Thunder Shock (move)

ThunderShock (Japanese: でんきショック Electric Shock) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

ThunderShock inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target. ThunderShock cannot paralyze a target that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric -- 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0081 Magnemite Electric 25 0082 Magneton Electric -- 0082 Magneton Electric 25 0125 Electabuzz Electric 34 0135 Jolteon Electric 31 0135 Jolteon Electric 16 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying -- 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric -- 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 6 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 6 0135 Jolteon Electric 16 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying -- 0172 Pichu Electric -- 0179 Mareep Electric 9 0180 Flaaffy Electric -- 0180 Flaaffy Electric 9 0181 Ampharos Electric -- 0181 Ampharos Electric 9 0243 Raikou Electric 11 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric -- 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 6 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 6 0135 Jolteon Electric 16 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying -- 0172 Pichu Electric -- 0179 Mareep Electric 9 0180 Flaaffy Electric -- 0180 Flaaffy Electric 9 0181 Ampharos Electric -- 0181 Ampharos Electric 9 0243 Raikou Electric 11 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 0025 Pikachu Electric -- 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 6 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 6 0125 Electabuzz Electric -- 0125 Electabuzz Electric 7 0135 Jolteon Electric 15 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying -- 0172 Pichu Electric -- 0179 Mareep Electric 10 0180 Flaaffy Electric -- 0180 Flaaffy Electric 10 0181 Ampharos Electric -- 0181 Ampharos Electric 10 0239 Elekid Electric 7 0243 Raikou Electric 8 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel -- 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 6 0466 Electivire Electric -- 0466 Electivire Electric 7 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 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 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost Pokémon Platinum (having no other moves) 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:EP005 026.jpg Pikachu File:Hit by ThunderShock.jpg Hit by ThunderShock
The opponent is hit by a bolt of lightning from the the user.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pikachu lights up and then releases a yellow lighting bolt. The visual effect varies, from being a ball of electricity to an electrical wave.
Ash's Pikachu	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
Ritchie's Sparky	Friends To the End		None
Drake's Ditto in the form of Pikachu	Hello, Pummelo!		None
	Raichu lights up and then releases a yellow lightning bolt.
Lt. Surge's Raichu	Electric Shock Showdown		None
Katrina's Raichu	Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!		None
Kay's Raichu	Stage Fight!		None
	Magnemite glows bright yellow, and sparks are released from its body.
Wild Magnemite	Sparks Fly for Magnemite		None
Ethan's Magnemite	Get Along, Little Pokémon		None
Electric Company's Magnemite	Current Events		None
	Electabuzz fires yellow electricity from the ends of its antennae
Drake's Electabuzz	Enter the Dragonite		None
Electric Company's Electabuzz	Current Events		None
	Sparks appear around Mareep's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body.
Mary's Mareep (Fluffy)	Mild 'n Wooly		None
Ellen's Mareep	Mild 'n Wooly		None
	Sparks appear around Flaaffy's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body.
Molly's Flaaffy	Spell of the Unown		None
Sullivan's Hannah	Whiscash and Ash		None
	Sparks appear around Sudowoodo's heand branch and it fires a yellow electric blast from it.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		Used via Mimic
	Pichu's body sparks and it sends a bolt of electricity towards the opponent. The electricity also shocks the Pichu.
The Pichu Brothers	Pikachu and Pichu		None
Multiple wild Pichu	The Apple Corp!		None
	Jolteon releases a powerful cyclone of yellow electricity towards the opponent.
Satsuki's Jolteon	Trouble's Brewing		None
	Raikou releases a small yellow electric blast from its forehead.
A wild Raikou	The Legend of Thunder		None
	Sparks appear around Elekid's horns. Then, it releases a yellow electrical blast from them.
Casey's Elekid	Here's Lookin' at you, Elekid		None
	Sparks appear around Ampharos's ears, then it releases a bolt of lightning at the opponent from its body.
Watt's Ampharos	Manectric Charge		None

Trivia

• No Generation III Pokémon can learn ThunderShock.
• No non-Electric-type Pokémon can learn ThunderShock.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Choque do Trovão
• Dutch: Donderschok
• French: Eclair
• German: Donnerschock
• Italian: Tuonoshock
• Norwegian: Tordensjokk
• Spanish: Impactrueno
• Latin American: Attacktrueno
• Hindi: Bijli Ki Jhatka

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