Lançamento Circular (BW104-present, TCG) Arremesso Circular (Early anime) Portugal Arremesso Circular Spanish Latin America Tiro Circular Spain Llave Giro

Variations of the move Dragon Tail
Dragon Tail • Circle Throw

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