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===Generation II===
===Generation II===
Same as Generation I, except now it can {{status|poison}} {{t|Steel}}- and {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon.
Same as Generation I, except now it can {{status|poison}} {{t|Steel}}- and {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon. Also, all hits will do damage independently, consequently enabling any of them to be critical.


===Generation III===
===Generation III===

Revision as of 20:33, 14 April 2011

Twineedle
ダブルニードル Double Needle
Twineedle IV.png
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Type  Bug
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  25
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make 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 I
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Twineedle (Japanese: ダブルニードル Double Needle) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation V, it was Beedrill's signature move.

Effect

Generation I

Twineedle inflicts damage, and has a 20% chance of poisoning the target. Twineedle hits twice per use. Although technically only the first hit can critical hit, each hit per use will do the same amount of damage.

Twineedle will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge one hit of this move.

Twineedle can't poison a target that has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is a Poison-type Pokémon.

Generation II

Same as Generation I, except now it can poison Steel- and Template:Type2 Pokémon. Also, all hits will do damage independently, consequently enabling any of them to be critical.

Generation III

Same as Generation II, but it cannot poison Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon.

Generation IV

Same as Generation III, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. Each hit will also cause Weak Armor to activate.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0015 Beedrill Beedrill
Bug Poison 20
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
0015 Beedrill Beedrill
Bug Poison 20
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
0015 Beedrill Beedrill
Bug Poison 20
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
0015 Beedrill Beedrill
Bug Poison 16
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
0015 Beedrill Beedrill
Bug Poison 16
0589 Escavalier Escavalier
Bug Steel --
13
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" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellder | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | SkorupiDrapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Spinarak | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | BeedrillEscavalier |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Skorupi | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | BeedrillEscavalier |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0543 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Venipede | style="background: #FFF" | Venipede
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | BeedrillEscavalier

|- | 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.
|} |}

In the anime

Beedrill Twineedle.png
Beedrill


The foe is stabbed twice by a pair of stingers.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Beedrill Beedrill charges at the opponent with the large stingers on its arms, or Beedrill repeatedly stabs the opponent with the arm stingers on its arms.
A wild Beedrill Challenge of the Samurai Debut
A wild Beedrill The Purr-fect Hero None
Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill The Fourth Round Rumble None
Unknown Trainer's Beedrill A Shipful of Shivers None
Jimmy's Beedrill The Legend of Thunder! None
Casey's Beedrill The Bug Stops Here None
Unknown Trainer's Beedrill In the Knicker of Time! None
Multiple wild Beedrill Cutting the Ties That Bind! None
Multiple wild Beedrill Second Time's the Charm! None


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


Trivia

  • Twineedle is the only Template:Type2 move so far that can poison.
  • Twineedle is the only move that can poison a Template:Type2 Pokémon, as it is a Bug-type move instead of a Poison-type move. However, this only works in Generation II.
  • Currently, only Shellder's evolutionary line are the only non Bug-type Pokémon able to learn Twineedle.

In other languages

  • French: Double-dard
  • German: Duonadel
  • Greek: Δίδυμα Κεντριά
  • Italian: Doppio Ago
  • Korean: 더블니들 Double Needle
  • Portuguese (Brazilian): Agulhas Gêmeas
  • Spanish: Doble Ataque
  • Serbian: Dvostruka Bodlja
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