Sonic Boom (move)
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Sonic Boom (Japanese: ソニックブーム Sonic Boom), formatted as SonicBoom prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.
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Effect
Generation I
Sonic Boom always inflicts exactly 20 damage if it hits. It has no secondary effects and does not take weaknesses or resistances into account. SonicBoom can hit Ghost-type Pokémon.
Generation II
Sonic Boom no longer hits Ghost-type Pokémon.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | ||||||
081 | ![]() |
Magnemite |
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Mineral | 21 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14BW 11B2W2 |
11 | 17SMUSUM 15PE | |
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Magneton |
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Mineral | 1, 21 | 1, 16 | 16 | 14 | 14BW 1, 11B2W2 |
1XY 1, 11ORAS |
17SMUSUM 15PE | |
100 | ![]() |
Voltorb |
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Mineral | 17 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8XY 4ORAS |
4SMUSUM 6PE | |
101 | ![]() |
Electrode |
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Mineral | 1, 17 | 1, 17 | 1, 15 | 1, 8 | 1, 8 | 1XY 1, 4ORAS |
1, 4SMUSUM 1, 6PE | |
193 | ![]() |
Yanma |
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Bug | 19 | 19RSE 17FRLG |
14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | ||
329 | ![]() |
Vibrava |
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Bug | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
330 | ![]() |
Flygon |
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Bug | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
418 | ![]() |
Buizel |
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Water 1 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
419 | ![]() |
Floatzel |
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Water 1 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
462 | ![]() |
Magnezone |
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Mineral | 14 | 14BW 1, 11B2W2 |
1XY 1, 11ORAS |
17 | ||||
469 | ![]() |
Yanmega |
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Bug | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | ||||
801 | ![]() |
Magearna |
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Undiscovered | 1 | |||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | ||||||
167 | ![]() |
Spinarak |
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Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
517 | ![]() |
Munna |
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Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
By event
Generation II
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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Spearow |
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Flying | New York Pokémon Center | |
123 | ![]() |
Scyther |
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Bug | New York Pokémon Center | |
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
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
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This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Gates to Infinity. |
In Red and Blue Rescue Team, this move does 55 damage, while in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky it does 20 damage.
Description
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In the anime
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Magnezone | Magnemite | Yanmega | Crobat |
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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Yanma flaps its wings at a fast speed and one or multiple shockwaves heads towards the opponent, or Yanma's wings glow white and it waves them, releasing a shockwave from its wings at the opponent. | ||
Zachary Evans's Yanma | Wings 'N' Things | Debut | |
Forrester Franklin's Yanma | All in a Day's Wurmple | None | |
Jessie's Yanma | The Thief that Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
Tyler's Yanma | The Thief the Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
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Crobat flaps its wings so fast that they become a blur, and a cyclone of wind and white circles come out of them and hit the opponent. | ||
Brock's Crobat | Lapras of Luxury | Crobat cannot legally learn Sonic Boom | |
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Buizel's two tails glow white and it flips around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent. | ||
Ash's Buizel | Buizel Your Way Out of This! | None | |
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Yanmega's wings glow white and it waves its wings, releasing one large white shockwave or multiple smaller shockwaves from them at the opponent. | ||
Jessie's Yanmega | The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
Multiple wild Yanmega | Defending the Homeland! | None | |
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All three of Magnezone's magnets glow white and it spins around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent. | ||
A wild Magnezone | Regaining the Home Advantage! | None | |
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Magnemite spins rapidly around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent. | ||
A Team Plasma Grunt's Magnemite | Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot! | None | |
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Magneton sends a large white shockwave at the opponent. | ||
Clemont's Magneton | Battling with a Clean Slate! | None |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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Vibrava | Magnemite and Magneton | Voltorb and Electrode | Buizel |
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The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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Magneton lets off multiple sound waves from its body. | ||
Lt. Surge's two Magneton | Go for the Golbat | Debut | |
A wild Magneton | Electro Magneton | None | |
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Magnemite lets off multiple sound waves from its body. | ||
Two wild Magnemite | Electro Magneton | None | |
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Electrode's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple sound waves from its body. | ||
Ken's Electrode | Ekans the Ecstasy | None | |
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Voltorb's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple sound waves from its body. | ||
Ken's Voltorb | Ekans the Ecstasy | None | |
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Buizel turns around and waves its tails horizontally. As it does, it releases a beam of energy from its tails at the opponent. When it waves its tails, they leave behind a trail of energy. | ||
Uji's Buizel | Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank II | None | |
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Vibrava releases multiple loud shockwaves at the opponent. | ||
Hugh's Vibrava | Movie Panic | None |
In other generations
Core series games
NOTE: The move's animation in Korean Generation II is the same as the Japanese one.
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Generation IV | Generation V | Generation VI |
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Spin-off series games
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Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD |
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Battle Revolution |
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PMD: Red and Blue |
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Trivia
- In Little Cup and Little Battle, Sonic Boom is banned due to low level Pokémon having low HP.
In other languages
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