Karate Chop (move)
| Karate Chop からてチョップ Karate Chop | ||||||||||||
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Karate Chop (Japanese: からてチョップ Karate Chop) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. In Generation I, this move is Template:Type2.
Effect
Generation I
Karate Chop deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.
Generation II and on
Same as before, but Karate Chop is now a Template:Type2 move.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric
| style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz
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| 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.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric
| style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz
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| 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.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric
| style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar, Magmortar
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz, Electivire
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| 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.
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In the anime
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| The opponent is hit by the side of the user's hand. | |||
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| User | First Used In | Notes | |
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Machoke hands glow and it strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand. | ||
| Wobbuffet Festival crashers' Machoke | Wobbu-Palooza! | None | |
| Chuck's Machoke | Machoke, Machoke Man! | None | |
| Maylene's Machoke | A Triple Fighting Chance! | None | |
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Trivia
- Karate Chop is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II; the others are Gust, Bite, and Sand-Attack. Coincidentally, they all were Template:Type2 moves in Generation I.
In other languages
- French: Poing-karate
- German: Karateschlag
- Italian: Colpokarate
- Spanish: Golpe Karate
- Dutch: Karate Slag
